New And Improved Rant Thread, now with 50% more profanity!

[Doctor X]

And a 9 year old can give consent.

Of course she can.

She is capable of saying yes or no. And if she has started puberty than she is capable of getting pregnant and conceiving a baby. It's natures way of saying SHE IS READY.

Of course she is.

--J.D.

[Doctor X]

Originally Posted by If it Bleeds it Breeds

. . . but the only actual evidence we have is that he married a nine-year old

From Sahih Bukhari Vol 7, Book 62, No 88. Narrated 'Ursa' " The prophet wrote the [ marriage contract] with Aisha when she was 6 years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was 9 years old, . . ."

Game

Set

Match.

--J.D.

[BrotherMan]

Oh, do be careful, Mr. Watser?! You could be IGnored!

[Ymir's blood]

Yeah, Watser? is about to join the Cool Kids Club!

Go Watser? GO!

[Watser?]

I guess it's already too late, he's talking to the voices in his head now...

Oh woe, woe is me

[Kael]

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but is a fucking creepy smiley...

[curses]

Originally Posted by Kael

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but is a fucking creepy smiley...

That's racist!

[lisarea]

I know what it's supposed to be, but every time I see it, I still think at first that it's someone rending their own brain.

There was a smiley on some other board that was supposed to just be someone barfing, but it was looped, so it looked like it was barfing, then eating its own barf and barfing again.

Ah, but that's a topic for the order form thread, isn't it?

[freemonkey]

Fucking morons.

If you could think beyond your ignorant sound-bite bumper sticker mentality you'd already know how stupid the question is.

[Pyrrho]

I leave for the day at 5:30 pm. Sending me frantic e-mails at 8:30 pm because you FAILed when I am 30 miles away from the office is neither efficient nor effective.

Sorry to make you cry.

Swears: fuggetaboutit

[Dingfod]

I have nothing to bitch about, dammit to fucking hell.

[Angakuk]

Now, now, Dingfod, there is always Oklahoma.

[curses]

Soooo yeah, I've had a hard time keeping a story for Photojournalism 2. First story crapped out, they decided to stop talking to me/returning calls 4 weeks into a 10 week quarter. So I had to bust my ass and find a new story halfway through the quarter. So I go in to interview this person yesterday. Got there 10 mins early like a good appointment should to discover that nobody put me in his calendar (I spoke directly to him on the phone the week before and he personally confirmed the date) and he wasn't there. I was ushered into the computer lab to wait. And wait. And wait. So eventually I wander back to the receptionist (who has magically changed into a different person) who said "Oh! I had no idea you were still here! [interviewee] said he went looking for you, couldn't find you, and left. Bullshit. I heard him give an impromptu presentation to a meeting in the next room, joke around, and leave with them.

TL;DR My interview subject forgot about me and I waited around for 4 hours for nothing. Now I have to drop the class because I just don't have enough time to catch up with everyone else in class.

swears for this post: none. I just don't have it in me today.

[Demimonde]

That sucks, curses. I am sorry you had to go through that.

[Watser?]

That's just fucked up

I'll throw in some profanities for you: assclowns, buttmonkeys, soepkippen!

[Angakuk]

You know, that is pretty much the way real world photo-journalism works. So, even though you had to drop the class, you still got a pretty good education out of the deal.

[curses]

It's one of the reasons I have no desire to go into photojournalism as a career.

Not-so-ninja edit: Everyone else in the class is doing someone they know. I need friends with interesting hobbies.

[Ymir's blood]

[Demimonde]

No. As a matter of fact I DON'T have to "just have kids already" so I can have an "excuse" to watch cartoons.

I have loved animation all of my adult life, including all of the eight years I have known you. It has never been an issue or something to give me shit about before you started shooting people out of your vagina. And you can put that smug, self-important face of yours in your new diaper genie with the rest of the shit. You are not some kind of fucking mother goddess to decree how I should live my life or look down on me for what shows I fucking watch.

The swear for this post: fuck trophy. There I said it.

[Doctor X]

I mean, indeed, Demi the question should be how the hell you got out of the kitchen and got the shoes that allow you to watch cartoons in the first place.

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More seriously, to paraphrase one woman I know who does not want children, is happy with her profession, and is sick of explaining that, no, it is not actually a way to avoid motherhood, and, no she probably would not be happier if she spawned, "feminism. It happened right? We studied it in school."

--J.D.

[Janet]

I usually just tell people I detest children. Someone once replied, "How can you detest children?" To which I responded, "Obviously you haven't met my nieces and nephews." That response shuts pretty much everyone up and has the added bonus that they keep their kids away from me because obviously I'm a monster.

And on the issue of cartoons, I like art and I like movies. Why would I not like movies made out of art?

[Pyrrho]

Dear women where I work:

I do not particularly care to know that you need to go to the bathroom. I, personally, take care of such business without making it public knowledge. You, however, for some insane reason, deem it necessary to announce your impending biological functions to all within hearing. Yelling "I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM," across the entire area when you're telling this important news to a person standing right in front of you disrupts my equilibrium. Not that you give a shit.

Oh, wait, that's right, you will be very shortly.

[Ymir's blood]

If anyone bothered to ask me, I'd say that my hatred of children comes from my memories of what I was like as a child. It's never come up with my relatives, but then they're probably thankful that there aren't any more of me likely to show up.

[lisarea]

Originally Posted by Demimonde

No. As a matter of fact I DON'T have to "just have kids already" so I can have an "excuse" to watch cartoons.

You have to admit, it's some pretty solid reasoning.

Other good reasons to "just have kids already" include:

• Bored, and nothing good on TV.
• If you shrunk a sweater you like, so it's too small, but it's pretty cool and you don't want to throw it away.
• Cannot reach beer and/or remote.
• Need some of those honor student bumperstickers to cover body damage to your vehicle.
• Rejected for adoption by dog rescue group.
• Ability to legally purchase Happy Meals.

[Demimonde]

I don't hate kids. I was playing with my godchild and singing the Sgt. Frog theme when all this happened. I am just not ready to have kids, not certain I actually want kids, and not going to start family planning just because all of my friends and family are having a baby boom right now. She struck a nerve because evangelical new parents everywhere are lecturing me about joining their parenthood cult and it is pissing me off.

Like this friend. Shortly after she had her twins, every time I mentioned a book or movie I enjoyed or thought she might like, I got cut off with "I don't want to hear it! I don't have time for any of that right now!" and then want to talk about breast feeding for an hour. It got really old, really fast, and I finally called her on it and she got back to normal. But even then, her tone was kinda like, screw you and your trivial interests, I am making people! It was really patronizing and kinda pissed me off.

Now this is some of more of the same. She has always liked to tease to be funny, even before her sprogs. But now it is like half teasing, half self-important lecturing and is really getting old. I am proud that I stuck up for myself though. When she asked what I was singing and I told her, she started giving smug, knowing looks over my head to her husband who was behind me, and rolled her eyes.

Then she started in with the "excuse" bit and I was like "I never need an excuse to watch what I enjoy." Then she got even more smug and was all "You know, most adults only watch that stuff because they are forced to by their kids." Please, lady, you have infants. You aren't mayor of parent town or elevated to any high place to decree what "adults" are or do. Plus, like she has even had to deal with being forced to watch anything, her kids are barely to the point of focusing their eyes let alone recognizing things or demanding them.

I just looked her in the eye and told her that I am not fond of being forced to do anything but I like what I like, now stop trying to get me to join your parenthood cult. Because if she is going to take the piss out of me, seriously, fuck that. Instead of taking my hint she went on to say it was "weird." I was like, "Sure, you bet. I'm weird."

So I spent the next twenty minutes or so showing her pictures of my styled ponies on my phone and my telling her my plans to build a dollhouse. Because, yeah, I have patiently listened to all her momma stuff, this is my "weird" interest and you are my friend so suck it up smuggo. I think I was pretty obvious about my parodying her with showing the pictures, ("isn't AJ's hat just the CUTEST!?") because she straightened up pretty quick after that.