Shred XLIX: And then the North Koreans attacked

I'm done, after 2.5 hours.
I can definitely say I like Floyd a lot more than I did earlier today. The album was full of ups and downs; some were excellent (including "Echoes", "Sheep", and "Sorrow"), some were mixed (including most of the songs off "The Wall" and from "The Dark Side of the Moon") and some were right down appalling (including "The Fletcher Memorial Home" and "When the Tigers Broke Free"). All in all it was pretty good.

A Person wrote: It seems like it would be hard to love someone fully if you can't love yourself, sort of like how it would be to fix someone's glasses if yours are broken.

My wife has loved me in my most abysmal hours, when I, looking back, was unlovable.

Pekka wrote: I wasn't extremely fond of myself before, but my wife has brought out a lot of good sides in me, and nowadays I think I'm a rather good guy.

She carries me through days of apathy
She washes over me
She saved my life in a manner of speaking
When she gave me back the power to believe

I never want to be a parent. I know I shouldn't expect much of little kids, but I hate how ignorant they are! And what if my kid grew up to be stupid or mean or something like that? I couldn't handle it. Plus I wouldn't know what would be right to teach them or how to handle them. Luckily I won't even have seriously think about having a child for a couple of decades or more.

Edited by smartpatrol - November 02 2012 at 21:04

That came out sounding bad.....I actually don't dislike little kids despite not having any....i adore them really, it's more the nightmare of the CeC environment that got me....and I think parents are to be commended for their efforts....and CeC employees shoould make about $50 an hour if there were any justice.

We both came home and immediately needed a drink

smartpatrol wrote: I never want to be a parent. I know I shouldn't expect much of little kids, but I hate how ignorant they are! And what if my kid grew up to be stupid or mean or something like that? I couldn't handle it. Plus I wouldn't know what would be right to teach them or how to handle them. Luckily I won't even have seriously think about having a child for a couple of decades or more.

I find childhood ignorance to be a wonderful thing.

Teenage ignorance, on the other hand... 

Epignosis wrote: smartpatrol wrote: I never want to be a parent. I know I shouldn't expect much of little kids, but I hate how ignorant they are! And what if my kid grew up to be stupid or mean or something like that? I couldn't handle it. Plus I wouldn't know what would be right to teach them or how to handle them. Luckily I won't even have seriously think about having a child for a couple of decades or more. I find childhood ignorance to be a wonderful thing. Teenage ignorance, on the other hand...

I agree with that. :P

I don't think I could raise a kid, at least not any time soon.

Also there was a cool a AMA from a former Chuck E Cheese employee on reddit a long time ago that was very enlightening.

I'm jealous of children's ignorance.

Epignosis wrote: Something you should know about having children: Your children begin as newborns.  They exist to (as my grandma put it), "eat, sleep, poop, and piss." But in the time they are doing all that, you will see things in them- just as your parents saw in you.  You will bond, and as time goes, you will love your child beyond measure. Some of us love ours as soon as we receive news that they are there in their mother's body.  Having children (especially deliver my third child) has made me a different person. It's a beautiful thing. Somehow, even when I was wishing the sleepless nights would be over, I now wish I could go back.

smartpatrol wrote: SolarLuna96 wrote: Epignosis wrote: Something you should know about having children: Your children begin as newborns.  They exist to (as my grandma put it), "eat, sleep, poop, and piss." But in the time they are doing all that, you will see things in them- just as your parents saw in you.  You will bond, and as time goes, you will love your child beyond measure. Some of us love ours as soon as we receive news that they are there in their mother's body.  Having children (especially deliver my third child) has made me a different person. It's a beautiful thing. Somehow, even when I was wishing the sleepless nights would be over, I now wish I could go back. That sounds like something I'll enjoy and appreciate when I am older but want nothing to do with at the moment. I always feel that by having a child, your time is up and it's now the child's time.

Yep.

And it's so cool.