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[Yoink]

Words don't get much more vague, nor more noble, than that.
And it sounds better than "soldier", more importantly. Imgur's editing tools are... somewhat lacking.

[Tack]

Hooligans? Thugs?


However, by this definition, MRA's would be SJW's, wouldn't they?
The irony, the hypocrisy. Were I able to tears they would be joyful.

[LordBaal]

I'd call them what they are. Idiots.

[Neonivek]

I'd call them what they are. Idiots.

The WHOLE POINT of calling them "Social Justice Warriors" is to be Ironic... to point out what idiots they are being... without it being a direct insult (Like Social Justice Nazi would be)

The only way we could beat it home more is to call them "Social Justice Crusaders"

[Robot Parade Leader]

http://news.yahoo.com/what-happened-when-i-took-1307805208231990.html

Ah, the failure of American parenting, blamed squarely upon the kids being "spoiled" by the parents doing the "spoiling." Look at that, this person took her kid to a homeless shelter, so now she feels all smug about herself. What did she do? She:

She served at a homeless shelter once, bragged about how good she and her kid are for volunteering, and implied her bad parenting was redeemed. It isn't. She's basically saying "look at me!"

Rather than have a difficult conversation with her child and making him understand where toys come from and why it's not cool to "just buy a new one" when you break it, she did a photo op. She made a public bragging effort, once.

[IcyTea31]

It took 18 years of my life for anyone else besides me to realize:

• I have a birthmark on my left cheek.
• Said birthmark outlines a heart shape.

That person was a 10-year-old girl who is apparently way more perceptive than others and on her way to become an observational comedian.

[LordBaal]

Sometimes I wholeheartedly think that most parents today try to compensate or live their longed childhood trough their children. Something about the current trend of "everybody is special and deserve an award" points out to the idiots posting this theories being in fact resented for being no fucking special while growing up.

Spoiler alert, not everyone is special, at least not in a way meaningful for everyone else. Sure you could be special to your family, but that doesn't mean you are truly special or deserver of anything beyond the basic care and love a family should give you. You aren't entitled to awards or prizes simply by metabolising 02 into C02.

Being normal used to be fine, now it seems parents truly believe their children must be "truly special for everyone or bust". And of course the blame is not on the child. They come with absolutely 0 attitude written in their heads beyond some vage genetic predispositions, it's the bullshit parenting trends and easy routes that are doing this damage.

Fortunately not everyone is so idiotic and there are still families that raise level headed kids.

[Neonivek]

Spoiler alert, not everyone is special, at least not in a way meaningful for everyone else.

Naw I think it is more that "Everyone is special" but it needs to be tempered with "Not everything you do is special or deserving of attention".

Everyone has a inherent worth that cannot be measured. Everyone needs attention, affection, and appreciation.

The issue is more that we go so far not to hurt anyone's ego that in the end we do them a disservice.

Then again a big factor of that is that people can be crushing, people do genuinely improve if they believe they have some skill even at the start. People have a tendency to have only two outlooks: You either are terrible or you are special. You either are thin and beautiful or your fat and ugly!

[Akura]

It took 18 years of my life for anyone else besides me to realize:

• I have a birthmark on my left cheek.
• Said birthmark outlines a heart shape.

That person was a 10-year-old girl who is apparently way more perceptive than others and on her way to become an observational comedian.

Please tell me that's the left cheek on your face.

[Yoink]

It took 18 years of my life for anyone else besides me to realize:

• I have a birthmark on my left cheek.
• Said birthmark outlines a heart shape.

That person was a 10-year-old girl who is apparently way more perceptive than others and on her way to become an observational comedian.

Please tell me that's the left cheek on your face.

...Oh man.
That took a dark turn xD

[MaximumZero]

My ex-wife just gave me a pie along with being extremely civil when I picked up my oldest daughter. WTF? Oh, well, at least if it's laced with ricin or something, my wife can cash in on my life insurance.

[Neonivek]

My ex-wife just gave me a pie along with being extremely civil when I picked up my oldest daughter. WTF? Oh, well, at least if it's laced with ricin or something, my wife can cash in on my life insurance.

Did you share it with your Oldest Daughter or does she know you will just stuff your face and laugh manically while your daughter looks on hungry with her cold deadening eyes?

[IcyTea31]

Please tell me that's the left cheek on your face.

It is. It'd hardly be a wonder nobody else had noticed if it wasn't on my face, the thing most people look at while interacting with me.

[ChairmanPoo]

Sometimes I wholeheartedly think that most parents today try to compensate or live their longed childhood trough their children. Something about the current trend of "everybody is special and deserve an award" points out to the idiots posting this theories being in fact resented for being no fucking special while growing up.

Spoiler alert, not everyone is special, at least not in a way meaningful for everyone else. Sure you could be special to your family, but that doesn't mean you are truly special or deserver of anything beyond the basic care and love a family should give you. You aren't entitled to awards or prizes simply by metabolising 02 into C02.

Being normal used to be fine, now it seems parents truly believe their children must be "truly special for everyone or bust". And of course the blame is not on the child. They come with absolutely 0 attitude written in their heads beyond some vage genetic predispositions, it's the bullshit parenting trends and easy routes that are doing this damage.

Fortunately not everyone is so idiotic and there are still families that raise level headed kids.

Dunno. I think people should strive to move beyond mediocrity. And I think everyone has at least the potential to do it. Over the years I've met some really amazing people that shine despite adversity.

[LordBaal]

Yes, people should strive to go beyond mediocrity, but it's a fact most would not. The average of people is well, the average made by the bulk of the population.

Sure most people excel at something, doesn't mean that they are all special for everyone else, is just the way we are. I WTF at the concept that "every one is special" when applied to children so broadly that it lose the very meaning. No, everyone is not universally special.

You should encourage people to achieve greatness, sure, but I think is damaging to ensure the kids they already are simply because, since that's when the self-entitlement begins and is usually downhill from there.

Maybe we are experiencing a language or even cultural barrier here.