tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1391668822528708578..comments2024-03-28T20:04:48.729-05:00Comments on Althouse: "One can’t help but wonder what Trogneux’s ex-husband must make of the double freak occurrence of losing his wife to a teen-ager, only to have him turn out, decades later, to be the... Président de la République."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78163813452968683812017-05-09T20:06:41.802-05:002017-05-09T20:06:41.802-05:00"Having children forces a kind of altruism on..."Having children forces a kind of altruism on you, but it is a crabbed and selfish altruism"<br /><br />But intense. Extraordinarily intense. So you get more altruism out of people on the whole if you can extract parenting from them.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64004921325979473972017-05-09T13:45:49.411-05:002017-05-09T13:45:49.411-05:00drzurf said, etc. - You are the asshole. Some who ...drzurf said, etc. - You are the asshole. Some who don't have children wanted to, but can't. However, when you devote 49 years as an ICU nurse, perhaps you can criticize--not! I believe Samuel Johnson said " It is better to be silent and be thought stupid, then to open your mouth and prove it."Viejo Locohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672553682443493441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63397950623640311892017-05-09T09:08:38.113-05:002017-05-09T09:08:38.113-05:00Attention to all,Attention to all.Are you a busine...Attention to all,Attention to all.Are you a business man singer soccer play <br />trying to be grand and famous in life or trying to secure your wealth and <br />position in the society and get money within 3 days .<br />whatsApp +2347052744530<br />.join Illuminati now to have Money, powers, fame,protection, cure to all <br />illness and wealth become your title in just three days. 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Still not a freak occurrence, though.SeanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697328067457248454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43359359689526081522017-05-09T08:17:25.276-05:002017-05-09T08:17:25.276-05:00I Have Misplaced My Pants: Which 90% of the time ...I Have Misplaced My Pants: <i>Which 90% of the time seems to be "altruistic" bullshit SJW causes and gentrification. There is nothing worse than a bunch of goddamn DINKS with their "furbabies" and their poncy tastes coming into a formerly vibrant, multiethnic, multigenerational, working class community and fucking it up with doggie day cares and $8 donuts.</i><br /><br />Hahahahaha.<br /><br />(I have children but I do admit to some pretty poncey tastes. Overpriced shitty coffee and donuts are not among them, though. I like dogs, too, but don't get me started on dogs and hipsters. Dogs are great, people, but <i>they are not children</i>. Geez, talk about disordered attachments.)<br /><br /><i>Case in point: my beloved Seattle which used to be gritty, working class, unpretentious, and had a sense of place and identity and investment and community because more than one kind of person lived there -- it was truly diverse racially, ethnically, generationally, vocationally, educationally, economically -- any kind of -ally that you can imagine. Now, the old people and the children are gone, not welcome, fuck off, losers, because of the non-children-having Amazonians who have encompassed the entire city.</i><br /><br />Then, the Morlocks come. I think they eat the brains of the annoying SWPLs, but maybe it's zombies that do that. Or they're all swept away in a great cleansing fire, or this century's version of the Scourge of God shows up. At any rate, they get what's coming to them. Then the <i>reconquista</i> of the cities by non-annoying people begins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28495127899445626212017-05-09T08:00:30.949-05:002017-05-09T08:00:30.949-05:00They cover this up by doing good deeds such as fee...<i>They cover this up by doing good deeds such as feeding feral cats.</i><br /><br />Heh. My husband's childless first wife had a terrible habit of feeding squirrels, raccoons, possums, and all manner of nuisance animals. She would also cry over roadkill but didn't give two shits about suffering children. That's a personality defect on her part, but it is disturbing how many people care more about animals than kids.I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325799399154580481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77983578196172225712017-05-09T06:59:02.747-05:002017-05-09T06:59:02.747-05:00The future belongs to those who show up.
Narcissi...The future belongs to those who show up.<br /><br />Narcissism is easier if you have no dependents. And markets love narcissists.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376749487613936205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25846126919788762332017-05-09T06:24:17.299-05:002017-05-09T06:24:17.299-05:00Some men just want their mommy!Some men just want their mommy!lonetownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969510756729828503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34990981430095098462017-05-09T01:30:09.163-05:002017-05-09T01:30:09.163-05:00People without children are assholes. They cover t...People without children are assholes. They cover this up by doing good deeds such as feeding feral cats.drzurfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258446212622141701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9859295005239093612017-05-08T23:56:11.344-05:002017-05-08T23:56:11.344-05:00First comment is true:
Ann Althouse said...
A marr...First comment is true:<br /><i>Ann Althouse said...<br />A married couple without children is free to devote all their attention and love on each other and to do adult things together whenever they want (and I don't just mean sex, I mean quiet dinners, challenging physical activities, long conversations, enjoyment of art and popular culture than isn't on a child's level).</i><br /><br /><br />Second comment is both true and not true, mostly not true- because read the first comment<br /><br /><i>Blogger Ann Althouse said...<br />People without children are also more free to care about the community in general and to do charitable works based on what seems most important or rewarding, rather than to always put the welfare of this one child (or 2 or 3 children) above all others.</i><br /><br />If you don't have children, and you were an only child or your siblings also have no children- you're free to be as narcissistic as you want. You have no investment in the future. None at all. "Let's vote for higher taxes to fund a symphony!" Great idea! It benefits the community! No, it doesn't. It benefits you because now you get subsidized tickets to spend your money on, subsidized by other taxpayers bringing up kids who don't have time or money to attend the symphony- BECAUSE THEY'RE RAISING KIDS WHO'LL PAY YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY!<br /><br />I've found that pretty much every issue DINKs support benefits THEM, in one or another, without actually benefiting the future in any meaningful way. What do they care what society looks like 20 years after they die? Their kids and grandkids aren't going to be living it that world.<br /><br />I engage in some challenging activities, though I have 5 kids. I have to budget time. Just two weeks ago I walked the 5 Mile Freedom Trail in Boston and climbed the 294 steps to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument. Not by myself. And not with my wife, but with a Boy Scout Troop. Part of my investment in the future. Helping to guide young men into becoming decent adult men.<br /><br />Children are the community of tomorrow. I've not met any childless by choice couple who give one tiny rat's ass about helping out young people. I've had childless by biology couples in my family. Some who've adopted. Others who are heavily involved with nieces and nephews. Your experience may be different, but I doubt too much different.Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47701424121273674502017-05-08T23:34:56.816-05:002017-05-08T23:34:56.816-05:00nEUtered EUseless EUnuch burEaUcrats will bid adiE...nEUtered EUseless EUnuch burEaUcrats will bid adiEU to their EUropean miliEUDVSONEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075021072913345859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47866251107192350232017-05-08T23:17:37.844-05:002017-05-08T23:17:37.844-05:00Altruism is over rated. The Germans were very altr...Altruism is over rated. The Germans were very altruistic about making the world a better place by killing Jews. Ann you sound very insecure in defending childless couples. For some a choice. For others a fate.Milwaukeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830345164697669429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58727301086768061832017-05-08T23:14:56.522-05:002017-05-08T23:14:56.522-05:00Exiled - you are a wise and good person to see tha...Exiled - you are a wise and good person to see that it's important to invest in young people who are not our own children. My husband was that way before he became a father at 46 for the first time (second marriage for us both). He wasn't able to have children with his first wife (and didn't really want them anyway) but still didn't want to let everything he'd learned in life go to waste, so he took seriously mentoring young colleagues when possible as well as being a good uncle. His life was richer as a result and I'm certain his mentees' lives were as well. Your family is lucky to have you in their lives. I wish I had that for both myself and my kids.I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325799399154580481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58870889552404057052017-05-08T23:04:44.713-05:002017-05-08T23:04:44.713-05:00France remembers the summer of 1940.
Macron remem...France remembers the summer of 1940.<br /><br />Macron remembers the summer of '44. HE LOVED THAT MOVIE.<br />richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45193042149464567692017-05-08T23:03:36.919-05:002017-05-08T23:03:36.919-05:00When the leadership of Europe has no investment in...When the leadership of Europe has no investment in the future of its children, Europe has no future.richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38664337496529780632017-05-08T22:20:55.576-05:002017-05-08T22:20:55.576-05:00"You could regret having children or not havi..."You could regret having children or not having children. Not everyone chooses, but you could regret what you end up with whether you chose it or not.<br /><br />It's easy to list the positives of having children, but there's no need to project that into imagined sadness for those who don't have children. It's not done as aggressively, but it's also easy to list the positives of not having children and you could just as well go on to project imagined unhappiness in those who have children, because they didn't get that set of positives (like getting to spend all your own money on yourself, not having to worry about bad things happening to children, not having to consistently and over a period of many years put the interests of these particular others ahead of your own, freedom to come and go as you please, much less dishes and laundry and other housework)."<br /><br />Billions of years of evolution that ends with you and your spouse. All those generations of organisms that struggled to live and reproduce to end up with...nothing.<br /><br />Not really something to cheer about.Richard Craniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037077920789552943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6963521326285255992017-05-08T22:09:47.131-05:002017-05-08T22:09:47.131-05:00"Macron is hardly the first national leader w..."Macron is hardly the first national leader with an ex-spouse. "<br /><br />It's his wife who has the "ex-spouse" who is old enough to be Macron's father, if not grandfather.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27882838251879440552017-05-08T22:08:44.435-05:002017-05-08T22:08:44.435-05:00"Political ideology is about 50% determined b..."Political ideology is about 50% determined by genetics -"<br /><br />Watch out ! You're going to get in trouble with the "Blank Slate" followers of Stephen Jay Gould who thought the "New Soviet Man" was around corner.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1168680192126538502017-05-08T22:06:36.570-05:002017-05-08T22:06:36.570-05:00Macron is hardly the first national leader with an...Macron is hardly the first national leader with an ex-spouse. It's not a "freak occurrence" at all, certainly not a double one.SeanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697328067457248454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88060447777128414832017-05-08T21:46:26.590-05:002017-05-08T21:46:26.590-05:00"Political ideology is about 50% determined b..."Political ideology is about 50% determined by genetics - quite similar to other measurable personality characteristics."<br /><br />I'm conservative/libertarian and my parents were strongly Democratic (although they might not be so today.) I have known many people who vote differently from their parents and siblings.<br /><br />How can you possibly determine nature vs. nurture in the case of politics? There are certainly young people who come from conservative families who get brainwashed into political correctness at college.exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996979470278945904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61673555726467057672017-05-08T21:42:37.797-05:002017-05-08T21:42:37.797-05:00I Have Misplaced My Pants, I moved back to my home... I Have Misplaced My Pants, I moved back to my hometown because it increasingly bothered me that I didn't know my nieces and nephews, particularly since they didn't have grandparents to spoil them. I wasn't a mom, but I was able to be a good aunt. Part of the problem is people frequently do not live in the same places as their siblings or extended family nowadays and so, if they are childless and don't have that connection, they end up obsessing about their pets or getting involved in SJW causes. (They can also get involved in very good causes - volunteering at the Children's Hospital or helping teach adults to read.)<br /><br />Self-absorption and treating pets like children are two dangers of being childless and you have to guard against those tendencies. I certainly have known quite a few childless people with the qualities you describe. exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996979470278945904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28272010920028938512017-05-08T21:30:17.159-05:002017-05-08T21:30:17.159-05:00I was gonna say this is ironic, but George Carlin ...I was gonna say this is ironic, but George Carlin tells me it's not:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36nn5hFsg8Bob Loblawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081916786770290968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1739690934395981482017-05-08T21:20:40.639-05:002017-05-08T21:20:40.639-05:00buwaya said...
Politics is not genetic,
Political...<i>buwaya said...<br />Politics is not genetic,</i><br /><br />Political ideology is about 50% determined by genetics - quite similar to other measurable personality characteristics.Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45365159441434206932017-05-08T21:01:00.497-05:002017-05-08T21:01:00.497-05:00San Francisco is the least kid-friendly city on th...San Francisco is the least kid-friendly city on the planet. Too expensive, lotta gays, lotta Dinks. The general rule there was to find the girl in SF, but then marry and move to the burbs. Bay Area Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342949066248487677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17876186868398324842017-05-08T20:50:31.054-05:002017-05-08T20:50:31.054-05:00But if you don't have children, you can consci...<i>But if you don't have children, you can consciously choose some altruistic things to do with your time and money.</i><br /><br />Which 90% of the time seems to be "altruistic" bullshit SJW causes and gentrification. There is nothing worse than a bunch of goddamn DINKS with their "furbabies" and their poncy tastes coming into a formerly vibrant, multiethnic, multigenerational, working class community and fucking it up with doggie day cares and $8 donuts.<br /><br />Case in point: my beloved Seattle which used to be gritty, working class, unpretentious, and had a sense of place and identity and investment and community because more than one kind of person lived there -- it was truly diverse racially, ethnically, generationally, vocationally, educationally, economically -- any kind of -ally that you can imagine. Now, the old people and the children are gone, not welcome, fuck off, losers, because of the non-children-having Amazonians who have encompassed the entire city. <br />I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325799399154580481noreply@blogger.com