[1:21
PM] Mr. Silver:
"Today on "The Doctors" we're going to embarrass this 10-year old and steal his thunder. This is Timmy, who had a GREAT idea: having his school install something called The Buddy Bench! Hi Timmy!"
"Today on "The Doctors" we're going to embarrass this 10-year old and steal his thunder. This is Timmy, who had a GREAT idea: having his school install something called The Buddy Bench! Hi Timmy!"
"Hi!"
"GREAT
job! A place for lonely kids to meet on the playground!
Where did you get such a GREAT idea?"
"Well...we
were gonna move to Germany. I was looking at pictures of the
school and I asked my parents what the one bench was. They told
me and I asked for one at our school...so..."
(English
guest Dr.) "I went to elementary school in the 70s and WE had
them TOO! Nice to see they are finally in America!"
"NICE!
Well! Great job there, Timmy."
[1:24 PM] Mr. Blue:
LOL
They have "Putin benches" in Russia that slant inward so as to get people to slide closer to each other... an effort to increase their low birthrates.
[1:24 PM] Mr. Blue:
LOL
They have "Putin benches" in Russia that slant inward so as to get people to slide closer to each other... an effort to increase their low birthrates.
How
about just replacing 1 out of every 10 morning after pill with a
placebo?
[1:25 PM] Mr. Silver:
"Citizen...you are clearly sitting on the woman's side of the bench and have pants on. Are you unable to read the sign?"
"Citizen...you are clearly sitting on the woman's side of the bench and have pants on. Are you unable to read the sign?"
[1:29
PM] Mr. Blue:
"Comrades, you've been sitting at this bench for 35 minutes. Why are you not copulating?"
"Comrades, you've been sitting at this bench for 35 minutes. Why are you not copulating?"
[1:29 PM]
Mr. Silver:
A more effective tactic would be half tickets to things.
You can go...event, sport, dance, restaurant...but you have to go with a matching ticket
[1:30 PM] Mr. Blue:
So you have to bring a date?
A more effective tactic would be half tickets to things.
You can go...event, sport, dance, restaurant...but you have to go with a matching ticket
[1:30 PM] Mr. Blue:
So you have to bring a date?
[1:30 PM] Mr. Silver:
Yup
[1:30 PM] Mr. Blue:
Neat idea
Yup
[1:30 PM] Mr. Blue:
Neat idea
[1:30 PM]
Mr. Blue:
I like just paying women to have kids.
But not like as bad as it sounds. Like if you already have 1 kid, you
get a lump sum payment for kids number 2, 3, etc.
You
wouldn't want people that otherwise wouldn't want to have kids to
suddenly start doing it, but if women or families already have 1
they're probably plenty capable of rearing more.
And it sure beats inviting thousands of nomadic
Somalis to fill employment gaps. [1:41 PM] Mr. Silver:
I had pondered the issue of "advanced civilization" procreation problems from an anthropological, and social, and despot POV
I had pondered the issue of "advanced civilization" procreation problems from an anthropological, and social, and despot POV
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up a country with kids is only a problem with advanced literacy,
education, and opportunity
[1:42 PM] Mr. Blue:
The natural progression should be to robotics and then self-replicating robots/androids. Not stone-age migrants
[1:42 PM] Mr. Blue:
The natural progression should be to robotics and then self-replicating robots/androids. Not stone-age migrants
[1:42 PM] Mr. Silver:
Japan...the young folk are not even staying interested in getting together, let alone having kids.
[1:42 PM] Mr. Blue:
Japan has it right, Europe is f***ing it up
Japan...the young folk are not even staying interested in getting together, let alone having kids.
[1:42 PM] Mr. Blue:
Japan has it right, Europe is f***ing it up
[1:42 PM] Mr. Silver:
Germany
Same
[1:43 PM] Mr. Blue:
Possibly, we should just let the populations drop and not consider it a bad thing
Germany
Same
[1:43 PM] Mr. Blue:
Possibly, we should just let the populations drop and not consider it a bad thing
[1:43
PM] Mr. Silver:
Well, there is that, yes.
[1:43 PM] Mr. Blue:
There's like 88 million people in Germany. If the oldest generation dies off and the population drops to the 60s or 50s, who cares? It was at that level before and it was fine
Well, there is that, yes.
[1:43 PM] Mr. Blue:
There's like 88 million people in Germany. If the oldest generation dies off and the population drops to the 60s or 50s, who cares? It was at that level before and it was fine
[1:44
PM] Mr. Silver:
Upperclass people have less kids...live better and longer
Lower class have a bunch and scramble.
So...countries do too the same as a form of meta-class
Here's the deal though - happened before, happens now - "nurse" and "nanny" culture.
Read English Lit of the right period and the elites were having kids and handing them right to the servants to raise.
ALWAYS
[1:47 PM] Mr. Blue:
To keep, or just to raise?
Upperclass people have less kids...live better and longer
Lower class have a bunch and scramble.
So...countries do too the same as a form of meta-class
Here's the deal though - happened before, happens now - "nurse" and "nanny" culture.
Read English Lit of the right period and the elites were having kids and handing them right to the servants to raise.
ALWAYS
[1:47 PM] Mr. Blue:
To keep, or just to raise?
[1:47 PM]
Mr. Silver:
To raise in the home
Barring boarding school, which also still exists, and was often phase two of raising the kids too.
See 'em after work. Kiss 'em goodnight before the party. Have long weekends and picnics.
But the people with careers? Pft. Jobs? Can't do that.
Costs WAY too much, even for daycare.
So...
Would the Japanese and Germans, as your chosen examples, have more kids if they knew they were being taken care of?
AND knew that they'd have guaranteed quality time to spend with them?
[1:54 PM] Mr. Blue:
Germans? Yes. Japanese? Maybe not. They seem positively asexual
To raise in the home
Barring boarding school, which also still exists, and was often phase two of raising the kids too.
See 'em after work. Kiss 'em goodnight before the party. Have long weekends and picnics.
But the people with careers? Pft. Jobs? Can't do that.
Costs WAY too much, even for daycare.
So...
Would the Japanese and Germans, as your chosen examples, have more kids if they knew they were being taken care of?
AND knew that they'd have guaranteed quality time to spend with them?
[1:54 PM] Mr. Blue:
Germans? Yes. Japanese? Maybe not. They seem positively asexual
[1:56 PM] Mr.
Silver:
Would future mom go ahead with the kid thing, during the career thing, if it wasn't an issue?
The sci-fi solution is that the moms just don't have kids...a la Logan's Run
Kids just "happen" somewhere.
[1:57 PM] Mr. Blue:
Maybe the robots raise the kids
Would future mom go ahead with the kid thing, during the career thing, if it wasn't an issue?
The sci-fi solution is that the moms just don't have kids...a la Logan's Run
Kids just "happen" somewhere.
[1:57 PM] Mr. Blue:
Maybe the robots raise the kids
[1:57
PM] Mr. Silver:
In both book and movie, yes.
[1:58 PM] Mr. Blue:
I mean IRL
Career parents leave the kids at home with androids
The androids have the parents instincts downloaded, so they raise them basically the same as the parents would, with any obvious flaws filled in via the android's programming.
"Hmm, the mom's natural instinct to stop a baby crying was to shake the baby violently? We'll just correct that."
In both book and movie, yes.
[1:58 PM] Mr. Blue:
I mean IRL
Career parents leave the kids at home with androids
The androids have the parents instincts downloaded, so they raise them basically the same as the parents would, with any obvious flaws filled in via the android's programming.
"Hmm, the mom's natural instinct to stop a baby crying was to shake the baby violently? We'll just correct that."
[1:59 PM] Mr.
Silver:
Heh
Well, as an alternate...why not institute professional moms?
There are people who are really good at it, after all.
[2:09 PM] Mr. Blue:
Pay moms to raise other people's kids?
Heh
Well, as an alternate...why not institute professional moms?
There are people who are really good at it, after all.
[2:09 PM] Mr. Blue:
Pay moms to raise other people's kids?
[2:09 PM] Mr. Silver:
Yup
[2:09 PM] Mr. Blue:
Fine with me
The end game is just to make sure that there's not dysgenics going on
Yup
[2:09 PM] Mr. Blue:
Fine with me
The end game is just to make sure that there's not dysgenics going on
[2:09 PM] Mr. Silver:
Get a certification... Hell, get a degree if you want. B.S. Parental Science
(I'm still waiting for Ms. Rose to go all Hermione on this topic)
[2:12 PM] Ms. Rose:
Levio-saaaah?
Get a certification... Hell, get a degree if you want. B.S. Parental Science
(I'm still waiting for Ms. Rose to go all Hermione on this topic)
[2:12 PM] Ms. Rose:
Levio-saaaah?
[2:12 PM] Mr.
Silver:
"You horrible... ARROGANT... ... BOYS!"
"You horrible... ARROGANT... ... BOYS!"
[2:14
PM] Mr. Blue:
One of the trending topics on Facebook was some speech Emma Watson gave about feminism in front of the UN or whatever. The first comment on the article was "pretty good speech, for a girl."
One of the trending topics on Facebook was some speech Emma Watson gave about feminism in front of the UN or whatever. The first comment on the article was "pretty good speech, for a girl."
"Hermione
Granger and the God Damned Patriarchy"
(Well
worth reading – here
it is – Mr. Silver)
I’ve never actually told a woman she should "smile more", but I see that as a frequent gripe from some of my feminist-y friends: guys telling them to smile.
I’ve never actually told a woman she should "smile more", but I see that as a frequent gripe from some of my feminist-y friends: guys telling them to smile.
I
didn't think that was even a thing, let alone a pattern.
[2:19
PM] Mr. Silver:
People tell women this? Like...to their face?
[2:19 PM] Mr. Blue:
Apparently
So much so that it became a meme for a while
People tell women this? Like...to their face?
[2:19 PM] Mr. Blue:
Apparently
So much so that it became a meme for a while
Either
to their face or possibly on social media, like commenting on
pictures
"you're cute but you should smile more"
"you're cute but you should smile more"
[2:21
PM] Mr. Silver:
Ick
[2:22
PM] Mr. Blue:
I was like - No wonder misandry is a thing. That's bad.
I was like - No wonder misandry is a thing. That's bad.
[2:21
PM] Mr. Silver:
Now in the case of my niece, for instance, I've never said it to her, but I did mention to Mrs. Silver that she has a really good Kiera Knightly vibe that happens when she smiles. But she (was) so glum living at home it rarely happened.
That niece since went to college, discovered Mormonism is a fraud, discovered this whole party-with-alcohol thing, and that there were males without dim-bulb silver rings on.
Now in the case of my niece, for instance, I've never said it to her, but I did mention to Mrs. Silver that she has a really good Kiera Knightly vibe that happens when she smiles. But she (was) so glum living at home it rarely happened.
That niece since went to college, discovered Mormonism is a fraud, discovered this whole party-with-alcohol thing, and that there were males without dim-bulb silver rings on.
Then
she stopped coming home to visit all the time.
Her
pictures online? All smiles.
[2:26 PM] Mr. Blue:
I hope she found a happy medium between teetotaler celibacy and drunken promiscuity [2:29 PM] Mr. Silver:
[2:26 PM] Mr. Blue:
I hope she found a happy medium between teetotaler celibacy and drunken promiscuity [2:29 PM] Mr. Silver:
This
same discussion came up later for Mrs. Silver's second niece.
"She's been in college a couple years and is heading to Philly for an intership/credits thing. She's already long gone."
Mrs. Silver "I dunnnnooooo... she's always been the good girl."
"She's been in college a couple years and is heading to Philly for an intership/credits thing. She's already long gone."
Mrs. Silver "I dunnnnooooo... she's always been the good girl."
“Bring
her up on Facebook.”
(Pics on FB. Big grin, big mixed drinks, dorks mugging for camera in background)
"You were saying?"
Which leaves her nephew - The last bastion of celibacy.
Will Purity Ring #3 be cast into the fire right out of High school like his sisters? Not as sure, but I'm giving him an 80% “fall” chance.
(Pics on FB. Big grin, big mixed drinks, dorks mugging for camera in background)
"You were saying?"
Which leaves her nephew - The last bastion of celibacy.
Will Purity Ring #3 be cast into the fire right out of High school like his sisters? Not as sure, but I'm giving him an 80% “fall” chance.
[2:33
PM] Mr. Blue:
What a dumb idea
What a dumb idea
[2:33 PM] Mr. Silver:
Yes
I recall going off on an anthy rant years ago...probably blogged it...the day that I decided that most of newly-adult stress and social awkwardness issues would be solved if the sex ed course at school included technical instruction and a practical final exam.
Yes
I recall going off on an anthy rant years ago...probably blogged it...the day that I decided that most of newly-adult stress and social awkwardness issues would be solved if the sex ed course at school included technical instruction and a practical final exam.
To heck
with prom
(health class bell rings) "Right! Class is dismissed. I'll see all of you in group 1 tomorrow, group 2 Thursday. Remember...take showers and brush your teeth!"
(health class bell rings) "Right! Class is dismissed. I'll see all of you in group 1 tomorrow, group 2 Thursday. Remember...take showers and brush your teeth!"
(The
problem with reading Harry Potter again recently is that I project
teachers onto such scenes. I read that one as McGonagal.)
[3:29 PM] Mr. Blue: http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/6ce5c8dc2b3a4e55b3c2d6dcb4234404/philippine-officials-voting-president-vice-president-other
"All
of you who are into drugs, you sons of bitches, I will really kill
you," Duterte, 71, a former prosecutor, told a rally. "I
have no patience, I have no middle ground, either you kill me or I
will kill you idiots."
Statements
such as that have won him the nickname "Duterte Harry," a
reference to the Clint Eastwood movie character "Dirty Harry"
who had little regard for rules.
[3:30
PM] Mr. Silver:
"Dutere killed by 'idiots'."
"Dutere killed by 'idiots'."
