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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject:
I've had a job in retail. I've found that if you're nice to old people, they're usually nice right back. _________________ Come into my den let me hear you cluck
You can be my hen and we can f(Bu-GAWK)
A bite to the leg, it's time to play
Baby, let me be your egg that needs to get laid.
- CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Chicken of Lust"
Gender: Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 6077 Status: Moderator
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:09 am Post subject:
I guess I just live in a friendly area. Pittsburgh elderly rock. _________________ Come into my den let me hear you cluck
You can be my hen and we can f(Bu-GAWK)
A bite to the leg, it's time to play
Baby, let me be your egg that needs to get laid.
- CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Chicken of Lust"
Gender: Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 3191 Status: User
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:59 am Post subject:
Ray wrote:
Carlo Von Sexron wrote:
Its_The_Sneak!!! wrote:
I've had a job in retail. I've found that if you're nice to old people, they're usually nice right back.
*bleep*, they are not.
Dodger is right. old people are cunts and they want everything their way.
Thirded.
Fourthed.
There was one guy at my old job that always pissed me off. He only ever bought half gallons of ice cream and newspapers, and he did it every single day, but every single time he had to say exactly how he wanted it bagged like, pretty damn fucking rudely.
And I hate old people and change. And discounts. Ugh.
I've had some nice old people, but they're far and inbetween. Most of them are miserable. _________________
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:28 am Post subject:
and that statement wasn't even about babies. _________________ Come into my den let me hear you cluck
You can be my hen and we can f(Bu-GAWK)
A bite to the leg, it's time to play
Baby, let me be your egg that needs to get laid.
- CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Chicken of Lust"
My conversations with my girl about having kids take place at the grocery store in the middle of the night:
ME: Let's never have kids.
HER: Yep.
It wouldn't be so bad if more helpless crackers ran into Grandpa from Boondocks and got some of his sage advice: "Have you ever considered whippin' his ass? Here, you can borrow my belt."
Too many people don't cultivate their kids properly, so they grow into human weeds.
Gender: Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 2136 Status: User
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:
Cyberpumpkin wrote:
Too many people don't cultivate their kids properly, so they grow into human weeds.
That's a really astute statement, and I totally agree. I think many people feel that they are somehow obligated to have children. As if remaining childless means something is wrong with them or their life cannot be fulfilling. Then, when parenthood turns out to be a hell of a lot of work, and their kid isn't as cute as he was when he was a newborn, they try to continue living their lives in the same way they did before they were parents, and their child ends up ignored.
When you have a child, no career is more important than the role you play as a parent. I'm a firm believer that a child should have a parent at home with them full-time until they begin school. Of course, I also believe that children shouldn't watch television until they're in second grade.
Kids are like a tattoo. Until you've given it a lot of thoguht, and you're really sure that you want a child, don't do it. Otherwise, you may regret it for the rest of your life. However, while a tattoo won't be able to tell that you're disappointed with it, a child certainly can.
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject:
dodger wrote:
I also believe that children shouldn't watch television until they're in second grade.
b-but... Mr. Rogers... Sesame Street! _________________ Come into my den let me hear you cluck
You can be my hen and we can f(Bu-GAWK)
A bite to the leg, it's time to play
Baby, let me be your egg that needs to get laid.
- CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Chicken of Lust"
Gender: Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 3191 Status: User
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject:
I always thought there was something wrong about sitting down a child and making them watch baby mozart or whatever. The television is not a babysitter. Give them something else to do. I probably wouldn't go so far as second grade, but probably I'd go with kindergarten, or at least when they get into school.
I don't think it's unreasonable to have a full time parent in the house until grammar school. There are too many day-care type places, it's kind of depressing. And conversely, instead of the whole feeling committed to having children thing, there are the people who establish a career and go and have a kid at like, 40. To me that's kind of ridiculous. I mean, you're not going to have that much time with the kid, and are you just going to go back to work and give the kid to someone else to take care of in the meantime? Nannies are annoying but ubiquitous in higher income areas. If you're going to have a kid why not pay attention to them? There's a lot of sacrifice involved in having a child, and it doesn't seem like a lot of people in the modern day and age understand that, whether because they feel obligated to have a child or just because their biological clock is ticking and they want a child. Part of the reason I probably won't have a child is because I don't think I could deal with all of that, and I fully admit it.
Admittedly I feel really uncomfortable whenever I see a pregnant woman. Somewhere in my mind I lose a little respect for that person, I don't know why--I mean, it's totally natural and all, but for some strange reason I just think why? _________________
Gender: Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 842 Status: User Location: CA
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject:
The pressures that our society places on women are kind of funny, you know? I mean, on the one hand, we get stuff about gender equality (which is a good thing!), so we have aspirations to do stuff like going to tons of school or getting fantastic, time-consuming careers. But, on the other hand, we also receive the same amount of pressure to have babies and stay at home with them full-time simultaneously. Seeking help through nannies or daycare is considered offensive and weak - "You don't love your children enough to spend your day with them?" However, when women don't have "respectable" careers and stay at home with the kids, they are called "just a housewife" or "stay-at-home-mom" (I'll admit, the latter one is a little nicer). These are not nearly as respected as "attorney" or "business executive," for example, when it comes to how most people judge other people's worth or contribution to the society.
There are a lot of pressures our society puts on us ("us" meaning everybody - not just women) that are contradictory, but rarely do they give us any way to reconcile them. What the heck, man.
Either way, I just try not to judge anybody at any time, ever. Judgements third parties make are usually incorrect or incomplete, anyway
Meh, whatever, maybe I'll have kids someday. And man, check this out - I will have a career too. Holy crap.
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