SovietDwarf

@SovietDwarf (42)

Romania • Age 37

Joined myLot 14 years ago

All Activity

SovietDwarf's Responses

The ads are pretty shocking! Do you think they will work?

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12588) • United States 18 Nov 10

The cigarette companies are putting ads on the packs in the next few years. Pictures of patients succumbing to lung cancer, babies surrounded in a cloud of smoke.. the list goes on. I wonder if these will actually work, since many...

addicted

ads

cigarette

19 responses •

3 people

SovietDwarf The real way to phase out cigarettes from mainstream confusion is to latch on prohibitive taxes and costs to them, ban their advertising, eventually altogether, ban them in more and more places, create a social stigma against them. The governments should...

20 Nov 10

The Torture Scene

anna728 @anna728 (1499) • United States 20 Jul 09

In 1984 when Winston finally betrays Julia it's because they are going to put his head in a cage full of hungry mice (or rats, I forget which). I'm not scared of little rodents like that, but that really sounds awful to me. What...

4 responses •

1 person

SovietDwarf Rats are pretty terrifying when I can't defend myself from them, but that goes for a lot of things besides that and I have no idea what Room 101 would hold for me. Probably quicksand. Rats can and will tear you apart if they are desperate to get through and...

20 Nov 10

Do you still go to the library?

archon309 @archon309 (404) • Philippines 19 Nov 10

With the vast source of information available in the Internet, do you still go to the library? OR does the students still go to library?

information

library

15 responses •

1 person

SovietDwarf I still had to go to the library when I was still a student and to be honest it was mostly a pain in the rear areas. Having to return a book before a fixed date or I get penalized in cash? That date sometimes being 1 or 2 days after I took the book? Fun times....

19 Nov 10

Should the husband bring most of the money in the family?

yna410 @yna410 (429) • Philippines 17 Nov 10

Starting a family is truly difficult. Just imagine all the responsibilities that come along with it. The couple has their own roles in building the family of their dreams. It's important that they make sure they provide what their...

14 responses •

1 person

SovietDwarf It should definitely not matter who brings the family's money as long as there is a big, impressive wad of it each month because children are one of the few things that can compete with Thermite at burning money. The idea that the husband should be the...

19 Nov 10

•

2 comments

•

1 person

Should a woman quit a job in order to take care of children at home?

yenwie84 @yenwie84 (1344) • Malaysia 18 Nov 10

I heard about this from one of my colleagues. Her husband was asking her to quit her job and stay at home to take care of their children. Why should women only to take care of children? Why should women to do the sacrifices for...

15 responses

SovietDwarf If any of the parents quits their job to care for the kids it should definitely be the lower earner, because children are extremely expensive. But it's not required. There are ways to work around this problem and a halfway responsible father will definitely...

18 Nov 10

The ads are pretty shocking! Do you think they will work?

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12588) • United States 18 Nov 10

19 responses •

3 people

SovietDwarf They are all over cigarette packs in my country already, but all the smokers I know seem to be almost as desensitized to horrid imagery as I am and they don't seem to give a rat's... I mean a politician about them.

18 Nov 10

What kind of job would you never ever do?

mayrah @mayrah (1144) • United States 17 Nov 10

As I have said in my previous discussion it's nice to find a job that's very much closer to your passion, which you really love. As there is a saying "find the job you love instead of learning to love the job you already have....

8 responses

SovietDwarf Being a criminal is generally not worth it (the average earnings are much worse than you'd think) but if I were pushed to it I'd probably rather do that than jobs in formal education including university level and especially day care of children, the disabled...

18 Nov 10

Gaming, is the fun gone when make money doing it?

2EarnMoney2 @2EarnMoney2 (1160) • United States 18 Nov 10

As regular gamer and a person who makes money online, making money playing games was not something I could pass up. Nor do I think I'll quit doing so anytime soon. When I talk to friends and family they are often surprised I...

9 responses

SovietDwarf That is... quite an interesting attitude they have. I am usually not that big no the kinds of games you find on those sites (and I don't think such sites welcome users from my country) but if doing something you like nets you cash that is just the best of two...

18 Nov 10

•

2 comments

Why do Successful BLACK WOMEN remain single in this day and age????

shorty132132 @shorty132132 (3) 16 Nov 10

I always find that most successful black women live alone and have no pursuits of men after them. When you question them as to why they are single. Most responses are that as soon as men find out their profession or earning. They...

3 responses

SovietDwarf Well, that is just a generalization IMO. Thing is, successful people tend to move away from marriage because it is obsolete and creates more problems than it solves. This is a good thing. Also, successful people, often seeing themselves as such, have pretty...

18 Nov 10

Is it Ice Cream or hot cream??

ankit_620 @ankit_620 (496) • India 17 Nov 10

It's winter season here and whenever i have a ice cream my lips just start swelling and i get a nasty burning sensation. What is it ever happend to you or its just me.

3 responses

SovietDwarf There is nothing really strange about this. Winter plus ice cream is a very cold combination. Your lips lose heat very quickly, which causes them to become painful and swollen (also reddened, I would imagine). The "burning" sensation is caused by the...

18 Nov 10

It's been 10 years! Can you believe it?

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12588) • United States 18 Nov 10

Before I was married he was here! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out tomorrow! Who is going? Who is tired of it all? Are you excited? My nephews are! My daughter is too.

decade

movie

potter

9 responses

SovietDwarf The Harry Potter series has been part of my teenage and adult life, albeit a small one. The books are all really pro, the movies, not so much but still pretty good except the Order of the Phoenix and the 1/2-blood prince (I don't think they're bad, just not...

18 Nov 10

We had lots of movies on robots? Do you feel they will rule us?

xorticanz @xorticanz (377) • India 17 Nov 10

We had lots of movies now like the Terminator series, iRobot, Robocop, Surrogates and many more which depict that they do both good and bad to human beings. It makes me some times think whether this is possible. Anything created...

robot

8 responses •

1 person

SovietDwarf The more palpable danger is rather that we will become very dependent on them and unable to live without our machine helpers. Then something really unsavory happens and we lose all our machines. Then we are all horribly boned...

18 Nov 10

how big is your head? Is it true that big heads are intelligent?!

Budettesky @Budettesky (95) • Philippines 17 Nov 10

when we the family members are joking, sometimes the teasing of having big heads are included. who ever that one is being teased always answer "its ok though, im intelligent you know!" then we all just laugh because its really not...

12 responses •

1 person

SovietDwarf My head is fairly huge, at just under 2 feet in circumference just above the ear, but there is absolutely no correlation between head size and intelligence. 1. Steven Hawking is extremely smart and his head is not big. 2. Lions have bigger heads than us...

18 Nov 10

Are you interested in learning another language?

Dragontooth @Dragontooth (27) • China 17 Nov 10

How many languages can you speak fluently? Have you thought about learning another language for some purpose,eg, for business, or even just for interest. I am thinking about French, because it sounds romantic...But I'll have...

34 responses •

1 person

SovietDwarf I am fluent in English and Romanian, and I know German at beginner level, and also small amounts of all Romance languages. I don't have any immediate plans to study languages but if I did I would try to learn German better, as well as a Scandinavian...

18 Nov 10

nature or nurture?

divitiae @divitiae (193) 18 Nov 10

I think nurture because ferrel children don't build temples or create works of art.

nature nurture psychology philosophy society

2 responses

SovietDwarf Not exactly. This topic has been picked apart by psychologists and their precursors for over a century. Humans certainly have much more need for nurture than other species (no genetic memory to speak of etc) but genes can't be dismissed. For example, they...

18 Nov 10