@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 That Christmas set is so appropriate, though. I used to decorate with houses and trees, the kids are too big (well, adults now) but they would go crazy for the Legos.
@medica yeah... well, I am biased, since I'm a huge lego nerd. But sometimes even my mom is impressed at some of the kits. And she could barely be less interested.
The ornaments are basically a tiny build in a big clear ball. There doesn't seem to be a cheaper way to get that ball, and the build itself is very small.
@Cerberus I'm not surprised. The general population has no idea about anything about psychology or interrogation or torture, and for 15 years they've been watching TV shows where the protagonist saves hundreds of people by torturing the location of the bomb out of the bomber.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Simply "worked" is not enough, though. You need to be 99.9% sure that you could only save many innocent people by means of torture. In practice, this situation has never occurred in human history, nor will it ever, probably.
@Mahnax I know, I know. But they weren't Stasi tyrants: they tried to raise you to copy their values, but they didn't try to control every minutia of your life.
@Cerberus That's true. I heard my father curse casually a few months ago for the first time in my life, and my mom just laughed. I have to say, that was truly surprising.
@medica I am not surprised. However, sometimes parents overestimate the impact of parenting. Providing a stable and loving home for their children is paramount, but beyond that kids can become happy and unhappy in some ways that parents could have done nothing about.
@medica O, the fights I used to have with my mother about a certain pair of chequered woollen trousers that the world would perish from if I wouldn't wear them at Christmas...