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@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Posting this to remind everyone what we had, and lost... Good job guys. Good flipping job!

I showed this to my girlfriend. Her response?
"EXACTLY
That's how a woman should be
What went wrong? How did we end up in this mess of modernity?"

Lucky guy, really lucky guy, you should marry her!

Minion Queen

@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Posting this to remind everyone what we had, and lost... Good job guys. Good flipping job!

As a woman you would think I would have an issue with this.... I honestly don't (despite picking on @DustinB3403 about it).

Women and men are different. You can't argue that. When you try and balance it out and make it equal you get problems.

Minion Queen

Now that being said. There is no reason a woman can't work and do some of the same jobs as a guy. However I am in full agreement if you can't do a job the same as a guy ( or better) then you shouldn't do it.

My Aunt is a Marine along with her husband, my uncle. She is scary and can take him down. However I have a friend also in the Marines and she had to use the womens modifications to get in. Umm no you shouldn't be in the services if you can't do what your male counterparts can.

RojoLoco

@hobbit666 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

No error just no upload button just them img link one.
Too lazy to uploaded them somewhere and link lol

Hold the phone sideways and make sure the keyboard is hidden, then you will see the upload button.

thanksajdotcom

@Minion-Queen said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Now that being said. There is no reason a woman can't work and do some of the same jobs as a guy. However I am in full agreement if you can't do a job the same as a guy ( or better) then you shouldn't do it.

My Aunt is a Marine along with her husband, my uncle. She is scary and can take him down. However I have a friend also in the Marines and she had to use the womens modifications to get in. Umm no you shouldn't be in the services if you can't do what your male counterparts can.

This is the definition of equals, and what feminism is really trying to accomplish. Minus the femi-Nazis, who take things to the other extreme, and I'm personally against things like Affirmative Action, because I know what they were trying to do, but unfortunately it's one of those things that on paper is good but in actuality it's horrible. People are people, and it should be based on qualifications, not the race of the person or demographic metrics to meet.

wirestyle22

@Minion-Queen I agree that the individual is what is important. This sort of segways into:

As much as I am a nice person I don't agree with the 'every kid gets a trophy' mentality. As a human being you need to learn what success is, what failure is, and how to handle each of them. I'm not going to teach my kids to chase their dreams and that they are capable of doing anything. I'm going to teach them that every person regardless of race, sex and religion has their own strengths and their own weaknesses. You should make yourself as marketable as possible in a field that lends itself well to your specific skill set.

scottalanmiller

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

As much as I am a nice person I don't agree with the 'every kid gets a trophy' mentality.

I don't think nice is a factor. No matter how nice you are doesn't mean that you want to reward failure. Rewarding failure is just another term for trivializing success.

wirestyle22

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

As much as I am a nice person I don't agree with the 'every kid gets a trophy' mentality.

I don't think nice is a factor. No matter how nice you are doesn't mean that you want to reward failure. Rewarding failure is just another term for trivializing success.

Agreed.

I mean I'm nice in the sense that I'm friendly towards people and if given the choice to be positive or negative I try my absolute best to be a positive influence on other people. If we're talking about my child though, I have a duty to them to raise them in what I consider to be the 'right way'.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

As much as I am a nice person I don't agree with the 'every kid gets a trophy' mentality.

I don't think nice is a factor. No matter how nice you are doesn't mean that you want to reward failure. Rewarding failure is just another term for trivializing success.

I completely agree that participation trophies are bullshit. You need to know how to fail, and succeed, and should be pushed to succeed. We should not be programming kids that if they fail, everything will just still be alright. We're taking away competition and drive and spirit from the next generation, and I hate that. Glad that I avoided that mess.

RojoLoco

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

As much as I am a nice person I don't agree with the 'every kid gets a trophy' mentality.

I don't think nice is a factor. No matter how nice you are doesn't mean that you want to reward failure. Rewarding failure is just another term for trivializing success.

Agreed.

I mean I'm nice in the sense that I'm friendly towards people and if given the choice to be positive or negative I try my absolute best to be a positive influence on other people. If we're talking about my child though, I have a duty to them to raise them in what I consider to be the 'right way'.

Unfortunately, you now find yourself in opposition to most of American society if you want to raise your kids the "right" way (as mentioned above, no participation trophies, learning to deal with both success and failure, etc). Now you get to be the "bad guy" for wanting to raise sensible, well adjusted kids who can deal with reality and haven't been coddled. Which is f@cked if you ask me.

thanksajdotcom

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@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

As much as I am a nice person I don't agree with the 'every kid gets a trophy' mentality.

I don't think nice is a factor. No matter how nice you are doesn't mean that you want to reward failure. Rewarding failure is just another term for trivializing success.

Agreed.

I mean I'm nice in the sense that I'm friendly towards people and if given the choice to be positive or negative I try my absolute best to be a positive influence on other people. If we're talking about my child though, I have a duty to them to raise them in what I consider to be the 'right way'.

Unfortunately, you now find yourself in opposition to most of American society if you want to raise your kids the "right" way (as mentioned above, no participation trophies, learning to deal with both success and failure, etc). Now you get to be the "bad guy" for wanting to raise sensible, well adjusted kids who can deal with reality and haven't been coddled. Which is f@cked if you ask me.

I was raised in a way that if I failed, I was told to figure out why, and either try again or, move on if it was a one-time thing, and learn from the mistake. I was raised that if I wanted to get ahead in life, I needed to work hard, be smart, and not just be passively accepting of everything, but if I wanted something, push for it, drive for it, and make it happen, which I know I need to tone down on in some ways (brute force doesn't work in relationships sadly). But the drive is important, because people who are successful all share certain traits at a fundamental level, and one of the biggest ones is the drive to succeed.

RojoLoco

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@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

As much as I am a nice person I don't agree with the 'every kid gets a trophy' mentality.

I don't think nice is a factor. No matter how nice you are doesn't mean that you want to reward failure. Rewarding failure is just another term for trivializing success.

Agreed.

I mean I'm nice in the sense that I'm friendly towards people and if given the choice to be positive or negative I try my absolute best to be a positive influence on other people. If we're talking about my child though, I have a duty to them to raise them in what I consider to be the 'right way'.

Unfortunately, you now find yourself in opposition to most of American society if you want to raise your kids the "right" way (as mentioned above, no participation trophies, learning to deal with both success and failure, etc). Now you get to be the "bad guy" for wanting to raise sensible, well adjusted kids who can deal with reality and haven't been coddled. Which is f@cked if you ask me.

I was raised in a way that if I failed, I was told to figure out why, and either try again or, move on if it was a one-time thing, and learn from the mistake. I was raised that if I wanted to get ahead in life, I needed to work hard, be smart, and not just be passively accepting of everything, but if I wanted something, push for it, drive for it, and make it happen, which I know I need to tone down on in some ways (brute force doesn't work in relationships sadly). But the drive is important, because people who are successful all share certain traits at a fundamental level, and one of the biggest ones is the drive to succeed.

I was taught the same kinds of lessons as well, but I fear this is a dying method of parenting. But I guess that will make it easier in the future for those with drive to succeed. But I also feel like society is starting to value that drive and ambition much less, which will likely have a negative long term impact.

Minion Queen

It's really sad how doing anything, in any kind of even close to exceptional way, is looked down on these days.