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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
118. They SHOULD go away
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 11:58 PM
Dec 2012

Do you know how they get the dolphins for these things?

It's not like the dolphins volunteer.
Family is outraged Lasher Dec 2012 #1
That's obviously all these assholes are after. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #68
Whiney little brat dballance Dec 2012 #2
everyone knows - don't mess with an animal's food. Anyone ever try to remove food from a kitten? Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #7
I have lost a lot more blood to kittens angry about me touching their food than that kid lost. nt Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #11
cat protecting her food Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #39
Yep, same with many animals. Don't F with animals when eating, the kid's own fault IMO. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #104
Really? She's a little fucking kid. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #13
A little fucking kid with shitty fucking 'parents'. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #17
Yeah because you've always done exactly what you're told right? abelenkpe Dec 2012 #19
Oh, I have kids. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #33
"But they always did what they were told. " ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #59
I misspoke DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #71
I don't think you are deliberately telling ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #93
I took a different route. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #98
Just knock the breath out of them. morningfog Dec 2012 #132
An adult should not have to resort to physical violence to control a child. Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #183
You call the girl her told her mom she was out of fish morningfog Dec 2012 #130
Who needs school? DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #138
Yeah, I don't believe you. morningfog Dec 2012 #140
Well, that's that, then... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #154
I assume they paid their fair share on all of those AlexSatan Dec 2012 #192
Well... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #172
I keep screwing this up... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #173
OK DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #174
OK DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #175
OK, I keep screwing this up.... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #180
OK DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #182
Yeh, who needs school? AlexSatan Dec 2012 #191
Fuck, I didn't realize it was all about wintering in Belize. wtmusic Dec 2012 #201
Your comments are ridiculous dballance Dec 2012 #233
LOL! morningfog Dec 2012 #236
Do we know exactly what they were told? Here is another video at the same Sea World Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #20
Precisely how does one control the free will of others? LanternWaste Dec 2012 #50
Well, as a first step, slutticus Dec 2012 #60
How do you keep a dog from biting or a horse from bucking? DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #61
Cool story Bill. Son of Gob Dec 2012 #107
the truth Go Vols Dec 2012 #164
I don't think I've heard a truer, more genuine story in my life. Son of Gob Dec 2012 #170
Thank you, Son of Gob... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #184
LOL "Today, they are wildly successful purveyors of pot." wtmusic Dec 2012 #211
The kid's action was instinctive. She was having fun feeding the fish and ran out of food bluestate10 Dec 2012 #69
Very true. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #117
The only part with which I have a bit of a problem... Atman Dec 2012 #227
What "it" is told. Yeah. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #94
Would you think it would be cool.. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #99
I don't see what one has to do with the other. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #108
I think you're way off dballance Dec 2012 #114
Forget I said anything at all. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #123
I never said she deserved to get bitten for not following the rules. NEVER dballance Dec 2012 #135
Well enough. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #163
Perhaps so, but it didn't quite come off that way to me. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #168
You refer to a kid as an "it." What is wrong with you. morningfog Dec 2012 #109
"It" is a product... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #127
The kid picked up a plate. morningfog Dec 2012 #128
Especially true when around wild animals. n/t AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #188
Yep, she is IDoMath Dec 2012 #27
I can understand learning a lesson, but a 'whiny brat'? AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #43
Maybe not yet IDoMath Dec 2012 #55
She's a whiny brat because dballance Dec 2012 #56
And that's your excuse? AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #64
My Excuse? I'm seeking no excuse and no pardon dballance Dec 2012 #70
Get off your high horse. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #74
Right after you do. /eom dballance Dec 2012 #88
How many kids were there that didn't get bitten? Atman Dec 2012 #229
When ships leave port they love to see dolphins swimming and diving around their bow dballance Dec 2012 #234
You are rude, uncivil and misquoting me dballance Dec 2012 #51
+1 treestar Dec 2012 #223
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #73
"The spawn of stupid fucking breeders." Even to the point here of letting RKP5637 Dec 2012 #105
My ire is for the parents Warpy Dec 2012 #89
A jury will never see this. It will settle before that and the family will get money. morningfog Dec 2012 #133
Excellent, Warpy... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #160
It was simply a good set of lessons for the kid AlexSatan Dec 2012 #190
Sorry, but before I was 5 I learned about feeding animals. From a dog. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #252
It's not her fault. Just a kid. The parents don't seem TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #25
I love the mother's tone of voice when she says "we're not going to show it to anybody" KurtNYC Dec 2012 #48
Yep, and yet it's going viral on the internet now dballance Dec 2012 #58
Maybe not brat. But my Mom would've said, "See? What did I tell you?" Kid should've been supervised Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #72
My thoughts exactly. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #76
Yes, especially since the bite treestar Dec 2012 #221
Responses like this no longer surprise me in the old DU nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #112
Thank You. Totally agree with that statement. dballance Dec 2012 #116
You have your right nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #120
Seriously. What the fuck is wrong with this place? morningfog Dec 2012 #137
I gave up trying to figure it our a while ago nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #141
and these posters pulled the same shit on another thread Maine-ah Dec 2012 #215
she didn't 'whine' at all, she cried after being bitten, which 99% of kids would. And she HiPointDem Dec 2012 #161
we're talking about a 7 year old. Maine-ah Dec 2012 #214
Whiney? SHe is a little girl and she got bit Marrah_G Dec 2012 #216
Well, there seems to be an issue with making comments about a kid dballance Dec 2012 #230
I feel sorry for the little girl but would like to avebury Dec 2012 #3
Yeah, I don't think SeaWorld should be sued, either. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #44
Dolphins don't ask a lot of us humans htuttle Dec 2012 #4
lol Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #5
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #9
can I like this post? n/t brokechris Dec 2012 #14
! Kali Dec 2012 #31
Yeah, but check it out: that dolphin is smiling. Squinch Dec 2012 #53
LOL! Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #65
DUZY! lol Evasporque Dec 2012 #197
Running it through the ole translator ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #6
I live in the Atlanta area and this video has been shown RebelOne Dec 2012 #23
+1 mfcorey1 Dec 2012 #186
+1,000,0000 IDoMath Dec 2012 #29
Exactamundo! If I were SeaWorld, I'd sue them in perpetuity for traumatizing my sea mammals. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #75
Or, better still a rule 11 sanction against them IDoMath Dec 2012 #86
I think I like it, despite the fact that our legal system is far too skewed in Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #92
With wild animals the owners creeksneakers2 Dec 2012 #145
And that is entirely stupid. n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #219
Frivolous is a very low standard. morningfog Dec 2012 #146
+1 wtmusic Dec 2012 #212
Like the lady at Costco told me... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #8
I feel your pain REP Dec 2012 #16
Oh, you shouldn't have mentioned handprints. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #21
You should follow one of these families Lasher Dec 2012 #30
Funny you should mention that.. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #47
Mine is a coupe ... If I found a li'l screamer IN my car ... REP Dec 2012 #42
Well. That Indian motorcycle with an original sidecar IS an attractive nuisance. nt bluestate10 Dec 2012 #84
Many parents IMO have no F'ing idea how to raise kids. I see them all the time in grocery stores, RKP5637 Dec 2012 #111
Yep DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #115
Comeback Warpy Dec 2012 #176
Better yet. "Where's your car?" Barack_America Dec 2012 #194
If they're tourists, it's probably a rental Warpy Dec 2012 #225
Kids get bitten all the time at petting zoos with a single, tiny drop of blood emerging like here Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #10
My local Aquarium has a tide pool petting area - 4 kids to reach in and touch star fish, urchin, Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #37
So long and thanks for all the fish. ( n/t ) Make7 Dec 2012 #12
Damn!! Beat me to it!!! nt msanthrope Dec 2012 #38
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Safety should not depend on an eight year old following instructions jberryhill Dec 2012 #15
Then these experiences will have to go away IDoMath Dec 2012 #32
b/c dolphins ain't amazing unless you're throwing squid at 'em in a tank elehhhhna Dec 2012 #46
Yep IDoMath Dec 2012 #54
Saving the habitats is what we need. Seaworld should go. morningfog Dec 2012 #144
So we can all just go visit those habitats, then? IDoMath Dec 2012 #156
What in the world makes you think they exist for our viewing pleasure? Scootaloo Dec 2012 #177
When did I say that? IDoMath Dec 2012 #204
"All" would not go on such visits, nor should they. morningfog Dec 2012 #193
that's what national geographic is for elehhhhna Dec 2012 #237
They SHOULD go away jberryhill Dec 2012 #118
I'm not just talking about Dolphins. IDoMath Dec 2012 #122
These things have nothing to do with nature jberryhill Dec 2012 #126
Huh kwolf68 Dec 2012 #198
It's a vicious cycle IDoMath Dec 2012 #202
No, common sense should depend on parents not being too stupid to live. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #79
Cetacean behavior has nothing to do with "common sense" jberryhill Dec 2012 #131
Good post. yardwork Dec 2012 #158
I agree with this gollygee Dec 2012 #199
I agree. nt ecstatic Dec 2012 #207
I don't think the kid was being a brat, she just forgot the rule when she ran out of fish. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #18
Exactly. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #77
agreed. sea world would be well advised to reexamine this arrangement though, because HiPointDem Dec 2012 #157
Yeah. If they know it's a problem when they raise the plates, maybe the sea world people could Squinch Dec 2012 #83
I can't imagine anyone thinking children hand feeding doplhins to be a good idea! hedgehog Dec 2012 #22
Why not? I did IDoMath Dec 2012 #34
Great, how about kids hand-feeding raw meat to the big cats next. eShirl Dec 2012 #178
OK, sounds good. IDoMath Dec 2012 #205
Dog fights are impressive too jberryhill Dec 2012 #203
80% of captive dolphins are now born in captivity IDoMath Dec 2012 #206
Well that's good to know jberryhill Dec 2012 #218
Zack: They also said dolphins might be smarter than people. TheManInTheMac Dec 2012 #24
They wanted $100,000 for that incident. Quantess Dec 2012 #26
What damages have occured that total 100K? Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #28
Hopefully they will fight. IDoMath Dec 2012 #35
They won't and the slimy parents will settle for $10,000.00 former-republican Dec 2012 #81
No, they will pay the lesser of the settlement or the cost to fight IDoMath Dec 2012 #87
Free the slaves and this won't happen! MoonRiver Dec 2012 #36
Bravo!!! UtahLib Dec 2012 #80
This is a tough one. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #40
I wonder if CPS is involved yet? Kali Dec 2012 #41
you poor thang Skittles Dec 2012 #45
I just want you to kick my ass! Kali Dec 2012 #82
OMG! Look at that injury! Whovian Dec 2012 #49
The dolphin should have been killed immediately. former-republican Dec 2012 #52
That's sarcasm, right? IDoMath Dec 2012 #57
why do you think it's sarcasm? slutticus Dec 2012 #62
. former-republican Dec 2012 #63
Because underneath my many layers of misanthropy lies and optimist? IDoMath Dec 2012 #66
What rule did she break? It looks like she was holding something up AWAY from the water while bluestate10 Dec 2012 #67
That might have been helpful, IMO. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #78
"How many 8 year old kids follow instructions. " and we lower the bar another notch. n/t IDoMath Dec 2012 #91
Not lowering the notch. An normal 8 year old does not rationalize as well as a normal 9 or 10 bluestate10 Dec 2012 #97
Rationalizing was not necessary. kiva Dec 2012 #100
I'm sure she was okay in the morning.. snooper2 Dec 2012 #134
This is a public amusement, open to any jberryhill Dec 2012 #150
My guess is that she will follow instructions next time AlexSatan Dec 2012 #195
Team Dolphin MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #85
+1 Agschmid Dec 2012 #103
The Poor Dolphin was Probably More Traumatized than the Kid Iggy Dec 2012 #90
She's lucky she didn't get Politicalboi Dec 2012 #95
I attempted to remove my chihuahua's Helen Reddy Dec 2012 #96
Gee, I walked in front of a car and it hit me, who wouldah thought ... no sympathy RKP5637 Dec 2012 #101
That dolphin belongs in the ocean, and these dolphin encounter things are fucking stupid. LeftyMom Dec 2012 #102
Exactly!!! And well said!!! RKP5637 Dec 2012 #106
+1 n/t Chan790 Dec 2012 #119
*applause* A-fucking-men. flvegan Dec 2012 #124
So far none. LeftyMom Dec 2012 #129
Definitely hating kids. flvegan Dec 2012 #136
Agreed. Animals are not here for our entertainment. morningfog Dec 2012 #139
Brava! yardwork Dec 2012 #159
+1 eShirl Dec 2012 #185
Touche! Carolina Dec 2012 #224
Wow! And you're a mom? Pool Hall Ace Dec 2012 #235
The parents and child were told the safety rules. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #110
just so you all know this thread has gone meta Dems50State Dec 2012 #113
The way I look at it.... Nolimit Dec 2012 #121
I think the father planned to have this happen. He wanted to video tape the hand Dems50State Dec 2012 #125
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #142
Good! People shouldn't get near dolphins trapped in tanks. morningfog Dec 2012 #143
Come on , don't blame the kid former-republican Dec 2012 #151
I don't blame the kid at all. morningfog Dec 2012 #152
Child feeds wild animal, makes CC Dec 2012 #147
Heres an idea don't keep animals in captivity that were never meant to be kept in captivity Arcanetrance Dec 2012 #148
Yes, and they should be given freedom. Cleita Dec 2012 #166
All dolphins and pitbulls should be killed. Like, right now. flvegan Dec 2012 #149
Squirrels ALSO former-republican Dec 2012 #153
Also children. Ever had one of those little shits bite you? LeftyMom Dec 2012 #155
Although I am sympathetic, this is kind of an assumed risk when feeding wild animals, and she did cecilfirefox Dec 2012 #162
Stupid fucking parents... MrMickeysMom Dec 2012 #165
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #167
What part of "wild" don't people get, even in domesticated animals? lonestarnot Dec 2012 #169
Meh frostfern Dec 2012 #171
So long and thanks for all the fish AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #179
Theyshouldn't have kids under 16 in those situations. I don't know if the girl was scared or teasing Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #181
Family to Seaworld: "It's YOUR fault we didn't follow the rules." AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #187
Nothing more reliable on DU than a little child hate. Glad to see we have not lost our way. CBGLuthier Dec 2012 #189
Nah, let's just excuse them when the break safety rules AlexSatan Dec 2012 #196
Young children move extremely fast and ecstatic Dec 2012 #209
It it was as bad as you describe AlexSatan Dec 2012 #231
Or we can call them names and insult their intelligence the good ol way CBGLuthier Dec 2012 #213
Using that logic AlexSatan Dec 2012 #232
Dolphin needs to be trained to eat in the wild... NCTraveler Dec 2012 #200
The food mainstreetonce Dec 2012 #208
This entire process is cruel to dolphins and should be banned. geek tragedy Dec 2012 #210
+ 1. Excellent point. nt Zorra Dec 2012 #217
Going on vacation to Sea World makes one "over privileged?" Atman Dec 2012 #228
People are stupid.... PavePusher Dec 2012 #220
What bugs me more about this kid is the way she addressed treestar Dec 2012 #222
It would be funnier if her name was Trillian instead of Jillian. Ian David Dec 2012 #226
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