The anti-children sentiment on Reddit makes me uncomfortable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is a loser

NP. Are you the same butthurt Redditor that posted this earlier, or are there two of you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I long for OP’s life where she has to hunt down anonymous stories on Reddit to get worked up about.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is a loser

k

NP. Are you the same butthurt Redditor that posted this earlier, or are there two of you?

There are 4 neck beards here

[Anonymous]

Anti-Natalism in general is being pushed on the population by Socialists wanting to reduce western countrie's populations and growth rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And I'm not even a parent. I'm sorry to drag shit from another forum on here, but am I insane for being shocked by the lack of sympathy people on that forum have toward parents and parents to be?

So, first scenario: Parent has a toddler with a congenital heart defect and is upset with a smoker in her non-smoking apartment building. She contemplates leaving a note complaining to the smoker about how he/she is affecting their toddler, and it's passive aggressive. Apparently the person is going to be evicted, so she won and leaving a note now seems unadvisable. But so many people in the comments are defending the smoker, saying that it's on her as a parent to protect her child and her child's health issues aren't anyone else's issues, she needs to move into a house since you can't control your neighbors' behavior, etc. The note is unnecessary but I feel like we shouldn't tolerate people who smoke near children with health issues?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Apartmentliving/comments/1nlmi1e/feedback_on_this_note_before_i_leave_it_on_their/

Second scenario: A pregnant lady has no where to sit and enjoy some ice cream she picked up at the mall. The post has now been deleted, but another outlet copied and pasted it before it was: Here's the original post:

"I am currently 8 months pregnant, and because of that, I often get quite tired when I stand or walk for long periods of time. Yesterday afternoon, I was craving ice cream, so I drove to a nearby shopping center to visit my favorite ice cream shop. Unfortunately, the place was quite crowded, and all of the tables surrounding the shop, as well as some nearby sofas were taken. Because of that, after getting my ice cream, I decided to sit on one of two massage chairs that were close, and eat it there. Once I started eating the snack, I got approached by a couple that was in their late teens, or perhaps early twenties. They asked me to get off the chair, since I wasn't getting a massage, and they wanted to receive one together, which I refused to do. In return, I offered to leave once I finished eating, or if they found me a different place to sit, since I could not stand for more than a few minutes at a time, and had a relatively large dessert that I wanted to finish. Upon hearing that, the girl was not happy. She told me to stop acting as if I was ill, that just because I was pregnant, the world did not revolve around me, and because I was not paying for a massage, I had no right to sit on the chair. She then asked her partner to get a security guard, and a few moments later, he came with an employee. The guard took my side, and asked the couple to either take turns using the second massage chair, or wait for me to finish eating, which upset the girl quite a bit. She accused me of being selfish and preventing the owner of the chairs from earning money, and left with her partner. Upon telling this story to my younger sister, she told me that I should have gone to the ice cream stand when the shopping center was less crowded, if I wasn't able to eat while standing. However, my older sister believes that I had every right to sit on the massage chair if all the other spots were taken, and the couple was being unreasonable. Because of that, I'm not sure if I am the a**hole in this situation."

Everyone is tearing her up in the comments, calling her selfish, etc. https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/110lliy/aita_for_not_getting_up_from_a_massage_chair_when/

I say let the damn pregnant lady enjoy her ice cream!

Why do I have such a fundamentally different view of things compared to Redditors? Am I the insane, selfish one?

I agree with you OP. If a sick person was doubled over in pain and needed to sit down, I would not make them get up just to get a massage. And people wonder why the fertility rate keeps going down. Who wants to be pregnant in this society?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy hearing what 50 year old mommas think about Reddit here.

Oh no, did the terminally online neckbeard get its feelings hurt

LOL, 37 year old woman here who has actually read through a lot of Reddit and find a lot of it useful. I do avoid some of the places that you seem to visit, though. Sounds like you lack critical thinking about what subs are and are not appropriate and helpful. Try harder, sweetie pie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy hearing what 50 year old mommas think about Reddit here.

Oh dear. Did you encounter a woman with an opinion and that made you feel things you don’t like or understand? That’s rough, buddy.

Oh dear, do you not understand that there are smart women out here who can think critically and have opinions that are different than yours?

I am a woman and there are parts of Reddit that I find helpful. I don't go there for parenting advice, though. Know the audience, sweetie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy hearing what 50 year old mommas think about Reddit here.

Not a 50 year old mom, but why do you think Reddit isn't fit for judgment by this group? Your statement is funny because it seems to imply Reddit is a bastion of coolness when it's filled with misogynistic, antisocial men, fat Disney adults, ugly libertarians, and reformed 4chan incels.

SOME OF IT. Absolutely.

And some of DCUM is full of sad, nasty old ladies. Your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And I'm not even a parent. I'm sorry to drag shit from another forum on here, but am I insane for being shocked by the lack of sympathy people on that forum have toward parents and parents to be?

So, first scenario: Parent has a toddler with a congenital heart defect and is upset with a smoker in her non-smoking apartment building. She contemplates leaving a note complaining to the smoker about how he/she is affecting their toddler, and it's passive aggressive. Apparently the person is going to be evicted, so she won and leaving a note now seems unadvisable. But so many people in the comments are defending the smoker, saying that it's on her as a parent to protect her child and her child's health issues aren't anyone else's issues, she needs to move into a house since you can't control your neighbors' behavior, etc. The note is unnecessary but I feel like we shouldn't tolerate people who smoke near children with health issues?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Apartmentliving/comments/1nlmi1e/feedback_on_this_note_before_i_leave_it_on_their/

Second scenario: A pregnant lady has no where to sit and enjoy some ice cream she picked up at the mall. The post has now been deleted, but another outlet copied and pasted it before it was: Here's the original post:

"I am currently 8 months pregnant, and because of that, I often get quite tired when I stand or walk for long periods of time. Yesterday afternoon, I was craving ice cream, so I drove to a nearby shopping center to visit my favorite ice cream shop. Unfortunately, the place was quite crowded, and all of the tables surrounding the shop, as well as some nearby sofas were taken. Because of that, after getting my ice cream, I decided to sit on one of two massage chairs that were close, and eat it there. Once I started eating the snack, I got approached by a couple that was in their late teens, or perhaps early twenties. They asked me to get off the chair, since I wasn't getting a massage, and they wanted to receive one together, which I refused to do. In return, I offered to leave once I finished eating, or if they found me a different place to sit, since I could not stand for more than a few minutes at a time, and had a relatively large dessert that I wanted to finish. Upon hearing that, the girl was not happy. She told me to stop acting as if I was ill, that just because I was pregnant, the world did not revolve around me, and because I was not paying for a massage, I had no right to sit on the chair. She then asked her partner to get a security guard, and a few moments later, he came with an employee. The guard took my side, and asked the couple to either take turns using the second massage chair, or wait for me to finish eating, which upset the girl quite a bit. She accused me of being selfish and preventing the owner of the chairs from earning money, and left with her partner. Upon telling this story to my younger sister, she told me that I should have gone to the ice cream stand when the shopping center was less crowded, if I wasn't able to eat while standing. However, my older sister believes that I had every right to sit on the massage chair if all the other spots were taken, and the couple was being unreasonable. Because of that, I'm not sure if I am the a**hole in this situation."

Everyone is tearing her up in the comments, calling her selfish, etc. https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/110lliy/aita_for_not_getting_up_from_a_massage_chair_when/

I say let the damn pregnant lady enjoy her ice cream!

Why do I have such a fundamentally different view of things compared to Redditors? Am I the insane, selfish one?

I agree with you OP. If a sick person was doubled over in pain and needed to sit down, I would not make them get up just to get a massage. And people wonder why the fertility rate keeps going down. Who wants to be pregnant in this society?

Give me a break. The pregnant woman was not a sick person doubled over in pain. She was happily working through her “relatively large dessert.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy hearing what 50 year old mommas think about Reddit here.

Not a 50 year old mom, but why do you think Reddit isn't fit for judgment by this group? Your statement is funny because it seems to imply Reddit is a bastion of coolness when it's filled with misogynistic, antisocial men, fat Disney adults, ugly libertarians, and reformed 4chan incels.

SOME OF IT. Absolutely.

And some of DCUM is full of sad, nasty old ladies. Your point?

You're the one who made the point you think Reddit is too cool to be judged by DCUM (lmao).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy hearing what 50 year old mommas think about Reddit here.

Oh no, did the terminally online neckbeard get its feelings hurt

LOL, 37 year old woman here who has actually read through a lot of Reddit and find a lot of it useful. I do avoid some of the places that you seem to visit, though. Sounds like you lack critical thinking about what subs are and are not appropriate and helpful. Try harder, sweetie pie.

So you’re a middle-aged childless woman who spends all of her time on Reddit and a DC parenting forum?

[Anonymous]

I’m really, really far left and I find Reddit to be a reality-distorting echo chamber where very fringe and extreme views hold a lot of sway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I am split.

Scenario 1: The Smoker is in the wrong for smoking in a specifically non smoking building. They should go outside for a smoke.

Scenario 2: The pregnant woman is in the wrong for blocking a massage chair from being used for its intended purpose of giving massages. She should have found another spot to eat her ice cream.

Having a kid or no, a non-smoking building should not tolerate smoking in the building.

I’m split on the massage chair thing. The couple were intolerant SOBs for sure. the chairs are for a business. The person who should be upset is the chair owner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy hearing what 50 year old mommas think about Reddit here.

Oh no, did the terminally online neckbeard get its feelings hurt

LOL, 37 year old woman here who has actually read through a lot of Reddit and find a lot of it useful. I do avoid some of the places that you seem to visit, though. Sounds like you lack critical thinking about what subs are and are not appropriate and helpful. Try harder, sweetie pie.

So you’re a middle-aged childless woman who spends all of her time on Reddit and a DC parenting forum?

Yes you should see what I look like irl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I am split.

Scenario 1: The Smoker is in the wrong for smoking in a specifically non smoking building. They should go outside for a smoke.

Scenario 2: The pregnant woman is in the wrong for blocking a massage chair from being used for its intended purpose of giving massages. She should have found another spot to eat her ice cream.

Agree.