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  • SwannySez
    SwannySez Posts: 5,860 Member
    iMago wrote: »
    Reckoner67 wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    some of your dads never made you eat a potted meat sandwich on toasted bread with mayo and tabasco and it really shows

    My buddy cooked SPAM on the exhaust manifold of his beater-Cadillac at a 26-hour paintball game once but yeah, that’s the closest I ever came to the sandwich you described

    hey spam ain't all that bad. i still take the single packets of spam camping with me sometimes.

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  • Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.

    Yes, just had a talk with my 9 year old last night. She is not allowed to use YouTube any longer. She hasn't seen Momo on YouTube but her friends at school apparently have talked about it and shown her pictures of Momo. We also had a talk about telling an adult right away if a friend talks about hurting themselves.

    It makes me nauseous to just think about and it's terrifying af.
  • Deadman_Diggingup
    Deadman_Diggingup Posts: 3,082 Member
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.

    I was speaking to my son about this today. He’s not allowed to watch YouTube but it seems that just the talk at school and seeing the image has been enough to freak him out. I don’t know what kind of sick *kitten* thinks this is funny but children have actually been hurt and when they get caught I wish them them the very worst.

    I checked in with the boys and the step-boys, and they had all heard of it or seen it. Luckily, they are smart enough to know it’s fake nonsense, but it’s still extremely dangerous and potentially traumatizing to children not old enough to understand that..... yet one more reason to hate the humans.
  • Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.

    Yes, just had a talk with my 9 year old last night. She is not allowed to use YouTube any longer. She hasn't seen Momo on YouTube but her friends at school apparently have talked about it and shown her pictures of Momo. We also had a talk about telling an adult right away if a friend talks about hurting themselves.

    It makes me nauseous to just think about and it's terrifying af.

    It is really scary! For a second there I thought you were channeling momo in your profile pic... :D
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
    Failure, frustration
  • Den_of_Iniquity
    Den_of_Iniquity Posts: 424 Member
    Ronald McDonald
  • Cowsfan1
    Cowsfan1 Posts: 7,937 Member
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.

    Yes, just had a talk with my 9 year old last night. She is not allowed to use YouTube any longer. She hasn't seen Momo on YouTube but her friends at school apparently have talked about it and shown her pictures of Momo. We also had a talk about telling an adult right away if a friend talks about hurting themselves.

    It makes me nauseous to just think about and it's terrifying af.

    It is really scary! For a second there I thought you were channeling momo in your profile pic... :D

    A co worker told me about this today - gonna talk to the kiddos in the morning- these crazy computers in our pockets can be dangerous to our impressionable kids - at least we talk to our kids about it - just think of how many parents don’t ! That’s even scarier yo.
  • Tankiscool
    Tankiscool Posts: 11,105 Member
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.

    I was speaking to my son about this today. He’s not allowed to watch YouTube but it seems that just the talk at school and seeing the image has been enough to freak him out. I don’t know what kind of sick *kitten* thinks this is funny but children have actually been hurt and when they get caught I wish them them the very worst.
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.

    I was speaking to my son about this today. He’s not allowed to watch YouTube but it seems that just the talk at school and seeing the image has been enough to freak him out. I don’t know what kind of sick *kitten* thinks this is funny but children have actually been hurt and when they get caught I wish them them the very worst.

    I checked in with the boys and the step-boys, and they had all heard of it or seen it. Luckily, they are smart enough to know it’s fake nonsense, but it’s still extremely dangerous and potentially traumatizing to children not old enough to understand that..... yet one more reason to hate the humans.

    I had to look this up myself, props to all you parents staying on top of stuff like this! Its a good thing I'm not a parent yet ( or that im aware of lol) because I had no idea something like this existed lol. Its scary!
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
    Reckoner67 wrote: »
    Failure, frustration

    writer block?

    Something along those lines. Now it's nearly 4am and I'm wide awake, can't sleep, so attacking it again because why not
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.

    Yes, just had a talk with my 9 year old last night. She is not allowed to use YouTube any longer. She hasn't seen Momo on YouTube but her friends at school apparently have talked about it and shown her pictures of Momo. We also had a talk about telling an adult right away if a friend talks about hurting themselves.

    It makes me nauseous to just think about and it's terrifying af.

    It is really scary! For a second there I thought you were channeling momo in your profile pic... :D

    :joy: It really helps keep the creepers at bay!
  • CoffeeAndContour
    CoffeeAndContour Posts: 1,466 Member
    Today is going to be a good day. The sun and the moon were out at the same time.
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
    Saw this on the Momo Challenge this morning.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47393510
  • Has anyone else heard about this Momo Challenge? Police are getting involved because children are harming themselves... my son is absolutely terrified.

    Yes, just had a talk with my 9 year old last night. She is not allowed to use YouTube any longer. She hasn't seen Momo on YouTube but her friends at school apparently have talked about it and shown her pictures of Momo. We also had a talk about telling an adult right away if a friend talks about hurting themselves.

    It makes me nauseous to just think about and it's terrifying af.

    It is really scary! For a second there I thought you were channeling momo in your profile pic... :D

    :joy: It really helps keep the creepers at bay!

    I wonder what that says about my profile pic... I don't get any creepers! :D;)
  • CoffeeAndContour
    CoffeeAndContour Posts: 1,466 Member
    Today I had some teenager hit me from behind. I am fine and there was minimal damage. I wrote down all his information but I think I’m going to let it go. Aside from the fact that I was using my using my older car, which is already pretty beat up to begin with, I would hate to ruin his insurance at such a young age for something so minuscule. Yet I’m always challenged as to what the right choice is in similar situations. Perhaps it’s because I’ve grown tremendously from the consequences of my choices in comparison to when I was given a free card.

    Jenny, you are an amazing human. That would be so tremendously kind of you.
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    Today I had some teenager hit me from behind. I am fine and there was minimal damage. I wrote down all his information but I think I’m going to let it go. Aside from the fact that I was using my using my older car, which is already pretty beat up to begin with, I would hate to ruin his insurance at such a young age for something so minuscule. Yet I’m always challenged as to what the right choice is in similar situations. Perhaps it’s because I’ve grown tremendously from the consequences of my choices in comparison to when I was given a free card.

    You are a better person than me.

    You make a good point about getting a "free card" I still remember being lucky enough for people to have given me a pass for some things I've done, by accident or otherwise.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Today I had some teenager hit me from behind. I am fine and there was minimal damage. I wrote down all his information but I think I’m going to let it go. Aside from the fact that I was using my using my older car, which is already pretty beat up to begin with, I would hate to ruin his insurance at such a young age for something so minuscule. Yet I’m always challenged as to what the right choice is in similar situations. Perhaps it’s because I’ve grown tremendously from the consequences of my choices in comparison to when I was given a free card.


    @laprimaJenny

    When ever anyone is hit from the rear I always suggest going to the hospital, even if the impact was at 5 mph (8.05 kph). If you can go today, I would strongly recommend it. I have known more than several people that felt fine after being rare ended, but the next day they were sore or more injured then they thought.

    Some had injuries for life and insurance wouldn't pay for it because they waited to long to go to the hospital and the insurance said it could of been caused by anything. It sounds like you didn't even call the police so there would be no police report.

    Please get a medical check up to make sure you are healthy. This is some of the best advice I've ever gotten about car accidents and I have seen the negative repercussions, too many times, when it wasn't followed.

    If nothing else you want to make sure you are healthy or don't have any injuries that could be exacerbated later down the road and become a life long issue.

  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
    1sphere wrote: »
    just a heads-up to everyone: I think there's a troll going around wooing posts which absolutely shouldn't be woo'd. :/

    Yes they have been on and off doing that for a while. It amuses me.
    They were bothered enough to click a woo instead of scrolling on by? Fine with me. Their problem, not mine.
  • _sw33tp3a_11
    _sw33tp3a_11 Posts: 4,692 Member
    Birthday cake 😋
  • slessofme
    slessofme Posts: 7,740 Member
    Lookey-loos of the "not benign" variety.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    1sphere wrote: »
    just a heads-up: I think there's a troll going around wooing posts which absolutely shouldn't be woo'd. :/

    could be the typical woo mix up.

    woo=bad
    w=/= woohoo
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    Please get a couple of baby bats and try to domesticate them, and document it!

    This conjures a hilarious and adorable image! I picture them sitting on your shoulder and then getting spooked and getting caught in your hair trying to fly away.

    Would they need little bat sunglasses if you tried to change their day/night cycle?

    ...wow, I'm taking this way too far
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    You can have my barn bats. They’re supposed to be great at getting rid of mosquitoes but they’re slacking

    ETA: not now, in summer

    Maybe you need more bats to keep up with the supply of mosquitoes.
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    you *can* do anything i guess depending on how dedicated you are. like you could probably capture one if you really wanted.

    but then it's not really ever your bat either. its really like, nature's bat, you know
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    iMago wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    you *can* do anything i guess depending on how dedicated you are. like you could probably capture one if you really wanted.

    but then it's not really ever your bat either. its really like, nature's bat, you know

    What if you sneak one out of the zoo?
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
    iMago wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    you *can* do anything i guess depending on how dedicated you are. like you could probably capture one if you really wanted.

    but then it's not really ever your bat either. its really like, nature's bat, you know

    What if you sneak one out of the zoo?

    i was actually curious and decided to google it. the first link says:

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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    edited February 2019
    iMago wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    you *can* do anything i guess depending on how dedicated you are. like you could probably capture one if you really wanted.

    but then it's not really ever your bat either. its really like, nature's bat, you know

    What if you sneak one out of the zoo?

    i was actually curious and decided to google it. the first link says:

    n21sd2ye4fp4.jpg

    Awe, this is sad. They need each other.

    eta: I guess @JustReadTheInstructions is gonna have to build a huge bat cave first.