Taking sides: Children vs. (non-human) animals

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?

can we poll the categories of human beings i dislike? cos there are quite a few

lol, yes, lex, I've been posting here for like ~over a decade~ and I've read your writing both on and off ILX.

makes sense that fear of not being entertaining would cut deep then

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you're the one who's consistently gone for direct insults even when not being addressed

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)

if I accept it does that mean I can't make fun of it

I mean I accept that lex's personality is beyond repair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFHPsThGQ1E

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.

I took a shit in someone's backyard once, as a child.

This needs to stop.

children's poop vs (non-human) animal poop

both are horrifying when they are on your hands

I guess I'm trying to say I just don't know where I stand in this debate.

caught you brown handed

I took a shit in someone's backyard once, as a child.

have been hating this thread so hard but I love everything about this post and most especially the comma

A child will shit in the yard
But only a man would tell everyone about it

Nighttime in the shitting yard
Get it out on the mainline
Do it
Doot dat doot dat doo da doo

scat boo bap dee bappy wop doo daa

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.

childe Evan to the back yard went

you know, this thread was pretty funny

Ya

clusterfun

I had forgotten about the whole dog element. Definitely tuned out before the grand finale.

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20060210/kids-often-depress-parents#1

testify

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

it does kinda suck being the only one in your group of friends to have kids and not completely disappear

xp hm have you ever considered airing those grievances in a thread that isn't titled "children vs animals"

should we just create an I Hate Parenting board for lex et al

such precious snowflakes

could make him watch a comedy cooking show with dads and their kids and see what happens

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w all indie guitar soundtrack

hi qualx have you ever considered responding sarcastically to one of my posts in a way that suggests you haven't read it properly

parenting is extremely stressful and often miserable

luckily i didn't have kids in order to make my life more relaxing and fun

making my life more relaxing and fun is my number 1 goal.

i find having a dog and a cat a lot of responsibility

i think I'm definitely doing the future a favour by not procreating

I think people should probably be allowed to express sceptical views on procreation without automatically being branded as history's greatest monsters

Does explicitly hating children qualify for monsterhood tho

Why did u have kids mordy

Fulfill expectations of my family and community
Fulfill my biological imperative to transmit genetic code
Religious tenets
Hopeful insurance to have support/familial bonds in old age
New ppl to play board games with

my dad had a kind of dream about how cool it would be for us to hang at a bar together when i became an adult. do u have something similar re: w33d

Ok I've reviewed yr list and don't feel like I'm missing any of it but obv I'm glad you've ticked yr own personal boxes

One of the reasons not covered here yet: Many women want to have children (for their own completely autonomous and independent reasons, of course, but the trend holds true IME). Many of those women are interesting and desirable and fun to be around. Some of them even like to have sex!

Helping an interesting and desirable woman have children tends to be a really good way to cement a pair-bond with such a woman. You'll probably live in the same domicile, and current convention often puts you in the same bed with her. Through biologic necessity, force of habit, and conventional mores, you're probably gonna have sex with her (even after making kids).

If you are a hetero d00d and you value ready access to sex slightly more than you value variety of sexual partners, the whole marriage-house-kids thing can lead to a pretty reliable source.

Not the only reason, just sayin: it can be part of the cost-benefit calculation.

Awful reason to do it obv and one of the leading causes of trouble in the world

If you're a dood that doesn't want kids then find a woman that doesn't want kids, the volte face in sexual relation dynamics and population trends can only be positive things