ShardAerliss

@ShardAerliss (1488)

Age 42

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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ShardAerliss's Discussions

How can you say that your truth is better than ours?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 25 Apr 12

That's a line from a song by Mumford & Sons (they're not really his sons) called "I Gave You All". Like most of their lyrics it really resonates with me. What do you think Mumford and Sons meant by this and do you agree with...

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How Do We Ensure The Best For Our Children After We're Gone?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 25 Apr 12

Is it better, do you think, to make your children's immediate personal well being as great as possible (wealth etc), for their future, or to leave behind a better world (environment, society and culture, economy) for them to live...

children

future

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Criminality and Mental Disorders

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 25 Mar 12

I've thoughgt about this for a while, the whole "not of sound mind" defence. How can we say that someone was "not of sound mind" and send them to be rehabilitated while others are simply evil and need punishing? Surely the very...

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Why do we fight going to bed?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 2 Feb 12

Or am I the only one? I'm really tired. I've been staying up late recently and need to catch up on sleep. I could quite easily fall asleep in my armchair. Instead of going to bed though, I'm staying up. Not because I have...

bed

late nights

sleep

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Blushing

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 24 Mar 09

So, the first time I stood in front of a crowd of people and read out something to them, I was six. I've done loads of public speaking and stage work. I'm outgoing, can and will talk to anyone (people often mistake it for flirting...

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Do you smile at random strangers?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 31 Jan 09

Now, I smile at customers, I smile at the people who serve me in shops and cafes. This isn't quite what I'm talking about though. Smiling at people you are interacting with is a common courtesy. No, I'm talking about an odd and...

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Why is having a cultura/nationall identity important?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 28 Nov 08

Is it important? Is it something important to you? Why is that? Does a person lose something if they let go of their cultural identity? Can we switch and change our cultural identities, if we move to a new country, if we don't...

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Do we have a duty to conserve Nature the way she is now?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 28 Nov 08

The world has not always looked this way, so the documentaries always begin. It was once warmer, once colder, once wetter, once drier, once all the continents were joined together. The flora and fauna we see now are not the same...

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What legacy would you like to leave?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 28 Nov 08

The Ancient Egyptians believed that you only continued to exist in the after life if your name was remembered, at the very list written down. We might not believe that today, some don't believe in an afterlife at all, yet the...

martin luther king jr

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Should women who suffer severe PMT/S have to list it on job application forms?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 27 Oct 08

Okay, just hear me out before I run off to hide under a table. Female here, but I have to say that I have never suffered PMT/S. My mood is pretty much permanently cheery unless I'm very tired (as in just worked two hours...

sexism in the workplace

witch

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A new beginning, your experiences?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 22 Sep 08

Well, my partner and I are currently living in a backpackers' hostel. Bummer. But it's because we are trying to move house, several hundred miles away! Obviously it's kinda hard to find a job and a new home if you're not in the...

beginning

moving house

new start

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What makes you happy might not make me happy.

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 2 Jun 08

Aerliss wants to rant... just go with it I am sick and tired of being told what I do and do not want. I am fed up of people assuming what I need in this life just because I'm female. [b]Oh, you'll want children when...

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Why do only good looking people get lead roles in movies and TV shows?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 30 May 08

This seems to be something a lot of people are asking. The argument goes; all these beautiful (be they airbrushed or not) people are giving us average folks (without personal trainers) a crisis of image. So, we should have less...

actor

airbrushing

cast

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Why did Christ have to die?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 29 May 08

Sound like a toddler don't I? Ahem. We all know the drill; we are sinful creatures, Christ died so that our sins might be forgiven by the Lord God. Have a quick read of this short...

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History Changing Movies

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 26 May 08

What movies, if any, do you think changed the shape of the movie industry? What movies do you think changed the direction that the movie industry was heading in? Or just plain upped the ante for movie makers everywhere? This...

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My boyfriend's gone missing!

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 25 May 08

lol No, he's just wondered off somewhere without telling me and I was too engrossed in writing to hear the door go. As a couple we are very independent. We have our own jobs, we split bills straight down the middle, we...

living together

seperate lives

sharing

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Worship?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 24 May 08

Most religions have at least one deity that people are told to worship. This worship comes in many, many forms from a simple quiet daily thanks to the sacrifice of an animal and the ritual eating thereof. What I'm interested...

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Moving Home and Rituals

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 24 May 08

My partner and I (and a few mates... this could be fun) are moving home in a month or so. We're moving from Wales to Scotland... it's a loooong way for little old me. Random thoughts on this brought me to rituals. My mother...

Saviour Siblings?

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 19 May 08

These are babies born from embryos selected because they are a tissue match for a sick older brother or sister with a genetic condition. Some people are strongly opposed to the creation of these children. The general argument...

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