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Hanging out with my nieces/nephews I now understand most the discipline I received as a child was most likely because I was being annoying and nothing to do with right or wrong. (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's why they say 'it takes a village to raise one child.'

Kids don't have a brain filter. If they hear opera, they'll sing opera. If they hear cigarette commercials, that's what they'll sing.

edit = I picked the most obnoxious songs I could think of. Didn't think I'd start a nostalgia/mandala effect thread

[–] Daft_ish 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Cigarette commercials? This man is straight from the 60s.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh bless your heart. We had cigarette commercials into the 90s.

[–] Daft_ish 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Talking radio? I dunno, I don't remember them and according the the magic box in my hand legislation banning them passed in the 70s. I'm no expert.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Daft_ish 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is that a radio jingle?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh sorry I was clicking through before I saw your comment, I must have clicked off the Winston one when I copied the link https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7zw3ss

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apparently there’s a whole glitch in the matrix deal around this, because other people remember seeing them too (I saw a post on reddit) and I wasn’t born much before the 90s. I definitely remember Virginia slim commercials like back to back with RC cola ads during the daytime. I wonder if it was maybe from recorded vhs tapes or something because I can legit picture seeing these ads on tv in my childhood home.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I share your recollection, and I'm thinking VHS recordings may be the explanation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s the only reasonable explanation I can come up with. The weird part is (it must just be tied to when I saw them?) they were decidedly in like a late 80s early 90s style. I’m mystified.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I made the original comment.

I picked 'cigarette commercials' because that seemed like the most obnoxious thing a kid could sing.

Wasn't expecting to get people focused on that.

Who knew?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Apologies haha. Let’s get back to blaming the children!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Speaking as a former child myself, I can say that they are in fact terrible people with absolutely no boundaries.

[–] Daft_ish 1 points 10 months ago

Interesting