Your username and the topic invites humor to this thread.  

 

Parents these days. Sheesh.

 

Haha very good observation. Didn't notice that myself.

 

I'm still trying to figure out why they had to break into the news radio programming here in Atlanta to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of this story. Was it really that important? Regardless of whether the child had survived or not (good that he did, though), it's a kid doing something stupid because the parents weren't doing their job; I don't see why this is breaking national news that needed to bring the rest of country to a halt.

Anyway, glad the kid is OK, but hopefully he'll get a calm lecture about not doing something like this again, once all the furor dies down.

 

I'm betting most news networks are going to act like this never happened by the end of tomorow.

But yeah, while I'm all for family time, why exactly was the family building a giant UFO-shaped balloon that could have carried the kid off again?

 

This.

 

I don't blame the parents, at least until I find the whole story.

I don't have kids, yet I know that my parents can't watch me all the time. Heck, even I "Godzilla-ed" my dad's train setup. I did a lot when they weren't around. Yet people don't think "Helicopter parenting" is always good.

But the kids should have stopped "the game" when it became serious, if they can understand it. Someone may have lied, maybe went somewhere they shouldn't. So far, my stance is one, or maybe both, kids.

What the kid doing in the attic for 2 hours anyway?

Nevermind. I did a fact check. I think this was one big misunderstanding. Though they check not all the places. I can understand why the police was called. The longer a missing child stays missing, the more danger the kid may be. If I knew the size of the balloon before hand, I've also could have concluded that the kid might not be in it.

 

The father was a retired meteorologist and storm chaser. The balloon was, most likely, some sort of weather balloon type thing. If the kid was in there it wouldn't have gone as far as it did though.

 

What the fuck kind of name is Falcon?

 

obviously an awesome one.

also,


this had to be done.

 

I'm watching CNN and they just did an interview and the Kid said "I did it for the show"


... I hate the world.

 

ZOMFG It turns out he wasn't in the balloon. Oops.

 

If you name your kid Falcon & don't put a hood over their eyes, you got to expect them to try & fly away, or at the very least try to gouge someone's eyes out.

 

Yep, seems suddenly incredibly suspicious.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Balloon boy father denies TV fake

I say, beat him.

Oh and polygraph their asses. (yesyesyes I know polygraphs aren't perfect blahblahblah but for a frikkin' 6 yeah old kid and maybe his dad? I'm sure it'll do fine.)

And then beat him again for the hell of it.

OR!

Lock him in a box for a couple of years! Yeah. Go Victorian penal system.

 

Publicity stunt.

Send them a bill for the rescue effort, why should tax payer money be wasted on this?

 

Or we could just make them pay the bill and not kill them. Yeah, I'm down with that.

 

texts from last night

 

I hope they get fined out the ass. I agree it had to be a stunt.. Also might want to look into better parenting for the little brats.

 

He did it for the lulz. I heart this kid.