I got something stuck in my craw. . .

Y'know what my problem is? Well I gotta few. I'm not particularly good looking (which isn't that big a deal because I'm married, in fact that's not even really a problem now, considering I am married and would like to remain married), I'm kind of an airhead, I'm easily distracted, and so forth. But this isn't supposed to be about what's wrong with me, it's what's wrong with everybody else. That problem, my dear friends, is that we live in a society where people don't want to accept the consequences of their actions. I remember growing up and being taught that when you make a choice you have to deal with the consequences (I seem to remember some video in first grade involving a dragon or something talking about choices and consequences, but I don't remember it extremely well). Sure, people understand this concept on the surface, "If I'm not nice to my significant other they will leave me," or "If I eat this poisonous plant I will die." What gets me is how many people will make a choice, not like it, and then try to avoid unpleasant consequences.

The best example I have of this is abortion. We all learn that babies come from sex, it's just how babies happen, unless you're Angelina Jolie, in which case babies come from third world countries. Anyway, it is possible for a woman to avoid sex in most cases and it is also possible for a woman to, if she is having sex, avoid getting pregnant (again there are case where some things are unavoidable, but those are unsavory and I don't wish to discuss them today). I imagine that if a woman a) chooses to have sex and b) does not use contraception, then if she wake up one morning puking and finds out she has a baby growing inside her, she should totally not be surprised. It's the natural consequence of the choices she made. but in society today it is becoming more and more acceptable to avoid that consequence by getting an abortion, which in my mind is basically like saying, "So what if I made a stupid decision, I shouldn't have to deal with the logical course of events following that stupid decision."

My second example could be a touchy one for some people, but y'know what? The internet is a place where people say things they won't say out loud because they aren't jerky enough, so here I go. I have no problems with people who say they have ADD or ADHD, in many cases those are things that can actually make it very difficult for a person to function in school, work, or general social situations. What I have a problem with is parents who seem to not want to deal with the consequences of the decision they made to have children. I don't have kids yet, but I was raised with six younger siblings, so I am aware that children can be loud, needy, rambunctious, and so forth. I am aware that raising children will be hard when my wife and I start doing so. But if my kid is having trouble in school I'm going to try every other option I can before telling a doctor, "yeah, he probably has ADHD, what meds can we give him?" I feel like there are too many parents out there that don't want to deal with a kid who has ADHD and will put them on medication. When someone is put on medication early in life, what does that teach them? That if you're having trouble with something you just need to pop a pill and all your troubles will go away. Does anyone else think that sounds like someone who's likely to grow up abusing drugs? And those parents, what is their rationale? "I know kids can be difficult, but I didn't know it would be this difficult, if only there was some magic pill that made my child easier to deal with so I could have a break." I'm here to tell you something parents, you never get a break, I'm 23, married, and live 100 miles from my parent and they still don't get a break from me, my grandparents still worry about and deal with their children's problems. Kids don't just go away and they don't just magically become perfect specimens of calm focus. It's not going to happen.

In all, I'm saying, look at what you're doing in life, what your beliefs are. If you think that there are situations where someone shouldn't deal with the consequences of their actions, maybe you should re-think that point of view. But if you don't, whatever, your loss I guess.

. . .sorry. . .

So, Y'all remember that schedule thing I was going to do? Yeah, I kinda screwed up, various events have zapped my desire to write a blog about silly things like that. In any case I think I'll go back to just writing what interests me at the time, which at this time is making sure my massive throngs of followers aren't disappointed that I haven't been writing. I am still alive everyone, but I'd like to know what I should write about. Give me some ideas, okay, i think I'll keep doing the R-Wad but I don't know when, as for SCuF, it takes so long, so unless I can outsource it to someone that has much more reliable internet access and a ton more free time than I do, I don't know if I can continue doing it weekly. Sorry. You'll be hearing from me soon, hopefully.