Other - Society & Culture - 8 June 2007

Hi :)
I am mexican, I just moved to the US recently out of economic necessity, but I am getting increasingly depressed because this country or at least Houston is such a sad unloving environment, I was wondering how do you manage to survive in such a materialistic and shallow society. Is it possible to ever have a trully fullfilling life here? I can't stand the food, the music, the TV, religious beliefs, school system it all seems shallow, depressing, unloving, phony, arrogant, violent, uninteresting and so on.
Any ideas on how to integrate into the society without loosing your moral values?

2007-06-08 10:18:59 · 21 answers · asked by Alejandra 1

I believe that she should serve out her sentence in prison but jail is a terrifying experience. No matter how spoiled she is, no matter how arrogant, I feel how much she is hurting and I don't want anyone to have to suffer. I only hope she is humbled by this experience and comes out on the other side a better person.

2007-06-08 09:58:38 · 19 answers · asked by Charlie P 4

I increasingly find American parents paying bills for their grown up (age over 25 and older) for stuff like cell phone, groceries.

I am not saying all but even the Wall Street Journal ran a story on this childish dependence of adult men and women on their parents.

In contrast, my foreign friends who are immigrants are fiercely independent and self-sufficient.

Why is this becoming a trend in American society? Is it because of baby-boomer parents?

2007-06-08 09:57:34 · 12 answers · asked by shakky_wakky 2

I would definitely say that without a doubt that North Korea is the worst country in the world to live in. The people there are starving and have no freedom and no rights, theres no internet because it's banned it's a prison state and if you leave the country without permission you will be shot, political prisoners are put in concentration camps and many of the prisoners are used for experiments by having poisonous gasses which are used for chemical weapons tested on them, women inside the concetration camps are also raped and many of the women get pregnant and their babies are either aborted or killed infront of them after they are born.
It's the most socially islolated country in the world and people are not allowed to know or hear about anything that happens in other countries, the poor people are forced to worship their tyrant leader Kim Jong Ill as a God and everyone of them has to wear a badge with his face on it and they all have to have posters of him hang up in their houses.

2007-06-08 09:54:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 09:13:05 · 8 answers · asked by jake 1

2007-06-08 09:10:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

your are aimlessly wandering the city streets and see that the side of a building has a message written onit in chalk that says "if anyone is out there please try to find me you are not alone" what would your reaction be?

2007-06-08 08:49:12 · 16 answers · asked by Randall F 2

why do we need to make more mountains out of mole hills? Why do we even think that a car is going to save the world from destruction each time we get into one? why are we so lazy and do not consider our physical health at all times? Why can't we just live one the beach or by the water somewhere and be happy with that?

2007-06-08 08:47:27 · 2 answers · asked by karen kremer smith 5

oh and insulting people just makes you sound petty and childish

2007-06-08 08:27:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I`ve just turned 39 and the countdown has begun.........hubby (same age) has just bought a huge motorbike...never having riden one before! And I`m tempted to get my first tattoo or dreadlocks or something!!! How sad are our attempts to keep middle age at bay?
What kind of a party or celebration should we have next year????

2007-06-08 08:25:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 08:24:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 08:24:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 08:19:54 · 6 answers · asked by Siobhan 3

some people really hate popular things.They just have some diffrent taste than others.Do they really hate things or just want to be different.

2007-06-08 08:05:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Prior to the rapid onset of the internet what what did you do in you spare time/recreational activities?

2007-06-08 08:04:12 · 5 answers · asked by skullpicker 3

I was doing a real estate search and I see tons of people talking about buying a house Panama. I am not planning to go there but I am curious. What is so great about Panama. I hear Costa Rica mentioned a lot, too.

2007-06-08 08:00:41 · 6 answers · asked by elkapitan2007 1

I`m a teacher and sometimes when I look at my crowd of hormonal adolescents I can`t help wondering if they`ll remember me with affection in twenty years time or hunt me down and slash my car tyres!!

Which teacher do you remember from years back and why?

2007-06-08 07:46:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you could eat dinner with any person, past or present, who would you choose and why?

2007-06-08 07:41:21 · 6 answers · asked by Jeff W 2

I need advice please?
Today the administrator said to my supervisor here are some temporary agency numbers in case you need them while i'm away for 3 weeks on holida/vacation and then she said to my supervisor "you might need them if Christine gets squashed by a bus tonight or decides she is leaving and doesn't work her notice" now why the heck would the administrator say something like that for about me?

2007-06-08 06:38:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 06:33:58 · 9 answers · asked by FEDERITO T 1

Why or why not?

2007-06-08 06:30:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

P.S. do I have to wait until it's all over....

will we just start all over again, or just remenis about "our favorite questions".

I hope channel 4 doesn't get their hands on this

2007-06-08 06:24:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

alright i admit it, i am an older guy and sometimes i forget the caps key and other things,i am college educated and retired and i cant type for beans, when i went to college you could turn your papers in hand written, thanks for answereing

2007-06-08 05:59:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems like overpopulation is going to be the most important problem in the future, and most countries are doing nothing about it. What do you think we can really do that would be effective and realistic?

2007-06-08 05:56:30 · 1 answers · asked by Steve C 7

I was waiting 45 minutes in the heavy rain for a bus to arrive, and this white car came to me and asks if i want a ride, i said no cause i dont kno him, and because i was scared that he was after a teenager like myself. then i waited longer and longer in the rain, and i was late for work,
Should i have hitched a ride with him?

2007-06-08 05:52:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am craving chocolate so badly right now!! it is so not even funny and i dislike chocolate a lot!!! lol !! what r u craving??

2007-06-08 05:08:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Fill in the blank.

2007-06-08 04:12:35 · 12 answers · asked by Jake L 3

what do you think,what should we wear or do, the thing which people like or the thing which we like

2007-06-08 03:56:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 03:38:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 03:18:55 · 33 answers · asked by nachomanhulk 1