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Are they?

My dad, no.
My mom, yes.

Yes and no.

No. Next question?

Cheer up, emo kid.

Nope. Interesting, intelligent, and thoughtful people.

No, they command respect.

Seig.

Cheer up, emo kid.

Oh, I think it's very funny.

Yes and no.

What he said...Mother by Pink Floyd actually reflects my mother a lot, to a lesser extent though. If that makes sense, what I mean is she isn't nearly as bad as the song, but by no means the best.

My parents are in Dublin until Saturday, so right now it doesn't matter :)

No.

i respect and am proud of my parents. i love them. they're generally smart, too.

but they still piss me off at times. quite a lot, actually...

My parents are dumbasses.

Just out of nosiness, why do you think your parents are dumbasses? By what measure? And how old are you?

Are yours?
Are they?

By just about every measure my folks are damned smart.

Just out of nosiness, why do you think your parents are dumbasses? By what measure? And how old are you?

I shall give you an example, dear Mr/Ms 2104, whilst watching Schindler's List, my mother asked if the Holocaust really happened.

My father thinks all black people are inferior "niggers".

My step-father is a light anti-semite homophobe.

I am

well my step parent is a total fucktart, he seems to think everything involes logic, like loading the dishwasher, when really you have the desire to load it in the way you want to and THEN logic comes in and tells you how to achieve it. logic does not give you the desire in the 1st place! (plus hes fat) so i hope he dies

whereas my real parent (mum) isnt very smart, shes a biology teacher, damn gud teacher (won an award) knows fuck all about biology (thought fungi were plants) plus shes always gets drunk, shes nice tho and generally wud love me whether i won a nobel prize or started a holocaust so i respect and luv her too

my parents annoyed me when I was a kid........my dad died about 5 years ago, but my mom still annoys me. I am pretty sure though that they taught me stuff, like "how not to be a good parent"

Are they?
My parents did things without thought... like the mobile phone incident (when my father wanted to get a new mobile he asked me wether I was interested in one with contract instead of the pre-paid-card one, I was using at the time. I said: "No way! You know how much I talk... it'd be HORRIBLY expensive!" My father nonetheless bought a new sim with contract for me to get himself a better phone or something like that. He thought since he was paying that, my argument would not matter... but hey, I do not want him to shout at me when I phone friends and therefore refused to use it and stopped using cellphones alltogether when my father just replaced the sim), However, my parents are also very kind, very interested in the wellbeing of their children.

Like Hildegard von Bingen said: Of everything you can think, the opposite is also true.

I've thought it in the past, of course. And they made some impressive mistakes, but I get my wits and irreverence from my mom. I never knew my dad. He left when I was very young. But from what I've heard, I get my spontaneity and deviousness from him. :)

Generally not, but like everyone (self included), they have their moments. :P

well my step parent is a total fucktart,

The spelling mistake makes it funny.

Unless...

my parents are quite smart. my dad actually is very smart. but because my grandparents were poor he couldn't continue his studies. but he followed lessons in an evening school and now he has a decent job. wonder what would have happened if he did recieve a good education though.

No. My dad got the highest Accounting mark in the country, bar none, for part of it. My mother got 98% on her Physics A-Level. Not too shabby at all.

My dad, no.
My mom, yes.
I say ditto.

My mother is a bitch, and my dad is nice, though he can be a bit of an overzealous nag and too 'parent like' when I don't need it.

My mother started to underparent me when she realised I refuse to fit in the cookie mould she had made for my life, and my dad overparented because he was making up for my mother's lack of parenting.

I rather like my parents.

As a teenager, I disliked my father because I had trouble communicating with him, but that was my fault. I wasn't yet able to adequately describe my perspective to him. Now that I'm able to demand an inexhaustible supply of reason and directness, we get along really well.

Even though when I was younger I thought so, it turns out that they are smarter then I gave them credit for. Maybe the same is true of your parents?

Are yours?

Heck, no.

My mom, who's currently in a hospital in Maryland with brain cancer, is one of the brightest people I've ever known. I'm going to miss her terribly. My father, on the other hand, likes to think of himself as some sorta genius. However, he's an ignorant fucktard with a bloated sense of self-importance and a ridiculously grandiose idea of his own intelligence.

Your parents will amaze you with how smart they are, somewhere between your 25th and 30th birthday. Sooner, if you get married and have a kid before then.

Everyone's parents are annoying from time to time, I expect. Mine are both gone now, but of course I remember rolling my eyes at things they did. I also know they were hard-working, loving people who raised us as best they could and did a pretty fine job of it.

both my parents are gullible, paranoid, idiots. it makes me sad.

Yes, yes they are.

Yeah, my parents are great although my mom can say some stupid things from time to time.

Your parents will amaze you with how smart they are, somewhere between your 25th and 30th birthday. Sooner, if you get married and have a kid before then.

Everyone's parents are annoying from time to time, I expect. Mine are both gone now, but of course I remember rolling my eyes at things they did. I also know they were hard-working, loving people who raised us as best they could and did a pretty fine job of it.
QFT. Parents are people.People make stupid mistakes from time to time.Remember kids don't come with an instruction manual and are raised pretty much by trial and error.As for parents getting you the wrong mobile phone or some other such thing... Grow the hell up ...:rolleyes:

The spelling mistake makes it funny.

Unless...

:upyours: theres no mistake there, i just combined fuck and tart to make fucktart which happens to be similiar to fucktard, but my girlfriend's penis is called tard so i prefer to use fucktart


i scare myself sometimes:(

My mom says dumb things which have a clever double meaning.
My dad says clever things which have no double meaning I can tell.

Luckily they haven't been in the same room for twenty years. Love 'em both :)

My father is smart, my mother is average, both are good people.

:upyours: theres no mistake there, i just combined fuck and tart to make fucktart which happens to be similiar to fucktard, but my girlfriend's penis is called tard so i prefer to use fucktart

i scare myself sometimes:(

You just haven't met the right psychiatrist yet. She's out there somewhere ...

EDIT: That could have been damn funny with better wording. No rights reserved.

You just haven't met the right psychiatrist yet. She's out there somewhere ...

EDIT: That could have been damn funny with better wording. No rights reserved.

Kanabia?

Are they?

Absolutely not. I couldnt have hoped for better parents.

I'm hoping to be as good a parent to my kids as my parents were to me.

My mom is just a bit spacey. She can be annoying sometimes, but generaly she's a good person if a bit gullable, especially when it comes to the news and politics.
Basically, she would feel much more at home in the 50's.

My dad is pretty much a total ass. He's the sort of person who will WATCH you get up and leave the room, then wait and yell, "YOU NEED TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE!" or, "YOU LEFT A PLATE ON THE COUNTER."
He also seems to think that yelling at people and threatening them will 'improve their attitude'.
Somehow, I just cant be cheerfull about the prospect of a day spent raking the yard (welcome to Arizona, where gravel is king), then mowing, trimming, fertilizing and watering the little patch of grass we do have.
But you better damn well not slouch or grumble, because otherwise your going to power wash the wall to! Whether it needs it or not!

I feel better now that I got that out >_>

Possibly the worst part of growing up is one day saying or thinking something and suddenly realizing that one of your parents said pretty much the same thing back when you were a kid and you swore by all that's sacred that you would never, ever say or think that. We do become our parents, my friends, to one degree or another.

A little word to the young ones among you, when you find someone you really, really like, make a point of spending some time with his or her parents, preferably without the object of your affections present. You'll learn a great deal.

A lot of the time I think that my parents are dumbasses; although surprisingly I can't think of any good examples of their idiotic behaviour.

My Dad is the Irish Homer Simpson (I'm not kidding, he even looks exactly like him), and the closest character I could equate my mother to would be Lois, the mother, in "Malcolm in the Middle". You try and work out how that works. :rolleyes:

My mother used to be fairly intelligent, but that intelligence seems to have migrated to an unused part of her brain. As a result of a brain tumour she's 60% deaf in one ear, doesn't tell that fact to many people, refuses to get a hearing aid, and as a result often comes across as stupid, ignorant or downright rude. The bad hearing isn't her fault, but she's so stubborn that she doesn't exactly make it easy for anybody to live with.

My Dad has only recently started to read novels; his regular reading consists of only celebrity and sports gossip in tacky tabloid newspapers. My mother has the infuriating habit of hogging the computer to play Spider Solitaire. We have broadband and she spends time on a game that came with the computer! Parents...

At the moment the two are watching the original series of Star Trek (yawn), and during the ad breaks they have stimulating conversations like "I'm tired", "How was work?", "Do you want a cup of coffee?" (when they're awake they'll have at least a cup an hour). Oh and my Dad responds to the television set; at least he can't go 2 minutes without being amazed by some plot twist on television and has to exclaim "gee" or "hmm". They could be far worse parents, but they could be so much better...

My dad is a moronic asshole who I really don't give two shits about.

My mom is a beautiful, smart, intelligent woman who I'd do anything for.

That answer your question?

At the moment the two are watching the original series of Star Trek (yawn), and during the ad breaks they have stimulating conversations like "I'm tired", "How was work?", "Do you want a cup of coffee?" (when they're awake they'll have at least a cup an hour). Oh and my Dad responds to the television set; at least he can't go 2 minutes without being amazed by some plot twist on television and has to exclaim "gee" or "hmm". They could be far worse parents, but they could be so much better...

Consider yourself lucky. My parents make 'intelligent' remarks about programs in general. Of course, the answer to every question or comment about a program or movie is 'Its in the script.' or 'Because it looks better that way.'
Of course the hero could simply shoot the guy who kidnapped his girlfriend, but then they would have fourty five minutes of showtime left and nothing to fill it with. Yes, the warp transducer socket is essential to the operation of a starship, thats why theyre trying to replace it even if it hasnt been mentioned in any previous episode. No, a lot of people DONT need to reload their weapons.

No, they've been annoying me alot recently, but they're both smart. Its just...argh sometimes....

Both of my parents got their faults, but, I love them, and I actually inherited those faults.... being stubborn like hell is one of them

While my mom hasnt made all the best choices in her life and while she may have not had the mental capacity to finish high school; she worked two jobs for as long as I can remember (always in warehouses) while trying her hardest to give my handicapped sister, my brother and myself everything we needed to get by. Perhaps she could have spent more time with us or encouraged us in our school work more, I dont believe she really knew how to go about that.

That doesn't make her a dumbass and I would never call her that. She may have gotten mad at me when I didnt deserve it. SHe may have never understood how to invest her money, but I think she is the greatest mom I could have ever had. She encouraged me to be myself. My mom rocks!

My biological father on the othehand is a dumbass because he left my mother when I was 1 and took everything valuable to pawn it for his gambling addiction. He's trying now (30 years later) to be a part of my life (without ever having apologized) but doesnt understand my reluctance. I think he even expects me to call him dad :eek: yeah right. He is a complete dumbass, though my older brother said he was the smartest guy he ever met (my brother has a different father who also took advantage of and left my mother). Maybe it was true at one time.

If your parents supply you with what you need (obviously they do if you have so muchtime for NSG posting), then you should be thankful for that and give yoru parents a little respect.

If your parents supply you with what you need (obviously they do if you have so muchtime for NSG posting), then you should be thankful for that and give yoru parents a little respect.I don't disrespect my parents; they can just be very annoying at times. Parents muse about their children's silly traits, who says that parents can't do silly things? I think that it's only healthy that we don't always see eye to eye with them. It prepares you for facing opposition in life.

I don't disrespect my parents; they can just be very annoying at times. Parents muse about their children's silly traits, who says that parents can't do silly things? I think that it's only healthy that we don't always see eye to eye with them. It prepares you for facing opposition in life.

do you call yoru parents dumbasses?

if so then you are disrespecting your parents (unless you have the kind of family where you can jokingly say that to them), otherwise I was only addressing the OP and any who agree with the OP

No, they aren't. Both of my parents are awesome.

No, I don't call my parents 'dumbasses'; that would upset them and 99% of the time I don't want to upset them (the other 1% of the time is when I'm mad at them and not thinking). There are a few insults that I can get away with calling them, because they have double meanings and are therefore true, but other than that I don't insult them. Besides it's often the tone, and not the words that offend. If I say "Mother" in a condescending tone then I know that she won't be happy. :rolleyes:

oh yeah, well cool then... I call my mom "Mutha" or "you Mutha" :p

but my mom loves me and knows I love and respect her, so I can get away with it.

/mommas boy

No, not at all. My dad has always encouraged me to sit in the kitchen with him while he's cooking dinner, and talk about anything, all of my life. Politics, philosophy, world events, drugs, school, society... anything. We talk like equals, and he has always encouraged me to think for myself, and taught me to value what matters most.

My mom is the type of mom who would, and still does, get up and take me out for the night when I'm down. If it's 8.30 and the mall closes in half an hour, we'll go anyway, just for the drive, and find some little coffee shop to grab a bite to eat. All my life, I've told her almost everything. We've a very open relationship. Now that I'm old enough to be in a serious relationship myself, our relationship is even more open; she respects me as an independent adult, and sometimes we'l even discuss our relationships (me and my SO, her and my dad), but she's still my mom when I need her to be.

I'm not saying they don't have their downsides; there have been moments, even recently, when I said I hated them, and in that moment, meant it. But I'm not perfect, either, and I wouldn't trade my parents for the world.

My parents are great as long as I don't have to live with them. Like, talking to them on the phone occasionally or IMing them? Great.

Living with them? UNPLEASANT!

To a point. My dad is just kind of clueless, and my mom thinks I want to know how much she and my sister hate his guts and think he's an awful person, and has found me a friend of hers to live with so I don't have to live with him when I go away for school (it's beyond me to tell her that I actually kind of want to live with him and all my steps). I also find it very ironic how my mother complains about how much she spends on me, with my singing lessons, and wearing clothes, and my eating food, while running about buying new boots and tickets to the Rolling Stones for herself.

My mom was the authoritative one (the bad cop) but my dad was a lenient person (and they still are by the way, don't let the use of past tense to mean anything). Can't blame my mom for that because we were growing up in hostile African countries in amidst civil wars while my dad was living in America as a young foreign student at New York (He left Somalia before the civil war broke). Your environment can make you who you are. She always tried to educate us English, mathematics, and sciences (my mom was a former teacher and later worked for the education bureau in Somalia) while we were in squalid conditions and did not even attend school in those days (as refugees from one African country to another). Our mom’s persistence in educating us paid off when our dad got us into North America. By the time we started attending Canadian schools, we excelled in our classes. All of us are in Universities now. I don't think we would've been at this state if it weren't for our parent's influence. So, I have much respect for them.

I don't like it how some people think that a child can't have a negative opinion about his/her parents with out being a whiney brat. Parents should not be untouchable to critisism.

I don't like it how some people think that a child can't have a negative opinion about his/her parents with out being a whiney brat. Parents should not be untouchable to critisism.
I believe it depends entirely on the circumstances. There are some people who whine just because something isn't going their way despite having a good life. Then there are those of us who are genuinely pissed off because one parent wasn't a true parent to us.

Are they?
Your mum, the pimp and the milkman?:(

Yes.

Kanabia?

No.

Both of my parents are pretty smart. Dad has several patents, mostly in electronics.
That said, they are both capable of acting like idiots. My mother chose to stay blind to my brothers faults and is finally admitting it after he's started serving a very long prison sentence.
My father has his picture in the dictionary next to the definition of narcissist. He's a very smart, charming fellow. And he never lets us forget it.

Kanabia?
Kanabia isn't cool enough for the Shire.
Well he is but.
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Nope. I love my mommy and daddy. It's amazing the apprecation you gain after not being around/living with them.

My mum is awesome. Intelligent, witty, funny. Quite like her son I guess.
As for my dad? Yea, he is a dumbass.

Are they?

Yes, both of them. And my brother.

Nope, my parents are fantastic. Wonderfully kind, intelligent people. Though my mother doesn't understand technology.

My parents are in Dublin until Saturday, so right now it doesn't matter :)

Party at Nadkor's house! No way, dude.

Whether I decide to point out my parents' flaws, and lower them in my mind to the level of dumbarses, depends almost entirely on my mood.

I wouldn't say dumbasses. More like odd if anything.

I used to think so, back when I knew everything, but now I think they are actually pretty cool.

My parents are not the most admirable people in the world, but there's no doubt that they're both of well above average intelligence, so no, I wouldn't call them dumbasses.

Are they?

Sir, you are far too kind. They are complete, idiotic, Gestapo wanna be's. (an explanation would be far too long...and creepy)

I think I'll kill this thread.


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I think I'll kill this thread.


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I won't let you kill the thread.

Anyways, to keep this from being spam, mine aren't. Very intelligent, kind people. Though they aren't perfect, I could have done a lot worse and not much better.

My parents did pretty well in college so they are pretty smart to me. Though my mom can become quite obnoxious and she has been getting some weird ideas like "decluttering" the house which breaks down to storming into my room and throwing away everything she thinks is unnecessary and me having yell at her to stop it. As for my dad, he is over cautious which makes it hard to get out of the house and go to the clubs at my college at night since he thinks that I will crash and die on the freeway.