Laundry

I carefully pair all my socks, does that make me a racist?

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He probably has PTSD from that also :-)

His name is a joke waiting to happen

I don't even seperate my clothes.

My leg isn't that sexy.

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You progressive! ;-)

Good one.

Amen! The color of our skin is nothing more than that - the color of our skin. There's really only one race: the human race.

The only thing in any country....or, by your standards is it okay for other countries to separate by colour/color? :p

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Sorry, I thought of more. :{

All of them. lol :{

"You'll wash your mouth out..." lol

I believe in spanking a kid till their about 10, but I think it's abuse to use soap after they swear.

But I do condone the use of Tabasco sauce. It's actually meant to be eaten and it doesn't seem nearly as abusive or as degrading as soap. :{

I've done soap and vinegar. Tabasco burns so I never used that.
We used it for sass and swear words.

Tabasco is supposed to burn.

Soap isn't supposed to be ingested though. :{

Neither is fluoride, mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, aborted fetuses, diseases (alive or dead), arsenic, white sugar, processed flour, et al. The soap isn't chewed. It causes a nasty taste in the mouth, it creates a lot of saliva, and it is spit out in the sink.
The way I saw it, it has been done that way for many generations. Many children find ketchup spicy, they have delicate palates ... I couldn't imagine putting tabasco on my own tongue much less a child's. But to each their own. We all have our own approaches. When they were little I used soap. When they got older and needed a reminder I used vinegar.

And why do you include sugar and flour in a list of poisons, diseases, and dead humans?

They're not poisons or cleaners, they're cooking ingredients. Just like Tabasco sauce.

Soap is meant to be used EXTERNALLY. Not ingested.

And ingested can simply mean salivated upon.

I wasn't saying you or other parents are making the child CONSUME soap.

But they are introducing chemicals meant for CLEANING instead of using a cooking ingredient that causes a comparable amount of discomfort as punishment without the humiliation of having a bar of soap held in your mouth.

"I couldn't imagine putting tabasco on my own tongue much less a child's."

But you can imagine and condone soap? That's crazy logic there dude.

I'd rather the quick and easy punishment of hot sauce minus the humiliation, than putting something akin to bleach in a child's mouth and making them hold it there like a dog or slave.

I'm sticking with hot sauce till they're old enough to say what they want. :{

I'm not trying to change your mind. Do as you see fit with your kids. Live how you please. But you seem pretty ok with accusing me of some pretty ugly stuff. I'm going to ask that you stop that. Dial back childhood flashbacks or whatever you are projecting on me lol.
As to the cooking ingredients... At this point, do your own research or don't.

Right. Ok. Since you say you can't see it, see if you can follow. I post a silly picture of a kid with soap in his mouth as a light way of addressing the swear words in your meme. You say it is abuse and degrading to put soap in a child's mouth but you are ok with "burning" their tongues with tabasco (your business.) I say, I've done soap and vinegar but didn't use tabasco because it burns. You say, it is SUPPOSED to burn (which according to you is not abuse or degrading ... so be it ... whatever). You say soap isn't supposed to be ingested. I explained that it wasn't ingested and noted some things that are also not supposed to be ingested but that people either do ingest or do shoot directly into their blood stream ... as a way of pointing out that a couple of minutes of holding soap in your mouth, spitting and brushing your teeth pales in comparison (and is more effective to the task of what it is designed to do than any of those poisons are). And I say, hey, some kids have really sensitive mouths so that even ketchup is spicy (my daughter actually would break out from it) so using tabasco was never something I chose. Couldn't imagine it. My husband ... he eats habaneros .. I like banana peppers. You proceed to tell me how me choosing soap instead is akin to "abusing" my child, "treating them like a dog or a slave" (honestly smh) and pouring "bleach" in their mouths. I take that as you saying .... that you think I am abusing my child in some rather sick ways when all I did was tell them, "Potty mouth. Go to the bathroom and get the soap." I don't know where you idea of this being abuse comes from. But it isn't from anything I have said lol And certainly nothing I have done. I kinda don't even know you a little bit. It's all your own trip.
Does that clear things up? I would super duper appreciate you not calling me abusive if that is cool with you. :-) You seem to have confused a choice you have made with being the gospel truth.
As to the "bleach" you referred to. Do some research into white sugar and processed flour. Or, as I said, don't But at this point I'm not interested in having a conversation with you about that. We're no longer on that friendly level.
Guilt? Oh there is all kinds of guilt in parenting, if you're a good one, but for me ... soap in the mouth is not at all one of them. I just don't like being told my choices are abusive.

lol Okay? And what exactly did I accuse you of?

"I'm going to ask that you stop that."

Seeing as you're projecting something from YOUR mind onto me, I can't exactly "stop" it.

"Dial back childhood flashbacks or whatever you are projecting on me"

Odd, since you're the one projecting.

I simply pointed out why soap in the mouth is abuse compared to hot sauce.

"As to the cooking ingredients... At this point, do your own research or don't."

Are you seriously questioning whether or not sugar and flour are cooking ingredients?

I get that naturally animals don't ingest refined sugar or flour, but humans/animals do consume sugar and wheat.

You obviously have some guilt on your end to have reacted/responded so defensively. :{

Not really... :{

Yes