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QOTD Thread #332- Do you think that people should keep cats outdoors?
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Post by
OverZealous
I usually leave people alone. When I'm walking through the store, and my 4 year old is on his usual good behavior, and another parents kid is screaming and kicking and crying and demanding... I usually walk past calmly. I think that "speaks" enough. This one time my son asked what was wrong with a kid, who was throwing a temper tantrum in the store. I politely explained to my son, within earshot of the parent, that the kid in question was simply a spoiled kid.
But, there are two times that I actively corrected people. The first was this time I went to a 7-11 at 3 in the morning, and there was one other car in the parking lot, with a 2 month (ish) old baby crying alone in it. I went inside and there was a 25ish old woman buying beer and cigarettes inside. I asked her if that was her baby, and then told her she shouldn't leave it alone. She looked uncomfortable and rushed out.
The second time was when I was leaving a basketball game, along with a couple hundred other people, and a group of teens had formed a "talking circle" in the hallway, and everyone was squeezing around their circle. I walked into the middle of the circle, and told them they needed to move out of the way. They stood there and looked at me like a bunch of punks. I gave them that look I give my kids when they are about to get in trouble, and used my military voice to say "NOW". They moved. Kids today...
I wish more people did this.
Post by
MyTie
OZ - Which part? My kid behaving is my biggest achievement in making a statement to society. I find it remarkably hypocritical that society tells us we can't spank/discipline children, but then demand that we make kids behave.
Post by
OverZealous
OZ - Which part? My kid behaving is my biggest achievement in making a statement to society. I find it remarkably hypocritical that society tells us we can't spank/discipline children, but then demand that we make kids behave.
Both, really. I think it's great that your kid is a disciplined boy and I think it's the sign of a good parent; but I think it's equally great that you don't (like many others do) step aside for punks like the ones you mentioned. Too many people step aside for angry kids who think they own the place, which makes me cringe.
Post by
gamerunknown
On occasion. There are times when guys have been hollering at girls that I haven't said anything and that I regret not saying anything. When I saw some guys in a fist fight, I stood in and tried to get them to stop. They didn't and I couldn't tell who'd started it, but the police came eventually.Some guy violently pulling a girl, likewise. Guy trying to dry hump a woman on a bus? Likewise. Casual racism or homophobia will get an eyebrow raise from me.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
#302- Do you think snail mail, other than item delivery, is going to be phased out?
Post by
Monday
No. I sent and receive letters from multiple people. There's something touching about receiving a hand written letter. While email may be faster, regular mail indicates that they are willing to take the time to write it out.
Post by
Nathanyal
Not anytime soon. But in the next 50 years it is possible.
You can tell that people are using the postal service less because of how much money the service has lost in the past year compared to the year before that. More and more people are opting for paperless bills. I know that is what I used when I was paying for my own phone. But I'm only speaking for the States, not sure about other places.
Most of our mail is junk mail and debt collectors. We also get letters from the school about what they're doing each month as well as things related to my sister.
Hand written letters are nice, but with email and texting they are almost out of date. Not to mention my hand writing is crap.
Post by
Rankkor
It will be, written paper is on its way to exctinction, this goes for news papers too, and paper books.
E-stuff is the way to the future, so other than delivering packages, standard mail has its days numbered. Its even eco-friendly, less paper used = less trees cut down.
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Post by
Interest
#302- Do you think snail mail, other than item delivery, is going to be phased out?
I'd probably say so, but I think some people use the system.
Post by
gamerunknown
I agree with Elura. If people want redundancy, they can assume the costs themselves by backing up whichever files are important on their end.
The only issue is that a handwritten letter conveys a certain amount of effort in construction, while it's difficult to tell with digital text. One way of resolving this problem is to use a plagiarism screen (like r9ks) and filter unoriginal text.
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Post by
Squishalot
I agree with Elura. If people want redundancy, they can assume the costs themselves by backing up whichever files are important on their end.
The only issue is that a handwritten letter conveys a certain amount of effort in construction, while it's difficult to tell with digital text. One way of resolving this problem is to use a plagiarism screen (like r9ks) and filter unoriginal text.
But then how can we get hastily scrawled (drunk) postcards from Hat? ^_^
Post by
Thror
Mail is already getting pushed off the table by e-mails, who are vastly more attractive in many ways. There are two reasons why common mail will never die though, in my opinion.
Firstly, nostalgia. People love to have papers with pictures that they can hoard and browse and remind themselves of things. People love to see the handwriting of people they like. Underestimating nostalgia is something I learned to avoid. It is why I believe people will still keep going to a cinema no matter how amazing and large home TV's get, and why I think people will
never
completely transfer to just e-books.
Secondly, there was a pretty good reason for the existence of mail in one sci-fi novel I have read, written by William Gibson. In the future, spying on peoples online communication became so easy and widespread that some things were just too sensitive to be typed into a computer. Written mail was used for its higher resistance to hacking attempts.
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ElhonnaDS
#303- Who is your favorite comedian?
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Post by
Rankkor
People probably thought that runes written on stoneblocks would never go away either, look where that got them.
Pretty hard to hide what says on a stoneblock too, you gon get so hacked.
erm........ lil sis,
you can hack stones too.
/runs and hides.
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