This arguing about Trump and his evil deeds on a daily basis is too much for the people who just want to talk about the weather.Soon, there will be no weather. Just acid rain... moreThis arguing about Trump and his evil deeds on a daily basis is too much for the people who just want to talk about the weather.Soon, there will be no weather. Just acid rain from all the fallout. Soon there will be no America. Soon there will be brown people all over the place here. But only RICH brown people coming for this country and Trump's stupid a$$
Most people agree that it is wrong to make fun of people who are "retarded", yet many people who place high value on intelligence take aim at those who are or appear to be lacking ... moreMost people agree that it is wrong to make fun of people who are "retarded", yet many people who place high value on intelligence take aim at those who are or appear to be lacking it. I am genuinely curious about how people determine who is fair game, when it comes to this sort of bullying/ridiculing.
I often send out requests to people asking them to provide a quote or let me interview them for an article. Oftentimes, I don't know the person at all; I've just read something the... moreI often send out requests to people asking them to provide a quote or let me interview them for an article. Oftentimes, I don't know the person at all; I've just read something they've written or learned about a project they've worked on and would like to either include a direct quote or talk to them. I'm kind of all over the map on whether I get any kind of response at all, let alone whether the other party agrees. I haven't found any kind of technique that increases buy-in. With my latest one, I needed to talk to doctors, so I wrote to several whom I know personally. Only one bothered to write back and decline. The rest didn't even do that much. It doesn't bother me so much when I don't know the person, but these were people I knew in real life that I've worked with before, so I found the lack of response rather bothersome. Is that normal for this kind of letter, even if you know the person you're talking to? I'm basically offering them free PR, so it's hard for me to understand why they wouldn't rep... less
