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Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here
*raises child in Foucault-ian pan-optihell*

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Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here
https://twitter.com/LAiiLAii_/status/479160797017694208


Not at all setting your child up for isolation and social awkwardness...

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

Speedboat Jones posted:

There actually was an episode of that UK home makeover show Grand Designs where some bitch designed her house based on the panopticon, and she said that was the intent.

I wonder if she knew what she was saying? That is, the actual context of her statement in relation to, you know, every foundational work about prisons.

God, I hope she works in marketing/advertising.

Literally A Person fucked around with this message at 20:05 on May 25, 2017

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

alpaca diseases posted:

do they provide bags of pre squeezed diaper poo poo so we can train little Caign to go potty on schedule like Pavlovs dogs?

lol, that's what drugs are for.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

This is all I see everytime I smoke reefer. I smoke daily.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

phasmid posted:

Not having kids, I still don't understand this one. Is it about them fitting in with peers who also have phones - expensive ones, too - or is it just some kind of Helicopter-Parent tracking device for their purposes?

Both, and an alternative to Thorazine.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

etalian posted:

The millennial parenting solution when the kid gets angry or bored is just put them in front a Ipad.

This, but somehow they think it's better than television...

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

Chomp8645 posted:

Really not any different than the last generation's solution being "put them in front of a Nintendo".

You're missing the point. Things I did when I was a kid were totally functional and not at all dangerous to my development. It's the way kids are parented now that sucks. Duh.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

54 40 or gently caress posted:

Excuse you but Pnurtis is going to Regionals with that spinner. We bought an artisanal spinner off Etsy for $320 but can you really put a price on your child's whimsy?

Yes, it's a $7 GI Joe.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

phasmid posted:

If you look at toys' prices now versus around 20 years ago it's pretty ridiculous. Action figures selling for like 16 bux plus tax? I wouldn't have had many action figures as a kid.

Marketing people know millennial parents will buy them so they can secretly collect in the guise of buying presents for their children.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

etalian posted:

Takes picture of baby next to Hillary coffee cup.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

Rutibex posted:

bonsai baby

veal?

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

Barudak posted:

*Are accosted by armed mugger while out with only son, attempt to reason with him instead of giving into his demands*

*Die*

Alternatively:

*gives mugger whole purse before a threat is made*

*explains to son that the mugger doesn't want to rob them, he has to*

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here
*has nervous breakdown when child is 18 and expects parent to pay for all necessary life expenses because un-school was unaccredited and was in no way a pipeline to a college or trade school*

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

phasmid posted:

Time to join the army!

God I wish the IRL person I was posting about had the backbone.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

CAN U FEEL IT YEAH posted:

Did they carry him around in a sling?

No, the parent converted to millennial parenting when she got a divorce. You know, substituting her child for a functional relationship then marrying a decent but rich dude that she has little interest in.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

spasticColon posted:

:yikes:

jesus h christ this loving world :staredog:

fixed

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

Panfilo posted:

Everyone knows millennials are lazy, and parenting is a ton of work, so it comes to no surprise that a millennial parent is going to stuff their little Wholock in a flowerpot for 22 hours a day.

but talk incessantly about how good of a parent they are.

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

Panfilo posted:

It's the inverse effect. Women who like to go on about what a good mom they are tend to be terrible, and women that beat themselves up about being a bad mom are decent to good, because being a good parent requires you be at least self aware of your shortcomings and work to improve.

Self-awareness kinda stopped being a thing.

see: facebook

Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here
*child is so scared of the world outside parents arms that if anything challenges child's preconceived notions they literally have a panic attack*

*in an elevator*

*while I am there*

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Literally A Person
Jan 1, 1970

Smugworth Wuz Here

ProperCoochie posted:

I hear that compared to previous generations, Millennials are slightly less likely to march into whatever foreign nation their government says to and wildly fire into a crowded marketplace. How dare they not mercilessly and blindly kill whatever persons the corporate controlled government labels the flavor-of-the-decade supreme enemy. The loving nerve.

See, this guy gets it!

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