alienation

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How Friends End Up Unwittingly Nurturing Bullies

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 Jul 23

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Attributed to Edmund Burke. The worst thing about someone being persistently mean, cutting, aggressively in your face or outright bullying towards...

a monster calls

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When Standing Up To The Bully Backfires

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Jul 23

When friends seem to stick up more for the bully than for the victim of the bully. I often find my bully is a good friend to my other friends, which makes it hard to the point of impossible for me to deal with the bully without...

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"Oops, I walked into the wrong.... PLANET!"

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1187) • United States 23 May 22

Ever feel this way? Alienated from everyone else? I would say "mainstream", but I don't know what that is? Having a car and children? Listening to Top 40? Playing with a phone? I've always felt this way, but I thought things...

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It's Hard To Feel Sympathy...

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 26 Nov 18

Hello fellow mylotters!! Hope all is well with everyone?? Some times we find people we may often feel sympathy for and then there are people we might want to feel sympathy for, but realize that we really can't because they are...

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Bullying Is Not Just Physical

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Aug 18

I was bullied a lot at High School. It was usually physical, and involved being punched or kicked around. There was some name calling but usually it was only a threat when it got physical. In the 70's I was looking forward to...

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Fantasy Short Story Review: "The Karen Joy Fowler Book Club" by Nike Sulway

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 29 Oct 16

This impressionistic story opens with lines from The Rhinoceros Sutra, something, frankly I’d never heard of: Two bright bangles on an arm clang, [i]a single bangle is silence, wander alone like a...

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Dont' turn your back on me when I'm talking to you!

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 7 Apr 16

OMG! Work place sins like this make me angry. I had this one supervisor who told me what I was to be doing practically in every possible detail but when he was finished telling it like it is, he turned away, even when I tried to...

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Welfare dependency, alienation, unemployment, cultural dissolution, THE CURE!

urbandekay @urbandekay (18278) 23 Nov 12

When William Beveridge released his report that lead to the creation of the Welfare state in UK, one of the aims was to free people from what has become known as welfare dependency. But one of the problems with any system that...

cultural dissolution

welfare dependency

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What are some of the best ways to make new friends?

hbsbucks @hbsbucks (40) • United States 2 Mar 11

What are some of the best ways to make new friends? Would someone be able to recommend a guideline for me to follow? I have a cognitive disorder which impairs my ability to socialize appropriately, as well as a chronic illness...

forming friendships

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Alienating others is an unhealthy practice in mylot

zandi458 @zandi458 (28102) • Malaysia 29 Nov 10

Friendship is something that I treasure regardless of where they come from, be it online or in the real world. Mylot friends not only comprised of those in my friend's list but I consider everyone in the world of mylot as friends...

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I need a clear understanding of the word Alienation?

marciascott @marciascott (25529) • United States 5 Feb 08

What does this word mean to you, and give me an example of it,I am not sure about this. Ok, I need some meanings of this if you know, I half to run out for a while, but when I come back I need some answers, or meanings of this...

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concept of alienation

mrddln @mrddln (457) • Philippines 21 Jul 07

is alienation truly inherent to human beings?

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Have you ever suddenly felt like an alien?

gardengrrl @gardengrrl (1445) • United States 19 Jun 07

Have you ever had the experience of being in a roomful of people and suddenly feeling like you're an alien, someone who doesn't speak the language or know the customs or share the values of the group? It usually happens to me when...

am i still on earth

who are these people

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Personal Hygiene Issues

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 21 May 07

You know I am reading more and more discussions about personal hygiene issues, and how to tell your friend that they have body odor. Have you ever known anyone with body odour so bad that people do not want to be around...

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Discovery's new satelite mission

konyaku @konyaku (116) • Philippines 9 Dec 06

they just launch seven astronauts into outer space again and I've heard that the previous astraonauts who launched stayed in the orbiting satelite for 6 months.. what the heck do they do up there?

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