tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post6817333428408237343..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Elite RatiocinationSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-77215988921229418642012-01-29T00:51:52.543-06:002012-01-29T00:51:52.543-06:00It's almost as if McArdle is simply assuming t...It's almost as if McArdle is simply assuming that everyone else in the world is just like her, with the same needs, wants and motivations."<br /><br />Megan McMuggle explains everything by reference to her best friend Ann Ecdote.pseudonymous in ncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-91913856851455828272012-01-28T17:25:21.593-06:002012-01-28T17:25:21.593-06:00She spends a great deal of time creating justifica...<em>She spends a great deal of time creating justifications so she does not have to feel guilty for being selfish, self-centered, and greedy.</em><br /><br /><br />ALSO it's clearly very important to her that she reiterate as often as possible she thinks she's in a class she's desperate to be a member of. If it weren't so repulsive, it would be sad.Dr.KennethNoisewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756205027083077404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-18340897189894557202012-01-28T00:32:08.358-06:002012-01-28T00:32:08.358-06:00lurking canadian, I totally agree. we got so much ...lurking canadian, I totally agree. we got so much grief for not "disciplining" (meaning punishing) our children when they were little. Now that they are older (and awesome!) I've had more than one person come back to me and say I was right and they were wrong. <br /><br />The strange thing is, though, even with all that, these people still seem to believe that my kids are fine because of some inherent innate goodness in them, and that not punishing children or avoiding building an authoritarian relationship with them is taking a huge risk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-58680807094067529482012-01-27T14:10:27.429-06:002012-01-27T14:10:27.429-06:00Lurking Canadian, I have to laugh sometimes at how...Lurking Canadian, I have to laugh sometimes at how much I (and most people) need and want praise and acceptance. We'll do almost anything to get it. <br /><br />And blogging is like being an starving rat in a laboratory maze. Give me comments! Hit the like button! Feed me a pellet!Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-63985652330493147732012-01-27T14:03:16.833-06:002012-01-27T14:03:16.833-06:00Yes, that's usually how kids are raised.
As ...Yes, that's usually how kids are raised. <br /><br />As a nation we ignore our torture, war-mongering and economic destruction because we don't question authority but our descendents won't ignore them. The future will not speak well of us.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-89276988002936618752012-01-27T13:58:37.034-06:002012-01-27T13:58:37.034-06:00Kohn certainly imposes a very high standard to fol...Kohn certainly imposes a very high standard to follow. It is made especially difficult when you are surrounded by friends and family who think "unconditional parenting" is "bad parenting" because you must not be sufficiently vigorous in punishing misbehaviour.<br /><br />However, his description of what he calls "praise-junkie" adults is such an uncanny description of both me and my wife as adults that we are determined to stay the course. Anything that might keep the little rascal from turning out like me is worth trying.Lurking Canadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-77160428918118013082012-01-27T13:55:13.679-06:002012-01-27T13:55:13.679-06:00My Father's take on that was, "Do as I sa...My Father's take on that was, "Do as I say, not as I do."natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-17620741129615709532012-01-27T11:02:15.931-06:002012-01-27T11:02:15.931-06:00Cynic, I've found that one of the biggest prob...Cynic, I've found that one of the biggest problems with raising kids with unconditional love is that they learn you love them unconditionally so they then go out and do whatever they want--which is guaranteed to drive you nuts. I discuss motivation a great deal with the kids, including my own motivation, because I screw up all the time. Probably one of the the most important things I do is let the kids know that they have the right to be angry with me, to be critical of me or disapponted with me. I apologize when I did something wrong and I always admit when they are right and I am wrong. This lets them develop confidence in their moral judgment, and self-respect.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-32016529570263414282012-01-27T10:36:49.354-06:002012-01-27T10:36:49.354-06:00Dianedp, watching McArdle reason backwards from he...Dianedp, watching McArdle reason backwards from her prejudices and vanities is one of the small joys of reading her blog. <br /><br />In this case, McArdle wrote the article so she could say, "I'm not saying that we should cater to this desire (in either the gentrifiers, or the gentrified). But we shouldn't act like it's necessarily crazy or evil, either." <br /><br />She spends a great deal of time creating justifications so she does not have to feel guilty for being selfish, self-centered, and greedy.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-79358966908907606992012-01-27T10:04:26.884-06:002012-01-27T10:04:26.884-06:00Does she think that is happening only in her littl...Does she think that is happening only in her little pocket of the universe???<br />Those of us who have lived in the country or live in small cities that do not have many choices also use the internet in the same way we used the Sears catalogs way back when.<br /><br />I find her articles difficult to understand in the sense of, "why did she bother to waste her time and mine, writing this stuff"/dianedphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671669779210554828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-54762404100963381412012-01-27T10:00:30.724-06:002012-01-27T10:00:30.724-06:00I am reading Alfie Kohn's Unconditional Parent...I am reading Alfie Kohn's Unconditional Parenting and I am having many, many 'aha' moments.<br /><br />He is shedding tremendous light on the authoritarianism inherent even in the most well meaning parent child relationships.cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438583188725326668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-22428492918439388312012-01-27T09:52:42.719-06:002012-01-27T09:52:42.719-06:00Meanwhile, Charles Murray asks if the elite are di...Meanwhile, Charles Murray asks if the elite are disconnected from real murkins.<br />sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-30927713852312451712012-01-27T09:13:27.680-06:002012-01-27T09:13:27.680-06:00"Susan's House of Pain, Mockery & Ant..."Susan's House of Pain, Mockery & Anti-Authoritarianism"<br /><br />Ha! It's so Irene Adler. I love it.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-24221393344137046122012-01-27T09:09:37.685-06:002012-01-27T09:09:37.685-06:00Always have a barf-bag with you when visiting her ...Always have a barf-bag with you when visiting her blog.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-25592678887206719822012-01-27T06:55:09.877-06:002012-01-27T06:55:09.877-06:00VS, that's laugh riot in the Megan sense, in w...VS, that's laugh riot in the Megan sense, in which one tightly clamps one's jaws together and giggles, in an attempt to suppress one's rising gorge.Lurking Canadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-46172519279069141282012-01-27T06:14:50.891-06:002012-01-27T06:14:50.891-06:00I bet it's not.I bet it's not.Dr.KennethNoisewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756205027083077404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-85417825732345010422012-01-26T22:41:51.019-06:002012-01-26T22:41:51.019-06:00her latest screed about Buffet's secretary'...her latest screed about Buffet's secretary's taxes is a regular laugh riot.<br /><br />Funny stuff.cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438583188725326668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-10275928239433569802012-01-26T22:35:39.436-06:002012-01-26T22:35:39.436-06:00Oh my, I hadn't actually read the salt plate c...Oh my, I hadn't actually read the salt plate comments. I guess there is a good reason that things like frying pans have traditionally been made of metal rather than blocks of salt. Hoocoodanode! Let's hope "nobody can know anything" Megs doesn't let that stand in her way.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-28181485086131574102012-01-26T18:41:11.098-06:002012-01-26T18:41:11.098-06:00I finally got around to giving you a link back on ...I finally got around to giving you a link back on my AWESOME site - http://downpuppy.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Dunno, but McArdle is just tedious to me now that she's back to lazy, sloppy fellation of the MotU again.Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-40325556988656330172012-01-26T14:56:46.664-06:002012-01-26T14:56:46.664-06:00The Amazon haircut return policy sucks.
They do s...<i>The Amazon haircut return policy sucks.</i><br /><br />They do send the hair back.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-13117560715769973992012-01-26T12:13:07.175-06:002012-01-26T12:13:07.175-06:00Exploding Salt Block is today's band name.Exploding Salt Block is today's band name.DocAmazingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-40123418124827631762012-01-26T11:21:05.553-06:002012-01-26T11:21:05.553-06:00The first comment/review of the pink salt slab:
W...The first comment/review of the pink salt slab:<br /><br />Waste<br />January 1, 2012<br />We let the salt block heat up on the grill as advised and when we went to put the food on the block it had exploded. - If you can't grill on the salt block it should not be advertised that way.<br /><br />(Somehow this illustrates something. I don't even care what it is, though. It's great.)Mr.Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-91196821679107611462012-01-26T09:54:53.297-06:002012-01-26T09:54:53.297-06:00$29.99 is kind of cheap for that much Pink Himalay...$29.99 is kind of cheap for that much Pink Himalayan Salt brad. <br /><br />She'll have to import salt from Saturn's rings soon if it's not exclusive enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-45138122474469756062012-01-26T07:10:34.296-06:002012-01-26T07:10:34.296-06:00I was just thinking the same thing as I was on Ama...<em>I was just thinking the same thing as I was on Amazon buying fresh produce, getting my tires rotated, and having them cut my hair. </em><br /><br /><br />You don't wanna do that. The Amazon haircut return policy sucks.Dr.KennethNoisewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756205027083077404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-86224731653702472212012-01-25T20:26:44.404-06:002012-01-25T20:26:44.404-06:00Totally OT, but I ran into this and just had to sh...Totally OT, but I ran into <a href="http://www.surlatable.com/product/PRO-687152/Himalayan-Salt-Plate" rel="nofollow">this</a> and just had to share with the friends of McMegan. She can thumb her nose at her doctor and add an entry to her World Famous gift list all at the same time!Bradnoreply@blogger.com