You've Got To Be Kidding Me

[Sean]

You've Got To Be Kidding Me

Alright so, I've come to my conclusion that my dad is maybe the biggest hypocrite ever. I get out of the shower, walk down the hall and stop at the stairs cause I thought I heard my parents talking about me, so I listen and I hear my dad curse twice. What's wrong with this picture?

Well my Dad constantly tells me I can't and shouldn't curse, yet he just went and called some guy a jackass twice. He tells me I shouldn't drink and smoke, turns out he smoked when he was younger. He constantly tells me I shouldn't have sex before marriage and it's against his rules. He then tells me that he had sex before he was married and not with my mom(unknown times). Also he says that I shouldn't watch porn, but he looked at my Grandfather's playboy magazines for 3 years straight... what the hell? You know how when you google search something it'll keep your search history? My sister was on his computer and found "Christian Pornography" in his search history. What?! How can he tell me not to do this but he did and still does this stuff all the time ?!

 

[Shirosaki]

Re: You've Got To Be Kidding Me

He's an adult and doesn't want you to follow in his footsteps I guess. Jackass isn't a swear word anyways.

 

[Sean]

Re: You've Got To Be Kidding Me

He's an adult and doesn't want you to follow in his footsteps I guess. Jackass isn't a swear word anyways.

He considers it a swearword.

 

[Sabbath]

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People give advice in hope of bettering others, nothing is said that they have to better themselves along the way.

 

[Gikoku]

Re: You've Got To Be Kidding Me

Alright so, I've come to my conclusion that my dad is maybe the biggest hypocrite ever. I get out of the shower, walk down the hall and stop at the stairs cause I thought I heard my parents talking about me, so I listen and I hear my dad curse twice. What's wrong with this picture?

Well my Dad constantly tells me I can't and shouldn't curse, yet he just went and called some guy a jackass twice. He tells me I shouldn't drink and smoke, turns out he smoked when he was younger. He constantly tells me I shouldn't have sex before marriage and it's against his rules. He then tells me that he had sex before he was married and not with my mom(unknown times). Also he says that I shouldn't watch porn, but he looked at my Grandfather's playboy magazines for 3 years straight... what the hell? You know how when you google search something it'll keep your search history? My sister was on his computer and found "Christian Pornography" in his search history. What?! How can he tell me not to do this but he did and still does this stuff all the time ?!

He's only human, and he's your father.. he does not want you to repeat his past mistakes. Many parents are like this, hell I've done some drugs in my youth.. but I would never want my kids to repeat what I've done. He may be a hypocrite, but he's also looking out for you.

 

[Shirosaki]

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He considers it a swearword.

Yeah but he's an adult so he can do whatever he wants. And how old are you? I'm 15 and my mum smokes, swears (Scottish) but doesn't drink. She wont let me swear in front of her or smoke, not that I want to, and albeit things like the F word. I can say jackass and bastard etc all I want.

But yeah, just put up with it.

 

[Sean]

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Yeah but he's an adult so he can do whatever he wants. And how old are you? I'm 15 and my mum smokes, swears (Scottish) but doesn't drink. She wont let me swear in front of her or smoke, not that I want to, and albeit things like the F word. I can say jackass and bastard etc all I want.

But yeah, just put up with it.

I can't say squat. I can barely say the word faggot. I'll be older than you soon.

 

[Gikoku]

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I can't say squat. I can barely say the word faggot. I'll be older than you soon.

Good, there's enough morons shouting the word around already.

 

[Zjuggernaut]

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Faggot is a fairly offensive term to use. Even though It's a type of food. Similar to be a meatball.

Every parent does it. My mother smokes and would beat the crap out of me (not literally) if I smoked. My Dad lets me swear to an extent, nothing to extreme like c*nt or anything.

 

[Zjuggernaut]

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^ That all being true. I'd rather learn from my own mistakes and have an interesting life rather than learning from other peoples and living the "perfect" like with no excitement. I'd much prefer to go sky-diving for the experience and break a leg than someone tell me "Don't go sky-diving! I broke a leg doing that."

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

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Do you live at home but your parents are always making you clean your room and do your homework? It's a sure sign that they don't love you and that they want you to kill yourself. Why else would they make you clean your room? What are they going to do next, ground you? Make you wear braces? Don't kid yourself, the message is clear.

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every kid has to put up with it. part of growing up is realizing that your parents raise you how they think is right, regardless of how they grew up. so quit being ignorant, there are kids far worse off than you.

my dad vehemently opposed my smoking of both cigarettes and plants, when i turned 18 he sat me down and confessed that he had done both when he was my age.

the word parent may as well be synonymous with hypocrite, so get over it.

 

[Tsuyu]

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The prospect of "Christian porn" intrigues me greatly. Basically it would just be a clip of something moving under a pair of bedsheets - missionary position naturally. It'd be the most uninteresting thing, ever.

 

[Firis]

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I had nothing to add other than the "Do as I say not as I do." response which has been done before and the Porn, but I didn't want to be the first to bring it up so thanks Tsuyu. Is there such a thing as Christian porn? All that comes to mind here is a hot Nun.

 

[pantsontheground]

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Alright so, I've come to my conclusion that my dad is maybe the biggest hypocrite ever. I get out of the shower, walk down the hall and stop at the stairs cause I thought I heard my parents talking about me, so I listen and I hear my dad curse twice. What's wrong with this picture?

Well my Dad constantly tells me I can't and shouldn't curse, yet he just went and called some guy a jackass twice. He tells me I shouldn't drink and smoke, turns out he smoked when he was younger. He constantly tells me I shouldn't have sex before marriage and it's against his rules. He then tells me that he had sex before he was married and not with my mom(unknown times). Also he says that I shouldn't watch porn, but he looked at my Grandfather's playboy magazines for 3 years straight... what the hell? You know how when you google search something it'll keep your search history? My sister was on his computer and found "Christian Pornography" in his search history. What?! How can he tell me not to do this but he did and still does this stuff all the time ?!

That is the same thing (although he didn't look up christian porn :ninja

 

[Relinquished Reality]

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If you say killing is wrong, who is going to convince the homicidal serial killer to stop killing people for pleasure? Probably someone with enough weapons or a death wish. If the homicidal serial killer was able to figure out that everything he did was wrong and that running from judgment, constantly and destroying lives of others just to sustain his own was bad, don’t you think he would try to tell other people not to end up in the horrible position like he did? He probably wouldn’t. There is only one person he would tell. Someone he cared about. Your father may have screwed up in the past and some things and side effects of his past actions affect him now. You may see it a hypocritical but as a lot of other people here say, he is just looking out for you so you don’t screw up either.

 

[Tyloric]

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This has got to be the saddest 'I hate my parents' thread I have ever seen. He's not a hypocrite, he's trying not to teach you the bad habits he used when he was your age. Sure, he may curse, but he's trying to teach you not too because its a good habit.

Seriously, I mean, wow. What is wrong with this picture?

Waaaambulance is on its way.

 

[Necromancer]

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Pffft, you think that's bad? You have no idea. My parents actually make me eat vegetables!

Faggot is a fairly offensive term to use. Even though It's a type of food. Similar to be a meatball.

It's also a bundle of sticks used for fuel.

Wait, wait, you live with your dad? That means you're a child and you need to follow the rules your parents give you, regardless of how seemingly insane or arbitrary or even hypocritical. You see, when I was a child, children didn't question their parents. That's because if we pointed out what we thought was a flaw in our parents' logic, we would promptly learn to never do it again. We'd also learn how to look out of just one eye and how to walk with a limp. It doesn't matter. Circumstances don't matter at all. They are your parents, you will do what they say until you're an adult, at which point you can do whatever you want.

Listening to every single solitary thing your parents say is a perfect way to wind up a narrow-minded adult who blindly obeys orders without thinking about why they're doing what they're doing or what it's for. Being defiant toward one's parents is natural, and it's a good thing. It helps people to start thinking for themselves instead of turning into a mindless drone.

 

[TRA Rotid]

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Listening to every single solitary thing your parents say is a perfect way to wind up a narrow-minded adult who blindly obeys orders without thinking about why they're doing what they're doing or what it's for. Being defiant toward one's parents is natural, and it's a good thing. It helps people to start thinking for themselves instead of turning into a mindless drone.

This is parenting, not some kind of sci-fi government plan to raise the ultimate army. As you said, "Being defiant toward one's parents is natural" so that won`t let anything as drastic as "drones" to happen. Everything isn`t the way it seems at first. I for one don`t like swearing at all and I would most certainly not allow my kids to swear... who cares if I did it, THEY CAN`T! (this soounds something like Angel would say)

Also about the side topic:

Spoiler

Yesterday I saw "Lawnmower Man", a quote (partly true, partly made-up)
Woman: "Jobe, have you kissed a woman before?"
Jobe: "No. Only Father."

 

[Arseface]

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I'm sorry, I'm too busy laughing at the idea of "Christian" pornography.

In other news, he's a hypocrite, but whose parents arent? He's trying to stop you from following in his footsteps. The idea is that you shouldn't have to repeat his mistakes (which you will anyway), but he's doing his best.

Of course, he's way to tight about it. Go out and have sex and say droded all you want.

You should talk to me about a good argument against swear words.

 

[Angel]

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Ok, seriously. Grow up, have some kids, see what we have to deal with and THEN you can jump on the "woe is me" bandwagon.

No offence to anyone here but until you have sproglets of your own, you have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what is required of as a parent and the frequent inner turmoil of hoping against hope that your kids won't be as screwed up as you are. Sure, there's a time and a place for making your own mistakes but trust me - life goes a little simpler when you pick your battles and figure out that actually despite your parents seeming to be hypocrites, what they are telling you is for your own good and to help develop you into a better person. Won't kill you to not swear or watch porn. Will certainly help you not to smoke or do drugs, or drink excessively.

I have made countless horrendous mistakes and I would much rather tell my kids to avoid following in my footsteps than sit back and let them screw up over and over again. Parenting is hard hard work and it is our responsibility to teach our kids what we hope to be the right way rather than "hey, copy me! I'm screwed up!" To ignore that responsibility is to be a terrible parent and undeserving of the privilege of having children in the first place.