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News & ArtsTuesday, July 17, 2012
Video of the Day Lunchtime Quickie: Today In Being Mean To Kids!
Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:31 PM
"Haven't you ever seen a sliced banana before?!"
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It's a "kids these days" moment. Let's face it, he's not yelling at them and he's not even saying anything in a mean way. He seems mean because he comes from a time when people didn't lavish praise on children simply because they existed. Telling kids they're wrong and teaching them to make decisions isn't dickish, it's what responsible adults do.
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Best part: "Whaut?"
I think he's awesome. He reminds me so much of my grandpa. He used to always tease us like this.
I think he's awesome. He reminds me so much of my grandpa. He used to always tease us like this.
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#2 you are such a MONSTER. This is my take on it: Now all children are winners, heros, THE BEST, and if you tell them otherwise they kill themselves and it's called "bullying". I'm so un-PC it shocks the system. "Yes of course Virginia, 2+2 does equal 5. You're so smart."
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@2: I know this comment isn't why you have "Awesome Person" tattooed to your word balloon.... but it should be.
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I also agree. I don't think it's that bad. He's just not coddling them which, in a way, shows respect for them.
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He reminds me of the math and science teachers we had in Ohio in the 50s. Many of the men were WW11 vets. No wonder they were grumpy. I can't say I learned any better under them than the more sensitive teachers.
And as it turns out Mr Wizard was a bomber pilot in the European theater:
"His career as an actor was interrupted by World War II when he enlisted in the United States Army as a Private. Herbert later joined the United States Army Air Forces took pilot training and became a B-24 bomber pilot who flew 56 combat missions from Italy with the 767th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group of the Fifteenth Air Force. When Herbert was discharged in 1945 he was a Captain and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. - Wiki
And as it turns out Mr Wizard was a bomber pilot in the European theater:
"His career as an actor was interrupted by World War II when he enlisted in the United States Army as a Private. Herbert later joined the United States Army Air Forces took pilot training and became a B-24 bomber pilot who flew 56 combat missions from Italy with the 767th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group of the Fifteenth Air Force. When Herbert was discharged in 1945 he was a Captain and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. - Wiki
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@2
You nail it. As if there's something wrong with being direct, too.
Society is teeming with repulsively narcissistic adults these days who are always right and always deem themselves uber special. If they had had a little more Mr. Wizard in their childhoods, maybe they wouldn't have turned out so fucked up.
You nail it. As if there's something wrong with being direct, too.
Society is teeming with repulsively narcissistic adults these days who are always right and always deem themselves uber special. If they had had a little more Mr. Wizard in their childhoods, maybe they wouldn't have turned out so fucked up.
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My mother's response:
I ALWAYS thought he was mean to kids! He enjoyed being smarter than a fifth grader…..
I ALWAYS thought he was mean to kids! He enjoyed being smarter than a fifth grader…..
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My mother's response:
"I ALWAYS thought he was mean to kids! He enjoyed being smarter than a fifth grader….."
"I ALWAYS thought he was mean to kids! He enjoyed being smarter than a fifth grader….."
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Holy shit! I just had a PTSD meltdown watching that.
Mr. Wizard spoke to those kids exactly how my BF of a dozen years spoke to me every day of my life.
There's nothing untrue about what he says. It's just belittling and mean.
Thank God I took Dan's advice to DTMFA!
XO
Mr. Wizard spoke to those kids exactly how my BF of a dozen years spoke to me every day of my life.
There's nothing untrue about what he says. It's just belittling and mean.
Thank God I took Dan's advice to DTMFA!
XO
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