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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can try to explain the weather to the people who you see fruitlessly arguing with it, but some of those people are going to think you’re holding back the sunshine.

I was a lackluster athlete whose kid was hurt by roasts. By I’m not going to switch my kids’ schools over it, because roasts are there too. I’m not going to switch countries, because I’ve lived all over the world, and it’s global.

Go ahead and blame, judge and be angry. It’s still going to rain.

Personally I think it’s better to understand the weather, predict it and grab an umbrella, but I guess that’s just me.[/quote]

Back up, we got a metaphor maker up in here![/quote]

This might be the best post in this thread. An unkind roast from someone who thinks all unkind roasts have to stop.[/quote]

Ooh, we gotta thin-skinned mamma thinking she’s making a point, look at the steam puffing out of her! You can hear the gears grinding from space.

Please feel free to use bold, italic, asterisks, however you process, to show where Mama Bad Metaphor was critiqued for lack of football skills, being a bad runner, having poor parents, not having a real Stanley cup or Lululemon bag, getting only into not competitive schools, her appearance, or any of the other scenarios under discussion.

My DC don’t “roast,” yet it is legit hilarious how offended you claim to be. Parent your little dickheads. Try.[/quote]

I’m not mad. I think it’s funny that there are people out there who are opposed to roasting but are ok with cursing, insults and… roasting.[/quote]

We’re talking about elementary aged kids being encouraged to be asses to peers by their parents. “Elementary School-Aged Kids.” Are you elementary aged? Perhaps more to the point, what was ‘unkind’ in the several posts pointing out the poverty of that sanctimonious metaphor? [/quote]

Unfortunately, there is a lot of mean behavior. Kids can be mean about cultural differences, academic ability, money, looks and yes, sports. I actually think sports trash talking seems the least offensive of all the things a kid can be teased or bullied about.[/quote]

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