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What do you care about?
Natalia J 52132106-Feb-24
Humans are, by nature, social animals. That's why we care what others think of us: We want to belong, to be accepted, and to bond with other members of our social "pack." Caring about other people's opinions of us is a survival mechanism as old as humanity itself. I'm very curious about your thoughts. Well ... what do YOU care about?
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  • Caring about self firsthand, is not selfish but a way to cope with the roller coaster ride of life and other people, over time building resilience, enhanced confidence, happiness and well-being. We can then choose how we react to other peoples behaviour and or their opinions, this could be family, friends, our extended community and the world issues. I care about and am grateful for my immediate family, our animals, my extended families and friends! Always be your best self and be kind…
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    • only the health and safety of my family
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      • I care about God, my family and others.
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        • I don't really care much about what people think of me. I try to do the right thing and help others if I can. What matters at the end of the day is knowing that you have not been mean or nasty to anyone and have made your best effort for the day. Some days are better than others. You will NEVER control what other people think of you ........
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          • It's hard to survive in a social circle without caring and respecting others' opinions and views. This teaches us self-discipline and tolerance to hear different thoughts of others and respond appropriately. The same theory applies when others would be listening to our views. This is a fundamental truth about co-existence, I believe.
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            • I care mostly about my family. I don't care about what others think of me. I'm 60 and it has taken me quite a while to realize that other people's opinions of me just don't matter. If they don't like me or something about me that's fine. I don't need friends. I'm happy with myself the way I am.
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              • I care about my faith, and about my family including myself.
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                • I care about my family
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                  • As I age, I am finding it surprising that There is very little I care about these days. Oh no. don't get me wrong: I still respect my elders, am courteous etc, etc, BUT when it comes down to the grind every day, I find that there is little or nothing I can do to change any thing. So, I care less than when I was young.
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                    • I used to work a lot with computers....a guy once explained the difference between a Mac network and a PC network.....the Mac network is female...they are always saying "hello..are you there?" to each other every few minutes....if one goes down every other one knows immediately....the PC network is male...you can unplug one and it may take the others an hour or more to work out it isn't there anymore...I like that explanation...
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                      • I care about God and my family.
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                        • I strongly suspect that females need to bond and be accepted far more than males...I don't spend my life on the phone "catching up" with people every week when nothing has happened...if I don't see a good mate for a year or so...nothing changes and we just pick up where we left off....people gravitate to you if they like you.....if they don't like you who cares?..I don't need their approval to be happy....if they don't like me then they can just go away and annoy someone else...... it works for me!
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                          • As people grow up, we care less what others think. We are polite and ignore those who are not. Don't know where the idea of caring about what other thought came from? USA, we were bought up in the 50 and certainly did not care what others thought. Honesty, Integrity, was the mainstay. Not others opinions, BUT MAYBE this changed when the idiot box arrived from the USA?
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                            • My Family is my first priority, along with my needs for respect,, for all people and their property, unlike some of the up and coming upstarts, that think they rule the world
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                              • Family first and everything else fights for second.
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                                • Be kind to all don't do bad.
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                                  • personal relationships and being independent
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                                    • probably religion recently assoc with jehovah witnesses also a bit materialistic
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                                      • Yes. We care about belonging- some people don’t admit that, but we all do.
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                                        • I answer to God only, but I obey all laws. I care what my family and friends think of me but otherwise why should I worry?
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                                          • I care about keeping life simple and not getting caught up in all the trends and rubbish that the media is always pushing at us. Sometimes it helps just to turn the news - and indeed the telly, off for a while just to get away from it all. I also care about family and friends.
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                                            • I care about my Husband
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                                              • Seems these days more "unsocial packs" around than there were when I was growing up. There again I might just be 'old fashioned' and glad of it.
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                                                • Family and good old friends who you have known forever, unfortunately, a lot of our friends were smokers so we are losing them which is just awful
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                                                  • Family is important and friends
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                                                    • Totally agree, keep life simple with those you know and love.
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                                                  • My thoughts are with the Palestinians and their suffering. Why is the world doing nothing?
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                                                    • I care about keeping life as simple as possible and not worry about following the trend of "social animals/packs",
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                                                      • Totally agree MB...
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                                                    • When I go to sleep I wake up the next day
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                                                      • my wifr and family are to most important things to me😃
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                                                        • I'm past caring what other people think of me. I care for my daughter, my dog & others all with respect of their own uniqueness.
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                                                          • Animal Abuse though I'm not into People Eating Tasty Animals idea of abuse as they are just crazy but you never mistreat any animal any longer than you absolutely have to and always try to do the right thing by it. Much easier today wheny ou can get big trucks in to move livestock around from drought areas which we did not have in the days when I was on the farm and we had to shoot the animals because there was no water for them. The other thing I care about is Exterminating all past. present and wat to be Politicians and replacing them all with a substandard Always Incorrect designed to run on a 80 CPU which falls over every 20 seconds. If that was to happen no one would be any the wiser as it would be business as normal witht he people believing that the Pollies where just feathering their own nests yet again.
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                                                            • Thank you Collin...I read your answer several times...
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                                                          • My family, A couple of mates. Thats about it.
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                                                            • I care more about the world and the problems that humanity has to face and how long it will take to overcome those challenges. Care less about what others think these days though used to care way more about this as a teen.
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                                                              • Family and friends are important, we need to be somewhat social for our emotional well being. I think our world is becoming more isolated than ever!
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                                                                • I try to stay content minding my own business. I find any kind of relationship whether it be a friend colleague or partner results in a whole lot of trouble. Not worth the effort or maybe I just seem to attract the worst kind of people.
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                                                                  • I care and feel sorry for people who don't believe in God and think that there was once a big bang and everything we see and hear came about by this.
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                                                                    • I do not care about being social to much. The main thing I must care about is staying alive. IE I couldn't care about anything if I was dead. Next my family and friends, and pets. The meaning of Humans being Social has been upturned in more recent times,so the meaning of social is more devoted to money.
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                                                                      • Yes we do care about what other think of us, as sometimes the things people say are very hurtful and it's hard to forgive, my husband and I love our children, grand-children and great grand-children, our fur baby (dog) too, we love a lot of things, places, people, I wouldn't say we are social animals as we like to be quiet now that we are older, we had fun when we were younger but the bodies not so willing these days, so just happy to stay home away from Covid and do our own thing whatever that may be, computers, diamond art, reading a book watching tv, gardening (Vegies and flowers) just life in general. Just chilling out..
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                                                                        • The world ,end times ,war,salvation,family and friends
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                                                                          • My husband as we have been married coming up to 64 years this coming year. My daughter & her family in Alice Springs, our daughter, her 3 sons, our 3 grandsons, then her grandchildren, our 3 gr8t grandchildren.
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                                                                            • I am just trying to get on with my life.
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                                                                              • All my family and close long term friends .
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                                                                                • My Family & Friends.
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                                                                                  • I might be an exception then. I care about my 3 x adult children, my granddaughter and my dog, Turbo. I are no longer social. Haven't been for years after my trust got broken many times over. I don't care what others think anymore, that's their problem. You cannot take stuff with you when you die, so material items are not so important to me. I lost a parent at a young age and know how precious life is. There are too many rules and regulations trying mould humans into one package which does not fit all. I love peace and to be out in nature.
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                                                                                    • You are my kindred spirits.
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                                                                                  • Mostly my family and friends.
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                                                                                    • When and where my next epic affair will be.
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                                                                                      • I care about understanding others and being understood.
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                                                                                        • I care about the lack of love and kindness in the world. Anything that is worth caring for cannot survive with these.
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                                                                                          • The older I get the less I need to be accepted, I prefer my own company. I am married and we are both home bodies. We have a 3 legged cat as most of you know and boy didn't she cause us some heart ache but we still have her. She is now 7. We also have 2 dogs 1 is 15 and the other is 6. We worry about the old dog and we realise he may not be around for much longer sadly. I will cry my eyes out but he has had a great life. Travelled Australia with us he's even been to Tasmania too. He will be missed so much. Well I could also say family, friends, other animals, the environment. Basically all we want is a simple life. We grow some of our own food and one day we will get chickens too. Hopefully finish off our renovations which are coming along. Still need blinds, some flooring etc getting hot water in a few weeks time so then we can use on new en suite. I am so looking forward in using our bath, can't wait. Bubbles galore hehe
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                                                                                            • Staying connected to family and friends, by regularly touching base and trying not to be too judgmental. Keeping in mind that nobody is perfect including myself.
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                                                                                              • Firstly, I care about my family, my pets all animals and people that cannot help their selves I hate all kinds of cruelty. I care about the climate. I care about my friends. I care about my safety and health as well as my family and friends' health and safety.
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                                                                                              • My family, friends and my pet cats.
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                                                                                                • Family, myself
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                                                                                                  • Family, friends, cousins, animals, environment
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                                                                                                    • family, animals
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                                                                                                      • Family first.
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                                                                                                        • My family, friends, animals and the environment.
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                                                                                                          • I care about the animals and their unspeakable pain and suffering in factory farming, life transport and slaughterhouses. I also care about our planet and climate change. That's why I am Vegan.
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                                                                                                            • I care about looking on the bright side of things
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                                                                                                              • I care about my family , my pets, nature
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                                                                                                                • Animals, people, trees Truth, justice etc plenty of stuff
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                                                                                                                  • My kids and huzband. Parents
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                                                                                                                    • My family
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                                                                                                                      • why worry about it.we wont get off planet earth alive
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                                                                                                                        • Animals
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                                                                                                                          • Each one of us is individuals who come with our ideas/feelings etc. Many things are and are not important to care about and consider in life how they affect others and how much you care. Caring can come in different ways, The need to care must be there such things as accepting others and being accepted for who they are, skin color, background, respect, religion all sorts.
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                                                                                                                            • just an old doll and grandkids xx
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                                                                                                                              • I only care about myself.
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                                                                                                                                • Everything, everyone the whole world
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                                                                                                                                  • Me
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                                                                                                                                    • Me I am numero uno
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                                                                                                                                      • The well-being of others
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                                                                                                                                        • There are many benefits to being left alone not every one as the social need to be with others. What I fail to understand, is if there is a need to be with others, then why are many people that love to be cruel with their words. My wife is all the friends that I need along with the friendly wave from neighbors once in a while.
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                                                                                                                                          • Family☺️
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                                                                                                                                            • My family
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                                                                                                                                              • My family and friends, I also care about the environment and what sort of world my grandkids grandkids will be bought up in, will there be any of our native animals roaming free or only in zoos.
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                                                                                                                                                • People have become selfish. I care for myself before others. Even kids now are ungrateful.
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                                                                                                                                                  • I care about my family and my true friends and this country which I love living in for its freedom.
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                                                                                                                                                    • I guess I'm not very human.
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                                                                                                                                                      • My family, and birds, thats all I care about. Not everyone wants to belong, some like to be on their own, with their own thoughts and ideas, as long as they have family thats that matters.
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                                                                                                                                                        • hi Lisa C....
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                                                                                                                                                          • I care about my family, my close knit of friends, my voluntary work that makes a difference, my pet cat Ginger and my health.
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                                                                                                                                                            • Nothing that you have mentioned.
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                                                                                                                                                              • we do not need most people
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                                                                                                                                                                • Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone truly tried to help each person to achieve the very best perso they can be?
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                                                                                                                                                                  • I care about stamping out political and corporate corruption that affects everyone on the planet every single day whether they know it or not.
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                                                                                                                                                                    • I care about my lovely family I am worried what the future holds for my grandchildren with the ever increasing violence in today's society and the danger of drug abuse, the economy and the climate change 💔
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                                                                                                                                                                      • Opinions about superficial factors, such as looks, clothes, cars, etc.do not amount to much. What one does to improve oneself and help others does count.
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                                                                                                                                                                        • Couldn't care less what anyone's opinion of me is. If they want to judge me on my looks or clothing or something they know about me then that says a lot about them. Too many people do care which leads to bullying and suicide. Just accept people for who and what they are no matter what colour they are or ethnicity or their beliefs. I care more about animals excluding humans and nature than 99.9% of mankind.
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                                                                                                                                                                          • 'Human beings' by nature 'are not' social creatures (aka social animals), but we are NOMANDS by nature (since we are 'all' emigrants on this planet on an ongoing basis)! All of us - including me - care about other people's opinions of us - are ageism, racism, sexism, etc. with its deadly side effects would not exist on this planet. Furthermore, on one level are another level - people's opinions of other people - impacts everyone (including me) on a daily negative basis till the day we DIE!
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                                                                                                                                                                            • We're all responsible for how we choose to respond to other people's words. Shows a level of emotional and intellectual maturity to ignore negative opinions.
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                                                                                                                                                                            • BLACK LIVES MATTERLisa C 512027
                                                                                                                                                                              racism, sexism, ageism are not just negative words or negative opinions (but are cold hard facts of life with real life deadly consequences) and regardless of your level of emotional maturity and intellectual maturity - ignoring negative words and opinions is not an option in the real world in real time - because it impacts your mental health, physical health, and standard of living on an ongoing daily basis till you DIE
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                                                                                                                                                                            • Lisa C 512027BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                                                                                                                                              What a way to live. You're never gonna be happy when you're always looking out for something to be offended by.
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                                                                                                                                                                            • BLACK LIVES MATTERLisa C 512027
                                                                                                                                                                              Do you actually KNOW the MEANING of the following words: AGEISM, RACISM, SEXISM! My guess would be - NO! CIAO!
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                                                                                                                                                                          • HI CHRIS..!!!
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                                                                                                                                                                            • ty Elizabeth T...
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                                                                                                                                                                              • I care about so much I would need to fill a book but mainly all living creatures
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                                                                                                                                                                                • I don't care what others think about me; I care about what I think about myself. When you care what others think about you you are just asking to be stressed more often than not. I will not alter my opinions just to fit in or appease anybody; I will listen to everybody as I love hearing what others think and why so I guess I care about learning.
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                                                                                                                                                                                  • I do not care about what others , besides the people I love think about me. Happiness really is about letting go of things like that, stop worrying about what others think and do.
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • hello writerrochelle, have fun...
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                                                                                                                                                                                      • I care about other people rather than what they think about me. I always try to ensure that others are happy and are having a good time before me.
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                                                                                                                                                                                        • grandkids ensuring they get every opportunity that can be afforded to them
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                                                                                                                                                                                          • My children being happy and living comfortably .
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                                                                                                                                                                                            • I care about family and living to a ripe old age.
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