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Inspired by this thread ('http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=461102').

Suppose one day you were going through the history folder of your kid's (In this scenario, your teenager's) computer and found out that he was a regular member of a forum very much like NS General?

Suppose he was a very regular member who debated frequently and had some very defined personal opinions about the world.

What would you do? Would you laugh? Would you cry? Would you think that it is a disease in the family and must be cut off immediatly before it is too late?


(BTW, I just realized that this is my two-year annivesary on NS. Well, yay.)

I would wonder where I went wrong.

I'd say, "what? Your mother and I don't give you enough opportunity to discuss your political views, huh?"

Then I'd probably make my own account and join in the fun.

I'd say, "what? Your mother and I don't give you enough opportunity to discuss your political views, huh?"

Then I'd probably make my own account and join in the fun.
Oh, that's years of therapy in the making.

Oh, that's years of therapy in the making.
Indeed.

"Capitalism is an evil that must be eradicated! Your flaming of me just proves that I am right and you have no argument! Workers of the world, unite!"
"For the last time son, clean up your room and wash the car."

Lol, I wouldn't be able to do much personally. How could I keep him from it? There are libraries, schools, cafes... I don't think I'd want to restrain my kid from socalizing but I guess I'd find out if it happened...

Oh, that's years of therapy in the making.

You have no idea. :D

Obligitory joke that involves discovering that I have children (such as-"I have a son?" etc.)

Pretty into it. At least they'd be curious kids.

"Capitalism is an evil that must be eradicated! Your flaming of me just proves that I am right and you have no argument! Workers of the world, unite!"
"For the last time son, clean up your room and wash the car."

Hahaha. I'd probably agree with him, though. ;)

Inspired by this thread ('http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=461102').

Suppose one day you were going through the history folder of your kid's (In this scenario, your teenager's) computer and found out that he was a regular member of a forum very much like NS General?

I'd ask him why the bloody hell he was on some other forum rather than NS General.

Heh, I wouldn't mind. My parents know I go on forums.

Look how Colodia and I turned out. Do you honestly want your children to be like us? Unless you're a sadomasochist, I don't see why you would.

Look how Colodia and I turned out. Do you honestly want your children to be like us? Unless you're a sadomasochist, I don't see why you would.
Seriously. You don't even want to know what I dream of nowadays and mutter of in my sleep.

I'd be very much surprised to discover that I've been a father so long...

As long as s/he wasn't posting nude pictures of hirself on randypedosonthepull.com, I doubt I'd be too fussed: it isn't like kids go out and get in fights outside nightclubs anymore, is it?

I'd be very much surprised to discover that I've been a father so long...

*points to Cannot Think of a Name's earlier post*

*rides away into the sunset, never to return*

tell them about my own time on an "NS like forum", warn him/her about the addictive nature of such forums (DAMN YOUS NS!!!), remind them that the people on the forums - on the other end of his/her keyboard - are real, live people (and as such deserve to be treated with as much respect as any other person you would meet/talk to IRL), and quite probably engage them in some damn lively debates about their 'strongly held views', hehehe (though any kid of mine is gonna be arguing with me from birth! :p)


that or do nothing cos i wouldn't like the idea of someone else snooping around through MY history folder, so i would imagine i wouldn't do that to them in the first place. i'd just be open with em about what they do on the ol' interweb (and use the rules and website blocking facility on the router to a small advantage mwuhahahaha!)

beat him/her.

til they get it.

Inspired by this thread ('http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=461102').

Suppose one day you were going through the history folder of your kid's (In this scenario, your teenager's) computer and found out that he was a regular member of a forum very much like NS General?

Suppose he was a very regular member who debated frequently and had some very defined personal opinions about the world.

What would you do? Would you laugh? Would you cry? Would you think that it is a disease in the family and must be cut off immediatly before it is too late?

I, for my part, would be terribly impressed that someone who is not quite 11 months old was capable of doing those things. That's my boy! :D

But seriously - at a certain age, I expect it to happen. He lives in an internet-addicted household already, so there will be no keeping him away from forums. And he'll get educated in the issues as he gets old enough to understand them - my wife and I are politically active. If his views are completely unrealistic and/or in opposition to my own, I'll do my best to remember how unrealistic my own political views were when I was younger, and try to react accordingly. And I might very well sign up on the same forum, and not tell him about it. I'm sneaky that way. :p

About the only thing that could really make me blow my top is if he started spouting neo-Nazi opinions. We'd have a long, serious talk then. But he's smarter than that (I sincerely hope...)

Im 14 and my parents only dont like me going on here when they know that it detracts too much time when I could be "studying". AIM and HOI also fall in this category.

Seriously. You don't even want to know what I dream of nowadays and mutter of in my sleep.
Now you're just trying to make us curious.

beat him/her.

til they get it.
What is it? Stephen Colbert?

I would promptly beat him over the head with a shoe :p

Actually it's funny you posted this. My wife got on here a couple of weeks ago. She posted a few times. After a few day's of reading and responding to posts. She decided to not post on here. Said there were to many idiots in general for it to be worth her time. No, I did not respond to her posts. Anyway most likely my kids would think the same thing and wouldn't post.

I would finally admit that there was a genetic disorder in the family and hope that, one day, through extensive research they will come up with a cure. In the meantime, we'll all have the same warped, disease-free fun.

I would finally admit that there was a genetic disorder in the family and hope that, one day, through extensive research they will come up with a cure. In the meantime, we'll all have the same warped, disease-free fun.
Bah! NS is not disease-free. If it is, then where did I get herpes from?


Perhaps, it was from all those hookers.

Bah! NS is not disease-free. If it is, then where did I get herpes from?


Perhaps, it was from all those hookers.
No no, it was from that used car you bought 13 years ago.

Inspired by this thread ('http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=461102').

Suppose one day you were going through the history folder of your kid's (In this scenario, your teenager's) computer and found out that he was a regular member of a forum very much like NS General?

-bla.snip-

alright, you already pointed to the other thread, so it's legitimate i recycle my arguments.

what the fucking hell are you doing going through your (teenage) kid's history folder?!?! "cleaning" it, too?

i see how, when you're foolish enough to let your small kids play around unsupervised on the internet, you want to post-supervise them via that. but doing this to your teenager is so very wrong.

what the fucking hell are you doing going through your (teenage) kid's history folder?!?! "cleaning" it, too?
-blah!-
Why, searching for p0rn to add to my collection, of course! ;)

i would first ask them why they were not on NS to start with
and then i would then try to explain to them how addicting forum posting can become.
but beond that i would not do anything unless there grades at school started to drop

Why, searching for p0rn to add to my collection, of course! ;)

Wouldn't it be really fucking awkward to have the kid come in while you're looking through his porn...assuming you're only looking at it and not getting off.

As long as there aren't inappropriate images, I couldn't really care. I would be happy my child has opinions.

How young are we talking here?

Wouldn't it be really fucking awkward to have the kid come in while you're looking through his porn...assuming you're only looking at it and not getting off.
No. Porn belongs to no one man, it belongs to everyone.

No no, it was from that used car you bought 13 years ago.
I think being the first 4-year-old to own a used car, is worth herpes.

No. Porn belongs to no one man, it belongs to everyone.

Where do you think Marx and Engels got their ideas?

"What? There's not enough porn in my history folder! All I get is some cruddy political forum! I want porn! I'm too lazy to find it myself! SON! YOU'VE DISAPPOINTED ME!"

Wouldn't it be really fucking awkward to have the kid come in while you're looking through his porn...assuming you're only looking at it and not getting off.

That's funny. :D

"I like your taste, son."

"What? There's not enough porn in my history folder! All I get is some cruddy political forum! I want porn! I'm too lazy to find it myself! SON! YOU'VE DISAPPOINTED ME!"

*wishes he was Kanabia's son*

*wishes he was Kanabia's son*

I'll adopt you if you like. You can sleep in my closet with all of the alcohol and stuff.

I'll adopt you if you like. You can sleep in my closet with all of the alcohol and stuff.

YAY!!!

*hugs*

I wuv you daddy!

YAY!!!

*hugs*

I wuv you daddy!

*pats*

Thankyou son. Now go fetch father a beer and a turkey sandwich.

*pats*

Thankyou son. Now go fetch father a beer and a turkey sandwich.

Am I going to get beaten tonight?

Am I going to get beaten tonight?
Sounds kinky.

Lemme go ask my parents...:p

Am I going to get beaten tonight?

No. You'll be locked in the basement with all of the strange toys that were left behind by the previous owner. Now where's that beer?

No. You'll be locked in the basement with all of the strange toys that were left behind by the previous owner. Now where's that beer?
*fetches beer*

Do these toys happen to vibrate, or be shaped like kosher sausages?

*fetches beer*

Do these toys happen to vibrate, or be shaped like kosher sausages?

Well, there's this sarcophagus looking thing with spikes inside whick you might find fun.

And theres a metal plank with these leather straps on each end with a turning wheel of some sort. Among other things.

Hace fun.

Well, there's this sarcophagus looking thing with spikes inside whick you might find fun.

And theres a metal plank with these leather straps on each end with a turning wheel of some sort. Among other things.

Have fun.

Ohh!!!

Daddy's got me an early/late Christmas/birthday present!

*plays in spiked sarcophagus*

I think I'd laugh. Or be very pissed off.

Im 14 and my parents only dont like me going on here when they know that it detracts too much time when I could be "studying". AIM and HOI also fall in this category.
Phu, homework! I leave that for the infidels... until I get a detention...

--" SON (or daughter), I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ...!!!
...you MUST CLEAR History folder, Recent and Cookies EVERY DAY the same way I do...!!!"


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Inspired by this thread ('http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=461102').

Suppose one day you were going through the history folder of your kid's (In this scenario, your teenager's) computer and found out that he was a regular member of a forum very much like NS General?

Suppose he was a very regular member who debated frequently and had some very defined personal opinions about the world.

What would you do? Would you laugh? Would you cry? Would you think that it is a disease in the family and must be cut off immediatly before it is too late?


(BTW, I just realized that this is my two-year annivesary on NS. Well, yay.)

Introduce him to the real NS.

Why waste his time with fakes?

I'd smack him over the head for not having the common sense to clear the history on IE of naughty websites like NS. I'd also smack him for not using Firefox, which doesn't have a history function.

Wouldn't be going through the history. The kids computer, the kids responsibility.
Would I find out that the kid is active on this type of forum I'd start reading up on the threads then see if I can develop a devils advocate position on it. Then start an in house flamewar over it ;)
It would develop critical thinking, the discovery of that people don't always agree, how to debate, how to do background research (sometimes) and finding out you can be wrong.

I'd smack him over the head for not having the common sense to clear the history on IE of naughty websites like NS. I'd also smack him for not using Firefox, which doesn't have a history function.

Yes it does. Ctrl+H.

Inspired by this thread ('http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=461102').

Suppose one day you were going through the history folder of your kid's (In this scenario, your teenager's) computer and found out that he was a regular member of a forum very much like NS General?

Suppose he was a very regular member who debated frequently and had some very defined personal opinions about the world.

What would you do? Would you laugh? Would you cry? Would you think that it is a disease in the family and must be cut off immediatly before it is too late?

(BTW, I just realized that this is my two-year annivesary on NS. Well, yay.)
Congratulations! :)

What would I do? Recommend some books on logic and debate, coach him on how to recognize trolls and what to do about them, and wish him luck. :D

I'd block it immediately with a couple of passwords!

nay.. it's really decent forum, besides... they wouldn't be able to read it before they went to the secondary schools.:p

one of the (few) Pro's of living in a country where English isn't the primary language.

if my son decides to be a Nazi ....why not ?
i am democrat and i accept other peoples decisions

i am democrat and i accept other peoples decisions
The cognitive dissonance must be unbearable! :rolleyes:

The cognitive dissonance must be unbearable! :rolleyes:

Why?

Why?
Just 'cause!
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Just 'cause!
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You really are grumpy, aren't you?

Too much christmas cheer over the past few days? Do you suddenly feel the need to overcompensate?

You really are grumpy, aren't you?

Too much christmas cheer over the past few days? Do you suddenly feel the need to overcompensate?
http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10164296&postcount=86 :p

You really are grumpy, aren't you?

Too much christmas cheer over the past few days? Do you suddenly feel the need to overcompensate?

Its the same everywhere in the world if the americans do not have arguments, they begin to beat innocent people....

Its the same everywhere in the world if the americans do not have arguments, they begin to beat innocent people....

*gets the popcorn and a comfy chair to watch the big fight

Hullepupp vs. Eutrusca

*gets the popcorn and a comfy chair to watch the big fight

Hullepupp vs. Eutrusca
i will not fight against anyone here

*changes to "call of duty 2" to kill some germans in Stalingrad....

I wouldn't mind at all, really. My kids can look at whatever the hell they want, because that's what I've done as long as I've been on the internet, and it hasn't made me screwy.

pat them on the back

I wouldn't mind at all, really. My kids can look at whatever the hell they want, because that's what I've done as long as I've been on the internet, and it hasn't made me screwy.
cough, cough

:D

cough, cough

:D

LOL!

LOL!
Heh! Glad you took that in the spirit in which it was written. :fluffle:

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