Ever wonder why they only go after 70+ old people?

https://twitter.com/NextLAMayor/status/1383437640498745357

An infestation of new tech! Kill it with fire!

Gamestop is understandable if not sane.

But can someone please explain this valuation?

Oh, how the cookie crumbles.

Ever wonder why they only go after 70+ old people?

That was great...thanks for posting the link.

Speaking of how people get the idea they're entitled to commit rotten behavior (I only wish there were more details at the end, regarding the OTHER tormentor):

https://www.djournal.com/lifestyle/living/john-rosemond-hurrah-for-parents-who-did-right-thing/article_7aa4e75c-bde8-58fb-95e7-2147b86167bd.html

"A sixth-grade teacher recently shared the following story with me: Two girls in her class were making fun of a classmate whose family was struggling financially. The girl was socially awkward and had no friends. The mocking was taking place both at school and on social media.

"As I read the teacher’s email, I reminisced about what being in the sixth grade was like in the late 1950s, before smart phones, video games, and social media began corrupting childhood. Actually, I have no idea what it was like for girls because girls were the stuff of fantasy only, and believe it or not, lots of boys still had no interest in girls and vice versa.

"I have, however, talked to lots of women my age who tell me that girlhood back then was not marked by the sorts of personal and social dramas that mark it today. Some girls, I am told (and was aware), formed cliques, but open bullying of other girls was a rarity.

"In this case, one of the girls’ parents was intolerant of misbehavior while the other set of parents took great umbrage at anyone who reported it. Teachers walked on eggshells with them for fear of the proverbial hotseat. The teacher in question, however, was nearing the end of her career and was not easily intimidated.

"A 'final straw' incident occurred one day and said teacher informed both girls that their parents would be informed. One begged her not to, saying that she would get into a surfeit of trouble. The other girl basically dared the teacher to tell her parents.

" 'You’ll get in trouble,' she said, 'not me.' Children are very perceptive.

"The teacher told both parents what had happened, pointing out that the bullying and teasing had gone on for some time. Sure enough, the latter set of parents became their daughter’s apologists. They denied that she was even capable of such cruelty, blamed her partner in crime for being a bad influence, and implied that the victim was her own worst enemy. They then complained to the principal, who insisted that the teacher apologize to them. She refused and told the principal that he ought to be ashamed of himself.

"The other girl’s parents also became furious, but at the right person. The next day, their daughter apologized to the teacher and to the victim – tearfully and in front of the entire class, no less. She broke off relations with her cohort and began making sincere efforts to make friends with her less-advantaged classmate. She also mentioned to the teacher that her smart phone had been confiscated indefinitely.

"The heroes in the story are the parents who held their daughter to high standards and forced her repentance. Along with a teacher who stood up for what is right in an environment where right and wrong have become confused, they are to be applauded for making the world a better place."

Btw, this is an example of why even good parents like the ones described above might need to read his column regularly.

That is, if your child became a bully, and you know you would automatically do what the good parents did, you'd likely think "well, duh, it's just common sense - why do I need to read any column or book of his?"

The answer is that when more and more of the OTHER parents start behaving more like their kids' lawyers, it's too easy to get brainwashed into thinking the same way they do - and start denying that YOUR kids could do anything bad when you're not looking!

It's a vicious parental circle of denial - and one which started as early as the 1970s, if Judy Blume's novel Blubber is any indication. (The "trial" scene near the end was based on a true story.) The parents (and teachers) in the novel clearly don't really want to know how badly their kids behave when they're not looking - and they don't give a damn about protecting the weak.

Just saw a video posted on Reddit/r/LosAngeles showing the violent junkies taking over the Venice boardwalk.

What a horribly dangerous situation.

@Lenona,

They both know how awful these kids can be to each other.

The teachers won't lift a finger because the parents can and will raise a stink because their pwecious baby is as pure as Jesus Christ.

And the parents of the bullies don't give to shits about what's happening because, after all, their kids are not the faggy sissies being pummeled and humiliated.

How to pop someone like a zit:

https://twitter.com/FollowWIN/status/1383252307358277633

Hey, I got mentioned on Amy's Twittermcthingy!

Waaaait a minute. Carpet_RECLEANERS?! Oh, Amy.

The Recleaners are a disreputable bunch. The Reclaimers are upstanding and well-scrubbed.

And the parents of the bullies don't
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There's more to it than that.

While it's true that parents of bullies are often latent (or not so latent) bullies themselves, many parents want to believe that only bad parents have badly-behaved kids, and get panicky once they suspect THEIR kids have free will. So when some adult complains about their kids' behavior, the knee-jerk reaction is either to accuse the adult of lying - or to assume the complaint is an attack on the PARENT.

I.e.: "How dare you accuse ME - *I* am a good parent!"

As long as their kid is on the winning side of the social ladder, they just don't care.

And like you said, it's never "their" fault; there's always something/someone else to blame.

That excessively well-kept beard and hairstyle tells me he is either a desert Amish or a homosexual.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ykahan/status/1383916477548417026

Why men die moar than women:

https://twitter.com/huwangtaiji/status/1383384647816548355