why do i hate that artist thing that people keep posting on my facebook so much? why am i such a jerk?

preach avocado wolfe

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15220135_10153991588586512_3573365631797587871_n.jpg?oh=3254d1bb1461b4a70276617a69cd5724&oe=58C4969B

hmmm

it's almost as if their parents do more reposting of facebook memes than gardening

there's some otm hidden in there tbf

as is often the case itt i guess, it's just the presentation is mawkish, reductive and indulgent

are fiber arts where you eat a big bowl of Mueslix and then spend the next hour in the bathroom?

Sewing three of that kid's severed fingers back on is going to be a great memory, which will bond the family together.

(That said I would generally agree that a collaborative and/or creative endeavor is a much better vehicle for learning than a competitive sport. I'd like to live in a society that gave more medals for working together toward a goal, and fewer for CRUSHING THE OPPOSITION. But that's just me.)

Home ec and shop would be great classes to reintroduce to kids without the gender bullshit that accompanied them in the past - unfortunately the same people who post images like that tend to vote for people who want to gut public schools except for the football team.

The apparent age of that kid is much too young for him to have the coordination to operate that saw in a safe or useful manner. Would you give a 4 year old a nice razor-sharp pocket knife as a gift? Besides that, even grown ups don't use a freaking hacksaw on a piece of 1/8" veneer.

possibly more at home in the society is in the gutter thread.

it isn't a terrible philosophy but how many people can easily go hiking or raise animals? even having access to woodworking and gardening might not be that easy.

this smug back to basics downhomey handwringing makes me want to extol video games and emoji. and competitive sports.

qiqing, this is for you:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Everything_Bad_Cover.JPG

RAISE ANIMALS AND HAVE THEM LEARN TO CARE

raise animals and have them learn to care... about how cute, yet potentially tasty, those animals are. Only when Junior has slit the throat of his favorite piglet will he understand the CIRCLE OF LIFE

I, and all the parents I know do all that stuff as best as our lifestyles and resources can afford. All the kids I know do all that stuff, play outdoors, climb trees, chop worms in half with scissors, make terrible breakfasts for their parents etc. Feels like people who agree with that stuff either don't know any children, or maybe they're not a hippy like me.

my not-so-subtle indictment was that kids generally do activities with their schools and caregivers, with parents (hopefully!) being the main caregivers, especially among hippie avocado types

so if people can unironically post that shit without realizing the kids do the activities that their parents spend time to do with them, then lol

imo we need a "why won't kids stop playing on their tablets and just binge Netflix like normal ppl" meme

Why are our children not posting on ilx like we used to

in case they bump into us.

My best posts are all written by my daughter when I'm in the bathroom btw.

http://www.xkcd.com/1765/

hilarious stick man

i actually liked this on facebook...

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13346974_1046796065401067_6715636386300840455_n.jpg?oh=67c77f0d01568d4d3600680b8c1ecb1b&oe=58F532C3

hee

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15079077_10207693686403443_5749601983977936270_n.jpg?oh=08f622c5e25be0423706af2591be7cdc&oe=58F853B9

old men who can only parse the world through kids' pop culture

~If you'd refuse to retire from Rollerball at the peak of your career despite intense pressure from Energy Corporation
~If you'd help one of the other Wacky Races drivers defeat Dick Dastardly

~And- which is more- you'll be a man, my son

been wondering what Gary Glitter was up to these days

Major disconnect between message and image.

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14650085_326017834432962_7751529619386692926_n.jpg?oh=193a37711c56e6f283e4e408044dd1b3&oe=58BB2194

- Bob Marley

I will act like a petulant toddler throwing a tantrum in the middle of the grocery store if I want to, as long as I don't kick or bite anyone.

I'm hating the artist things less than the gross food preparation videos that seem to plague facebook these days

^ i HATE those

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzP_YuuW8AA2PZP.jpg

Mark and Bill really need to their fashion game

*need to up their fashion game

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15095568_1340836839306791_7994754653797933074_n.jpg?oh=0c6d606f4d8d8e6724a9a4ef5d72e981&oe=58E7A701

ah so THAT's why they don't teach how to love in schools

thank god i taught myself medicine so if i'm ever in a car accident or get cancer i won't have to be dependent on the fuckin' government to look after me - i can set my own broken bones and administer my own intensive chemotherapy regimen

well if you'd purified your water those things wouldn't have happened, obv

http://66.media.tumblr.com/0bf646783745082ed1226f7278f8adcb/tumblr_n80pzdifl21qg4blro4_500.gif

don't they have home ec in America?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Czp_F6uWQAE90hP.jpg

It's amazing the picture you can paint of an individual's lifestyle and beliefs from a single meme.

this is word porn, i guess
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15230839_940293779439792_1868990830704959742_n.jpg?oh=ca019ea9be356845835371a287d34bb4&oe=58EC9FE0

it took just 10 seconds for that guy to stab me in the face and i wasted the whole day fretting about it

What if it was the same person who stole $10 from you each day, every time you saw them?

reading that macro took more than 10 seconds out of my day

and I'm still pissed about it

I dunno, you could get some pretty sweet revenge for $86390.

candidate for worst thing i've ever posted in this thread

https://s24.postimg.org/phbdcjs2d/lol.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXRCJbAYqe0

I hate this.