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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: TheoK on August 03, 2012, 05:51:04 AM
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...about being able to speak English? It isn't a very difficult language, which is also proven by the fact that about half the population of the planet can speak understandable English to some degree.
You can boast and brag about being able to speak Old Greek and Latin and even French and German (though in that case you should at least be able to quote French or German authors and philosophers correctly), but boasting and bragging about English is just stupid. :thumbdn:
Give more examples of stupid things that people feel "pride" about.
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Neurotypicality, towards spesh people.
I find boasting pretty pathetic usually. There are things worth feeling pride over, and that do give some boasting rights, achievements. When people just go all out to make themselves feel like the big man to others, thats just wierd and stupid.
What else....
Islam. I've noticed that many of the very dirtiest pakis boast about how 'good' a muslim they are, and how islamic they are. As if its some sort of achievement to wank themselves off over allah, sort of as if they feel somehow special about being another one of the god knows how many billion muslims there are on the face of the earth there are. Other religions are guilty of the same, but islamites seem particularly prone to this particular sickness. It strikes me as strange, when religious people boast of how much more religious they think themselves to be compared to others of the same (or different) religions.
Hey everybody! look at me, look how much I believe in my personal favourite fairytale. Not sure if I find hardcore atheist boasting more, or less pathetic, or pathetic to the same degree as religiomania, but I find it pretty stupid.
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Being LGBT. Who cares if you are gay, yes there are some places that discriminate against you and that but on the whole you're pretty much accepted. Loads of people have come out now, yes it used to be a big thing to be gay but now it's so normal. So what if you're a guy who likes guys - does it make you better than a straight person? No. Does it make you unusual? No. Are you really any different than a straight person? No.
People who go on and on about their sexuality make me wish I was straight. It's embarrassing to be associated with them. Surely there's more to their personalities than who they want to sleep with?
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I can speak passable English and that makes me awesome. I even have a degree in it.
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:autism:
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I can speak passable English and that makes me awesome. I even have a degree in it.
I speak awesome English but I don't have a degree in it. I suck. :bigcry:
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I talk English gooder than you.
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I writes English good.
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:indeed:
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I'm also very handsome. :zoinks:
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:agreed:
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Me English good speak.
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People bragging about their kids over stupid things. Like bragging about their newborns walking or taking their first step when all they are doing is holding their legs on the table and the muscle spasms is making them take steps and the parent moves them across the table or bragging about their child saying their first word when it was just a jibberish word and not a real word. I have seen so many silly brags on Babycenter by parents and to me that is not even a step they took nor a first word they spoke. Some people have made fun of those parents about it in some snarky threads by posting their exaggerating stories they would make up as a joke. I have also seen parents brag about their newborns smiling and I know that is not even a smile, that is just muscle spasms so it makes them smile.
Really, I do not understand the pride in this stuff that is so normal and not even a mildstone.
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I have also seen parents brag about their newborns smiling and I know that is not even a smile, that is just muscle spasms so it makes them smile.
My daughter smiled a lot when she was just a few days old. Even the doctors and nurses at the hospital noticed how much she smiled.
So there. :smarty:
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Really, I do not understand the pride in this stuff that is so normal and not even a mildstone.
I don't think any of us are surprised that you don't take pride in your child. I wonder if the people raising him do. I hope so.
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I have also seen parents brag about their newborns smiling and I know that is not even a smile, that is just muscle spasms so it makes them smile.
My daughter smiled a lot when she was just a few days old. Even the doctors and nurses at the hospital noticed how much she smiled.
So there. :smarty:
Well my son was smiling too when he was born but I heard in a documentary about baby development that they do not smile for real and it's just muscle spasms. They don't smile for real until they are about two months old. Mine smiled for real when he was nearly two months. My husband got him to smile and it was very hard and he took a picture of it and had it made into a huge photo and had it framed. I had it as my WP avatar for a while and then had about two others of him as my avatar before I decided to stop showing my pride over him and go back to being a normal member. But I still have the custom rank my username about my pride as a mother. I just don't boast about it.
I know it's not black and white about child development and I keep taking it all so literal so it surprises me when they do it sooner or later. Then I realize, "oh every child is different so not all of them are going to be doing it at that age."
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Really, I do not understand the pride in this stuff that is so normal and not even a mildstone.
I don't think any of us are surprised that you don't take pride in your child. I wonder if the people raising him do. I hope so.
I have been happy for the things he has done but I never went on Babycenter making threads about it going "Oh my son just rolled over from back to front" or "Oh my son just crawled" "Oh my son walked across the room." I told my family about it though or would post stuff on Facebook about him so my family and relatives can read it. Some may see that as a brag.
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I always used to think all babies looked like Winston Churchill.
Then when i had my own i thought my baby was the cutest in the world ever!
I have always celebrated everything he has ever done, and i always will.
Even the teeny weeny things.
It used to make him giggle to watch my celebration lap around the room, shouting 'wooohoooo'.
Just lately i been going in the garden and bouncing on the
trampoline. He laughs his socks off at this.
Sometimes i reach for the camera and sometimes i have
posted pics on various places.
The important thing is he knows he makes his mummy very happy :asthing:
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/badhairday.jpg)
I have never thought about if it is bragging or not. I have now. I couldn't give a rat's ass if anyone thinks i bragg about my cute, clever, awesome son.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/0555630001207875617missteresabrown.jpg)
I don't know if i post too much about him, maybe i do. 8)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/0410571001215386390missteresabrown.jpg)
I just looked and i think i never did post ENOUGH pics of him
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/Picture046.jpg)
This was his first music festival btw :laugh:
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/Picture043.jpg)
My urchin doesn't even have to do anything at all, i am proud of him all the time and yeah i want to tell everyone. :viking:
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/IMAG0002.jpg?t=1344290102)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/IMG_0006-1.jpg)
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Ditto to everything you just said :)
:plus:
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I brag about my cats. They are special to me because they are mine.
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I love to watch how happy babies get when they see their parents excited. They are thrilled to bits.
Babies who have parents who bragg about them suffer no long term damage. It's a one way street called 'positivity'
Whether it's a milestone or not, whether they are truly walking or walking with some assistance, celebrating it will only give your kid more reason to repeat that behaviour. :2thumbsup: It is all win.
(resisting the temptation to post lots of pics of my awesome kid)
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Here is my favorite picture of my son:
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2cdtjch.jpg)
11 months here. He has changed a lot since then and looks more like a toddler.
People act like bragging about your kid is a bad thing or saying what things they have done or what mild stones they have hit but yet when others act like you not making a big deal about your kids nor talking about them a lot is also a bad thing. You can't win.
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Here is my favorite picture of my son:
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2cdtjch.jpg)
11 months here. He has changed a lot since then and looks more like a toddler.
People act like bragging about your kid is a bad thing or saying what things they have done or what milestones they have hit but yet when others act like you not making a big deal about your kids nor talking about them a lot is also a bad thing. You can't win.
Fixed :police:
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The reason why people brag is because they want you to be jelouse
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Awww he is well cute.
People act like bragging about your kid is a bad thing or saying what things they have done or what mild stones they have hit but yet when others act like you not making a big deal about your kids nor talking about them a lot is also a bad thing. You can't win.
Come on, you posted the first criticism - about parents who brag about their kids? You must have done so knowing you would elicit this kind of response? You must also know that your viewpoint on this is not 'typical' of most parents.
I never used to get it. I used to meet people i went to school with who had their kids when they were much younger than me. I would leave them feeling baffled and wondering why on earth they felt it necessary to show me six hundred photo's of 'Johnny' as a baby, or his first xmas, or his first day at school. (even if little 'johnny' looked like a horrid brat) However i do totally 'get it' now. People do dote over their kids. It is the most amazing job in the whole world.
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Anyway, your little boy is gorgeous! I would brag if he were mine.
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Awww he is well cute.
People act like bragging about your kid is a bad thing or saying what things they have done or what mild stones they have hit but yet when others act like you not making a big deal about your kids nor talking about them a lot is also a bad thing. You can't win.
Come on, you posted the first criticism - about parents who brag about their kids? You must have done so knowing you would elicit this kind of response? You must also know that your viewpoint on this is not 'typical' of most parents.
I never used to get it. I used to meet people i went to school with who had their kids when they were much younger than me. I would leave them feeling baffled and wondering why on earth they felt it necessary to show me six hundred photo's of 'Johnny' as a baby, or his first xmas, or his first day at school. (even if little 'johnny' looked like a horrid brat) However i do totally 'get it' now. People do dote over their kids. It is the most amazing job in the whole world.
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Anyway, your little boy is gorgeous! I would brag if he were mine.
Didn't you actually read my post? I was talking about parents who brag over things like their newborns smiling or their young babies taking a step when it's about muscle spasms. To me that makes no sense. Now if a baby did a real smile, now that is something to be happy about. To brag about your kids muscle spasms would be like me bragging about how I can make my own leg move on its own when I hit the right spot on my knee. Also I know I am not the only parent with this viewpoint because I have seen women at Babycenter talking about it saying how dumb those mothers are because for one, their baby did not smile, two they are not walking like the mothers were claiming. I have seen some snarky threads about it too and women in them would make fun of those mothers and tell exaggerating stories about their little ones making it all up as a joke.
Am I really that hard to understand? Seesh. Either I am surrounded by idiots who can't read or my communication is that poor.
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Don't you think they know it's a reflex action? They are taking delight in whatever their baby does.
Either I am surrounded by idiots who can't read or my communication is that poor.
You are hardly in a position to call other mothers idiots.
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It's not just mothers who can't seem to read what I write, it's everyone. Been frustrating because it feels like it happens to me all the time.
No I didn't know they would think they know it's muscle reflex. I would think they would say so if they knew but they sure acted like their thought their newborn was smiling for real or that their young infant was taking steps and saying they can walk even though they were just holding them and putting them on the table and making them walk. But hey I guess every parent is different so they take different pride in their kids. My mom acted so excited when I turned 13 because I was her first teenager but yet she did not act the same way about my brothers when they turned 13. I was their first child was why. Muscle spasms never excited me. Watching him grow and develop did. Seeing his mildstones did. Him having his first birthday did and him having his first Easter and opening presents. Him trying to be independent makes me feel happy and proud of him. I pretty much like everything about him except for when he screams or kicks or pinches or bites or gets into stuff but I am sure all parents have things about their kids they don't like but we all deal with it. Mine doesn't like everything about me.
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Parents bragging endlessly about their kiddos can get kind of obnoxious to us non-breeders, but it's really more positive than negative the vast majority of the time- you're stuck with a crying poop machine that's totally dependent on you, so if you're happy about it and want to share the enthusiasm, at least that means you're probably in a good frame of mind to take care of your child.
That said, I've seen examples here and there of parents making ghastly choices (including, in some cases, the choice to be a parent in the first place when they absolutely should not have) and then looking to their friends and family for validation. It sickens me. I actively avoid being around those people because they make me so angry.
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to be fair, once youve seen one baby, youve seen them all.
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to be fair, once youve seen one baby, youve seen them all.
People don't share pictures of their kids so you can see a "new looking" baby. It's to share their joy. If someone chooses to share that with you then they clearly have an emotional attachment to you. You can take that as a compliment or not, but they aren't trying to teach you something.
Yes Kit - you suck at communicating almost as much as parenting. Maybe you should have focused your energies on the former before spreading your legs for your retarded, disabled, poop-obsessed sicko of a husband.
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lol i know ppl arent trying to show me something new. i get the parents wanting to show pics etc. i would if i had a kid too
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Parents bragging endlessly about their kiddos can get kind of obnoxious to us non-breeders, but it's really more positive than negative the vast majority of the time- you're stuck with a crying poop machine that's totally dependent on you, so if you're happy about it and want to share the enthusiasm, at least that means you're probably in a good frame of mind to take care of your child.
That said, I've seen examples here and there of parents making ghastly choices (including, in some cases, the choice to be a parent in the first place when they absolutely should not have) and then looking to their friends and family for validation. It sickens me. I actively avoid being around those people because they make me so angry.
I have seen parents claim online they can't stand others bragging about their own kids. So they start saying things like "it's not a competition" "We're not in a competition" "Poor you."
I have learned that at Babycenter, saying good things about yourself or about your kids or what they have accomplished is "bragging." I never knew that was bragging so I have probably bragged about my own.
I have seen parents say they don't like seeing lot of photos of their friends babies on facebook or seeing what they post about them in their status such as about poop or pee, potty training, messy faces. Plus even the childfree have said the same.
Really, you can't win so I just do what I feel is right and not care what others think. I will post photos of my son on facebook, I will post some things about him on there too, I am guilt of posting his birthday photos and one of them was him with a messy face from his cake. I am guilty of having him in my FB profile picture and creating a whole page on him. I am guilty of using him as my avatar on WP and on Babycenter and having one of those tickers in my signature about him. There will always be someone out there who be critical about all this and act like it's all wrong and say what bad parents we are for it or attention whores.
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to be fair, once youve seen one baby, youve seen them all.
People don't share pictures of their kids so you can see a "new looking" baby. It's to share their joy. If someone chooses to share that with you then they clearly have an emotional attachment to you. You can take that as a compliment or not, but they aren't trying to teach you something.
Yes Kit - you suck at communicating almost as much as parenting. Maybe you should have focused your energies on the former before spreading your legs for your retarded, disabled, poop-obsessed sicko of a husband.
But some people don't want to see your baby so I decided fine I won't show them them unless they want to.
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Kit, you're attending to feedback and capitulating on some of the most irrelevant possible aspects of parenting, and ignoring the feedback that actually matters.
(http://www.radioclashblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picard+is+an+animal+_e4b98fb66e9de49556dda7ddf270cc3e.jpg)
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Kit, you're attending to feedback and capitulating on some of the most irrelevant possible aspects of parenting, and ignoring the feedback that actually matters.
(http://www.radioclashblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picard+is+an+animal+_e4b98fb66e9de49556dda7ddf270cc3e.jpg)
She's not going to suddenly "get it"
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Kit, you're attending to feedback and capitulating on some of the most irrelevant possible aspects of parenting, and ignoring the feedback that actually matters.
(http://www.radioclashblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picard+is+an+animal+_e4b98fb66e9de49556dda7ddf270cc3e.jpg)
She's not going to suddenly "get it"
I know. I also know the morning news won't suddenly start presenting information in an intelligent and thoughtful manner as a result of my swearing at the TV set, but it's cathartic.
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http://comedians.jokes.com/patton-oswalt/videos/patton-oswalt---sobering-up-and-babies (http://comedians.jokes.com/patton-oswalt/videos/patton-oswalt---sobering-up-and-babies)
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http://comedians.jokes.com/patton-oswalt/videos/patton-oswalt---sobering-up-and-babies (http://comedians.jokes.com/patton-oswalt/videos/patton-oswalt---sobering-up-and-babies)
2:44 on. :thumbup:
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to be fair, once youve seen one baby, youve seen them all.
Nope.
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to be fair, once youve seen one baby, youve seen them all.
Nope.
Thank goodness, Odeon is right.
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theyre all the same to me :M
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theyre all the same to me :M
Before I became a godmother, I thought babies would be fare more convenient, if you could treat them like potplants. Put them in the window sill, water them, and change the soil/diaper, when needed. By the time they started to talk and act, they were interesting enough to interact with.
But, my godson totally changed that view. I was his third carer, for a while, due to severe illness from his mother. Babies, they change by the second, and, thank goodness, all are different, the character shows right from the start.
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theyre all the same to me :M
Monty Python's - Life of Brian (unique) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qANMjwLmo6Y#ws)
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u dont see much character in random baby pics of ppl u barely know tho. im not talking about babies u have a relationship with. i mean random babies a colleague etc shows u. unless theres something wrong with them then theyre no different to any other
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u dont see much character in random baby pics of ppl u barely know tho. im not talking about babies u have a relationship with. i mean random babies a colleague etc shows u. unless theres something wrong with them then theyre no different to any other
There's something wrong with the baby in your avatar, then. :P