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Ah come on, that doesn't bring it up to 200% though, does it. 135, tops.

My two have been instructed, if anyone ever hits them, to tell the teacher and then tell us. The second time, tell the teacher again, and us. The third time, they are to break their assailant's nose.

Tuck that log with a sprig sticking out of it into the ground, she'll grow again just fine 👍

Jeeesus... do we really need a bit of string tied to each of your posts so you can keep track of them? You say there isn't enough bullying in schools these days, not like the good old days when you were being chiselled into the rugged individual you've become. What exactly are you asking for? What steps do think schools should take to ensure an increase in the right kind of bullying? I am... flabbergasted. I know there's often disagreements on here... but arguing that there isn't enough bullying in schools? Can you even hear yourself?

And you think there isn't enough of this in modern schools? You want more of this?

So when you say you were bullied, you mean people called you names? Man, you sure had fancy bullies. Mine threw chairs.

Haa ha haahaa! Maaate, I've worked in kitchens since I was 14. You have absolutely no idea! Bullying... helpful for a child's development... You've got a screw loose.

Maybe we should make mandatory bullying a part of the curriculum. 40 minutes twice weekly. But where would we find the kind of teacher willing to deliver such a monstrous lesson? Oh, now it all falls into place. Is that the part of education you were hoping to get into? Roughing up the theatre kids and beating all the left-handed?

It becomes increasingly clear the kind of world that forged you, and for that, you have my deepest sympathies.

What a divvy.

Yeah, that quote is bullshit, we've all experienced hardship to some degree or another, and if you think that more bullies is the answer to the world's problems, then... Christ. I don't know what to say to you. I'm so, so grateful that you didn't go into education. You would have absolutely ruined those poor kids! What were you hoping to teach?

Honestly, I try my hardest to ignore a lot of what you type. Noone benefits from the pointless bickering that ensues. But this? What a joke! You are blaming a supposed increase in what I assume you'd call "snowflakes" on... a lack of bullying in today's schools? Man... how does your mind work?!

So you've got a rope going over a good branch up in the tree, you are still on the ground. Grab both strands of the rope with both hands, and lift your feet off the ground: 100% of your weight is now on the branch the rope is going over, with each strand carrying 50% of your weight. Let go of one strand, hold on to the other, and lift your feet again: 100% of your weight is on that one strand, but because there is no counterweight on the other end, none of that load is transferred onto the branch up above, and you land in a heap on the ground. Now find a friend who weighs exactly the same as you, and grab a strand each: you've both got 100% of your weight on the strand you are holding, which is carried up to the branch, leaving 200% of YOUR individual weight, or both yours and his. Neither of you collapse onto the ground. Thank your friend for his time, tell him politely to go away, and tie his strand off on the base of the tree. The tree will now match your 100% weight, leaving 200% up on the branch.

I was making dinner last night, my eldest was reading at the table and asked me "Dad, what's gays?" I was a bit taken aback, but I managed to explain the whole thing in fairly PG terms. Then she asked "And what's penetrating gays?" "Err... read me the whole sentence...?" " 'She turned to him with a penetrating gaze...' "

No... that is not the incident in question.

Once again, for those in the back... the adjudicated rapist. Who sold national secrets resulting in the death of hundreds of US intelligence assets across the world.

I too am failing to see what the issue is with people using their PTO however they choose.

Hmm, those seem like awfully generic names. Very anonymous. Probably not even real people. If we are to listen to their opinions, they have to post their full name, address, a passport-style photo, and a short list of their fears, phobias, and allergies.

So anyway, back on topic... has anyone noticed how old Donald is? He's so, soo old... and obviously in a state of mental decline. Surely he should be dropping out of the race?

I didn't see this, it was lost at the bottom of the previous page. Quoted here to updoot.

Presidentress, surely? Presidentrix? Presidenta... Priss? Prisses?

It was inevitable really, wasn't it. Come on then Harris, make a decent show of it.

Yeah, when you put it like that, you're absolutely right. F*ck that 200th guy. He's probably a prick anyway. I would say though... that if 1 in every 200 people we sent to Iraq came back in a box, there would be riots.

Too much plastic, herbicides, pesticides, industrial residues and/or emissions in the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. Remove as much as possible of all of the above from everywhere we can, and cancer rates drop. Easiest low-hanging fruit to tackle first: stop spraying glyphosates on cereal crops. ...and maaaybe start voting for people more likely to enact policies on the above...