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If I offered you $100 today, but told you that you could have $10,000 if you pass on the $100, and just wait for two years. That's all you have to do. Simply wait. Many people will take the $100. Because they are impatient, and incapable of thinking beyond this current moment. This test that was notoriously given to toddlers in the Stanford Marshmellow Experiment. Children were given a marshmellow and told they would be given two marshmellows if they waited until the researcher returned without eating the first marshmellow. Only about a third of the children waited for the researcher to return. The majority just ate that one marshmellow and then looked sad when the researcher returned without a second one. " Follow-up studies suggested children who waited were more successful in school (higher SAT scores), possessed better stress management, had lower BMIs, and had better social skills later in life." I know a guy who has been fired from more than half of the jobs he ha...

PARAMORE HAYLEY WILLIAMS' MUSICAL RIOT!

 

Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams and producer David Bendeth argued over the album's title.

“For us, the title ‘RIOT!’ literally means an unbridled outburst of emotions. When we were writing, it seemed like our thoughts and emotions were coming out so fast that we couldn’t control them. It felt like there was a riot within us. So the album takes our passion to a new level; it’s just all raw energy.” - Hayley Williams; Paramore Band Info, Paramore.net (May 10, 2008)

"We argued [over the album name] for half an hour. I went to get a dictionary to tell her what “riot” meant, and after, she sat with me on the couch and she said, “You’re wrong. This is about a different kind of riot. You’re using it literally. Don’t do that... That’s not the riot I mean. I mean a riot of music of people at a show. That kind of riot." - David Bendeth; Paramore’s ‘Riot!’ Producer David Bendeth Reflects.., Taylor Weatherby, Billboard (Jun 13, 2017)

Did you know that Hayley Williams of Paramore felt conflicted about writing lyrics to one of the bands biggest hits? Or the controversy surrounding the concept of the band's breaktrhough album? Who was Hayley singing about in "Misery Business?" Stick around and we will answer these questions and more!

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