Targeted advertising that’s a mile off. If you’re going to track me, do a better job. I have kids and I’m interested in real estate investing. Listening to a RE podcast and the commercials are for Sewickly Accademy (the most expensive private school in Pittsburgh, might be tied with the Jewish school in Shadyside) like $14k/year for kindergarten!
I know there are guys that can cover that with petty cash. It ain’t me, yet.
Well, it ain’t Mercersburg, but its OK I guess.
A guy I used to know went there. Holy shit. So that’s how the other half lives!
Sure, there is flaw to my logic, however I got my point across. To me, the notion of a 17+ age restriction slapped on a film, thereby drastically reducing the available audience who are able to watch the film due to the fact a female breast was visible on screen or the fact that there was a simulated sex scene is preposterous. The idea that violence is ok as long as the consequences aren’t dealt on confuses me.
The guidelines the MPAA has on classifying motion pictures (in my opinon) are too black and white, it’s on the basis of “it is or it isn’t, no exceptions”, secondly the conservative attitude towards sexual content and profanity but the lenience towards violence also irritates me. There ought to be a happy medium, I’m not saying small children should be able to view these films, I’m saying the guidelines in place are outdated and are contributing to the neutering of otherwise potentially very good movies, films like “the meg” were tremendously cut down, so much so that I don’t support or even go watch such films.
The MPAA needs to adjust it’s criteria as to what is appropriate for people to watch, the average 13 year old kid won’t have any issue seeing a pair of boobs on a movie screen, When I was thirteen that was about ALL I wanted to see. The age restrictions given to films are supposed to be put in place to protect young individuals from viewing content that could otherwise negatively the individual, a thirteen year old boy/girl seeing a sex scene or a penis isn’t going to destroy them or have any noticeable impact on their psyche with the exception of a few select circumstances such as they come from extremely sheltered or religious households.
Violence, on the other hand, could have a negative impact on a young, impressionable teenagers view on said subject if it is glorified and shown to be “cool”. The same can be said with drug use, certain movies portray drug use on an unrealistic scale, highlighting the positives without the downsides, while others show the direct consequences of drug use, which kind of film would you rather have an average 13 year old kid see? As to profanity, most kids swear like sailors when not around their parents or other adults, I’ve never understood why though, hearing a few “fucks” isn’t going to damage a thirteen year old at all, guidelines should be adjusted to represent what they were originally put in place for, to protect individuals from seeing content that will negatively affect the individual.
Penny for your thoughts on this topic. @Silyak
Just finish my bench warm-up
Bzzzz
“Chris, you drafting or what?”
FUUUUUUCK!
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My better half is a psychologist. In psychology school, they teach you clear communication is vital in most scenarios - I assume.
They have a pattern they teach you to follow (and pass onto your clients) when you want someone to do something. Like this: Alfred, I need you to stop watching the TV when I’m talking to you because it makes me feel like you’re not listening to me
My partner applies this relentless. Alfred, I need you to go into the kitchen and get me a knife so I can spread butter on this bread (real example)
This drives me nuts. I have expressed how nuts it drives me I’d prefer you say ‘get me a knife dickhead’ to whatever it is you’re doing, I even parodied the pattern, using it to ask her to stop using it but it is so ingrained she just can’t stop.
Now, when she asks, I say “Sorry Alice, I didn’t hear that. What was is you wanted me to do?”. This seems to drive her pretty nuts.
Every emotion should be shared IMO.
The purpose of torturing language they way they do isn’t to make sure communication is clear but to try and rid the words of any hint of judgement.
For instance, my gf always uses “I statements” rather than “you statements”.
Her: " When you wipe your dick on the good hand towels after sex it makes me feel like you don’t care about me"
Me (thinking): well, if I’m not responsible for your feelings and you don’t like the way you feel, then you should probably do something about that.
I continue to tell her that if she wants me to change my behavior she needs to use “you statements”.
This would be much more effective:
Her: “You keep wiping your dick on the good hand towels after sex and it’s pissing me off. Knock it off, asshole”.
To me, this is clear communication.
My wife takes it one step further.
She will start crying silently making sure I see it when the tears flow. Then I’ll ask her what’s wrong. Then she’ll say, “You wiped your dick on the good hand towels again and it’s very unsanitary (or something).”
My immediate reaction will be guilt and I’ll start comforting her while apologizing. Then she’ll make me make a verbal promise never to do it again. After that she’ll immediately revert to her bubbly self and pick up our cat and say something like, “Hear that kitty? DT promised never to wipe his dick on the good hand towels again! If he does, he’s a bad guy!”
Then I realize I’ve been emotionally played yet again and thank God I don’t have kids or that would be our daughter she was talking to instead of the cat.
This was probably how the Empress Dowager Cixi used to fuck with the Emperor. It’s in their blood.
See? These are the kind of unforseen problems that arise when contemporary tastes change. Back when people had more curtains this dish towel thing was never a problem. Now its all vertical blinds and fancy roll down thingies.
I tried wiping my dick on the aluminum mini-blinds.
You only make that mistake once.
I don’t wipe my dick after sex because it makes my partner feel insecure about her vagina which leads her to believe I am disgused by a natural female function and therefore am a misogynist.
I assumed they were talking about wiping off from another location.
On a related note, the dog decided to walk into the lounge room and take a dump on my rug… infront of me. Bastard just had a brain explosion or something.
My kids decided this was the funniest thing ever, so it was a juggling act between kicking the dog out, keeping the kids away from the dog shit, trying to get the rug sorted and not throwing up from the putrid dog shit smell.
Don’t use the nice hand towels to clean it up.
Like trying to scrape peanut butter off of bread, huh?
All I can think is: I wonder if peanut butter and salami go together.
If this is a metaphor, yes.
If not, no.
You know what pisses me off? My kids getting “overtired”. Motherfucker, what is that shit? I’m trying to put you to sleep, but you’re too tired to sleep? That’s like saying “I’ve been starving for a week, and now I’m just too hungry to eat this delicious meal you’ve laid out in front of me!”
Dicks. 3 year olds are dicks.
does somebody need a nap?
I did. He did too. Long weekend with a sick, grumpy, combative child took its toll. The only other option was installing an eject button in my car.
This really is a pretty amazing phenomenon. I’m still waiting for the age when it stops. All I know is that it’s not 5.