Children??? (and names) -

CrissCross · #31 05-14-2011, 05:59 PM

what happens if you get 2 girls?

Strike Witch · #32 05-14-2011, 06:18 PM

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what happens if you get 2 girls?

Duh, you raise the child as the gender you want.

CrissCross · #33 05-14-2011, 07:39 PM

so if u have a boy you'll raise it as a girl?

Nemo · #34 05-14-2011, 07:58 PM

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You guys are gonna troll me for going against human nature, but what the hell.

Isn't it ironic that we're culling other species (such as deer) to "keep their numbers to a manageable size for the benefit of nature", but we're not stopping reproducing ourselves despite how much damage we're doing? One of the main reasons we're having so many problems in this day and age is simple - There are too many humans and the environment cannot cope with it.

I'm not suggesting we kill everyone, that would be stupid. But we could do with not reproducing for a couple of generations - But like that's going to happen. I don't want to produce my own kids for the simple reason of not wanting to contribute to this problem - Every little helps. I'd rather adopt some poor parent-less sod instead who already exists if I really felt the urge to raise a child of my own.

Maybe I should sterilise myself like my brother in law did - Sex is good, but condoms are uncomfortable to wear. And yes, "remove my idiocy from the gene pool" as some of you may tell me now.

EDIT: Didn't intend to sound that menacing.

You're so edgy and deep. I bet you get bitches all the time.

Dixanadu · #35 05-14-2011, 10:14 PM

If it comes to it, just one. I don't care which gender.

Two or more means arguing and fighting, not to mention threats to turn this damn car around.

enchilado · #36 05-14-2011, 10:33 PM

I will have hundreds and hundreds, like Genghis Khan.

***Nate*** · #37 05-14-2011, 10:38 PM

Two thoughts about DarkHoodness' post:

You're a guy?! Since when were you a guy?
You suggested that humanity stop reproducing "for a couple of generations"? Am I the only person who read that?

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I require at least two children. However, I could be persuaded to give them up for something less time consuming.

How can someone who is self-admittedly incapable of long-term romantic attachment going to be able to take care of a child from birth to adulthood?

Speaking for myself, I love kids - I just don't want any. I don't really have the patience to deal with kids in the long term. But I'm more than happy to babysit my niece, get her hyped up and then pass her back to my sister to deal with.

Dixanadu · #38 05-14-2011, 10:57 PM

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I will have hundreds and hundreds, like Genghis Khan.

Multiple from different women? One from a single woman? Or dare I even think, all from the same woman?

enchilado · #39 05-14-2011, 11:15 PM

Well, my plan is to eventually have a child with every woman on the planet.

JennyGenesis · #40 05-14-2011, 11:22 PM

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Speaking for myself, I love kids - I just don't want any. I don't really have the patience to deal with kids in the long term. But I'm more than happy to babysit my niece, get her hyped up and then pass her back to my sister to deal with.

Do you use lots of sugary sweets AKA candy?

Dixanadu · #41 05-14-2011, 11:38 PM

You're talkin' more than a hundred odd kids, then.

CrissCross · #42 05-14-2011, 11:41 PM

the problem with having 1 kid is he'll get spoilt and turn into a little prick

(havent you seen harry potter)

Dixanadu · #43 05-14-2011, 11:55 PM

S/he'll get a slap if they don't do what they're told.

I plan to raise him/her to be the apex student, envy of all others. Yeahhhh

***Nate*** · #44 05-15-2011, 12:08 AM

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Do you use lots of sugary sweets AKA candy?

You don't need sugary treats to hype up a two year old. I'll leave those on the backburner until she's older.

Havoc · #45 05-15-2011, 02:05 AM

No children for me. And if by some chance I do ever want children they will be adopted.

***Alcar*** · #46 05-15-2011, 02:21 AM

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How can someone who is self-admittedly incapable of long-term romantic attachment going to be able to take care of a child from birth to adulthood?

Because it's not romance.

Alcar...

***Nate*** · #47 05-15-2011, 03:03 AM

Long-term emotional connection. Similar enough to be worrying.

STM · #48 05-15-2011, 05:14 AM

I'd really like a boy but I'm not fussed, I think it would be named after someone in my family either Patrick, Paul or Clive, I think naming should be down to the man if it's a boy and the woman if it's a little girl.

On notes of names and bullying, I don't think it matters, my name is Aidan RL and that has been abbreviated to AIDS on numerous occasions, certainly in younger school before we knew what it was but in the last year of school it has become a nick name for me, I even got it in big capital letters on my leavers school hoody. My point being if you learn to laugh at it (and I never had any trouble...apparently girls think it's cute which is odd but who am I to complain) then no one else can really make it bad for you.

Crashpunk · #49 05-15-2011, 06:52 AM

I don't even have a Girlfriend yet but I would like kids to carry on my mad name in the future.

Mac Sirloin · #50 05-15-2011, 02:54 PM

I want kids. Not until I'm at least 30 though. I'm planning on living somewhere rural once I'm a bit older, and would seriously consider naming my kids Roostre, Liquor or Jose-Frijoles.

Daxter King · #51 05-15-2011, 03:19 PM

I'd like to have kids later on, late twenties at the earliest. One boy and one girl would be best, three would be the max number. I don't know what I would name them, but I know of a few names they won't be receiving.

enchilado · #52 05-15-2011, 05:37 PM

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what happens if you get 2 girls?

Party time!

Rex Tirano · #53 05-15-2011, 07:53 PM

I would like to have children at some point in the next 15-20 years but I'm not really rushing into thinking about genders, numbers and whatnot yet. I would like to adopt a child though.

I know alot of "alternative types" who have called their offspring Kal-El and Draven. Oh, what a larf.

- Rexy

enchilado · #54 05-15-2011, 07:54 PM

A family who lives near us named their girl Narnia.

JennyGenesis · #55 05-15-2011, 10:37 PM

I think Narnia sounds sweet. But I'm sure she has had a few jokes about her.

DarkHoodness · #56 05-15-2011, 10:37 PM

Well, at least it's not "Nokia".

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...it would be rather selfish to adopt when you are fully capable of reproducing. These days orphanages aren't overflowing with unwanted children; there are more people wanting to adopt than children up for adoption.

There is a newborn baby shortage - But since I dislike babies (primarily because most children I've known as babies have had colic at some stage - And it's one of the few things I cannot tolerate), I wouldn't chose to adopt one. Instead I would probably chose to adopt an older child (or children if they come with a sibling), provided they aren't too broken by their previous experiences if I'm not being too fussy - And there isn't a shortage of them.

But that won't be for a long time, if I ever decide to do so at all.

Edit: Oh yeah and thyroid cancer runs on my dad's side of the family. It killed both him and his sister, and it would've killed me and my sister too in our 50s if we both hadn't had our thyroids removed. I have to take pills for the rest of my life. I risk passing that on to any offspring I have - and I think that's a valid reason to not have children of my own. Dodgy genetics suck - Be glad that most of you probably don't have this problem.

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Two thoughts about DarkHoodness' post:

You're a guy?! Since when were you a guy?
You suggested that humanity stop reproducing "four a couple of generations"? Am I the only person who read that?

1) What made you think I wasn't, out of curiosity? Not that it matters much, but does the little icon next to my name mean anything? Does my beard intimidate you? :P
2) I wrote "for" - And yes, but I was only being half-serious because it's pretty much impossible, and even if it was it'd probably only delay the inevitable resource shortage anyway. And it'd also create the problem of there being a generation gap with lots of old people and no young people to look after them - A bit like what China is facing now as a result of its one child per family policy. And that'd be no good.

***Nate*** · #57 05-15-2011, 11:51 PM

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1) What made you think I wasn't, out of curiosity? Not that it matters much, but does the little icon next to my name mean anything? Does my beard intimidate you? :P

*shrug* Just something about the way you write your posts. I hardly ever look at the icon.

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2) I wrote "for" - And yes, but I was only being half-serious because it's pretty much impossible, and even if it was it'd probably only delay the inevitable resource shortage anyway. And it'd also create the problem of there being a generation gap with lots of old people and no young people to look after them - A bit like what China is facing now as a result of its one child per family policy. And that'd be no good.

Oh, sorry about the 'four'; that was a typo on my part.

But you're still missing the point about why stopping all breeding for several generations (or even just one) would be disastrous.

STM · #58 05-16-2011, 03:32 AM

Perhaps population control, like in China?

*insert meanwhile in China joke here*

Dixanadu · #59 05-16-2011, 03:52 AM

STM · #60 05-16-2011, 04:08 AM

Nope, I specifically didn't add that because it doesn't add to the topic you spoon!

Haha, actually if I have a child I'm gonna to give it a name in the hope it gets the piss taken out of it. Godwin, Ethelbert, Rhonda, Rasputin, Edna or Aelfwin! HELL FUCKING YEH!

(I joke by the way.)