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Careful. Apparently that's a sure sign of a big cock! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Tell him to enjoy the beard, he'll be squared away soon enough. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

TWITCH!! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Absolutely! You don't mind that I suddenly have a semi, do ya? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

How DARE you suggest I use ANYTHING other than logic regarding something as SERIOUS as abortion??! I'm fucking OUTRAGED that you have the nerve to stand in JUDGEMENT on my COMPLETELY NON-EMOTIONAL viewpoint! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Learning is most difficult in a period of stress. Having a parent screaming and ranting while the child is experiencing pain from spanking ranks about as stressful as it gets for a kid. They may consider it later and learn, but at the time they'll be thinking about getting out of the situation, not about what got them into the situation. Also, for the most part it seems to me that parents who behave like that aren't so much trying to teach their child a lesson as they are trying to vent their own anger and frustration. I never took spanking completely off the table as an option for my daughter, but I did promise myself that if I ever felt the need to use it, I'd first consider why I was about to, and make sure it WASN'T due to anger/frustration. No matter what, cool and calm is the way to be. Yelling should be reserved for when the child is far enough away that it's required for them to hear you. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yeah, basically that gets into negative reinforcement, even if the only means is denial of positive reinforcement. With my dogs, past & present, the change in tone of my voice from normal luvvy-duvvy-puppy speak to a firm "No" has generally been sufficient denial, but a few firm yanks on the leash to correct pulling while training "heel" has been par for the course too. For the most part, vocal disapproval and denial of positive reinforcement has always worked for me, be it with pets or my daughter. My daughter didn't throw a temper tantrum on me beyond the age of 10 months (she's now rapidly approaching 18). She's pretty much always done what I've told her, when I've told her, despite the fact that I've never once used corporal punishment on her. I caught her lying to myself, my mom, and my grandma once when she was five. Requiring her to apologize to everyone involved and expressing my disappointment cured that. She got caught shoplifting once when she was 10, and as far as I can tell hasn't done it since, despite the fact that disappointing her mom and I, having to make amends, and being threatened with a banishment from the mall were the only negative reinforcements. She's worked the maximum number of hours permissible per week for a minor in this state since she was legal to work, and has concurrently maintained very good grades. In short, what I'm saying is that it is possible to raise a well-behaved child with positive reinforcement. Mine hasn't been perfect, but she's been pretty damned good, and her biggest misbehaviors have been when she was with her mom, not me, despite the fact that mom has spanked her. Contrasting my experience with the kids I see in grocery stores being screamed at or spanked by their parents provides all the proof I need that positive reinforcement is just a fundamentally better way of training a child. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Fiscal responsibility is something that cannot be claimed by the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

This morning on the news... CNN and FOX there was mention of one of the kids being a self-professed satanist. So there. Uhh, satanism is a religion too. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You mean like "I'm a uniter, not a divider"? Just like Bush wanted to implement tax cuts, Kerry wanted to implement a service program. It wasn't a case of saying something to appeal to one group of reporters and something different to a different group of reporters. It was clearly identified as part of his agenda. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've posted this one before, but it's the only truly tasteless joke I can think of that doesn't violate the forum rules. A gay man is feeling pretty lonely one night and heads down to the local "alternate lifestyle" establishment for drinks and a hope of getting lucky. As expected on a Tuesday night though, the place is dead. He gives up on the idea at around 11 and starts walking home. He passes a dark-ish alley and notices a shabbily dressed man sitting on the ground, leaning against a wall. He thinks, "Hey, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take", turns around, and approaches the man. He notices the sour smell of cheap fortified wine as he walks up to the guy and thinks he's found his "in." "Mister, I'll buy you two bottles of whatever wine you want if I can have anal sex with you," he says. The bum thinks about it and responds in a thick, somewhat slurred voice "Wellll, I spose that'd be ok, if'n we can go get it first". "Fine" says the gay man and off they go to the liquor store. Walking back from the liquor store, the wino guzzles one bottle of Thunderbird in preparation for what's in his immediate future. Finding a dark corner, he commits to the task by dropping his pants and bending over. Figuring any old ride is better than a walk, the gay man steps up, slathers some spit on himself as lube, and slides into the awaiting orifice. He starts the usual process of penetrate, withdraw...in, out...and suddenly notices a foul odor. He grabs the mans hips and, without stopping, backs him up far enough to see what's going on in the glow of the streetlights. He sees something VERY dark, the smell is worse, and he realizes with horror that his entire crotch is covered with warm, runny feces. "WHAT THE HELL?!" he yells, pulling out and backing away, gagging. The bum looks innocently back over his shoulder, bats his eyes, and asks "Whatthss wrong? Did I cum to sthoon?" Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Wow, I haven't seen that picture in several years! As long as I forget you're in it, I get a big, um, smile on my face, yeah...that's it. Edit to add: The funny part is I knew exactly what picture it was going to be, and I remembered the details, including the color of her bikini. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Hey, if you can't fuck it, at least you might be able to eat it.

So why was it clearly spelled out as a goal of Kerry's? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think your idea of positive reinforcement and mine differ. When I think of the concept, I'm thinking of the most effective means of training an animal. You don't teach a dog to sit by pushing his ass onto the ground and beating him for resisting. You teach him by waiting for him to sit on his own and then rewarding the behavior with praise and/or treats, along with reinforcing an instruction to go along with the action. Pretty soon he equates hearing the command "sit", with the action of sitting, and the outcome of reward. No matter what kind of animal you're trying to train, and what kind of behavior you're trying to train it to, positive reinforcement is the most efficient method. As much as most people would like to think otherwise, humans are animals. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Agreed. I'm kinda curious whether that aspect was considered an unavoidable side-issue, or if was the primary motive of an unwinnable case. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Dublin is soooo gonna suck ass! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Look out, here comes an "s"! The clip of him pouring the iced tea is pretty freaking cool! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

There's no way this lawsuit works for anything other than publicity. What'd do a lot more to prevent these types of pregnancies and the resulting responsibilities would be more birth control options for men that are comfortable, effective, convenient, and temporary. I'm old enough now to consider getting snipped, but it's just so freaking permanent. I've got another year or two in which I want to keep the option on the table, so a vasectomy doesn't work for me right now. My only other option is condoms, which leave something to be desired in the comfort, convenience, and effectiveness categories. If we could pour 0.1% of all state-targeted child support (i.e. for those women on public assistance) into research programs for better male birth control methods, I think there'd be substantially fewer pregnancies in which the woman wants to keep it and the man doesn't want her to. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

In the latter case, if a woman wants a child and just needs a "donor", so she tells a guy she's had a tubal ligation, shouldn't SHE already be financially capable of raising the child by herself? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I just wanted fix the title for ya. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Sex is supposed to be fun. Laughing (for the most part) only occurs when having fun. I've found myself laughing during sex before, basically all the way up till, and after, orgasm (tho I can't remember laughing DURING orgasm). Don't take it so seriously. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

If you looked outside in the Nortel parking lot, you would be surprised how many F-250's and F-350's, you would see. If anything the F-series is among the most popular vehicle here. It seems like you are the one with the stereotypes mixed up. Glad that doesn't apply to me. You just verified that my stereotype is valid. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Hairy, moist, warm, and with an unambiguous odor? If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Chill the fuck out! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)