EarlJibbs Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Just read this. Crazy. I feel bad for these people who posted what was a funny video, are getting lambasted. What are your thoughts? Mine.... stay the heck out of others choices. We all are upset when parents make poor decisions, but I dont think that this couple represents the entire obese community. This kills me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NadiaStar Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 It's a root beer. Save your energy on a bigger problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 since when did we get nazi food police. sheesh. people can just mind their own business and work on getting that log out of their eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEthePrimate Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 At first I thought it was supposed to be a video of a child's first root canal. What a relief that it's not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) One root beer float doesn't make a kid obese. Good Grief! The comment I left on Youtube: Root Beer or other sugary soda is not the cause of obesity. Get the kids out from in front of TV and video games and get them moving!!! Its a shame parents sharing a wonderful moment have to hear nasty comments from people who don't understand the issues. Obesity is caused by more than just sugar for pete's sake. My mother's generation drank a lot of root beer...made it at home even.... and her generation had very little obesity. But then they ate home cooked food at home and worked hard to grow it too. Edited June 14, 2012 by applepansy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Food nazis would have us believe that rootbeer floats were designed by satan, or terrorists if they are not religious. One sip of root beer is slide down the slippery road to the sin of gluttony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 since when did we get nazi food police. sheesh. people can just mind their own business and work on getting that log out of their eyes.Anne, its the whole mote and beam issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 First crack pipe would be worth all the fuss. First root beer? Not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I'd be more worried about the circles his eyeballs look like they're spinning after he takes a drink. That must be some kind of carbonation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleWyvern Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Wow, this gives me an entirely new reason to hide my mom's home video of me stealing lollypops from my little sister's haloween candy bag.*fortunately, my life of crime ended quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I thought the video was cute. Kind of reminded me of the first time I gave my daughter peas. Oh the shudders that produced from her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordorbund Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I thought the video was cute. Kind of reminded me of the first time I gave my daughter peas. Oh the shudders that produced from her.WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????!!!!!!Don't you have any idea how a consistent diet of starchy foods contributes to couch potatoness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlJibbs Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????!!!!!!Don't you have any idea how a consistent diet of starchy foods contributes to couch potatoness?Not sure what your comment has to do with Pam's post. That is not what she was saying. I doubt this kid is damned to a life of being obese or "couch potatoness". Which is what A: the government would like you to think and B: those who posted negative comments on the video on youtube are saying. It was a cute video of someone enjoying their first Rootbeer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Not sure what your comment has to do with Pam's post. That is not what she was saying. I doubt this kid is damned to a life of being obese or "couch potatoness". Which is what A: the government would like you to think and B: those who posted negative comments on the video on youtube are saying. It was a cute video of someone enjoying their first Rootbeer. Did you not get the pun? Starch? couch "potatoness"? I thought the comment hilarious.Or maybe I've got just as warped a sense of humor as mordorbund. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlJibbs Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Did you not get the pun? Starch? couch "potatoness"? I thought the comment hilarious.Or maybe I've got just as warped a sense of humor as mordorbund. :)Okay, I was going to simply edit out my post since I completely missed the joke. But I left it to show everyone how dumb I just looked. I hope someone can at least get me some Fries with that, because I just got served.I definitely did not have my funny had on yesterday. Good one mordorbund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Hahaha it's okay. We all have our moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 I watched it. Idealistically, I'd like to think that I wouldn't give Root Beer to my daughter that young but I have a confession to make, we've already given her a taste of ice-cream and she's a lot younger than that boy. Anyway, I can only imagine the unnecessary remarks people have made about the parents. Rewind when my daughter was about 5 months old, I uploaded a home video on YouTube of her with Big Eyes. Basically, I had her on the changing table and flipped the lights on/off - her eyes would get big and she'd giggle hysterically. Before I knew it, I got spammed by all kinds of comments about how I was a terrible mother for exposing her precious little eyeballs to the lights being flicked on/off. I left the video online for awhile but then the comments and private messages just got out of control, so I deleted the video entirely. The crazy thing was, it wasn't like she was even in a totally dark room. It was daylight, the room was perfectly lit from natural illumination, the flipping the lights on just barely made a difference but since baby was facing up at the light fixture, she totally got a kick out of it being on and off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 I'll state the humor of the joke: potatoes are a starch. There. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????!!!!!!Don't you have any idea how a consistent diet of starchy foods contributes to couch potatoness?Did you not get the pun? Starch? couch "potatoness"? I thought the comment hilarious.Or maybe I've got just as warped a sense of humor as mordorbund. :)Plus peas are legumes and are starch also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamjet Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 You should have seen the look on my daughters face when I gave her a tiny bit of wasabi for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamjet Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 (edited) Oh, oh, oh, then there was the time I forced her to bite down onto a pebble. Her siblings were looking in horror. She wasn't sure but like a good girl, she did as dad told her to do. She bit down, gave me the absolutely funniest look of "what the heck" and then her face lit up: Next thing, her hand shot out wanting more. Then her siblings had the same absolutely funniest look of "what the heck" until I said - "It's chocolate that looks like rocks." Then I had more hands shooting out demanding to try it. They inhaled the rest of the batch, having fun and loving the novelty of it all.They're resilient or at least they were too young to remember it. Edited June 16, 2012 by slamjet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 oh, oh, oh, then there was the time i forced her to bite down onto a pebble. Her siblings were looking in horror. She wasn't sure but like a good girl, she did as dad told her to do. She bit down, gave me the absolutely funniest look of "what the heck" and then her face lit up: next thing, her hand shot out wanting more. Then her siblings had the same absolutely funniest look of "what the heck" until i said - "it's chocolate that looks like rocks." then i had more hands shooting out demanding to try it. They inhaled the rest of the batch, having fun and loving the novelty of it all.They're resilient or at least they were too young to remember it.i gotta try one of those!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEthePrimate Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Oh, oh, oh, then there was the time I forced her to bite down onto a pebble. Her siblings were looking in horror. She wasn't sure but like a good girl, she did as dad told her to do. She bit down, gave me the absolutely funniest look of "what the heck" and then her face lit up: Next thing, her hand shot out wanting more. Then her siblings had the same absolutely funniest look of "what the heck" until I said - "It's chocolate that looks like rocks." Then I had more hands shooting out demanding to try it. They inhaled the rest of the batch, having fun and loving the novelty of it all.They're resilient or at least they were too young to remember it.Dude, for real? You can actually buy those?Too cool! I've gotta get me some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Anatess and HEP.. Here you go! And apparently some WalMart's sell chocolate rocks from a different company for less than $5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEthePrimate Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Anatess and HEP.. Here you go! And apparently some WalMart's sell chocolate rocks from a different company for less than $5.I'm picturing putting some in a fishbowl, or making a "rock" garden. Then when I have a visitor over, just reach into the rock garden, take one out, bite down on it, and watch my visitor's expression! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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