when actual rates of childhood abduction and abuse are at historic lows.
So you're saying that parents are more cautious than ever, and childhood abduction rates are at an all time low, and you don't think maybe those two things are related?
Do you also think we should stop vaccinations when the diseases they protect against are at historic lows?
Besides which, the overall rate of child abductions only matters if we're talking about the measures that society should take.
On a personal level, if my child got abducted and I didn't do everything in my power to prevent that, I doubt I'd be comforted by the knowledge that it was extremely unlikely to have happened. I wouldn't walk into my child's empty bedroom and say to my grieving wife, "Man, what were the odds?"
I don't want to actively track their every move because I'm not a psycho, but there's no downside to giving myself the ability to find them in an emergency.
It's funny because peanut butter, jelly, and bacon go so well together. Throw a little banana in there and fry it up, and you've got a Fat Elvis.
I think PB&J is just in a different category. I could eat them literally every day and never get tired of them, and I've heard the same from most other adults and children I've talked to about it.
My brother never liked peanut butter growing up, so he'd eat cream cheese and jelly sandwiches. I don't feel the need to say that in a way that expresses disdain, because I imagine it's impossible to read that sentence without the disdain being implied.
Average user here. I don't have time to take up PCs as a hobby. When I need a computer, I need it to just do what I want so I can be done with it.
PC hobbyists always discount the amount of time and effort it takes to be a PC hobbyist. Like a recipe writer who completely ignores prep time and says a complicated recipe will only take 45 minutes.
Then the question is: whom does that favor more: people with good ideas or people with bad ideas? Of those two groups, which one was more likely to work hard and develop a talent?
Reminds me of that picture I saw going around of two snakes and some wires.
The first snake bit a wire and electrocuted itself, and the second snake bit the first snake and electrocuted itself.
And I always thought, that first snake was an idiot and probably thought he was biting another snake, and he paid the price for it. But the second snake had the exact same thought, only he was right. He really was biting another snake, but he still suffered the same fate.
I used to work at a DVD store, and sometimes we'd get a huge box with a single DVD at the bottom, and a ton of those plastic bags full of air to cushion it. When one of those packages arrived, I'd loudly announce, "Thank god! Our air arrived!" Then I'd tear it open and we'd all gasp like we'd been holding our breaths waiting for it.
I disagree about the saccharine-ness of the flavor. I think it's the opposite. To me the corn syrup is more acidic and on the front of the tongue. The cane sugar is lighter, more on the back of the tongue, not nearly as far back as fake sugar, but heading in that direction. To me it's like someone added a sprinkle of stevia. Not enough for me to hate it, but enough that I can tell.
I'd put it a step closer to Pepsi. It's the kind of sweetness that wins all the "blind taste tests", but I still don't prefer it.
I grew up drinking way too much Coca-Cola, but nowadays I restrict myself and only have one with dinner sometimes. If they switch out the HFCS for cane sugar, I'll switch to Dr. Pepper & Cream Soda exclusively, which is the only other soda I like.
So you're saying that parents are more cautious than ever, and childhood abduction rates are at an all time low, and you don't think maybe those two things are related?
Do you also think we should stop vaccinations when the diseases they protect against are at historic lows?
Besides which, the overall rate of child abductions only matters if we're talking about the measures that society should take.
On a personal level, if my child got abducted and I didn't do everything in my power to prevent that, I doubt I'd be comforted by the knowledge that it was extremely unlikely to have happened. I wouldn't walk into my child's empty bedroom and say to my grieving wife, "Man, what were the odds?"
I don't want to actively track their every move because I'm not a psycho, but there's no downside to giving myself the ability to find them in an emergency.