I've finally realised why I grow horizontally every year - I'm a tree! I have to add to my girth every year. Its how we age.
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If a four year child full of anxiety refuses a hug, not based on their gut instinct, but because its from a stranger, we are creating a generation of children whose mistrust of the human race is acute and deeply ingrained. We should be worried. Very, Very worried.
What we did was, instead of punishing the ones who were doing the wrong things, we created rules that suspect EVERYONE. We created more such rules, until it was impossible to trust anyone at all. Did those rules do what they were supposed to do - protect? The crime rates tell us they didn't. So, is it time to go back to being a society that punishes the criminal without generalising the crime? A society that views the crime as the exception, not the innocence of people? The crime is the exception. Remember that.
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Propaganda is a weapon that can only be used on the unaware, or the unmindful. Our purpose in life is to ensure that we are neither.
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On the Big Bang Theory and its characters: None of them is funny. Each of them is patently ridiculous, except maybe Leonard.
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We Indians are polyglots by osmosis.
Explanation: There are so many languages being spoken all around us that all we have to do is show up. A person working in Bangalore will have heard at least 4 languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada. A person working in Delhi will have heard Bengali, Hindi, Haryanvi, Punjabi, for sure. See, its that simple.
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कुछ लोग न, समझ में नहीं आते. उन्हें समझना नहीं चाहिए, छोड़ देना चाहिए। :)
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Monarchy should be close enough to appear real, and distant enough to appear surreal.
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Trust needs to be earned. Love is automatic.
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The average person's confidence in their non-existent abilities is truly admirable. To me, it is also enviable.
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They've got it all wrong. Stupidity and having to deal with other people's stupidity are the 2 leading causes of suicide.
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If a four year child full of anxiety refuses a hug, not based on their gut instinct, but because its from a stranger, we are creating a generation of children whose mistrust of the human race is acute and deeply ingrained. We should be worried. Very, Very worried.
What we did was, instead of punishing the ones who were doing the wrong things, we created rules that suspect EVERYONE. We created more such rules, until it was impossible to trust anyone at all. Did those rules do what they were supposed to do - protect? The crime rates tell us they didn't. So, is it time to go back to being a society that punishes the criminal without generalising the crime? A society that views the crime as the exception, not the innocence of people? The crime is the exception. Remember that.
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Propaganda is a weapon that can only be used on the unaware, or the unmindful. Our purpose in life is to ensure that we are neither.
*************
On the Big Bang Theory and its characters: None of them is funny. Each of them is patently ridiculous, except maybe Leonard.
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We Indians are polyglots by osmosis.
Explanation: There are so many languages being spoken all around us that all we have to do is show up. A person working in Bangalore will have heard at least 4 languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada. A person working in Delhi will have heard Bengali, Hindi, Haryanvi, Punjabi, for sure. See, its that simple.
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कुछ लोग न, समझ में नहीं आते. उन्हें समझना नहीं चाहिए, छोड़ देना चाहिए। :)
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Monarchy should be close enough to appear real, and distant enough to appear surreal.
**************
Trust needs to be earned. Love is automatic.
***************
The average person's confidence in their non-existent abilities is truly admirable. To me, it is also enviable.
**************
They've got it all wrong. Stupidity and having to deal with other people's stupidity are the 2 leading causes of suicide.
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I totally love you!
Thank you Z! :)
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