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4th law of robotics

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11. It's also pretty standard for a wife to refer to her husband as an idiot

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2012, 11:21 AM

May 2012

in one form or another.

I suspect if there were a show where a husband constantly berated his wife for being stupid it would be seen as abuse rather than comedy.

That goes for sitcoms and commercials and movies and pretty much all entertainment involving heterosexual couples.

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My aged mom watches a lot of shitty tv. [View all] Warren Stupidity May 2012 OP

I can't watch crappy tv. Life is too short. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #1

Like I said, it ain't my choice. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #2

Well, you have my sympathy. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #3

This is an excellent point. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #4

To the moon, Alice libodem May 2012 #5

it's evolving Kaleva May 2012 #6

No different than a lot of things on TV ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2012 #7

I don't think many here feels threatened, insulted or even degraded by such characterizations Kaleva May 2012 #8

While I agree, if we applied the same level of analysis as is done by the word warriors Warren Stupidity May 2012 #9

"It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt." lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #10

Is your 2nd paragraph a Mad Men reference? 4th law of robotics May 2012 #12

Yeah.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2012 #13

It's also pretty standard for a wife to refer to her husband as an idiot 4th law of robotics May 2012 #11