Yup. I work conventions quite often and the things we hear as staff are very interesting. I remember when I was walking around the vendor room seeing one young lady dressed as Chun Li and she was the absolute spitting image straight out of the video game. Everyone wanted a photo! When I went back to work, it got back to me that one older man got a little too fresh with her...big mistake, as she did know her martial arts and had hurt the guy in the most appropriate place. Many of course had witnessed the exchange, including nearby security, and the guy got thrown out of the convention. I don't know if it happened before or after I saw her, but it was a great story.
@@kmechwarrior1684 I don't know if the police were called or not, but knowing the way these things work, I'm pretty sure his name was added to the convention black list and he was never allowed back in to another convention.
Story 4: Karen’s creepy son will be on a certain list for the rest of his life for that disgusting behavior and she wouldn’t be able to get him off of that list for raising a monster
I am the mother of six children. Most of them are adults now, my youngest turns 17 next March. Typically when a toddler cries it's because they want something, it's not appropriate for them to have it, so they will cry, in an attempt to get their own way. Tantrums from a toddler means that mom is setting boundaries for their child on what is, and not, allowed. That is the sign of a good parent, not a neglectful one. I mean 'the terrible twos' aren't just called that because alliteration is fun! Also, most toddlers lack effective speech to express what they want, or need, so they will resort back to crying when they need something and don't know the words, or are incapable of, to express verbally what they need. For all intents and purposes, a toddler is simply a baby that can walk. Expecting a baby not to cry is ridiculous. Also, sometimes a toddler might be on the Autism Spectrum, too young to really be 'delayed' enough to evaluate, but a lot of characteristics will still manifest, one of which would be excessive tantrums for a variety of reasons. If you don't want to be disturbed by neighbors creating normal sounds, then perhaps apartment life isn't for you.
And perhaps it's not for parents of constantly crying children, either. Other people also have a right to have quiet in their homes. No one likes to hear fights, overly loud stereos or TVs, or loud parties, either, but those are reported all the time. Why shouldn't people report constant crying? My parents raised four kids and we didn't spend half the day crying.
Exactly. Neither of my two daughters threw tantrums because they were very chill. They use to look at the kids who were throwing tantrums like they were being ridiculous for no reason.😂😂
I heard nothing saying the baby cried half the day, or was crying constantly. Two or three crying fits per day for a toddler is normal. Op didn't over dramatize it so you don't need to either.
How nice for you that your children were docile. Mine weren't, they liked to run around, wrestle, climb trees, swim in our pool and play on our swing set. With the exception of my autistic children. They were a bit more intense. None of my children were docile though. Only one if still a child so, moot point.
The last story: that mother is raising a future criminal, specifically the kind that doesn't stop when a woman says no. It warms my single, bitter heart to know that she got her butt beat by the girl that she slapped.
My nephew is severely autistic and he did not have much control over the regulation of his emotions until he ended up in therapy and on medication. I must know how you addressed her tantrums as well as are handling the challenge of raising a special needs child. As for my nephew, he's quite a bit older now, but he you definitely did try to push boundaries when he was with me. I'm his uncle. When he was about 8, and already had a very good understanding of consequences to his actions, he decided to punt my Yorkie across the room like a football. He laughed and challenged me to discipline him stating I really couldn't because I wasn't his dad. It's worth pointing out, my older brother had already taken off by that point as being married and being a dad never really appealed to him. He just liked the act that created children. Sounds like a wonderful guy, doesn't he. He's currently in prison. Again. I called my nephew's mom on the spot and he was shocked that I did. She heard the dog yelping in the background and I told her what happened. She sighed then conceded: “Yeah. That sounds like something he would do.” I told her she was spoiling him and raising him to be a very ill-equipped adult. I told her that he already had enough challenges being special needs and he didn't need any more on his side by being turned into a butthole adult. She agreed with me and told me to spank him for hurting my dog. I asked her to repeat herself and held the phone up to my nephew's face. “Get him,” she said. I left the phone on speaker and whupped him. The next time he was over at my place, he was a perfect little angel and did not go near my dog.
When I was 4, we had a crappy a hole of a neighbor who was less understanding of my sister and me because I have Autism, and my sister had to wear headgear for a while. His wife later babysat for us, and he would physically abuse us. It didn't matter if something was an accident or on purpose; he would force you to apologize and then duct tape you. His wife later divorces him and later remarrys. Good riddance to him. Stuff that the other neighborhood kids did, I would be blamed for or if I accidentally split cereal he would scream at me. Like I said was 4 to 5 years old when I first met that monster.
Final Story - Wow that mother is clearly off her rocker. Demanding a random 17 year old girl at a ComicCon to let her 13 year old son kiss her just so he can brag that he has a girlfriend?! Like seriously!? Then she calls her a bitch because she said ‘no’ and that her son could do better. Yeah if the son keeps that attitude up he’ll end with A LOT of ‘boyfriends’… in jail. Too bad OP didn’t see the confrontation between Karen and her brat and the person who kicked her ass.
@@kat8753 , maybe they attended the classes of the creep dad from story #3??? I mean the dad was so adamant that men don't need the consent of any woman to grope, harass or kiss her!
Last story: as someone who attends conventions while cosplaying it’s extremely frowned upon when someone tries to pull that stunt because in the cosplay community cosplay does not equal consent and I hope the mom and son got banned from attending any
@@tigerqueen007 are you talking about ops comment? Because that's literally the only way the father's comment parses for me. Sex without consent is the literal definition of rape. So, how else would you interprete "Consent is for the weak"?
@@gorilladisco9108 just for the giggles: explain how you would have sex without consent and it not representing rape? Even if you were to pay a hooker, you still need consent for it not to be rape ... OP isn't painting that father in a worse light than he himself did ...
@@brag0001 The question is, did he actually say that? Or did it just OP's invention, in line with "don't say gay"? You cannot read a story on the internet and just defaulted to believe everything in it as a fact. If the father actually said that, won't other parents got disgusted and leave him? But as OP himself admitted, the father actually got a sizable followings. That suggest that he didn't say whatever OP accused him to say.
Story 1: Never, EVER live in an apartment that has a unit above you. Top floor only, even if it is a building that charges extra, like "the higher up you want, the more it will cost you." The extra is worth it, believe me.
It’s usually the opposite in my experience. Nobody wants more stairs. I chose the second floor and yes I had 3 direct neighbors. Above, below, and one next door. Fun times.
I was a bottom floor and a middle floor. My problem was the event room next door made me getting my parking spot at 6:30 AM heck, and the fact they'd start partying at 3PM and not stop until 4PM the next day.
I was on a top floor, but still had an alcoholic woman living below with her boyfriend and would go in a drunken rage every other night. Still the worst. I live now on the ground floor with a family above me and yes it can get rambunctious upstairs from them but I can at least sleep at night.
not really a problem for me, I live in an apartment with someone below me, above me, and to both of my sides and I have no problems here. In fact I don't have to waste too much money on heating in the winter because everyone around me does xD
Sex Ed story: my husband and MIL are both teachers. A majority of parents can’t even help their child with their algebra homework but when it comes to what their child learns they are suddenly experts. I bet that dad was teaching his son that women must always surrender to their men and how women are beneath men. Last story: all I can say is that son is a sex offender in the making. Watch when he is arrested for rape, sexual assault etc. she’ll use the same excuses in court
My Lady Wife and I briefly considered homeschooling, only because we might have moved to an area with a nightmare school district. Glad we didn't have to. We're not exactly slow- we could have taught her Art, AP English Lit, AP History, Civics, math through Calculus 1, etc. But we'd have had to go back to college to stay ahead of her otherwise.
A woman should only be submissive to their man if they protect and provide for them. They each have their role in a family unit. Men and women are not equals, and whomever wants them to be is ignorant of nature. They each excel in different skills. Most people wouldn't want to leave their children in the care of a man like most people wouldn't want a woman saving them from a burning building, for example. Neither is lesser, just different and each _very_ necessary.
@@kurosakixXxinoue Some of the most caring people I have ever met have been men, they are great fathers to their children, and I would happily let them look after my hypothetical child or even my very real fur baby. On the inverse, some of the most vile people I have ever met have been women, and I wouldn't let my fur child anywhere near them. A true couple, is a partnership, of two equal individuals who contribute to the greater whole to achieve their goals in life. I would hate to hear what you think of same-sex couples.
I was a BOH manager at one company. I was crossing over the floor and was stopped by one angry man who insisted I take care of his problem. I told him I couldn't but would take him to someone who could. This wasn't good enough and he ranted that I was being lazy and didn't care about customer service and he'd report me to my manager (I thought that was me but whatever). I tried to calm him down but he yelled louder and louder about how I was not obeying him and ended the tirade with: "Do you know who I am?" I told him he was an obnoxious AH with an unwarranted sense of superiority and that he was now banned from the property. I then called for security.
@@kranberry3318 I knew what his problem was but it wasn't something I personally could resolve. I knew who could help him and offered to take him there.
I've gotten to were I just tell people who give me the "Do you know who I am" that sorry sir/mam but I don't. I'm sorry that you have forgotten, but I can't help you. I've even had someone ask "do you know who my father is" and I responded No I think that's a question for your mother.
The whole idea that the school needs to stay out of the sex ed thing and let it be up to the parents to talk to their child is why when I was in high school four girls that were two grades below mine got pregnant all of their parents opted out and said they would teach them.
In my town, it was one of the preacher's daughters who "had to go visit her long-lost aunt in Kansas" as the saying goes. That's a euphemism for "leave town until you have your baby and it can be given up for adoption." Made me sad. She was one of only a handful of girls who didn't treat me like s**t, and I was smart enough not to have made that particular mistake. And the girl in my class who had to drop out due to pregnancy was the absolute last one you would expect, and would have been Valdectorian.
Funny, a lot of the girls in my local town only started having sex and getting pregnant AFTER the school taught sex ed class showed them how to have sex. I personally would never let my kids learn sex ed from government funded education. The things they teach now are absolutely abhorrent and degenerate. They teach them at way too young too! I work in a public school... Which is why I homeschool my kids. I don't want them learning the lies and brainwashing liberal education systems are teaching.
*Story 1:* I am autistic and have extreme sensory aversion to certain sounds. Things like a dog barking or a child whining for too long can cause me extreme distress and even make me violent because my body is in fight or flight mode. You know what I do? I put soundproof headphones on. Because living in an apartment means other people are *living* next to me. I'm not going to tell them to adjust their entire lives to my sensory needs when a pair of ear defenders cost only $10.
I've been doing SF/Fantasy/Comic conventions since 1979. Met my husband of 30 years at one where he was registration and I was a guest doing a panel. I've been con-committee in every convention but one in some capacity up until 2013 when I finally broke into being an author guest doing panels. My siblings and I ran security for several conventions in Texas and I can tell you Karen wouldn't be walking out with Security, she would be fitted for a nice silver bracelet set, and her son would be as well. The police take a very dim view of their behavior. There is a rule in every convention book I've ever seen that says "Costumes are NOT consent and No means NO. Any violation will result in your expulsion from the convention without refunds." And we've walked a few out to the waiting arms of the local constabulary for those who violate that rule. It's just horrible she got to take her kid further into the convention and hassling someone else. As for REAL MEN, I feel for his son because he's going to have some trouble dating in that town since everyone knows what Dad did and his subject matter. I know my girls wouldn't have dated him.
My two year old had a 5 hour tantrum once! Nothing we did stopped it. I finally consulted a child psychologist and her suggestions worked like a charm.
Once, yes, and I myself was a horrible toddler. But if a child is screaming for 8 hours a day for weeks, then something is wrong. The post doesn't quite give enough info to know if OP is the A hole.
@@justinmooberry5781exactly what I thought. We can’t really tell how bad it was but if this was going on for a while and the mother already knows their child throws tantrums all the time and to give gifts and contact info ahead of time knowing it will be a problem then maybe they need to be a better parent and correct their child’s behavior. But OP calling cps over it is a little far
I think that was the train of thought that OP had. The mum knew that her child was difficult, so why has she not taken the kid to a doctor or psychologist?
Any parent who thinks learning about consent is bad, is waving a red flag big enough to cover the entire country. I sincerely hope that guy's son learned about consent regardless of his crazy father.
Yup, in my country, the education laws does not allow for home schooling, nor superstition/misoginy based demands of excemptions from science based essential classes, like sex and relationship education. Here it would have been a social services and court matter of the abusive dad denying his son the legally obligated education within a month of him pulling the "I'll teach them myself" stunt. And he might even loose custody of his son.
Regardless, it should NEVER be illegal to "contradict a teacher outside of class." That's totalitarianism to a fucking T. Their class on consent probably would have led to a step by step on how to achieve anal procreation. Go ahead, deny those classes exist. We've all seen the screen shots
id say any parent who thinks his kid should take anti rape classes at school is a red flag. Youre literally assuming your kid is gonna be a rapist. the post said "people said he shouted about how consent is for the weak" not explicitly saying he said it, and everything he posted on the facebook ad etc its reasonable. Yes, i wouldn't want the school to assume my kid is gonna be rapist and force him to attend classes on how not to rape people. So what you mean is NOT assuming your kid is rapist is a red flag?
@@SonsOfLorgar School called his son a rapist by demanding him to attend mandatory classes on how not to rape people. And these classes weren't based on science but on subjective things. I bet they didnt tell the girls how to act, but did tell the boys that they're rapist, if they look at someone, that's rape, if they smile at someone, that's rape, if they say something and the other person misunderstands it, that's rape, if they approach, that's rape, if they talk to a girl, that's rape etc. I mean, guess how Americans came up with the statistic that 1 out of 4 women in dorms have been raped.
@@DageLVhe said classes about consent. Consent is not always verbal, that's the hard part, because some girls would get mad if you just take their hand when they want to make-out, that's why we need consent lessons (and why the "safe-word" in some activities exist). About the anti rapist lessons, yes, the majority of people need to see a psychologist or psychiatrist but not many do it...
Story 2: I don't think he cares about the distance to the building or if it's reserved for very specific people, he's just delusional and thinks that it's reserved just for HIM and nobody else. Anyone else that parks in it will be harassed or (probably) attacked
Some parking spots are deeded. Story 2 OP is the asshole. Depending where you go people literally donapend thousands to park. The tenant lives there and could have the OP tresspassed from the property.
@@davidscott1340He said that the spot was deeded out for Security for the building and the Other spot a.k.a. the one the guy was actually parked in was the spot he was actually supposed to be using but he wanted the other spot.
People pay for parking. Don't worry, I won't "harass" you. I'll just call the tow truck on you and they can explain the concept of paid parking on top of the $500 tow fee you'll be paying.
Last Story: Karen would be pooping her teeth if she ever tried that with me; and that kid would be on the floor from a backhand if he tried to forcefully kiss me. The audacity of stupid people
Final story: If you go to an anime convention just remember to mind your manners. It doesn't matter if someone, male or female, is dressed up as a sexy character, that is not an invitation to touch them inappropriately. Keep your hands to yourself, and if you are getting a picture, only put your hands on where the cosplayer is comfortable and be willing to move it if they tell you otherwise. Again, doesn't matter if its a girl dressed up as a Sailor Scout or some dude with muscles showing off demon scars, these people are not there to be groped by you.
Yes!! I really don't get why some creepy people go there and don't keep their hands to themselves, they must see a sign above the people that they grope that says "Yes, touch us without our consent. It doesn't bug us!" When it should REALLY say "Try anything with me and I'm gonna go "Ripely" on your butt."
@@Rylosalex Yeah, you'd think these people would realize that if some of them are so into the shows that they dress up as the characters, then maybe they will also be enough into it to learn martial arts for their character shows and to take down perverts.
@@Rylosalex I'm pretty sure they expect garbage people to be mixed in with the other fans. But to clarify, my previous comment was about the gropers themselves not having the brain cells to realize that cosplayers might have defensive training to go along with their character act; not that cosplayers should be required to learn martial arts (although it wouldn't hurt if they did).
To be fair, he isn't wrong that he CAN say what he wants, so long as the location and method are reasonable. If he wasn't raising his voice so the students could here inside a classroom, it likely WPULD be 100% legal...and it should be. Everyone should be allowed to express their opinion. The same as everyone else has the right to ignore them...that is one of the best things about the usa.... time place and manner restrictions can be tricky...but shouldn't prevent one from expression.
I can see this being implied two ways, either A: men shouldn't need need consent from a woman or B men shouldn't give consent for sexual intercourse because that's Bata, both are awful, but A makes that dad sound like the boomer who believes that woman should be seen and not heard, and B isn't taken as seriously as it should.
Are they, though? More likely the school indoctrinates the children in toxic masculinity that was rage over the last several years. Because if you actually listened to what OP himself admitted, the father has large following on the matter. He won't get followers if what he said is awful and illogical.
I find the sex ed story more horrifying than funny. That dad is teaching boys that it's okay to do whatever they want to a woman. And who knows how many of them took him seriously instead of just for laughs. It's scary that guys like him and Andrew Tate influence so many young men and teen boys into thinking they are owed a partner and owed sex from them. I would hate to be a young woman in the dating scene right now, never knowing if a guy is a decent human being or spends the whole time thinking about how to get in her pants regardless of her consent.
The good news is that their kind give themselves away pretty quickly. You'll be labeled a bitch for fighting back, but if you make sure the early dates are public, you're okay. I briefly dated one whose way of "asking for consent" was seeing if a girl would push him off when he placed his hand on her throat. He paid for that choice when he tried it on me. Got a paranoia of being choked, so that's a no-touch zone and nearly taking nails to his eyes discouraged him. I hear he's gotten better about actually asking since. So, yeah, you can't miss it if you're not love- or lust-blind.
@@abigailblackstock4928unfortunately some of them are very good in pretending to be decent until it's too late. For me he did a change over night when we moved in together. Just a few days, after actually & I was trapped because I had nowhere to go
Absolutely agree That story is horrifying I just said something about this as well & I feel sorry for his son because he is very likely going to end up abusing his partner especially if she doesn't submit in the roll of the woman his father has taught him
Story 4: I'm on the board of directors for a local anime convention and I've been staffing conventions since 2005. Anyone pulling these sorts of shenanigans would be in a whole lot of hot water. I would not suffer anyone doing this.
"Sex Ed for real men" is super concerning, since it sounds like he was teaching the boys in it that consent isn't important and that rape is ok. I hope the police were taking note of what he was saying and investigated his past... Consent is extremely important!
Story 2 - The male Karen in this story sounds like the typical entitled rich narcissistic Dbag who doesn’t care about anything except getting whatever he wants and lord help you if you say no to him.
lets be honest here, "karen" lives there and is paying for having a reserved spot. op is just working there and he was given a spot as convenience while he is working and he chooses to abuse that privilege. and even wishes to "take him out in handcufs"? that is a mallcop abusing his power right there. i hope "karen" and op's boss find this post. in a capitalistic society, money talks and op is just an employee. aw, well, we may see the conclusion on the 9 o'clock news with caption "former employee shoots up a residential complex over a parking dispute that got him fired". if only people could be rational and communicate instead of assaulting verbally as a default form of interaction.
Coming to the defense of an entitled, foul-mouthed jerk over a polite security guard who was abiding by the rules as explained to him? Not a good look. And you might want to get some therapy for your issues with authority figures.
Now Karens are demanding girls to date their sons? 🤦🏻♂️ Although this wouldn't be the first time I've heard a story about Karen demands someone date their child
I think the worst one was about an autistic boy who kept wanting to make OP "his" and continuously harassed and groped her, and his family and the school let him get away with it, even after OP had enough and punched him. In the end, OP had to change schools and address to get rid of him.
I heard a similar story. Only difference is OP and GF were dating, but OP was fat and GF's mum didn't like that, so she made up a story that she saw OP cheating which GF believed, thus dumping OP and making her an ex-GF. Years later, OP had been working out and was no longer fat, but slim and fit. EM saw that and tried to force OP to re-date ex-GF, despite being the sole cause of the break-up. OP said no and EM literally grabbed his arm and tried to drag him. Didn't end well for her. I forget the details though.
People go to cons to have fun. The rules are simple: don't be a jerk and treat people with respect. Especially the cosplayers who spend lots of time and work to make cons even more fun. Sounds like this kid's father is the guy with his own sex ed class.
Story 3: How is it that the other parents are going to say that sex ed should be taught to the children by the parents and not the teachers, and then send their kids to another kind of teacher?
Especially a teacher who got removed from the premises by a cop after loudly claiming through a bullhorn that finding consent was for the weak. Imagine the conversation at the dinner table to make that decision. "You know Martha, that whole school agenda sounds like a lot of Woke nonsense the government is forcing down our throats, let's send Jimmy to this private citizen to learn how to be a rapist instead."
Because the simple fact of the matter is that is you have a lot of people with charged opinions but can't seem to calm down long enough to find practical solutions. There is both a legitimate argument to be made that parents should teach sex ed to their kids and not the state, there's also a legitimate argument to be made that the state is improperly teaching sex ed. That falls to the wayside in the era of 2-income households where both parents work and don't really have time to teach their kids much of anything, let alone sex ed. You have to understand something about teachers in general: they do the best they can with what they've got, but even their education is imperfect. Back when I was taking Health we were taught the Food Pyramid which turns out to be a bunch of corporate and government swill. Were the teachers evil for teaching me that? No, they were trying to do their best. Was the Food Pyramid still evil propaganda from the onset? Yes, yes it was and my life was significantly impacted adversely because of my indoctrination dressed up as education. The sad fact of the matter is that the Food Pyramid isn't an isolated incident, and even more sadly people are going to spend a lot of their adult lives unlearning a lot of the misinformation and malinformation they absorbed during their stay in the education system.
@@Bluedragon094 which kind of food pyramid did you learn? The one I learned 35 years ago still is more or less scientifically valid. Sugar still is the one thing you should consume the least of, fibers and proteins are still the basis of a healthy diet ... what are you even talking about? And honestly: even if they got it wrong, would random opinions of random people be better teaching material? Just look at the obesity crisis in the US and many other countries. Random people are clearly not qualified to say what a healthy diet looks like. They can't even stop stuffing themselves when it hurts. People are rather starting to demand fat acceptance (which is fine when just demanding to be treated with respect, but unhealthy when celebrating obesity is a perfectly healthy life choice) than to learn how to not stuff your face with cake, sugar and other non-essential nutrients.
@@brag0001 I'm glad you asked... it's a sad tale, and a very long one that takes a great deal of exposition. _"which kind of food pyramid did you learn?"_ So basically the one where you had 6 to 11 servings of bread, cereal, rice, and pasta as the base. Above that you had 3 to 5 servings of vegetables to one side and the other 2 to 4 servings of fruit. Atop that still were the dairy section on one side that 2 to 3 servings and the meat on the other side with 2 to 3 servings. On the very top was sugars and oils and the warning to "use sparingly." _"The one I learned 35 years ago still is more or less scientifically valid."_ It isn't, and I'm, living, breathing proof of that fact. Unfortunately nutritional epidemiology is almost certainly mostly fraud and we'll never definitively know which bits until we do away with the Constitution and allow researchers to perform cruel human experimentation. It would require abducting 100,000s of people off the street for our randomization, locking them away in secure labs for our control, and then since most of the disease we suspect is caused by dietary choice manifests after the better part of half a century? This means our "volunteers" here must sacrifice at least that much of their life and if our suspicions are correct then suffer with the consequence of poor diet for the rest of the remainder of their lives all for the sake of scientific progress. Ethics would never sign off on it--and rightly so. There's no funding for such a study either. So the fact is the science will never be done and as such there's no science that can inform us on hard health outcomes in terms of dietary choice. And you could be forgiven for never knowing any of what I just said--and will say over the course of this post--because anybody can just go onto google and skim an abstract from a paper. A mere fraction could barely understand the jargon in the paper itself, let alone untangle it to see if the work done can be said to reflect the abstract, and considering how epidemiology points of data are adjusted? We're not even plotting on charts or in graphs the actual observations of the researchers. We're basically plotting what the researchers hoped to find, and let's not forget how the data is harvested in the first place. If someone's filling out a questionnaire about what they ate they very easily can be mistaken or outright lie about it to tip the scale to whatever ideological bent they have. Worse? In some of the older studies in the 80s... people were given questionnaires asking them about what they ate over the course of the last 2 years and people can barely remember what they ate the day prior. (cont.)
@@brag0001 _"Sugar still is the one thing you should consume the least of, fibers and proteins are still the basis of a healthy diet ... what are you even talking about?"_ If fiber was part of a healthy diet, then why are you a primate with a cecum but yet a cecum incapable of digesting the fiber? Like you have to understand... we know when we feed an obligate carnivore like a cat or a dog a vegan diet that they start doing horrifically rapidly and so we shouldn't do that, but since humans don't exhibit that same set of symptoms we assume it's just all good for humans, or at least omnivory is good for humans. Unfortunately though... have you ever considered that when we selectively bred the plants we eat over the course of last 10,000 years we did so by making them more easy to digest for our biological systems without any care nor concern if a dog or a cat could digest them as well? It doesn't mean they're fit for us to eat, just fitter than it would be for a cat or a dog to eat. Prior to 10,000 years? ... I mean we've isotope tested the collagen in the long bones of neanderthals and humans... for hundreds of thousands of years and almost certainly much longer humans were primarily carnivorous. _"And honestly: even if they got it wrong, would random opinions of random people be better teaching material?"_ Yes. At random is better than certain fraud. _"Just look at the obesity crisis in the US and many other countries. Random people are clearly not qualified to say what a healthy diet looks like."_ As someone who was formerly obese and learned of the randle cycle and how that nutritional calories as they apply to human metabolism are pure pseudoscience? I realize all too well. (cont.)
When that idiot dad said "mutual consent is for losers," that's the same as saying "r@pe should be legal." As a man myself, I find it insulting that he conflated "real men" with r@pists. Even worse, some of the students agreed with him!
Story 3 literally makes me sick, shook my head the whole story. I can't believe people can act like this and poison our younger generation without repercussions
Hearing about this guys curriculum and how his son was going to have to register for summer school, my thought was, "Enjoy registering him for summer school, because with your teaching, the next thing you'll register him for is the state's sex offender program."
I was about to say tell me this guy did some assaults without telling me he did some assaults, the way he is sprouting his garbage. No wonder why we are going backward and not forwards.
I'd have loved to see the look on the father's face if they defended themselves this way, "We're keeping the next generation from committing crimes, sir. Are you going to obstruct a more crime free environment over your ego?"
Story 3, funny as it is, makes me pretty worried. The man had scoffed at the idea of mutual consent. What the hell was he teaching them instead? And how many of those students would take that lesson to heart? Story 4: Yeah, cosplay is not consent. Period.
Entitled Parents like the ones in the last 2 stories are raising their sons to be the next generation of spousal abusers and sex offenders, hopefully that doesn't become the case for these kids but allowing young boys and teenagers to grope, peep on, and disregard consent will create real world monsters that could've been prevented with better parents and parenting
you can't dictate someones actions or thoughts, you can only react with your actions and thoughts. there is no universal "right" or "wrong". any argument that is based on it fails because those are relative terms and not absolute. their meaning shifts based on perspective.
That last story is very much in need of an "In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!" But yeah, that Karen was definitely not entirely well in the head...
As a mom it’s not the terrible 2s it’s the demonic 2s at least when my 5 year old was 2 it was. As someone who supports traditional roles in the home that is the only thing I agreed with the dad on everything else seems to be telling boys not getting consent makes you a real man which is dead wrong.
Story 1: the child sounds like he has autism, my 2 year old has autism and I go through multiple tantrums a day! Luckily we own our own home it’s already stressful especially when there’s lack of communication because of the tantrums. Then on top of that I have a 3 year old who also has temper tantrums. But phew. I’d cry if somebody called CPS on me because my child with autism is constantly having tantrums.😭
Something tells me that dad is taking pages from Andrew Tate's playbook. Those kids are going to be royally messed up. Same goes for that mom's offender-to-be son.
Yeah in fact i remember my own mom complaining about how two probably 15 or 16 y/o's were dressed to me when the guardian of the girls was mumbling about how the adult men were staring at them saying 'those girls shouldn't be dressed like that of course they're staring' and that's the second time she embarrassed me at a con
Story 4: Yup, I can verify there are a few bad apples like this at conventions, but security takes care of them. I attended a pagan-based one for years that I dearly loved, and remember one woman who had no problem grabbing people off dance floors (men and women both) and planting wet kisses on their lips with tongue (thankfully all before the pandemic years). Her excuse was "well it shouldn't matter we are all pagan here." I made the mistake of actually having lunch with her and a couple of her friends (who honestly weren't that bad) and it was truly disturbing how she couldnt stop graphically talking about sex the whole time. I left that lunch after 10 minutes, and heard shortly thereafter that she had been removed from the convention and was banned from ever attending again because of non-consent complaints. Which relieved me and many others, because what she was doing was violating every pagan belief that is ever taught, and she was all around bad news.
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My oldest daughter is profoundly developmentally disabled, subtext includes diagnoses of autism, severe mental retardation, and non-verbal to name just a few. Her method of communication - even to this day when she's physically 42 and living in a group home - consists of pointing at things and screaming. She knows maybe 10 sign language words, but doesn't do them like ordinary ASL; so, unless you're familiar with how she signs, you'd probably never realize she was trying to say anything. I lost count many decades ago as to the number of times we've had the police and/or CPS called on us over her screaming. Some people were horrified we'd take her out publicly, others thought we should discipline her somehow or gag her. You name it, I've heard it. People are clueless!
@@kranberry3318 Oh most people wouldn't believe some of the things people have said and done in our encounters. Here's an example. One of the things she likes to do (with a variety of things) is to dangle or drop them in front of her eyes as she'd look at whatever it was while tilting her head around, even tilting her head down so she could look through her eyelashes. We never understood the "why" behind this behavior, but it was clear she was getting something out of it as she'd often toss out a giggle here and there. It was fun most of the time watching her do this sort of thing as my hubby and I would try to figure out what she was seeing. On this one day we took all our kids to a local park with a picnic lunch so they all could play on the various playground equipment. Our daughter started out on the swing itself, but then she noticed the big pile of sand they had recently mounded up under the swing. She very quickly got out of the swing and plopped herself down on top of all that lovely sand. Then she proceeded to pick up handfuls of the sand and slowly dribble it down on the ground as she tilted and turned her head back and forth. Whatever she was seeing seemed to be particularly funny or enjoyable as the giggles were going non-stop. I don't think she'd been at this for 5 minutes when some guy came up to us insisting, we get her to move so his daughter could swing. We told him no as our daughter was there first and there were other swings available. (Not too many people were in the park that day, so we have no clue as to why he needed that swing.) He got very angry with us, yelling about how our "dummy" and other very rude names didn't deserve to be there with "normal" and "regular" kids. Actually, going so far as to point to 2 of our other kids as examples of those who didn't want to be around, "someone like her." My hubby and I had to exchange some significant looks at that point as we couldn't believe the stupid coming out of this man's mouth. I stood up and called out to my 3 other kids who came running back over. When asked directly if they had talked to the idiot now getting rather red-faced, they said "No". My hubby had started gathering up our stuff as we had agreed years earlier, we would never stay anywhere where someone was being rude or stupid. (Like I said, we ran into stuff like this all the time and we'd even explained as best we could to our "regular" kids.) I said to them I was sorry but I guess we had to go home. My youngest son, maybe 5 or 6 at this time immediately turned to the red-faced man and said something like this, "So you're the one being rude and stupid? What did you say about my sister? Why can't you mind your own business? She's not hurting anyone and she's enjoying the sand! Can't you hear her laughing?" Our youngest daughter burst into tears, saying, "The stupid man isn't going to hurt us is he?" (One of the reasons we had given to our kids as to why we'd leave such situations, as you just don't know what someone might do.) By this time the guy's face was edging more towards purple, but I couldn't let him go just yet. I pulled a disposable camera out of my purse and took a picture of him and handed it to my hubby who promptly went over to take pics of the license plate on his car. I told my younger daughter I didn't think he would hurt us, but we were taking steps to protect us just in case. Then I asked her to help me get her sister up out of the sand and get as much of that off her. My 2 boys came over to help too, helping to make a game of it as they often did by tickling her; which she loved. Then we left.
Daddy-o needed to familiarize himself with the state education regulations before he started his class. Had he done so he would have seen the bind his son was going to be in for not taking the required course. Maybe the guy's intentions were good, but he wasn't the one to mess up his life for the summer. Judging by the topics covered in that guy's class, no parent should let that guy anywhere near their sons. What he claims to be the good old days was likely the days when wonen had absolutely no say in anything. If that's his thinking, then they weren't the good old days in women's eyes.
Yep. 💯 In the “good old days,” women were told it was their fault for being raped; women couldn’t have their own credit ratings or credit cards (apart from with their husbands, lol. Don’t even get me started on single women then); workplace sexual harassment was prevalent and women had to just put up with it, because they/we had no recourse with HR or the law about it. This was back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Wow, my son he was a premature and had digestive issues oh wow the formula alone we had to buy was $60 for quart and he cried all the time. He would eat and then vomit and cry because he was hungry it took so much time and work both my husband and I were in the military, my mother lived with us to help. I was doing over 12 hour shifts come home and just sit with him and hold him, he kept me going he was my life, seriously he was what kept me alive😢. If someone did that to us I would have just broke down just because she didn't tell you all the issues or you didn't LISTEN to them doesn't mean she is a bad parent. Oh people didn't hear all your complaints yeah they are so cruel no you are more then an a**hole.
As a survivor of fostercare, with lots of fuckery on CPS' part, if i was the parent and found out who reported me to CPS, I'd be permanently 'decommissioning' their vehicle
There are many, many children who SHOULD be removed from their abusive homes who end up not being rescued. I am sorry for your difficulties, but some people are very bad bio parents as well. Perhaps you think I shouldn't have called CPS on a mother whom I heard beating her crying daughter and then yelling, "If you don't shut up I'll do it again!" But don't worry, the CPS guy I talked to didn't take my report seriously. The screaming and crying from that house continued. And that was her biological daughter.
Ladies, if you ever in a situation in a public place like that in the last story, the first thing you scream is security and you say it over and over again. Keep yourself safe out there.
As a cosplayer, we have an unspoken rule (which sadly now HAS to be spoken). I'll say it loud enough for people in the back to hear. *ahem* COSPLAY IS NOT CONSENT!!!
Story 1 during the day you are allowed to make noise. OP is a MASSIVE Karen. EDIT : I'm glad her bf left. she's so toxic!!!! No good deed goes unpunished yet again. EDIT : "Consent is for the weak" ? That sets of MASSIVE alarm bells!!!!!!!!!!!! EDIT : It got even worse! PUT HIM AND ALL PARENTS UNDER INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW! I also love to go to (what my country's version of it is) comic con. I either cosplay as something anime or things i like (world war 2 related). Ive been asked to go on pictures with mostly kids and stuff and throw in a free hug/handshake (depending on age). They love it. I also always complement them on their cosplays if they have any. I really like comic con. Ive never been tried to get kissed or inapropiatly grabbed tough (thankfully) otherwise, alert security and they will be escorted outside and be banned. The kisses i got where indeed from like the 4-6 age range, usually my arm or cheeck, but nothing that i should have been worried about. And never met Karen parents. And if you ask rly cute and nicely, i'll go that extra mile (extra pictures, let them wear my headgear for the picture, etc....
*Story 1-* The only time my hubby and I called the cops on our neighbors was when *they* were throwing tantrums!!! They were older than us, and they were yelling so loudly, we could actually hear what they were saying! (Even if we weren’t next to the wall!!!) And they _technically_ weren’t “our neighbors” they lived on the floor above the people next to us! Lol
Story 3: Fellas, is it political to talk about sex-ed, including healthy relationships and consent? Also, "It's up to the parents, not the school to talk about subjects like these" is usually code for "I'm hiding this subject entirely from my kid" or "I'd rather teach my kid my bad beliefs" Also, from OP's description, the school's version is a pretty important subject to learn about, it includes avoiding toxic relationships. I'm confident that the guy can't do a better job, what I heard from the leaked syllabus sounds like something you'd hear from _those_ podcasts. Story 4: And this is why that class is important. To avoid stuff like that. He's definitely going to land on a registry if he doesn't drop that behavior and the mom's going to get sued if she doesn't drop her attitude
Of cors it is /s Seriously though, people who think like that poor excuse of a father think there's only 2 genders normal (read male cis het [most likely white]) and political (anything that's not the previous)
Sex Ed classes are necessary especially since parents do not know everything. I never got a talk about sex and relationships from either of my parents and got from these classes and books I’ve read instead.
I cannot be the only one who is worried for any potential victims of that 13-year-old due to his mother not teaching him how to behave O_O. Since the kid is already trying to force kisses and touching.
I was preschool teacher and worked with toddlers. Them having tantrums is usually their way of expressing frustration, anger and sometimes pain and sadness. Calling CPS and the sheriff was way out of line. The mother told them what to expect and that she was sorry in advance. OP has no idea what that little person and their mother are going through. Moving is tough on toddlers because they have to let go of things they love and this scares them. OP yes you are the a#$hole!
I always ignore the screaming child when it's clear they're retaliating against the parent's "no." I don't like listening to it but I greatly prefer a child screaming over dealing with an adult who's never been told no before in their life because their parents didn't want to deal with tantrums. Does OP not realize we have to go through a lot of kids' "BUT I WANT IIIIIIIIT" to avoid full grown adults doing the same?
Entitled Dad Story: The ED probably didn't know that his son was also taking other classes and due to his action his son won't be able to advance to the next grade. Also I'm surprise he hasn't gotten canned yet by his boss. Last Story: I hope that the mother knows that if the kiss actually gone through OP could easily press sexual assault charges on the EM as she was the one that told her son to kiss OP. Also I won't be surprise if the girl that the son groped decide to press Sexual Assault and Assault charges on the EM.
The health class story - I thought for sure the school officials were going to hit that idiot with the need for detailed lesson plan, source materials used AND test scores for regular testing. But their way worked too. I shudder to think what kind of misogynistic nonsense those boys were fed.
Story 3: Tell me your sexist without telling me your sexist. I’m guessing this guy is a single father. Because I don’t know what woman in her right mind would stay with a jerk like him.
As a woman, that class is NOT "hilarious". It's downright creepy and terrifying! It's also infuriating! "Consent is for the weak"?! "Rounding the bases"?! "Roles in relationships", etc. All of it is misogynistic and cringeworthy!
The fact that he has a biological (presumably, considering his conservative beliefs) child and is proudly proclaiming that he doesn't care about mutual consent...yikes.
I’ve grown up with two cousins who were little terrors when they were younger. A three year old throwing a tantrum is normal (annoying, yes, but normal) because it’s them testing you to see if you’ll hold up your boundaries.
Last story, that woman is raising and teaching her son that any girl is ok to be touched or groped by him and he would get no trouble. Who in the right mind would tell their son to kiss a random girl on the lips, much less tell them to be his gf? And she let him grope somebody?! That's a rapist in the making right there, the dad needs to take him away from her. That woman is not right at all.
Concerning the last story, there's a saying amongst cosplayers: "Cosplaying does not equal consent". One former cosplayer ended up losing several of her contracts because she habitually groped other convention attendees (I found out about her through an anime review channel I subscribe to.) Another case involved a woman snatching a little girl cosplaying as Sailor Moon's little sister just to take photos. I believe that, if the son doesn't wake up and smell the coffee, he'll end up on the list where he would be required to "make the rounds" informing all households that he's a convicted SO, EM or not.
It's WAAAAAY more than that dude. It's a whole code of conduct. It's funny/sad how "nice guys" will put on the whole "my lady" thing- but when they get rejected they do a 180 and turn into vile, raging misogynists. Pathetic.
My point is while it is more than that, And yes its Code of conduct, I forgot that phrase, how one addressed ladies was barely a part of it. But I do agree with you it is funny/sad and pathetic.@@ostlandr
I live in an apartment and can only imagine. Everyone seems to miss the fact that OP is trying to work from home. Op is entitled to peace in their own home. Obviously the neighbor knew her child was a terror because she gave out bribes. I have babysat for years and kids don’t throw that many tantrums.
Thank you finally someone who isn’t calling OP an ahole, I’ve helped look after my cousins when they were toddlers and they never threw that many tantrums. One or two every now and then but not 3-4 a day for a month straight.
I, too, want to attend that health class "for REAL men," because now I'm curious as to what, exactly, the guy thought was supposed to be taught in such classes.
Last story: I love going to a lot of cons so this story is so fucking true. The last part was funny though. You get into a fight and get fucking cook. Your reward? Being escorted out by security.
For story 1: My 6yr old little brother is currently screaming like a bancshee in the next room because we won't let the neghbor kids chase and catch our chickens. this happens every. single. day. a toddler can scream for no reason and OP needs to chill tf out.
i was in a situation like the one on story 1: young stay at home mom.. couldn't have been 20 yet, overwhelmed and stressed out but sweet as hell.. I went upstairs one day and offered to look after the kiddo for a few hours so she could go to the grocery store and shit without he little girl. Little one just needed a better nap routine (I spent ages working in child care facilities.. I'm by no means an expert but I can generally muddle through sorting a difficult child) I helped her mom get her settled into a nap routine and the tantrums from tired bitchy baby stopped.. SHOCKING.
I don't know Fluff, the guy teaching his own "Sex Ed for Real Men" sounds more scary than funny, especially given his views that only one persons consent mattered and the curriculum by the titles seemed to be more focused on getting the boys laid than worrying about consequences in how they went about it. Seems like he was trying to teach the next generation of rapists and deadbeat dads.
Holy cow, that man who wanted to assert his own values in his own sex Ed class was capital-D disgusting! That’s a terrifying thought that someone can just create a class like that and lure vulnerable teenagers into their ideology. And to that man, I say, it is NOT political to teach children about consent and what healthy relationships look like! It’s just teaching children a little extra decency! Good lord that dude is crazy! And the woman in the final story is just as bad! Don’t EVER tell a child they can do whatever they want to a woman! Cosplay DOES NOT mean consent, and that is part of why most conventions have such tight security. Creeps exist and they must be taken care of straight away!
I'm going to throw my two cents in on the first story which might get me called an Ahole as well but just hear me out. I also would have called CPS since 3-4 tantrums a day does seem like it's a little much HOWEVER I would specify in my call that I'm simply worried about the kid and want more of a wellness check done since I can't prove that any actual neglect is going on if they see it that way then cool I've helped a kid and if not then I simply move on and have to deal with apartment life like anyone else. The fact that OP just couldn't let sleeping dogs lie is where they are the Ahole since they continued to bitch repeatedly to anyone that had any semblance of power over this mother which is where the true horror lies.
I would never send my kid to some creepy sex ed alternative in a garage but that doesn't change the fact that it's NOT illegal to contradict a teacher outside of a school on public lands. That cop is a liar and abused his power.
It is so sad that Cosplayers have to have signs saying cosplay does not infer consent because there are those who think because that some cosplay outfits are revealing (as that's the way the character is dressed) that it is OK to touch / behave inappropriately towards the cosplayers.
Just some food for thought on the 3rd story: Parents who try to stop their children from having access to sex-ed tend to be the same ones who do unspeakable things to them at home... maybe they're afraid that their children might realize what they're doing and expose them. Also, the 4th story has just showed us an example of what happens when children don't have those classes: they don't learn about consent and boundaries.
" stop their children from having access to sex-ed are tend to be the same ones who do unspeakable things to them at home". That is utter garbage. Prove it. Many Christians and Muslims believe that sexual education should be something taught at home from their religious perspectives on the subject. I have nothing against sex education. But I DO have something against people making off the wall assumptions as you have. It is disgusting you would say such a thing.
@@sushiroll3795 Aaah, so you are one of these people that believe the only way sexual information can be relayed is in a formalized setting in a school. That is ignorance in itself. How DID we survive all these thousands of years without sex education being formalized? I'll tell you how.. we taught our children ourselves. As we are still (so far) allowed to do. Do you think a kindergartener should be taught about "self gratification"? There are sex experts that say "yes". Of course, you may be one of those that DO believe that. But I don't. As I said, I personally, do not have anything against the sex ed that I had back in the 80's. But I DO have problems with people slandering a whole group of people just because that group believe sex should be taught by the parents (who, I wonder if you realize, know a thing or two about it, considering they had offspring). You "the experts say" mindless zombies want to give away all your responsibility for teaching your children to others. Look around you... how has that worked out? The state does not own our kids. Period.
@@EastTexasRanchingthere have been multiple studies that show that kids who are exposed to sex ed are less like to be sexually abused by adults or are more likely to come forward about it. So yes sex ed is a net positive for kids
I definitely agree that there's a lot in public school sex education that needs to be restricted and up to the parents. Your story is good is because something like consent, which is a legal issue, is something that is not up for discussion, especially because of the definition of assault. The guy was nuts for opposing that. I would be upset if they were trying to introduce "alternative" things to my kids without telling me. There's even recent legislation recommending discussing watching pron, something that has been proven to be harmful to both individuals and people in relationships, which I'll be telling my own kids not to do - That's one line that I would not allow to be crossed for my own children.
Story 1,having raised 3 children myself,when one of mine would start having a tantrum I would put them i their room as in order to have a tantrum you need an audience, removed from their audience tantrums stopped. Also the neighbor worked from home and the constant tantrums disrupted her work day.
