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Word aversion: Hate moist? Slacks? Crevice? Why do people hate words? - Slate Magazine - 39 views

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shared by Ashley W. on 02 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • “The [words] evoke nausea and disgust rather than, say, annoyance or moral outrage. And the disgust response is triggered because the word evokes a highly specific and somewhat unusual association with imagery or a scenario that people would typically find disgusting—but don’t typically associate with the word.”
    • Ashley W.
      Ashley W. on 10 Apr 13
       
      I agree with the idea that people tend to associate their preferences with the meaning of words. More info is found on my wordpress: http://awong014.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/word-aversion/
Ashley W.

Stop Stealing Dreams (the entire manifesto on the web), cleaned up HTML version - Stop ... - 89 views

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shared by Ashley W. on 30 Oct 12 - No Cached
    • Ashley W.
      Ashley W. on 06 Nov 12
       
      "Low-wage kids were taking jobs away from hard-working adults." Before, kids would work with a low- wage, and now are receiving education to work for a higher pay. This demonstrates how there are sooo much changes that occur throughout time. Adults used were insensed and intimitated from kids working for a low- wage (child labor) as kids were taking over jobs, but now it is more reliant on education and not age groups.
  • The world has changed, of course. It has changed into a culture fueled by a market that knows how to mass-customize, to find the edges and the weird, and to cater to what the individual demands instead of insisting on conformity.
    • Ashley W.
      Ashley W. on 06 Nov 12
       
      It is interesting seeing how the world changes so quickly in which everything just sums up to a main topic in which it changed for. While reading this, it sounds rather selfish to see the world change to "cater to what the individual demands."
Amy Burvall

Stephen Fry Interview: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 18 - 22 views

started by Amy Burvall on 17 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
  • Ashley W.
    #7 Ashley W. on 01 Oct 12
     
    With the goal section in 2:25, I disagree with what Steven Fry says. I feel that goals are important and encourages us to work harder to reach accomplishment of the soul. But, it is refreshing to listen to someone speak about how goals are probably not the best way to live by, even when they accomplished quite a bit. Perhaps without goals, the self imposing pressure is let go. With goals, some people tend to try so hard to accomplish it, that they become unhappy with their achievement since they expect more. If goals did not exist and we become carefree, would we accomplish more though? Maybe without the stress of being "perfect", we would reach success...
    Also, the section on talking about oneself seems interesting. It is intriguing to notice that when someone brings something new to the plate in a conversation or in fact when the conversation actually advantages to us, how interested we become in it.
    I agree that unsuccessful people have bigger egos than successful people. With succsessful people, they feel that they do not need to brag in order to be noticed, since they ARE successful.
Amy Burvall

Progress on TIB Film - 88 views

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started by Amy Burvall on 20 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
  • Ashley W.
    #32 Ashley W. on 24 Sep 12
     
    I accomplished coming up with a plan I will be doing for this project. I watched a few interesting stop- motion animation videos and decided that I would like to do a stop-motion video. To create this animation, I might use a white board, use Photoshop and/ or do something with art materials. I also was able to brainstorm a list of " I believe" beliefs
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