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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]julian_black
2006-10-19 09:11 am UTC (link)
Oh my god. Could [info]conceptual_tea be any more doggedly clueless? Or condescending, for that matter?

And what the hell is [info]danaseilhan trying to do with that long tale of woe? Prove her superior poor cred?

She seems to make a habit of starting comms after getting offended--she once started a wanky little comm (now suspended) called [info]caveat_troll, where "troll" seemed to be defined as "people who disagree with me." She's also the maintainer of comm called [info]fandomwank_wank. Make of it what you will.

...LJ's dominant source for incredibly tedious whiny advice posts, stupid food spoilage questions, and the occasional, very rare speck of useful information.

You've described [info]poor_skills to perfection.

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[info]panthea
2006-10-19 02:33 pm UTC (link)
From fw_w: this is fairly typical of the F_Wers I've seen harassing [info]ginmar--the whole "wtf do we need feminism for anyway, shut up you hysterical bitch or put it behind a friends filter" baggage.

...wow. It takes a very special kind of stupid to miss the point THAT HARD.

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[info]queencallipygos
2006-10-19 06:02 pm UTC (link)
Seriously; I'm a feminist myself and even I think Ginmar needs to switch to decaf or something.

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[info]azazello
2006-10-19 09:38 pm UTC (link)
Prove her superior poor cred?

Heh. I win, my grandfather marched from Jarrow. My family would be in "Burke's Peasantry" if there was such a thing.

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