Oh, it's this thread again.

Breeders vs feeders

As I was never a child, I hope this is a setup and they shoot them all in the face upon entry.

I just naturally assumed that since it was the UK, the prototypical nanny state, that even if there was a lower age limit for attendence, the stands were still going to be filled by (emotional) infants and screaming adult babies.

> The Equality and Human rights Commission even told one complainant that she may have a case for "indirect sex discrimination"...

Please kill me. Somebody? Please?

You chose to go to the Olympics and you chose to have a child.... deal with it.

Then you realize that your new baby, who wasn't even conceived when you made your plans, needs its own ticket

Yes you farking moran, when you have kids your life changes. The world didn't change when you had a kid, you changed, live with your farking decision and realize that shiat will not be the same as it was. The world does not revolve around you.

They say having kids requires sacrifices, how come people don't ever realize that and try to force their shiat on everyone else?

Babies don't EVER belong at any public functions, restaurants, movie theaters, etc....they are annoying as hell

But what if they were Special?

Vidwiz: Babies don't EVER belong at any public functions, restaurants, movie theaters, etc....they are annoying as hell

If you take your baby/young child to a movie theater, you're doing it wrong.

Leave it at home. It doesn't know the difference.

Vidwiz: Babies don't EVER belong at any public functions, restaurants, movie theaters, etc....they are annoying as hell

Movie theaters? Agreed. Even for kids' movies.

Restaurants? Any restaurant that has a kids' menu, I'm bringing a baby and not apologizing. Sorry if I ruined your special night at Applebee's when my baby cried out for 10 seconds.

Public functions? I'd bring a baby to a parade, fireworks display, youth sports game, etc.

Russ1642: This might sound crazy, especially coming from someone who has no kids, but babies should have all the rights and freedoms that adults have. Your age doesn't make you special.

Then the slut from the article has the right to buy another ticket, she wants a free pass for her kid.

Russ1642: This might sound crazy, especially coming from someone who has no kids, but babies should have all the rights and freedoms that adults have. Your age doesn't make you special.

B-b-but screaming children! Fussy babies! The don't even have the manners of an adult! I demand a child-free world!

How can I focus on and enjoy the Olympics in the completely silent stadium if there is a baby nearby making noise????

Also, in response to TFA, it's dumb to require a lap infant to buy a ticket.

If it's going to shiat its pants, leave it at home. This goes for the elderly as well.

AnubisMan: Russ1642: This might sound crazy, especially coming from someone who has no kids, but babies should have all the rights and freedoms that adults have. Your age doesn't make you special.

Then the slut from the article has the right to buy another ticket, she wants a free pass for her kid.

A whole seal for an infant which will likely remain in mum's lap anyway?

children aren't even human until they can talk. sorry mimes.

DirkW: children aren't even human until they can talk. sorry mimes.

What about mutes?

Russ1642: This might sound crazy, especially coming from someone who has no kids, but babies should have all the rights and freedoms that adults have. Your age doesn't make you special.

Including gambling, drinking alcohol, voting.

Yeah. See whatcha mean there.

phenn: Russ1642: This might sound crazy, especially coming from someone who has no kids, but babies should have all the rights and freedoms that adults have. Your age doesn't make you special.

Including gambling, drinking alcohol, voting.

Yeah. See whatcha mean there.

Don't forget military service. Toddlers would make great Tunnel Rats.

Jerkwater: Vidwiz: Babies don't EVER belong at any public functions, restaurants, movie theaters, etc....they are annoying as hell

Movie theaters? Agreed. Even for kids' movies.

Restaurants? Any restaurant that has a kids' menu, I'm bringing a baby and not apologizing. Sorry if I ruined your special night at Applebee's when my baby cried out for 10 seconds.

Public functions? I'd bring a baby to a parade, fireworks display, youth sports game, etc.

I'm not a person that ever wants to reproduce. It's just that parenthood isn't for me. I hate shiatty parents and I hate shiatty kids. The others are mostly neutral to me. That being said, kids do not bother me in public except for a very few scenarios, and you listed most of them.

For movie theaters, as long as they're mostly quiet. I'm used to watching movies in my noisy ass room so I've learned to tune out quite a bit of sound. The occasional mutter or grunt from a kid or other people doesn't bother me. Full on crying kids that won't shut up make me ask for my money back and leave. I just won't put up with it. I don't pay money so I can listen to grating child-scream for an hour and a half. Thankfully most of them kick people out for it after about thirty seconds if they aren't already heading out the door to beat their kid into quiet.

For restaurants, I'm even more liberal. Basically as long as the kid isn't running free around the restaurant tripping people and/or screaming, they're fine to me. The only place I'd not want to hear the occasional squeal was if I were at a nice fancy restaurant by candlelight with a date. These places don't usually have kids menus anyway, and are quick to ask you to leave. So kids aren't even a problem there.

For sporting events, I don't give a damn. I'm more annoyed by drunken assholes than I am even kids that are wailing. Of course, there's always that breeder sow that brings her nine kids to the hockey game, who got in free, and all of them require their own seat, so that's eight people at a sold out game that simply don't get a seat, and breeder sow always looks at them like it was the seatless people's faults for daring to come to the hockey game! A lap kid is just fine, nine screaming seven year olds that want to sit down in your seat are not.

The most annoying thing about kids, by far, is airplanes. The last flight I went on had not one, not two, but three screaming babies. They were screaming the entire time like they were having their limbs hacked off with rusty spoons. The mothers just had their headphones in and looked serene. No attempt to stop them. At some point you just want to muzzle a baby. Maybe it's in pain, sure, but so are the other 80 or so people on the air plane. At the point where you decide 80 other people should walk away with splitting headaches after a long flight rather than simply putting a goddamn muzzle on your kid is the point where you should simply be thrown off the airplane into a pack of hungry wolves.

Arachnophobe: phenn: Russ1642: This might sound crazy, especially coming from someone who has no kids, but babies should have all the rights and freedoms that adults have. Your age doesn't make you special.

Including gambling, drinking alcohol, voting.

Yeah. See whatcha mean there.

Don't forget military service. Toddlers would make great Tunnel Rats.

Or strap bombs to them and sent them to the enemy lines.

Arachnophobe: phenn: Russ1642: This might sound crazy, especially coming from someone who has no kids, but babies should have all the rights and freedoms that adults have. Your age doesn't make you special.

Including gambling, drinking alcohol, voting.

Yeah. See whatcha mean there.

Don't forget military service. Toddlers would make great Tunnel Brats.

/FTFY.

Sarah Palin's Conscience: Vidwiz: Babies don't EVER belong at any public functions, restaurants, movie theaters, etc....they are annoying as hell

If you take your baby/young child to a movie theater, you're doing it wrong.

A couple in front of us brought their 4 year old to a PG13 film a few weeks ago. He was probably too young to absorb any of the inappropriate content, but he sure was good at making noise and being a little shiat.

I don't see a problem requiring them to get another ticket. With all the baby paraphernalia that people need this days (suburban assault carriage with stealth car seat, half a dozen diaper bags, 32 bottle holders, 12 sets of clothes etc...) the baby may not take up an extra seat but its support equipment takes up that and then some.

Arachnophobe: phenn: Russ1642: This might sound crazy, especially coming from someone who has no kids, but babies should have all the rights and freedoms that adults have. Your age doesn't make you special.

Including gambling, drinking alcohol, voting.

Yeah. See whatcha mean there.

Don't forget military service. Toddlers would make great Tunnel Rats.

Putting the "infant" into infantry?

The My Little Pony Killer: Hrist: The most annoying thing about kids, by far, is airplanes. The last flight I went on had not one, not two, but three screaming babies. They were screaming the entire time like they were having their limbs hacked off with rusty spoons. The mothers just had their headphones in and looked serene. No attempt to stop them. At some point you just want to muzzle a baby. Maybe it's in pain, sure, but so are the other 80 or so people on the air plane. At the point where you decide 80 other people should walk away with splitting headaches after a long flight rather than simply putting a goddamn muzzle on your kid is the point where you should simply be thrown off the airplane into a pack of hungry wolves.

The worst part about babies screaming on planes is that they're not doing it because they're bored, they're not hungry, they don't need a changing, they're screaming their lungs out because they're in so much pain from the pressure changes on their underdeveloped ear canals. People who bring young children on planes and then do *nothing* to comfort them are the worst, because the rest of the plane can clearly tell that that child is in pain.

My son cried because he woke up from napping and was in unfamiliar surroundings. It ended within a few moments of getting held and fed. He wasn't in any pain. Heck, he didn't even notice changes in cabin pressure.

I think the extra ticket is silly. But I also believe parents should really, really think about whether maybe the baby might be better off at home with grandma and mom just brings the breast pump.

JDJoeE: I don't see a problem requiring them to get another ticket. With all the baby paraphernalia that people need this days (suburban assault carriage with stealth car seat, half a dozen diaper bags, 32 bottle holders, 12 sets of clothes etc...) the baby may not take up an extra seat but its support equipment takes up that and then some.

I agree very much with this. I don't dislike children. They have every right to buy a ticket and take their child. It's not an inconvenience to anyone but them, having to haul the acoutrements of childcare with them. But the extra will should (and most likely will) be used for just that. Someplace to put the extra things that babies need, without having to try to stuff it under your seat, or your partners seat, or the seat in front of you.

So, buy a ticket and go. Enjoy.

LaraAmber:
I think the extra ticket is silly. But I also believe parents should really, really think about whether maybe the baby might be better off at home with grandma and mom just brings the breast pump.


I for one would be happy to volunteer my services as said pump.

Hrist: The most annoying thing about kids, by far, is airplanes. The last flight I went on had not one, not two, but three screaming babies. They were screaming the entire time like they were having their limbs hacked off with rusty spoons. The mothers just had their headphones in and looked serene. No attempt to stop them. At some point you just want to muzzle a baby. Maybe it's in pain, sure, but so are the other 80 or so people on the air plane. At the point where you decide 80 other people should walk away with splitting headaches after a long flight rather than simply putting a goddamn muzzle on your kid is the point where you should simply be thrown off the airplane into a pack of hungry wolves.

farkING THIS. I have no sympathy for these damn coonts. If you have a new baby, you shouldn't be going to the Olympics. Ask for a goddamn refund. You have more important things to spend money on. If you really have the disposable income to afford going to the Olympics, put up or shut up. Jesus christ, snowflake suburban moms have the biggest victim and entitlement compleces. Maybe even bigger than Christians. Combining the two is a nightmare.

I had to sit on an international flight with probably a dozen screaming babies and toddlers. The kid behind me wouldn't stop kicking the seat. The flight was 8 hours. Wtf are you doing bringing your baby on an international flight? And then they do NOTHING to try and calm them down. I know if I was a baby on an 8 hour flight, I'd be miserable. Why would you put your kid through that?
When I went to Jamaica a few years ago, I got stuck next to a toddler who cried bloody murder through literally the whole flight. Yes, I'm using it correctly. He started screaming when he boarded the plane and didn't stop screaming when we landed. I'm not exaggerating. And I was in the middle seat. THAT flight was 5 hours. 5 hours of nonstop screaming right in my ear. I think there were a dozen or so other kids under 10 on the plane. All of them were silent.

And don't give me that "You were a kid once" bullshiat. When I was little, I either slept on the plane or read the magazines. Maybe I'd play some travel scrabble. Being in a moving vehicle has always comforted me. Even now, just being in a car for more than 20 mins puts me to sleep. My sister on the other hand...
And my parents never took me on international flights. They had a second honeymoon in Spain when I was in elementary school. They knew better than to take my sister and I.

Hrist: Of course, there's always that breeder sow that brings her nine kids to the hockey game, who got in free, and all of them require their own seat, so that's eight people at a sold out game that simply don't get a seat, and breeder sow always looks at them like it was the seatless people's faults for daring to come to the hockey game!

are these professional hockey games? where can you get free seats to hockey games?

colithian: I had to sit on an international flight with probably a dozen screaming babies and toddlers. The kid behind me wouldn't stop kicking the seat. The flight was 8 hours. Wtf are you doing bringing your baby on an international flight?

Is it conceivable that the family was moving to a new country? I'm pretty sure people take their kids with them. People don't mind if you leave cleaning supplies behind when they buy your house, they frown on finding your baby.

And don't give me that "You were a kid once" bullshiat. When I was little, I either slept on the plane or read the magazines. Maybe I'd play some travel scrabble. Being in a moving vehicle has always comforted me. Even now, just being in a car for more than 20 mins puts me to sleep. My sister on the other hand...
And my parents never took me on international flights. They had a second honeymoon in Spain when I was in elementary school. They knew better than to take my sister and I.

I think we should all stop for a second and appreciate the child prodigy. You read magazines as an infant! My son is two in March and he still needs us to read to him, the slacker.

/my sister and me

The My Little Pony Killer: Jerkwater: Movie theaters? Agreed. Even for kids' movies.

Restaurants? Any restaurant that has a kids' menu, I'm bringing a baby and not apologizing. Sorry if I ruined your special night at Applebee's when my baby cried out for 10 seconds.

Public functions? I'd bring a baby to a parade, fireworks display, youth sports game, etc.

You don't bring your kids to kids' movies?
/css

We're talking about babies, not kids. I would say that 2 is about the absolute minimum age you could expect a child to stay in a seat in a dark room with an enormous projected image and noise amplified 10x beyond anything they're used to. My 5YO didn't go to the movies until she was 4. My 3YO hasn't been yet.

Hrist: The most annoying thing about kids, by far, is airplanes.

Absolutely, 100% agree. My kids are 5 and 3 and I still wouldn't dream of taking them on an airplane. I used to think that most parents were idiots. Now that I (and most of my friends) have kids and I've met other parents, I realize that most of them are considerate, thinking people who are aware that their kids get in the way, slow things down, make too much noise, and generally annoy people who don't have kids. But it only takes a few inconsiderate parents to ruin it for everyone else.

The average farker is repulsed by ordinary bodily functions so it shouldn't come as a surprise that they are repulsed by individuals who have not yet manged to gain control over their bodily functions.

If a baby was crying on an airplane while trimming it's toenails and happened to fart I think all the farkers on the plane would commit suicide.

LaraAmber: colithian: I had to sit on an international flight with probably a dozen screaming babies and toddlers. The kid behind me wouldn't stop kicking the seat. The flight was 8 hours. Wtf are you doing bringing your baby on an international flight?

Is it conceivable that the family was moving to a new country? I'm pretty sure people take their kids with them. People don't mind if you leave cleaning supplies behind when they buy your house, they frown on finding your baby.

And don't give me that "You were a kid once" bullshiat. When I was little, I either slept on the plane or read the magazines. Maybe I'd play some travel scrabble. Being in a moving vehicle has always comforted me. Even now, just being in a car for more than 20 mins puts me to sleep. My sister on the other hand...
And my parents never took me on international flights. They had a second honeymoon in Spain when I was in elementary school. They knew better than to take my sister and I.

I think we should all stop for a second and appreciate the child prodigy. You read magazines as an infant! My son is two in March and he still needs us to read to him, the slacker.

/my sister and me

I meant when I was a toddler. I looked at the pictures. My parents said I was always a very quiet baby. I also read the kiddie books they brought along.

Yes because babies like nothing more than being drug off to some strange pace, with stressed out parents.
Then to be forced to sit still while a bunch of morans scream for reasons you can't understand.

When we went to the '96 Olympics an additional ticket was required for infants and small children, so this isn't a new thing. My wife and I won a trip through a promotion by Panasonic and spent the last week there on their nickel. We brought along our 10-month-old daughter. Panasonic provided two tickets to a variety of events and we usually had a baby sitter lined up thanks to relatives I have in Atlanta. It was a great experience.

CSB section - We had tickets to the closing ceremonies but ran into a problem with our regular and backup babysitter. I talked to the Panasonic conceirge trying to find a reputable babysitter and they wound up giving us a third ticket to the ceremonies instead. When we got to the gate we were held up there for awhile and started talking to one of the volunteers on the line checking tickets, a nice lady in her fifties. She had driven down from Wisconsin and worked the two+ weeks. She told us how the volunteers had been treated (lousy hotel rooms, herded around like cattle, no days off, few breaks, had to buy their own meals and pay for their own laundry, didn't get to see any of the events except for little bits here and there, etc.). Since we planned on holding our girl the whole time anyway we offered the volunteer the extra seat. After the gate she was at closed she headed up to our section and sat with us. Our daughter was mesmerized by the fireworks and pageantry and didn't fuss a bit, we enjoyed the ceremony without having to worry about who was taking care of our girl, and the volunteer got the chance to see the closing ceremonies that she would have otherwise missed out on.

Detinwolf: Sarah Palin's Conscience: Vidwiz: Babies don't EVER belong at any public functions, restaurants, movie theaters, etc....they are annoying as hell

If you take your baby/young child to a movie theater, you're doing it wrong.

A couple in front of us brought their 4 year old to a PG13 film a few weeks ago. He was probably too young to absorb any of the inappropriate content, but he sure was good at making noise and being a little shiat.

I'm more concerned about the child's hearing. Movie theaters are LOUD.

JDJoeE: I don't see a problem requiring them to get another ticket. With all the baby paraphernalia that people need this days (suburban assault carriage with stealth car seat, half a dozen diaper bags, 32 bottle holders, 12 sets of clothes etc...) the baby may not take up an extra seat but its support equipment takes up that and then some.

AnubisMan: They say having kids requires sacrifices, how come people don't ever realize that and try to force their shiat on everyone else?

Because they are talking about the sacrifices that the rest of us are supposed to be making for them.