excellent post. i thoroughly enjoyed reading the article and the comment thread over at Quora. enlightening in unexpected ways. i could read a whole book on this subject...a topic that i never even thought about until i saw this post.
why can't we do for people the same thing that is considered humane to do for animals? or at least not 'force' life on them with tubes and respirators.
@Norwegian...i'd be very interested in learning about this in the proper context. can you point me to where i can read more on this? (i'm not being sarcastic - i'm really interested.)
@Penultimate...please oh please, let your husband adopt a dog! you'll learn to love them much faster close-up than you will from afar. dogs make life wonderful!
@emmakate...it was killing me that the poor kid had to practically beg someone to let her go potty. a kid that age hasn't been potty trained for all that long and she's telling you she's gotta go...tv can wait when a kid has to go that bad.
btw, i see parents do this all the time in stores. the kid is telling the mom they have to 'go' just like they're supposed to...but the mom is on the phone or just not paying attention. i swear, more often than not, the child is also holding 32oz drink that was probably given to them to hush them up. i saw one poor little girl who peed on the floor because she just couldn't wait any longer. her mom was busy looking at laundry soap. heck, i don't have kids and i totally saw that coming. anyway, sorry for the off-topic rant...but parents, when your kid tells you they 'gotta go', you need to listen.
so, you're yankin' me right? because she's 3...i do believe that what her parents are doing - enrolling her in mensa & doing the 'morning show rounds' - will ensure full-blown narcissism though.
this is the first negative comment i've ever made on Neatorama, but here goes...i think taxidermy is an abomination. just a terrible practice - a terrible thing to do to another living creature. sorry to be harsh...i love Neatorama, but i hate this post.
i LOVE Snowballs...they're currently my favorite snack, but i prefer my 'creamy filling' not to look like congealed blood. i'd still eat it - but i'd eat it with my eyes closed.
what a really Neat thing to do. imagine going from crawling across the dirt to getting one of these wheelchairs from someone you don't even know...for free! seeing a need and taking action to fulfill it - not for profit - just to help other people...the world could use a lot more people like that. hooray for Don Schoendorfer!!
btw, i see parents do this all the time in stores. the kid is telling the mom they have to 'go' just like they're supposed to...but the mom is on the phone or just not paying attention. i swear, more often than not, the child is also holding 32oz drink that was probably given to them to hush them up. i saw one poor little girl who peed on the floor because she just couldn't wait any longer. her mom was busy looking at laundry soap. heck, i don't have kids and i totally saw that coming. anyway, sorry for the off-topic rant...but parents, when your kid tells you they 'gotta go', you need to listen.
she's 3...i do believe that what her parents
are doing - enrolling her in mensa & doing
the 'morning show rounds' - will
ensure full-blown narcissism though.
done that before...
i've had to go 'above & beyond' a few
times because of those 5 words. never quite
that far though, thankfully.
that's hardcore right there.