Well, my buddy has two kids, both with those cars, and yeah, it’s stay off the roads when they’re around. They’re absolute maniacs. But I see it as hilarious. If you’re not careful, they’ll drive right over your foot. The kids are having a heluva fun time. They bump each other, run into me, etc. They’re kids. Getting annoyed does nothing.
well, i could call the authorities. it’s not hilarious. it’s a nuisance.
your buddy is irresponsible.
I already said no excuses.
Plus they come here a lot. We live two doors down from the grandparents and ive been training them since they were babies that everytime they knock on the door here they get a treat. Theyre old enough now to ask to come.to my place.
i tought you meant for the adults driving the cars that hit them, not for the irresponsible parents that buy them these go-karts in the first place.
Yeah my MIL had to go to court bc a kid on a bicycle hit her car. She was stopped at the time of impact bc she saw how the kid was riding. She did not hit him. He hit her car and got a broken arm. And she had to go to court bc they were trying to make it her fault.
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So we had kids riding around on a go cart in our neighborhood during the pandemic. Probably not legal but they weren’t causing issues and seemed to be careful around cars and pedestrians. Still probably a bit dangerous but I wasn’t gonna be the one to turn them in.
I hope your MIL was 100% exonerated.
I saw a kid plow into a car on his bike many years ago. I made it a point to talk to the cop who arrived on scene.
I assume she was as we never heard any more about it.
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We’ve a friend who identifies non-binary but is AFAB and looks feminine.
We have called them “she” to her face a few dozen times probably. They don’t worry about it but it’s because they know we try.
I don’t care how someone identifies as long as they aren’t angry when you make a good-faith attempt and fail but correct yourself.
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Same. My son has a very good friend who is non-binary and prefers they/them, and I’ve slipped up a few times, as has my son. They don’t seem outwardly angry and I hope I’m not causing them too much internal strife when I make a mistake with pronouns.
I think most people in that situation realize that you are attempting. I’m sure it’s a little annoying but you are taking the extra step to try. The tiny minority who fly off the handle at it already have other issues they should handle.
Same goes for people who blatantly refuse to use the word “they”. I halfway considered only calling my MIL “sir”, “dude”, “my guy” to see how she liked it but my partner talked me down from the ledge.
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I hope so. I’ve also slipped up with a few other phrases that need to exit my vocabulary, and I’ve generally found that people know I’m not an a**hole, and that I’m trying, and I don’t think I’ve ever burned a bridge using inappropriate words or phrases or pronouns.
It’s amazing how much mileage you can get by just not being an a**hole. More people should try it.
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I cringe thinking back through my history using words like “gay” or “r-tarded” or even “f-g” as slurs to mean “stupid” or “bad”.
Never would today at all. But it was normal at the time and the previous generation was fine with it, at least in my Christian upbringing. Maybe “f-g” was too far for some. But most racial slurs except the N-word were on the table.
I was similar growing up. And I was pretty naïve, so some things took a while to even register as being offensive. I was way too old when I realized I should stop using ‘sacred cow.’ It had just been a phrase I’d heard and used as far back as I could remember and I didn’t consider what it really meant for a long time.
I think I’ve told this story before, growing up a lot of people used the phrase ‘Jew them down’ or whatever in reference to dickering over the price of something. I think I was in college when I finally learned where that phrase came from.
Ugh yeah same, “Jewing me/them” or “Gipping” were the same thing. I was a child, over time learned what that meant but wasn’t quite living in Israel or Romania. Didn’t know.
I definitely heard at church (circa 2003) "let’s pull out all the Christians and nuke those “sand N-rs” and got a lot of nods. Was the first day of my departure from Christianity.
Sounds like you and I grew up in very similar places.
