# I don't care what anyone says. This shit is sick!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-what-anyone-says-this-shit-is-sick/161070
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [March 13, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-what-anyone-says-this-shit-is-sick/161070 "2003-03-13T10:48:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-what-anyone-says-this-shit-is-sick/161070/21 "2003-03-13T21:52:41Z")
Holy smoke! I could have sworn **alice** ’s post wasn’t there before. Sheesh.
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### Author:  [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-what-anyone-says-this-shit-is-sick/161070/22 "2003-03-13T21:53:50Z")
Not one person is going to charge in here and say it’s no big deal, you all need to get over yourselves?
Not me. I think it’s sick too.
I would have thought that all the light shone on these kiddy-pornstar pageants by the JonBenet case would have made them less popular; I don’t know if it did or not.
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### Author:  [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-what-anyone-says-this-shit-is-sick/161070/23 "2003-03-13T22:02:45Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Beadalin \*
> \*\*Holy smoke! I could have sworn **alice** ’s post wasn’t there before. Sheesh. \*\*
I’m apparently clue-free myself, too. I think I had the window open for an hour or two, and forgot to preview. Sorry.
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-what-anyone-says-this-shit-is-sick/161070/24 "2003-03-13T22:49:02Z")
Ya know, I watch those shows and get a bad taste in my mouth too.
However, they don’t depict reality for the majority of participants. In any extra-curricular activity for kids, be it hockey, football, cheerleading (I was one of those too), chess or whatever, there are going to be parents that act like total moronic ass-hats and try to live vicariously through their children.
I did pagents. They were fun. I liked to dress up. I’m not a whore. I was not murdered in my parents basement. I have healthy self-esteem.
Really. Get over it.
Everyone happy now? 😃
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### Author:  [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-what-anyone-says-this-shit-is-sick/161070/25 "2003-03-13T23:48:26Z")
Yeah, I saw that too a few months ago. I felt so sorry for Swan. I’m willing to grant that some kids have fun, but this moved from the realm of “extra curricular activities” to a profession. Six year old children should not have professions.
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