It seems to me if the point is to learn something new every day, we should be learning... actual facts. Now I'll never know if I can trust anything that neatorama posts. How... HOW CAN I TRUST YOU!!!???
From my understanding of what I've read, they seem to be a functional, healthy family. I wonder to what degree the children are missing out on things as they have to raise their younger siblings, but it's probably not so horrible. We can't possibly know because we aren't living their situation.
Growing up on Whidbey Island, there was a huge (14 kids) ultra-conservative Christian family that ran a farm in the middle of bum-f-nowhere. I had a friend who was close to the family, and so I spent some time around them. Now those people were totally crazy. Locked the kids in their rooms at night. Hit their 17 year old with a belt if she didn't answer their call within 10 seconds. I, personally, would have killed my parents if they were that way. The kids were brainwashed beyond belief. The family was also adherent to the idea that there had to be a plentiful supply of little God-warriors streaming from their loins. Every single one of the kids is now emotionally screwed beyond belief. Good job, you putz parents.
Damn Ally. I'm sorry to hear about that. Every mastiff I have ever met has been the nicest, sweetest, gentle giant ever. I love big dogs. They are quite awesome.
Well, the jig is up now, isn't it? Seriously though folks, this is probably supposed to be a light-hearted joke. I mean, come on, it comes in a lunch pail that says "office kid". Probably designed for you to bring it to work.
True, the child does need to learn to count the rounds he is shooting. But, as a guitar instructor, I teach a lot of kids, and multitasking the action and counting parts of the brain is a very difficult task, even for adults. My kids will shoot guns from an early age on. Teach them safety. Teach them it isn't a toy. And then show them how fun it can be to have that kind of possibly life-saving (both hunting and self-defense) skill throughout their life. And remember, blaming a gun for the death of an individual is like blaming spell check for spelling errors.
Let it be known: Briannana does not actually hate cats. In fact, he loves all animals, and is practically the St. Frances of his day. That said, I'm not a huge fan of comparing animal intellect to human intellect. It's like when the study came out saying that chimps had the intelligence of a 2-year old. No, they don't. There are completely different neurological and psychological processes going on in a human than any other animal. That said, I respect the intelligence of other animals and think they are more developed than a lot of people give them credit for. Just not quite like humans.
Oh for crying out loud I can't believe you guys actually took my comment seriously. And no, I didn't read the headline. It was merely a non-vicious knock against cats. Thin-skinned these days, aren't we, folks?
Yeah, but miniaturization technology is quickly going through the roof. Eventually, the sound will get a lot better on digital technology. The doctors wanted my wife to get a big clunky bone-conduction hearing aid, and I said no. It was far too expensive for something that will be passed over within the next ten years.
Growing up on Whidbey Island, there was a huge (14 kids) ultra-conservative Christian family that ran a farm in the middle of bum-f-nowhere. I had a friend who was close to the family, and so I spent some time around them. Now those people were totally crazy. Locked the kids in their rooms at night. Hit their 17 year old with a belt if she didn't answer their call within 10 seconds. I, personally, would have killed my parents if they were that way. The kids were brainwashed beyond belief. The family was also adherent to the idea that there had to be a plentiful supply of little God-warriors streaming from their loins. Every single one of the kids is now emotionally screwed beyond belief. Good job, you putz parents.
My kids will shoot guns from an early age on. Teach them safety. Teach them it isn't a toy. And then show them how fun it can be to have that kind of possibly life-saving (both hunting and self-defense) skill throughout their life. And remember, blaming a gun for the death of an individual is like blaming spell check for spelling errors.
That said, I'm not a huge fan of comparing animal intellect to human intellect. It's like when the study came out saying that chimps had the intelligence of a 2-year old. No, they don't. There are completely different neurological and psychological processes going on in a human than any other animal. That said, I respect the intelligence of other animals and think they are more developed than a lot of people give them credit for. Just not quite like humans.