i'm sorry they asked.
― estela, Sunday, 13 April 2014 11:48 (ten years ago) link
If people traded in their kids for a TV, we'd all get along.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 April 2014 12:02 (ten years ago) link
Im generally in favour of kids and that level of anarchy but damn right i reserve the right to enjoy a good eyeroll at the parents the nanosecond it begins to displease me lyfe is good
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Sunday, 13 April 2014 12:28 (ten years ago) link
mte
Suspect cultural differences factor in though. Found this which I did not know about
Before 1995 children under the age of 14 were not allowed in pubs in England and Wales
― gyac, Sunday, 13 April 2014 13:00 (ten years ago) link
every neighbourhood should have one big kid-friendly pub and then everyone without kids (and parents on a night out) would know exactly where to avoid. you're welcome.
fwiw i usually don't like other people's kids and i especially don't like other parents so i feel you non-parents on this one
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 13 April 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
it's really less the kids themselves and more the expectation that everyone should be as delighted by their existence as their parents are, and that non-parents who object somehow "don't get it" or whatever
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
It's less the kids and more the fuckin noise
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
Its ok that you dont get it
xp
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Unless these are nieces and nephews, I don't think I've ever met a parent that assumed my affection for his or her children.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
well, not affection, but more the perspective (as on this thread) that anyone who objects to kids or dislikes their presence is being intolerant or somehow unreasonable
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
Saying u dont like kids is like saying u dont like short people or people w red hair or big feet or something, imho
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
that is completely ludicrous imho
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
All otm
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
only been attracted to one dude with red hair tbh
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
And that's to this day still the best compliment I ever got, alfred
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
hate your kids and your feet though sorry
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
Guys, I didnt say "sexually attracted to"
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Just pointing out that blanket statements about groups of people based on physical characteristics are sort of erm how u say "problematic"
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
Fwiw I was joking upthread, would never bring kids to a bar
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
I tend to avoid redheads with sunburnt knees as a rule
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, stupid kids interrupting my silent contemplation at the pin-drop quiet corner bar. It's all downhill from there. First come the kids, then come the jukeboxes, then comes the beer... Oh, wait, it starts with the beer, sorry. First comes the beer, then comes the drunks, then comes the ... huh, you're right, drunk people are loud, too. Hmm ... last comes the kids?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
Tbh, I don't think I've ever seen kids in a bar. And when I do, it's usually brief and for some good reason.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
Start threads for all those other things and i'll pop in to protest them, had you a point besides?
also wtf move somewhere with better pub options
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Sunday, 13 April 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
It reaalllllly grinds my gears when the surgeon brings his kids into the operating room.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 April 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
Or when the judge brings her kids to my arraignment.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 April 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
Generally speaking, the worst place people can bring their kids is with them to my house.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
bringing your kids to the grocery store is the worst, what are they even doing, they don't even shop, they just drive around in those orange cars yelling and getting in people's way.
― brimstead, Sunday, 13 April 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
Bringing yr kids on to public transport is the worst, with a special hell reserved for u if its a plane
Course i should stress that there're kids and then there're *kids* i mean just kids are ok anywhere rly
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Sunday, 13 April 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
My dad took me to bars all the time.
― bamcquern, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
It seems like lex is upset about not being able to accost parents and kids. Are parents asking him if he isn't delighted? I never encounter this anywhere ever. No one solicits reactions from me about their kids.
― bamcquern, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
As a gay man with many straight friends w/kids -- hung out with two couples and their newborns last night -- I've never once felt social pressure to love their adorableness. On the contrary, both couples last night ordered lots of drink and were at pains to avoid inconveniencing me.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
Oh, man, the worst is at stores where the kids are encouraged to push around their own little carts. So there you are, trying to shop, and you have to avoid all these little satellites zipping around the aisles, circling the mothership, leaving their little cart places, knocking shit over, dumping their own carts over. I refuse to let my kids do that, because I don't want to be part of the problem.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
you dont, strictly speaking, have to avoid them, if you take care to act like you just didnt see them
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
those fuckin carts
― j., Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
I believe the children are our future. Drink and pint and let them lead the way. Show them all the vomit you possess inside.
― calstars, Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
Are parents asking him if he isn't delighted? I never encounter this anywhere ever. No one solicits reactions from me about their kids.
― bamcquern, Sunday, April 13, 2014 8:41 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
less irl than online in threads like this one
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link
irl parents tend to be obnoxious in other ways, mostly by acting as though no one outside their horrible insular nuclear family unit even exists
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
Woman walks into the bar with her stroller in front of her, crashes into the barstool in front of me. Get a sidewalk
― calstars, Sunday, 3 August 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
Oh damn dude are you ok?!?!?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Sunday, 3 August 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
you should have punched her and stolen the baby
― flatizza (harbl), Sunday, 3 August 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
I got a baby in a bar right now. Watch out.
― Jeff, Sunday, 3 August 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Should have said "hey! Watch it!" And put the barstool in your own stroller and left.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 August 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
It's funny that you guys think this is comical
― calstars, Sunday, 3 August 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
You're right. I think you should do something about it.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 3 August 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
Douchy parents decide to have brunch with their one year old and take over half the place with their accessories. On the way out, the pen they have to dad to sign the check is out of ink. Then he drops a bag full of toys all over the floor. At least he has the courtesy and dignity to look shamed while picking the stuff up.
― calstars, Saturday, 9 August 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
parents are the worst
― Euler, Saturday, 9 August 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
the new excelsior thread
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 9 August 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
children behind bars c/d
― is this empty sanitism (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 August 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
i feel the same way abt this as i do smoking in bars. some bars have smoking. if u are down with that go to those bars. if u are down with kids in bars go to those bars. hopefully there is no overlap.
but i mean for real the subset of bars that most parents would take their kids into is surely very small, leaving a wide range of non-kid-friendly bars available for the child-averse and/or registered sex offenders.
― adam, Saturday, 9 August 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
surely
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 August 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link