2012-12-20, 22:40 | Link #10881 |
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Hm, doesn't "possessive" mean more like not sharing something one has(in this case a GF or BF) with someone else as well as jealousy? I'm seeing a lot of comments relating to too much calling and talking which I would call obsessive, not possessive or stalkerish for that matter if there is no relationship yet haha.
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2012-12-21, 15:18 | Link #10882 | |
Knight Errant
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2012-12-21, 15:29 | Link #10883 | |
Love Yourself
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Location: Northeast USA
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Not that it detracts from the point you're making, but Nightbat's point is rather interesting too.
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2012-12-22, 07:55 | Link #10884 | |
Deadpan Snarker
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Here's a situation where we're both forced to work together for a different goal than making eachother happy We've been jokingly referred to by coworkers from main office as a 'married couple'
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2012-12-22, 11:28 | Link #10885 | |
Knight Errant
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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I've spent substantial amounts of time with coworkers that otherwise I would spend very little time with, because while working you don't have to talk about anything particularly personal. As long as the other person isn't offensive or annoying to you, it makes little difference. The only time you have to "engage" with your coworkers is during break times. The rest of the time you're just talking about work. |
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2012-12-22, 12:02 | Link #10886 | |
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For most of human history work didn't dominate most of our wakeful hours, and now it is dominating more and more of our day. It's interesting to think about the impact this has on our social lives over time. |
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2012-12-22, 14:10 | Link #10887 | |
Knight Errant
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Though people did occasionally switch tribes, it was not an easy thing to do. Later people spent all their lives in the same village, and didn't have much choice about which village they ended up in (in fact, serfs were tied to the land by law and couldn't move even if they wanted to!) |
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2012-12-22, 18:58 | Link #10888 | |
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2012-12-22, 19:46 | Link #10889 | ||
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But then again, I consider work a tool for a better life "Here lies a good hard worker" isn't something any of us want on our gravestone "Here lies our loving [.......]" on the other hand... Quote:
I would sooner say people (especially in the 'western' side) are working less and less We don't have to hunt for weeks on end, we don't have to slave 20 hours a day in coalmines or factories like we did barely a century ago and people in developing countries are still doing today And I might add that community ties are much tighter and more social there than over here The bitter truth is: we need our jobs, but we don't need eachother anymore That's why we put up with the most assholed of colleagues, but split at the first bit of rough weather with our significant other We'll accept a humiliation from our boss, but not criticism from our relationship In general, I find people more loyal to the one giving them money than the one giving them love
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2012-12-22, 20:04 | Link #10890 | |||
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2012-12-23, 10:04 | Link #10891 | ||
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That we don't exhaust our 'social desires' on the workfloor
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In summer, I'm betting they had a meal within an hour, winter otoh also don't forget that apart from hunting, there was also more traveling, following the herds with the season danger from other predators that needed constant vigilance Quote:
But people still give up a lot sooner but in rough times, people were more forced to stay together than these days People are selfsufficient, so when the social connection is in bad weather, there is no need to solve problems anymore
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2012-12-24, 17:18 | Link #10893 | |
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Friendly indeed, especially when you single out a region known for headhunting and cannabalism even in lasting into modern (last century) times (and can you give numbers concerning tribal or inter-tribal homocides with that?) Personally, I wouldn't like to attend a weddingceremony there
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2012-12-24, 19:38 | Link #10894 | |
Knight Errant
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New Guinea is, in fact, not the greatest example, as many of it's "tribes" are actually primitive farming communities. Tribal people tend to be nice in general, but let's not romanticize their lives. To give an example from Guns, Germs and Steel, one tribal woman in New Guinea had had 3 husbands in her lifetime "The first was assigned by her parents, he was killed by her second husband who then raped her and forced her to stay with him, and the third she took by choice when she was old, and the second got himself killed by an animal". (I paraphrase). |
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2012-12-24, 20:21 | Link #10895 | |
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Koreans Celebrate Christmas with Mass Blind Dating Flash Mob
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For some of the non-Christian countries, this time of year becomes a 'pre valentines' day for couples, while New Years becomes the 'family' event. However, blind dates sound stressful if not scary, but in bigger numbers like this, would you wanna try the experience, just once?
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2012-12-25, 12:16 | Link #10899 | |
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