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[btimbit]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

You have to remember that they’re still young so when they’re wearing a 5” short they don’t have to worry because their ball bag isn’t hanging 4 inches down like it does for some of the elderly here.

Botox baby. High, tight, smooth as eggs

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Try Duer for shorts. Canadian company, not yet wildly overpriced, good quality stuff.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Try Duer for shorts. Canadian company, not yet wildly overpriced, good quality stuff.

Just had a look and they're mostly in the $80 range. That's wildly overpriced to me but I shop at winners so what would I know.

[btimbit]

And here I am scoffing at $40 wranglers

[cam_calderon]

Picking up an order at a restaurant and witness a group of underdeveloped humans trying to split the bill five or six ways when the cashier clearly states the policy: maximum of two cards per bill. All arguing about who should pick up the tab. Keep in mind this place charges AU$85 per person to dine in. It's a classy restaurant in an upper-class neighbourhood.

If you can't afford to dine in a nice place, go to McDonald's for dinner.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Locke

I agree.

We as a society painted ourselves into a corner.

You can't leave your dog alone or you're a monster.

You can leave your dog in the car for a few minutes as long as its not insanely hot out. But you're risking Batman smashing your window in. So...can't do that.

You can kennel-train your dog and leave them at home while you work, so long as you dont leave them too long so as they cant go outside to pee. If you do, you're a monster. So...can't do that.

You think I want to bring my dog into a store with me? Why? Thats a pain in the ass! But society says he can't stay in the car and he cant be left home alone.

So what are the options?

We can be pissed off about it, but at the end of the day we did it to ourselves and at some point we're just going to have to accept our Canine Overlords.

Credit to them. They played the Long-Game.

Who Domesticated Whom?

Doggy daycare or a "Donny" at home (dog nanny).

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

I could rant endlessly on this, but a good chunk of these "bad behaved kids" simply have different neurochemistry, and it is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE for them to exist comfortably within our neurotypical societal expectations (many many many of which are ####ing stupid and none of us like, anyways). And it can be essentially impossible to teach/discipline/etc them in a way that makes any sense to our neurotypical brains. Science/medicine is barely beginning to understand this; diagnosis is difficult and subjective, and it isn't something that can be 'fixed' any more than the colour of one's skin or sexual orientation.

Peace and quiet is not an unreasonable expectation. Good chance those kiddos live in a state of constant dysregulation, despite their parent's best efforts (that may well have evaporated at some point out of lack of understanding and the futility of it all, because holy #### it can be incredibly ####ing hard). So as much as they may disrupt dozens of moments of your day, imagine what they might be feeling most of the time.

None of us can really imagine what it's like to live in a world that is constantly hostile to you (but doesn't seem to bother most others). 3 years ago I probably would have been a judgmental prick about loud kids and 'bad parents'. Not anymore.

Dude. Exemption for neuro divergent kids for sure. Like, no doubt about it.

I'm talking about the kids you could say...

'HEY. No screaming or you're coming inside. Other people are trying to have fun, too.'

...and they'll stop screaming.

Like if you're out with a few families and one family has two kids that are nonstop screaming and the dopey parents are just sitting there like bumps on a log instead of disciplining their kids, that's a parenting fail resulting in ####ty-ass kids driving everyone nuts.

Definitely not saying lock your autistic kid in the basement.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

I’m semi-retired and the work I do I do at home. In shorts, knees showing. I think I’ve worn pants once in the last three months. I’m told I have nice legs.

haha, never met a guy who loved himself more than MoneyGuy.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

Picking up an order at a restaurant and witness a group of underdeveloped humans trying to split the bill five or six ways when the cashier clearly states the policy: maximum of two cards per bill. All arguing about who should pick up the tab. Keep in mind this place charges AU$85 per person to dine in. It's a classy restaurant in an upper-class neighbourhood.

If you can't afford to dine in a nice place, go to McDonald's for dinner.

What’s wrong with Hungry Jack’s?

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Dude. Exemption for neuro divergent kids for sure. Like, no doubt about it.

I'm talking about the kids you could say...

'HEY. No screaming or you're coming inside. Other people are trying to have fun, too.'

...and they'll stop screaming.

Like if you're out with a few families and one family has two kids that are nonstop screaming and the dopey parents are just sitting there like bumps on a log instead of disciplining their kids, that's a parenting fail resulting in ####ty-ass kids driving everyone nuts.

Definitely not saying lock your autistic kid in the basement.

How do you tell the difference when judging strangers?

[Barnet Flame]

I never judge strangers.

Unless they’re #######s.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Botox baby. High, tight, smooth as eggs

You’ve got a nice pair of smooth criminals down undah!

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

What’s wrong with Hungry Jack’s?

Nothing, and I'm surprised you know that name. Don't you live in the UK?

[Locke]

Is Sliver out there with a measuring tape?

"Sir, your shorts are far too long in conjunction with how low your balls are hanging, I'm going to have to issue you a citation!"

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by GGG

How do you tell the difference when judging strangers?

Just look at the parents or the house.

If it's a messy unkempt house, they're probably trashy people who don't discipline their kids.

If the parents are tatted up and the mom has faded dyed blue hair and the parents are yelling across the yard to each other instead of walking over and speaking in a normal voice, they're probably trashy people who don't discipline their kids.

Like, you can't spot trash? I can a mile away. I have trash-dar, I guess.

[Sainters7]

I defer to the great mind of our time, Charlie Kelly, on appropriate shorts length.

Spoiler!

In actuality, stopping right at the top of the knee seems perfect. Any shorter on a guy and it starts looking weird.

[flamesfever]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

the option is to NOT own a dog!
don't get me wrong - i LOVE dogs... but we don't own one. we do dog sit and that is more than enough for us. the main reason we dog sit is becuz our kids would LOVE to have a dog but we don't want one for all the reasons you posted and if you add in food and vet bills they are stinkin' expensive!

I agree the costs in owning a dog is becoming a huge factor for many families these days, especially when the animals get old. Vet medicine has progressed to a point where anything done to save a human can now be done for a dog, and its not unusual to suddenly be faced with huge costs for things like cancer, various hereditary diseases, etc.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Just look at the parents or the house.

If it's a messy unkempt house, they're probably trashy people who don't discipline their kids.

If the parents are tatted up and the mom has faded dyed blue hair and the parents are yelling across the yard to each other instead of walking over and speaking in a normal voice, they're probably trashy people who don't discipline their kids.

Like, you can't spot trash? I can a mile away. I have trash-dar, I guess.

You would have made an excellent 50s housewife.

[Sliver]

What's the ####in point of the Inglewood bird sanctuary? My wife just suggested going there but I hate it. Isn't everywhere a bird sanctuary? You can't just kill them anywhere.

[81MC]

Originally Posted by Sliver

What's the ####in point of the Inglewood bird sanctuary? My wife just suggested going there but I hate it. Isn't everywhere a bird sanctuary? You can't just kill them anywhere.

Just admit you’re upset you live next to a slew.