PJTV: Jackass Nation? How Safety Obsessed Nanny Staters Turned Us Into Weenies

[NurseMeister]

The cause-effect relationship between nanny-state safety measures and risky behavior has been studied for many decades.

In engineering and in economics it is called the "Peltzman Effect"

[daniloorbolato]

america is ....i don't knwo.....over??? money of other??? which american dream???

wha??? how is obama??

[mysock351W]

Letting kids fuck themselves up when theyre young and mend easy saves a lot of problems when they get older. You cant learn your doing something wrong until you do it wrong. Worked for me. As a kid I ruptured my eye, broke my pelvis, fractured my leg, dislocated both ankles, almost severed my fingers with a circular saw, got hit by cars a couple of times, been electricuted, had a few concussions, etc. As an adult, Ive never had any car accidents and I cant remember the last time I was injured.

[red5llaw]

I have 4 wonderful children. None of them were mollycoddled or overly protected. My wife & I have stressed situational awareness & CONTROL over your fears, not Ignoring your fear. Yes there have been some injuries along the path.

My kids have all (nearly) grown up with a strong get & give it a go attitude, as well as active sport and social lives.

They all have jobs, are well adjusted and happy. I'm also proud to say my son has been accepted into the Army.

Balance in all things is the key.

[HAZIDEAD]

"Jackass" "Weenies" and this was BEFORE the Weiner scandal...Brilliant.

[ghilljr50]

I wouldn't mind being famous, but it shouldn't hurt.

[kfargidon]

BOYS OF TODAY HAD BETTER GROW A PAIR OF BALLS. KICK THE ASS OF EVERY TORT LAWYER YOU MEET. JOIN THE ARMY. LEARN TO BE A MAN. YOU PUSSIES MAKE ME NAUSEOUS. YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY IN GENERAL, AND TO MANHOOD IN PARTICULAR.

[Dragdamar]

@kfargidon The Army has been pussified in the same way.

[kfargidon]

PUSSIES!!!!



[Unknown2Yoo]

I'm a girl, and I fell and skid. What my mom was gonna do to me was my concern. XD

[SchmidtyXX]

I blame alcohol for a lot of idiots in this world.

[ZombieX13]

I think people my age are the last ones who had a real childhood.

[kpreston69]

My friend wife put a baby helmet on their kid...he looks sooooo retarded!

I have 4 kids and all are perfectly normal and bumped their heads and fell from the monkey bars. In reality everyone grows up, does their thing then dies. whip-do-fucking-do.

[daveme7]

Perhaps he just had a good ideal for a show that meny thought of but he being the one who worked their bllep off to get recognized and make a pile of money.

[TallifTallonbrook]

Hey I just bought my son a reading helmet... Don't want any stray asteroids to hit him in the head wile reading in his room.

[mbrsart]

There are parks in San Fran that have "no running" signs. Goodbye, Sweet America!

[shovelheadroad]

A VERY real pussification campaign is going on right now - ''anti-bullying"...this nonsense war on the new bogeymen of the era: ''bullies". It's EVERYWHERE in the lame stream media. God help us.

[henrycate]

Yeah, the kids are very famous among those people who have heard of them.  :-)

[Leavon]

Oh my gawd, that stunt with the paintball guns and the guy getting bounced into the water was great.

[Leavon]

Coke and Corn Chips thank you.

[BlueKenshin]

Did you guys ever discuss Rachel Maddow''s constant use of the phrase "Paul Ryan's kill medicare plan." I'd really like to see your insight into this.

[zvi303]

I was afraid they would say the lady shouldn't be charged. Maybe it's my Yeshiva background, but there are limits. I'm sure this sort of thing has always happened.

My favorite was a bottle of water with several lines warning not to handle broken glass. I still wonder if they wrote it out of irony.

[AguilaTX2011]

@stormin1775: I have been saying for a while now. The lawyers are turnning every men in this country into walking begginas.

[Raycheetah]

Bill Whittle is the "Moe" of Trifecta (I have an opinion as to who the Larry and Curly are, too). =^[.]^=

[lockdown260]

I used to play with fire as a child. After setting myself on fire I felt it was probably a bad idea to play with fire .

[quater2002]

Best Trifecta to date, I think.

[TravistheHuman]

When I was a teen, I was trying to melt the lead out of a 9mm round, holding it over a flame with tongs. I didn't know my ears could ring so loud. Maybe one reason I'm still alive is because I was holding it sideways. Trust me don't try it.

[nathanaelj100]

i hate Pepsi and most of my generation is no nerve little girls

[Stormin1775]

Let's call it what it is: The pussification of America.

[banzubie]

I attempted this style of commentary despite the clear warning label. I pulled 13 muscles, broke 4 bones, poked my own eye out and sprained my brain.

This was a bad idea. I should have listened and left it to the professionals.

[HAZIDEAD]

@banzubie, you should have asked two Democrats to experiment first...

[sirhcskoorb]

Who's going to protect me from the rule making cowards LOL!

[BH206L3]

Its the Shared experience thing for sure, I have something in common with Bill, I fly Airplanes, I also fly helicopters and I never met a rifle I didn't like. I fish and I hunt. Kids today are not allowed to be kids. In the old days you settled your differences on the play ground and shared some cookies and milk after, they don't do that now, instead kids shoot each other! I would not want to be a kid today. Unless I could be 18 and join the Army!