[C.S.]

When I see someone who is overweight, I feel a bit sad for them, but I don't feel disgusted or the need to be rude. I think *everyone* on the planet has some type of flaw or problem. But if someone is a gambler or an alcoholic, the casual observer would never know it by looking at them. When someone is heavy, everyone knows they either eat too much or have a metabolism problem. I try to be very sensitive to this. I get SO upset when I hear strangers making rude and mean comments about someone they don't know, especially to their faces!

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[C.S.]

The actions the rest of the world sees are decided by American politicians, not American citizens. I believe a lot of politicians, regardless of political parties, are influenced more by the power of large corporations, money, etc., than by doing what individual working-class citizens would like. I think in some instances, like helping starving children in Third World countries, the United States is just trying to help. But I also think the government does a lot of other things, like getting in the middle of other countries' civil wars for its own self-interest, and uses the cover of 'righting what's wrong.'

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[C.S.]

When I see a man who has lost most of his hair, I immediately assume he's about 45 or 50. I have a friend who had lost 90 percent of his hair by the time he was 21. He's 28 now, and if you look at his face alone, he has no wrinkles and could pass for a 17-year-old. But without hair, he looks at least 40, so most women under 40 don't approach him because they don't like the idea of dating 'an older man.' If you had lost all your hair by now, I wouldn't advise you to get a toupee. That's extreme. But while you still have the opportunity to keep what you have, I say the pain in the butt that Rogaine will be is definitely worth it if you can delay your hair loss.

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[C.S.]

When I'm interested in a man I haven't met or hardly know, I'm very subtle about it because I don't want to freak him out or risk being rejected. I think if you're interested in a woman and make eye contact with her and she doesn't turn away and try to avoid you (but rather, turns away quickly because she's shy and then you catch her looking at you again a few minutes later), that indicates she's interested. She might even come over and start talking to you if you smile politely instead of stare. But I think to play it safe in any situation like this, as long as she's not clearly trying to avoid you, find a way to casually start talking to her. Don't try to use a cheesy line, but rather find something really harmless to say. Work your way slowly over to her and then ask her something like 'What college do you go to?' Or 'Aren't you in my biology class?'

The key is to be subtle so that if she isn't interested the conversation ends easily and harmlessly and you don't need to worry about her friends giggling about you afterward. And if she is interested, she'll find a way to carry on a conversation about something mundane like classes you might have together.

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[C.S.]

I think Affirmative Action has actually worked against minorities, in this case. When a minority is the best person qualified for a job, they're still accused of getting the job only because of their race or gender. I remember a young black man (all my African-American/Black friends call themselves 'black') at a prestigious university being accused by classmates of getting into the Engineering program simply because he was black. That university had participated in a lot of affirmative action. But in this young man's case, he was extremely intelligent and hard working, yet most people assumed that he got there only because he was black because other people had been let into the program for that reason.

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