I read this somewhere and I really appreciated it. I identified with it. What do you think? Mod edit: link to full text
This is good Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Reminds me of having "clag" fights as a kid. Which was a small lump of clay attached to the top end of a flexible stick about to 3-4 feet long(top half of a fishing rod worked best!), which you would flick to fire the clay at someonePlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
It just goes to show how a lot of the 'safety measures' implicated by politicians is sometimes 'over-the-top' one_raven. Congratulations on your survival one-raven Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
It's like George Carlin says.... "pretty soon kids will have to wear a helmet to jack off" I'm, unfortunatly, a child of the ridiculous generation.
your generation is also crumbling from diseases and disorders not seen in any other country in the world. it's unheard of for people to grow so old and be so sickly. suuure, do whatever the hell you want! we've got the best doctors to fix you up and keep you on life support and iron lungs until you're 120.
Are you really old, or some person who's just turned thirty and depressed about it? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
sooooo ummmmmmmm, why is this thread titled "Priorities"??? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Yes, no wonder kids are so screwed up today. It's not their blasted rap music Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! , it's because they have been constantly told everything is potentially dangerous. They've been raised to fear every thing and take responsiblity for nothing. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Because Americans have forgotten how to perform risk management. You're supposed to do a cost/benefit analysis of each risk to decide how probable it is, what will happen if it comes true, what choices you have to accept, mitigate, or avoid the risk, and what the expected value of the benefits minus costs of each course of action is. Instead we just identify a risk and say Oh god we can't let that happen. Suicide is one of the major causes of death in the age group that most SciForums members belong to; so is murder. How come nobody is working on that?
