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Title: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: baldgye on Mon, 10 November 2014, 06:16:31
I'm becoming ever more lost in the world.
Met a bloke today who was out with his grandson of about 2-3. He reads the Daily Mail and is Anti-Europe and pro UKIP in a pushy in-desperate-need-to-be-validated kind of way... And he had his grandson in what amounted to a dog lead... Is this the norm now???

When I was a young boy, the world was a much more dangerous place yet I was never put in a dog lead when out with my parents... Is this just another tool to allow and sustain bad parenting? I can't even begin to imagine what would be the norm when I have children (don't plan on having any for a while yet)..


I bring up the daily mail because they are a newspaper in the uk that is essentially pro nanny state while also being anti-Europe, anti-gay anti non-white and generally very right wing... And also (worryingly one of the most popular papers in the uk)
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 10 November 2014, 06:29:01
The rich lives the same everywhere

The poor lives the same everywhere


Know this well..  and that each has their own agenda..   ti's the only differentiation you need.
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: baldgye on Mon, 10 November 2014, 06:31:31
What relevance does that have to anything?
Was the person who has his grandchild in a dog leed rich or poor? Either way does that mean that they are common and acceptable now??
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: Tym on Mon, 10 November 2014, 06:35:31
http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/

Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: baldgye on Mon, 10 November 2014, 06:36:49
http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/



Hahahaha that's amazing!

Hahahahaha really that link has made my day hahaha such great quotes;
"HAVE THE FRENCH GIVEN YOUR CHILDREN CANCER?"
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: Tym on Mon, 10 November 2014, 06:38:09
Hahaha, yup. Spent way too much time generating random headlines.
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: katushkin on Mon, 10 November 2014, 06:48:46
Eugh... Just... Eugh...
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: iri on Mon, 10 November 2014, 06:59:31
since today i officially have two months to prepare myself to be surrounded with daily mail readers.
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 10 November 2014, 15:32:37
There are too many people in the world.

The only way to treat such large groups is to assign each a unique identifier and then treat them like flocks of sheep.
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Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Mon, 10 November 2014, 15:44:40
Ugh, I despise Kids on Leashes.  I think it's one of the worst ways to raise a kid.  Seriously, I would have felt so humiliated if my parents treated me like a dog.

On the plus side, they can make for interesting people watching...   :rolleyes:

I can't comment too much on the UK-specific portion of this thread, sorry.  Sounds miserable though...
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: CPTBadAss on Mon, 10 November 2014, 15:46:49
One of the funniest, and sad, things I've ever seen? I was walking to get breakfast at a workplace which had a daycare. I saw a MEGAleash...16 children in this like sled-dog harness and a struggle daycare working trying to contain these little 3-4 year old kids who were trying to bolt everywhere.

Don't worry guys, you thought single child leash was bad? It gets worse. Your child can be part of a sled dog team. MUSH!
Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Mon, 10 November 2014, 15:51:04
One of the funniest, and sad, things I've ever seen? I was walking to get breakfast at a workplace which had a daycare. I saw a MEGAleash...16 children in this like sled-dog harness and a struggle daycare working trying to contain these little 3-4 year old kids who were trying to bolt everywhere.

Don't worry guys, you thought single child leash was bad? It gets worse. Your child can be part of a sled dog team. MUSH!

Jesus christ, that's like abuse.  All I can think of when you say that is slaves.   :eek:
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Title: Re: Daily Mail Readers
Post by: iri on Mon, 10 November 2014, 16:18:01
TIL in western countries they have kids on leashes.