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• Baby Booms (Score:1)

  by chaoticset (2105)

  I could rant for pages about how insanely irresponsible it is to have a baby because "what else should I do?"

  I won't.

  I will say -- hopefully enough -- that stories of population explosion could be greatly exaggerated [snopes2.com].

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  • Re:Baby Booms (Score:1)

    by pudge (1)

    You assume the reason is "what else should I do." My wife had been pregnant for two months when Sept. 11 came 'round, and in our heads, we thought two opposing thoughts: that we don't want to bring a child into such a horrible situation, and that we should focus more on our family now than ever, because it's the most important thing.
    
    A lot of people just realized that family isn't something you should put off, whether that meant starting or enlarging their family, or spending more time with their existing
    • Re:Baby Booms (Score:1)

      by chaoticset (2105)

      You assume the reason is "what else should I do."

      I assume it because that's what some people I've asked have literally said to me; I understand that there are people who have children for reasons. My problem is with thoughtless behavior.

      It's that or assume they're lying to me, and I generally presuppose that people don't have a reason to lie to me. Usually, they don't. ;)

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      • Re:Baby Booms (Score:1)

        by pudge (1)

        Well, your statement was in the context of generalities; you didn't say or hint you were speaking only of specific people.
• that's a relief (Score:2)

  by hfb (74)

  I was starting to think that it was a disease borne in the water supply at work making just about every female look like they swallowed a watermelon...well, that or malnutrition. I don't get the logic that bombing = the desire to procreate. I mean, I can see how doomsday may make you want to hump like the end of the world but...'gee honey, let's bring a new life into this fucked up world!' Maybe I missed that day in school. Time to buy stock in Gerber Baby Foods...or whichever conglomerate owns them...Beatr
  • pr3gz0rz (Score:2)

    by TorgoX (1933)

    What if we had a trend and nobody came? [guardian.co.uk]
    • Re:pr3gz0rz (Score:2)

      by hfb (74)

      The author of that book is a nutcase even going to the extreme of getting an egg fertilized and implanted just so she could have another kid at 51. I'm very happy to see the book bomb.