We are faced with certain social quirks unique to this technology saturated age. One being: receipt of an email from someone who says yes thanks for the interest and promises they’ll try to give you what you want/find what you’re looking for. To this you could reply in kind immediately with a thanks hope to…
One way gangs could help themselves is to have one or more of their members working for law enforcement. It would be a new take on the undercover operative. To be done correctly demands some time because the proper credentials would be necessary (proof of high school diploma, officers training, etc.) but the benefits would…
It’s sometimes practical to make a distinction between something natural and something man-made, but such a distinction is also a bit ludicrous. Most people could come to a consensus that humans are natural, and from there it would only take one person to put forth the argument that since we are natural, everything we do/make…
Bargain deal publicity from car dealerships in small towns doesn’t make sense to me. I don’t drive or want to, so I’m no authority, but I’ve always thought that it is the brand of car, not the dealership, that determines which car someone will buy. So that paying for TV and radio air time to…
Many people change their vocabulary and behavior according to where they are and who is around them, the company they’re in. I do this too. I’m not going to tell a professor that she’s spewing bullshit, though I might if I were addressing a drunk bastard around a bonfire. This is not to say that…
What’s with the people who allow themselves to pick up the phone only during mid-ring? They crack me up. It will always have a place near the top of my list of funny social behaviors.
If you’re curious what someone thinks of you, ask them. The effectiveness of this method is due partly to its unexpectedness. Conventions would have you come to conclusions through indirect means, by observation or by accumulation of evidences from conversations. Ask directly “do you respect me?” or “do you hold me in high regard?”. If…
If everyone observed speed limits all of the time, legislation would be passed to increase the limits. I would guess that people travel a speed exceeding limits by 6-10 mph most of the time. Slowing down to comply with limits, even if only having to slow by 6mph, would result in a marked reduction of…
People ordering sugar-free ice cream tend to get double scoops. Their logic is so frighteningly obvious it’s almost sick. People are ridiculous. Hot girls tend to be friends with, and only with, other hot girls.
Accept this [series] Part 1: Murderers, rapists, pedophiles, white-collar tax evaders and all criminals in-between are necessary parts of a society if that society wants to recognize good behavior. There needs to be a calibration factor, against which goodness can be measured. Theoretical example: if every member of a population never took part in criminal…