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[bentflame]

What exactly does it mean to "ground" someone? I can think of a few possibilities, but none seem likely.

[ooc: Cuddy mentioned it to her in passing; educate her.]

Comments

[pandorabox]

Did you get grounded?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

No, nothing happened to me. What does it mean?

[pandorabox]

It's a way for parents to punish their kids.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

[... she is picturing being GROUND INTO THE FLOOR or GROUND UP LIKE MEAT or something else equally violent]

How?

[pandorabox]

[that's right Azu-baka, GROUNDING INTO THE FLOOR]

Depends on the parent. Sometimes they take away television, or video games, or make you stay in your room all day.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Horrors.

[pandorabox]

If you're a kid, it is.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't have been for me when I was a kid.

[pandorabox]

What if they grounded you from firebending?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

My father would never have done that.

[pandorabox]

But what if he had?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

He wouldn't have.

[pandorabox]

I'm not asking if he would have, I'm asking what you would do if he had.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I don't want to talk about my father.

[pandorabox]

...

Fair enough. What would you do if Cuddy-sensei grounded you from firebending?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

That doesn't even make sense.

[pandorabox]

Just answer the question.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

No.

[pandorabox]

Why not?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Because it's a stupid question.

[pandorabox]

It's a perfectly valid question.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't happen, and I hate hypotheticals.

[pandorabox]

Why do you hate hypotheticals?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

They're pointless.

[pandorabox]

No they're not.