The Random thought Thread

[Leo656]

So here's something funny/stupid.

Read an article about how sleepovers are a more controversial and also declining part of kids' lives nowadays. Most parents just don't feel right about it anymore, what with all the news stories and such. Kinda get it, a little.

But so in the comments, a ton of people are like, "It's the best part of growing up! If you wouldn't let your kid have or go to a sleepover you're a terrible parent raising a Bubble Wrap Baby!" And like, okay, yes, there is such a thing as being too overprotective, sure.

But my point is, that I often keep track of peoples' names, if they're someone who comments often. And ALL of the "Just let your kid go to a sleepover, who cares? It's all just fun, they'll be fine!" commenters are the same exact people who are outspokenly convinced that every teacher and Democrat voter is a Secret Pedo.

Literally the SAME exact individuals who go on a rant about how "Everyone NEEDS to just homeschool their kids; can't send 'em to school with all the pedo groomers out there these days, no way!" will then turn around and in the same breath be like, "What kind of idiot asks to meet the parents or check the house out before sending their kid to their house to spend the night? Let your kids be kids, they'll be fine!"

Like, even when other commenters were like, "My daughter got raped at a sleepover by her friend's Dad who we knew for years," or, "My 5 year old son went to a sleepover and his friend's older brother was showing off his guns and letting him hold them" and sh*t like that, these people were adamant that there was NO cause for concern and these people were too fussy. "One in a million, hardly ever happens!"

Like, maybe. But I'd bet that stuff happens more than the other stuff those same exact people DO worry about a ton, like "I'm gonna send my kid to school and then reading a book is gonna turn him gay outta nowhere." I know for a FACT that One Thing happens WAY more than The Other Thing.

I'm tempted to think that these people either lack self-awareness, don't actually care about the things they claim to care about, or some combination thereof. You can't in one breath scream about protecting kids from "pedos and groomers" and THEN say you truly can't see why anyone would be nervous about letting their kids stay overnight at the house of someone you the parent don't even know well. They're completely irreconcilable positions.

[IndigoErth]

That's bizarre. If I was a parent I wouldn't ban it, but I'd certainly have to know or at least meet the other family. Even if the adults are perfectly fine, for all they know their older kid could go and molest the guest child. And not necessarily even with predatory intentions but still harmful; too much crap online these days to get some young people curious enough to go getting themselves into trouble. Not like it only became a thing because of the internet, but too many young people easily exposed to worse and far sooner than kids used to be. Then you have the unmarried/divorced people with a live-in partner they don't know is a predator of kids or is in denial that anything is going on. Hell no. Gotta know who you're sending the kid off with.

[IndigoErth]

As the listing says:

"WHAT IS THIS OLD VINTAGE METAL WALL MOUNTED HOLDER WITH A WOOD BALL INSIDE?"

https://www.ebay.com/itm/27554517738...0AAOSwALZjT0nx

THIS MEASURES 7-3/8 INCHES TALL X CLOSE TO 3 INCHES WIDE.

IT HAS A WOOD BALL INSIDE THAT MOVES UP AND DOWN, SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD HOLD SOMETHING.

IT IS OLD AND HAS OLD PAINT ON IT. THE BALL WAS EVIDENTLY ORIGINALLY RED.

IT WEIGHS JUST 2.2 OUNCES, SO IT IS NOT CAST IRON OR HEAVY METAL.

Big images:

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Bought a small antique from them and then browsed the rest of their old rustic and vintage stuff... but like the seller, now I'm wondering what that could be and can't come up with any ideas. Anyone ever see one before?

[Cowabung-Gal]

I realize that words can in fact hurt you, but…COME ON:

https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/d...rdlanguage.pdf

I can just imagine them installing a language monitoring system throughout the entire campus like in the movie “Demolition Man.”

…

What a dumb list.

*Buzz*

You are fined one-half credit for a sotto voce violation of the Verbal Morality Statute

Oh, come on, that’s just crazy!

*Buzz*

You are fined one-half credit for a sotto voce violation of the Verbal Morality Statute

I mean, you guys agree with me, right?

*Buzz*

You are fined one-half credit for a sotto voce violation of the Verbal Morality Statute

Seriously! We’re all prisoners of political correctness!

*Buzz*

You are fined one-half credit for a sotto voce violation of the Verbal Morality Statute

I can’t even wear my “Stitch Is My Spirit Animal” shirt on campus anymore!

*Buzz*

You are fined one-half credit for a sotto voce violation of the Verbal Morality Statute

This is so lame.

*Buzz*

You are fined one-half credit for a sotto voce violation of the Verbal Morality Statute

[Andrew NDB]

Jesus, this is how they fix bunions? This is horrible.

[IndigoErth]

You know you're a TMNT fan when you have a regular bag of M&Ms and always notice that Donnie is the only one missing.

Also, it was a very Leo snack size bag... lots of blue, not a single red. Red must have stormed off again.

[Papenbrook]

Has anyone ever made ice cream with Ziploc bags?

I never tried it before.

[IndigoErth]

Realizing it's quite ironic that people call drag queens, etc groomers even for just existing and freak out over that... but no one has bated an eye any time a little girl on some show has sang "Love Me Like You Do," that obviously rather intimate song from frigging "Fifty Shades of Grey." (I've heard little kids singing it on tv a number of times, albeit from the next room.)

[Papenbrook]

I sometimes wonder how long a generation spans.

Usually, it's about two decades, but it can go up to three decades. Personally, twenty five years seems like a good estimate.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Realizing it's quite ironic that people call drag queens, etc groomers even for just existing and freak out over that...

Nobody is doing that. They're "freaking out" over the very sick, very weird and sudden (as in the last couple of years) need and practice by the left to parade them in front of kindergartners in "Family Friendly Drag Shows" that schools are inviting the kids to across the country.

[Cowabung-Gal]

This must be the Year of the Turtle instead of the Rabbit. At least for me.

I got to meet Steve Lavigne who was visiting our local comic shop a couple of weeks ago. I’m fixing to meet Rob Paulsen this Saturday at our State’s annual Anime Convention. And Renae Jacobs will be at the same comic shop this April (which is funny considering who she voiced in the Fred Wolf cartoon).

[Papenbrook]

Does anyone else feel simultaneously older and younger?

Like, I feel like I'm thirty, yet I'm actually twenty-five.

It feels weird.

[IndigoErth]

Like that? Luckily no. I wouldn't want to feel older at this age. lol Though at 30+ the reverse is pretty typical, honestly.

I assume because around 25 is supposed to be the end of brain development and whoever someone is then, mentally speaking, is who they will probably be for life.



edit: Why do Triscuit crackers tend to give me hiccups... The Balsamic Vinegar & Basil flavor is worth it, but still... why. lol

Soft french fries, like the store bought kind, sometimes do it, too.

[Dpooly84]

Ari Saffir is the modern day Jesus, he was on the path of being rabbi and said naw this ain't right.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Papenbrook

Does anyone else feel simultaneously older and younger?

Like, I feel like I'm thirty, yet I'm actually twenty-five.

It feels weird.

Shockingly enough for me - I have some appreciation for this concept. In both directions.