NationStates Jolt Archive

"If something is too hard,give it up. The moral my boy is too never try anything."

Homer Simpson


Exactly what my father taught me, what did your parents teach you the moral was, this is still the best one ever though.

'If the other kid is bigger than you son, there is no shame in picking up half a brick'

"If you are going to mess with someone, mess them good. People will try to avenge for slight wrongs all the time at the best of their capabilities, but they won't be able to if you rendered them unable to in the first place".

Machiavellian. From mom.

"You should try to protect innocents at all times, yes. Judging who is innocent in normal human situations is usually harder to discern that it seems, although".

Parental. From dad.

The two more easy to remember.

"If the kid is bigger than you, turn the hell around and fucking run, I mean look at you sun, you are really really short."

Advice from Dad on how to put up with a bully in Kindergarden.

I learned most morals for myself i suppose.
but one thing i've learned is true. "life is unfair".

My dad taught me two things:

"When you're driving, always assume the other guy is going to do the stupidist possible thing. You won't be dissapointed." I've found this most applicable in the winter, when the roads are so icy they're practically skating rinks, and dumbfucks continue to pass me as I'm trying to drive safely.

"You can't change anyone else, you can only change your reaction to them."

the "Moral" i taught my son was to never let the other kids know what bothers you. if they dont know that "4 eyes" makes you cry yourself to sleep at night they will pick some other name to call you that you wont care about.

"If they hit you, don't hit them back harder, cos if they've been told to hit back if people hit them, then its just gonna escalate, a lot."


From mum, best advice I've ever had.

"If something is too hard,give it up. The moral my boy is too never try anything."

Homer Simpson


Exactly what my father taught me, what did your parents teach you the moral was, this is still the best one ever though.

Seems to me that this is the basis for Intelligent Design's Irreducible Complexity principle: if figuring out something in biology is too hard, just give up and say "Gawdidit."

I'll have to think about what my parents taught me, as far as morals go. One thing they taught me - don't know how "moral" it is - was to use my head and think things through. I don't always but it's good advice. Kind of like when Hugh Grant appeared on Jay Leno after his incident with the trans-sexual hooker, Leno asked him, What were you thinking?"

I was an impatient kid. Waiting rooms, churches, cars, made me incredibly fidgety. I'd always ask dad how much longer, and he'd say: "Just pretend it's an hour. That way you'll be pleasantly surprised."

I've extended that general principle to a lot of things. You could call me a pessimist, but really, I'm an optimist that likes surprises.

Aside from that, my mom and dad never gave me any hard moral rules. They taught me a standard of living. While it doesn't come to play on the internet, in everyday interactions I strive to be kind, generous, fair and open-minded. My mother also never judged people, and from that I learned acceptance of others.

They also tried to teach me not to get angry at other people, but I didn't really hold to that. When I was young, I considered anger a natural reaction to stupidity, and a motivator to teach people not to be jerks to other people. I still do.

"You should always try to avoid a fight, but if you have to fight, fight for your life."

-My grandfather via my father.

"Remember that our family has sangre fina."

-My grandmother via my mother. Sangre fina= fine blood/ ie. a good bloodline

"If they hit you, don't hit them back harder, cos if they've been told to hit back if people hit them, then its just gonna escalate, a lot."


From mum, best advice I've ever had.

That makes sense but is something I never thought about using, it seems to me when I get hit hatred our something else takes over for two seconds as I punch them back.