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phinnia

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Feb 08, 2009 14:32

Today we ALMOST went to the children's museum! we did actually meet tiggrrl and her sweet little sproglet, but we got horribly lost before that and the wheelchair for some reason didn't charge and AUGH. but we did get to have snacks together. and we're going to attempt the park next week (here's hoping ( Read more... )

some parents suck, rantymcrantpants

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euclase February 8 2009, 23:04:43 UTC

Ugh. Humanity is spoiled. And also apparently very forgetful. Because smallpox and polio are SO MUCH MORE AWESOME than autism. Especially smallpox. "I would trader autism for smallpox any day, and so would any parent of an autistic child" (quote I heard once on TV--I think Larry King live, actually).

WOULD YOU REALLY? REALLY?

Ugh. Wtf. Middle ages, indeed.

tiggrrl February 9 2009, 07:02:51 UTC

I'd venture to guess these are not people who know about the, "and then their entire skin sloughed off and their intestines came out their anus and they died in miserable pain," aspects of smallpox. My guess is these are people of the, "smallpox must be just a little worse than chicken pox," variety.

magie_05 February 8 2009, 23:11:56 UTC

AWW, well I'm glad you had fun, but hope you get to go to the museum soon, sounds like fun :)

GARRRR I hate some of the vaccine stuff, too. Just don't get me started on Jenny McCarthy.

arhh February 8 2009, 23:17:09 UTC

*hugs*

All I can think of now when I hear people go on about vaccines and how 'bad' they are (a bunch of crap- I am sure they were right in line for their polio and MMR vaccines) is that episode of House where House went on in that cheery tone about baby coffin colors LOL :)

taiga13 February 8 2009, 23:21:31 UTC

Idiots! Having measles is "natural", they say. It sure is, but so is dying from it.

maladaptive February 8 2009, 23:49:52 UTC

God the comments to that antivax post fill me with rage. There's people that're all "well my kid [X] after getting vaccinated! It was the vaccine, logically!"

I broke my leg after eating fish. Logically, fish eating causes leg breakage.

Logic is not people's strong suit, and I wish they would stop appealing to it like it was some kind of voodoo god of selective coincidence.

ecwoodburn February 9 2009, 15:14:16 UTC

I broke my ankle showing off a new dress to my dad for my first dance. Therefore, shopping causes broken ankles!

(Uh, no, but twirling on ceramic tiles...)