-- ok, it's not letting me copy-and-paste so now I have to re-type all of mine in this blog! ah

1) Disappearing could mean that having sidewalks is valuable. It could also mean something that is uncontrollably being lost. Slipping away. Implies that only the developer has the decisions to make the sidewalks. Are the mass majority of people therefore losing the ability to make this kind of decision? Is the ability to having a walking space being taken away? Also implies more cars will be on the roads, less people walking, less people exercising, which could lead to obesity. Could also lead to more gas spending. (Would the government want to do this on purpose?). Also more car driving and less sidewalk walking is less interaction with people, which means we won't get to know as many people, less contact with people, which could lead to depression.

2) If kitchen is not separated from the rest of house could imply that food needs to be closer to other living habitations. Could contribute to Americans watching TV more and more and want to be able to eat and watch TV at same time. If watching more TV, taking away from family time and if spend less family quality time, the family support system will not be very strong and could lead to children being less efficient in growing up because of lack of support and family community. Also if closer to other rooms, that means a person doesn't have to walk that far to food which means two things: there not walking as much to get to the food and they made be eating more food because it is more readily available. This can also lead to obesity!

3) Could imply you have a responsible, good-minded neighbor if they take the initiative to put up a good fence or take care of their fence. You would also be suggesting that the way a person handles their things represents who they are as a person. Could also suggest that a good fence means that it is one that keeps neighbors out of your space, meaning that "good neighbors" are ones who don't bother you. Therefore the fence would act as a barrier....not sure where else to go with  this

4) First thing I want to say is how does this person know this? If it's scientific information, than it implies that females are more able to express their emotions than males. And if true, males have and excuse to be disabled of expressing their emotions. If men have an excuse for this, then maybe they won't even try to talk out their emotions and if men do that, women will go crazy!

5) Could be saying that culture is getting more violent and therefore younger people have the ability and capability to commit "adult" crimes. Could also be suggesting that TV culture is affecting reality. A lot of teens watch TV now a days and there's a lot of violence on TV. TV could be affecting how we act in society (this is actually proven!) Also could be saying courts want to convict people of more crimes. Are they suggesting that children can commit adult crimes when their brain isn't even fully developed?

6)Haha what I just said! Can someone really be tried of a crime when they don't have a brain of an adult yet? If more kids are getting convicted, then more kids are in jail. Jail becomes more of a reality for a kid. Kids will experience the unpleasantness of jail that could affect them for the rest of their lives. This could make them even more violent than before. They will not get taught proper coping skills and will not be properly enforced in jail while their brain is still developing. Therefore what ever they get taught in jail could permanently affect them for the rest of their lives.

7)Giving a question sound to a statement implies the person isn't really confident in the statement they're saying. Implies lack of trust to whomever the person is directing statement to. Also statement the statement said if said by a women sound a lot like a mom talking to her child. So if men are saying more statements like that, then maybe they're are beginning to stay at home more often now than constantly having to work all the time and therefore participatin more in the family which will build stronger families which will make people happier! maybe more dads are becoming stay-at-home dads (yayee!)

8)Shopping malls and grocery stores don't want you to leave! They want you to stay longer so you will buy more things, if you buy more things, you're not only reinforcing the store but also buying things that you possibly don't need that you could be spending on things you really do need or if you have extra money you could give it to someone who really is in need! Though having no clocks in stores could have a backfiring affect in the sense if people get too tired and dehydrated while shopping because they lose track of time they could not want to go to stores anymore because of this occurance.