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QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 10:38 PM) I'd say that there are probably more parents that over-coddle, under-critique, whatever you want to call it than ever before. But it's not as if being critical of everything your kid does is necessarily the best way to do it, either. Most people respond best when they are given a mixture of criticism and praise. Let them know what they're doing wrong and let them know what they're not. It's pretty simple, it's about moderation. BTW, I came from the "everyone gets trophies" generation, and everyone knew that didn't mean s***. We'd keep the trophies because shiny things are cool, but we wanted to win. When I was 6 or 7 years old and we played in a basketball league that didn't keep score. While there are some benefits in trying to keep things from getting over-competitive (is this for the parents or the kids, by the way?) I know that all we'd do after the game is argue about who would have won if the score was kept and compare our self-kept statistics, etc. You can't make people noncompetitive even if you try -- though I'd say making them feel like losers too much rather than winners too much is more likely to have a negative effect. All this. I'm from everyone gets a trophy and I'm a hyper competitive motherf***er when playing sports.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 10:22 PM) good luck and i mean that with all sincerity. you may be in a situation where there is a lot more supply of that skill set than demand. There is, which is why I've been looking at double majoring.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 09:38 PM) what are you studying? Journalism.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 09:14 PM) are you in school right now? Yes, but apparently I'm supposed to have a magical skillset to get a job.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 07:32 PM) I bet I could find a job if I lost mine. And I wouldn't need you to make such excuses for me, because I have a useful skillset. What is this useful skillset? As an unemployed 20 year old looking for a job, I'd like to know. I also want to to know what this useless skillset I apparently chose to have is? Please. Tell me.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 07:22 AM) Know the feeling. It's getting to a point where if I don't know someone, I don't bother. Only two things I'm not filling applications out for are restaurant worker and delivery drive. Cause hell no to both of those.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 03:48 PM) Te'o and Couric share same spokesman

I still don't understand what's making the US "wusses" now. Someone please explain.

I love that feeling of filling out 101 applications and not hearing back from 1.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 07:25 PM) Batting .413 with 35 homers and only having an ops of .800 would be quite impressive. Meant OBP

Something going on between Thibs and Noah

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 10:10 PM) I H8 N8 Like, dude can be so great sometimes, but then he's like "OH DOWN 3 WITH THE LAST SHOT? I'LL GO FOR THE LAYUP"

I hate Nate Robinson.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 09:19 PM)

This thread no longer belongs to Soxtalk, it belongs to Soxbadger.

Neat.

Mizzou misses Bowers

Damn.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 02:17 PM) And I already made a pretty clear post saying I agree with that...at this moment in time. But what about 120 years from now? Exactly. 120 years fom now for all we know the entire planet could be a nuclear wasteland or a united world exploring other solar systems.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 02:11 PM) This isn't Egypt or countries like he's taking about, either. The majority of the us armed forces would not follow orders to open fire on their own citizens that they sworn to defend. This is f***ing assanine. The fact you two think that shows how disconnected from actual thought you both are at this point. Just like thinking the government would call for it is asinine.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 12:37 PM) Skipping the fact that you think the government has nothing to gain by ripping up the Constitution and dissolving the republic.... and that our cities, which have the toughest gun laws, are flooded with guns anyways... As a country, were addicted to outrage and sensitive to everything that happens to us (even s*** we do to ourselves). Kid get bullied, we act like its a war-crime. Girl gets date-raped, move over World War 2 and the Black Death there's a new Greatest Tragedy in the History of Mankind. A CEO of a company donates to organizations that dont fit a pro-gay agenda, were at DEFCON 0 THE MISSILES ARE IN THE AIR. Look, all of that s*** is bad. From hating the gays to kids getting bullied, I'm not saying this should be happening and that we should encourage it. However that doesn't mean we have to mobilize ourselves every couple weeks and demand the government come swooping in to fix all of our problems. That's not the right move. Because every time we do that the government winds up doing something, maybe it isn't as dramatic as a law but its always something; a new (or expanded bureaucracy), a new executive order, a change in policy from the executive, hidden amendments to benign spending bills... it all comes around. None of it actually makes us safer, or does anything to stop any of the bad s*** that happens, but that's not the point. The government really is God to people, we come to them humbly begging their favor and even if they dont deliver we keep trying. That's like the definition of blind faith. Meanwhile we keep have our rights limited, the government's power expands and grows (mostly with no function other than to just expand and grow), lawmakers pass more useless laws and the establishment sits comfortably on their throne. Bad things happen. 20 kids are going to die sometimes in tragic fashion, that's not a new human phenomenon (though rabid media exposure is), doesn't mean we need to ban guns. A bridge is going to collapse in Minneapolis that kills a few people, doesn't mean we need to greenlight billions in pork spending. Terrorists are going to attack us and people are going to die every once and while, doesn't mean we should wage two unwinnable wars for a decade. s*** happens, and government is almost never going to be able to stop that. Worry about what you can control, and that's your actions and your attitudes... because when we stop trusting ourselves to do the right thing government and its pals are right there waiting to take all they can from us in exchange for instilling a false sense of security. Other than the current system makes that impossible. Regulating guns does nothing close to ripping up the constitution.

Ok, Duke what in the hell were you talking about? I meant that someone with a rifle has no shot against the US military. If a foreign power beats our military and invades, your Wal-Mart assault rifle will be less than child's play to them. Also, I'll be the first to say it, "wussification" is a b**** word that sounds like it's out of the 1950's like most of the ideas expressed in the opening post.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 01:48 AM) I am doing the same thing your right but at least there's some semblance of proof to support my opinion other then just looking at the data and coming up with an answer. Anyways it's probably best if we all stop passing judgement on manti, nd, and espn until this is all over Nah, because of all the conflicting stories we know that both Manti and ND have lied at some point because they keep changing the story. ESPN is doing their best to do a cover-up as well by doing it off camera and not mentioning all the hilarious inconsistencies (aside from Stephen A. Smith and Marcellus Wiley obliterating him).

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 02:34 AM) I haven't visited the buster in years. I'm not planning on clicking on any other threads. However, I did want to post this here and see what the reacton(s) might be. I just posted this on Facebook, so some of you have or will see it there as well. Gun control leads to gun confiscation which leads to a gun free population. Liberals love that thought! But, there is one more part in this equation: A gun free population is a helpless, controlled population. It's the proverbial slippery slope. America used to be a nation that would take so much, but only so much before it collectively said "Hell No! This will not stand!" I don't know if that America still exists. We've been indoctrinated since youth by public education, morally corrupted by various forms of entertainment, spiritually supressed by the elimination of God from our public lives, and brainwashed by a complicit newsmedia. My generation has witnessed the slow and steady progression toward "The Wussification of America". Just this week, two little 6 year old boys were suspended from school for playing cops and robbers by simulating guns with their hands and yelling "Pow!". What happened to letting little boys actually be little boys? These kids are growing up without a gender identity, or a confused one at best. Boys are growing up not knowing who they are supposed to be. The messages they are receiving are suppressing their potential manhood. If a boy shows signs of not following the program, they pump them full of Ritalin or some other mind-messing drug and stick a label on them of 'troubled'. Women, you've been victimized by this grand scheme also. You are now in the work force because it takes two incomes to make any progress, but they are also collecting taxes from twice as many workers as they were just two generations ago. While you bring home the bacon, you send your kids to their indoctrination camps knows as school, come home from work tired and not quite as on top of things as you should be when it comes to what they are teaching your kids. Now, I know it's dad's responsibility too but we used to have at least one parent with their fingers on the pulse of their kids' lives at all times. We need to wake up before it's too damn late. Legit thought this was a Greg thread. "Indoctrinated" is one way to put getting an education. Would you say private-schools are bastions of free though and philosophy? Spiritually suppressed? Nah, the difference is every other religion got tired of Christianity waving it's dick around in everyone's face and doesn't want to be forced to be a Judeo-Christian country. Following the program? Ritalin is if you have ADHD and it's actually difficult for you to process. It's not like they look at him and go "JOHN THE SAVAGE HAS RADICAL IDEAS. GIVE HIM SO.MA (I can't type it all one word or it becomes "Worst Spammer Ever"" And now women are victimized by being in the work force? Did you seriously just type that? Please, go tell women everywhere how they should go back to being brood-mares. Gender identity? They still have that, trust me. I don't know where you got that s***. I mean, we can cherry pick examples, but there are still plenty of ways for people to differentiate gender. I mean, I grew up with mainly girls as friends and I'm still highly aware that I have a penis. I mean yeah, boys are no longer dominant if that's what you mean. A gun free population isn't helpless nor completely controlled. Neither is an armed one. You know why? "Oh, deed-a-lee-doo, just gonna go rebel against the country today. I have an assault rife, I'm ready." Army: "Air strike ready? Oh, it's done? K, let's go get lunch." Unless you're one of the crazies that wants this: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/a...-icbms/1FNJQnr8

Ok, Te'o's explanation gets more ridiculous. The woman apparently called him and wanted to restart the relationship, saying she faked her own death to elude drug dealers? And again, he didn't ask about a funeral, or think about going to it? Story gets weaker by the minute.