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The parenting table (lemmy.world)

submitted 13 hours ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago (1 children)

Why do people hate kids playing? Legit question?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 28 minutes ago

We don't. We hate shitty parents.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 26 minutes ago

I remember a child who started screaming. The child was in a stroller and the setting was a retail shop. The mother looked at the child, looked back at the sales person, and just continued talking with them, completely ignoring the screaming baby / infant / child.

Fuck you. You might be used to it, but don't make it our problem. Soothe your kid or remove them from the store. I'm not here to listen to your kid scream.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 5 hours ago

they are too busy doomscrolling or texting on thier phones to notice thier child.

[+] Zacryon@feddit.org -9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Ah yes. Take it out on the children instead of the incapable parents who shouldn't have got them in the first place.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 39 minutes ago) (2 children)

Not quite what's being described here - the waiter's done nothing and most likely would not be fast enough to prevent the situation from happening. It just happened.

~~That being said, this would be a ~very~ fucked up reaction to a kid ~~most likely dying~~ if it were real life - however, ~~ ( missed the last part where the little shit's fine) most of us understand this is just hyperbole for the sake of dark humor, and not to be taken seriously.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 3 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Children do not die from hitting a corner of a table. There would be very few people in the world if that were even remotely true.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

... and more importantly it says they start crying at the tail end which i neglected to read.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

You think banging their head and falling is going to result in them “most likely dying”?

You have some strange ideas about how mortal kids are.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.world -1 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

Hitting one's head off the corner of a table has in fact been enough to kill folks, yes. You'd be surprised to learn how goddamn little it takes to kill someone by accident.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

It’s possible but not “most likely”. Humanity would not have survived if we died every time we bumped our head.

Especially if the kid “started crying” after, they’re probably fine.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 19 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I'm also always happy when someone's child gets hurt because their parents deserve it.../s

[+] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org -12 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

the last time I went to my favorite burger place, not a fast food chain, a local place, owner operated. Some shitty little kid was running around the booths screaming.

There's a homeless camp very close by that place and when I tried to warn the mom that homeless, sometimes drunk and/or high homeless people go in there she calmly but angrily told me "don't tell me how to parent my kids"

not long after that a homeless lady came in there looking around the booths for any forgotten items to steal, the stupid lady still didn't wrangle her kid to stay near her

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I used to be homeless, and the worst thing that the other homeless people ever did to Me is that a crazy guy kept asking Me to help him build a time machine. Homeless people are mostly very sweet and nice.

[–] username@piefed.zip 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Imagine passing up a chance to kill baby Hitler and buy Bitcoin in 2010 because you're too busy "trying to get your life together."

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 points 1 hour ago

I know, what a fool I was! I learned to play the piano and went to job interviews like a moron!

[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

"Homeless person asks me to help them build a time machine" is almost as sad of a short story as "babyshoes for sell. Never worn."

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

He kept asking the shelter kitchen staff when I'd be in the cafeteria for lunch so he could pitch Me on his time UFO idea. He believed that two disks rotating in opposite directions would create infinite energy and unlock time travel.

And I told him that it's not a UFO if you've identified it, it's a flying saucer. And I don't think the scientific principle at play is valid. He told Me to watch a conspiracy documentary that proves it is valid.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

Oh no, the homeless?! 😱 Did they staggered while walking and shouted cccooooooiiiiiins, at least in your head?

Good thing you were looking out for that child.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Imagine the terrible lessons that child is going to learn growing up, crazy shit like "homeless people aren't a threat" and "dont get bullied by random dudes lecturing you in public"

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 hours ago

Don't worry, the mother had an eye on the kid. That creepy guy named Zeus won't be able to do a thing.