Rage at the Grocery store...

[armedmonkey]

@Loach

I thought she was Goebbels. I have to go check my scorecard.

Goebbels had kids. They, um, didn’t last too long, though.

[VinylTurnip]

And did you know that Humphrey Bogart was the original Goebbels Baby? It’s true, look it up.

[Loach]

@A Monkey With a Gun

Goebbels had kids. They, um, didn’t last too long, though.

But were they screaming?

[Loach]

@curlcoat

Yes, he did that later, I was just wondering why suranyi jumped to child-hater based just on the OP.

Curly you really do have a broken perception filter. This new guy is obviously a troll who joined to just piss off people and is going to get banned quickly. Just because someone says a sentence or two that you may agree with, it doesn’t make them a worthy ally. It does not make you look good when you come to the defense of trolls and crazies.

[Cat_Whisperer]

@Loach

<snip> It does not make you look good when you come to the defense of trolls and crazies.

Everyone needs a hobby.

[digs]

I’m having trouble taking the OP seriously. So I’m going to respond to the Hitler In The Kroger sub-thread:

@A Monkey With a Gun

I’ve only seen him once at the Kroger, but he was a bit… odd. First thing he did was to tear into the Kielbasa. He took like half of the store’s entire stock. Next he headed over to the bakery and very quickly seized every single baguette while screaming something in German. He then filled up his cart with some random ethnic foods that I can’t remember (I do remember him taking belgian waffles, does that count as ethnic?) before he slammed into a stock boy refilling the condiment aisle and was crushed by a crate of Russian Salad dressing.

I noticed that, too (I think it was that mustache…and how often do you see someone wearing Hugo Boss to the grocery store?).

He thought it’d be a quick shopping trip, because it was so easy to grab those baguettes. He looked genuinely surprised that the crumpets were all stuck together and he couldn’t just toss them in his cart.

Sure, the salad dressing wore him down, but the last I saw him he was suffocating under a pile of crumpets (and Twinkies), and screaming at the other shoppers “You vill all vind up in ze soap aisle!”.

[armedmonkey]

That was a very strange day at the Kroger. Were you there when there when the propane tank blew up right behind the sushi?

[Imago]

@suranyi

I’m not talking about people who dislike being around children. I’m talking about people who hate children to the extent that:

– The sight of any child, even one in a photograph, disgusts them.
– They want children banned from even normal activities, like family restaurants, or economy seats in airplanes.
– They break all relationships with their previously close friends and relatives once they decide to “breed”.

To be perfectly clear, I’m also not talking about people who choose not to have children of their own. That’s a perfectly legitimate choice which someone could make for any number of reasons. Child-hatred is something else.

The reason I think it is similar to racism is because it is hatred of somebody because of what they are (a child) rather that because of anything they are doing.

Ah, alright.

[AncientHumanoid]

According to my quick poll, kids would tend to make good eatin’.

Not sure about Hitler youth.

[curlcoat]

@A Monkey With a Gun

Well, the guy came in tearing the board up with posts like this one in a different thread:
Suryani probably searched him. It’s an easy search to do. Just click on the username and then click “find all posts by”. Our OP posted more than twenty posts in his first day here (that should tell you something right there) and almost all of them were about how he hates kids and loves abortions. I’m thinking suranyi picked up on that.

The guy is a sock and a troll. Don’t let him pull your strings, curlcoat.

Oh, he won’t since no one does. I didn’t realize that people searched for posts before responding, so I was just curious as to what in the OP made suryani respond as he did.

You think he is a sock because his posting style is familiar?

@Cheesesteak

No, but child haters focus on screaming as though it’s the only thing that kids ever do. They want kids to stay inside their own homes, they shouldn’t play in their own yards, or in a park, nor should they go shopping with their family, because the child might then be heard by people other than their own parents.

So, if someone complains about a child screaming in a store they must hate children? Or is it just Costco?

Babies crying in a Costco? Have you ever been in one of those places when it’s busy? Cacophony. It’s a huge open space with 1,000 people talking and shopping and loading large boxes into their carts. The place sounds like the fucking monkey house at the zoo. A child hater picks out the one kid crying and acts like it’s ruining his zen like shopping experience.

Actually, I avoid places like that like the plague, tho I do buy their gas! OTOH, I can see how a screaming (not crying according to the OP) child nearby would get really irritating really fast, and if there were more than one spread out over this huge space? Or if one is trapped at checkout with a screamer near by, having to listen to that could get old and maybe result in a rant here.

@Loach

Curly you really do have a broken perception filter. This new guy is obviously a troll who joined to just piss off people and is going to get banned quickly. Just because someone says a sentence or two that you may agree with, it doesn’t make them a worthy ally. It does not make you look good when you come to the defense of trolls and crazies.

Uh, well, I’m not looking for an ally nor am I trying to defend anyone. I merely asked a question, mostly because I don’t understand the mindset of folks like you, who over react to any negative light cast on children, no matter how slight. I don’t really care about the OP himself, I was just curious about the reaction of one person.

Perhaps it is your perception filter that needs replacing?

[The_Tao_s_Revenge]

@A Monkey With a Gun

That was a very strange day at the Kroger. Were you there when there when the propane tank blew up right behind the sushi?

I think that was after it got spilled over the egg rolls, and ruined the poi. Really ticked off that navy guy. You know I think one of his buddies might have had something to do with the propane tank.

[suranyi]

@Loach

Curly you really do have a broken perception filter. This new guy is obviously a troll who joined to just piss off people and is going to get banned quickly. Just because someone says a sentence or two that you may agree with, it doesn’t make them a worthy ally. It does not make you look good when you come to the defense of trolls and crazies.

The OP may be a troll, but he also used terms and phrases, such as “breeder scum” commonly used on child-hater websites and message boards. (Yes, they exist.)

[armedmonkey]

@curlcoat

You think he is a sock because his posting style is familiar?

No, not familiar, but his posting style seems a bit… calculated. I admit that it is nothing more than a hunch.

[Cheesesteak]

@curlcoat

So, if someone complains about a child screaming in a store they must hate children?

Normal people complain about the child screaming in the store they went to yesterday. Child haters complain that children are screaming in stores every time they go shopping, and suggest that nobody should take their children shopping because of all the screaming.

OTOH, I can see how a screaming (not crying according to the OP) child nearby would get really irritating really fast, and if there were more than one spread out over this huge space? Or if one is trapped at checkout with a screamer near by, having to listen to that could get old and maybe result in a rant here.

Unless you’re trapped at the checkout next to a crying child, it may as well be in the next county, noises just get drowned out at a place like Costco.

[Loach]

@suranyi

The OP may be a troll, but he also used terms and phrases, such as “breeder scum” commonly used on child-hater websites and message boards. (Yes, they exist.)

I know they do, as stupid and illogical as they are. But when someone happens to find this board, joins up and starts pushing buttons I am reasonably suspicious.

@curlcoat

Uh, well, I’m not looking for an ally nor am I trying to defend anyone. I merely asked a question, mostly because I don’t understand the mindset of folks like you, who over react to any negative light cast on children, no matter how slight. I don’t really care about the OP himself, I was just curious about the reaction of one person.

Perhaps it is your perception filter that needs replacing?

You really are a fucking idiot. Give me one cite as to how I overreact to any negative light cast on children. I have a very realistic view of children. I get annoyed when parents let them behave inappropriately. But I’m realistic as to how children are supposed to act normally. Now this is an overreaction, “Actually, I avoid places like that like the plague, tho I do buy their gas!” avoiding stores because of the possibility of a screaming child. I want to know where all these screaming children are. I have a feeling we have much different definitions of screaming.

[MsWhatsit]

Wait, she has a Costco membership but only uses it to buy gas?

That doesn’t seem very cost-effective.

[curlcoat]

@Cheesesteak

Normal people complain about the child screaming in the store they went to yesterday. Child haters complain that children are screaming in stores every time they go shopping, and suggest that nobody should take their children shopping because of all the screaming.Unless you’re trapped at the checkout next to a crying child, it may as well be in the next county, noises just get drowned out at a place like Costco.

I don’t think I’ve ever run across someone who has said that children are screaming in stores every time they go shopping. Well, maybe in SquallMart…:dubious: Anyway, children do scream at times and some people can completely overlook it, while it makes other people nuts. Those who are made nuts by it will complain about it far more than those who don’t hear it believe it happens.

@Loach

You really are a fucking idiot. Give me one cite as to how I overreact to any negative light cast on children.

Your post #104 in this thread. You jumped to the conclusion that I was trying to defend the OP, and have made many posts full of useless insults towards me simply because I dared to ask someone why they thought the OP was a child-hater.

Now this is an overreaction, “Actually, I avoid places like that like the plague, tho I do buy their gas!” avoiding stores because of the possibility of a screaming child.

There is another overreaction. I avoid the warehouse stores for a wide variety of reasons, beginning with I am usually unable to walk the distance required. Yet you assume it has to be because Costco has screaming children in it? If I avoided places because of that, I wouldn’t spend time in McD’s using their free wi-fi.

I want to know where all these screaming children are. I have a feeling we have much different definitions of screaming.

Any one of the definitions on dictionary.com works for me.

@MsWhatsit

Wait, she has a Costco membership but only uses it to buy gas?

That doesn’t seem very cost-effective.

My husband shops there occasionally, but the 7-10 cent per gallon savings on gas covers the membership fee quickly.

[MsWhatsit]

Depending on your definition of “quickly,” maybe.

Membership at our local Costco is 50 annually. Assuming a .10 discount on gasoline, you’d need to buy 500 gallons of gas in order to make back the membership fee. Assuming a car that gets 20 mpg (let’s hope you have a more fuel-efficient car than that, but 20 mpg seems like a reasonable estimate), you’d need to drive 10,000 miles in order to burn those 500 gallons. And you’d need to never fill up anywhere else but Costco, which okay, maybe you do.

Really, there aren’t that many screaming kids in there. You’ll get far better value far more quickly if you just put your head down, run in, buy a couple of flats of tomato sauce and chicken broth or whatever, and then run back out again. Surgical strike. In and out.

Or just wait until you’ve driven over 10,000 miles so you can make back your membership on the gas, whatever works for you.

[curlcoat]

@MsWhatsit

Depending on your definition of “quickly,” maybe.

Membership at our local Costco is 50 annually. Assuming a .10 discount on gasoline, you’d need to buy 500 gallons of gas in order to make back the membership fee. Assuming a car that gets 20 mpg (let’s hope you have a more fuel-efficient car than that, but 20 mpg seems like a reasonable estimate), you’d need to drive 10,000 miles in order to burn those 500 gallons. And you’d need to never fill up anywhere else but Costco, which okay, maybe you do.

Really, there aren’t that many screaming kids in there. You’ll get far better value far more quickly if you just put your head down, run in, buy a couple of flats of tomato sauce and chicken broth or whatever, and then run back out again. Surgical strike. In and out.

Or just wait until you’ve driven over 10,000 miles so you can make back your membership on the gas, whatever works for you.

As I said above, I do not shop at Costco due to reasons other than the potential of meeting noisy children, and that my husband does shop there.

[kaylasdad99]

@curlcoat

As I said above, I do not shop at Costco due to reasons other than the potential of meeting noisy children, and that my husband does shop there.

Stage whisper:

She doesn’t like watching people eating food that they didn’t pay for…