[Maark Abbott]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 05 March 2016 - 07:16 AM, said:

EmperorMagus, on 04 March 2016 - 09:54 PM, said:

Puck, on 04 March 2016 - 09:44 PM, said:

Had a long talk with my mom, thought things were going well when she declared that she believes flight MH17 never happened. Because a russian book says so. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

I'm asking this seriously.
What does she think about The Donald?

Just found out the other half's brother is more than taken in with The Donald. He's not a political creature and I think it's "whoever shouts loudest". That and he's swallowed all the tosh about immigrants. Given he's a Brit who studied and now lives in America with his American wife..... I think the irony is possibly lost on him.

Did he ever want British to be about British?

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Maark Abbott, on 05 March 2016 - 08:28 AM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 05 March 2016 - 07:16 AM, said:

EmperorMagus, on 04 March 2016 - 09:54 PM, said:

Puck, on 04 March 2016 - 09:44 PM, said:

Had a long talk with my mom, thought things were going well when she declared that she believes flight MH17 never happened. Because a russian book says so. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

I'm asking this seriously.
What does she think about The Donald?

Just found out the other half's brother is more than taken in with The Donald. He's not a political creature and I think it's "whoever shouts loudest". That and he's swallowed all the tosh about immigrants. Given he's a Brit who studied and now lives in America with his American wife..... I think the irony is possibly lost on him.

Did he ever want British to be about British?

Lord knows. I get to meet him for the first time this year, and I'm trying not to get too set in the idea he's an idiot before I do so. The above makes it difficult though.

[Maark Abbott]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 05 March 2016 - 08:42 AM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 05 March 2016 - 08:28 AM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 05 March 2016 - 07:16 AM, said:

EmperorMagus, on 04 March 2016 - 09:54 PM, said:

Puck, on 04 March 2016 - 09:44 PM, said:

Had a long talk with my mom, thought things were going well when she declared that she believes flight MH17 never happened. Because a russian book says so. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

I'm asking this seriously.
What does she think about The Donald?

Just found out the other half's brother is more than taken in with The Donald. He's not a political creature and I think it's "whoever shouts loudest". That and he's swallowed all the tosh about immigrants. Given he's a Brit who studied and now lives in America with his American wife..... I think the irony is possibly lost on him.

Did he ever want British to be about British?

Lord knows. I get to meet him for the first time this year, and I'm trying not to get too set in the idea he's an idiot before I do so. The above makes it difficult though.

I can imagine. My best friend turned out to be a UKIP voter and doesn't quite get why I find that to be objectionable because all their 'bad press' comes from mainstream media. It mostly just comes from them being utter quimgiblets.

[Tiste Simeon]

What does he think about Muslamic Ray Guns, TRB?

[Solidsnape]

Carbon Fibre.
Man that shit is bad.
I'm itching all over like a crack head.

[Maark Abbott]

Tiste Simeon, on 05 March 2016 - 01:28 PM, said:

What does he think about Muslamic Ray Guns, TRB?

Them like muslamics, right, with their seaharrier law an what.

[Illuyankas]

Tell him their bad press comes from how many of them say and advocate racist sexist and islamophobic things

then throw a rock at him

[Puck]

EmperorMagus, on 04 March 2016 - 09:54 PM, said:

Puck, on 04 March 2016 - 09:44 PM, said:

Had a long talk with my mom, thought things were going well when she declared that she believes flight MH17 never happened. Because a russian book says so. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

I'm asking this seriously.
What does she think about The Donald?

Nothing, as far as I can tell. But that's because the US elections don't get much coverage here and there's yet to be a russian book written about Drumpf. At least, I hope so. She's just happy that 'that monkey Obama' (<- her words, not mine) will be kicked out of office.

Mentalist, on 04 March 2016 - 11:49 PM, said:

Puck, on 04 March 2016 - 09:44 PM, said:

Had a long talk with my mom, thought things were going well when she declared that she believes flight MH17 never happened. Because a russian book says so. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

lol. "Вата" detected

I have pretty much cut all dinner-table politics talk ever since my grandparents came to live with us (about a year ago now). Because there's no reasoning. If there's ever anything my father and I need to talk about, we have to do outside my grandparents' hearing range.

My mom is safely apolitical though.

There's no dinner table talk that ever happens here, political or not, because at some point I made my stance on that clear by repeatedly leaving the room whenever she'd start with politics. She's mostly gotten the message, but still occasionally tries to sneak it in. At least she now usually stops when I make motions to get up and leave. Still, what does come through is appaling, and not just in regards to politics. We had a conversation today where she tried to tell me how she read in some book that humans descended from a master race.. I wish she'd stop reading that nonsense and go back to fantasy or some crime novels. Or the bible.

[Illuyankas]

Tell her that if she calls a black person a monkey again you're going to replace her name with the word Racist in every single interaction you'll ever have with her again. Because she is one.

That 'master race' she's talking about? Absolutely the Aryan race, in case you were in any doubt.

[Mezla PigDog]

Politics with my mum's partner is a pain as well but at least he is mostly well intentioned and just uses very old fashioned terminology. I've had to listen to his justification for why he "doesn't mind the blacks" on more than one occasion. He seems to think he deserves a medal for pointing out that "most of them are alright".

Bored trying to find something to do between coats of paint drying. I have actually been watching paint dry for the last half hour.

[QuickTidal]

Your all not alone, my mom and stepdad are both completely islamaphobes, seemingly at least partially homophobic as well, and pretty set on gender roles by way of the 1950's. This was discovered at a particularly traumatic family dinner where they started to spout off about Muslims (something they clearly know nothing about) and my wife (girlfriend at the time) and I butted in to tell them we have Muslim friends in our core group and that they mustn't believe the media hype and that not everyone are extremists...we were told we were wearing blinders and that one day we would rue defending such a freedom of religion. To which I got fed up and said we were leaving...my stepdad called me a coward (I've still not forgiven him for that years later) for removing us from that caustic situation....if you can believe that.

I phoned my mom three days later and said that under NO circumstances were they to EVER speak to my gf and I about their views on religion, politics, or people's sexuality preferences ever again. I said that if they wished to continue to have a relationship with us, they would keep those horrible opinions to themselves. I also added that if they spoke about these things around either of my young nieces, I would also cease communication with them,

That was six years ago. They have not brought any of those topics up again, and we've largely moved on.

What baffled both my sister and I about it was that my mother raised us to be way more open minded than that...and my dad is not like this at all. Which leads me to believe that this was ALL my stepdads influence. He makes my mother happy, but I'm not going to pretend that I think much of him, or what he's clearly turned my mom into.

[Mezla PigDog]

QuickTidal, on 06 March 2016 - 02:14 PM, said:

What baffled both my sister and I about it was that my mother raised us to be way more open minded than that...and my dad is not like this at all. Which leads me to believe that this was ALL my stepdads influence. He makes my mother happy, but I'm not going to pretend that I think much of him, or what he's clearly turned my mom into.

I feel that pain. My mum raised my sister and I to be open minded about all cultures and religions and not only that but to challenge people on their bigoted ways if they ever said anything in front of us. She does still challenge other people but not her partner - she plays comedy outrage at him and laughs. So I sit there when he says some of his more backwards views and know that if I behave the way my mum raised me then she would be upset that I don't like him. We have managed to avoid the subject of Islam so far thank god.

It gets weighed up against the fact that if he wasn't there I would have to do more to take care of her! So he might be a backwards shit but at least he takes her to the supermarket every week.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Maark Abbott, on 05 March 2016 - 03:03 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 05 March 2016 - 01:28 PM, said:

What does he think about Muslamic Ray Guns, TRB?

Them like muslamics, right, with their seaharrier law an what.

Unfortunately the other half would be upset if I casually dropped that into conversation whilst he's here.

Doesn't stop it being powerfully tempting, mind you....

[QuickTidal]

Mezla PigDog, on 06 March 2016 - 03:15 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 06 March 2016 - 02:14 PM, said:

What baffled both my sister and I about it was that my mother raised us to be way more open minded than that...and my dad is not like this at all. Which leads me to believe that this was ALL my stepdads influence. He makes my mother happy, but I'm not going to pretend that I think much of him, or what he's clearly turned my mom into.

I feel that pain. My mum raised my sister and I to be open minded about all cultures and religions and not only that but to challenge people on their bigoted ways if they ever said anything in front of us. She does still challenge other people but not her partner - she plays comedy outrage at him and laughs. So I sit there when he says some of his more backwards views and know that if I behave the way my mum raised me then she would be upset that I don't like him. We have managed to avoid the subject of Islam so far thank god.

It gets weighed up against the fact that if he wasn't there I would have to do more to take care of her! So he might be a backwards shit but at least he takes her to the supermarket every week.

Yeah, it's really weird to have been raised by them one way, only to have them be another around an influence. Well, at least I'm not alone!

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 06 March 2016 - 04:07 PM

[worry]

I sympathize with you all, but don't worry...things are getting better and better with each generation.

Spoiler

JUST KIDDING! http://www.psmag.com...of-generation-x

[Puck]

My mom's cooking and snow are messing with my groove. They equal an upset stomach and barely existant public transport. On the up side, a good excuse to call in sick at work. On the down side, I'll have to work on the day after tomorrow, which I'd usually have off. Meh.

[Maark Abbott]

Northern and Network and National Rail can jump up my bum. Left a level crossing down for 15 minutes earlier before announcing 'oh yeah there's a fault'.

Knobbers.

[Traveller]

A FB thread... here!

I come here to get away from Facebag.. what's happening? Destroy the contagion! Kill it quick!

Before everyone starts sharing inane quizzes, posting pictures of their dinner, and using the word 'hun'.

[Macros]

Never drinking again.
Ugh.


Also on the parental front, Im fairly sure my dad would vote Trump. He thinks Trump 'has the balls to at least say what he's thinking'
And Doesn't mind the gays, but cant they call it something other than marriage, that's straight peoples thing'

[Mentalist]

Here comes the typical Monday gripe.

Picked up a few fresh bruises- one on the inside front part of the kneecap, one on the inside on the ankle. And the quad/groin feels somewhat pulled again. All on the left.

It's only Monday morning, I'm already yearning for Wed evening when I get to hit the pool and discover that these aren't the real pain spots, but in fact it'll end up being my right leg that'll make swimming difficult.