Well, this is quite the depressing thread, but what the hey!
All religion should be banned. There is absolutely no need for it.
“Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People is the worst, WORST fucking song ever recorded. Oh, the computer bass and drums are SO TIGHT! Probably because they quantized them at 100%. There’s a lead vocal track that sounds like it comes from Pluto on a jerry-rigged megaphone, producer-inspired whistling, and it turns out to be a Disney-fied version of the Columbine shootings. This song has actually made me feel sorry for Eric and Dylan. It was the fucking sneakers all along! And they only had one bullet. (according to the song)
I said that today’s male contraception was no better than 50 years ago, progress has been stagnant.
Men’s contraception
100+ years ago: Condoms, Castration
50 years ago: Condoms, Vasectomy
Today: Condoms, Vasectomy
Women’s Contraception
100+ years ago: herbal “plan b” concoctions
50+ years ago: Diaphragm, Tubal Ligation
Today : Diaphragm, Tubal Ligation, female condom, The Pill, IUD, NuvaRing, Patch, Norplant, Depo, and probably some I didn’t list.
Believe me, men would like additional options to control their fertility, one that isn’t a permanent surgical alteration, or a condom. Trick is that male physiology doesn’t lend itself to a low dose hormonal solution, so the only change in the last 50 years is that the condoms and vasectomies are better.
My reasoning is, these kids are gonna have sex if they want to have sex. I’m not saying I would love it for a 13 year old to become sexually active, but if that were the case, I’d rather put all of my energy into educating them about the risks and consequences than delude myself into thinking I could stop them.
Adults being involved is a deal-breaker. For one, it’s breaking the law. For two, in the vast majority of cases, it’s an unequal balance of power and quite frankly, abusive.
Glad to know I’m not the only one with an intense hatred for that song. Oh, does it annoy me.
I thought of one more that you have to be a Chicago sports fan to really appreciate: I don’t hate the Green Bay Packers. I will always root against them in relation to the Bears, but I don’t want them to die in a fire. Occasionally, I’ll even root for them when the Bears fortunes aren’t involved. I even have a Packers flag in my closet. Don’t tell anyone.
Another unpopular opinion: I think that baseball fans are smarter than US football fans. When I hear someone say that they like football but think baseball is too slow, I think that person is just not smart enough to follow the narrative of a baseball game and anyone who thinks that football, which has 12 minutes of action over a 3.5 hour game, is fast paced is someone who is easily distracted by all the beer commercials, cheerleaders, and other bs.
Football is more popular precisely because it is so easily followed and understood. Baseball demands attention.
I too dislike the production on that song. But I’ve heard two cover versions that are pretty good, one a live cover by Panic! at the Disco, and the other was a more acoustic-ified one by I don’t remember who. But it’s not a bad song once you take out the overproduction.
I hate working 40 hours/week and I wish I could be a stay-at-home mom, desperately. I’m all for equal rights but I despise working full time and having to raise a family on top of it (two full time jobs).
I love TOTO!
I cringe when I hear women talk about their “girls night out”.
I think you and I must be related. I actually love to work, but I would prefer it if I felt like I had an actual choice (as opposed to a nominal choice). I’m told that I have the choice, but making that choice would mean no retirement for my husband, no college fund for my kids and struggling to get back into the workforce if I left and decided to go back. I don’t see that as a choice.
The saving grace is that my company is big on telecommuting. Because I’m involved in some management discussions, I know it’s because they can get more from an individual if they don’t have to commute - earlier log ons and almost everyone in my department works at night, telecommute or no. So even though it’s done for revenue-driven reasons, it works out well for those of us (men and women) with families.
I agree with you - It’s not the work I dislike, it’s that I feel I don’t have a choice (for exactly the reasons you mentioned). AND, sitting at a desk for 8 hours is deeply depressing. I’d much rather be home cleaning and doing household chores and errands that most people hate.
I was a 12-year-old Beatles freak in 1963. My vague recollection is mono albums selling for two or three dollars, stereo about a buck higher. My vaguer memory is that 45’s were about 70¢. (At Unimart. Remember Unimart?)
Fifty years later I still love and collect their music. Saw them in 1965.
I support public corporal punishment for both children and adults for all crimes, misdemeanors and misbehavior.
I think that people who make a point of referring to their husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/etc as their “SO,” “other half” or any other less specific term are annoyingly ridiculous. When used in general terms it is fine, such as asking “What is your significant other’s name?”. However, the response to that should not be “My significant other’s name is Shannon” it should be “My wife’s name is Shannon” or “My husband’s name is Shannon”.
Unless you’re an American citizen from Africa, you’re not African American.
I think that military service should be mandatory for men and that no one should be permitted to be a conscientious objector under any circumstances.
Related to above, women should not be allowed in combat positions unless they can pass the same physical fitness tests that men have to.
Assumption of risk should be federal law. If you come on my property (invited or otherwise) and the wind blows a tree on you, there’s not a single reason why I should be liable. Things happen and you have no right to expect someone else to be responsible if it happens to you, unless it is by that person’s negligence.
I’ll stop here, but I am sure that I could think of more. I got my crotchety old man card at the age of 15.
What would you do with men who can’t pass “the same physical fitness tests that men have to?”
On your other point, “assumption of risk” is part of the common law. I’m not sure that’s what you mean, however. You have a duty to provide a safe property if you’re inviting people on to it for commercial reasons. You have a lessor duty to people you don’t invite. But if you are aware of a dangerous condition, who other than you, is in the best position to correct it?
Agreed. 13 year olds having sex isn’t ideal, but pregnant 13 year olds with sexually transmitted diseases is worse, and I have a hard time understanding why so many people don’t get something that simple.
Perhaps my understanding about assumption of risk is skewed. I am mostly basing my thoughts on a thread I saw here yesterday about someone having a memorial on their property and the slew of posts telling them to get it out of there before someone comes on the property (invited or otherwise) and ends up hurt with the OP liable. That and all of the other frivolous lawsuits I have heard about.
I think that teachers should be able to enforce some punishment on a misbehaving student. I don’t know what that would be (old school standing with your nose to the wall?), but I think that talking it out with a kid only goes so far.
I say this as a mom who just got two separate calls the school principal and his teacher because my seven-year old son said “No” when a teacher asked him to start on his math. And yes, that’s all that happened: he said no - albeit three times - then did what was asked of him. I’m going to address this at home this evening as well, but I’m sick of being called out of a meeting every damn time he says no. If he doesn’t do what he’s told, there should be immediate consequences at school or the teacher loses their authority.
I think the term preggo should be outlawed, along with all those other douchey, cutesy parenting terms they use on parenting boards. DD, DH, DS…really?? Just looking at them nauseates me.
And I love Meatloaf. Not the food (ick), the singer. I think he’s awesome and love his music. I regularly blast “I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” in my car when I’m alone.