A New Low in Parenting

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BarkingGhostar

BarkingGhostar

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I would co-produce a Happy Meal and an Unhappy Meal and not put a toy in the Unhappy Meal and charge the same.
 
BurnItDwn

BurnItDwn

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Ehh ... I think the world would be MUCH better off if there weren't advertisements targeted at children.....

I don't think that the toys need to be removed from happy meals, but I think that it should be unlawful for anybody under 18 to be exposed to any sort of paid advertisement.... Impossible to implement, I know, but, a world without any marketing or advertising would be an awesome place to live!!!
 
Linflas

Linflas

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BurnItDwn said:
Ehh ... I think the world would be MUCH better off if there weren't advertisements targeted at children.....

I don't think that the toys need to be removed from happy meals, but I think that it should be unlawful for anybody under 18 to be exposed to any sort of paid advertisement.... Impossible to implement, I know, but, a world without any marketing or advertising would be an awesome place to live!!!
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Actually a world without advertising would suck big time. You really want to depend entirely on word of mouth to learn about products and services? :rolleyes:
 
Perknose

Perknose

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erikistired said:
if i pouted and became disagreeable my dad just used a belt on my ass. it worked pretty good. maybe this idiot should try it on her kids.
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Why punish your donkey, and with an innocent piece of apparel, at that? D:
 
Modelworks

Modelworks

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It really doesn't surprise me. A local store had a fight while I was in line the other day . A mother had gotten two plastic bowls instead of one. The cashier explained that the promotion was one free bowl per box of cereal. The little girl in the cart started crying when her mother gave one of the bowls to the cashier, so the woman snatched the bowl back and then the woman said that she would just take the bowls anyway. The cashier said she couldn't and would need to get the manager. They started arguing and in a split second the two women started fighting, requiring the police.
 
OutHouse

OutHouse

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MustangSVT said:
still, nothing tops the idiot that killed his daughter while backing up his car and sued nissan for not having a saftey feature for morons.

I wonder whatever happened to that case.
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it got the feds attention and there is a strong chance that all new cars will have backup cameras by 2014.
 
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ShawnD1

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BarkingGhostar said:
I would co-produce a Happy Meal and an Unhappy Meal and not put a toy in the Unhappy Meal and charge the same.
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Just to fuck with people, make the unhappy meal cost more than the happy meal. Save 5 cents if you get the one with a toy. Your move now, hippy parents!
 
PlasmaBomb

PlasmaBomb

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Josh said:
Someone needs to 4chan this bitch
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MarkXIX

MarkXIX

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Modelworks said:
And the worst part is when your dad has you to go and get the belt.
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No, the worst part is when they tell you to get a switch off of a tree and you walk out the door into an entire apple orchard. Belts are for sissies with their wide "strappiness" and soft supple materials. BAH!

Then you start to think, do I pick a switch from a Red Delicious, Braeburn, Granny, or Yellow Delicious tree?

See map of orchard in question...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...81,-120.071114&spn=0.003656,0.013883&t=h&z=17
 
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Exterous

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Linflas said:
they were not at all intimidated by my whining. If anything it would get me a smack if I went on too long with it.
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Seriously - take responsibility for your kids. This type of lawsuit makes me sick. Take her damn kids away, clearly she is a horrible parent if this is the argument she is making

ShawnD1 said:
It's so ironic how the US is becoming less and less capitalistic every day. In most countries you think "we need to market this product awesome so everybody wants it" but the US is starting to get an element of "don't make it too good or someone might sue us because of how awesome it is"
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Yes - we need to spread everything out more so it is more 'fair' and no one gets their feelings hurt
 
RPD

RPD

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When I read things like this, I wonder why doesn't someone, like the judge just say fuck you. You are wrong, oh and I'm taking away your child because you're an unfit parent. No court dates, I've already filed the paper work, now go die in a fire.

It's like everyone at every step of this process is just standing and nodding thier heads. Why doesn't some just say you know what, FUCK YOU WHORE.
 
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bfdd

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RPD said:
When I read things like this, I wonder why doesn't someone, like the judge just say fuck you. You are wrong, oh and I'm taking away your child because you're an unfit parent. No court dates, I've already filed the paper work, now go die in a fire.

It's like everyone at every step of this process is just standing and nodding thier heads. Why doesn't some just say you know what, FUCK YOU WHORE.
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No shit right?
 
Modelworks

Modelworks

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RPD said:
W

It's like everyone at every step of this process is just standing and nodding thier heads. Why doesn't some just say you know what, FUCK YOU WHORE.
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That is one of the flaws with founding of this country. The people that created it had common sense and never could have imagined the idiotic things that would occur so they didn't bother to include provision against it. I can imagine what they would say now " We need to create laws to stop people from doing what their toddler tells them to ?, your joking right ?"
 
Linflas

Linflas

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PlasmaBomb said:
Nothing is preceded by "if I have to stop this car..." - you should recognise that and stop the fuck what you are doing...
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I was a hard learner. It took repeated reminders across my backside at various points in my childhood for me to learn things.
 
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Genx87

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This is one of those groups that abuse the court system in an attempt to push their agenda. They dont like what you do as a corporation or person? Sue them on something frivilous. A lot of times it causes the desired results. In this case McDonalds has deep pockets and has to fight this or they risk the chance of setting precedent about their product.
 
PlasmaBomb

PlasmaBomb

Lifer
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highland145 said:
Should and do are quite different especially with the help of 2 siblings.
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Should have learned quicker there then...

Linflas said:
I was a hard learner. It took repeated reminders across my backside at various points in my childhood for me to learn things.
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And look at the mess you turned out to be... this is why physical reinforcement is wrong and should be treated as assault!
 
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