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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many ā€œesotericā€ right wing freaks, but thereā€™s no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iā€™m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged ā€œculture criticsā€ who write about everything but understand nothing. Iā€™m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyā€™re inescapable at this point, yet I donā€™t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnā€™t be surgeons because they didnā€™t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canā€™t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

  • jax@awful.systemsEnglish
    23Ā·
    2 months ago

    tired: learning from others through the wealth of experiences and resources that are widely available

    wired: taking a ā€œfirst principlesā€ approach to endangering and traumatising your own child

    I was at the apartment pool chatting with a friend who is a very advanced swimmer - the type that swims laps seemingly endlessly - and she asked ā€œhave you ever seen what would happen if [your two year-old son] fell in the pool?ā€. I said no, and then she suggested I try it so that I would at least know. So I picked him up and with no warning tossed him in. He immediately froze under water, arms and legs outstretched in literally stunned silence. I counted to 5 and pulled him out and he was trembling with fear.

    At that point I realized that the time it takes for a kid to drown is one breath. That may be 3 seconds, may be 10 seconds.

    • slopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish
      11Ā·
      2 months ago

      HN Parenting Pro-tip: Chuck your kids into the pool, keep 'em sharp. Sure they might drown, but at least they wonā€™t trust you after they make it back to land.

      • maol@awful.systemsEnglish
        9Ā·
        2 months ago

        Oh my gahhhhd. ā€œMost child abuse is committed by family and friends, so why not commit some abuse against your child?ā€

    • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
      9Ā·
      2 months ago

      one of my few childhood memories is some dipshit fuckwad at a family-friends event who, upon learning that I hadnā€™t ever gone/tried swimming, decided all upon their lonesome to throw me into the pool

      unfortunately I only recall the general event, and not who it was.

    • korydg@awful.systemsEnglish
      5Ā·
      2 months ago

      Something like that happened to me at a similar age (wonā€™t go into details) and I never got over my dislike of going into pools and the ocean and learning to swim (which I never have).

    • raktheundead@fedia.io
      4Ā·
      2 months ago

      As somebody who fell into the deep end of a pool when I was younger of my own accord and took a decade or so to learn how to swim after that, I can say thatā€™s the sort of thing thatā€™s gonna fuck that kid up badly. Even today, Iā€™m not entirely comfortable in the water.