Black Friday is just two weeks away … and according to a new survey, the average Black Friday shopper will spend $520. The survey, by Slickdeals, also revealed that more than 50 percent of Americans will be hitting the stores on the day after Thanksgiving this year. What will all those people be buying? Clothes (53%), a laptop/computer (47%), and TV (37%) top the list. (SWNS Digital)
Those negative social media rants are hurting you … It’s a no-brainer that positive posts make people feel good and negative rants make people mad, but you probably had no idea how long the effects of those negative rants last. According to researchers at the University of California-Davis, positive posts last for just a few seconds, but negative rants produce a stream of negativity that goes on for many minutes.
But here’s where it gets interesting … seems those negative rants have a negative effect on the original poster. “It’s not just that this negative chat has a long life,” said study author Seth Frey. “But it has a longer effect on the original speaker. Negative people are really hurting themselves.”
Basically there is such a thing as social media karma. When someone sends out a positive message, it creates good feelings that return to the sender. But when people send out negative or angry messages, it creates negative feelings that ultimately come back to the original poster. (UC Davis)
Are you travel cursed? A new survey found that 14 percent of respondents feel they have such bad luck when traveling that they are actually “travel cursed.” And 73 percent of those who believe they are travel cursed think the curse will last forever.
So what are these “travel curses” people experience?
- Delayed flights -- 45%
- Forgetting something they need – 34%
- Annoying passengers -- 27%
- Long security lines – 25%
- Losing luggage -- 24%
- Fight cancellations --22%
- Having the person in front of you recline all the way -- 22%
- Bad turbulence -- 22%
- Getting stuck on the tarmac – 21%
The survey found that the average American experiences 240 stressful travel moments in a lifetime. And – no surprise -- 47 percent said traveling is a stressful experience and 27 percent called traveling an “extremely stressful” experience. 26 percent said they expect something to go wrong every time they travel, and 49 percent say they prepare themselves for the worst-case scenario. (SWNS Digital)