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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:21 AM Original message |
Are we losing our minds? |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. 40 percent of Britons have mental illness |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I wish America could get down to at least that level.. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. LOL |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Re-quote worthy. :) |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thanks |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I think you got it. From gamers to couch potatoes no one is interested |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh heck, Kim K's wedding will likely have 10 fold more viewers |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. NOW I'm in real trouble |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. but one is just to Shut It Off, turn that dial, that is if you still have a mind to know to. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. My two cents? |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Obviously |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. You're right, I do think about this a lot... |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Right, the new media |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Surprisingly, GWB said neither that "know thyself" was the best piece of advice he ever received ... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. :) |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Add to that, that it is now possible to tailor all of your music and info to be nothing |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. GREAT point. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. It is sad. I much prefer listening to other people's stories than blabbing about my own. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. lol...me, too. :) n/t |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. "Empathy is disappearing rapidly" |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Word. n/t |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. K&R |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. We might be the same person |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. They are simply imitating the behavior they see and hear on radio and TV talk shows. nt |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. yep...as I read that...I see the crossfire show and the screaming |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. We are consumers. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I've seen it mentioned in several places recently that... |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. A lot of people are so self-centered. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. It could well be that they are forgetting. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. 30 or 50 years ago, there were nothing like wide-spread social media |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. In a way social media could be considered a response ... |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. The O'Reilly-Matthews Syndrome n/t |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. All people always talk about their personal lives. That is all we know as people. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Some people talk about themselves... |
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Kalidurga (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I agree it is difficult to talk about other people's experiences... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. He shouldn't have to feel burdened with being psychotherapist for people. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. I also perceived the OP's point as the focus on the shouting... |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. Different degrees at different times. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. Part of why I enjoyed living in France so much was the common language was not English. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Now you know how cats feel. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. LOL, guess so, never thought of it that way. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. Read "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss and Neil Howe. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Wish I had time to read anymore |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. I have noticed a different phenomenon, but perhaps related. The one place I go where I run into |
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xfundy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
43. I first noticed this behavior years ago, with Chris Matthews. |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. People do not know how to listen anymore |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. if you want to make yourself feel great, |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. I blame "The View". |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. Insane is the new normal. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
50. Anybody ever put their hands over their ears when people start trying to shout each other down? |
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