I would probably say 5?
From five years old is what I've seen too.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - Mar 20, 2012 4:03:18 pm PDT #27439 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Jesse - Mar 20, 2012 4:07:48 pm PDT #27440 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My friend leaves her 2 and 4 year-olds alone together in the bath, but acknowledges it's not recommended.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2012 4:17:47 pm PDT #27441 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I look sideways at your friend. Maybe a 4-year-old is OK to leave alone, but leaving a 2-year-old under the supervision of a prekindergardener? Oh HELL no!
Jesse - Mar 20, 2012 4:22:57 pm PDT #27442 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She's not out of earshot or anything -- the house is small.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2012 4:42:53 pm PDT #27443 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, that jibes with my reflexive reaction. The author was portraying somewhat irresponsible behaviour without criticism.
I would freak out outright at the idea of leaving a two year old unsupervised in the bath long enough to be answering a door or doing anything else which took that level of my attention. But I don't have any experience to back that up with. The idea makes me nervous, is all.
Man, there's nothing like going back over a rebuttal you've typed up and replacing long paragraphs with single sentences. My previous boss used to urge me to be *more* communicative, but seriously, he had no idea what urges I was fighting. The amount of verbiage I can dredge up to discuss five minutes of TV from 15 years ago is pretty damned sad.
Work just never inspires that in me.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2012 5:34:34 pm PDT #27444 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder how prevalent this practice really is. I always start from the position of assuming hype, but then there is this:
Questions have been raised about the legality of the practice, which is also the focus of proposed legislation in Illinois and Maryland that would forbid public agencies from asking for access to social networks.
Seriously? I mean, the ACLU has already gotten involved on someone's benefit, and they're actually naming organisations that have done it. It's creepy.
DavidS - Mar 20, 2012 5:40:24 pm PDT #27445 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wouldn't want to work any place that asked for my FB password. If that's their presumption for an interview then it would be infinitely worse to work for them.
I wouldn't have a problem directing them to my FB profile, but otherwise, fuck them.
Dag, I wish I had some money to give to the ACLU because it's seriously getting to be a creepy culture here in the U.S. of A.
javachik - Mar 20, 2012 5:44:48 pm PDT #27446 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Someone linked to a "fabulous" new feature in choosing seats on KLM airlines: the ability to look at the Facebook/LinkedIn profiles of your possible seatmates!
I am beyond creeped out.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2012 5:46:51 pm PDT #27447 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, I'm markedly unlikely to be signing up for meet and seat, like, ever.
Jessica - Mar 20, 2012 5:46:53 pm PDT #27448 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I look sideways at your friend. Maybe a 4-year-old is OK to leave alone, but leaving a 2-year-old under the supervision of a prekindergardener? Oh HELL no!
You can look sideways at me then - my kids are 4 and 14 months and they play alone in the bath most nights.