2 Things.
I recently realized how lots of crappy straight to video sequels keep coming out. I was in Target recently, and this man was there with his two children. They saw a copy of the Sandlot 2.
They kept asking for it over and over again. He kept telling them it wasn't good and they tried to make it like the first one with different kids and it didnt work. That it was not the one they wanted. The kids recongized the cover and the concept and kept badgering him till he bought it.
Think about it most crappy sequels like the Casper sequels and Air Bud movies are always found near the check out line. So kids can con their parents. Another reason not to have kids.
Also, a new trend I am hearing about is TV series being billed at complete seasons on DVD, yet they are actaully the sydnicated cuts of the show. After Networks airs a show once say a sitcom they cut about 30 seconds out when the rebroadcast them to fit in more ads. Than even worst when a show goes into syndication (usually after four seasons or 100 epsiodes whatever comes first) they delete two mins of the show.
Even though out there somewhere the original cuts exist. Perhaps its the fact that the syndicated ones are already cleaned up for the most part when they are packaged to be shown in reruns. At any rate some funny lines, jokes and general flow of the shows are lost when these minutes are deleted. Sometimes its just a longer scene, and occassionally if you have seen both cuts you will release that missing scenes are somes referenced.
The Cosby Show, Alf and Rossane are among popular sitcoms that have issued the syndicated shows off as complete seasons.
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I think that your comment about kids conning parents into buying them things being another reason not to have kids is pretty lame. I will be the first to admit that having a kid is hard work but using stupid excuses not to have a kid is just pathetic. When your a parent you think about much more important things than fighting with your kid over a stupid movie that they want in the line at Target. Your thoughts are on their health and their safety 100% of your day. So if you want to make an excuse as to why you don't want children you should make it a good one.
No, I'm with Keith on this one. I don't want to be sitting in a super market arguing with some kid why I'm not going to buy him The Mighty Ducks 7. Therefore, I won't have kids. It's certainly not the best or most important reason I have (or Keith has) for not wanting kids, but it is one reason. And that's all Keith said. "Another reason not to have kids."
Other reasons include not wanting to deal with other people's shit (literally), a general dislike for children, a concern for the over population of the earth, an unwillingness to pass on the inheritable aspects of my own diseased mentality to an innocent fetus, etc. Not having to argue over The Mighty Ducks 7 is a much smaller reason than any of those, but it makes the list.
I am sorry, but all you have to say is no to a kid. You may have to say it more than once but being on the parent side here makes it seem like a lame excuse. I don't care that Keith or any of my friends aren't interested in being parents...even though Jay wants you all to have quintuplets...I just think that is a really stupid excuse. I don't want anyone to think that I am faulting Keith for not wanting kids, I'm not.
Alright Jenna! The desire to avoid fights in the checkout lane is not a reason to not have kids; it's an excuse for not wanting to be a good parent.
Stupid parents make stupid kids. Arguing, tantrums, "conning" and the like are not hard wired into kids. Those behaviors are learned. My kids (6 & 11) are far from perfect, but they have never pitched a fit in public. Ever. It's so easy to be a bad parent. Being anything but takes continual effort. If you make that effort, though, you'll be richly rewarded.
As for Drew: I don't know how serious you are when you talk about your "diseased mentality", but that is a reason I totally respect. A friend of mine was physically abused as a child and recognizes that such behavior is inherited, so he chooses to break the cycle himself by not having kids. Fortunately his wife agrees.
My kids went through the bad DVD sequel phase. It was awful. Luckily they have both outgrown it already. May I never have to sit through any of the "Land Before Time" films again!
Now the big thing is "Full House" reruns on ABC Family. Ugh. Trading one piece of shit for another. [TL]
It's Liza, Keith's girlfriend for those who don't know.
This is one of those topics that I feel the need to comment on.
Anyone who has kids or wants to have kids can never understand the desire NOT to have them. Society has a perception that there is something wrong with you if you don’t want to have kids.
I have lost count of the snide, condescending comments I have hear over the years, like when I grow up I'll want kids. For me its been something I've always known, I just feel no need to have a little me running around.
I can understand if people want kids, if that makes them happy good for them, but SERIOUSLY there is nothing wrong with not wanting kids. When Keith and I go out and see things like the whole DVD thing or when a kid is throwing a fit in the middle of a crowded store, it not the REASON why we don’t want kids. It just shows one of the things we are happy we don’t have to deal with.
Liza
Actually, I don't have a problem with people not wanting kids. I actually have strong respect for those who know ahead of time that they don't want kids and do something about not having them. The people I can't tolerate are those who have kids and decide later that they don't want them and neglect their children.
I understand all the reasons that Drew has given. Not wanting to pass on his diseased mind (ie. his love for Dr. Who), or those who may have genetic diseases, or a strong dislike of children. That is fine. There are people that don't connect with kids at all (Drew for instance...and I am not picking on him) and have no idea how to react to them or talk to them. I have absolutely zero problem with that, but making a fight (if it even was that) in a store to get a dumb movie one of the excuses to not have kids is just not a legitimate excuse in my book. And I didn't mean to offend Keith or anyone who agrees with him.
Now having said my peace, I apologize to Keith and all of his readers for completely and totally getting off the track of what his post was really about.
Liza, I hope I didn't come off sounding like one of those chiding parents you describe. I completely understand and appreciate the decision to not have kids. As both a vegetarian and atheist, I know exactly what it's like to be at the opposite end of society's norms. You, however, must get it even worse because you're a woman—and everybody knows that ALL women instinctively want to be mothers, right?
Wrong. Raising children is not for everyone. Eating meat is not for everyone. Falling in love with someone of the opposite sex is not for everyone. Belief in God is not for everyone. Variety is, after all, the spice of life. The greater the variety of people in this world, the more interesting the mix becomes.
Conformity is highly overrated. [TL]
If you're too weak willed to stand up to a 5-year-old in a check-out line, you probably shouldn't have kids.
If you don't think you could be bothered to set the kid straight (in a reasonable fashion) about proper behavior in public after having accepted the responsibility by actually having the kid, you shouldn't have kids in the first place.
I think that anyone who doesn't want kids shouldn't have them; they'll just screw them up.
But if you're basing the entire decision on a pretty insignificant episode in a store (remember keith, you said that this was a reason, not a factor to consider) that relates more to parenting than to the kids themselves, you should DEFINITELY not have kids. If you don't want kids, fine. Don't have kids. That's the only reason that matters anyway. Just stop being a wimp about it. I may not be a parent, but at least I know that having a kid is my decision, not society's, not the government's (at least for now), not anyone else's. In other words, I agree with Jenna's first comment, and sneer defiantly in the direction of Drew's first comment.
Thank you Rob. I knew you were my favorite person for reason.
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