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• A reply on Conversation: Is it possible to not have friends in life?

  Nov 29 2011: i find friends are easiest to make thru an activity or "icebreaker" (usually the icebreaker has to do with yourself, example: freshman year in high school i dyed my hair bright yellow blond before school, made tons of friends even with the people who hated my hair, because it was different and people wanted to comment on it, one guy said that he wanted me to stay that way because then i looked diff then all the other white boys in school.) activities are best when everyone has to be uncomfortable. activities can be anything(see the video on TED about Improv Everywhere? the woman makes a connection and feels more comfortable when she shares the akward experience with the people in front of her, by making everyone akward you force them to deal with the situation by connecting with others) so make friends by joining a theatre class, they are most willing to be friends because to be a sucsessful actor you must learn about others as much as you learn about yourself. do things that force people together that cannot be done alone. join a life group at church (careful to choose a church that is honest and trully christ-like, even if your not christian a life group will set sparks, most of my friends have been made over arguments(debates that had rules to be clear) this was good because i limited the friends i made down to only the people who could find disagreement and be fine afterward)

• A comment on Talk: Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness

  Nov 29 2011: he starts out with a lie, those animals were not trained to do those things, he simply laid the letters out and the animals messed up, he plays it backward
  watch the hog
  the animal not the man

• A comment on Conversation: Is it possible to not have friends in life?

  Nov 28 2011: um yes, i'm mean and bitter, i dont have friends, jk (sorta)question to the question: are friends determined by your outlook on them or their outlook on you?if its yours to them then very much so yes,if its them onto you then no, i dont know, and doesn't look like you make people be or not be your friend
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  A comment on Conversation: Fill in the blank: I would like ________ (a living expert) to give me a 5 minute lesson on ________ (a creative topic).

  Nov 28 2011: Clown, Ballon Animals
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  A comment on Talk: Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot

  Nov 22 2011: thats so cute! question: is the cost to produce this incredible robot going to outwiegh the product of its effeciency? also, how much does it cost to maintain?

• A comment on Conversation: Do Mathematics really help us to think and open our minds?

  Nov 21 2011: algerbra is super fun, just sayin

• A reply on Conversation: Do Mathematics really help us to think and open our minds?

  Nov 21 2011: thats sad i love art and math! to me they go together, sometimes i see a math problem and think, DAMN THATS PRETTY, it happens.

• A comment on Conversation: Do Mathematics really help us to think and open our minds?

  Nov 21 2011: who cares math is beautiful and fun! does any art expand or mind? can you really prove it? math is about understanding not just solving a problem. sometimes you do math and you aren't looking to solve anything, as you learn to play with an equation you learn all kinds of things even things about your self. math is amazing for many reasons including that there are so many ways to do anything, and it truly is simple.
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  A comment on Conversation: Why evolution could never solve aging?

  Nov 21 2011: doesn't everything decay anyway? even if i believed in macroevolution why and how would it solve age? even if we stay young, we age. death is a part of life.

• A reply on Conversation: Instead of old age homes and orphanages in separate facilities, the combination of both should be built.

  Nov 21 2011: they aren't gonna stick em in the pasture and say "go for it" there will be "middle people" involved as much as they are now. why does everyone think that this can't work. most cultures old and young live together with the so-called middle people works just fine and they live in the same home. a campus setting is much more reasonable........ i mean i love my family, but i dont care to see them all the time, i live with them