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Kah Roh Seh ([info]kahrohseh) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2006-10-18 21:51:00


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Parenthood, Like Homosexuality, Is Not A Choice
Or so sayeth a wanker in Poor Skills, anyway, LJ's dominant source for incredibly tedious whiny advice posts, stupid food spoilage questions, and the occasional, very rare speck of useful information.

This is not one of these.

It starts when someone posts the following, which has since been deleted:

Poor Skills & Children
Let me preface this post by saying that it will probably offend someone. However, it's really not my intention to offend anyone, I'd just like some honest answers/opinions.

Okay, so we talk about poor skills in this community, ways to cook cheaply, rent cheaply, repair credit and old cars, etc. However, never in this community have I seen much reference to the one poor skill that can save you more money than any other, which is choosing to not have children or at least to not have them until you're financially stable enough to do so (kids are REALLY expensive). I've seen online articles saying that children cost roughly $100,000 (not sure if that figure is accurate) to raise. That's PER child. So why, if you can't even support yourself financially are you bringing a child into this world? I understand that s*** happens and so do accidents, but with modern birth control, there is absolutely no reason for accidents to happen (unless of course you're part of the 0.03% that had The Pill fail). Answers/opinions? Again, I'm not a troll, nor am I looking to start a huge debate.

(Taken from the mouse on Wank Report)

Then, tonight, Danaseilhan makes this statement: No poor-bashing! And btw, if you guys don't cut it out, I'm making my own comm where I can BAN j00. Also, hear my tragic tale.

To which I thought, meh, because I sort of have a midterm to write here, but then I noticed the ~250 comments and decided to investigate.

OMG SO OFFENDED bitching spawned from bad wording and some people quick to up-hackle? You don't say.

Random flaming disguised as civil discourse? You bet.

My fav, though? Apparently, parenthood, like homosexuality, is not a choice omg.

That's as far as I got before realising I reeeeally needed to back away and go do my homework. However, I do encourage you all to enjoy.

(And yes, the childfree are mightily in abundance, as are their many detractors. There's no sense to link because, really. Just click randomly and you'll get a face full of their spooge. Salty.)

ETA: Danaseilhan has gone and made her comm.

ETA2: Noooo! Bahleeted! Original mouse saved the text of the comm advert post, but does anyone have stuff from the main spooge post?


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[info]tez
2006-10-19 05:53 am UTC (link)
Wow. You know it's bad when I delete comments five times to keep myself from making a mess.

What I want to know is -- if parenthood isn't a choice and homosexuality isn't a choice, then what does that make a bisexual with a kid?

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[info]napalmnacey
2006-10-19 06:37 am UTC (link)
The undefinable middle ground?

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[info]semirecluse
2006-10-19 06:45 am UTC (link)
The happy medium?

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[info]tez
2006-10-19 07:06 am UTC (link)
I'm a cheerful psychic?

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[info]semirecluse
2006-10-19 07:14 am UTC (link)
*g* Did you ever read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle? It contained a super-duper psychic-of-the-cosmos character called the Happy Medium.

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(no subject) - [info]tez, 2006-10-19 07:18 am UTC
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[info]napalmnacey
2006-10-19 07:17 am UTC (link)
I don't know... I thought it was 'little grey cells' myself. :)

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[info]tez
2006-10-19 07:06 am UTC (link)
Undefinable. Yes. I defy description and categorization! GO ME.

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Walt Whitman FTW
[info]semirecluse
2006-10-19 07:11 am UTC (link)
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then, I contradict myself.
(I am vast; I contain multitudes.)

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Re: Walt Whitman FTW
[info]tez
2006-10-19 07:17 am UTC (link)
WHITMAN. You just won an internet in your choice of nine shiny colors!

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Re: Walt Whitman FTW
[info]lizzypaul
2006-10-19 07:28 am UTC (link)
My motto in life. :)

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[info]kittikattie
2006-10-19 06:48 am UTC (link)
I don't know, but there will probably be nakedness.

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[info]tez
2006-10-19 07:06 am UTC (link)
Naked is good. There should be more naked.

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[info]puipui
2006-10-19 06:51 am UTC (link)
Imaginary, obviously. Just like always.

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[info]tez
2006-10-19 07:07 am UTC (link)
Put bunny ears on me and call me Harvey.

...my love for your icon, it knows no bounds.

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[info]puipui
2006-10-19 07:21 am UTC (link)
Well, Shakespeare is, I am told, both imaginary and kinda gay. Thus he must be bisexual. QED.

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[info]tez
2006-10-19 07:23 am UTC (link)
Logic, 'tis a noble thing.

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[info]semirecluse
2006-10-19 08:01 am UTC (link)
*bows to the power of the QED*

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[info]luna_hoshino
2006-10-19 08:45 am UTC (link)
Yes, but do you play video games too?

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[info]tez
2006-10-19 03:10 pm UTC (link)
*holds up PS2 controller* I really don't exist now.

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[info]luna_hoshino
2006-10-19 04:32 pm UTC (link)
In that case you, uh, won't mind if I help myself to your games. *rifles through your collection*

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[info]tez
2006-10-19 05:08 pm UTC (link)
Just don't mess up my saved games -- I put a lot of work getting Cecil under Kainwhere he is now!

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[info]panthea
2006-10-19 02:26 pm UTC (link)
[info]conceptual_tea, apparently.

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[info]warrioreowyn
2006-10-20 03:20 am UTC (link)
Predestined.

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