lucius septimius 5/4/2021 5:24:22 AM

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Me this morning -- staring at youngest boy saying "get dressed" sotto voce until he finally gets fed up and goes get dressed.

I've pretty much been winging this parenting thing for two decades.

vxbush 5/4/2021 5:37:56 AM

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In #1 lucius septimius said: I've pretty much been winging this parenting thing for two decades.

Oh, I have no doubt that 90% of parents are winging it. 

Morning, lucius, and everyone else. 

Kosh's Shadow 5/4/2021 6:27:18 AM

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In #2 vxbush said: Oh, I have no doubt that 90% of parents are winging it. 

And I think most do a better job in the long term than those who follow books - I think those books are why we have generations of snowflakes.

lucius septimius 5/4/2021 6:30:45 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

There was the period when, since they didn't respond to any verbal commands, I just started grunting at them like a cave man.  It actually worked pretty well.

Kosh's Shadow 5/4/2021 6:39:07 AM

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In #4 lucius septimius said: There was the period when, since they didn't respond to any verbal commands, I just started grunting at them like a cave man.  It actually worked pretty well.

Especially if you are holding a club

vxbush 5/4/2021 6:42:05 AM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: And I think most do a better job in the long term than those who follow books - I think those books are why we have generations of snowflakes.

Thinking about it, I think you are more right than you know--those books are written by "experts" who claim to know everything related to child-rearing. However, many of those books aren't that connected to reality. The parents who train their kids according to reality and not some lofty standard are probably going to be better able to handle the world and not crack. 

JCM 5/4/2021 7:38:15 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 1:

I can get one of the dogs to lick my oldest's ear in the morning.

Kosh's Shadow 5/4/2021 7:42:23 AM

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Occasional Reader 5/4/2021 8:00:14 AM

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In #1 lucius septimius said: sotto voce

See, there’s your problem.

JCM 5/4/2021 8:16:56 AM

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King County Detention dramatically lowers standards for ‘equity’ hires

The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention dramatically lowered its hiring standards to promote more people of color and LGBTQ employees. Consequently, the department effectively adopts affirmative action policies rather than hiring the candidates best suited for the job.

In 2018, the DAJD conducted an equity impact review for its Corrections Sergeants promotional process. It found that while several minority candidates applied, few passed the written exam. Rather than address why the results looked the way they did, the department lowered the threshold to pass the exam.

Alice in Dairyland 5/4/2021 8:59:18 AM

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Reply to JCM in 10: Just what you want.  People that aren't skilled or trainable dealing with potential criminals.  They'll either get killed themselves or create another Floyd scenario when old George doesn't cooperate with them.  Some "expert" should write a book on how to deal with this situation!

JCM 5/4/2021 9:01:41 AM

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Alice in Dairyland 5/4/2021 9:02:11 AM

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Alice in Dairyland 5/4/2021 9:02:38 AM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 13: with = this

lucius septimius 5/4/2021 9:04:07 AM

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In #9 Occasional Reader said: See, there’s your problem.

Oh no -- it's very effective because it annoys the hell out of him.

JCM 5/4/2021 9:07:42 AM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 11:

The cynical grumpy old bastard in me says, "that is just what the want".

Just like BLM wants to get some of their useless idiots killed by cops to further the agenda.

vxbush 5/4/2021 9:24:43 AM

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In #16 JCM said: The cynical grumpy old bastard in me says, "that is just what the want". Just like BLM wants to get some of their useless idiots killed by cops to further the agenda.

Maybe. But the LGBTQ∞ folks may just see having anyone in these roles as counting towards some mystical quantity that is "good". These people act as totems, so they don't have to do a good job. 

buzzsawmonkey 5/4/2021 9:50:40 AM

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In #12 JCM said: At least 27 dead after Mexico City subway overpass collapses

I will once again remind people that the same folks who want to be put in charge of controlling/altering/regulating the entire climate of the planet have repeatedly shown themselves incapable of running, or competently maintaining, small, recently-built, closed man-made systems, like transit systems, public housing, electrical grids, roads and/or bridges, municipal waterworks, etc.  

Yet they demand to be put in charge of the entire planetary climate.

Occasional Reader 5/4/2021 11:16:30 AM

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OMG where has this website been all my life...

https://www.soundprint.co/

vxbush 5/4/2021 12:57:39 PM

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In #19 Occasional Reader said: OMG where has this website been all my life...

That's an app, not a website, but I guess it does list a subset of locations with an indication of how loud they are. 

Occasional Reader 5/4/2021 3:01:57 PM

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In #20 vxbush said: That's an app, not a website,

It’s both, in fact. Works perfectly well via the web without downloading the app.

I hate noisy restaurants. This is useful.

JCM 5/4/2021 3:32:46 PM

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In #21 Occasional Reader said: I hate noisy restaurants.

And here I thought Chucky E. Cheese was your favorite place!