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akuma_river in ontd_political

The ways in which to have a kid

Sep 19, 2009 05:07

10 Ways to Have a Baby (September 13, 2009 - The Daily Beast - Doree Shafrir) <- I didn't add links in the story to the post ( Read more... )

sex, reproductive rights, health

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tigerdreams September 19 2009, 16:58:19 UTC

One assumes they refer to them as "snowflakes" because they're "unique and special" -- after the cliche that every snowflake is different.

akuma_river September 19 2009, 23:56:29 UTC

...isn't it not a cliche that a every snowflake is different? I thought it was science fact?

tigerdreams September 20 2009, 00:04:41 UTC

As far as I know, it is indeed true, but that doesn't make it any less of a cliche in the way that these and other people use it. That's what I meant; I was referring to the "I am a special snowflake" conceit, which as far as I'm concerned is a cliche.

mercat September 20 2009, 19:45:33 UTC

From what I understand, it's a theory because it's never been disproven, but it's also extremely likely that snowflakes with the same pattern would exist, simply because of geometry. But there sure are a hell of a lot of different combinations =P

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spidergwen September 19 2009, 17:07:22 UTC

Snowflakes are unique and special because they're all different.

Embryos alive, seems christian based in a sense.. no gays, no single women and no non-christians.

How does that make a snowflake?

rex_dart September 19 2009, 17:15:55 UTC

I thought they were called snowflakes because they were frozen.

Does that make me a jerk?

peebs1701 September 19 2009, 17:19:30 UTC

I hope not, that's what I thought too.

rex_dart September 19 2009, 17:21:03 UTC

Jerk squad, activate!

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whosmurry September 19 2009, 17:42:09 UTC

My brother and his wife are doing invitro fertilization to try to have a baby. My brother got fixed and his wife is approaching 40 and has never been pregnant, so we don't know if it's going to work. I've braced myself for the surrogacy conversation, just in case.

ayarane September 19 2009, 20:05:42 UTC

I don't want kids of my own (and if I changed my mind later, I'd much rather adopt... though our adoption system needs reform just as much as health care does but that's a different story altogether).

However, I would be willing to act as a surrogate if circumstances led me in that direction. In a bizarre way, it's more or less for the same reason why I'm registered as an organ donor; if I cannot otherwise be a significant contributor to the species or society, let me do this so I am useful, so that someone else can benefit where they otherwise would not. It's hard to explain further, but there it is.

jaded110 September 19 2009, 20:47:05 UTC

I'm just plain scared of pregnancy. I'd adopt if I ever really get the urge to raise a child.

cai_penquin September 19 2009, 23:19:55 UTC

Same here. Pregnancy seems to much like a Alien movie for my taste.

Not to mention the whole feeling the baby move and being able to SEE it doing so (in the late stages of pregnancy) grosses me out to the point of almost being sick... ._. Baby showers are really awkward for me.

akuma_river September 19 2009, 23:57:07 UTC

I'm in this camp. It scares me.

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rawbery79 September 20 2009, 23:37:22 UTC

Blecccch, children.

NOT EVERYONE WAS MEANT TO PROCREATE.