Members isvoid Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 That does seem about right, doesn't it? sadly yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 I think it happened when they quit having winners and losers in little league. When even the losers get a trophy it sends the wrong message... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 I think it happened when they quit having winners and losers in little league. When even the losers get a trophy it sends the wrong message... This. About the same time they stopped using red ink to grade papers because it might "hurt someone's feelings"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 This. About the same time they stopped using red ink to grade papers because it might "hurt someone's feelings"! It's actually a known phenomenon in the US. Our kids have some of the highest self esteem and almost no right to it. We've convinced people that building their kids self esteem is crucial but the kid doesn't need to do anything to actually earn that self esteem. No actual achievement to accompany all the patting on the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Never has entitlement been higher and worthiness lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 this same {censored} happened years ago when it came out that the president of procter & gamble was a satanist or some {censored}. religious nutjobs boycotted all P&G products...for about a month. the only difference here is that some {censored}ing hippies are pissed that the rich guy that has been pwning them at the register for years is less socialist than they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Never has entitlement been higher and worthiness lower.I weep for the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 I weep for the future! Fear not, when lessons are not learned mother nature produces a bigger 2x4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Whilst in college I lived it Corvallis OR which is a fairly small town. You can get around fine on a bike so I rode my Cyclocross bike all over town and to school and whatnot. So one day I go down to the local co-op to buy some sea salt for my Cichlid tank and I'm assaulted by this f-ing dread-sporting hippie type preaching at me about how we're killing our mother earth and over consuming and all that. Now... I'm in college.I live in an 800sqft apartment.My wife and I own one vehicle that's paid for (which I'd driven to the co-op) I ride a bike everywhere.Etc. Etc... So I basically was stressed and told him to {censored} off and get away from me so he jumps in this crappy old Volvo and fires it up and it starts spewing blue smoke. He whips out into the lot and takes off down the road trailing smoke as he goes. I'm always reminded of that when I think of the hippie/organic food crowd. F-ing hypocrites... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Whilst in college I lived it Corvallis OR which is a fairly small town. You can get around fine on a bike so I rode my Cyclocross bike all over town and to school and whatnot. So one day I go down to the local co-op to buy some sea salt for my Cichlid tank and I'm assaulted by this f-ing dread-sporting hippie type preaching at me about how we're killing our mother earth and over consuming and all that.Now...I'm in college.I live in an 800sqft apartment.My wife and I own one vehicle that's paid for (which I'd driven to the co-op) I ride a bike everywhere.Etc. Etc...So I basically was stressed and told him to {censored} off and get away from me so he jumps in this crappy old Volvo and fires it up and it starts spewing blue smoke. He whips out into the lot and takes off down the road trailing smoke as he goes.I'm always reminded of that when I think of the hippie/organic food crowd.F-ing hypocrites... to be honest that reads like creative writing, but yeah, hypocrites abound, though no generation has exclusive rights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Whilst in college I lived it Corvallis OR which is a fairly small town. You can get around fine on a bike so I rode my Cyclocross bike all over town and to school and whatnot. So one day I go down to the local co-op to buy some sea salt for my Cichlid tank and I'm assaulted by this f-ing dread-sporting hippie type preaching at me about how we're killing our mother earth and over consuming and all that.Now...I'm in college.I live in an 800sqft apartment.My wife and I own one vehicle that's paid for (which I'd driven to the co-op) I ride a bike everywhere.Etc. Etc...So I basically was stressed and told him to {censored} off and get away from me so he jumps in this crappy old Volvo and fires it up and it starts spewing blue smoke. He whips out into the lot and takes off down the road trailing smoke as he goes.I'm always reminded of that when I think of the hippie/organic food crowd.F-ing hypocrites... Idiots is more like it! The sheer pretentious idiocy of 95% of these ignorant ass-clowns is staggering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 to be honest that reads like creative writing, but yeah, hypocrites abound, though no generation has exclusive rights No... You really have to go to Eugene/Corvallis OR to understand. It's the whole University of Oregon/Oregon State thing. The two biggest colleges in the state and they're 25 miles apart in the two most liberal towns in the state. It's a great place to live aside from the weather but it's a freakshow in some ways. Eugene is worse than Corvallis because U of O is a hardcore liberal arts school whilst Oregon State in Corvallis is more of an Engineering school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 That's what I'm afraid of! don't fear the cull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meelosh123 Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Why did the whole foods ceo write that piece? Like, what was the point? What did he stand to gain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Why did the whole foods ceo write that piece? Like, what was the point? What did he stand to gain? He's a smart guy who probably wanted to impart some sanity into the debate, or lack of debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marshallnoise Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 20011965This has happened for a long ass time. And it started with baby-boomer parents listening to Dr. Spock telling them to be friends with their kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 1965 This has happened for a long ass time. And it started with baby-boomer parents listening to Dr. Spock telling them to be friends with their kids. Wifey's preggers with our first. Little bugger's going to catholic school The nuns are gonna get to smack my kid around if they he/she misbehaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marshallnoise Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Wifey's preggers with our first. Little bugger's going to catholic school The nuns are gonna get to smack my kid around if they he/she misbehaves. Good on you. I see my niece being raised on Hawaiian Punch and she is just over a year old. They take her to McDonalds, etc. They treat her like a pet. Kids need love, through discipline. Wife and I do not have any kids, but when that time comes, either home school or some Christian school. No "Government" school anymore. It screwed my wife up enough and I had just enough (4 years) of private school that I didn't wind up a blithering idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Good on you. I see my niece being raised on Hawaiian Punch and she is just over a year old. They take her to McDonalds, etc. They treat her like a pet. Kids need love, through discipline. Wife and I do not have any kids, but when that time comes, either home school or some Christian school. No "Government" school anymore. It screwed my wife up enough and I had just enough (4 years) of private school that I didn't wind up a blithering idiot. My dad was primarily responsible for my education. I learned to read at a really young age so my folks got me started on stuff early. I'd read things like Robinson Crusoe or Dune when I was fairly young. Probably 7 or 8 and my dad and I would discuss the deeper meanings in the books. Dune especially was a favorite of my dad's so I learned all about Politics and addiction and all sorts of crazy {censored} through reading and discussing that when I was just a kid. I remember my childhood being sort of weird. I wasn't ever into the same {censored} the other kids were into. I liked sports and whatnot but I never liked the same TV shows or read the same books. All that {censored} bored me. I'm betting that most of the folks on here were similarly afflicted. When you're exceptionally bright the public school system is a curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kidbs Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Oh come on now. I could use the exact same excuse for wanting to protect the MAJORITY of people who aren't gay and aren't seeking to get married to another person of the same sex: "I care about the rights and welfare of other people too." ... as long as they aren't gay right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marshallnoise Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 ... as long as they aren't gay right? Excluding the majority does a larger disservice to the population than benefiting the few. Gays are the extreme minority. So is the "47 Million Uninsured." Changing the whole enchilada because some bureaucrats pull a random number out of their ass that "needs help" is a mark of insanity or a gigantic powergrab. And that is what those "angry mobs" are about filled with geriatric white people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marshallnoise Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 My dad was primarily responsible for my education. I learned to read at a really young age so my folks got me started on stuff early. I'd read things like Robinson Crusoe or Dune when I was fairly young. Probably 7 or 8 and my dad and I would discuss the deeper meanings in the books. Dune especially was a favorite of my dad's so I learned all about Politics and addiction and all sorts of crazy {censored} through reading and discussing that when I was just a kid. I remember my childhood being sort of weird. I wasn't ever into the same {censored} the other kids were into. I liked sports and whatnot but I never liked the same TV shows or read the same books. All that {censored} bored me. I'm betting that most of the folks on here were similarly afflicted. When you're exceptionally bright the public school system is a curse. I felt the same way. I grew up around adults and didn't hang out with kids very often. I was social, but I never played kid games. I played Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble with my grandparents. We talked about history and music of course. I played baseball and football, but never was a "jock" in the purest sense. School, government school, was boring as hell and full of distractions. I hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 The owner/CEO/whatever he is financially supports making gay marriage illegal. I don't need to buy that new Dano that I wanted then. I wouldn't buy a Splawn either, nor do I shop at Walmart. I'll reserve judgment about whether I'll continue shopping at Whole Foods until after I read the article, but I work hard for my money and I'll spend it on what I feel meets the requirements of of both my consumer needs and the needs of my personal values. That's free-market at work, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 I don't need to buy that new Dano that I wanted then. I wouldn't buy a Splawn either, nor do I shop at Walmart. I'll reserve judgment about whether I'll continue shopping at Whole Foods until after I read the article, but I work hard for my money and I'll spend it on what I feel meets the requirements of of both my consumer needs and the needs of my personal values. That's free-market at work, folks. So you'd not buy a splawn, which is a killer amp from Scott who is a great guy and is probably one of the nicest, most honest folks in the business just because he pens a bible verse in his amps? Are you a slayer fan? They've got BS satanic imagery all over their stuff. Just wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_bleeding Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 man... this thread turned out to be reallllly boring. 0/10. Seriously, i read it, i have nothing to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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