Sentences with phrase «bombarded by messages»

Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, a Stanford University psychiatrist and the author of «Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the e-Personality,» says people «lose the ability to be in the moment» when they're bombarded by messages they feel compelled to react to.

Because we are bombarded by messages 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

If you are looking for someone close to your age and don't want to get bombarded by messages from some really young members in their 20s, 30s, this over70dating may be your thing.

We tend to think of women as the only ones getting bombarded by messages in the media that focus on their hotness, but men aren't immune.

Simultaneously, all are bombarded by messages that urge them to spend more (and so, ultimately, work more), to keep their homes cleaner (standards keep rising), and to improve themselves as lovers, investors, parents or athletes.

But fired up as I was about porn culture and sexual violence, and questioning attitudes towards women in the Church, I felt bombarded by messages about conservative «biblical womanhood» that I couldn't identify with and that didn't seem to do anything to challenge the injustice I saw.

Part of living in a free society means being bombarded by messages we don't like.

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However, being too pushy by bombarding users with messages can turn them off.

When friends started bombarding her with messages about the colorful drink, Laylah responded by calling it a «Frappajappajooza» — and people believed her.

Are they bombarded by insistent push messaging — loaded with the conventional features and benefits dogma they've come to loathe?

This strikes me as an important and refreshing message to send to girls, who are bombarded with stories and images that reinforce the notion that a woman's identity is defined by her appearance and her ability to snag a man.

Sometimes you get bombarded by attitude and fantasyland talk and it gets to the point that single men have to detonate the message like a nuke to get everyone to listen, understand, and accept.

Kids already have been bombarded and anesthetized by the type of messaging associated with morality: be kind, be respectful, be inclusive.

As we're all bombarded by more and more information in our daily lives (hundreds of brand impressions per day), advocates need to cut through the clutter with messages tailored to individual people's interests and needs.

If you don't want to be bombarding Congress with random emails (they get more than enough as it is), try posting a petition or some other alert that doesn't immediately send a message to a target — people will feel like they've done something, you'll get new names, and you won't be bothering that legislative staffer whose just a bit hacked off at being pestered by your messages.

Katie Perrior lifted the lid on a «dysfunctional» operation, which saw Cabinet ministers bombarded with rude text messages by the twin chiefs of staff.

It's the time of year when you are bombarded by even more messages, tips, and tricks telling you to do this and not that if you want to be healthy, lose weight, and be awesome (for the record, you're already awesome!).

«Members of this age group are trying to figure out who they are while being bombarded by conflicting messages from parents, peers, and society.

It shouldn't be surprising though, we are bombarded by societal standards of what beauty is (and isn't) on a daily basis and we are constantly receiving messages on what / how to eat via diet culture.

There's so much confusion these days about what a healthy diet that promotes fat loss really is... after all, we are bombarded by conflicting messages in the media about what is healthy and what is not, and you have all of these gimmicky diet books about low carb, low fat, high protein, vegetarian, fasting, atkins, south beach, liquid diets, and hundreds more.

We are bombarded by social media messages and other health gurus saying one type of sugar or sweetener is better for you than another.

We are bombarded by mixed messages on this question: is coffee really healthy, or not?

A «besotted» Harry, 32, met the actress at a charity event in Canada and «bombarded» her with messages until she agreed to meet up with him - and the pair «Sheer incompetence» by police meant that texts about an alleged rape victim's fantasies of violent and casual sex were kept secret and an innocent student

Bombarded by text messages, meeting alerts, emails and advertising on a continuous basis, we are in a constant state of distraction and become more and more disinterested in certain things as the years progress.

by Lou Bortone We're all getting bombarded with messages, and the barrage keeps on coming.

To quote nonprofit Consumers Union, «Consumers won the right to a free copy of their credit reports nearly a decade ago by bombarding Congress with hundreds of thousands of messages.»

The work typifies Jaar's interest in the politics of images: their effect on modern society» bombarded by thousands of images without warning, without mercy, containing messages of consumption crafted by marketing and communications experts».

These days, it can be challenging to prioritize the values of simplicity and mindfulness when bombarded by the constant messages of consumer culture.

I could just imagine viewers, who have already been bombarded by countless messages about their carbon footprint, all nodding blankly.

Especially when they are being bombarded by so many marketing messages to consume?

The fact is, we're bombarded with messages, as evidenced by people who've decided texting my cellphone with commercial messages is a good idea (it's not).

Consumers are bombarded by thousands of messages each day, so the question is, «How does one rise above the din?»

Bombarded by too many messages, most of which offer few if any benefits, prospective clients often ignore all promotional material.

You're bombarded by marketing messages all day every day — digitally and in print — right?

Such nationwide standards — often transparent to the real estate practitioner and homebuyer — are important, says Hill, because consumers are bombarded daily by media messages that make decisions like car and homebuying seem simple.