Sentences with phrase «otherwise normal people»

She enjoys writing main characters who are otherwise normal people with extraordinary abilities.

Religion is a contagious poisoning of the mind that makes otherwise normal people do hideous things.

It's a sad state of affairs when otherwise normal people are willing to defend complete immorality and horrible atrocities just because it's part of their religion.

Not exact matches

«In Internet slang, a troll (/ ˈtroʊl /, / ˈtrɒl /) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off - topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on - topic discussion.»

I can't imagine anyone sitting around thinking to themselves: «Gee, I wonder whether I should choose to be straight, which is considered normal and acceptable; or perhaps choose to be gay, which is roundly condemned by a large percentage of otherwise intelligent people, considered a sin by many churches, was once illegal in most states, will likely result in my being shunned, abused, ridiculed, abandoned, abused, and beaten — possibly killed; will deny me many rights and advantages available to married people; may cost me jobs; and which in general will set me outside of society, marginalized and ostracized.

That is how an otherwise «normal» person can simultaneously be delusional.

Yes it does, it makes an otherwise normal brain stop functioning properly and makes one a very lazy person unable to take responsibility for ones own actions.

Otherwise, people will get used to the behavior and it will become normal to say mean and hurtful things.

Suggesting otherwise is disingenuous, and makes mothers, mothers COMMITTED to breastfeeding, who are doing EVERYTHING they're told by the people who are supposed to be helping, feel like they are failures when they experience the TOTALLY NORMAL pain and are informed that if they were doing a better job, it wouldn't happen.

And absolutely, the problem is SO MUCH BIGGER than one person's choices: the amount of misinformation floating around out there (and the amount of it that comes from otherwise intelligent, highly trained medical professionals), the lack of help and support for new nursing moms, the lack of adequate maternity leave in the US (in Canada, where I live, one can take up to 50 weeks» leave with unemployment pay), the persistent idea that dads «need» to bottle - feed their babies in order to bond with them, the idea that formula is «normal» and breastfeeding is «best» — in some places it really seems like you'd need a will of iron to keep at it when the going gets tough.

But otherwise, how about we agree that some punches aimed at normal people SHOULD be pulled — that just as we wouldn't push over a grandmother in the street, we ought not to write mean things online about a twelve - year - old kid who's nearly been killed in a car wreck unless it's really necessary.

The only people imposing their beliefs on others are the transexual lesbian and gay lobby, that want to be deemed «normal» and heterosexuality deemed otherwise.

Telomere length does seem to be linked to life span; one key study in The Lancet found that otherwise - normal people over 60 who started out the study with short telomeres were more likely to die over the next 17 years than those with long telomeres.

«I have seen it take people who are otherwise normal and turn their lives upside down and absolutely destroy them,» says Mackey.

Scientists have found a second gene that, when mutated, can cause hearing loss but leave a person otherwise normal.

(Do not be alarmed if you don't see the movement, because some people with otherwise normal vision simply do not.)

«By discussing research outside one's normal network of colleagues you generate new ideas and meet people who you would have never met otherwise,» says Professor Hadgraft.

They were otherwise healthy people whose iron levels were on the lower end of normal.

Unless you are smoking weed in conjuncture, there's no way a person consuming a normal amount of powder, oil, milk, or otherwise could test positive.

By mainstream medical standards, however, most people in this stage are viewed as «otherwise normal.»

In a study of overweight but otherwise healthy people, those with loneliness showed higher levels of inflammation when faced with stressful activities; another set of subjects experienced more inflammation, pain, depression and fatigue than normal, plus a reactivation of dormant viruses in the body.

Many people will be spending a large part of their waking life on chairs, whether driving, working or at leisure — and lying on a soft sprung mattress to sleep will also leave the skeleton disengaged, as the skeleton needs to rest completely firmly, otherwise the various parts of the system will constantly be trying to readjust, and so can not rest completely — all leading to a premature ageing which we in the West accept as «normal» — like sitting in chairs, sitting on toilets, and sleeping on soft beds.

I'm the first to admit that pretty blog photos and sponsorships can make it seem otherwise, but really: we are very normal people, with normal jobs and normal salaries.

(xi) disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real time activities via the Service;

I'm thinking here mostly of young people going through an otherwise normal rebellious phase.

to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of Edutopia Technologies or prevent others from using Edutopia Technologies or accessing Edutopia Resources or in a manner that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue with an excessive number of messages (flooding attack) to Edutopia Technologies or that otherwise negatively affects other persons» ability to use Edutopia Technologies or access Edutopia Resources;

Even trademarked words if used in the ordinary normal English language use of said word, gives the suing person not a leg to stand on cocked up or otherwise.

I don't buy it... people have posted videos of the Galaxy Tab with a normal sized SIM being inserted... haven't seen any showing otherwise.

This allows people to keep their assets (house, vehicles, investments, cottage, etc.) while eliminating unsecured debt they would otherwise have little chance to pay off in the normal course of life.

So, anybody who has the ability to check your credit report is going to find out about your bankruptcy; but otherwise in a normal bankruptcy or proposal we're not putting an ad in the paper, we're not telling anyone else other than the people who need to know, the people who you owe money to, the government and anyone who's going to check your credit report.

I have seen otherwise normal dogs bite people because of cancer, while fighting off a bad infection, allergies, etc..

The emotional betrayal that people feel when an otherwise «normal» dog suddenly acts out is on par with being betrayed by a loved one or close personal friend.

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In Internet slang, a troll (/ ˈtroʊl /, / ˈtrɒl /) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, [1] extraneous, or off - topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response [2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on - topic discussion, [3] often for their own amusement.

Wikipedia defines a troll as, «a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off - topic messages in an online community with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on - topic discussion.»

Considering many factors, including Detective Sergeant Van Allen's high public profile, the rules and normal vetting practices by lawyers and judges concerning Expert Witnesses, and the fact that Van Allen's affidavit and redacted invoices were clearly suspect on their face to any ordinary person let alone lawyers and judges, it is unbelievable that nobody in that courtroom knew the truth about Van Allen or otherwise cared to find out.»

The lack of a headphone jack will likely annoy many people, but otherwise, the phone is normal.

(k) Disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real time activities via the Site;

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