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Emily

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Dormant conversations with friends scare me. A lot.

Same here, sometimes i feel like i annoy people, and they just dont want to talk to me…

Yeah… I feel exactly the same.

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A Sikh student from New Zealand who broke strict religious protocol by taking off his turban to help save the life of a child hit by a car has been heralded as a hero.
Harman Singh, 22, removed his turban to cradle the bleeding head of a five-year-old boy who had been struck on his way to school in Takanini, South Auckland.
Mr Singh heard the accident take place outside his home, before running outside to investigate, according to the NZ Herald.
‘I saw a child down on the ground and a lady was holding him. His head was bleeding, so I unveiled my turban and put it under his head,’ he said.
‘I wasn’t thinking about the turban. I was thinking about the accident and I just thought, “He needs something on his head because he’s bleeding”. That’s my job - to help. ‘And I think anyone else would have done the same as me.’ Mr Singh and other members of the public stayed with the boy until emergency services arrived. Not long after the accident, the boy’s mother arrived. Another man, Gagan Dhillon, was on his way to work when he saw the accident and stopped to help.
He said: ‘There was enough help as there was, but being a Sikh myself, I know what type of respect the turban has. People just don’t take it off - people die over it. He didn’t care that his head was uncovered in public. He just wanted to help this little boy.’
Sikhism is the only religion in the world which requires its followers to tie a turban. Sikh men and women do not cut their hair and cover their heads at all times as an expression of respect to their Gurus. The Sikh turban symbolizes discipline, integrity, humility and spirituality. Turbans become a part of a Sikh’s body and are usually removed only in the privacy of their own house. Normally it is only in the most intimate of circumstances, when bathing the head, or washing the hair. 
The five-year-old was reportedly walking to school with his older sister when he was hit. He was thought to have suffered life-threatening head injuries, but last night was in a stable condition in hospital.
Since the incident occurred, Mr Singh has received thousands of messages and comments on his Facebook page.
Mr Singh, from India, is in Auckland studying a business course. He said he was overwhelmed with all the praise.
‘Thousands of people have said ‘well done’. I was only doing what I had to and trying to be a decent member of the community,’ he said.
‘Thanks to all who messages, calls… thanks all the worldwide Facebook members who messaged me. I think i just did my job nothing else.’
Source: Daily Mail
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wow I really appreciate nice anons a lot

this is a post dedicated to every anon that has chosen to use their anonymity to be good and send encouraging and nice messages instead of being mean to someone, you guys rock

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I was discussing anime with some friends and my friend who studied sports medicine/biology explained the significance of each of the Free! characters’ physical builds.

Rei has trouble swimming because as a track runner/pole vaulter, he has really high muscle density and that’s what causes him to sink even though his form is perfect, and to fix this he needs to gain more fat. The butterfly stroke relies heavily on upper body strength though, and this is why it’s the only one he can do.

Nagisa gains an advantage from his height because his short limbs allow him to rotate his arms faster for a faster breast stroke.

Conversely, Makoto’s tallness helps him because the backstroke is a long-axis stroke, so longer arms make him swim farther and faster with less exertion.

Freestyle, or the front crawl, is also a long-axis stroke, so again being tall helps. Rin is more powerfully built than Haru and his flip turns boost him a lot farther, but being less bulky makes it easier for Haru to catch up, so they’re pretty evenly matched.

KyoAni really did their homework.

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As a competitive swimmer, i must say that this is all completely true and we should praise kyoani for their skills

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