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Has internet become the new norm to stay connected with others in our lives?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 28 Oct 24

The internet has transformed our lives significantly – from the way we learn, communicate and even work. Internet has helped to breakdown geographical barriers and has provided bigger opportunities for global collaboration. There...

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Seems it will be the norm...

Stacey @xstitcher (39011) • Petaluma, California 7 Sep 20

...until this heat dies down. Again I had to wait to take Angel for a walk until eight p.m. Didn't have my camera with me, but we had started going down a side street when I saw what I thought was a cat running across the...

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Living through the dire times.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 25 Apr 20

Here's wishing mylotters are in good health and good condition. Been out for sometime, had to adapt to the dictates of the pandemic. The usual norm practices had been changed, queuing now necessitates social distancing. The...

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Tolerating Children

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 2 Feb 19

Neighborhood story has it, from the mouth of the matriarch herself, that her married daughter who dwells in the same house, has kindled an affair with another man, and got herself impregnated. That situation which once was taboo...

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Finding Peace of Mind

Shiva @Shiva49 (28371) • Singapore 14 Dec 17

Having worked for others all my life I have been judged by them for my work ability. However, inwardly I used to ponder often how I fared both at workplace and in personal life. The ways of the world should not define us; it is...

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giving flowers to a guy?

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 25 Nov 17

have you ever given flowers to a guy? is that okay, well.. okay is not the word... is it the norm? i just haven't seen it before.

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Leaving With Wristwatches

Jazon @holdoors (2535) • Malaysia 31 Aug 17

I always wear a wristwatch when I leave home. I guess it is an accessory for me. What sort of watches do you wear? I like the normal classic wrist watches with leather straps. Pic credit: Pexels.com

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Blunt or Polite? supposed to be at mylot..

LetranKnight25 @LetranKnight25 (33117) • Philippines 24 Oct 11

Hello Lotters, I don't know what hit me today when i remembered this incident few days back. Not sure if that person did it, but a few days ago that user quit mylot because of the kind of social environment that is happening...

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OMG! My brain is being WASHED!

AaronYLeung @AaronYLeung (182) • United States 22 Dec 09

So I am pretty sure there are some people who have closed-minded friends out there. Every time you do something "different" or out of the norm, they think you are being brainwashed. They act like a "know it all" and tell you to...

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Out of the Norm?

AaronYLeung @AaronYLeung (182) • United States 22 Dec 09

Why are people so afraid of doing things that are out of the norm? Yes you feel uncomfortable at first, but there is nothing wrong with going out of the norm. Society focuses so much on conformity that people live their daily...

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Abnormal behaviour

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 26 Aug 09

Abnormal is defined as something other than the norm. In sexuality, for instance, most people would consider sadomasochism as abnormal. Sadomasochists, of course, consider it quite normal. My question is, if something is...

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Being a mom is hard sometimes

meandmy3 @meandmy3 (2227) • United States 9 Jul 09

Last night I had to take my cousin, she is staying with us for a month, to the emergency room, she was having lower abdominal pain and a high fever we thought Appendix, so off we went. I got home at five this morning, we got there...

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Breaking a norm.

antioxidant @antioxidant (438) • Australia 5 Dec 08

Hey guys, have you ever broke a social norm before? Such as doing things you won't normally do in public or at home and it doesn't feel right to do it? For example, attending a social function you were not invited to and making...

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The Beer Theory!

whiteheather39 @whiteheather39 (24403) • United States 15 May 07

The "smartest" thing the Cliff Clavin character ever said in the comedy series Cheers was when explaining the buffalo theory to his buddy Norm. It went something like this.... "Well ya see Norm, it's like this: A herd of buffalo...

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How much should one earn to become rich?

abroji @abroji (3247) • India 12 May 07

We classify people as rich and poor. But what is the criteria to determine if one is rich or poor? One million, two million? What is the minimum required amount in savings? Or is there any other norm to classify people into...

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Does Ethics varies?

lossforredwords @lossforredwords (3619) • Philippines 19 Dec 06

if ethics is defined as the science of human actions with reference to right and wrong then we may also say that ethics varies? from what i know every country has its different norm and society standard and with that each of us...

how far is norm and society standard affects your way of living?

lossforredwords @lossforredwords (3619) • Philippines 11 Dec 06

norm is said to be the standard, model or pattern that is regard to be the typical thing to do... and society standard as the reference for comparison whether it is accepted or nto. this unwritten law has been all around us and...

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Why are young mother looked down upon???

mummy2jake @mummy2jake (399) • Australia 6 Dec 06

I am 21, going on 22 in 6weeks & we have a beautiful nearly 1 year old bubba boy. I do my best to give our son the best start to life i can. Yet whenever im out, etc, people look at me like im some young mother, who probably had a...

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