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No, you blamed advertising and bad schools, too. Joel Send a noteboard - 15/05/2011 08:20:32 PM
Of course, those tend to support my "dear heaven, are kids really this STUPID?" view, so they don't go far toward rebutting it.
Other than that, you have a habit of mixing valid information with a completely unrealistic view of the past. I have a head ache already... I won't exacerbate it by replying to you.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't inaccurately stereotype 300 million others then take offense to avoid acknowledging that. ;) Pardon my stating the obvious, btw, but you did reply to me (literally; you replied AT me (i.e. another ad hominem) rather than to anything I said).
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OK, Once and for All, WTF Is WRONG with Kids Today? Joel - 04/05/2011 01:28:52 AM 1896 Views
Cool story bro. *NM* Ghavrel - 04/05/2011 01:35:29 AM 622 Views
Clearly not. Joel - 04/05/2011 02:16:08 AM 1292 Views
Re: Duh. Winning. *NM* Gaps - 04/05/2011 01:46:39 AM 668 Views
The SEALS won. Joel - 04/05/2011 02:17:41 AM 1177 Views
They read Boing Boing. *NM* Chas - 04/05/2011 01:57:17 AM 701 Views
And use Yahoo, apparently. Joel - 04/05/2011 02:20:36 AM 1381 Views
I guess I have a pretty bright Child. and a good school district. StarrBecca - 04/05/2011 04:28:24 AM 1174 Views
Hopefully, and presumably respectable parenting skills. Joel - 06/05/2011 01:32:02 AM 1353 Views
You really have to wonder if our culture is decadent? *NM* Panorphaeon - 04/05/2011 06:24:25 AM 653 Views
Not at all, but it does make me wonder if we're TOO decadent. Joel - 06/05/2011 01:38:42 AM 1193 Views
I agree. *NM* Panorphaeon - 09/05/2011 10:36:40 PM 724 Views
Hope for the best and plan for the worst, I suppose, but that's what unnerved me here. Joel - 10/05/2011 03:14:24 AM 1253 Views
How is it the kids' fault that they are not taught (to care) about recent history? *NM* Helene - 04/05/2011 06:54:16 AM 609 Views
I just asked my son, and he said he was a boss of a criminal organisation who was responsible for Helene - 04/05/2011 06:56:18 AM 1176 Views
Good enough for me, thanks. Joel - 06/05/2011 01:59:40 AM 1191 Views
Yes and no, but I'd think an international network trying to kill you would motivate self education. Joel - 06/05/2011 01:57:06 AM 1321 Views
Good teachers don't allow overeager students to monopolize the classroom. Ghavrel - 06/05/2011 02:52:27 AM 1321 Views
We covered the material. Joel - 06/05/2011 02:57:52 AM 1362 Views
Which means... not a good teacher. Ghavrel - 06/05/2011 07:02:44 AM 1072 Views
Good luck with that. Joel - 06/05/2011 11:51:48 PM 1235 Views
If they don't know about the terrorist organisation to begin with, why would they self educate? Helene - 13/05/2011 08:06:07 AM 1198 Views
If completely ignorant of terrorism itself, they wouldn't, but if not I'd expect they'd get informed Joel - 14/05/2011 03:01:37 AM 1181 Views
What?!? There are terrorists roaming the US, killing kids in their beds?!? Helene - 14/05/2011 07:45:27 AM 1344 Views
They're certainly trying. Joel - 14/05/2011 10:43:48 AM 1223 Views
Oklahoma city bombing was by American citizens, completely unrelated to Al Qaeda... Helene - 15/05/2011 08:02:11 AM 1411 Views
They were both terrorist attacks. Joel - 15/05/2011 02:53:51 PM 1437 Views
Obesity is a much bigger killer than terrorists Helene - 15/05/2011 04:01:51 PM 1240 Views
Sure, but obesity covers a lot of ground. Joel - 15/05/2011 04:19:51 PM 1219 Views
Obesity is a new problem Helene - 15/05/2011 06:09:33 PM 1208 Views
I gave you my explanation, but can reiterate it. Joel - 15/05/2011 08:00:03 PM 1272 Views
For god's sake... I didn't attribute all of obesity to sugar addiction. Helene - 15/05/2011 08:10:44 PM 1098 Views
No, you blamed advertising and bad schools, too. Joel - 15/05/2011 08:20:32 PM 1134 Views
That's because you are incredibly annoying and I am wondering if you will ever not reply Helene - 15/05/2011 08:26:12 PM 1232 Views
An odd reason to stereotype the third most populous nation on Earth. Joel - 15/05/2011 08:52:57 PM 1188 Views
only about a third of the home schooled kids are home schooled for religious reasons random thoughts - 16/05/2011 09:35:36 PM 1304 Views
Fair enough... I can imagine wanting to avoid a crappy school. Helene - 17/05/2011 06:04:11 PM 1184 Views
getting your kid in the right school can be a challenge random thoughts - 17/05/2011 06:18:04 PM 1088 Views
how many times have i told you "it's the internet, it's not real life"?? *NM* moondog - 04/05/2011 07:43:01 AM 632 Views
Sure, but in this case they intersect. Joel - 06/05/2011 02:02:19 AM 1275 Views
I met a lady who didn't know who Justin Bieber was. I told her I was very impressed random thoughts - 04/05/2011 06:49:49 PM 1280 Views
You should be? Joel - 06/05/2011 02:09:47 AM 1325 Views
He may have been dreaming about killing them but he was actually doing anything *NM* random thoughts - 06/05/2011 03:09:49 AM 668 Views
The short answer is "yes". Joel - 06/05/2011 03:19:31 AM 1202 Views
you would of have had to know who he is to know he was doing that though *NM* random thoughts - 08/05/2011 06:16:39 PM 608 Views
Yes, and the fact he WAS doing that is why I expected nearly everyone to know who he was. Joel - 08/05/2011 07:12:41 PM 1208 Views
I am not saying they shouldn't know who he is just that is isn't that shocking that some don't random thoughts - 09/05/2011 02:35:02 PM 1073 Views
I get that, it's the size of the "some" that kinda floors me. Joel - 09/05/2011 05:02:46 PM 1203 Views
Rumsfeld was a bit of a tool but he was right about a lot of stuff random thoughts - 09/05/2011 05:05:56 PM 1125 Views
I did think he took heat unfairly for that comment; he's an interesting figure. Joel - 09/05/2011 05:59:58 PM 1309 Views
see that is why political comedy isn't really comedy random thoughts - 10/05/2011 02:15:48 PM 1259 Views
He was a college offensive lineman. Joel - 12/05/2011 01:47:52 AM 1246 Views
It was the media tqaking offense not just internet nutjobs random thoughts - 13/05/2011 04:16:34 AM 1335 Views
You're "the media" now? Joel - 13/05/2011 10:27:42 PM 1317 Views
you live in a fantasy world *NM* random thoughts - 16/05/2011 02:27:20 PM 634 Views
Not a rebuttal. Joel - 16/05/2011 09:10:33 PM 1182 Views
I am trying to be more concise and that summed it up *NM* random thoughts - 16/05/2011 09:26:32 PM 619 Views
Concise is nice, but that response was solely about me rather than my arguments. Joel - 18/05/2011 11:30:38 PM 1156 Views
No it was about your reply I am just to lazy to break it down random thoughts - 19/05/2011 12:54:38 AM 1149 Views
"You live in a fantasy world" is 100% about me. Joel - 19/05/2011 01:53:07 AM 976 Views
OK *NM* random thoughts - 19/05/2011 03:15:04 PM 578 Views
Check. Joel - 20/05/2011 12:08:24 AM 1477 Views
13-17 year olds. Kronin al'Sulc - 05/05/2011 01:51:27 AM 1380 Views
Call me crazy, but I tend to notice people who want to kill me when they've shown the ability. Joel - 06/05/2011 02:53:26 AM 1244 Views
Re: Call me crazy, but I tend to notice people who want to kill me when they've shown the ability. callandor1000 - 06/05/2011 09:21:10 PM 1273 Views
As I asked below, did you click the link? Joel - 06/05/2011 11:35:45 PM 1083 Views
Re: As I asked below, did you click the link? callandor1000 - 09/05/2011 05:37:29 AM 1112 Views
And yet you found a way; full marks for effort. Joel - 09/05/2011 07:50:32 AM 1407 Views
Re: And yet you found a way; full marks for effort. callandor1000 - 11/05/2011 02:52:45 PM 1378 Views
Well, based on the consensus, I can't really argue with that first line. Joel - 11/05/2011 11:33:53 PM 1285 Views
well then, let us who've somewhat recently been educated as to internet searches assure you... LadyLorraine - 11/05/2011 11:41:54 PM 1125 Views
Educated about how to conduct them, or how they ARE conducted? Joel - 12/05/2011 01:13:25 AM 1183 Views
Re: Educated about how to conduct them, or how they ARE conducted? callandor1000 - 12/05/2011 04:50:23 AM 1142 Views
So we're back to criticizing claims of superiority I've never made? Joel - 14/05/2011 07:06:10 AM 1422 Views
Thanks for the mis-analogizing. Kronin al'Sulc - 10/05/2011 06:26:40 AM 1607 Views
Not a mis-analogy, but perhaps ambiguous. Joel - 10/05/2011 07:02:31 AM 1212 Views
Re: Not a mis-analogy, but perhaps ambiguous. Kronin al'Sulc - 10/05/2011 04:58:59 PM 1226 Views
Re: Not a mis-analogy, but perhaps ambiguous. Joel - 12/05/2011 01:22:38 AM 1185 Views
Re: 13-17 year olds. callandor1000 - 06/05/2011 09:14:47 PM 1204 Views
What are you doing to earn a living now? *NM* Urza - 05/05/2011 03:04:28 AM 623 Views
Jeg øver norsk, men ikke mer nå. Joel - 06/05/2011 02:54:44 AM 1182 Views
Debt collection is kind Urza - 06/05/2011 07:16:53 AM 1127 Views
Just don't repeatedly say you're seriously buying tickets to come kill them. Joel - 06/05/2011 11:40:51 PM 1109 Views
Theres a reason you're banned from skype chat. Dont be a cunt Urza - 07/05/2011 02:22:30 AM 1149 Views
You threadjacked me to take a potshot, so I don't want to hear it. Joel - 07/05/2011 03:57:47 AM 1224 Views
it must be a very good reason if they haven't banned you as well random thoughts - 09/05/2011 05:09:07 PM 1134 Views
Joel decided it would be fun to blackmail us with filing a false poilce report. *NM* Urza - 10/05/2011 12:07:46 AM 644 Views
I sent Skype the log; they said to contact the police. Joel - 10/05/2011 03:54:51 AM 1320 Views
Re: I sent Skype the log; they said to contact the police. Camilla - 15/05/2011 11:55:23 AM 1119 Views
I think most of the relevant details have been covered here. Joel - 15/05/2011 04:06:09 PM 1267 Views
Silly laptops.... *NM* Joel - 15/05/2011 04:11:38 PM 625 Views
Now I am certainly not going into skype chat. Camilla - 17/05/2011 10:36:04 AM 1133 Views
Can't say I blame you, but that's always a possibility online. Joel - 17/05/2011 05:07:23 PM 1103 Views
Re: Can't say I blame you, but that's always a possibility online. Novo - 19/05/2011 12:59:14 AM 1435 Views
For people who categorically objected to all bans of any kind ya'll embraced them very abruptly. Joel - 19/05/2011 01:50:26 AM 1574 Views
You failed to respond to the main thrust of my argument, but, whatevs. Novo - 19/05/2011 03:01:07 AM 1173 Views
I did, but will try again; then I'm done with this subject and rebutting Adams false accusations. Joel - 19/05/2011 03:51:24 AM 1098 Views
I joked to Roh "If I kill him will you be my alibi... Great, I'm pricing tickets on travelocity now! Urza - 17/05/2011 12:02:28 AM 1227 Views
That sounds ridiculous. *NM* Helene - 17/05/2011 06:06:39 PM 617 Views
When did I ask for attention, niceness or an apology? Joel - 18/05/2011 11:28:12 PM 1232 Views
It is nice to see even without chat the chat drama still seems to bleed into the main pages *NM* random thoughts - 10/05/2011 02:17:11 PM 689 Views
And that is your analysis? Really. Kids sure are dumb to ask questions and do research. Vivien - 06/05/2011 10:15:41 PM 1108 Views
I wish there were an applause smiley. Ghavrel - 06/05/2011 11:02:01 PM 1191 Views
No, but any kid whose research beings by finding out who he even WAS is dumb, period. Joel - 06/05/2011 11:31:08 PM 1125 Views
Any kid whos research doesnt start by finding out who he was must have been born with the knowledge. Urza - 06/05/2011 11:39:56 PM 1285 Views
Finding out, yes; finding out by actively searching, no. Joel - 06/05/2011 11:42:34 PM 1172 Views
You and I turned on CNN one morning to see the WTC burning. *NM* Urza - 07/05/2011 02:05:26 AM 677 Views
Again I cite the attempted "Christmas bombing" in 2009. Joel - 07/05/2011 04:01:27 AM 1152 Views
Any rational person wouldn't do a yahoo search. Other than that, the questions you posed are Helene - 15/05/2011 11:28:02 AM 1102 Views
So their search engine makes them dumb, but their questions are OK. Joel - 15/05/2011 02:57:27 PM 1095 Views
By gods, you are hopeless to talk to. *NM* Helene - 15/05/2011 03:56:27 PM 618 Views
I repeat, one of us certainly is. Joel - 15/05/2011 04:20:07 PM 1265 Views
If you learned people are sometimes flippant Helene - 15/05/2011 06:13:52 PM 1171 Views
I'm sometimes flippant, too, but have always been adherent of Poes Law. Joel - 15/05/2011 08:11:04 PM 1111 Views
So quipping that rational people wouldn´t use a certain search engine is really about terrorism?!? Helene - 15/05/2011 08:14:59 PM 1128 Views
Terrorism, and knowledge of it, was the subject of the thread. Joel - 15/05/2011 08:38:35 PM 1209 Views
I don't think the article says much of anything at all. Dan - 07/05/2011 03:28:35 AM 1030 Views
Maybe; I don't always appreciate deadpan jokes online.... Joel - 07/05/2011 03:43:51 AM 1293 Views
I think the linguistic conventions governing search engines and typical conversation differ is all. Dan - 07/05/2011 04:00:38 AM 1165 Views
Hopefully that's all it is. Joel - 07/05/2011 04:17:21 AM 1121 Views
actually, search engines are getting better towards "questions" now LadyLorraine - 11/05/2011 11:06:42 PM 1104 Views
Fair enough then, if surprising; objection withdrawn. Joel - 12/05/2011 01:17:28 AM 1217 Views
I think you're reading too much into this Isaac - 10/05/2011 12:58:20 AM 1221 Views
Possibly; I really hope so. Joel - 10/05/2011 04:01:50 AM 1146 Views
Re: Possibly; I really hope so. Isaac - 10/05/2011 05:18:43 AM 1240 Views
Again, fair enough. Joel - 12/05/2011 01:52:07 AM 1179 Views
Re: Again, fair enough. Isaac - 12/05/2011 02:04:53 AM 1212 Views
Acknowledged. Joel - 12/05/2011 02:41:38 AM 1167 Views
HA! Vivien - 12/05/2011 10:50:50 PM 1346 Views
Re: I'm more disgusted by this thread than by its original topic of conversation. *NM* Gaps - 15/05/2011 09:41:43 PM 640 Views
Just as well; I conceded on the original topic ages ago. Joel - 15/05/2011 11:10:20 PM 1148 Views
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