Looks like it's that time of the month for that taco.

Stop ragging on it.

Violence is wrong. Especially against children. Even more especially when coming from a trusted caregiver. And most of all, when coming from the person that is supposed to protect them.

Positive punishment in the form of violence against children is immoral. It creates temporary compliance in the form of stimulus avoidance rather than any kind of learning, and has the potential for materially significant long term negative effects on the mental health and well being of the child. It's also demonstrably less effective than positive or negative reinforcement and this has been shown in study after study in decades of research.

Corporal punishment is for lazy parents.

I refused to sign the consent form for our kids to be subject to corporal punishment. My wife was undecided (she acquiesces to "authority" much more quickly than I do), but she followed my lead.

I could see no rationale for consenting for someone else to do what I had felt no need to do myself.

When I get together with some of my old high-school friends we reminisce about the paddlings we received in school (and at home). We all agree that they were terrible experiences (especially from the coaches), but my friends almost unanimously say that schools today need more corporal punishment.

The memory that sticks out most to me was getting a couple of licks for not doing a homework assignment. After the second lick, I clearly remember that if he told me to bend over once more that I was just going to leave school for the day. That probably would have played out terribly, but thankfully I didn't have to make that choice. Runner-up memory: bruises on my butt.

anyone know how to recover a twoplustwo account that you no longer have access to the email address of?

there is a thread in ATF

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/5...-post-1198491/

Holy ****, over here last month a teacher was sacked for grabbing a student in his neck for +-5 seconds after the student threw a stool at him. Teachers striking/touching kids is definite no-no in socialist Europe imo.


Action at 13 and 40 seconds, its lol super minor but that pretty much ignited some form of national outrage (towards both the teacher and the students).

I was kneck grabbed by a geezer and found it hysterical.

Y'all don't know fairs.

thread title change

thanks. now to catch up on 7 years of LC threads

I'd start with Nov '18

America #1 where freedom means letting barely trained $30k/year government wage slaves beat your kids while teaching them about noah's ark. It's probably why you guys win the science and math olympiads every year.

Just as I suspected.

Girls with daddy issues <3

Thanks spankers

Wtf is a Tuvalu?

Well apparently they're smarter than USA#147

I just had a pretty scary sleep paralysis/apnoea experience. Happened three times between dreams, the same way each time down to the thoughts I'm having while it's going on. First a blonde girl seems to dive head first across my bed and grabs my knee. I'm in a hotel a so I assume a drunk has somehow stumbled into my room and I think I'm going to get a great story out of this. Then I notice my breathing is really restricted and I think my phone cable has somehow got round my neck so I try and pull away but find I can't move anything. I see the blonde girl standing at the end of my bed and I can tell she's smiling even though I can't see her face and I'm hearing a weird nursery rhyme In my head about her wanting to fly and that she'll take me with her unless I try to do something. At this point my head is twisted round uncomfortably, my jaw is locked and I can hear myself trying to breathe but I can't do it properly, I still can't move my body either and I'm trying to make some sound but nothing comes out. The last time it felt like it went on for about a minute and I felt like I'd been holding my breath for ageswhen I broke out of it so I'm kind of scared of going back to sleep.

Shouldn't have had that cheese pizza before bed.

That **** was terrifying when I was young and didn't know what it was.

Maybe try sleeping on your stomach or side, or half-sitting up/reclining with pillows behind you. That helps for some people, not everyone.

^^ I got anxiety just reading that.

I've gotten sleep paralysis before when sleeping on my stomach, had a dream that someone broke into my house and jumped on top of me and was pinning me against the bed.

I think sleeping on your side is probably the best

Trip Report


Spent four days in Las Vegas for my anniversary.
Played some poker.
Won a tournament (well, chopped it anyway).
Had sex.
Twice.

In just 4 days?

Congrats! (on the sex)

Musicians of OOT,

I randomly picked up an acousitc guitar at an estate sale. Always wanted to learn but never took any steps toward doing so. Anyone have a rec for a youtube series or other site on guitar for absolute noobs? I'd kinda like to fool around a little bit before springing for lessons just to see if I have any aptitude at all.

TIA for any suggestions.