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to ask, what shocks you?

39 replies

OnlyWantsOne · 24/06/2011 15:59

please wear your flame proof judgey pants

What things do you see often, that really shock you?

For example, my friend uploaded a video to facebook of her doing some thing(playing with her baby), and in the back ground I can hear her toddler (he's 3ish) son moaning, her reply to him in a very loud voice "shut the fuck up"

which left me Shock

comments on this video - from her mother "delete this off here now before the social get a phone call" Hmm

So, what shocks you?

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cybboid · 24/06/2011 16:01

yy to children being shouted at in the street or sworn at

drunk girls peeing in the gutter or fighting

American tan tights with white sandals

JudysJudgement · 24/06/2011 16:04

i dont like kids being sworn at, but sadly not shocked by it :(

i was shocked by a pro anorexia website i stumbled on once

i am shocked sometimes by how little time some people actually spend with their kids

cat64 · 24/06/2011 16:07

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Flisspaps · 24/06/2011 16:07

electricity

OnlyWantsOne · 24/06/2011 16:08

Bah dum tish fissplaps

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DurhamDurham · 24/06/2011 16:10

People swearing at their children.

Being offered a can of Special Brew when I visit people at home to carry out a benefit check. At 9.30 in the morning!

People who let their dogs lick them of their face, Urghhhh!

JamieAgain · 24/06/2011 16:12

torture

Illegitimate · 24/06/2011 16:12

I went to a baby group for under one year olds a few weeks ago and i saw a woman give her little boy a few swigs of monster energy drink- My judgy pants were hoiked up very high.

saidthespiderwithahorridsmile · 24/06/2011 16:14

people hitting children, especially if they are calm and think it is an OK thing to do

people swearing at children

people being very drunk in public in the daytime

the way teenage girls dress, especially in winter

the price of cheese

fedupofnamechanging · 24/06/2011 16:18

The fact that we continue to tolerate being screwed over by successive governments.

philmassive · 24/06/2011 16:18

How downright mean and rude people are on here sometimes, and I hope they aren't so cruel and heartless in rl

OnlyWantsOne · 24/06/2011 16:19

The two women that stand at the school gates on the path smoking. Every. Day.

So all the children walk through all the smoke. I've asked them to move about a dozen times. They ignore me. The school say as they are on a foot path they can do nothing some people are just fucking stupid

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deliciousdevilwoman · 24/06/2011 16:21

1.People that take it upon themselves to comment loudly/judge on how much others' spend on their kids clothes/toys/activities and/or holidays, bags, shoes-delete as applicable!

  1. Parents whacking/screaming obscenities at kids in public-always makes me wonder what the hell gets meted out to these kids in private......
  1. Anyone (young or ahem more mature) with more muffin than Starbucks, wearing a cropped top/hipsters
  1. Text speak
  1. Children with numerous cavaties......bad teeth in an adult is also a bugbear of mine, but I have a particular rod up my arse about this-even more so than obesity in youngsters
BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 24/06/2011 16:24
  1. How selfish a nation we are becoming...I actually find it quite depressing - each man for himself and sod the rest!!
  1. The sights I see walking down southend high street....once saw a guy standing on his head....his head was in a bucket??? Wierd!
  1. How long it is taking me to get a dental appointment!
OTheHugeManatee · 24/06/2011 16:24

That news story about the young parents who thought it'd be funny to gaffer tape their baby to the wall was pretty shocking.

grovel · 24/06/2011 16:26

How quickly loo rolls get used in my house.

The price of Marmite.

Illegitimate · 24/06/2011 16:27

Oh and the price of kinder eggs don my local shop. 85p ffs!

OTheHugeManatee · 24/06/2011 16:27

Also men in cycling shorts when the lycra has worn a bit thin Confused

FreudianSlipper · 24/06/2011 16:30

when david cameron declares we're all in this together - to think he can actually stand and witter in when he has never known what it is like to not be financially secure and have no money worries

and how many parents act towards their children, no longer shocks me but makes me very sad

dressing children in designer clothes, if you need to show to the world that you are considerably richer than others drape yourself in labels not your children, let them choose if they feel it is necessary to when they are older

TheSecondComing · 24/06/2011 16:33

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kazmus · 24/06/2011 16:34

45p for a sherbet dip, 45p! thats 9 shillings in old money! they used to be sixpence (in old money) (waits for car to take her back to the home:) )

Shoesytwoesy · 24/06/2011 16:35

the wankers and their brats that stare at dd cos she is in a wheelchair.

FreudianSlipper · 24/06/2011 16:36

and how often i hear the line i am not racist, i have a black/brown friend but .....

Pagwatch · 24/06/2011 16:44

How little empathy gets shown and how selfish society is.

Young girls dressed like hookers.

How hostile some young women seem to be to any woman over 50. Simple self interest makes that soooo stupid.

Freakishly territorial parents someone touched my child- oh dear lord, save me....

People who suspect every man on his own in any situation to be a pedophile. Unless they fancy him. Then he is great with kids.

mrsdonkeybucketVAMOSRAFA · 24/06/2011 16:46

That only 4 of you wished me a Happy Birthday on Wednesday.

Not many people love me. Sad

PS If you scroll down AIBU, I have my own thread......if you care enough, that is.