Idiocracy???
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But this is an IMPROVEMENT! If the last generation all took heroin, then eating tide laundry soap should be an improvement!
Oh my, how low I set the bar...
Oh my, how low I set the bar...
Kids eating laundry soap? WTF?
How in hell did this fad ever get started?
When I was a kid, parents would say: "And if your friend Tommy jumped off the Empire State Building, I suppose you'd have to jump off too..."
It really bothers me that I can't seem to understand people.
It must be me.
How in hell did this fad ever get started?
When I was a kid, parents would say: "And if your friend Tommy jumped off the Empire State Building, I suppose you'd have to jump off too..."
It really bothers me that I can't seem to understand people.
It must be me.
Kevin,
Go watch the movie "Idiocracy" again. It will help explain this.
Go watch the movie "Idiocracy" again. It will help explain this.
I guess.
I saw the movie, and it was a complete plaigerism of the famous 1951 story 'The Marching Morons' by C.M. Kornbluth.
Still...chimpanzees and gorillas won't eat laundry soap, but people will.
Maybe they should run things...
I saw the movie, and it was a complete plaigerism of the famous 1951 story 'The Marching Morons' by C.M. Kornbluth.
Still...chimpanzees and gorillas won't eat laundry soap, but people will.
Maybe they should run things...
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I guess eating laundry soap will help clean out the gene pool some. Every little bit helps.
How about pizza flavored Tide, or pot flavored Downy?
How about pizza flavored Tide, or pot flavored Downy?
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Used to be it was a form of punishment if your mom washed your mouth out with soap, now I guess these kids just do it for fun. My kids are grown, but if I ever caught them doing this, I would beat the living S%$# out of them. I don't think parents do that anymore...
I think at that point, I'd just have to give them some bleach to wash it down with, chalk it up as a failed attempt, and try again with another batch....
The Marching Morons, is actually a much better story than the movie that ripped from it. But at least the movie changed it up enough to be a bit more than pure plagiarism.
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The world is full of stupid idiots who have nothing better to do than think up this kind of crap, really? When I first started reading this I had no clue it was even a new fad that kids were doing. Yep, its reasons like this that I enjoy my bubble world so much. Now that may change as the grandkids. . .
I think you nailed it right there. By no means was I any brighter when I was a kid. BUT, this isn't a question of smart/stupid. I think the key here is the question of idle hands.
I never had the problem of going to bed and not crashing from exhaustion. Daily. I remember replacing a roof (with the family) well before being a teenager. Mowing yards from before I can remember (did I get 50c or a $1?, and I always cut the widow next door's yard for free). If it was bad weather I cleaned the house. School work was a priority. Playing a little ball with the neighborhood kids. Working the garden (3-4 acres of 'garden'). My parents didn't have to tell me to go to bed, I was joyful when I could stop. 9pm was wonderful, bedtime.
Today's kids are spoiled beyond measure. Not just that they never get the belt, but they have no purpose. What 'jobs' do most kids have today? Mom & dad hustle nonstop to 'provide'. Why lots leave lots of that work to the kids? I remember we had a near-white carpet through the house, and the kids were responsible for vacuuming it every week and other times if it got dirty. I know so many friends with kids where the kids have near-zero 'chores'.
Every kid should have (during school year) at least 2 hours per day of household chores. And off season at least 3 hours/day if they are pursuing other activities (mowing yards to make a few $). Use their mowing money to pay for their 'benefits': starting with their phone. Let them learn that everything has a cost and appreciate how much work it takes to pay for those things. Start young, chores to match their abilities. And any parent that doesn't and instead whines that they can't make their kids do anything are bad parents, period.
If kids had a sense of purpose, guided activities to stay busy, and appreciated the value of things, there wouldn't be time for stupidity like eating tide pods.
OK, ending the rant...
I don't 100% agree with everything you've said, but kids do need a sense of purpose, they need structure, and they need to understand the idea of consequences.
2 hours a day of chores? My daughter would run away and live behind a dumpster first.
We had chores, but nothing too bad. Garden, mow the yard, take out the trash. I don't know, It's hard for me to relate, I was a runaway, and then had jobs all through High School, whenever I could. I wasn't really "home with the folks" after seventh grade, so I kind of just wing it with my kids when it comes to what they need to do.
They all do good in school, no trouble with the law, no drugs (although I think the oldest in College has tried weed) and have ambition, so my wife and I are content.
I still get pissed when they cant change a damn roll of toilet paper though. I mean, come on!
And put the loose end facing out!
We had chores, but nothing too bad. Garden, mow the yard, take out the trash. I don't know, It's hard for me to relate, I was a runaway, and then had jobs all through High School, whenever I could. I wasn't really "home with the folks" after seventh grade, so I kind of just wing it with my kids when it comes to what they need to do.
They all do good in school, no trouble with the law, no drugs (although I think the oldest in College has tried weed) and have ambition, so my wife and I are content.
I still get pissed when they cant change a damn roll of toilet paper though. I mean, come on!
And put the loose end facing out!
Yes, end faceing out. Same with paper towels.
Hang the damn towel up to dry, so it can be used again, not thrown on the floor or dirty clothes hamper. I had to start making my oldest do laundry to break him of that.
Hang the damn towel up to dry, so it can be used again, not thrown on the floor or dirty clothes hamper. I had to start making my oldest do laundry to break him of that.
Ha! So true. The boys are fine, but the daughter is a towel hoarder, because she gets ready for school, and cant learn to take her clothes to the bathroom. So two towels, every morning, one body one head, both on the floor of her room when she leaves.
I got mad a while back, and hid all the towels but one, and it lasted maybe 2 days and she said she would start washing the towels just so that she could leave them in her room when she was done. And she does it, she washes all the towels and rags.
I just cant get mad about it now. lol
I got mad a while back, and hid all the towels but one, and it lasted maybe 2 days and she said she would start washing the towels just so that she could leave them in her room when she was done. And she does it, she washes all the towels and rags.
I just cant get mad about it now. lol
