"Being in a relationship is not easy, more than half of all first marriages fail in this country. That statistic doesn't improve if you spend most of your time reading your favorite website and not tending to the needs of your family."
A coworker & I were discussing the alarming amount of people around us who are divorced. It's really crazy.
We bagan betting which state would have the highest divorce rate... probably New York or California I had thought. We decided to look up the annual divorce rates by state [statemaster.com] and were shocked to see that some states in the bible belt [wikipedia.org] states are relatively high. One of our most cherished institutions indeed!
The one about the guy who wants a "Slashdot for kids" is especially disturbing so he can "plop" his children in front of a computer and have them leave him alone is especially disturbing.
I hope that's the exception rather than the rule for geeks who are starting to have families.
I'm sure it's the exception. Now I would love some sort of slashdot for kids just so my kids have their own avenue for geek news. Not to keep them busy, but to allow them to grow an interest. Unfortunately to do that would need a very agressive moderator enforcing strict rules.
Oh, and when I say 'for kids' I mean kids under 13. While kids will get exposed to a lot of stuff, I prefer to protect my 8 year old from some of the crap that goes on in public forums.
Divorce Rates (Score:5, Interesting)
"Being in a relationship is not easy, more than half of all first marriages fail in this country. That statistic doesn't improve if you spend most of your time reading your favorite website and not tending to the needs of your family."
A coworker & I were discussing the alarming amount of people around us who are divorced. It's really crazy.
... probably New York or California I had thought. We decided to look up the annual divorce rates by state [statemaster.com] and were shocked to see that some states in the bible belt [wikipedia.org] states are relatively high. One of our most cherished institutions indeed!
:)
We bagan betting which state would have the highest divorce rate
We both had forgotten about Vegas!
These numbers look really low because it'
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The one about the guy who wants a "Slashdot for kids" is especially disturbing so he can "plop" his children in front of a computer and have them leave him alone is especially disturbing.
I hope that's the exception rather than the rule for geeks who are starting to have families.
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I'm sure it's the exception.
Now I would love some sort of slashdot for kids just so my kids have their own avenue for geek news. Not to keep them busy, but to allow them to grow an interest.
Unfortunately to do that would need a very agressive moderator enforcing strict rules.
Oh, and when I say 'for kids' I mean kids under 13.
While kids will get exposed to a lot of stuff, I prefer to protect my 8 year old from some of the crap that goes on in public forums.
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"I prefer to protect my 8 year old from some of the crap that goes on in public forums."
Yeah, those libertarians here creep me out on occasions.
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Pesky libertarians. They should just move to a country where freedom is encouraged.
Re:Divorce Rates (Score:2)
I hear that Liberia is full of libertarians and lots of freedom!