“Make sure you wear your seat belt, your helmet, your gloves, wrap it before ya tap it, sunscreen on the beach, no 60oz Sodas, no Salt, “stay away from second hand smoke” these are the Rules.”
Yeah I wear my seatbelt. Nobody rides with me unless they buckle up. Do I think people should be forced to wear em? Nope. I think that if people want to get street cred by not wearing their seat belt and ‘looking cool’ they should be allowed to do so. They should also inform their insurance providers so they pay the appropriate coverage so that when they get injured because they were ‘looking cool’, we all don’t end up paying for them.
Like I said, rules are rules for a reason. People should get the opportunity to break em and learn the hard way.
Helmet? For what, riding a bike? Yeah, wore one. Saw what happened to a dude in the hospital who didn’t. Was a simple thing. Hey, it ain’t gonna save you if you clip something at full speed, you’re still gonna be road pizza, but it’s my head. Heads are kinda important things.
“wrap it before ya tap it”.
Yeah, I’m kinda old school about that. This whole thing about waiting till yer married thing. Works ok for me. I don’t have 17 baby mamas.
Ever work out in the bush? I bet your idea of ‘sun’ is twice a year at the beach so you can brag about your street cred. Yeah, I used to work 4 months of the year way away from civilization.
Don’t smoke myself, too expensive. Do I really want to be dropping a mortgage payment every month just because I like to look like Steve McQueen? Do I care about second hand smoke? Nope, not really.
“In my World it’s your genes that dead end”
Funny that. You support contraception so you’re voluntarily making yourself a dead end. :)
“I will match my Firefighting History to yours ANY DAY, ya moron.”
Haven’t saved anyone’s life yet. I think there’s more to being cool than taking stupid, unnecessary risks.
“If you are a Public Educated Brainwashed Child, I apologize for treating you like an adult. That is the way the world really works. Forgive me, but never forget me.”
Yeah, I’ve seen your kind before. The kind that brags about their time on a harley because you know, ‘harleys are cool’. Street cred is just that street cred.
I don’t have a problem with letting folks live and let live. They want to do the tiny things that tell people that they are outrageously cool like not wearing a seatbelt, then go ahead, and do them.
I’m happy to look totally uncool. Don’t really care much bout that.
TexasTransplant didn’t say anything about a Harley. Pay attention.
**** “I will match my Firefighting History to yours ANY DAY, ya moron.”****
Challenge still stands... and your “RULES” are still complete BS.
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Haven’t saved anyone’s life yet. I think there’s more to being cool than taking stupid, unnecessary risks
Then if you lack the spine to take the heat, it's probably best you stick to a safer job like digging stumps or shining a chair with your butt.
If that father decided to risk his life to attempt to save his child while the rest of you "safety first" rescuers were standing around examining their navels and hiding behind inflexible rules, policy & procedure, then all you need do is tell the father he's crazy to go in there and your cowardly butt will NOT come in after him. Then get your useless, gutless, pathetic carcass out of the way and be respectful while the father tries his damndest, whether futile or not.
If you lacked the spine and sense of selfless duty to go in after the child, you've already proven your cowardice and uselessness. You can't be branded a bigger coward by refusing to go in after the father as well. Your position can't get any worse.
All you weasling rule-mongers need do is just get out of the way! Let a father with purpose, honor and selflessness do the hard work you won't do. Just dig down deep and show a bit of respect and take whatever pathetic comfort you can while you hide your true colors behind your rules.
You can keep yapping trying to dig yourself out of the pit of shame, but you aren't fooling anyone. You argue that because *you* wouldn't go in after the child, no-one else should be allowed to either. From what I've read of your position, you merely seek to drag anyone who would dare down to your level of "quit" and "cowardice".
Exactly.
It’s a good thing they punished this schoolboy from saving the life of another kid too.
We can’t have heroes running around in defiance of The Agents of the State’s expectations that mundanes act like sheep.
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(Do I really need a sarc tag?)