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The people who get paid to make us laugh, and why they’re probably depressed

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Comedians, are often the last group of people that we think suffer from depression. Their entire professional objective is to make people happy, to conjure laughter and make reality less daunting. But often times we fail to see the the obvious signs. Comedy is a great coping mechanism because people don’t take the “funny-guy/gal” seriously. We …

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Exactly what is, Hipster culture?

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Hipster culture is a reaction against perceived cultural trends of inauthenticity and superficiality. In a hyper commoditized world where commercial motives permeate every layer of the cultural fabric and advertising and lobbying dollars make everything in mainstream society suspect or of questionable motives, hipster culture has arisen to offer an alternative set of values and …

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The history of how Japan came to dominate the camera industry

The history of Anonymous and 4chan

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Anonymous, who exactly are they? this very question a contradiction in itself, is something that becomes blurred when trying to answer. Although we don’t know who they are exactly we can try to understand who they might be by examining their history. The media is infatuated by them and revolutionary freedom fighters around the world …

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Your life, is just a box.

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Most of us basically live our lives for one thing, to pay the bills. Pay our rent, car payment, ect. We spend most our lives at our job and when were home we just want to relax. We basically live inside a box. A sheltered box which offers us little more than a warm place …

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Sacrifice The Law of Equivalent Exchange

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You have to give to get, to obtain something you have to give something of equal value – this is the social law law of equivalent exchange. This brings up an interesting concept. the idea that nothing can be gained with out first giving something of equal value in return. We can apply this in …

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Next time you’re in a shoe store, don’t take off your shoes!

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Often times, when you go to a shoe store you find yourself constantly having to take off and try different pairs of shoes, but what if you could determine shoe size without actually having to take your shoes off? or you find yourself trying to figure out the shoe size of someone you like so …

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The Placebo Effect, what exactly is it?

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The Placebo Effect is a phenomenon where patients are given a fake sugar pill and are told it will help them in some way or form. Doctors take two groups of people to study, one are given real pills for an ailment, while the others are given sugar pills. This is a time tested study; …

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The Mysterious Moving Stones “Sailing Stones”

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In some deserts across the world there are stones that seem to move along the surface. They leave trails behind, sometimes taking right angle turns. One might first write them off as the wind pushing them, but the speeds at which the wind has to blow to move these rocks are highly unlikely of happening. …

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The people who get paid to make us laugh, and why they’re probably depressed

Exactly what is, Hipster culture?

The history of how Japan came to dominate the camera industry

The history of Anonymous and 4chan

Your life, is just a box.

Next time you’re in a shoe store, don’t take off your shoes!

The Placebo Effect, what exactly is it?

The Mysterious Moving Stones “Sailing Stones”

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