humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
Welcome Class!
Dear Internet Users, Look I get it, for a long-time people didn’t have an outlet to air their grievances and what not and along comes the internet. We finally have an easy outlet for spreading the word around the world that we still need reminders not to leave dogs in hot cars or that Ivanka Trump’s clothing line isn’t made in the good old USA. I’m constantly being tagged, shared with and notified of all the latest kitchen hacks, ways to save the environment and prevent cruelty to animals. I love that we all have that information at our fingertips now. It has made us better people. We now can collectively realize that maybe the way things have been done isn’t necessarily the right way to do them.
By Katie Dunham7 years ago in Humans
Truth and Honesty
Truth, many equate this to honesty, but truth has a deeper meaning than just the antithesis of a lie. Truths are evident in many things throughout society. We find truth many times per day, no matter who we are and where that truth presents itself. Many of these truths are misunderstood, biased by our own personal experiences or overlooked completely.
By John Ames Birch7 years ago in Humans
"Hypothetical" Letter
Dear Friend, I am taking a psychology class and I think that the main factors affecting a person’s behavior are society, social media, and nurture. Society focusing on the social media end has always been an influence on a person’s behavior but it has been reaching more people than ever. I believe it has its good and bad aspects. For example, Reddit (social media platform) has become a place for anti-vaxxers children to seek advice. We don’t choose our parents and what would happen if you don’t agree with your parents about a medical problem? Where would you even go to get help or advice? Now, I know what you're thinking about: how does this connect to a person’s behavior? Now, before social media, the only people you can get information from are people who most likely have the same values as your parents. I see it as a form of manipulation. Retaining someone's ignorance will 100% affect a person’s behavior. Society teaches us to find out own answers, not the ones that were given to us.
By Pi3ces OfWork7 years ago in Humans
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Welcome to 2019, and the wild frontier known as the internet and social media. In this day and age we can capture everything, and post it to social media so we can all collectively unpack it. And boy do we unpack it, posts are either glorified and praised, or they are shunned and scolded. From the smallest events going viral, to big huge moments being overlooked, there is a lot of “noise” on the internet. There is a lot of SHOUTING and name-calling going on, and it’s getting us nowhere. We are stomping on the feelings of the young ones, while disrespecting those that came before us. We need a referee, a fair and just group who has the patience to listen to the needs of the young ones, and can translate to the elders in a way not to offend and give them heart attacks.
By Katie Dunham7 years ago in Humans
Real
A writer's life is always an interesting thing to research. Meaning, their writing always typically reflects emotions they feel in that moment, or how they want to feel—who they are, and who they want to be. Even in the craziest, most creative works there is an underlying subconscious communication within it.
By Sabrina Sthay7 years ago in Humans
And What About You?
As a kid, I thought my life was pretty mundane. Books and TV (so my entire world) were filled with drama and adventure, and people doing things. People who had stories. This saw me develop a bad lying problem. I lied about everything to everyone, just to seem cool. I tried to convince my second grade teacher that my brother, who was at the same school, in a different grade, and absolutely everyone and their mom knew who we were, was my twin. A twin that just happened to be three years older. Kid logic.
By es .penname7 years ago in Humans
Happiness
Not to sound depressed—which I’m pretty sure we’ve all thought this before but—life sucks. Life is filled with challenges, some small and some big. For me, everyday seems to be a challenge and I’m wondering if it gets easier. In my adolescence I couldn’t wait to be an adult, in my mind that would START my life as if I wasn’t already living. I remember planning for the future, as all little girls do. The plan was to be beautiful, rich ,have tons of friends and party very often. Yet, here I am, 21 years old and I’m average asf, working poor, and I kid you not-I have 1 friend. How did I get here...It feels like the prime of my life is more like my head being held under water.
By Summer Miranda7 years ago in Humans
What Are ENFJ Male Children Like?
The ENFJ (Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging) males are fascinating, unique individuals. The ENFJ personality type makes up only two percent of the overall population, and only 31 percent of ENFJ's are actually male. The purpose of this article is to help shed a little light on what this personality type is like as children.
By Rowan Finley 7 years ago in Humans
Choose to View Other People in a Positive Light to Maintain Your Own Happiness
When we are describing another person, particularly if we are explaining a difficult or stressful interaction, we sometimes make the mistake of using qualifying words and adjectives that are negative. We say things like, “I have a tyrant boss,” and, “He doesn’t get along with anyone, he's a difficult personality.” We mean no harm; however, we are perpetuating negativity when we incorporate this style. To maintain happiness, we need to be free of this negativity.
By narcissistic whisperer, Andrea B. Wainer7 years ago in Humans
The Snow That Time Forgot
It had been another uneventful week that was to be followed by another weekend of being on my own, probably sat at some bar or another try to drink myself into oblivion, whilst pretending that I was happy with how my life had now turned out.
By Nadine Haigh7 years ago in Humans
'(Not So) Lucky Ticket'—Screenplay
-Screenplay idea for an original short film- NARRATOR: The American Dream is one of hope, and wishes for success. This idea has become old and tired in a society always expecting more and more, making the simple idea of the American Dream obsolete. It is rare to find the person that is satisfied with simply being successful enough to support themselves and their family. This new dream is the “Millionaire dream.” It seems, as society evolves, the drive to make more money than is reasonable to support oneself is more common. However, what does one person truly need with millions and millions of dollars? This idea then begs the question of how much is too much? When do you feel successful enough to simply stop being concerned with the idea of gaining more money? Most people do not have this limit. Their limit is synonymous with their end.
By Charles Quinn7 years ago in Humans
Bourbon Suicide
There are certain streets I always take to get home from work. Straight out of the bar onto buzzing Bourbon Street. I then take a left and walk until St. Peter, then take another left and saunter until I hit my apartment building on Royal. It still makes me laugh that someone like me lives on a street with such regal connotation right in the name. Bourbon is in full swing at 3 in the morning as always and though the sky is dark the streets are lit with the colorful signs for strip clubs and piano bars. Bourbon seems overwhelmingly loud but if you just stand and close your eyes, people begin to funnel around you, everything appears to slow to a low murmur sprinkled here and there with laughter.
By Chloe Hauxwell7 years ago in Humans
