FFS Friday!!

I just overheard this on the radio here locally, and had to check it out for myself.

Some of you may remember when I volunteered in my 4th grader's class, and saw a child wearing a shirt with this:

A thinly veiled threat.

For those of you that are unaware, this is Arizona State University's new "marketing" campaign. The "hand gesture" is supposed to be a pitchfork, which is the Sun Devil's weapon of choice. Shouts of "Fork 'Em" have been heard at Sun Devil Stadium for years.......but this is different. Again, for those unaware, let me show you what this hand gesture means on the streets, yo (I'm so hood):

The shocker, also known colloquially as "two in the pink, one in the stink"^[1][2] is a hand gesture with a sexual connotation.^[3] The ring finger and thumbare curled or bent down while the other fingers are extended. The index and middle fingers are kept together (touching) and the back of the hand faces outwards (away from the gesturer). The gesture refers to the act of inserting the index and middle fingers into a vagina and the little finger into the receiver's anus, hence the "shock".

So, imagine my surprise to see this in a 4th grade classroom. NOW, I hear that some schools have taken to twitter to further support their sports programs. How, you ask? Let me introduce you to Sundevilboobs.

It's pretty tame, actually. No nudity (that I saw), just a bunch of women in ASU gear, throwing up the "pitchfork". Way to solidify yourselves as an institute of higher education, ASU. On the other hand, the school did slip some spots in the coveted Playboy Top Party School poll last year, so maybe this is an attempt to redeem themselves.

Oh, by the way, they're not the only school with this Twitter campaign. The Iowa Hawkeyes, University of Illinois, Louisville, University of West Virginia, UNLV, and Kansas State also have similar pages.

So.....show your support ladies! Your dads are all very proud of what you've accomplished by supporting your school!


 

The Post of Shame...

In the past decades, punishment of children has received some major overhauls. Parents are afraid to spank, replacing it with timeouts. Groundings take place in a bedroom, usually with a cable TV, computer, cell phone, and radio. What is an appropriate punishment for children of the information age?

A few months ago, father Tommy Jordan took to YouTube to refute his daughter's rant on Facebook about how bad of a parent he was.


How did he find his daughter's rant? WHILE UPGRADING HER LAPTOP PER HER REQUEST. See, Mr. Jordan is an IT guy....which means he works with computers everyday. So, posting a rant about your overbearing dad on a website that he probably knows your password to, and if he doesn't, I'm sure he could have found it....probably isn't the best idea. It's the equivalent of a cop's kid ripping off a bank, or one of the Kardashians going to someone besides their mom to release their latest sex tape. It's going to end badly.

Enter the newest parent into the social media punishment ring. ReShonda Tate Billingsley, an author and journalist. ReShonda's daughter decided to do something stupid on Facebook.

She apparently decided to post pictures of her drinking alcohol with friends, or her dumbass friends decided to tag her in pictures where she was drinking alcohol because they're idiots. In any case, her mom (probably on her friends list) caught wind of it, and made her upload this pic before locking down her account.

BRILLIANT.

Social humiliation is quickly becoming a viable option for parents to punish their children. Because children spend so much time texting, IM-ing, and on Facebook and Twitter, why not destroy the images they've built in these arenas? It's no secret that the internet is a curtain to hide your imperfections. Everyone does it to an extent. When those facades come crashing down around you, it can serve to remind you of yourself. Kids need some of that every now and then.

SooperRant Sunday - Another Open Letter

**DISCLAIMER** I have made fun of the "fairer sex" before in my blog and in public because, well, it's funny. I have used abuse jokes before, and my favorite is:

What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?

Nothing, you already told her twice.

So as you read, know that I'm not a hypocrite, but I do what I do for HUMOR. This rant is my opinion, but hopefully you share it if you believe I am correct.

Now on to the SooperReflection Rant....I think I'm going to like this.

An Open Letter to Rhianna

Dear Rhianna,

Over the Christmas holidays, I heard a rumor that I thought was unbelievable, but when researching, found in more than one source, so I take it as newsworthy (?).  

The situation has to do with your ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown, yourself, and Twitter. Although I don't take everything on Twitter as gospel, the "coincidence" of you and Mr. Brown posting loving tweets so close together cements this situation in my mind.

Love U more than u know!

— Chris Brown(@chrisbrown) December 29, 2011

Two minutes later, you posted this: 

I'll always love u #1LOVE

— Rihanna (@rihanna) December 29, 2011

I know it's vague, and not pointed to any one person, but this "coincidence" has made me lose absolutely any and all respect for you that I had left.Do you remember that this douchebag is the one that treated your face like the sides of beef in "Rocky"?

In case you don't remember, let me help you out:

But hey, I'm a dude. Why take my opinion to heart? My answer: don't. But I feel bad for the millions of abused women that looked to you for strength, who gave you their sympathy, who stood up for you. Jay-Z, the guy that you owe your CAREER to, even got mad when you wouldn't condemn Mr. Brown for what he did. I notice that you re-tweet a lot of Puff Diddy/Daddy/PDiddy/Puffy/Mr. Combs' tweets....he's the guy that immediately wanted you to forgive Mr. Brown.....strange.

I get "battered women syndrome", but the fact is you are talented and beautiful enough to literally HAND PICK any guy on the face of the planet. For you to even respond to the guy that threatened your career and your LIFE is inexcusable.

So, keep tweeting. I know I'm now a "hater", but I call it like I see it. You were a victim. You are now not a victim. You are weak.  Your comeback from the hell that your previous relationship was is remarkable, but you are throwing it away, and for that, you have lost my respect.

A Former Fan,

Brent Sieckman

Another Game Post?

Yes, yes it is another game post. Apparently, us Call of Duty addicts aren't the only subhumans on the planet. Yes, we forget to bathe for days on end, become oblivious to our surroundings, and scream the phrase "Noobtuber" at the top of our lungs, immediately preceded or followed by some form of expletive; at least we havent been thrown off of an airplane. 

"He loves WWF so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it, but he has already boarded another AA flight," spokesman Matthew Hiltzik said in an e-mail to CNN.

In case you're wondering, WWF stands for Words With Friends. Apparently, Mr. Baldwin was in such a freaking intense game of WWF that he refused to stow his electronic device while they were at the gate and got tossed off like a common terrorist. 

Oh, but Mr. Baldwin, who is an avid Twidiot, decided to go ahead and make his disgust well known:

AlecBaldwin Alec Baldwin 

Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt

#IWonderHowYouMakeSoMuch$ByMisspellingCompanies'Names?

AlecBaldwin Alec Baldwin 

#theresalwaysunited Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's find jobs as flight attendants.

Apparently, he has lingering resentment from the gym teachers he, Stevie, and Billy had growing up. He should be thankful American is giving "seniors" jobs, because, if I can add correctly, he's a little over "hiring age" for Hollywood.

Douchebag.