XoAKox describes the link between the words and melodies that make up music.

I was in my basement, studying, with the radio playing in the background. The next thing I knew, I had dropped my Q-cards, papers, and text books, and was up dancing among them, while singing the smooth but easy to remember lyrics.

I can't tell you what I prefer, the tune, or the lyrics. After all, lyrics would be nothing without tune, and vice versa. But what is it that really draws us in? The music? The lyrics? The artist? It's popularity? Or is it something more? Could there be a more mystical connection between music and lyrics?

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SHONDRIKA thinks the use of profanity should be more closely examined in Whyville.

I'm pretty sure we've all seen the use of profanity in Whyville, whether it's talking about a dirty subject, or full out cussing someone out. My question is: Why? Why use such filthy words? Exactly why do you need to talk like this knowing it's so wrong? Because your parents say them? Because your friends say them?

Peer pressure.

Is there really a such thing as peer pressure? Sure, it's a lovely thing to blame when you make a mistake around your friends, but can you really blame something you chose to do on them? I've been in the situations before, plenty of times, but my teacher taught me something I can do besides follow them. Deny them.

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