tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post2136097433162922587..comments2023-09-07T22:24:51.654-05:00Comments on League of Melbotis: 2007 Wrap-Up Part OneThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-19260947229039479182008-01-01T14:57:00.000-06:002008-01-01T14:57:00.000-06:00Just watch an episode of "My Super Sweet 16" on MT...Just watch an episode of "My Super Sweet 16" on MTV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-34279786548411822232007-12-31T21:40:00.000-06:002007-12-31T21:40:00.000-06:00Agreed. Which is why I find it silly to pay thousa...Agreed. Which is why I find it silly to pay thousands of dollars for tickets.<BR/><BR/>Now, all of this is my opinion. People are free to spend their money any way they please, and I don't have a 9 year old daughter telling me she'll DIE if she doesn't see Hannah Montana. <BR/><BR/>As it's my opinion, I think they're spending their money foolishly, just as 99% of the population would find my spending habits foolish (I mean... comics? And Superman memoribilia...?). <BR/><BR/>As per bad parenting: Again, my opinion. I am sure most of these parents believe they are doing the best thing possible for their child or they wouldn't do it. Unlike many people, I kind of think kids are greedy little apes and their gratitude usually only extends as far as the next present. I also suspect most parents just want to be able to put a notch in their belt in the odd parenting competition so they can prove they care more about their kid than the Joneses. <BR/><BR/>Look, if the kid were thirty five years old and had been following Hannah Montana since middle school, then heck yeah... pay whatever. Put the 35 year old kid on a plane and give them the best weekend of their life. But Hannah Montana is the Cabbage Patch Kid of 2007. <BR/><BR/>I dunno. I just think its sort of stupid to pay that much money for something the kid is going to forget they did in two years, or else be vaguely embarassed by it by the time they're thirteen.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-89368995730285169072007-12-31T19:40:00.000-06:002007-12-31T19:40:00.000-06:00Part of childhood, too, though, is having fun. Pa...Part of childhood, too, though, is having fun. Part of parenting is wanting to provide that fun to your kids. Sometimes a silly concert is just a silly concert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-46487715881295966582007-12-31T18:38:00.000-06:002007-12-31T18:38:00.000-06:00That's a fairly complicated question. Clearly the...That's a fairly complicated question. Clearly the children would have, at best, a difficult time affording the tickets from scalpers. And certainly part of my criticism is that a two hour show is a forgettable novelty. <BR/><BR/>Certainly I think part of any childhood is learning that some niceties are financially taxing to parents. Kids can learn to live without, learn about delayed gratification, or earn the cost of a ticket. <BR/><BR/>It would be interesting to see, if the child were asked to work off the debt, if they could not find literally hundreds of items they'd rather be able to spend the money on.<BR/><BR/>I dunno. I just think there are better ways to spend money that don't contribute to a child's sense of entitlement.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-63927033937353013542007-12-31T14:02:00.000-06:002007-12-31T14:02:00.000-06:00Is it that they are children that prompts the conc...Is it that they are children that prompts the concern, or that the act being seen is a forgettable novelty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-61584394442162713782007-12-31T13:24:00.000-06:002007-12-31T13:24:00.000-06:00To an extent, I obviously agree. However, I feel i...To an extent, I obviously agree. However, I feel it's something of a failure of parenting.<BR/><BR/>I do think that thousands spent on tickets to a children's concert (prices set by scalpers, not the legitimate ticket dealers) does little to actually enhance the life of the child who receives them. Obviously scalping tickets has it's own set of problems, but in two years, are those kids really going to care if they saw Hannah Montana? At $2000 a seat? Any more than those kids who got a Cabbage Patch Kid in the 80's got one at the expense of their parents being trampled? (I seem to recall a death related to a stampede of people looking for the dolls, but can't source it. Probably an urban legend which accurately reflected the toy-hysteria of the time.)<BR/><BR/>It's a free country and something of a free market, so people are willing to spend their dollars however they like. It doesn't mean I can't think they're an idiot for spending their money poorly or setting an unrealistic and materialistic example for heir children.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-87403573462371217512007-12-31T10:35:00.000-06:002007-12-31T10:35:00.000-06:00I know nothing of "Hannah Montana," but surely we ...I know nothing of "Hannah Montana," but surely we must all be allowed our pop culture indulgences? If we adopt the "the money spent should have gone to charity," surely we will all fail?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-3216775427838389132007-12-30T18:25:00.000-06:002007-12-30T18:25:00.000-06:00I liked "Heroes".It was heroic.I liked "Heroes".<BR/><BR/>It was heroic.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068217923979593122noreply@blogger.com