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[Pilchard123]

So I decided to teach him a lesson about why you don’t lie to your mother.

Fair enough.

Seeing as I bought him these consoles and most of the games were bought with my money, his game consoles and games actually belong to me.  Therefore, I would like to trade in all this."
So I traded everything in and she got back over $300 in store credit for everything.

Isn't that theft? If they were indeed his consoles, games, peripherals, etc., then I'm pretty sure the money they were bought with is irrelevant.

And with it she bought a Wii, a couple extra controllers, and a couple games rated E.  Then she looked me in the eye and asked if we had any extra boxes laying around for the XBox One and if so could she have one?
"Are you going to put the Wii in it and give it to him?"
"Yes. "

So the mother - who was livid that she had been lied to by her son - was going to lie to her son. Hypocrite.

"Along with a note saying that this is what happens when you abuse the trust of your mother.

Your mother will abuse your trust? Good to know.

[explicit]

Saw that on yahoo, I had to stop reading it halfway through. That shit disgusts me. Even when watching anime, if they have some incesty stuff going on I have to skip over it till it's over. Doesn't help that in Japan dating cousins isn't seen as weird, apparently.

And to pilchard:

1.) No, everything rightfully belongs to the mother, a child (I'm assuming they're pretty young) has no legal standing if he hasn't been emancipated. He has rights, of course, but not in the concept of ownership.

2.) I view it as more of a lesson than being a hypocrite, i'd probably do it in another way, but it shows how lies hurt people and in this way it's firsthand experience.

3.) Frankly kids don't get enough tough love IMO. Not talking about hitting kids or anything, but coddling your kids and giving them everything they want? That's much worse.

[GarandMarine]

http://nypost.com/2015/01/11/sorry-liberals-scandinavian-countries-arent-utopias/

I found this pretty interesting, some of the social commentary in there is quite worrying honestly.

[Metope]

I agree Scandinavia has been painted ridiculously rosy by certain foreign media outlets in the past few years (*cough* Guardian and HuffPo *cough*), and we're definitely not a utopia, but I don't agree with the reasoning in that article at all. Until someone finds a way of supporting and lifting everyone in a society up as far as they can be lifted, I definitely prefer everyone being at the same middle class, average level than having a few ultra rich people and a lot of poverty. People in Scandinavia who strive for success have the option and ability to move abroad after all, while poor people in countries with disproportionate wealth/income levels often don't even have a basic support system to rely on. I'd rather be a bored Scandinavian than a struggling American.

This is probably a little on point for this thread though.

[Akima]

Not talking about hitting kids or anything, but coddling your kids and giving them everything they want? That's much worse.

Worse than what? Hitting them?

http://nypost.com/2015/01/11/sorry-liberals-scandinavian-countries-arent-utopias/

How does this belong in the pointless thread? Is the idea that people will feel constrained from discussing it, because this is not the place for serious business? This at least is better than the sexist and racist stuff we sometimes get in here, where, if you respond, people jump on you for being "aggressive", but it's still kind of the drive-by-shooting of forum activity.

[GarandMarine]

I was just kinda like "Huh. Interesting perspective, I'll just add it to the usual link spam in here"

[pwhodges]

This thread is not for discussion, nor for things that might provoke serious discussion. 

It's for things like this:

[Orkboy]

Not talking about hitting kids or anything, but coddling your kids and giving them everything they want? That's much worse.

Worse than what? Hitting them?

Yes, actually.  My parents had a rule.  If I lied, I got swatted.  I look at me as an adult, and all the people my age who were pampered little shits when they were kids, and I'm much better adjusted.  I understand the value of hard work, I don't expect the world to give me anything for free, and I'm fairly honest. 

[BeoPuppy]

[Method of Madness]

Re: Orkboy's last post.

Global Moderator Comment

Someone please start a new thread for this and do not respond to this line of discussion here. I or one of the other mods will move the relative posts later.

[BeoPuppy]

Oh, and don't talk shit about Denmark. Denmark is awesome.

[Orkboy]

Denmark does produce some awesome metal bands.

[BeoPuppy]

That, and they saved most of their jewish population during world war 2. And they have Tivoli.

[Metope]

Why is Norway always completely forgotten in discussions about Scandinavia? We have more metal bands, and our amusement parks don't make you charge extra for rides when you've already paid for the entrance ticket! Tivoli suuuucks

[Blue Kitty]

[Orkboy]

[Snipped evil DM shennanigans]

This.  But only one paranoid guy.  Too many, and they just kill everyone and everything in fits of irrational paranoia. 

[BeoPuppy]

Why is Norway always completely forgotten in discussions about Scandinavia? We have more metal bands, and our amusement parks don't make you charge extra for rides when you've already paid for the entrance ticket! Tivoli suuuucks

I never been. Sorry. Sure it's wonderful. However, I have been to Tivoli. And sitting at night on a warm sheep skin with girlfriend and with music and twinkling lights and stuff just makes for a spectacular way of forever thinking Tivoli is awesome.

I even drank tea there. THAT awesome.

[LeeC]

[Orkboy]

I love Scandinavia and the World.  As unflattering as it can be, the depiction of America is fairly accurate.

[Method of Madness]

I've been to Norway once, and it was really nice. But I'll never really forgive them for abandoning their gods. Well, Scandinavia as a whole, but still.

[GarandMarine]

...it's kinda hard not to do at sword point.

Christianity: Still Hoping You All Forget About Those Crusades

[Sorflakne]

I want to go to Norway (and Sweden) to visit extended family who still live there.

[Akima]

As unflattering as it can be, the depiction of America is fairly accurate.

Australia too. We will shamelessly dig up and sell anything to anyone.

We export camels to Arabia as well.

[Kugai]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RyUi7xy2_o

[Blue Kitty]

I’m sure people know this, but for those of you who don’t, alligators and crocodiles (this is a gator) have some of the most powerful jaws on earth—if they’re biting down. their muscles are made to clamp and hold while its body twists, taking down its prey and (typically) drowning it. however, they have next to no opening power, meaning this crab’s claw has rendered this gator almost powerless

[GarandMarine]

Well. Not quite powerless. Removed it's biting power maybe, but it can still trash the crab to death.

[LeeC]

I almost set this in its own thread but since I cannot talk about it much seeing as I have not read the book or seen the movie I will post it here.

So looks like the Movie will be on tour.

[Kugai]

I want my Tactical Armour!!!

http://www.dailydot.com/technology/mech-suit-million-dollars-japan/?fb=dd

[GarandMarine]

I almost set this in its own thread but since I cannot talk about it much seeing as I have not read the book or seen the movie I will post it here.

So looks like the Movie will be on tour.

Goddamn. That movie traumatized me as a kid, it might have challenged Mufasa's death for the saddest thing ever to eight year old me. That and the bull was legitly scary.

Here's the original song:

Christopher Lee's voice is in the film for fuck's sake.

[Akima]

I want my Tactical Armour!!!

"It is gasoline fuelled and runs on a diesel engine" *twitch*

[Stryc9Fuego]

Also, not quite armor:

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[Sorflakne]

An upside down iceberg.

[Aimless]

Don't come to Sweden, this place sucks and you should save your money for Norway ('cause you'll need it )

[Orkboy]

I was unaware that icebergs had a right-side up.  I figured whichever bit stuck out of the water was the top.

[BeoPuppy]

[Akima]

Well... At least I learned how to say Stieg Larsson from that. I didn't know that the double-s in the middle was pronounced "sh". I've been saying "ss" (an imaginary Beijinger in my head is saying "Of course you have; you're from Shanghai!").

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The stereotype in China is that Shanghai people speaking Mandarin say "ss" when we should say "sh". Shanghai is pronounced more like "Sanhai" in Shanghainese.

[Blue Kitty]

[Method of Madness]

Retweeted

[SubaruStephen]

I want my Tactical Armour!!!

"It is gasoline fuelled and runs on a diesel engine" *twitch*

Gasoline Direct Injection, maybe?

[Method of Madness]

Someone mentioned showing a young person the Matrix and being told "hey, it's the guy from the meme". I had forgotten about this meme and asked if they were talking about Sad Keanu

[GarandMarine]

[SubaruStephen]

Am I evil? Yes I am.
Am I evil? I am Man.

[explicit]

[GarandMarine]

Positive story: http://www.mtv.com/news/2053351/anthony-head-trans-teen-story/

[BeoPuppy]

[cesium133]

That's the thing about evil, which I think is why I can't stand superhero/supervillain-type stories. If you ask the typical comic supervillain why he does evil things, he'll reply "because I enjoy being evil." If you ask a real person why he does evil things, he'll say "I'm not doing evil, I'm doing good things. Those other guys are the evil ones." Because nobody, including Hitler, does evil things willingly. They do evil things because they think they're doing good things.

[LeeC]

[Orkboy]

.... What?

[Blue Kitty]

[GarandMarine]

http://news.distractify.com/beth-buczynski/passive-aggressive-note-battles/

http://news.distractify.com/matt-buco/being-a-puppy-is-ruff/

http://news.distractify.com/matt-buco/closed-captions-are-the-best/