I can’t decide if that sounds like one of the top five best afternoons of my life, or an utter living nightmare.

Bush was just a little dim and lacked eloquence for a president.

My best friend and I don’t really do birthday gifts, but her 3 year old thought I should get a present and she thought that meant my cats should get presents too (3 year old logic) I got two large canisters of cat treats with Disney Princess balloons taped to them, so that the cats and I could have a party! (Sorry,…

..and that’s why she had no one but family on her guest’s side.

More likely they thought it was someone who was working at the wedding (caterers, dj, set-up/clean-up crew, etc.)

See, you still don’t get it. Its about teaching kids a sense of moderation, that video games are luxuries rather than a neccesity that they’ll die without. It’s the simple life lesson that you can’t always get what you immediately want.

I don’t know about that. Guy’s apparently always gotten exactly what he wanted per his own comments, to the point that not getting video games right away is torture and a need. Can that lesson be learned so late?

The stuff I’m talking about here is basic child psychology. On the chance you ever have kids, please actually read up on what is and isn’t good for your kids well being. Don’t assume that buying whatever your kids want is the best way to make them happy.

If TadBravo’s father had loved him more or spent more time with him, instead of buying him all those things to make up for it or shut him up, he wouldn’t be on here now, trolling for negative attention to fill the hole in his heart.

You’re calling all parents who don’t buy everything their kids want dicks, that’s hardly civilized. And I’m just repeating back what you’ve already told us. Your father did spoil you, and it did lead to you believing that a kid not getting a new console is tantamount to torture.

Your father raised you to believe that delayed gratification is a form of torture. Not sure he did you any favors there, especially if you think that happiness is tied to indulgence.   

Ever think that maybe if your father didn’t buy you everything, you might have learned some self restraint and not consider delayed gratification to be a form of torture?

Studying Sumerian sounds enjoyable, but I am guessing that there is also a dearth of institutions willing to pay people to study ancient tablets.

I’d say most English speakers I know really need to work on their English before they move on to other languages.

I am a native Mandarin speaker who is much better at English than Mandarin, and I am here to discourage you from attempting to learn Chinese. Super rich history, but you’re more likely to pull your hair out than remembering the many thousands of words you require to be considered even decent at the language.

I literally use Mandarin in my job every week. Your mileage varies.

No, you wouldn’t, because then they’d all be bilingual and you’d be at a disadvantage.

I didn’t say it was always 1:1. It’s certainly more 1:1 than most Asian languages. The other hurdle I forgot to mention was that you don’t have the advantage of using an Alphabet you actually know.

Well wait a minute, how is this Jez article an extreme overreaction if the mass consumed magazines show a complete inability to have a dialogue with their readers (some of whom may in the future be victims of sexual assault) about sexual assault? That seems pretty problematic to me!

As GRRM himself pointed out the scene isn’t that much better in the book. He still forces her and her *eventual* yes doesn’t seem to matter one way or the other. He was going to fuck her either way. He certainly isn’t backing off at her initial nos. And it’s from his POV, unlike the show. So, of course, he excuses his…