When did you realize your parents were bad at parenting?

I must have been about 6 years old. We had stopped at a little road side market and were looking around at all the stuff the gentleman had for sale. I noticed my mother and her friend we had wit…

Top stories for Long   When did you realize your parents were bad at parenting? Larry Harris, former Truck Driver at Southeastern Freight Lines (2006-2013) • Updated December 30, 2023 I must have been about 6 years old. We had stopped at a little road side market and were looking around at all the stuff the gentleman had for sale. I noticed my mother and... Read more » 1.3K 56   How badly will American manufacturers be hurt by retaliatory tariffs by Canada against American goods? How will all this economic warfare likely play out, in the long run? Joe Deschamps, Minor in sociology/psychology • Answered February 23 To be honest, tariffs are the least of your worries. You should be far more concerned about the number of Canadian citizens who, without government urging or sponsorship, ha... Read more » 4.9K 810   Do toenails still have any use for humans? What would be the consequences if someone lost them? Catherine Cole, Retired NYPD 1992-2012 • Answered February 27 I worked with a woman who had no toenails. I was a cop and we had to wear black socks when in uniform. Apparently her nails had a bad reaction to the dye and all of them ne... Read more » 727 26   Have you ever bought a used laptop or hard drive that still contained the previous user's data? Franklin Veaux, Technology enthusiast, mad engineer, and tech startup founder. • Updated October 5, 2018 Hoo boy. Have I ever. Sit back, I've got a story for you. In about 1990 or so, I was friends with a guy who ran a computer repair shop in Florida. I was in the shop one day ... Read more » 9.8K 210   What is a slap-in-the-face job offer? Joshua M, studied at The Culinary Institute of America • Updated February 23 I was a private chef making 100k a year cooking for a wonderful family in NYC. My roommate from culinary school asked me to come out to California to see his new project - ... Read more » 4.3K 153   How is it possible for a judge to override the president of the United States? Joe Devney, Someone who has read the constitution • Answered February 13 I do hope this question was not written by an American. Every American should know the answer to this question. But I will answer it for the sake of the non-Americans on Quo... Read more » 207 18   What is the real truth of life? Sudhamsh Korrapati, Software Engineer at Meta Platforms • Answered July 18, 2018 You need to master the art of selling yourself. No matter how hard you work, if you can't sell it then it's worth nothing. Stop complaining. If you have the energy to compla... Read more » 927 28   A student wants me to change her grade because her college admission will be revoked if I post the "D" she's earned. What should I consider? John Fine • Answered February 8 Change the grade. Long LONG ago, I had "earned" an F in Latin senior year in HS. My (early decision) admission to MIT did not depend on my final GPA, but did depend on gradu... Read more » 2.1K 240   What is the solution of xe^x=1? Enrico Gregorio, Associate professor in Algebra • Answered September 19 Consider [math]f(x)=xe^x.[/math] Then you see that [math]\displaystyle\lim_{x\to-\infty}f(x)=0[/math] [math]\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}f(x)=\infty[/math] so you know that the equation [math]f(x)=1[/math] has at least one solution. Since [math]f'(x)=(x+1)e^x[/math] we see that [math]f[/math] has a minimum at [math]-1[/math] and is decreasing over [math](-\infty,-1]...[/math] Read more » 81 18   A person stops you at gunpoint and demands you hand over your wallet. How would you get the mugger to walk away using only the power of words? Leroy Watt, former Trader • Updated November 11, 2018 In New York, a tall black gentleman stopped me on 110th and Lennox in 1999 and asked me for my wallet. I told him I didn't have one. He told me to give him my money. I told... Read more » 10K 618   Can my teenage son and daughter share the same room? A 3 bedroom apartment is too expensive where we live now. Should we move so that they can each have their own room? Susan D Smith, lived in The Pit of Richmond Virginia Until Oct 2018 When We Finally Moved to Fl... • Updated November 24 I was 11 when our parents divorced, my brother 9. My mother got custody but not much else; she was destitute. We moved out of our childhood home to a tiny two-bedroom cottag... Read more » 1K 20   What is the best movie you have seen that most people probably haven't ever heard of? Gail Benavides, lives in California (2013-present) • Answered February 20 A rare masterpiece👋The whole family lives in a horror house‼ ️ This is one of the most unexpected horror movies I have seen in recent years. It combines various science fic... Read more » 156 33 Read more in your feed

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