▲ 135 ▼ America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’ (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by mpk@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments The highlight for me is coming up with some weird pseudoscience justification for why it’s okay to hit your kids.
[+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) If you walked by some strangers having a conversation with each other out in public and one of them said something you didn’t understand, would you go running up to them saying “please don’t talk to each other without explaining everything to me, I think you’re making stuff up because I don’t have all the context”? (You would not.) If you have something to ask OP, ask it. Politely. Don’t come in to somebody else’s conversation demanding context and calling them a liar. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] m@blat.at 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) @gnomicutterance @VirtualOdour Well, exactly. For the benefit of Mr Odour here, I'm in Austria (that's the one without the kangaroos) where although physical punishment of children was first made an explicit offence in 1989 the "right" of parents to hit their children was removed from §145 of the Allgemeine Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch in 1977. Here's the 1811 text that was deleted. Happy now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, I was perfectly able to figure out you meant Austria just by searching Child Corporate Punishment Laws on wikipedia for the string "1977". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m@blat.at 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) @gnomicutterance There's also a handy-dandy map there showing how in the "developed" (I use the term advisedly, as usual) world the English-speaking countries are obvious outliers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago i'm afraid your posting is not up to the standards of sneerclub, this way to the egress permalink fedilink source parent [–] self@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago I’m fed up with you shitting up this discussion you weren’t invited to participate in permalink fedilink source parent [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) "basic consideration" the fuck? you fucking walked into the thread sight unseen and started throwing your toys out find some grass, and sit on it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago* this person has some choice takes in their history, and shows a repeated pattern of replying you won't believe what happens next! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) If you walked by some strangers having a conversation with each other out in public and one of them said something you didn’t understand, would you go running up to them saying “please don’t talk to each other without explaining everything to me, I think you’re making stuff up because I don’t have all the context”? (You would not.) If you have something to ask OP, ask it. Politely. Don’t come in to somebody else’s conversation demanding context and calling them a liar. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] m@blat.at 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) @gnomicutterance @VirtualOdour Well, exactly. For the benefit of Mr Odour here, I'm in Austria (that's the one without the kangaroos) where although physical punishment of children was first made an explicit offence in 1989 the "right" of parents to hit their children was removed from §145 of the Allgemeine Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch in 1977. Here's the 1811 text that was deleted. Happy now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, I was perfectly able to figure out you meant Austria just by searching Child Corporate Punishment Laws on wikipedia for the string "1977". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m@blat.at 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) @gnomicutterance There's also a handy-dandy map there showing how in the "developed" (I use the term advisedly, as usual) world the English-speaking countries are obvious outliers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago i'm afraid your posting is not up to the standards of sneerclub, this way to the egress permalink fedilink source parent [–] self@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago I’m fed up with you shitting up this discussion you weren’t invited to participate in permalink fedilink source parent [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) "basic consideration" the fuck? you fucking walked into the thread sight unseen and started throwing your toys out find some grass, and sit on it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago* this person has some choice takes in their history, and shows a repeated pattern of replying you won't believe what happens next! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m@blat.at 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) @gnomicutterance @VirtualOdour Well, exactly. For the benefit of Mr Odour here, I'm in Austria (that's the one without the kangaroos) where although physical punishment of children was first made an explicit offence in 1989 the "right" of parents to hit their children was removed from §145 of the Allgemeine Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch in 1977. Here's the 1811 text that was deleted. Happy now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, I was perfectly able to figure out you meant Austria just by searching Child Corporate Punishment Laws on wikipedia for the string "1977". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m@blat.at 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) @gnomicutterance There's also a handy-dandy map there showing how in the "developed" (I use the term advisedly, as usual) world the English-speaking countries are obvious outliers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, I was perfectly able to figure out you meant Austria just by searching Child Corporate Punishment Laws on wikipedia for the string "1977". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m@blat.at 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) @gnomicutterance There's also a handy-dandy map there showing how in the "developed" (I use the term advisedly, as usual) world the English-speaking countries are obvious outliers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m@blat.at 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) @gnomicutterance There's also a handy-dandy map there showing how in the "developed" (I use the term advisedly, as usual) world the English-speaking countries are obvious outliers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago i'm afraid your posting is not up to the standards of sneerclub, this way to the egress permalink fedilink source parent [–] self@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago I’m fed up with you shitting up this discussion you weren’t invited to participate in permalink fedilink source parent [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) "basic consideration" the fuck? you fucking walked into the thread sight unseen and started throwing your toys out find some grass, and sit on it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago* this person has some choice takes in their history, and shows a repeated pattern of replying you won't believe what happens next! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago i'm afraid your posting is not up to the standards of sneerclub, this way to the egress permalink fedilink source parent
[–] self@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago I’m fed up with you shitting up this discussion you weren’t invited to participate in permalink fedilink source parent
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) "basic consideration" the fuck? you fucking walked into the thread sight unseen and started throwing your toys out find some grass, and sit on it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago* this person has some choice takes in their history, and shows a repeated pattern of replying you won't believe what happens next! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago* this person has some choice takes in their history, and shows a repeated pattern of replying you won't believe what happens next! permalink fedilink source parent