New Testingstan

i've been trying to stay away from flames

sometimes i can't resist but i try anyway



so friday i went to the bank

and on the way back somebody was rolling through a stop at the intersection in front of me

before deciding to put the hammer down and rush through

another close call




well i thought about angrily making an obscene gesture in that driver's general direction


but i decided not to

The intellecutal crucible strikes again in the thread about the Facebook Tough Love Parent Shoot Computer Guy.

SCRawl proving he is a moron wrote: He said that he was going to post the video on her Facebook page, so he'd have to have access to her account to do that. He said that he worked in IT, so it wouldn't shock me to find out that he had installed a keylogger on her laptop. As Thanas pointed out, he's a dick.

I don't even use facebook and I know you can post videos on other people's walls. But then I saw this

Dorkork wrote: Also glad to see that SD.net doesn't have a bunch of pseudo-macho people cheering him on as an awesome parent, unlike some of the other boards I frequent.

And I think its time to fan the flames

Because a bunch of pseudo macho people firing random potshots calling out a guys fitness as a parent with nothing to back up said insults other than fabricated bs and hasty judgment is completely different. Also, love the non-contributions being allowed to slide because they are part of the "consensus" totally worthwhile and very informative!

oh hey, gun safety fodder. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46364173/ns ... zkd3-ScctV

Whoops.

Darth Fanboy wrote:The intellecutal crucible strikes again in the thread about the Facebook Tough Love Parent Shoot Computer Guy.

i'd say amazing

but it is really no surprise

My dad took a hammer to my N64 when I was playing Zelda. I turned out just fine.

Zod wrote:oh hey, gun safety fodder. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46364173/ns ... zkd3-ScctV

First rule of gun safety: the gun is always loaded.

Second rule of gun safety: if the gun is unloaded, refer to rule number one.

Yup.

RogueIce wrote:

Zod wrote:oh hey, gun safety fodder. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46364173/ns ... zkd3-ScctV

First rule of gun safety: the gun is always loaded.

Second rule of gun safety: if the gun is unloaded, refer to rule number one.

Yup.

i think if we started charging every idiot who used the "i didn't know it was loaded" defense with negligent homicide you'd see the rate of accidents drop dramatically

Phantasee wrote:My dad took a hammer to my N64 when I was playing Zelda. I turned out just fine.

I don't aim to criticize, but if you have to violently destroy a piece of expensive electronic in order for your child to listen to you, there may be something wrong with your child-rearing methodology.

I have to add it may teach the wrong lesson to your child with regard to the way you can resolve your problems in life...

To be honest, I don't believe terror is an effective child-rearing tool. All examples I personally know of parents having tried this method can be considered a failure on multiple levels.

Not to say sometimes some Shock & Awe isn't needed, or that it can't be effective - just that it isn't a long-term solution...

Oxymoron wrote:

Phantasee wrote:My dad took a hammer to my N64 when I was playing Zelda. I turned out just fine.

I don't aim to criticize, but if you have to violently destroy a piece of expensive electronic in order for your child to listen to you, there may be something wrong with your child-rearing methodology.

I have to add it may teach the wrong lesson to your child with regard to the way you can resolve your problems in life...

To be honest, I don't believe terror is an effective child-rearing tool. All examples I personally know of parents having tried this method can be considered a failure on multiple levels.

Not to say sometimes some Shock & Awe isn't needed, or that it can't be effective - just that it isn't a long-term solution...

my relatives tried using shock & awe on me and i turned into an atheist

Oxy, I hope I didn't offend you by suggesting that the French intelligence services may be accustomed to causing mayhem and screwing people over.

i hear corruption had everything to do with greece's problems, and capitalism nothing

because corruption arises from magic and not from economic systems

Zod wrote:my relatives tried using shock & awe on me and i turned into an atheist

No. No you can't "beat the fear of God into this child". All you will beat into him is to fear and despise you.

Christ, people...

Kustra, BA wrote:Oxy, I hope I didn't offend you by suggesting that the French intelligence services may be accustomed to causing mayhem and screwing people over.

Wut ? Where ? I don't really read N&P anymore...

Oxymoron wrote:

Zod wrote:my relatives tried using shock & awe on me and i turned into an atheist

No. No you can't "beat the fear of God into this child". All you will beat into him is to fear and despise you.

Christ, people...

it was more verbal than physical

also destroying my D&D collection was a bit of a push

greece thread

thanas asked what germany could do, and i suggested that they could have france have the dgse beat the shit out of the investors who hold greek debt until they agreed to forgive it

Dooey Jo wrote:i hear corruption had everything to do with greece's problems, and capitalism nothing

because corruption arises from magic and not from economic systems

well obviously

how a child faces the loss of a possession is at least as important as how they face having it

Kustra, BA wrote:greece thread

thanas asked what germany could do, and i suggested that they could have france have the dgse beat the shit out of the investors who hold greek debt until they agreed to forgive it

To be honest, I wouldn't have any qualm in giving the order myself.

But it's just that I tend to lack any kind of pity toward people who place their greed before the well-being of other people...

adr wrote:how a child faces the loss of a possession is at least as important as how they face having it

Yep. In fact I believe you could have better results by just holding the possession hostage and negotiate for the child to do what you want him to do, giving him access to it when he do what you want. It's far more effective.

But what do I know about the subject, really ?

adr wrote:how a child faces the loss of a possession is at least as important as how they face having it

well at the time i was 17 or 18.

So more or less the same thing than with the Facebook thingy : forcefully severing one of your child's link to his friends.

Somehow, this doesn't strikes me as a great idea... A great way to needlessly antagonize your child at least.

^ Mang, this armchair is really comfortable. I think imma stay there for a little while...

this is why we can't have nice things

spoken like a true unbeliever.... your death is actually life for Christians.

Yeah it's not like she can talk to her friends at school or anything, how droll

Oxymoron wrote:Yep. In fact I believe you could have better results by just holding the possession hostage and negotiate for the child to do what you want him to do, giving him access to it when he do what you want. It's far more effective.

I don't know, children are pretty good negotiators and don't have any problem with lying.


What do you do when they make a deal, and then break their word anyway? It sounds like this guy tried temporarily taking it away, and she didn't care.