Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: red headed stranger on May 22, 2010, 06:20:43 PM
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The URL speaks for itself:
http://shitmykidsruined.tumblr.com/
Lots of destruction.
And poop.
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THAT.IS.AWESOME!
Also: http://shitmypetsruined.com/
Chris
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Potty-mouthed parents, ill-behaved kids. Big surprise.
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Fisty, children do that to you.
I -wish- I had a photo of the door from the ten year old's room... He methodically destroyed the darn thing...
I figure he's gonna miss it here in another year or three...
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Potty-mouthed parents, ill-behaved kids. Big surprise.
I might blame a few of those on the parents, but kids (especially those 2-4) can do a lot of damage in just a matter of seconds.
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gonna have to tell katie about that dog one. once lucky goes up, no will ever be able to find worse
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I can't wait until fisty has kids. :laugh:
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I am well-acquainted with the destructive tendencies of children. Daddy always told me I could tear up a steel ball with a rubber hammer.
It's just sad that people can't communicate without vulgarity. =(
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did daddy or mommy ever say the curse? i hope you have kids and they are just like you? my kids best was at a fumeral she puked all over me i swear the lady in the casket laughed curdled milk looks good on a dark suit
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It's just sad that people can't communicate without vulgarity. =(
Perhaps people can, but some people choose not to ascribe magical destructive powers to specific words?
I get that you take pride in being particularly stodgy, but I don't see the point in assuming that everyone else is simply unable to meet your rather arbitrary standards. Perhaps we just don't care to.
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Magical destructive what? Whose arbitrary standards? It has nothing to do with me, or that other stuff you said. It's become acceptable to refer to random objects as fecal matter, and it's just loutish, stupid and sad, is all. It would be nice if there could be a web site about stupid things kids do, and then we could have a thread about it. But no, people would prefer to muck the whole thing up with trash talk.
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Before you two get this otherwise amusing thread locked can't you get a room or something?
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What if they lock us in the room?
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What if they lock us in the room?
That would be a bonus.
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Not for her.
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Perhaps people can, but some people choose not to ascribe magical destructive powers to specific words?
Or perhaps some of us just don't write in the same mode as we speak. I wouldn't use certain words or phrases in the presence of certain people, nor would I write them on a public website, because those people know how to use Google.
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Well *multiple expletives deleted*, I would. :P
BW, a friend once pointed out to me (and Azrael256) the difference between "vulgar" words and "vulgarity." The former I have no problem posting. The latter... I wouldn't repeat. Ever. In any form.
And if Fisty's "stodginess" bothers you, you could always politely ask him to be more profane. ;)
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I figured the swearing was an intentional juxtaposition of the otherwise child related material on the site, which is obviously intended for adults.
Sure, people can communicate without swearing, but at the moment your little one has destroyed something, most peope will be at least thinking a few swear words. I think that is the frustration the site is trying to tap. A few of the things on that site have happened to me, (the most frustrating was having my Razr snapped in two) and obviously I didn't tear into my 2-year-old with my frustration. It did feel better to vent about it to my mom or wife though.
I just can't work up too much give-a-damn about a site designed to vent frustration having a few swear words. It isn't a site for everyday communication, it is a sight that gives people an opportunity to share their "aaaargh" moments.
With that said,
POOP:
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F26.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l2mjroG7uN1qbotufo1_500.jpg&hash=e855ed438466c313df13b270a3757f71eccdb25f)
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Oh noes!!!!!1111! Vulgariairaityies!!!!one!leventy1! ;/
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Oh noes!!!!!1111! People complaining about vulgariairaityies!!!!one!leventy1! ;/
And if Fisty's "stodginess" bothers you, you could always politely ask him to be more profane. ;)
I'll work on it.
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I wonder if there is a way to harness the energy of rolling eyeballs...
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I wonder if there is a way to harness the energy of rolling eyeballs...
Don't look at the ceiling, it's covered with little spots of jello, ketchup and poop.
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I wonder if there is a way to harness the energy of rolling eyeballs...
That would make every middle school a renewable energy source.
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I lost track of this thread after I posted. What a shame. :laugh:
To clarify, I was alluding to the way we classify certain words as social taboo: Poop is acceptable, *expletive deleted* is not, for no particular reason. I've been fairly profane in my speech for the past decade or so, and recently read an interesting law journal article, eloquently titled "*expletive deleted*" on the social and legal history of that word. Interesting read, and it convinced me to care even less (if possible) about "bad" words and attempts to socially censure people who use them.
In any case, it gave me an opportunity to recite some choice phrases in a law school classroom with impunity, days after the instructor, who happens to be a dean and who conducts hearings on honor code violations, was lecturing on the importance of avoiding taboo language. It was a fun day.
ETA: Well, this did make sense, but I guess what's acceptable for the Cardozo Law Journal ain't acceptable for APS. I guess if anyone wants a citation or link you'll have to PM me, since the title of the article in question and the URL to it are so dangerous to humanity it can't be published. We don't understand people who are afraid of guns, but we're terrified of a word.
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I think it all comes down to this:
Some people find certain words offensive. It doesn't have to make "sense" to you, any more than your *not* finding those words offensive has to make "sense" to them.
As such, making fun of people/being offended/being against people because they find certain scatological phrases offensive doesn't make much sense to me, nor does it fit into what I would consider polite. And yeah, those scatological phrases are censored here on APS because the public side especially *IS* supposed to be family friendly. And perhaps some parents here at APS really don't want to explain to their child what [expletive of choice] means.
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You know they’re up to something when they go quiet
More truer words have never been spoken. I don't worry about kids when they're making noise, I worry about them when they're NOT making noise. :lol:
We should assign mr fistful and aasignment. I say for every post of his from now until this time next week should contain at least one of any of the following words: * 7 expletives deleted* even though the last one shouldn't even be on the list. :angel:
Whoaaaa, good thing I previewed, the APS curse catcher only nabbed like 2 out of 7. :O
=D
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Potty-mouthed parents, ill-behaved kids. Big surprise.
I see no reason to believe that anybody who uses words like those on that site necessarily use them in front of their children. There are circumstances where swearing is appropriate.
A Soviet joke will, perhaps, illustrate my point:
In a kindergarten, the teachers discover that all the children have started swearing terribly. An investigation begins, and soon it turns out that two electricians - Petrov and Sidorov - had visited the kindergarten in the morning to work on some fixtures.
They are questioned by the headmistress, and Sidorov explains:
"We are innocent, Comrade. You see, Petrov was soldering a fixture, and I was holding the ladder he was standing on. Suddenly, I feel great pain - and I exclaim:
Petrov my dear friend! Do you not notice that hot solder is dripping onto your good friend's neck?
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There are circumstances where swearing is appropriate.
That may be your opinion. I've already explained what I meant by the comment, so I won't go over it again.
We don't understand people who are afraid of guns, but we're terrified of a word.
Yeah, I'm terrified, that's it. ;/
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As I explained to my kids....swearing sounds like *expletive deleted*it and doesn't do a damn bit of good.
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yea, the little *expletive deleted*ers...