Studies Show

Vengeance is a goal-driven act, sought out to restore a sense of justice to the universe. But what happens when retaliation is targeted at someone other than the original transgressor?

Attempting to appeal to a tourist’s ideas of local culture is inevitably a losing proposition. The traveler’s very presence, after all, is already a mark against a place.

Jokey complaints can make a wronged person more likable, and in turn, easier to support—provided their good humour doesn’t undermine the seriousness of the problem.

It’s easy to want to believe that everything happens for a reason, but how does that affect the way we treat the people the universe has punished?

Whether at a friend’s birthday party or stark naked in the Nicaraguan jungle, our first conversations with strangers require a complex dance of tentative reveals and elisions.
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