sampotle

@sampotle (36)

United States • Age 38

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Is it bad to look for a job for a 17 year old like me?

knyn23 @knyn23 (71) • Philippines 3 Mar 09

My mom won't let me have part time job or something. She says I don't need to go to work, we're not that rich, about above average. My Dad says, He doesn't want me working until he can't go to work anymore. Is it bad to look...

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sampotle I think its a good idea to get a part time job to gain some perspective. Getting a job will teach you to value your free time. I just turned 22 and i am a student as well as working 40 hours a week, i have been working this much since i was 16 and i get...

3 Mar 09

Would your boyfriend get bored at the mall?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 3 Mar 09

As a girl, do you like to shopping at the mall, try out those fancy, fashionable clothing available on the display windows? Sometimes, you would like your boyfriend tag along. What if your boyfriend get bored at the mall while you...

mall

shopping

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sampotle My boyfriend and i barely ever go to the mall, but when we do our interests are pretty much aligned so that we have a great time together. We stop in all the book and video game stores, then split up at the food court so i can find something vegetarian and he...

3 Mar 09

What is in your perfect world?

Barbietre @Barbietre (1438) • United States 2 Mar 09

[In mine there would be no poverty, no hatred, everyone would get along but pull their own weight and no I am not talking about Utopia, but a world in which we all understand we have differences but accept them. I want to work and...

acceptance

love

tolerance

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sampotle My ideal world is one where humans live based on scientific principals. We would use technology to harness the earths resources correctly, we could build a society without any currency. Thinking that people need an incentive to want to work shows a lack of...

3 Mar 09

What is the point of being married?

paula27661 @paula27661 (15811) • Australia 2 Mar 09

A new law has just been passed in Australia giving defacto couples the same rights as married couples in the event of a separation which entitles the non- married people to child maintenance and property settlement rights...

break up

defacto relationships

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sampotle I just got of the phone with my friend Jack, arguing about this exact thing. Marriage is just a left-over from our religious past. Marriage is now, and has always been just a way to organize people. Women are biologically wired to want to mate with a man with...

2 Mar 09

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My Camera Glows In The Dark!

trickiwoo @trickiwoo (2702) • United States 24 Feb 09

I recently bought myself a Lomo Diana F+ Glow In The Dark camera. It is so awesome! I love it! I recently got my first roll of film developed. I've posted the photos on my Flickr if you're interested in checking them out...

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sampotle I LOVE lomography, i have a Holga and a Fisheye, as well as one with 4 lenses that takes pictures in succession. Thats in addition to my old Pentax SLR and a newer partially automatic SLR. I think the Holga has to to be my favorite. The only thing that irks...

24 Feb 09

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How often do you eat fruits daily?

heehaw78 @heehaw78 (566) • Malaysia 24 Feb 09

Do you know that fruits are very important for our health daily.How often do you eat fruits daily? Try to take fruits each time after eating foods. Below i had listed the nutritious contains of watermelon, papaya, orange and...

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sampotle I eat fruit every day, multiple times a day. I have been a vegan for some time now and one of the easiest transitions was replacing sugary sweets with fruit. One thing that really opened my eyes to how great fruit can be was living in central america during...

24 Feb 09

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Would You Give A Stray Animal A Home?

lynnemg @lynnemg (4529) • United States 24 Feb 09

I have, in my life taken in stray animals to give them a good home. I am not talking about a stray that you go to the animal shelter and adopt, although I think that is great too, I am talking about a stray animal that you see on...

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sampotle My family has gone to great lengths to find stray animals a loving home. As i have said in other posts my family used to take in strays and rehabilitate them, then, working with multiple local animal shelters and pet shops, we would find the right location for...

24 Feb 09

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does a person's handwriting really shows his personality??

irishe @irishe (85) • Philippines 24 Feb 09

I don't know if it's true, but my handwriting is kinda,"not that good".. so does this mean that my personality is also "not that good",, I cant really assess myself coz I think I cant agree to that, what you opinions fellas??

personality

write

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sampotle I think this can be semi-accurate, of course not scientifically or anything, but i submit my own case for you review. My handwriting: Sloppy, small, sharp curves on n's and m's, size of letters inconsistent, letters run together, all over the place. My...

24 Feb 09

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Controversial Topics

worldwise1 @worldwise1 (14885) • United States 23 Feb 09

I will no longer be responding to discussions dealing with controversial topics! It seems that my response to one of these loaded discussions has unleashed a barrage of follow-up comments which I have been receiving for several...

controversial topics

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sampotle I love controversial topics! I love arguing with people; pointing out flaws in their logic, scrutinizing their motivations and philosophies, it puts me in such a good mood. I made some great points (in my opinion anyway) in a thread on the topic of parenting...

24 Feb 09

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things a girl might want but NEVER asks

lovealmondroca @lovealmondroca (4) • Philippines 23 Feb 09

I found this really great countdown online and thought of sharing it. Some of it are quite true and bring flashbacks to my mind (not the word "some". So, I just wanna find out which of these are true, a hoax or in no way you want...

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sampotle My boyfriend is great, he pretty much does everything i could ask for. We love to cook together, he tells me i am the most important thing to him all the time, he hangs out with my friend and i and invites me everywhere, so my list is a little more...

24 Feb 09

Integrity

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 22 Feb 09

Merriam-Webster, an online dictionary publisher, announced that the most looked up word for 2005 was integrity.” Hardly surprising considering the world news and events over the previous 12 months, but I still found it somewhat...

integrity

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sampotle I would like to be able to look at this fact from your point of view, however the first thing that struck me was the idea of so many people having no idea what integrity is. I am well aware that most of these people probably has a rough idea, but if you think...

22 Feb 09

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What eases Your Mind?

samafayla33 @samafayla33 (1856) • United States 21 Feb 09

I was wondering, what eases your mind? Sometimes my mind gets so cloudy I don't know how to empty it, It seems so difficult just to keep going when you seem to be blocked. Have a great day! :)

easier

easy going

thinking

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sampotle I really enjoy working. It may sound odd, but with the main worries in my life being money and school, work gives me a chance to say "ok, i am making money right now and it is imposable for me to be studying so this is all i can do!" Plus i work with great...

22 Feb 09

can you be happy whatever happens?

jazz_123 @jazz_123 (211) 22 Feb 09

are you the type of person who can stay happy no matter what happens?

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sampotle I am the type of person who will not even flinch if i get into a car accident, or my house burns down, or i lose my job or something tragic like that. But if something small happens like i drop my phone or my shoe will not go on right i get really pissed off....

22 Feb 09

Anime or Manga?

bharken @bharken (89) • Philippines 18 Feb 09

All of us here have different taste. Some prefer watching anime and some prefer reading the manga. How about you as an individual, which do you prefer? Watch anime episodes or read the manga? Anime episodes have sounds and...

anime

manga

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sampotle I am extremely picky about my anime, i really dont like bubble gum stuff like Naruto, FMA or Inuyasha, but i LOVE more serious animes like Eva, Dead Leaves, FLCL, Cat Soup, Tekkokinkreet and most things from Studio Ghibli. As far as manga goes i do like Iron...

21 Feb 09

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Do you print your digital pictures? Why or Why NOt?

kayla_7602 @kayla_7602 (704) • Canada 20 Feb 09

Hello So i personally have 10's of thousands of pictures on my computer. Since i got my first digital camera I constantly take pictures. I hardly ever delete any pictures becuase why bother unless it is totally pointless....i...

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sampotle I never print out my digital pictures.... because i use a real camera! I know it would be way more economical to get a digital but i cant bring myself to let go of my real cameras. I just know them so well, and if i get a digital i would have to let go of my...

21 Feb 09

How much time do you spend actively engaged with your pets?

Amy @artemis432 (7474) • Abernathy, Texas 20 Feb 09

How much time do you spend each day cuddling and playing with your furry friends? Do they let you know if you've been too busy or preoccupied?

cats

family

time

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sampotle Between the 10 cats, 3 dogs, 1 bird and the skunk, about ALL of the time that i am not at work or school! My family used to rehabilitate feral animals so they could be adopted, but we had an outbreak of some kind of sickness that was killing our cats so we...

20 Feb 09

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Have you tried baking some cupcakes or cookies?

bubblyapple @bubblyapple (2653) • Philippines 19 Feb 09

When I was in college, there was a time that it was "in" if you could bake something. Chocolate chip cookie, cupcakes or whatever it is, as long as you could bake and show it off the next day, you're with the "in" crowd. LOL I...

baking

cooking

cupcakes

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sampotle My friends and i always bake! One of my favorite things to do with my friend Becky and make huge ornate cakes. When she was still in high school her father left for one weekend and instead of "partying" or anything like that we just made a three tiered...

20 Feb 09

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what kinda movies

ddfreedie @ddfreedie (690) • India 18 Feb 09

waht kinda movies do you prefer to watch

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sampotle HORROR MOVIES. Horror movies are wonderful, they are fun and most of them contain at least a minimum level of creativity. I also really like musicals and movies with a strong gimmick. Take Irreversible for example, a weird french movie in which the plot is...

18 Feb 09

Do you want to be married?

laydee @laydee (12798) • Philippines 18 Feb 09

I just came across a webpage or web news about celebrities who don't believe in church/pastor/court weddings or marriage per se. Now I'm curious. For those who aren't married, or are girlfriends/boyfriends. Would you wish to be...

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sampotle I do not believe in the way society currently defines 'marriage'. I dont want to have any part in a ritual that was fabricated by Christians as a way of keeping the order, especially if you view humans as an organism that only accepts monogamy as the "right"...

18 Feb 09

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Is it fair to force your children into religion?

HearrttAttaccck @HearrttAttaccck (47) • United States 17 Feb 09

Religion seems to be a very touchy subject. I met a friend and he is atheist. At the time, I was beginning to fade from being religious and he really opened my eyes up. I'm no longer religious. I can not accept something that...

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sampotle I believe that parents have the right to raise their children with any religion that fits their lifestyle, but they also have an OBLIGATION to teach their children to think for themselves. If they wanted to force you into church when you were 12 thats one...

18 Feb 09

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