Snorts pop through nose. Theme song of Beverly Hillbillies runs through mind.
First, to **What Exit?, ** no offense taken, and we’re in total agreement.
Giraffe is my new favorite mod after this thread.
Just know that, in a decade or two, after he chops you up with an axe and goes on a tri-state killing spree, this thread will be used in his insanity plea…
Oh sure, but when we make you cry for ours, you see what’s wrong with that.
Wow. So this is what catsix has been trying to say all this time. It appears I owe her an apology. catsix, if you’re reading this, you’re not full of shit, some feminists really are this reactionary.
“And up through the ground came a bubblin’ crude.”
Be honest: how much booze did it take to induce the forgetfulness?
That’s not the definion of an internet troll.
That is not my experience. Attention whores can be either gender, and I don’t see it applied unequally.
I think you misunderstood. I didn’t say I wasn’t a troll because I had internet experience, or because I lacked experience, or whatever. I was talking about how some people are saying I’m a troll because I referred to some universal message board cliches while other things I’ve said make me seem like I’m new to message boards. They appear to think that I’m supposed to be a dumb housewife and when I make jokes about Tyler and Kayleigh and otherwise show some internet savvy that it’s a mistake in my charade. I’ve NEVER claimed to be new to the internet on this board, so I don’t know why they are acting that way.
Nonsense. She’s an attention geisha, and I will gladly pay for her subscription in return for the privilege of her mizuage.
(insert leering smiley here) 
How so? Once again, Blanche is being candid here, but I can see where she’s going, even though I disagree with her. I can see how some people might not like the expression “attention whore”, since it brings to mind something completely different that is often considered unsavoury. But that’s what this word’s meaning has evolved to, and while being an attention whore is considered a somewhat negative attribute, most people don’t make any link from this to actual whoring, not any more than people associate the expression “grammar Nazi” to actual Nazism. I disagree with Blanche, but there’s nothing outrageous in her post, and it would take a lot more than this to vindicate catsix in my eyes.
Okay, explain to me why what Blanche is doing is wrong. She’s teasing her son with a vampire toy because she knows that he doesn’t like it. Everyone has had their parents teasing them in such ways. It’s almost completely innocent. It’s not bullying, or anything even close to it. Why is it so wrong in your eyes?
You think “I like to make him cry for my own amusement” is completely innocent and not close to bullying?
As I said, she’s very candid in her phrasing, and I think that’s part of the hostility to her. But reading her description of the whole event, and not only this sentence, I don’t think there’s any bullying here. She’s just teasing her son. When you tease someone, it’s usually for your (and their, although maybe not right away) amusement. I’m sure Blanche wouldn’t do it if it seemed her son was really traumatized by seeing the vampire toy.
When I was a kid, at supper, my father used to eat his plate faster then me and then put his arms in the air in a “victory” position when he was the first to finish. It always infuriated me to see him do this, but he always did it. He still does it from time to time, but now I laugh because I remember that it made me angry. There’s nothing wrong with it.
Who said anything about vindication? catsix has stated on multiple occasions that feminists are overly reactionary and emotional. I’ve disagreed with her - loudly- on several occasions. In this particular case, Blanche does a good job of showing precisely the kind of emotional overreaction that catsix has stated characterizes feminists. Personally, I can’t see how anyone who claims to be so familiar with message boards could see the term “attention whore” and think it means anything but someone who’s addicted to drama. Instead, she focused solely on “whore.” :rolleyes: If that isn’t revelling in the drama, I don’t know what is.
Really? REALLY? You honestly see nothing wrong with scaring your child til they cry. It doesn’t matter what they’re using. Why does using a toy make it okay? She thinks it’s funny that she can scare her son to tears. And if you think that’s “completely innocent,” then I sincerely hope you’re incapable or reproduction.
And somehow, to you, this is the same as making a toddler cry to demonstrate to your friends how funny his reaction is to a toy? Maybe you and your dad need to have a talk, then.
It’s not that she is doing something, just playing around, and it makes the kid cry, and he needs to have a thicker skin. It’s not that she’s subjecting the kid to some good-natured ribbing, like your dad was. She takes out the doll, on purpose, to make the kid cry, to show her friends for their amusement. And says it on a message board, with nary a blink of the eyelash. Then disingenuously wonders why people think she’s an attention-whoring troll. All pretty hilarious, to me.
Maybe the kid won’t kill her with an axe and go on a tri-state killing spree. I could be waaaaay off there. Maybe he’ll become a serial killer with a vampire fetish instead. :rolleyes:
Dear god–could she please be a troll or sock. Please? Blanche --I am appalled by your treatment of your son. It is NOT funny nor is it healthy for him (or for you, but I find I don’t care so much about your feelings–that kid is helpless and under your control, may god help him). How nice of you to help him in your oh, so special way. Maybe you should write a book on child care and developement–for trolls.
I don’t laugh at my kids, nor do I tease them cruelly. Funny how they know how to act in public and treat others well. There’s a Rule on the tip of my tongue…something about treating others the way you want to be treated…nope, not coming to me. You could look it up though–look under Golden.
I read this thread because I find myself intrigued by the whole Other Thread That Must Not Be Named–and still don’t know where or what it is. I looked into LiveJournal once, and couldn’t even figure out how to surf that site. No doubt I have come in for my share of knocks and crap over there (wherever there is)–who cares?
As for the attention whore bit–get over it or yourself, already. I think that along with Maureen, I may catsix a small, narrowly defined apology…
Sorry to sound harsh on a newbie to the SDMB, but you completely lost any sympathy I had for you with the scaring the kidlet thing. Ugh. Find another way to get your jollies–like picking the wings off flies or something.
Because this is the kind of thing that will cause her kid to turn into a goth/skater/punk in his teen years, and we certainly don’t need any more of those.
What would you do if one of your kids was afraid of a particular toy, throw it out? Hide it and try to keep him from having to see it? Confronting him with it repeatedly serves three purposes. First, it’s funny. Secondly, it can be used to keep him from getting hurt (i.e. by leaving it in the kitchen or the garage). And thirdly, he is slowly building a tolerance to his fear of the purple google-eyed dancing vampire toy. At one point he was completely over his fear of the vampire (and I was a little sad because it was a convenient form of area denial), but we put it away for a while and when we got it out again he was afraid of it again, but not as afraid. We’re teaching him not to be afraid of inanimate objects. Most of the time when we bring it near him we’re trying to convince him it’s nothing to be afraid of, i.e. by pulling back it’s clothes and showing the plastic machinery beneath, making him touch the plastic eyes and felt teeth.
Do you tickle your kids? Do they actually enjoy it? I used to hate being tickled, couldn’t help laughing though.
Some of the only memories I had of my father until I was reunited with him much later were of him tickling me until I screamed for him to stop, and him continuing to tickle, esp. counting my ribs. “1 rib, 2 ribs, 3 ribs…oops, you wiggled and made me lose count” - I hated it but I tickle the shit out of my kids today and I think it’s a good thing.
So, what do you do if he’s afraid of the dark, lock him in a closet, refuse to let him out and laugh when he screams and cries? Again, I don’t care what you’re using to scare your kid. The fact that you think it’s fun to scare him til he cries makes me hope he can find a good therapist when he’s a bit older.
You’re right it does serve a few purposes: Permanent scarring, building distrust and fear, and helping you to realize when your mom is batshit crazy so that you can get away from her as fast as possible when you grow up. You’re a fuckin loon.