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[kickthehobbit]

A post is made to metaquotes about a father with ill-behaved kids being told off. Someone mentions posting it to childfree.

All Hell breaks loose.

Enter accusations that anyone who doesn't want children is a childhater, and a bonus appearance by skepticultist. When pester quietly points out that it's also bad form to talk to the kids, she's shot down and told that it's perfectly

Comments

[sushigal007]

Oooh, that was in customers suck too.

[maladaptive]

skepticultist is quickly becoming my new favorite LJ moron.

[claudiag]

mayavada is pretty full of the stupid too. "HOW DARE YOU MENTION THE EVIL CHILDFREE PEOPLE IN A COMMENT?!"

Cause yanno, we all eat babies on toast for breakfast and stuff.

[ex_thexphial147]

How do you fit them on the toast? Is is super big bread or are you just using aborted fetuses?

[allthingsshiny]

it's a chipped-beef type preparation.

[chaos_wraith]

childfree will beat you children! But not before skepticultist tells you that you fail at life!

For the first time in a while, I'm on childfree's side. And I hate childfree. :(

[chaos_wraith]

your*...

...I fail at life indeed.

[kickthehobbit]

I don't hate childfree, but yeah, even I was surprised to find myself siding with them.

[xeonha]

Though with some of the hardcore folk, I wouldn't be surprised if they said something like "omg ew no I wouldn't I'd get snot all over my hand!"

[bravestpeach]

Ya know, not for nothing but I was not a noisy kid. I was dull and well behaved. I think I threw a fit once or twice when I used to get these wicked double ear infections and even tiny noises hurt my ears. But other than that, no. No one ever had to take up for me.

I don't care how much you like kids, no one likes screaming kids.

[astragali]

No one likes obnoxious teenagers, either, or asshole adults. But part of living in a society is putting up with people who may not behave perfectly all the time. You put up with my kid when she's whiny and having a bad day, and I put up with you when you're whiny and having a bad day. It makes the world go 'round.

[bravestpeach]

So, what happened to parenting? If a child is being disruptive, they should be removed until the parent can calm the child down. It's not my fault if someone can't control their child and I should not be punished for it.

[astragali]

Ah, spoken like someone who has never lived with a child.

It's not my fault that a drunken asshole stepped on my foot yesterday at the store, and I shouldn't be "punished" for that, either, yet it happens. And I was annoyed, but I didn't get all LET ME TELL YOU INTERNET MY LIFE IS SO HARD A DRUNK GUY STEPPED ON MY FOOT because life means realizing the world is populated with a lot of people who are not me and are sometimes going to piss me off and the rational response is to say "Bah, drunk guy!" and get the fuck over it.

We live with other people. Sometimes those people are assholes. Sometimes you and I are assholes. It evens out.

[chiss]

Making up facts doesn't make you look smart. Fact.

[chaos_wraith]

cite sources, plz.

[chiss]

I can't cite sources for things that I think up god.