First photograph of a comet. Image obtained by Jules Janssen on June, 30, 1881. (dry plate, 30 min exposure).
Women tend to lean forward, nod and make eye contact when they’re listening attentively. Men are more likely to lean back and shut their eyes. Since it looks suspiciously like men have chosen this particular moment to have a snooze, it’s unsurprising that women think they’re being ignored. Men understandably get annoyed when women try to prod them ‘awake’, since they had shut their eyes in order to be able to listen better.
Women say “M-hm,” and “Yeah, yeah…” more often than men.
Hello? Did you hear a word I said?Minimal responses mean simply “I’m listening”, whereas men understand them as “I agree with you.” The result is that when men hear “M-hm,” they think the woman agrees with them, and it’s infuriating when it turns out she doesn’t. Naturally, when a woman doesn’t hear “M-hm,” she thinks the man isn’t listening.
Women tend to acknowledge the previous speaker’s comment in some way before making a contribution, while men tend to launch straight into their own point. In mixed conversation, this can make women feel like they’ve been completely ignored. Hello? Did you hear a word I said?
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Apparently Nickelodeon wants to build an attraction in Palawan, Philippines .
This might seem fun for some people, but for us it’s not.
You see, Palawan is known for its non-commercialized islands and untouched beaches. There are only a few resorts in there, and the government limits tourism population there. Here are some pictures of our beautiful islands:
Nickelodeon, however, wants to capitalize the island of Coron, Palawan. They’re going to build a resort and theme park there. They claim that they want to “spread environmental awareness” but they’re really not. Building this resort will disrupt the marine ecosystem; thus destroying the environment there. Also, Palawan is our last ecological frontier in the Philippines. If they’re going to continue to do this, more and more big companies will cash-in to commercialize Palawan- and I really do not want that to happen.
I know petitions won’t do much, but at least we can prove a point that Palawan should not be disrupted. Please sign this petition, so that it will not only show that us Filipinxs don’t want this, but people from different countries as well. Please spread it around as well, so that people from different countries can be aware of what Nickelodeon is doing.
Ang aming kalikasan ay hindi dapat sirain. Maraming salamat po.
the petition is 34,000 away from 200,000
