6 Painful Lessons I Learned from Dealing with Rude People Every Day
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View ArticleIf You Can’t Say Anything Nice…
She’d been looking in my direction for quite a period of time. I’d just smiled back and did my best to ignore her. I’ve found that when I’m out with Sam I get a lot of benign grinning from the elderly....
View ArticleFather Knows Best?
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View ArticleWhy Women Don’t Fall for the ‘Nice Guy’ Online Profile
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View ArticleAnderson Cooper vs. Trump
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View ArticleKindness and Compassion can be just as Viral as Negativity and Rudeness
Embed from Getty Images Are the days of etiquette long gone in the Webiverse? — You watch period movies about the 1800’s (or even 1900’s) and you see gentlemen tipping their hat as a lady walks by....
View ArticleTask 50 of 52: Good Men Mind Their P’s And Q’s
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View Article“As a Western cultural norm, whistling at someone is disrespectful, period.”
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View Article“Comedy is a tool we use to talk about uncomfortable subjects.”
This is a comment by Nick, mostly on the post “Daniel Tosh Apologizes for Rape Jokes“. “It’s strange to me that so many people are unaware of the traditional role of comedy as social commentary. Comics...
View Article“Autism isn’t an excuse for bad manners.”
This is a comment by daelyte on the post “How Not to Hit on People“. Diagnosed autistic here! “If you have a brain reason why you can’t figure out social interaction, I’m not sure how much help I can...
View ArticleWhy Women Don’t Fall for the ‘Nice Guy’ Online Profile
Embed from Getty Images A “Nice Guy” worries that he is “too nice,” but a Good Man never has to worry that he is “too good.” — If you’re a woman who’s tried online dating, chances are you’ve...
View ArticleAnderson Cooper vs. Trump
Anderson Cooper Rightly Calls Out Trump for Acting Like a Child — The Trump train stopped by CNN last night for their Republican town hall, and the Donald pretty much got owned by everyone’s favorite...
View ArticleKindness and Compassion can be just as Viral as Negativity and Rudeness
Embed from Getty Images Are the days of etiquette long gone in the Webiverse? — You watch period movies about the 1800’s (or even 1900’s) and you see gentlemen tipping their hat as a lady walks by....
View ArticleTask 50 of 52: Good Men Mind Their P’s And Q’s
“Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.” -Mark Twain — What separates man from beast? Not much. Take your average ape. He...
View ArticleGreyhound Grammys and Black Cat Billboards: Why I Sing to My Pets
Zero judgment, full creative freedom, and unconditional love. __________ It often begins with a single belly rub for Charlotte, my brindle greyhound, or a stroke of Hilo and Kona’s, my tuxedo cats,...
View Article“As a Western cultural norm, whistling at someone is disrespectful, period.”
These are comments by Archy, Mori and Salvice on the post “Working-Class Beasts and Rape Culture“. Archy asked: “I have a serious question. If the whistling was only followed with ‘polite’ compliments,...
View Article“Comedy is a tool we use to talk about uncomfortable subjects.”
This is a comment by Nick, mostly on the post “Daniel Tosh Apologizes for Rape Jokes“. “It’s strange to me that so many people are unaware of the traditional role of comedy as social commentary. Comics...
View Article“Autism isn’t an excuse for bad manners.”
This is a comment by daelyte on the post “How Not to Hit on People“. Diagnosed autistic here! “If you have a brain reason why you can’t figure out social interaction, I’m not sure how much help I can...
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