# I hope your baby burns her eyes out **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551 "2010-04-01T09:21:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/141 "2010-04-02T05:44:15Z")
> [@Shmendrik](#): > > Who cares if there’s a kid jumping up and down on a waiting room couch? Probably the people sitting on it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/142 "2010-04-02T06:09:40Z")
Well, when those “little shits of Walmart” Youtube videos start making the email rounds, at least we can say “hey, we know those parents from the SDMB”. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/143 "2010-04-02T06:36:16Z")
DON’T TOUCH MY BABY!!! The irony is, those parents are going to fuck that kid up way way way worse than your attempted saucery did. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/144 "2010-04-02T07:48:36Z")
Here’s what ultimate fighter Bas Rutten thinks the OP should have done with that girl’s dad: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixAHTGs8ikc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixAHTGs8ikc) ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/145 "2010-04-02T09:49:46Z")
So, more info: This guy apparently has gotten in a number of fights when he’s been drunk. And apparently, the fact that I looked like an AY-RAB or an ISLAMISMS was a factor here. Okay, you parents can rest assured. I will not stop taking Tabasco sauce from toddlers, even if it means that the situation will end up like taking Tabasco from a toddler. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/146 "2010-04-02T12:35:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Probably the people sitting on it. Not to mention those sitting under it. Much worse for them. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/147 "2010-04-02T13:27:36Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > attempted saucery I understand that can get you executed in Saudi Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/148 "2010-04-02T14:24:46Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > So, more info: > > This guy apparently has gotten in a number of fights when he’s been drunk. And apparently, the fact that I looked like an AY-RAB or an ISLAMISMS was a factor here. Nice. I don’t even like Tabasco sauce much. it’s not 'real" hot. It just pretends to be. 🙂 More for the toddlers, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/149 "2010-04-02T16:20:21Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > So, more info: > > This guy apparently has gotten in a number of fights when he’s been drunk. And apparently, the fact that I looked like an AY-RAB or an ISLAMISMS was a factor here. Wait wait wait… you didn’t tell us _that_. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/150 "2010-04-02T16:41:08Z")
> [@Shmendrik](#): > > Who cares if there’s a kid jumping up and down on a waiting room couch? The people who paid for it? The people who have to sit on it when it gets broken? People who have to end up dealing with the kid who doesn’t seem to be taught manners from their parents? … ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/151 "2010-04-02T17:05:46Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > The people who paid for it? The people who have to sit on it when it gets broken? People who have to end up dealing with the kid who doesn’t seem to be taught manners from their parents? … And what if clueless kid stepped in dog shit or has gum or other nasties on the bottom of his shoes? Have fun sitting in that mess, next guy! It’s a dick move to allow it, period. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/152 "2010-04-02T17:06:53Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Just for the record, above I did offer several scenarios, many of which would validate a claim that it was reasonable on a particular occasion to let a kid jump on a couch in a waiting room. A little late responding here, but those scenarios? No good. You’re still a bad parent in all of them. Life can be really simple if you make it that way. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/153 "2010-04-02T17:08:57Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > The people who paid for it? The people who have to sit on it when it gets broken? People who have to end up dealing with the kid who doesn’t seem to be taught manners from their parents? … Don’t forget “the insurance company that will have to deal with the medical expenses to repair the kid’s broken neck and the lawsuit against the doctor’s office for failing to prevent the father from allowing the kid to jump up and down on obviously faulty and dangerous office furniture.” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/154 "2010-04-02T17:12:27Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > A little late responding here, but those scenarios? No good. You’re still a bad parent in all of them. > > Life can be really simple if you make it that way. It gets more complicated if you’re trying to run a shell game with no pea. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/155 "2010-04-02T17:43:16Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > So, more info: > > This guy apparently has gotten in a number of fights when he’s been drunk. And apparently, the fact that I looked like an AY-RAB or an ISLAMISMS was a factor here. Well now. I hope everyone in this thread who just jumped to the conclusion that there was simply no reason to start yelling at BrightNShiny feels suitably abashed. Thanks for clearing this up. Next time, stop looking so much like an Arab while the guy’s drinking and you won’t have any problems. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/156 "2010-04-02T17:53:15Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Well now. I hope everyone in this thread who just jumped to the conclusion that there was simply no reason to start yelling at BrightNShiny feels suitably abashed. > > Thanks for clearing this up. Next time, stop looking so much like an Arab while the guy’s drinking and you won’t have any problems. And definitely don’t go helping any toddlers in any airports, either. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/157 "2010-04-02T18:14:08Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > A little late responding here, but those scenarios? No good. You’re still a bad parent in all of them. > > Life can be really simple if you make it that way. Totally agree. The guy shouldn’t have grabbed him unless the kid was falling but saying something? As one who has shouted out “Who belongs to this brat??” on more than a few occasions when seeing a kid running around a restaurant, store or pulling stuff off of shelves, I agree that someone needs parenting classes badly. The old guy wouldn’t have had to do a thing if the parents had been doing their job. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/158 "2010-04-02T20:14:19Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > A little late responding here, but those scenarios? No good. You’re still a bad parent in all of them. > > Life can be really simple if you make it that way. Are you joking? (Honestly can’t tell.) If there was a sign over the couch that says “This couch is for jumping!” then _still_ only a bad parent would let a kid jump on it? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/159 "2010-04-02T20:18:55Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Can you repost it? I’m not sure I’ve seen any answer to what I asked. I didn’t (and continue not to) supply the missing information for a few reasons: 1. No one wins such discussions on the SDMB 2. It does not matter to me whether anyone here thinks it was reasonable 3. I’m taking a stand on principle–two of them: a) I never talk about parenting with any justificatory or condemning intent b) I shouldn’t have to provide any such “missing” info–the effort it takes for people to leap to conclusions from a single manifestly-incompletely-descriptive sentence is not an effort I should have to go to any lengths to negate. I think there were some other reasons I’ve given in this thread, but those are the ones that come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/160 "2010-04-02T20:19:59Z")
Jesus fucking christ, Frylock, give it a rest already. Just. Shut. Up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551.md?page=9)