George Carlin on Child Worship

One of his best skits on parents fucking up their children... "Ins't that just a sophisticated form of child abuse?" Best line ever. So serious but so funny and true.
Yogisays...

As a referee of child sports, I get to see the delusional thinking of parents about their children constantly.

I find it funny when the rich white kids get scored on 8 times by the poor scrawny mexican kids.

gorillamansays...

>> ^Yogi:

As a referee of child sports, I get to see the delusional thinking of parents about their children constantly.
I find it funny when the rich white kids get scored on 8 times by the poor scrawny mexican kids.

That doesn't sound like a very good attitude for a referee.

siftbotsays...

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Ryjkyjsays...

Picturing you as a referee scares me. But that probably has something to do with the fact that when I picture you refereeing, I'm still picturing you as Annie holding a gun.
>> ^Yogi:

As a referee of child sports, I get to see the delusional thinking of parents about their children constantly.
I find it funny when the rich white kids get scored on 8 times by the poor scrawny mexican kids.

Darkhandsays...

>> ^Yogi:

As a referee of child sports, I get to see the delusional thinking of parents about their children constantly.
I find it funny when the rich white kids get scored on 8 times by the poor scrawny mexican kids.


Is there anything Mexicans can't do better than Wealthy White Americans?!

Yogisays...

>> ^gorillaman:

>> ^Yogi:
As a referee of child sports, I get to see the delusional thinking of parents about their children constantly.
I find it funny when the rich white kids get scored on 8 times by the poor scrawny mexican kids.

That doesn't sound like a very good attitude for a referee.


What attitude should a referee have? We're all sports fans, and seeing David triumph over Goliath is always fun. Also I didn't say I work hard to ensure that the Mexican kids triumph over the rich white kids.

Also you kinda have to know the history of the game to get what I'm talking about. Soccer is sort of a poor mans sport, which is why many of the Stars of the game have stories of coming from abject poverty.

kymbossays...

I'm yet to see any evidence that telling kids they're special has any measurable negative impacts. I can accept it's bullshit, but I think the suggestion that it's harmful is precisely just as much bullshit. If someone can point to any evidence beyond the rantings of cranky old men, I'd love to see it.

MarineGunrocksays...

You mean how kids have weaker immune systems because parents are over-sanitizing everything?


>> ^kymbos:

I'm yet to see any evidence that telling kids they're special has any measurable negative impacts. I can accept it's bullshit, but I think the suggestion that it's harmful is precisely just as much bullshit. If someone can point to any evidence beyond the rantings of cranky old men, I'd love to see it.

kymbossays...

No, I mean how the 'every kid is special' thing is ruining children when they get into the 'real world'. This is a mantra of cranky old men, and has been as long as I've been an adult (15 odd years). The idea is that we are creating these 'delicate flowers' that suffer when they face real rejection, for example in the job market. It was levelled at my generation, and pretty much every one since. Now, us Gen Xers are saying it about Gen Yers, as if we're any different. We're just older.

I just haven't seen any evidence of it actually happening. What I think happens is the same thing that has always happened. Kids grow up into adults, experience the 'real world' and look at the next generation as being a bit softer.

My theory is it's just people getting older and looking at people with less life experience than them, and blaming the school system or parents or whatever.

This has nothing to do with hygiene standards, which I agree are counterproductive. Or over-organising kids, for that matter, which I also think has consequences.

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