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4 Things to Keep in Mind Before Trying to Change People’s Mind
Most of us probably, at least once, have already tried convincing someone but terribly failed. But what can we say? It’s really hard to change someone’s opinion when you have conflicting views.
By sayaboy5 years ago in FYI
Small Mercies in Ocean Microplastic Pollution
We’ve all heard of the increasing burden of plastic pollution to our world – encroaching further and further into our lives and into nature’s ecosystems. Microplastics in particular are small pieces of plastic less than five millimeters long, and have become renowned as a notorious pollutant which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. They enter these ecosystems from many different sources, whether from waste travelling from rivers or from including industrial and manufacturing processes and losses from shipping spills.
By Georgia Melodie Hole5 years ago in FYI
"Pop!"
Sugary drinks are by and large not particularly strange. They are exactly what they appear to be; sugar-infused beverages designed to remove all the money out of your pockets and rot your teeth. And they taste good. But then again some are just a little bit, well ok, Strange. Or at least their origins are a little suspect.
By mike java5 years ago in FYI
Mast Dancer
I didn't think I was afraid of heights until I was roughly forty feet in the air. When you're that high on either mast if you move, the boat moves. The seventy foot twenty five ton wooden sailboat suddenly looks so small beneath you. It's unsettling. Every time I went up the mast it took me about ten or fifteen minutes to get comfortable.
By Zach Cruthirds5 years ago in FYI
Do you know a Killer?
Jeffrey Dahmer. Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jack the Ripper. They are all serial killers, but they are not psychotic. Far too often, people misinterpret a sociopath or psychopath and someone who has a psychotic disorder (Schizophrenia). Although the mental health stigma has decreased in certain aspects, there are still some components that are difficult for those outside of the field to understand. This may not be a typical “fun fact,” but profiling and understanding the psyche is always fascinating.
By Susie Gunderson5 years ago in FYI
Napoleon Lost by a Hare
When you think of rabbits, what comes to mind? Do words like cute, cuddly, or Bugs Bunny bounce around in your brain? Maybe, Easter Eggs tops the list. Unless experiencing a hare-raising nightmare induced by spicy foods, I doubt bunnies instill fear and dread. In the wild, rabbits keep their distance from humanity, scampering off and sheltering in their burrows until the perceived threat has passed. George Orwell addressed this dichotomy when he said, "Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals." Napoloeon might take issue with this comment. And, no, I'm not referencing Napoloeon Dynamite.
By Bryan R..5 years ago in FYI
Green The Color Of Pride
Following the rainbow that hangs in the sky, I must find the end of this beauty. I must but why, must I? These colors that seems to radiate beauty with blue, green, purple, and even yellow. Wondering what I might find as I walk along its side. No-one has ever made it to the end. I will find and its secrets I will keep. Just a little bit further I see I must go the end is near of this rainbow. Black pot it seems to sit at the end with the light touching what is inside, these colors they seem to shine so bright. My curiosity, grows so deep I have to see what lies inside. Just a few more steps one, two, maybe three. A sound I hear from the bushes besides, rustling and tiny giggles. Fear does not arise, as I watch from afar a tiny man in green as it seems to be running back and forth from this black pot. While he giggles and sings in his tiny voice:
By Audie Edwards5 years ago in FYI
Didn’t y’all know?
Although I was not born and bred here, in the past 4 years or so I have come to love the darling little state of Georgia. I came here on January 22nd of 2017. I have lived in a few different and diverse cities since then such as Waco and Tallapoosa before finally settling down in Cedartown. A small, tight-knit town full of churches, community centers, and charm.
By Rain Dayze5 years ago in FYI
Dream City
Carla Hall stepped out into deep indigo, that never-quite pitch that hovers until dawn. It’s as if the planet spots its head, never quite taking her eye off the sun. Or maybe the world revolves around this one city. Some Angeleno’s would certainly thrill to believe that. Others hold it in their bones as absolute truth. But night falls here. And Carla tumbles into it. Down from the rooftop bar with its buzzing heated lamps and six tops of bros, one floor leaked reggaeton into the stairwell. The next pulsed out top 40 hip hop. Until finally, Carla slithers through sweaty, matted clusters, ebbing and cresting under the incantation of some anonymous pop karaoke. Two men cowering from the approach of middle age lob crass anecdotes overhead as she pinches through the dried urine miasma of the doorway. They are a pair of good midwestern boys flexing their edge at one another in their uniforms of distressed denim and pomade tousled hair.
By E. M. Walker5 years ago in FYI
DARKSIDE of FACEBOOK
Everything That Glitters Isn't Gold "We’re doing a great job of 'canceling' the master of leverage. That’s how Zuckerberg REALLY became wealthy and worth $101B. Facebook/Twitter may be the champion of ‘Cancel Culture’, but it’s in our power to 'cancel' our dependency of those platforms. I'm a man of integrity; so with me, it’s not about having something to hide. It’s about a business and its CEO's lack of integrity. Facebook has been selling our 'browsing history', 'interests', 'I. P. Addresses', 'Network of Family', and every website you're able to log into by clicking 'LOG-IN WITH YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT' — He's been doing it without our consent. I don't take that lightly. There's a difference between CUSTOMIZING YOUR BROWSING EXPERIENCE and SELLING YOUR USERS BROWSING EXPERIENCE TO A BACKGROUND ENTITY THAT BECOMES THE ALL-SEEING-EYE." - R. L. Laster
By R. L. LASTER5 years ago in FYI
The Perfect Icebreaker
If I Hadn't Met You, such a beautiful show with an intensely melancholic ending. The sense of despair is seated from the very first episode and prevails through to the very end. The highs, the lows, the bad and good are all reminiscent of how life isn't perfect, how it could go wrong at any turn. A very sobering thing to consider and calls the viewer to not take life nor loved ones for granted. It had me crying, smiling, hopeful and unsure of anything just as much as the protagonist of the show. It's been a long time since I've watched it If I'm going to be truthful, so most of the details are blurry, however, the emotions I felt are still imprinted in my mind.
By April Perez5 years ago in FYI
A Figure Still Hidden
Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson. After the release of Hidden Figures in 2016, these women became household names across our nation. They received well-deserved recognition as our country finally acknowledged the women of color that advanced space travel.
By Olivia L. Dobbs5 years ago in FYI