Not enough of this here
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNm49X-U8AEz4vX.jpg
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 19 December 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
FWIW I was too irresponsible to have children, but now I seem to have two and have no choice but to be responsible, and that seems to work out ok.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 19 December 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
Also, having lived in several non-western countries for years on end, though it worth noting that I never heard people saying they "don't like children" anywhere except UK - in China we were constantly having to stop strangers from giving them sweets or old people offering them their seats on public transport.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 19 December 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
Really, in the PRC everybody is nice to children, wonder why that could be
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Monday, 19 December 2016 17:59 (seven years ago) link
Strangers giving children sweets does tend to be frowned on in the UK. A cat is to blame for this, not a dog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3FnCiRpdQ4
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Monday, 19 December 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
LOL, shows how long it's been since I've seen that, dogs are to blame, not sweets.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Monday, 19 December 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Children >>>>>>>>> candy
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 December 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
If you were stopping people offering your kids sweets that suggests it is indeed a bad thing to do.
― nashwan, Monday, 19 December 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I mean I used to train teachers and I told them not to give sweets to kids as (1) parents have own diet plans (2) unhealthy (3) they will associate sugar = reward / savoury = punishment (4) kids should be trained not to take sweets from people (5) demonstrates underlying poor motivation skills (6) possible allergies - so obviously we said no every time, without lecturing a stranger if possible.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 19 December 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
lex's parents being as uninterested in him as he wants other parents to be about their kids would explain a lot
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Monday, December 19, 2016 1:39 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i do hope this is the kind of thing you teach your brats to say in the playground
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
I don't have children, which you'd have seen the multiple times I said so in this thread if you actually bothered to ~pay attention~ to other people rather than concentrating on how much they entertain you, you fucking bore.
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
But if I did have kids I would unquestionably teach them to subject cretinous a-holes to endless mockery.
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
p intellectually stimulating conversation tbf
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
completely insane that an opinion that someone dislikes children sends you into utter insult-flinging meltdown like this. nagl dude
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
me, seeing this thread constantly at the top of sna: lol, children ARE non-human animals
― ( ^_^) (Lamp), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
fwiw i literally had no idea who you were before this thread but you seem to be acting as though you know things about me? yet you say i bore you?
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
can we poll the categories of human beings i dislike? cos there are quite a few
― sleepingbag, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
lol, yes, lex, I've been posting here for like ~over a decade~ and I've read your writing both on and off ILX.
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Monday, 19 December 2016 19:54 (seven years ago) link
makes sense that fear of not being entertaining would cut deep then
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/13xwqzjTev2RIA/giphy.gif
― scott seward, Monday, 19 December 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
http://dibaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/projection.jpg
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
you're the one who's consistently gone for direct insults even when not being addressed
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
it's obvious that lex is heavily invested in his dislike of children and in his dislike of those who would have him like children. if his dislike of children makes him reviled by much of the world, he apparently is ready to turn his back to the world. ilx must accept this is lex's final position: he dislikes kids. (shrugs)
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
if I accept it does that mean I can't make fun of it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
I mean I accept that lex's personality is beyond repair
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFHPsThGQ1E
― scott seward, Monday, 19 December 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
I remember the thrill I got when I first learned that tapping a particular spot near the patella caused a person's leg to kick. I did it over and over again. But eventually the thrill wore off.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 19 December 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
I took a shit in someone's backyard once, as a child.
― Evan, Monday, 19 December 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
This needs to stop.
― Treeship, Monday, 19 December 2016 22:21 (seven years ago) link
children's poop vs (non-human) animal poop
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 19 December 2016 22:23 (seven years ago) link
both are horrifying when they are on your hands
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 19 December 2016 22:24 (seven years ago) link
I guess I'm trying to say I just don't know where I stand in this debate.
― Evan, Monday, 19 December 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
caught you brown handed
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 19 December 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
have been hating this thread so hard but I love everything about this post and most especially the comma
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 19 December 2016 22:59 (seven years ago) link
A child will shit in the yardBut only a man would tell everyone about it
― nashwan, Monday, 19 December 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
Nighttime in the shitting yardGet it out on the mainlineDo itDoot dat doot dat doo da doo
― tried Blue Apron and we died (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 December 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link
scat boo bap dee bappy wop doo daa
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 19 December 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I took a shit in someone's backyard once, as a child.
― JoeStork, Monday, 19 December 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
childe Evan to the back yard went
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
you know, this thread was pretty funny
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link
Ya
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
clusterfun
― Evan, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 22:53 (seven years ago) link
I had forgotten about the whole dog element. Definitely tuned out before the grand finale.
― how's life, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 23:29 (seven years ago) link
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20060210/kids-often-depress-parents#1
― SFTGFOP (El Tomboto), Friday, 17 March 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
testify
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Friday, 17 March 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
it'd be nice of there was a place to air & work through bile & anxiety about ppl choosing to become parents where no one would take offense but yeah
― ogmor, Friday, 17 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
it does kinda suck being the only one in your group of friends to have kids and not completely disappear
― frogbs, Friday, 17 March 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
xp hm have you ever considered airing those grievances in a thread that isn't titled "children vs animals"
― qualx, Friday, 17 March 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
should we just create an I Hate Parenting board for lex et al
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 March 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
such precious snowflakes