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You’re so unique, you’re the same.

A friend of mine recently wrote a blog post about conformity which has prompted me to do the same.  While his post is about conformity in web design, I would like to generalize it a bit more.
Conformity is much more than most people think it is.  It’s not just emo kids who all wear dark [...]

Living in digital worlds

As a long time MMORPG player, I have noticed many things in my days of playing. I find that you only really reflect on these finer points about games, after you have both played, and quit, many of them. What I have noticed most is the behavior of people within the games, their attitudes toward people who have quit the games, and also, their feelings about all other MMO’s, except the one they currently play. If humans are good at rationalization, then MMO players are masters of it.RR

Fabricating reasons to hate people

Hate is definitely not the correct word for this article, at least not in my case, but sometimes, especially when you live with someone, you start looking for excuses to dislike them, and the great thing is, you almost always find the excuses you were looking for.  The same is probably true for racism, sexism, [...]

Making a bad situation worse

Why do people have a tendency to sulk?  Have you ever been really mad at someone, and just held a grudge? Too stubborn to back down when you know you were wrong?  Have problems apologizing? Purposely use body language to let your girlfriend know you are pissed off at her, but never actually say anything about it? Roommates having [...]

Managing your online identity

For a long time I thought a lot about my online identity.  By this I don’t mean “What do people think of me online” or “Could I become a victim of identity theft”, but more “How visible am I on the internet”.  I thought a lot about it mostly because I didn’t want people to [...]