Shocking people is amusing, because of how easy it is, and once you realize the shock comes not from what you said to them, but from the other person's bizarre framing world view that makes your comments "shocking".
Its the same with drugs, politics, religion, or just about anything that is used to make one self-censor. Your father's and sister's reaction shows everyone is concerned about what "other people think" - I find that the less attention I pay to that, the more amusing life gets.-- Hard work is morally wrong.
I hope that's "informative" in the non-slashdot sense of the word...-- Hard work is morally wrong.[ Parent ]