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People Who Read a Lot As Children Have Better Writing Skills

In this age where nearly everyone in the United States has access to the internet and to a decent education, it is very bizarre to see most people still struggling tremendously with basic English writing. Poor grammar, spelling and punctuation is rampant, both on and off the internet. While not always the case, those who read well-written books as children tend to have a better intuitive understanding of basic things like comma placement and when something doesn’t quite seem to fit into a sentence. As a result, they have a better all-around writing ability than those who did and do not read much.

Inception

Like so many other movies (I’m looking at you, The Matrix), Inception was made to create plausible deniability for those that invented and use the technology in reality.

Braces Are Just a Way for Orthodontists to Make Money

Sure, they make your teeth straight, but don’t you find it odd that almost everyone has to get the full set? I’m sure there’s something that the orthodontists aren’t telling us about that can make your teeth straight in a matter of weeks. Plus orthodontists don’t even work during appointments, they come in for one second and say “everything seems to be in order” and then they leave. And now they have all of society thinking that they need to spend a ridiculously large amount of money to make their babies’ teeth perfect.

iPhone 4 Signal

The iPhone 4 drops calls when held in such a way that the lower left corner is covered by your palm. This is actually a feature so you can effectively hang up on someone without seeming rude.

Life Is a Lie

When you’re young, very young, like a baby, you have primitive needs. Food, drink, sleep, toilet. That’s your life. As you get older your needs start to change—things like education and friendship are added in. That is your life—but if it’s constantly changing, isn’t life a lie?

Counter-Terrorism Laws Exist for More Nefarious Purposes

Since 9/11, there have been a lot of laws added, giving the government more powers to violate individual rights. Now, some of the things they’ve done have been good, necessary, legitimate things, and I have nothing against those. But other actions, such as warrantless surveillance, authorization of an assassination of a U.S. citizen, imprisonment without charges, suspension of habeas corpus, torture, and more in that vein—including the latest, an attempt to strip suspected terrorists of U.S. citizenship, even before they’re proven to be a terrorist in a court of law, are harmful to the rest of us, even if they help stop terrorists in the process. The ends do not justify the means. The government’s role is indeed to protect us from force being used against us, but by implementing such policies, they are using force against us in the process of preventing force from being used against us. Even if those in charge have good intentions now, someone in the future will misuse them, and expand their powers. There's a reason the Constitution limited the powers of government significantly—not significantly enough, though, apparently.

The Universe Is One Big Fractal

The entire universe is one big fractal and everything repeats itself. It is never-ending, with the exception of black holes, and we aren’t meant to understand them. Once we understand what they are and how they work, we will understand how the universe was created, and that is when the world as we know it will end, and the cycle will repeat itself. We will then become the Mayan mystery to the people who inherent the earth. All that will be left of us will be buildings and information that they have to try to decipher. It’s the circle of life.

One World

The whole world could’ve been just one entity. All people could’ve had one goal. You could’ve travelled continents and no one would ask to see your passport or check your color, race or religion. I think the problem started with the first guy that built a fence around a piece of land and said “This is mine. No one is allowed in and I have the right to kill any trespassers.” We need to get together again. But the problem is, even from the most creative imaginations on earth—movie writers and directors—the world unites only because of alien invasion or environmental disaster. Let’s pray we find a more peaceful and true reason to get together.

The Rich Are Getting Richer

I’m sure you know the rest—the poor are getting poorer. I think the world’s economy is designed just to make these words come true. You have lots of money, invest it, and end up with much more than you started with. As this goes on—if we take real estate as an example—the more the rich invest, the higher the demand is, and the higher the price goes, and the poor can’t even find a place to live.

Technology Stock

We now have technology that our kids will use many years in the future. It is there, ready at warehouses, but companies still have stock of things we use these days. They can’t let the new, innovative things out into the public because of all the money they invested into the current technology. Imagine how much easer and safer and cleaner life would be if the day after tomorrow replaced today!