Neo-Addiction

Addicts.
Many of us are absolutely addicted to our precious little device. Yes, I am talking about cell phones. Have you ever been on a date with a girl constantly checking her phone? Here is a post to those who have and to those who use their phones during dates and other public events.

Regarding dates and tête-à-tête events. If you are constantly checking your phone, you are not only rude. You also make the person sitting with you worry for no reason. Now if you are a sadist and you love seeing your better half anxious; you definitely are doing the right thing. However, if you want the person sitting next to you to be happy, just put it away. You'll check your text messages after your date. Nobody is going to die if you don't open Facebook or Twitter five times to notice that you have not received any notifications. Here are examples of what your partner may think:
''Am I that boring?''
''Is she/he in a hurry?''
''Am I not worth her/his full attention?''
And I could just go on and on! So here is some piece of advice. If you are so addicted to your phone, turn the beast off. Or even better, if you can still make decisions, leave it at home. I guarantee the time you spend with the other person will be of bigger quality. Hell, you might even find out the person is actually boring and not worth your time!

At big events, you're suppose to meet people. The message you send to other when you are on your phone is ''Don't approach me, I'm busy''. Then again, the phone can save you from an awkward conversation so it's not pure evil either. But if your purpose of going to parties is to meet new interesting people, please reread the last paragraph.

Finally, selfies. Seriously. What is wrong with you people. Sure, there is no harm in taking a picture of yourself before going out, just to remember how you looked to that you can ask your boyfriend and be mad at the fact he doesn't remember such priceless piece of information. But there is a fine line between taking one picture and fifty. Now I understand that taking pictures in a public bathroom with your friends is without doubt a way to socialize. Do you honestly think it's a good one though? Are you really going to look back at all those 50 pictures? Do you think anyone wants to see all those 50 pictures?

Get rid of your dependence. Don't let your phone become your best friend. Make sure he stays a tool and you don't switch roles with it. After all, you're the human with the brain...

The Neo-Human and Shaving

Humans have shaved for centuries. But why? Why is the human race so obsessed with hair?
Now, I'm not going to go through all of the history of shaving, let's concentrate on the present. No matter what your opinion on hair is, you have one for sure. Is there a right way of doing things? Of course not.

Facial Hair:
Some women have an obsession. They absolutely need to have their men clean shaved. I've come to the conclusion that it's often the women dating older men that require them to shave. Although they will immediately deny that fact, they are trying to hide from themselves the fact that they are a little bit ashamed of dating an older man. The same works the other way around. Mature women tend to like having a man with a little bit of hair to show the world that they are dating a man that is also mature enough for them.

Now what about the girls that ask their boyfriends to have some facial hair? The answer lies in the word girl. It's a girl that wants the show the world that she is dating a man, not a boy. That way, she pretends to be a mature woman.

Finally, women dating younger men may ask their lovers to shave off facial hair. Now that is a rare situation, but when it happens, the woman may be feeling motherly affection towards her man... beware!


Armpit Hair:
While shaving armpit hair is very common among women world-widely, it isn't the case with men. In fact, North-American men in their majority don't shave their armpits. Europeans on the other hand do. I understand both parties. Although shaving isn't very comfy it provides a better hygiene. Perhaps a compromise would be trimming?


Chest, Arms, and Legs Hair:
If you are a girl with chest hair... All jokes aside, unless you are a professional athlete, you for sure asked yourself if you should shave. Now women usually get rid of the undesired hair by plucking, waxing, trimming, shaving (or any other techniques I have not clue about). What is interesting is when men shave those off. It appears to be a trend these days. In fact, the hairy manly look is losing ground; new generations want a smooth, hairless, body (I exclude the head, but my prediction is that soon enough being completely shaved will be a trend). Why? Read next section.


Pubic Hair:
Shaving pubic hair is now very popular. There are many theories out there that try to explain why it's done by both men and women.
1. We are strongly influenced by pornography where shaving is often a requirement in order to show more.
2. We try to fool ourselves in thinking sex is less sinful by having a shaved body. Babies don't sin, babies are also hairless. Now if you don't agree, once again, beware of denial. All of this is on a subconscious level.
3. We became very aware on personal hygiene matters, shaving is in fact not an unhealthy habit (please use your razor though).
4. For oral sex reasons. (Face it, men and women, how pleasant is munching on hair?)

I've been asked multiple times by insecure people about shaving their private areas. To these people, I can only say: ''Why are you asking me?'' (unless of course you are dating me, then yes, please to ask me.) I advise you to ask your partner. If he/she doesn't agree with you, don't forget about the sweet compromise of trimming! If it's a really big deal, consider dating someone else.

Russia and Ukraine

I have been asked numerous times about the situation in Russia/Ukraine. Honestly, I don't have much to say. In fact, I am ashamed of both parties.
The Russians should know better than sending troops to Ukraine and annexing its parts after rather debatable referendums. The Ukrainians should know better than to fight among each other.
The problem is that Ukrainians and Russians are not that much different. Apart of the obvious language difference, the two cultures are rather similar. Let me remind you that Kiev, now capital of Ukraine, use to be the capital of the early Russians (or should I call them Slavs). It is only a few centuries ago that Moscow became the capital of an almost 1000 year old empire.
The Ukrainians and the Russians are brothers. Together, they have fought off the Mongols, the Polish invasion, Napoleon's invasion, the Nazi Germany invasion, and many others. And what are they fighting about now? Who will Ukraine negotiate with? Where will the Russians place their pipelines? Which part of Ukraine should belong to Russia because the majority of citizens are Russian?
This fighting between brothers deceives me profoundly. Once again, economics and politics are standing in the way of a peaceful and lovely life. Yes, an Anarchist society is commonly seen as an Utopia, but how can we be absolutely sure about that if we haven't given Anarchy a real tryout?

I was surfing the World Wide Web and I found some interesting pictures of popular opinions about the Russian/Ukrainian conflict: