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I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown that always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
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Is cussing bad, like does God not like it or does it say in the bible not to do it cuz i cuss all the time but i have a gut feeling im speaking viley.
Here's everyones problem, they refuse to be their own God. Live your life by your own personal standards and rules; a little "Bible of You", if you please.
I don't think cussing is a bad thing, society has made a lot of things out to be bad. Fuck cencorship, and I love my dirty mouth.
Should I be on the top, or the bottom? Please base this answer on which hurts more. And if you have any advice on how to make it hurt less, I would definitely appreciate it.
Bottom. And there's really no way of going about making it not hurt, to make it hurt less, just make sure there's a lot of foreplay. Make sure to use protection & if you want, lube.
when giving a guy oral are you supposed to stop after he ejaculates?
No. Keep going and shove 2 finers up his ass.
Kidding. Yes, when he cums your job is done.
can you smoke weed while you're on anit depressants? if not what happens if you do, can you die?
lol. Marijuana in any given instance will never kill you. And it depends on what anti depressants you're on, I know that with anxiety medication you don't want to smoke marijuana because of the heart rate increase.
15/f
i really hate when people smoke weed. the thing is like everyone i'm around smokes it. i don't know why it bothers me so much because it really doesn't do anything to you but it just bothers me soooo much. i think it's just because if its people i care about i don't want them to get hurt or get caught. does any one know how i can make it not bother me when it's people who i don't care about as much as like my boyfriend or best friend? or to not even worry if it is them?
or just give me all the bad things it does and that can reassure me that its stupid.
ha i know i might sound crazy right now butttt i don't want to get peer pressured so i want to know all the bad things about it.
Why don't you try and open your mind and ask about the positive things about it? One cannot have a valuable opinion when they don't know both arguments of the debate.
Marijuana is not stupid. Marijuana does nothing bad to you. Marijuana is a plant that is grown in the ground. Marijuana houses THC, which is put into pills and given to cancer patients to ease them out of pain.
Read up before you judge.
MARIJUANA MYTHS
by Paul Hager
Chair, ICLU Drug Task Force
1. Marijuana causes brain damage
The most celebrated study that claims to show brain damage is the rhesus monkey study of Dr. Robert Heath, done in the late 1970s. This study was reviewed by a distinguished panel of scientists sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. Their results were published under the title, Marijuana and Health in 1982. Heath's work was sharply criticized for its insufficient sample size (only four monkeys), its failure to control experimental bias, and the misidentification of normal monkey brain structure as "damaged". Actual studies of human populations of marijuana users have shown no evidence of brain damage. For example, two studies from 1977, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed no evidence of brain damage in heavy users of marijuana. That same year, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially came out in favor of decriminalizing marijuana. That's not the sort of thing you'd expect if the AMA thought marijuana damaged the brain.
2. Marijuana damages the reproductive system
This claim is based chiefly on the work of Dr. Gabriel Nahas, who experimented with tissue (cells) isolated in petri dishes, and the work of researchers who dosed animals with near-lethal amounts of cannabinoids (i.e., the intoxicating part of marijuana). Nahas' generalizations from his petri dishes to human beings have been rejected by the scientific community as being invalid. In the case of the animal experiments, the animals that survived their ordeal returned to normal within 30 days of the end of the experiment. Studies of actual human populations have failed to demonstrate that marijuana adversely affects the reproductive system.
3. Marijuana is a "gateway" drug-it leads to hard drugs
This is one of the more persistent myths. A real world example of what happens when marijuana is readily available can be found in Holland. The Dutch partially legalized marijuana in the 1970s. Since then, hard drug use-heroin and cocaine-have DECLINED substantially. If marijuana really were a gateway drug, one would have expected use of hard drugs to have gone up, not down. This apparent "negative gateway" effect has also been observed in the United States. Studies done in the early 1970s showed a negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol. A 1993 Rand Corporation study that compared drug use in states that had decriminalized marijuana versus those that had not, found that where marijuana was more available-the states that had decriminalized-hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room episodes decreased. In short, what science and actual experience tell us is that marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.
4. Marijuana suppresses the immune system
Like the studies claiming to show damage to the reproductive system, this myth is based on studies where animals were given extremely high-in many cases, near-lethal-doses of cannabinoids. These results have never been duplicated in human beings. Interestingly, two studies done in 1978 and one done in 1988 showed that hashish and marijuana may have actually stimulated the immune system in the people studied.
5. Marijuana is much more dangerous than tobacco
Smoked marijuana contains about the same amount of carcinogens as does an equivalent amount of tobacco. It should be remembered, however, that a heavy tobacco smoker consumes much more tobacco than a heavy marijuana smoker consumes marijuana. This is because smoked tobacco, with a 90% addiction rate, is the most addictive of all drugs while marijuana is less addictive than caffeine. Two other factors are important. The first is that paraphernalia laws directed against marijuana users make it difficult to smoke safely. These laws make water pipes and bongs, which filter some of the carcinogens out of the smoke, illegal and, hence, unavailable. The second is that, if marijuana were legal, it would be more economical to have cannabis drinks like bhang (a traditional drink in the Middle East) or tea which are totally non-carcinogenic. This is in stark contrast with "smokeless" tobacco products like snuff which can cause cancer of the mouth and throat. When all of these facts are taken together, it can be clearly seen that the reverse is true: marijuana is much SAFER than tobacco.
6. Legal marijuana would cause carnage on the highways
Although marijuana, when used to intoxication, does impair performance in a manner similar to alcohol, actual studies of the effect of marijuana on the automobile accident rate suggest that it poses LESS of a hazard than alcohol. When a random sample of fatal accident victims was studied, it was initially found that marijuana was associated with RELATIVELY as many accidents as alcohol. In other words, the number of accident victims intoxicated on marijuana relative to the number of marijuana users in society gave a ratio similar to that for accident victims intoxicated on alcohol relative to the total number of alcohol users. However, a closer examination of the victims revealed that around 85% of the people intoxicated on marijuana WERE ALSO INTOXICATED ON ALCOHOL. For people only intoxicated on marijuana, the rate was much lower than for alcohol alone. This finding has been supported by other research using completely different methods. For example, an economic analysis of the effects of decriminalization on marijuana usage found that states that had reduced penalties for marijuana possession experienced a rise in marijuana use and a decline in alcohol use with the result that fatal highway accidents decreased. This would suggest that, far from causing "carnage", legal marijuana might actually save lives.
7. Marijuana "flattens" human brainwaves
This is an out-and-out lie perpetrated by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. A few years ago, they ran a TV ad that purported to show, first, a normal human brainwave, and second, a flat brainwave from a 14-year-old "on marijuana". When researchers called up the TV networks to complain about this commercial, the Partnership had to pull it from the air. It seems that the Partnership faked the flat "marijuana brainwave". In reality, marijuana has the effect of slightly INCREASING alpha wave activity. Alpha waves are associated with meditative and relaxed states which are, in turn, often associated with human creativity.
8. Marijuana is more potent today than in the past
This myth is the result of bad data. The researchers who made the claim of increased potency used as their baseline the THC content of marijuana seized by police in the early 1970s. Poor storage of this marijuana in un-air conditioned evidence rooms caused it to deteriorate and decline in potency before any chemical assay was performed. Contemporaneous, independent assays of unseized "street" marijuana from the early 1970s showed a potency equivalent to that of modern "street" marijuana. Actually, the most potent form of this drug that was generally available was sold legally in the 1920s and 1930s by the pharmaceutical company Smith-Klein under the name, "American Cannabis".
9. Marijuana impairs short-term memory
This is true but misleading. Any impairment of short-term memory disappears when one is no longer under the influence of marijuana. Often, the short-term memory effect is paired with a reference to Dr. Heath's poor rhesus monkeys to imply that the condition is permanent.
10. Marijuana lingers in the body like DDT
This is also true but misleading. Cannabinoids are fat soluble as are innumerable nutrients and, yes, some poisons like DDT. For example, the essential nutrient, Vitamin A, is fat soluble but one never hears people who favor marijuana prohibition making this comparison.
11. There are over a thousand chemicals in marijuana smoke
Again, true but misleading. The 31 August 1990 issue of the magazine Science notes that of the over 800 volatile chemicals present in roasted COFFEE, only 21 have actually been tested on animals and 16 of these cause cancer in rodents. Yet, coffee remains legal and is generally considered fairly safe.
12. No one has ever died of a marijuana overdose
This is true. It was put in to see if you are paying attention. Animal tests have revealed that extremely high doses of cannabinoids are needed to have lethal effect. This has led scientists to conclude that the ratio of the amount of cannabinoids necessary to get a person intoxicated (i.e., stoned) relative to the amount necessary to kill them is 1 to 40,000. In other words, to overdose, you would have to consume 40,000 times as much marijuana as you needed to get stoned. In contrast, the ratio for alcohol varies between 1 to 4 and 1 to 10. It is easy to see how upwards of 5000 people die from alcohol overdoses every year and no one EVER dies of marijuana overdoses.
and i used to be overweight and i worked out and stuff and now im like normal and im skiny now.. I Droped 34 pounds in 4 months but i worked really hard and so i know it all paid off and stuff but i havnt gotton my period this month idont know why.
Can anyone tell me some reasons..
mayb im not eating much?
idk.
help?:).
Leaving the weightloss issue behind for right now, and focusing on the age issue. When you're young you're still kind of growing into your period, it's irregular and sketchy sometimes. And when you hangout with mostly girls, you all develop the same period, so if you change friends, or dont hangout as much, it gets whacky.
Now, the weightloss plays a big role. But if you're eating healthy (as in, not starving your self) you have nothing to worry about.
i just cant take this apartment we live on. i cant do laundry in the laundry room outside because the dogs around the apartment scares me and when i tell the owners they are pissed off at me. they dont get me. i have no rights anyway cause they pay rent. i think the guy i told about the dog moved out cause of me. i hate him i was just telling him cause i didnt want to cause a scene being scared. the people now hates me here. i am so mad.
And where's the question in all of this nonsense?
Hey! So, I've been listening to a lot of alternitive music latley, but I just need some more artists. I listen to people like Cobra Starship, All Time Low, Forever the Sickest Kids, Death Cab For Cutie, and The Maine. I also like people like Jason Mraz, Tyler Hilton and Plain White T's. But I want more people like in the alternitive music. And group is fine, just not something like, really out there. But all suggestions are awesome! Thanks!
www.purevolume.com
There's a search engine there, where you can browse thousands of bands.
the way i masturbate i rub my vagina against a chair and i achieve an orgasm that way. usually when i have like a pad on it helps with the orgasm alot. am i making my vagina less tighter, am i making the hole wider?
No. You're fine.
is weed like addictive?
i don't know my friends wanted me to try it with them.
and i know the whole drugs are bad for you.
but we just wanna try it once so we can be like nooo don't do it!!
and someone told me that its good for you?
is it true?
i need an answer fast. please&thankyou
You have to be careful how you answer these on here, but I'll try and give you my opinion.
No there is no scientific evidence proving marijuana to have any physical or mental addictive qualities.
Here are the common myths of the herb.
1. Marijuana Causes Brain Damage
Studies of human populations of marijuana users have shown no evidence of brain damage. For example, two studies from 1977, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed no evidence of brain damage in heavy users of marijuana.
That same year, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially came out in favor of decriminalizing marijuana. That's not the sort of thing you'd expect if the AMA thought marijuana damaged the brain.
2. Marijuana Damages The Reproductive System
Studies of actual human populations have failed to demonstrate that marijuana adversely affects the reproductive system.
3. Marijuana Is A "Gateway" Drug It Leads To Hard Drugs
This is one of the more persistent myths. A real world example of what happens when marijuana is readily available can be found in Holland.
The Dutch partially legalized marijuana in the 1970s. Since then, hard drug use, heroin and cocaine, have declined substantially. If marijuana really were a gateway drug, one would have expected use of hard drugs to have gone up, not down.
This apparent "negative gateway" effect has also been observed in the United States. Studies done in the early 1970s showed a negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol.
A 1993 Rand Corporation study that compared drug use in states that had decriminalized marijuana versus those that had not, found that where marijuana was more available, the states that had decriminalized, hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room episodes decreased.
In short, what science and actual experience tell us is that marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.
4. Marijuana Suppresses The Immune System
Interestingly, two studies done in 1978 and one done in 1988 showed that hashish and marijuana may have actually stimulated the immune system in the people studied.
5. Marijuana Is Much More Dangerous Than Tobacco
Smoked marijuana contains about the same amount of carcinogens as does an equivalent amount of tobacco. It should be remembered, however, that a heavy tobacco smoker consumes much more tobacco than a heavy marijuana smoker consumes marijuana.
If marijuana were legal, it would be more economical to have cannabis food and drinks, which are totally non-carcinogenic. This is in stark contrast with "smokeless" tobacco products like snuff which can cause cancer of the mouth and throat.
6. Legal Marijuana Would Cause Carnage On The Highways
Although marijuana, when used to intoxication, does impair performance in a manner similar to alcohol, actual studies of the effect of marijuana on the automobile accident rate suggest that it poses less of a hazard than alcohol.
When a random sample of fatal accident victims was studied, it was initially found that marijuana was associated with relatively as many accidents as alcohol.
In other words, the number of accident victims intoxicated on marijuana relative to the number of marijuana users in society gave a ratio similar to that for accident victims intoxicated on alcohol relative to the total number of alcohol users.
However, a closer examination of the victims revealed that around 85% of the people intoxicated on marijuana were also intoxicated on alcohol.
For people only intoxicated on marijuana, the rate was much lower than for alcohol alone. This finding has been supported by other research using completely different methods.
For example, an economic analysis of the effects of decriminalization on marijuana usage found that states that had reduced penalties for marijuana possession experienced a rise in marijuana use and a decline in alcohol use with the result that fatal highway accidents decreased.
7. Marijuana "Flattens" Human Brain Waves
This is an out-and-out lie perpetrated by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. A few years ago, they ran a TV ad that purported to show, first, a normal human brain wave, and second, a flat brain wave from a 14-year-old "on marijuana".
When researchers called up the TV networks to complain about this commercial, the Partnership had to pull it from the air. It seems that the Partnership faked the flat "marijuana brainwave".
In reality, marijuana has the effect of slightly increasing alpha wave activity. Alpha waves are associated with meditative and relaxed states which are, in turn, often associated with human creativity.
8. Marijuana Is More Potent Today Than In The Past
This is not a myth, on average the THC content of marijuana tested from 2000-2005 was about two to three times as high as it was in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
9. Marijuana Impairs Short Term Memory
This is true but misleading. Any impairment of short-term memory disappears when one is no longer under the influence of marijuana.
Often, the short-term memory effect is paired with a reference to Dr. Heath's poor rhesus monkeys to imply that the condition is permanent.
10. Marijuana Lingers In The Body Like DDT
This is also true but misleading. Cannabinoids are fat soluble as are innumerable nutrients (like Vitamin A) and, yes, some poisons like DDT.
11. There Are Over A Thousand Chemicals In Marijuana Smoke
Again, true but misleading. The 31 August 1990 issue of the magazine Science notes that there are over 800 volatile chemicals present in roasted coffee.
12. No One Has Ever Died Of A Marijuana Overdose
This is true. Scientists have conclude that the ratio of the amount of cannabinoids necessary to get a person intoxicated (i.e., stoned) relative to the amount necessary to kill them is 1 to 40,000. You would have to consume 40,000 times as much marijuana as you needed to get stoned.
In contrast, the ratio for alcohol varies between 1 to 4 and 1 to 10. It is easy to see how upwards of 5,000 people die from alcohol overdoses every year, and no one ever dies of marijuana overdoses.
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My personal opinion, is that marijuana is a harmless herb that interfers none with social and/or physical activities.
what really is a fling? is like when two people just makeout and do intimate things together but not have any feelings?? or is it liek a sex-buddy, when you just meet up to have sex and leave.
thanks.
A fling is really neither of those. A fling usually happens after a night of drinking, and you fool around, then realize you don't really like eachother and never talk again.
HEY! for my publications class we have to write an artical for the school newspaper. and i got the topic top 10 high school based movies.... i can only come up with 4. someone help me?
i already have..
the breakfast club
high school musical
mean girls
never been kissed
HELP PLEASE.
its due wens.
SAY ANYTHING
Napoleon Dynamite
Dazed and Confused
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Clueless
American Pie
Donnie Darko
Drive me Crazy
Weird Science
Grease
Farris Buellers Day Off
Juno
Sixteen Candles
Heathers
Superbad
15/f
What are some websites i can go to to get some quotes about love and best friends? thanks!!
JFGI.
Just fucking google it.
How do you get a guy to ask you out?
Tell him you're not wearing panties. That oughta do the trick.
my friend is 16 and pregnant and shes my best friend, and shes thinking about abortion but like its her fault and the fathers, that she got pregnant what can i say to her to make her listen to other options like ive tried to bring it up but she keeps saying she wouldnt feel guilty and all this stuff
what should i do or say?
YOU should be accepting of her situation, and open your mind to concept of abortion.
If this girl was truely your best friend, you'd atleast try and be understanding, a baby just doesn't fit into most 16 year old girls lives.
Sure you can hit her with a guilt trip, but that's an extremely low blow. All I'm saying, is open your ears and shut your mouth. Listen. It's your job to help her, and just because she's not doing what you concider moral, doesn't make it wrong.
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Grow the fuck up, and quit rating people low because they aren't telling you what you want to hear. I clearly gave you advice, all you have to do is take those pessemistic shades off and READ.
see i need a new outlook on life so can anyone give me their ides or values on life?
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
This is the persuassive essay I has to write for language. Please grade this on a scale from 1 to 4. Please base this on a 8th grade level. Please criticise this essay, and help me make it better. Thank you in advanced. Also, just because I wrote about this topic, does not necisarily mean i believe what I wrote. And, please do not tell me my statistics are wrong because my teacher told us to lie about nthem, as long as they sound believeable. yes i know....weird
Television….Helpful or Harmful
Television is not really what you think it is. Television has little educational value. Television promotes violence, certain styles of clothing, and that affects the way you think. It gives you a reason to not exercise or eat right, which ends in health issues. It causes children to rebel, or beg their parents to buy items that the commercials showed.
The shows or commercials you see on television usually affect your actions, and the way you think. Boys who watch their favorite action shows are packed with fighting and violence. They cause them to think and act differently. Dr. Rodman, a licensed child psychologist, took a 12 year old boy named Charles, who had never watched any television in his whole life, and showed him 3 television shows packed with violence. When Charles came home, he took his little sister’s Barbie dolls and ripped off the heads. Girl’s who watch their favorite pop stars or “idols” on TV usually end up speaking and dressing like them. “My child came home and asked me to buy her a new wardrobe so she would be just like the girl on TV”, says Tessa Jones, mother of 2 children. Girls these days are becoming more aggressive, due to the latest news on television about famous stars. Television is affecting the minds and behavior of boys and girls.
In addition to changing your thoughts and behavior, people are getting unhealthy from TV watching and lack of exercise. The commercials on TV 3 out of 5 times talk about food, which causes children and adults to eat while watching television. Television gives people an excuse to not exercise.2 out of 3 people in America are overweight due to television watching and television commercials that promote eating. Dr. Drakeson, author of Kids Usa, states that kids watch more television, thank homework, exercise, and eating all together. Television is causing major health problems.
Not only does Television lead to unhealthiness, but television commercials also put down certain styles of clothing, pressure you to listen to a certain style of music, or pressure you into buying a product. Only 5 out 30 commercials talk about rejecting drugs,
pier pressure, or alcohol, while the others talk about wearing the “right” clothing, listening to the “cool” music. The commercials make children feel like they have to say and have the right things. Television commercials cause parents to feel pressured to buy the items that their children want. There are many commercials on television. Some are helpful, however most of them harmful to you in some type of way.
Some might argue that people who do not have a phone or newspaper, need the television to watch the news, to keep up on what is happening around the world, however, at the moment only 1 out of 5 show on television are actually news channels, in addition to that, the news mostly talks about gossip, or the latest buzz.
Personally, I believe television has little educational value and is harmful to any person who watches it in some way. The things on television affect the behavior of people and the way you think. People are getting more unhealthy from watching television. Television commercials are pressuring people to buy things, or change something about themselves, or the way they live their lives. If you do not want to be unhealthy, or be pressured into changing yourself, or pressured into buying what people may think is the “right” thing to buy, then cut down, or completely cut television out of your lives today.
There was an extreme over usage of the same words and phrases, but I left that alone.
I went though and corrected some of the grammatical errors, and when writing ANY essay, you have to write out the numbers, not just with numerals.
Here's my edit, And for an 8th grader, you can write a decent essay.
(indent, too)
Television is not really what you think it is. Television has little educational value. Television promotes violence AND certain styles of clothing, which affect the way you think. It gives you a reason to not exercise or eat right, which ends in health issues. It causes children to rebel, or beg their parents to buy items that the commercials HAVE showed.
The shows or commercials you see on television usually affect your actions, and the way you think. Boys who watch their favorite action shows are packed with fighting and violence. They cause them to think and act differently. Dr. Rodman, a licensed child psychologist, took a 12 year old boy named Charles, who had never watched any television in his whole life, and showed him 3 television shows packed with violence. When Charles came home, he took his little sister’s Barbie dolls and ripped off the heads. Girl’s who watch their favorite pop stars, or “idols”, on TV usually end up speaking and dressing like them. “My child came home and asked me to buy her a new wardrobe so she would be just like the girl on TV”, says Tessa Jones, mother of 2 children. Girls these days are becoming more aggressive, due to the latest news on television about famous stars. Television is affecting the minds and behavior of boys and girls.
In addition to changing your thoughts and behavior, people are getting unhealthy from TV watching and lack of exercise. The commercials on TV THREE out of FIVE times talk about food, which causes children and adults to eat while watching television. Television gives people an excuse to not exercise.TWO out of THREE people in America are overweight due to television watching and television commercials that promote eating. Dr. Drakeson, author of Kids USA, states that kids watch more television, thank homework, exercise, and eating all together. Television is causing major health problems.
Not only does Television lead to unhealthiness, but television commercials also put down certain styles of clothing, pressure you to listen to a certain style of music, or pressure you into buying a product. Only FIVE out THIRTY commercials talk about rejecting drugs, pier pressure, or alcohol, while the others talk about wearing the “right” clothing, listening to the “cool” music. The commercials make children feel like they have to say and have the right things. Television commercials cause parents to feel pressured to buy the items that their children want. There are many commercials on television. Some are helpful, however most of them harmful to you in some type of way.
Some might argue that people who do not have a phone or newspaper, need the television to watch the news, to keep up on what is happening around the world, however, at the moment only ONE out of FIVE show on television are actually news channels, in addition to that, the news mostly talks about gossip, or the latest buzz.
Personally, I believe television has little educational value and is harmful to any person who watches it in some way. The things on television affect the behavior of people and the way you think. People are getting more unhealthy from watching television. Television commercials are pressuring people to buy things, change something about themselves, or the way they live their lives. If you do not want to be unhealthy, be pressured into changing yourself, or pressured into buying what people may think is the “right” thing to buy, then cut down, or completely cut television out of your lives today.
Im fifteen years old and I took a carton of cigerettes from my gaurdian and she didnt notice but I smoked ALL of them in like 3 weeks, but I did give alot away, but not enough to blame my problems on them. I ran out today and Im finding myself wanting more and more, I even took one out of her secret stash and she only has two left.
Im scared, I dont want to smoke, I dont even know why I did it. If you have any advice, please help me. I already know it was wrong, and Im kicking myself now, I just replay it over and thought WHY DID I EVEN TAKE THEM?? Anyways, thank you for reading :)
Stop now, while you can. If I could go back in time, to when I was 13, and not started smoking, I would've beleive me. Once you start, it's near impossible to quit.
A carton for three weeks, you didn't even smoke that much, so you're ahead of yourself.
You're young, and dealing with stresses and thoughts that are entirely new, cigarettes become appealing, and you want to try new things. That's why you took them, I totally understand.
Just quit, I've been smoking for almost 4 years, and if I was you right now, I'd put them the hell down and never pick them up again.
i just had sex for the first time a few days ago (and have had it 2 more times since).
now it feels like every 10 minutes or so i have that feeling where i have to urinate really badly. when i do go, it burns really bad and hardly anything comes out. then it goes away and it'll come back like 10 minutes later.
idk if this is normal cause the only thing i can think of is the fact that i just lost my virginity.
anything?
It sounds like a bladder infection, which usually happens to EVERY girl when they start having sex. Peice of advice, after you get done having sex, go pee. It will help prevent this from happening again.
You should go to the doctor, all they do is make you piss in a cup, then they'll tell you what it is and give you meds. I also suggest iodine pills to ease the pain, and cranberry pills/juice.
ok well
i made out w/ this dude 3 times
and i dont no if he likes me because my friends say he does that with younger people alll the time butim not sure what to think
im 13 and hes 16
helpp!
Oh my goodness, you're still a baby. The thoughts on that boys mind are things you shouldn't experience untill you're 16.
Stay away from him, even if he does like you.