OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[Incorrect]

Nah, some maybe, but teenagers are learning shit and their place in the world, they also have a high tolerance for risk because that part of their brain is undeveloped, so they will try shit.

Some will, some won't, like anything else. Just like some will go to festivals and some won't. Some will grow up to be Young Liberals, I mean how f**ked up is that?



Personal responsibility?

Folks will do shit, we can choose to clutch pearls over it, or be proactive and attempt to make shit safer.

Abstain isn't a message any merkin bar your Reverend Lovejoy's wife type is gonna pay heed to.

My kids have abstained from the unknown pills/poisons and even legal vices on offer over the years because I've raised them properly....

Your Reverend Lovejoy wife commentary/dig is offensive and I think you're a smug f**kwit and have done for some time. Your post above just affirms it.

Merry Christmas

 

[JokerEel]

Nah, some maybe, but teenagers are learning shit and their place in the world, they also have a high tolerance for risk because that part of their brain is undeveloped, so they will try shit.

Some will, some won't, like anything else. Just like some will go to festivals and some won't. Some will grow up to be Young Liberals, I mean how f**ked up is that?



Personal responsibility?

Folks will do shit, we can choose to clutch pearls over it, or be proactive and attempt to make shit safer.

Abstain isn't a message any merkin bar your Reverend Lovejoy's wife type is gonna pay heed to.

I don't know what the f**k I've just read...


Maybe I need to start drinking

 

[the phantom menace]

Nah, some maybe, but teenagers are learning shit and their place in the world, they also have a high tolerance for risk because that part of their brain is undeveloped, so they will try shit.

Some will, some won't, like anything else. Just like some will go to festivals and some won't. Some will grow up to be Young Liberals, I mean how f**ked up is that?

This gave me a giggle

 

[Gary Gutful]

Some will grow up to be Young Liberals, I mean how f**ked up is that?

Also known as ‘pre-potato’.

 

[Bandwagon]

My kids have abstained from the unknown pills/poisons and even legal vices on offer over the years because I've raised them properly....

Your Reverend Lovejoy wife commentary/dig is offensive and I think you're a smug f**kwit and have done for some time. Your post above just affirms it.

Merry Christmas

You seem upset?

 

[Bandwagon]

This gave me a giggle

Have you seen these people, it's a very serious affliction. They need our support and help.

 

[Bandwagon]

I don't know what the f**k I've just read...


Maybe I need to start drinking*

*later in the day, preferably not for breakfast.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Have you seen these people, it's a very serious affliction. They need our support and help.

Have you seen young Labor? Also very serious.

They/them need our support and help.

 

[Bandwagon]

Have you seen young Labor? Also very serious.

They/them need our support and help.

University politics is a stain on democracies everywhere.

 

[Gary Gutful]

*later in the day, preferably not for breakfast.

Don’t listen to him @JokerEel. Perfectly acceptable to get into the metho and oranges for breakfast.

 

[hineyrulz]

It's a right of passage as an Eels fan.

 

[hineyrulz]

You seem upset?

You seem to bring it out in people?

 

[Gronk]

My kids have abstained from the unknown pills/poisons and even legal vices on offer over the years because I've raised them properly....

My kids too, but I think it’s more arse than class.

We know families who you would probably say have been equally or better mentors to their kids, yet it hasn’t worked out as ideal as hoped.

 

[Gary Gutful]

My kids too, but I think it’s more arse than class.

We know families who you would probably say have been equally or better mentors to their kids, yet it hasn’t worked out as ideal as hoped.

Agree with this. It’s overly simplistic to boil it all down to parental upbringing. It’s one of many factors.

 

[Twizzle]

Agree with this. It’s overly simplistic to boil it all down to parental upbringing. It’s one of many factors.

I was just about to say the same thing.

Some parents like to pat themselves on the back for "raising their kids properly," and no doubt that is a big factor, but I think some credit should be given to the kids themselves as they are the decision makers.

Not all kids make responsible decisions though, far from it.

 

[Bandwagon]

You seem to bring it out in people?

We don't get to pick our super power.

 

[Bandwagon]

My kids too, but I think it’s more arse than class.

We know families who you would probably say have been equally or better mentors to their kids, yet it hasn’t worked out as ideal as hoped.

Agree with this. It’s overly simplistic to boil it all down to parental upbringing. It’s one of many factors.

I was just about to say the same thing.

Some parents like to pat themselves on the back for "raising their kids properly," and no doubt that is a big factor, but I think some credit should be given to the kids themselves as they are the decision makers.

Not all kids make responsible decisions though, far from it.

If that were the be all and end all, the flip side is that kids who have experimented or got hooked or whatever = bad parenting.

Seems to me telling every parent who's kid has OD'd they didn't raise their kids properly ( cause if they did raise their kids properly it wouldn't have happened ) would be a bit on the ignorant side.

 

[the phantom menace]

Have you seen these people, it's a very serious affliction. They need our support and help.

I even met some of them back in the day, shocking creatures. All managed to make it high up in the LNP and its associated entities too - which is a big worry.

 

[the phantom menace]

Also known as ‘pre-potato’.

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I hate those photos where people have their fist under their chin... it's all over linkedin, as if it makes anyone look more astute! That classic Steve Jobs fist-chin photo always gave the the shits, and made me vow to not buy apple products. .

 

[Gary Gutful]

I hate those photos where people have their fist under their chin... it's all over linkedin, as if it makes anyone look more astute! That classic Steve Jobs fist-chin photo always gave the the shits, and made me vow to not buy apple products. .

Agreed. They should be banned.

Worked for a CEO who had a fist-chin photo on LinkedIn. Gave him enough shit about it that he eventually changed it.