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[wombat]

Well you see inev that's the first step on the slippery slope. Seriously, these days I am beginning to think kids were better off when they were more ignored. I just learned that colleges now have orientation sessions... for PARENTS. Like some of them last three days. What the fuck is going to happen when this generation is in charge of the world and can't ask mom and dad to do things for them anymore?

[Arachno-capitalist]

Actually, the parents orientation tells parents what to expect. Theres stuff on financial aid, a review of parent's events at the college, and what to expect from your newly matriculated kid. My mom found it very valuable as do many parents who had not before experienced college, or how to deal with kids living away for the first time. I don't know where you guys are getting this bizarre idea that it has something to with babying kids. Its information for parents.
Further, every generation thinks the next generation is some kind lazy incompetent backwards evolution. Meanwhile, every generation has outperformed their parents and increased the standard of living for the community as a whole. I haven't had to ask my parents for thing one since I turned 19, meanwhile I get daily calls from my mom on how to do things like open a PDF.

[JorgeFabregas]

Presumably colleges need to foster parental buy-in to their  particular institutions with tuition costing so much.

[wombat]

My parents had never been to college either but somehow I turned out OK without them being oriented to anything. I kind of suspect that you would have too, ACap.

I don't know about buy-in, but some colleges apparently charge a good chunk of money for these orientations. I have to sort of grudgingly admire their ability to invent this new revenue stream.

[Mr Trout]

...get a haircut for the first time in ~24 months. Now actually I look like a contributing member of society, and it feels 10 degrees cooler outside to boot.

[Bobby Isosceles]

Fuck it, if you reach 18 and can't ride, shoot straight and speak the truth* the parents deserve a caning for failure.

Canned for the reference.

[Mr Trout]

1. The heat
2. Constantly cleaning shower and sink drains
3. Waiting all day for it to dry
4. It was starting to look pretty scraggly

It didn't cut it all off, it's about shoulder length now rather than halfway down my back. It grows fast so it'll back soon enough if I miss it terribly.

[theinevitable]

"if a large number of americans were dying every year from anal-sex related causes, I think I would support a ban on anal sex in San Francisco government buildings."

I am so proud that I am living a life where I got to say that.

[CortJstr]

Project Just Say No to Anal Intercourse.

Patrick Stewart is the best.

[theinevitable]

but, I mean.

the joke is that sex in public places is already illegal.

this guy was trying to tell me that San Fran govt buildings removing soda from their vending machines is the same thing as "legislating morality." He was like, a lot of people get injured by anal sex, does that mean we should ban it? He kept trying to turn it into a discussion about "should the government ban soda" instead of "is it OK if the government bans soda from being sold in their buildings."

[JorgeFabregas]

Scott Thompson weighs in (sort of)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWEnqC1uPu0#t=2m40s

[miles]

He was like, a lot of people get injured by anal sex

Trust me, I'm a proctologist.

[jaydub]

Who's Jack Elam?

[Arachno-capitalist]

Who's Jack Elam?

[greenkoolayd]

"Trust me, I'm a proctologist."



consider me night terror'd