Nice frickin shirt... (Page 5)

Originally posted by mr2tony

Originally posted by Left Brain

Originally posted by mr2tony

Originally posted by drewb8

Originally posted by Kido

I guess we indoctrinate them early.  An infant onesie:

 

I don't know, for me?  Tongue and cheek/joke - not a proclamation that math is not important or the daughter is going to be a diva.  I suppose there are people that could take what's said on a T-shirt as a life mission statement.  I'll assume the best in people (probably a fault of mine) and the parents will, in actuality, teach the kids to do well in school and not simply excel in the discipline of shopping.

I guess we did some indoctrinating too

Your opinion is null, and void. Baby's too young.

You don't have children.  You know nothing about babies.

I know enough about them to know I shouldn't have one!!!

Famous last words....

WTF? 

Speaking of the other Kate, where did she go?

I like these two...

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Don't worry.  It's not you or any Kate.

If it's the thread I'm thinking about.  It had to do with how kids address teachers about 11 months ago.  There was no comment about people without kids having an opinion or no "Kate" that even contributed.  So how that got attributed to a "Kate" or the cause of any whining doesn't make sense.

And I would take it all with a grain of salt, consider the sources, and realize it's based on perceptions.  PMing backstories sounds amusing.  Sounds all fun and gossipy and such.

lol. Kido.. you are a voice of reason. 

You couldn't make this stuff up.  

 Talk about "wag the dog".  LMAO

You gotta have kids to understand it......sorry kid-less folks. 

Kate.....you know who you are.

Dude....you gotta get out more. 

Do us all a favor and get a haircut. 

LB is upset because he thinks people are gossiping about him behind his back... 

I guess you didn't get mine.... 

I sent this message in response to a PM from Kido last night about my PMs on the kids v no kids crowd comment.  I'd like to say it to the group just so there's no confusion about the nature of the PMs:

I really wanted to respond to this last night, but I only had my phone, and I wanted to make sure I could type the way I wanted to.

None of the responses I got were in any way gossipy.  They were the opposite of that.  The people who contacted me were trying to answer my question kindly without stirring up more controversy.  One person even said, "I hope this just dies out because it can get pretty antagonistic on both sides."

The only reason  I even referenced the PMs in the thread was to let people know that it was a sensitive issue, and that people didn't want to discuss it publicly for fear of making it worse.  I thought it was interesting that the assumption that was made was that the PMs were "gossipy and such".

I had no idea what kind of hornet's nest I had hit when I asked that question, but there had been so many references to it, that I thought it would be OK to ask.  Kind of an elephant in the room thing.

BT seems to have some pretty strong cliques, which is not really my thing.  I give people lots of chances before I write them off, and I certainly don't let anyone else's opinion of someone sway me one way or the other.  I'm relatively new to internet forum stuff, so a lot of the questions I post are really just that. Questions. Just tryin to figure it out. 

BT is set up so that there are strict rules of engagement in the forums, and that is, in many ways, a very good idea.  Where it falls apart, and I believe the reason that it was assumed that there was gossiping here even though there was none, is that when people are restricted in what they say publicly, they often turn to doing that privately. 

I spent about four months in the LR on ST where it's an almost anything goes environment; the cliques and PMs were almost non existent because if people had an issue, they just laid it out there.  Interesting comparison.

I hated this stuff in highschool, and I don't do it as an adult. 

As for the no kids people commenting on kids' related issues?  Anyone is entitled to an opinion on anything, but if you think you know about kids and you haven't had your own, my opinion is that you don't. 

Someone who's been married to a triathlete, gone to a lot of races as a sherpa, and reads triathlete magazine may think they know a lot about how to race a HIM, and I'll certainly listen to what they say, but will I give it any weight? Nope. Do I think they sound foolish giving triathletes advice? Damn straight.

Well damn.....now I wish I would have PM'd you so I could be like the cool kids instead of just throwing it out on the board.

ETA - for the purpose of full disclosure, I've never owned a box turtle, but I think they eat lettuce.

I've never really owned one either. I brought plenty of them home from the woods or the creek but they always escaped in a day or two from the outdoor pen I put them in.

Exactly. And this goes on in every area of this site, it's not limited to kids/no kids but for some reason the kids/no kids issue compels people to be huge dbags on both sides.

There are threads EVERY DAY in tri talk where someone will ask a question about something like Ironman. Half of the responses start off "Well I've never done an Ironman but..." - of COURSE their opinion won't carry as much weight as the Kona qualifier. But they may very well still have a valid point. For example you don't have to do an Ironman to know that nutrition is key, or XYZ might help with that long ride issue you've been having. 

hey, at least everyone agrees that weight lifting is important for tri training ;-)

Shouldn't you guys be in TAN?