Parents & Censors & Bears, Oh my!

bagheadinc · Post by **bagheadinc** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:52 am

[quote="jimkatai";p="707036"]the person can like both hamburgers and steak[/quote]
That was pretty much my point.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:58 am

That doesn't mean they can appreciate a good steak. A person can like both Richard Scarry and Rembrandt, but if that's just because "look at the pretty colors daddy!" then it's not in a way that indicates they can appreciate a Picasso.

Then again, I don't agree with the notion that kids can't appreciate fun video games and cartoons. I mean, I think we all played Super Mario Bros as kids, no? Wasn't that fun as hell?

jimkatai · Post by **jimkatai** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:59 am

but it is quite a different thing to appreciate the steak over the burger...

... and that was mine... My point, more explored, is that a kid can eat a McDonald's burger and think it is just as fine and good as a premium cut of steak, making it illogical to get a kid a premium cut of steak. Unless, you do think that it is appropriate to get your kid a six-year-old kid a cut of premium steak, instead of, y'know, what's on the kid's menu. I actually think that is precisely why there is a kid's menu.

bagheadinc · Post by **bagheadinc** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:15 am

But my point was to point out that the point made with the T-shirt analogy. Why should someone who likes wearing a $5 shirt be unfit to wear a $500 shirt? You can like both. AzraeL's statement had nothing to do with appreciation. Sometimes you may feel like eating a steak and other times you may want to eat a steak.

jimkatai · Post by **jimkatai** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:05 am

Sometimes you may feel like eating a steak and other times you may want to eat a steak.

O Rly? I know what you meant, but that was hilarious. Anyways, I think I get what you're getting at. You do see that it isn't a very smart move to buy a person a $500 dollar shirt, when they can't tell it any different from a $5 shirt? Think of it this way, it wouldn't be a good idea to get a completely cherried-out Chevy Bel-Air for someone that knows nothing about cars, right?

EDIT: But on whether or not it should be... illegal?... to own said $5 shirt, if this is what you're getting at, yes I believe that to be ridiculous, but there are a lot of other substantial reasons why a 6 year-old shouldn't be playing GTA:San Andreas, for example.

HTRN · Post by **HTRN** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:17 am

[quote="Nukinblackmage";p="706924"]HTRN....what. the. fuck.[/quote]

That's what I'm trying to figure out. Like I said, disturbing.

HTRN

bagheadinc · Post by **bagheadinc** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:46 pm

Haha...jimkatai, just realized my typo.

I guess that's what sleep deprivation will do to you.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:00 pm

What typo?

Bigity · Post by **Bigity** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:22 pm

So, are we past the idea that cartoons and games aren't for kids?

Spongiform · Post by **Spongiform** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:39 pm

Some of them are. Some of them aren't. Some of them are suitable for kids if not for them.

Bigity · Post by **Bigity** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:53 pm

I was more asking Skorp

jimkatai · Post by **jimkatai** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:08 pm

[quote="Deacon";p="707170"]What typo?[/quote]

Sometimes you may feel like eating a steak and other times you may want to eat a steak.

That one.

still funny... maybe not, but I'm tired...

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:19 am

I must be missing something. Everything looks like it's spelled properly and all. It doesn't make much sense, but...

bagheadinc · Post by **bagheadinc** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:03 am

I misspelled the second steak; it should have been spelled burger.

jimkatai · Post by **jimkatai** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:08 am

I was going to put the two steaks in bold, but that works better, and has made me laugh yet again.

EDIT: Just got what you were saying. I don't think typos are simply misspellings. They are unintentional mess-ups that would not have been normally made, as opposed to unintentional mess-ups that the person thinks are right.

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