Delicious LiveJournal Links for 2-3-2010

[andrewducker]

• Studies Reveal Why Kids Get Bullied and Rejected
  Well, those reasons and bullies are evil bastards.
  (tags: kids social parenting sociology)
• France refuses a man citizenship because he forces his wife to wear the full Islamic veil
  (tags: islam France)
• Pregnancy baby brain lapse a myth
  (tags: women pregnancy memory)
• Inventor unveils $7,000 talking sex robot - Dr Who fans might be surprised by a certain resemblance...
  (tags: robot sex robots DrWho)
• Possibly the finest infographic in the history of mankind
  Warning. Contains Mega-Shark
  (tags: visualization funny sharks infographic)

Comments

Re: It's more complicated than that...

[zornhau.livejournal.com]

But the adolescants just think they're being silly or having a laugh - after all when somebody steals *their* pack lunch box, it's just funny. (Because it only happens to them once per 12 months.)

Re: It's more complicated than that...

[andrewducker]

Absolutely - but you can train them out of that. Empathy seems to be a learned skill for many people, and there are methods of imparting it.

Re: It's more complicated than that...

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

It depends. If Andy stole my packed lunch box, I'd probably think it was funny, because I already consider Andy a friend and I trust him. I would know he's just fooling around for laughs, and he would know me well enough to cut the joke off when it's gone on long enough. There are tons of social cues around teasing one another -- in fact, it's all to do with playing with the cues and the boundaries.
If I don't feel comfortable around someone who teases me, then I am not confident they don't actually intend me harm, and won't chuck my lunchbox down the toilet or something.