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This is the first post in a category that is close to Papa Riah’s heart. The downhill snowballing-effect that is spurring the degradation of our society is very saddening for somebody who sees social issues clearly. Now I know that I am in the minority on this viewpoint, and that is part of what is so sad. Society actually wants to degrade itself! I cannot deny this obvious fact. Most people want to be surrounded by a culture that displays less morals and ethics, not more. Everywhere you look traditional values have deteriorated and people are celebrating because of it.
Think about the 1950’s for a moment (no, Papa Riah was not born yet). The very popular TV show of the 70’s Happy Days depicted an era built around traditional values. If a girl had sex before marriage she actually received a bad reputation as a result. Sexually immoral connotations were banned from all forms of media. Curse words were not a prominent part of linguistics. Honesty was held in high esteem. And you know something? They all had a great time. After all the title of the show is Happy Days. How happy is everyone these days, really?
Contrast that against our present day society. I cannot drive a 15-mile stretch of freeway without being bombarded by billboards with hot young girls in their underwear posing in sexually suggestive positions. Prime time television shows blatantly celebrate sexual immorality. They’ve gone way past saying ass on TV/Radio and now can even add hole to that phrase. Incredibly popular reality shows reward the most back-stabbing, successful liar with million-dollar prizes - sending a clear message to our youth that this is how you get ahead in the world.
Frivolous lawsuits are running rampant as anybody who thinks they might be able to get some money will sue anybody over anything regardless of circumstance, actual liability, or true incurred damages. Late night television commercials for lawyers encouraging you to find somebody with money to sue are interspersed only by ads for sexual enhancement products. Apparently getting all the money you can legally steal and having as many orgasms as humanly possible are the only really important pursuits in life. And apparently it’s OK to let our children understand this at a young age.
Now I am not here to try and stop this or build some kind of moral minority group to make political statements. The reason why not is because there isn’t anything you or I or even a whole bunch of us can do about it. It’s a wasted effort fighting this battle, because it’s only going to continue to get worse. That’s a fact.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t call this stuff out and laugh about it. That’s what I am here for. It’s what I do. If you happen to agree with my point of view and are the type to try and do something about it, good for you. Go get ’em tiger. I’ll be rooting for you with every fiber of my heart, even as I know with every cell in my brain that you will fail.
Papa Riah
Technorati Tags: Society, Sex, Television
Technorati Tags: sex, society, television
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Most of the problems in modern society are the results of bad parenting. This is a fact that only good parents seem to recognize. Bad parents apparently don’t realize that they are bad parents, either that or they just don’t care. Let’s face it, the world is full of irresponsible idiots and those people are having children. Their children are raised by idiots so they themselves are trained to become idiots regardless of how smart they are born. Because children are so highly impressionable, even a very gifted and smart child doesn’t stand a chance if they have idiot parents.
Then they grow up and have kids themselves, and the cycle repeats itself. This results in an exponential growth rate of idiots in society and there isn’t anything the rest of us can do about it. Intelligent people use birth control methods, idiots don’t. Certain ethnic groups live in virtual poverty their entire lives and actually pump out more children motivated by the additional welfare check they will receive.
Another problem is that some children of good parents actually become bad parents. This usually occurs when somebody who was raised with discipline isn’t capable of dispensing it to their own kid. By comparison, few children of bad parents become good parents. So the shift towards the dark side is an ever-growing scourge upon this earth.
You aren’t doing your kids any favors by not disciplining them. If you let them run wild at ages 4 through 8, you can bet that you won’t have any control over them when they are teenagers. Expect phone calls from the police during those years. The best thing you can do for both them and your relationship with them is to be a strict parent now and punish them any time they display insubordination. And no, punishing them doesn’t mean verbally chastising a kid who long ago stopped listening to you.
You see this all the time with new parents. They want to be their child’s friend and are afraid of their kid not loving them. So they let them have their way all the time and spoil them in every other manner as well. Not only does this result in a rotten human being being developed, but it actually creates resentment between child and parent in adult years - exactly the opposite desired affect. If you cannot say no to your child then they run the house, not you. That’s a pretty sad state of affairs. If this describes your household then you are totally blowing it.
When a child raised by an idiot parent becomes an adult they usually are a liability in society, not an asset. Now there are exceptions of course, but you really stack the deck against your child by being a bad parent. I know, I know, you don’t care - and obviously are not even reading this.
Papa Riah
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Lets face it - the laughable condition that our society is devolving to is spurred by bad ideas. Much of the stupidity that Papa Riah writes about is the direct result of a really bad idea which somehow got much further than it ever should have. It’s amazing to me that this can happen. Somewhere along the way somebody with the power to squelch the misconceived plan must have given it the approval stamp, probably more than once. How does a stupid idea gather steam and start snowballing, and why am I apparently the only one to see these things and call them out? The idea should have died in the conception stage!
Perhaps I am not the only one who notices, but rather I am the only one to say something about it. This reminds me of the story of the emperor’s new clothes. People tend to be more concerned with fitting in and being like everybody else than standing back and calling out the obvious, especially if it goes against popular opinion. This is how really stupid trends not only get started, but spread like wildfire - especially when it comes to fashion. It’s a real problem in society.
Lets take the case of women’s low-rider pants (also known as hip-huggers) as an example. This was a terrible concept that has taken over in America and has somehow found staying power for a ridiculous number of years. The only women who look good in these things are so thin as to be borderline sick with Anorexia. Any normal healthy female looks fat in them, and that’s the plain truth. This fashion trend reinforces the abominable idea that women should be starving themselves to unhealthy levels in order to be attractive.
There is another type of bad idea that fits into this category, and that is simply a bad decision. Often when you really screw up at something a friend will tell you (afterwards of course) that whatever it was you set out to do was a bad idea. Most of these incidents can be traced to a bad decision made at a critical point.
Papa Riah is an expert at risk analysis and management. That means I make good decisions in all areas of my life based on proper risk vs. reward assessment. Another way of saying this is that I am a smart gambler. This comes naturally to me, so I tend to be a little tough on people who have trouble in this area. Not managing risk properly is the core of bad decision making in your life, no doubt about it. I highly advise at least thinking about the concept for a bit, as that can only help.
Take the game show Deal or No Deal as an example. Contestants make terrible decisions on this show on a regular basis. Note that the bad decisions are always in the direction of going further, not stopping. Some of them get the idea stuck in their head that they are destined to win big and give up life-changing amounts of money as a result of this self-induced blindness. Others can simply never accept any offer that is lower than their highest offer was, and go down the tubes as a result.
I encourage you to go through life with your eyes open and not being afraid to ask questions. Quit worrying about what other people think of you, especially strangers. Drop the idea of your image entirely. Nobody is watching and nobody cares, so there is nobody to impress. Even if there were, impressing other people is not a worthwhile pursuit. Even if it were, the way to impress them is likely to be counter-intuitive. Believe me, people will actually respect you more (not less as most people suppose) for admitting when you don’t know something and wanting clarification in order to make a better decision.
Papa Riah
Technorati Tags: deal or no deal, hip huggers, society
This is the first post in a category that is close to Papa Riah’s heart. The downhill snowballing-effect that is spurring the degradation of our society is very saddening for somebody who sees social issues clearly. Now I know that I am in the minority on this viewpoint, and that is part of what is so sad. Society actually wants to degrade itself! I cannot deny this obvious fact. Most people want to be surrounded by a culture that displays less morals and ethics, not more. Everywhere you look traditional values have deteriorated and people are celebrating because of it.