submitter I bet there are homeless people in this country who think it's pretty asinine that you spend $5/month to post anonymous thoughts on a web site... yet i don't see them telling you how to spend YOUR money.

Barnum didn't say it (pops)

I don't see how $5 a month for special access to a website is the same as the rampant (and frankly, quite nauseating) consumerism depicted in this article, Gahbrone

If you cut taxes for the rich, it will increase charitable giving.

Right?

How do you know subby is a TF'er?

I had quite a few articles greenlighted and was not a TF'er.

Anyway, back on the topic, I have to think of something I can sell these suckers. Something useless, expensive, and that the kids will grow out of in a few months, making the fools buy the next larger size so they can impress their friends.

/??

Well, back on topic....

The most ignorant thing I ever saw for a baby was this idiotic piece of cloth you put over the handle of a grocery cart so the kid won't get germs. I saw it and I wanted to cause a scene that would have got me on the evening news.

Lord_Kuri beat me to it...

What did they say about fools and their money?

stiletto_the_wise: What did they say about fools and their money?


They usually have one of the Five Jew Bankers who control the world watch it for them?

Chariset: I don't see how $5 a month for special access to a website is the same as the rampant (and frankly, quite nauseating) consumerism depicted in this article, Gahbrone

There are billions of people who live on less than $1/day.

The most ignorant thing I ever saw for a baby was this idiotic piece of cloth you put over the handle of a grocery cart so the kid won't get germs. I saw it and I wanted to cause a scene that would have got me on the evening news.

My mom tried to give me a pattern for this to sew myself. I said I'd never use it. I've seen a few people with them, but I just don't see the point. Kids have been in those all the time for a billion years. And before there was shopping carts, they lived in houses where the floors were dirt. And we still survived.

/hates obsessive germaphobes
//loves cleanliness, but geez

I like the $5 a month for TF threadjack, personally.

Damn boldtag.

May I scream now? Good lord...

Gotta get the Bumbo.

Thanks Lord Kurl, an interesting read!


/the saying is still sooo true, though!

2006-08-13 03:07:31 PM Chariset [TotalFark]

I don't see how $5 a month for special access to a website is the same as the rampant (and frankly, quite nauseating) consumerism depicted in this article, Gahbrone


You don't?

Crown Of Negativity


I'm assuming thats the jumper setting for slave? I can't really tell from the image.

Kids have been in those all the time for a billion years. And before there was shopping carts, they lived in houses where the floors were dirt. And we still survived.
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The immune system needs a workout too.

All great scientists are half BF Skinner and half PT Barnum.

Gahbrone

Regardless of what anyone else thinks, your response was beautiful :)

Gahbrone

submitter I bet there are homeless people in this country who think it's pretty asinine that you spend $5/month to post anonymous thoughts on a web site... yet i don't see them telling you how to spend YOUR money.

You assume everyone pays $5/month just because you do?

And yes, anyone who does this is a tool.

The country isn't going to turn into communist just because someone criticized some idiot parents and their spending habits.

You can calm down, righties.

People who put wealth before well being are compensating for something. People who have wealth and still have to compensate....

i am going to cover my children in the same thing i was covered with as a child. bruises.

Gahbrone

submitter I bet there are homeless people in this country who think it's pretty asinine that you spend $5/month to post anonymous thoughts on a web site... yet i don't see them telling you how to spend YOUR money.

That's probably because they don't have computers.

cashmere is an amazing fabric. it is lightweight and great against the cold - it's amazing how well it insulates. I have a cashmere sweater that's great for traveling and cashmere gloves. Sure they are expensive.

even silver spoons had a purpose at a time.

now how about giant collections of dvd's - that's wasteful.

Spending just a few summers as a child at my grandparents' farm in Yugoslavia did wonders for my immune system. I've only been sick a couple times in 30 years. I once spent a week in a house with 4 other individuals that had the flu and I came out just fine. I weep for our pussified future generations.

Or instead, you could buy me a cashmere sweater. The babies are just going to throw up all over it anyway, so why not give it to someone who'll appreciate its quality.

OH NO somebody is criticizing consumerism gone mad - how will the free market survive???! AHHH must respond with rote moot point concerning right to private property and weath!!!!!! AHHHHHHH

Well not all of us make a couple hundred thousand a year to waste on $100 clothes for our children, some of us have taxes to pay, rent, electricty, car payments, etc. Besides How STUPID do you have to be to waste a wad of money on something that is going to be grown out of in 3-6 months, ESPECIALLY if its for a baby...

The people who can afford to buy his stuff are just better thatn normal people and deserve it. It says so in the Bible, the Rich get control of the Earth.

..Time for a Pee Wee quote..

" I'm going to go out and start a paper route,..right now!!"

/ got nuttin

I'm sure the baby will appreciate the fact that the clothes it's vomitting and pissing on are of the highest quality.

$300 carseat - sure, because it's the safest out there. $100 sweater - hahahahaha, heck no. My husband and I have better things to do with our six figure salary than buy baby cashmere. Target clothes are just fine for mom, dad AND baby.

*shakes head*

"It's a little bit of a misconception that something is uncleanable or unwearable if something happens to it," said Colligan, who also has a 2-year-old daughter named Somerset. "I can find a way to clean anything."

If I had a name like that, I'd throw up too.

Crown Of Negativity: /??


took me a second but i got it.

/took that long to read the setting

The woman in the article talks about how she doesn't have time to find the one cute thing in the ugly store or to shop for bargains. It's odd that she has time to clean cashmere, and I find it doubtful that she would actually dress her kids in something stained.

It seems that she has two little girls, she should only have to shop for one, tops. I got hand-me-downs from multiple sources, and my younger sister rarely got anything new. If this lady is so good at cleaning, her kids should be in "retro" stuff from the thrift shop- if it's already survived another kid, it's probably high enough quality for hers.

Kumana Wanalaia: People who put wealth before well being are compensating for something. People who have wealth and still have to compensate....


Buying expensive things isn't wealth. Wealth is investing your money. Read "Millionaire Next Door." The millionaires in this country aren't buying those things. The people who buy this stuff may make a lot of money, but they don't have a lot of money.

I can say that a lot of this stuff isn't bought by the parents. We have a few nice things for our daughter and didn't ask for it or buy any of it.

And you know you're getting quality when you go to these higher-end places."

And that just about sums it up.

The big bucks is in selling "image" to these insecure twits.
Just like an H2 sells an image, overpriced designer crap for babies is selling an image. The more they pay the better it is, because they can rub it in someone's face or just fantasize about it.

Totalsecurity:
Don't forget that before they can even grow out of them, they'll spit and poop all over them.

The woman in the article talks about how she doesn't have time to find the one cute thing in the ugly store or to shop for bargains. It's odd that she has time to clean cashmere, and I find it doubtful that she would actually dress her kids in something stained.

Funny, I was thinking the very same thing. It's a little strange to think though, that she might not have time to shop for bargains. Kmart and other type stores are always cheaper than, say, a child-sized Dior outfit, and a lot of people can't tell the difference. Then again, I'm a little bitter about always receiving hand-me-downs. That was all I got while growing up, except for shoes, until I started buying all of my own clothes. And I was the oldest child.

So silly...yeah, I work hard so my kids can go to a good school, and yes I spend money on their dental appliances, eye exams, and buy them some neat toys for their birthdays. But clothes???? Spend your money on something that will last and mean something six months down the road. My mother bought my kids ridiculously expensive clothes when they were toddlers and I would have to frantically try and remove stains before her visits... Buy your kids clothes at Target or the clearance rack at the mall and you find you don't care so much about the ketchup stains. Kids are MEANT to get dirty and messy and they're completely built for comfort. I teach a science camp for pre-k kids every summer and it only takes ONE day of messy goodness for the Dolce and Gabbano stuff the kids are wearing to be replaced with the cheapest t-shirts their moms can find.

I'm sorry, $100 is a lot of money now?

Half you farkers spend $100 for a sack of nugs you smoke up in a weekend. The other half, I'm sure you can think of something wasteful to do with $100.

CornFedIowan If I had a name like that (Somerset), I'd throw up too.

Yeah, heaven forbid there are people in the world who read quality lit!

Or maybe the kid was named after the English county of family origin?

/Or maybe after the giant naval cannon...