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| StanVoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Masonious
You could mention small talk, why people do it when nobody gives a about what you're going to do or what you did for your weekend. Why do humans feel the need to ask mundane questions like, "How's it going?" when they don't give a ? And why to people respond in kind like, for instance, "Not bad for a Monday!" *fake laughter* |
i was thinkig about this the other day. The lady at the gym reception desk asked me "how are you!" when I swiped in, and I answered with the usual "fine, and yourself". But I wondered to myself, would she have bothered to ask me follow up questions had I answered "I feel like " or just stared at me like :wtf: |
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| Aquarian |
| oh, and I forgot to mention pornography. That was a fun one too :p |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Masonious
You could mention small talk, why people do it when nobody gives a about what you're going to do or what you did for your weekend. Why do humans feel the need to ask mundane questions like, "How's it going?" when they don't give a ? And why to people respond in kind like, for instance, "Not bad for a Monday!" *fake laughter* |
dude. that's actually something i feel very strongly about. no wonder people think i'm shy or socially awkward at work... it's because i don't talk unless i have something worthwhile to say. sometimes i wonder how someone would respond when they ask me "hey Myra how's it goin?"! as i'm walking by them on the way to get coffee, and i reply with "ing terrible"...
same thing with phoning people. i never call people unless i have a good reason to. i never think to myself "oh i'll just call up so-and-so for some random chit-chat."
enjoy the silence... |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by all-nite-freak
the drug debate is as original as those ghey livestrong bracelets |
how original can you be to write a paper in a day ? |
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| StanVoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
dude. that's actually something i feel very strongly about. no wonder people think i'm shy or socially awkward at work... it's because i don't talk unless i have something worthwhile to say. sometimes i wonder how someone would respond when they ask me "hey Myra how's it goin?"! as i'm walking by them on the way to get coffee, and i reply with "ing terrible"...
same thing with phoning people. i never call people unless i have a good reason to. i never think to myself "oh i'll just call up so-and-so for some random chit-chat."
enjoy the silence... |
d00d! exactly!!
and then i sit and think "maybe i'm just socially awkward" which I may be considering all these silly standards that exist |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
enjoy the silence... |
Word up on that! |
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| nchs09 |
| i9 did this in class last year.... i did "why do people who go into elevators always go to either the far left side or the far right side of it" |
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| Danny Ocean |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
i9 did this in class last year.... i did "why do people who go into elevators always go to either the far left side or the far right side of it" |
to let other people in easier, instead of trying to move when someoone wants to get in.. |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquarian
That's too easy :p
Here's a couple of reaserch papers I've done on easy subjects;
- socially defined gender identity, hyper-sexualization of society (or in other words, why men are pressured to be super-macho and women are pressured to be submissive whores though media image and modelling) (in mine I used examples from the WWF for both genders)
- news propaganda and it's effect on cultivating fear (I did mine on fox news and CNN and conservative ideology)
- army training and resocialization (basicly, how ordinary people are transformed into killing machines through their social environment) (you can also do it on prisons, it's a similar phenomenon)
and my favorite;
- the relationship between music and society (I did mine on gangsta rap :p ) |
good ideas! thanks for the input, Aquarian. :)
and yeah, you're right - it's too easy 'cause it's SOC 101. i'm just finding certain things to be more difficult than they really are since i haven't been in school for a long time now and i'm not accustomed to thinking academically.
thanks for the ideas everyone! i gotta run to class now but i'll be back on later to check this thread before i write my paper later tonite. |
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| StanVoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
i9 did this in class last year.... i did "why do people who go into elevators always go to either the far left side or the far right side of it" |
that's a specific example of the general concept of a personal space bubble |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Danny Ocean
to let other people in easier. |
not rly.... had to do with social distance..... most to do wit5h americans and i compared it to latin america.. etc. god its hard to type with an icecream on one hand:whip: |
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| DJ RJT |
lol @ thread.
:haha:
I still think you should do it on the "bling bling" emphasis on African American youth culture in America.
Easy paper... |
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