I don't mind shaving. I do not have facial hair, I have wires growing out of my face. So when I shave most of the time I'm not actually shaving, I'm just playing a tug 'u war with hair. So I'm not really shaving most of the time, I'm just fighting and scraping,...
Pretend you are in a field. This is a big field, one that people come and fly kites on. Now imagine three people you know are there. You can see one just at the edge of the horizon and they can see the other person you know at the edge of their horizon in the...
Just because you can't conceive of something doesn't mean it's not true. Despite all our powers of intellect we can't conceive of non-existence. It's like how totally blind people don't see black, they simply don't see. And we can't wrap our head around that....
You can visit a sister site, uncomfortable questions (and comment on them if you have a Reddit account) for generally loaded questions like this: Why do people get so up in arms about people having imaginary friends while being indifferent of the fact that these...
The process of vulnerability is peacemaking. You start out at a cold war (mistrusting each other) and each party tests the waters of drawing down and seeing if the other party reciprocates. There is also the issue that some people don't have much about themselves...
"Aid in dying" is often dressed up in compassionate cloths when it's really just a way for the state and private insurers to save on end-of-life care (which comprises a large chunk of healthcare spending). The state would never leave people the power to conveniently...
Below are three statements: There's coffee in the foyer. The wedding reception is at Shady Oaks country club. FIRE! These are three statements one could make in a crowded church after a wedding. The important thing to note is the more there is at stake the more...
You can't ascertain the exact meaning of any statement without taking the person into account. Some people will be blunt in most situations while others won't until facing some grave situation. So one person's bluntness verses another's is not an apples to apples...
Often in social interactions the metadata is the most important and poignant part of the interaction (metadata is the data that precedes and describes the main data). In the case of social interactions the metadata are things like your age, your gender, your looks,...
Words and generalizations are a match made in heaven. You ask people a question like "does status really matter" and you will get the standard therapeutic B.S. The point is, almost like the doctor knee toy hammering test, people have an autonomous dissembling...