Latest Stats and Facts on Punography

[CardiacCoug]

http://www.ldsliving.com/story/75855...uld-know-about

Never heard of most of these. Thanks for the heads up, ldsliving. Installing now...

The comments are funny:

I learned that some kids' games (like clash of clans) that seem innocent enough, have a chat option where other players can chat with each other. This was on a different screen than the main game so I couldn't see it and was impossible to disable. I wasn't aware of it until my child pointed it out after weeks of playing it. Scary!

Scary! My kids were communicating on the internet.

Please keep in mind that just because the image doesn't have nudity or anything sexually explicit, does not mean it isn't pornographic in nature. Pornography is decided, in part, by the person veiwing it. A younger child would easily find bathing suits and lingerie images extremely sexual. It would be impossible for Pinterest to remove all images that could be seen as pornography to the average child, or adult, I might add. There are plenty of sexual images available to view with some very simple searches.

This obsession with putting the home on internet/media lockdown for potential swear words/violence/pornography is so funny. From what I recall of elementary school and junior high I think all the kids had exposure to swear words, violent movies, porn, etc. at around the same age. Do people think that if you can get your son to age 18 without ever hearing an F-bomb or seeing boobs that he'll be better off than the rest of the kids? I don't think it matters.

Sure, it's good to help your kids stay busy with educational activities and sports, etc. rather than smutty internet stuff, but I think people take it a little too far.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

The comments are funny:



Scary! My kids were communicating on the internet.



This obsession with putting the home on internet/media lockdown for potential swear words/violence/pornography is so funny. From what I recall of elementary school and junior high I think all the kids had exposure to swear words, violent movies, porn, etc. at around the same age. Do people think that if you can get your son to age 18 without ever hearing an F-bomb or seeing boobs that he'll be better off than the rest of the kids? I don't think it matters.

Sure, it's good to help your kids stay busy with educational activities and sports, etc. rather than smutty internet stuff, but I think people take it a little too far.

And God forgive you if you ever make the mistake of taking them to the community pool! There's something wrong with someone's wiring if they believe that a child's default interpretation of a swim suit is "sexual." But I guess if we constantly drive the modesty message home, we can ensure that they will.

This reminds me of the parents whose kids "never eat any sugar." They always seem to be the same ones that clean out my pantry when beyond the watchful eyes of mom.

[Non Sequitur]

This obsession with putting the home on internet/media lockdown for potential swear words/violence/pornography is so funny. From what I recall of elementary school and junior high I think all the kids had exposure to swear words, violent movies, porn, etc. at around the same age. Do people think that if you can get your son to age 18 without ever hearing an F-bomb or seeing boobs that he'll be better off than the rest of the kids? I don't think it matters.

Sure, it's good to help your kids stay busy with educational activities and sports, etc. rather than smutty internet stuff, but I think people take it a little too far.

There's a certain danger to leading a sheltered life. When I was a freshman in DT, a buddy asked me about a girl in my home evening group. I told him that the girl was really nice but kind of a straight arrow. He said, "That's okay, she's probably curious."

[Paperback Writer]

This reminds me of the parents whose kids "never eat any sugar." They always seem to be the same ones that clean out my pantry when beyond the watchful eyes of mom.

Or eat the enitre Boy Scout troop's ration of hot chocolate mix by flashlight in the middle of the night.

[Moliere]

I'm not sure what to make of all these LDS living articles. They are clearly crazy. On the other hand, the magazine is a wholly owned subsidiary of the church. I wonder if there is any editorial input or control at all from HQ.

They are truly weird.

I'm pretty convinced that the church uses this form of communication as a way to push these type of articles without having to stand behind them if pressed. That way Mormons can use them with the confidence they come from the church but the church can basically say they aren't directly mandated or approved by church leaders, so they aren't necessarily doctrine.

It's a comfortable middle for the church.....

[Pheidippides]

They are truly weird.

I'm pretty convinced that the church uses this form of communication as a way to push these type of articles without having to stand behind them if pressed. That way Mormons can use them with the confidence they come from the church but the church can basically say they aren't directly mandated or approved by church leaders, so they aren't necessarily doctrine.

It's a comfortable middle for the church.....

I wasn't going to be quite that cynical - I figured it was just a matter of editorial boards publishing the sort of self assuring things the sort of person who subscribes to another LDS magazine would enjoy. Are you sure you haven't converted to the dark side?

[Moliere]

I wasn't going to be quite that cynical - I figured it was just a matter of editorial boards publishing the sort of self assuring things the sort of person who subscribes to another LDS magazine would enjoy. Are you sure you haven't converted to the dark side?

Ha, I dip my toe in every once in a while...

[FMCoug]

I wasn't going to be quite that cynical - I figured it was just a matter of editorial boards publishing the sort of self assuring things the sort of person who subscribes to another LDS magazine would enjoy. Are you sure you haven't converted to the dark side?

This. They are catering to their market. These are the same people whose bookshelves are full of Especially For Mormons, have furniture made out of food storage, and the only TV channel allowed (if they have TV at all) is BYUTV.

[Donuthole]

This. They are catering to their market. These are the same people whose bookshelves are full of Especially For Mormons, have furniture made out of food storage, and the only TV channel allowed (if they have TV at all) is BYUTV.

Hyperbolic much?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Hyperbolic much?

It was a nice effort, but it will be tough to top Eddie Jones claiming the LDS Living is part of a clandestine publishing conspiracy by the church.

[Pheidippides]

It was a nice effort, but it will be tough to top Eddie Jones claiming the LDS Living is part of a clandestine publishing conspiracy by the church.

Actual conversation at church headquarters:

TSM: hey, anybody got any bright ideas to make our people more fanatical without us having taking the blame?

MRB: we should start by kicking out all those feminist and gay supporters.

BKP: hear hear!

TSM: not good enough. I need some way to really make the members feel superior and like they aren't doing enough at the same time.

DFU: Um, can't we just tell more airplane stories? People like airplane stories.

TSM: No, how in the world are airplane stories going to get us to 11 percent tithing so we can fund that giant amusement park in Shanghai?

DAB: hey, what if we use that magazine we own - not the ensign; the other one -to say a whole bunch of regular stuff is really bad. Like porn! We have them scared of porn now. What if we just tell them that the Lands End catalog is now porn and they should repent? They feel guilty, they confess, we tell the bishops to forgive them after two weeks of no sacrament, they love us forever. And then: 11 percent!

TSM: brilliant!



I'm sure that's how it happened. I'm picturing TSM as Reagan in that SNL skit with Phil Hartman.

(This is meant to be light hearted and not mean spirited).

[BigFatMeanie]

Actual conversation at church headquarters:

(This is meant to be light hearted and not mean spirited).

It comes across as light-hearted to me. I can't say the same about other parts of your body of work on this board; but in this instance you nailed light-hearted. Well done.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

This should probably be added to the list. With three boys, I'm sure there's plenty of use in my house.

http://elitedaily.com/humor/the-anti...-photo/649202/

[ewth8tr]

Ugh, we've got a high council talk on porn today. I don't think he has said a single word in his whole talk that wasn't either quoting someone else, or introducing the quotes.

[cowboy]

I gathered all the young men in my ward together today to talk about chastity, including porn. I told them that nobody masturbates, and only perverts look at porn. Then I told them that the bishop would severely punish anyone who confessed to these transgressions. Then I said something along the lines of, "That's what you tell yourself when you make a mistake of this nature....now let's talk about reality."