Junior Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 My boys were misbehaving terribly Tuesday. Wednesday morning there were three pieces of coal with a note from the elves saying Santa was not happy with them. It actually scared them straight. Pretty impressed with myself. The Elf on the Shelf is also a very useful behavior modification device. I'm thinking about instituting it year round. Of course, the day after I post this, this article comes out! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/16/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-preparing-your-child-to-live-in-a-future-police-state-professor-says/ Elf on the Shelf is “a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and” [deep breath] “reify hegemonic power.” I'm still using it. 7 Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Getting close to the end of the day. Probably won't be on HB next week since I'll be out of town. Someone PM me if anything crazy happens. Merry Christmas and Merry +1mas to you all!! ...and to you Brudder! Hope you are going to some place with sun and warm weather. T_O_B 7 Quote Link to comment
ColoNoCoHusker Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Handed out all xtra +1mas' in this thread (out for the day)... 6 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Handed out some xtra +1mas' in this thread... +1 to you for your generosity! 5 Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 My boys were misbehaving terribly Tuesday. Wednesday morning there were three pieces of coal with a note from the elves saying Santa was not happy with them. It actually scared them straight. Pretty impressed with myself. The Elf on the Shelf is also a very useful behavior modification device. I'm thinking about instituting it year round. Of course, the day after I post this, this article comes out! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/16/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-preparing-your-child-to-live-in-a-future-police-state-professor-says/ Elf on the Shelf is “a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and” [deep breath] “reify hegemonic power.” I'm still using it. who wrote that? foucault? edit: they did reference bentham's panopticon specifically and foucault. that is pretty heady and funny. but i thought i was going to sound really smart and clever by mentioning foucault. 5 Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 My boys were misbehaving terribly Tuesday. Wednesday morning there were three pieces of coal with a note from the elves saying Santa was not happy with them. It actually scared them straight. Pretty impressed with myself. i always got coal as a child. was always grateful. it is an extremely useful nonrenewable natural resource. 5 Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 ITS THE REMIX TO IGNITION HUSKERBOARD +1 EDITION ERREBODY TROLLIN FOR CLICKS AND INTERNET RECOGNITION SD SKERS WIFE IN A THONG THAT I COULD WEAR AS A SARONG ITS A FREAKIN INTERNET POINT AND IM ALL ABOUT THEM +1'S 7 Quote Link to comment
Junior Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 My boys were misbehaving terribly Tuesday. Wednesday morning there were three pieces of coal with a note from the elves saying Santa was not happy with them. It actually scared them straight. Pretty impressed with myself. The Elf on the Shelf is also a very useful behavior modification device. I'm thinking about instituting it year round. Of course, the day after I post this, this article comes out! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/16/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-preparing-your-child-to-live-in-a-future-police-state-professor-says/ Elf on the Shelf is “a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and” [deep breath] “reify hegemonic power.” I'm still using it. who wrote that? foucault? I think it was written by an over-ambitious philosophy grad student who had a couple of drinks at the department holiday party. 5 Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 My boys were misbehaving terribly Tuesday. Wednesday morning there were three pieces of coal with a note from the elves saying Santa was not happy with them. It actually scared them straight. Pretty impressed with myself. The Elf on the Shelf is also a very useful behavior modification device. I'm thinking about instituting it year round. Of course, the day after I post this, this article comes out! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/16/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-preparing-your-child-to-live-in-a-future-police-state-professor-says/ Elf on the Shelf is “a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and” [deep breath] “reify hegemonic power.” I'm still using it. who wrote that? foucault? I think it was written by an over-ambitious philosophy grad student who had a couple of drinks at the department holiday party. i think everyone should read discipline and punish and power/knowledge over the holiday break and when we reconvene we should discuss the application of disciplinary institutions to such modern concepts as santa and the elf on the shelf. 5 Quote Link to comment
Junior Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 i think everyone should read discipline and punish and power/knowledge over the holiday break and when we reconvene we should discuss the application of disciplinary institutions to such modern concepts as santa and the elf on the shelf. No. 5 Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 i think everyone should read discipline and punish and power/knowledge over the holiday break and when we reconvene we should discuss the application of disciplinary institutions to such modern concepts as santa and the elf on the shelf. No. it is my christmas wish. 4 Quote Link to comment
Junior Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 i think everyone should read discipline and punish and power/knowledge over the holiday break and when we reconvene we should discuss the application of disciplinary institutions to such modern concepts as santa and the elf on the shelf. No. it is my christmas wish. All I want for Christmas is you 5 Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 i think everyone should read discipline and punish and power/knowledge over the holiday break and when we reconvene we should discuss the application of disciplinary institutions to such modern concepts as santa and the elf on the shelf. No. it is my christmas wish. All I want for Christmas is you 7 Quote Link to comment
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