Anonymous
01/20/2015 20:44
Subject: Re:Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I think everyone has confused working with life. It is not your life...you have a job in order to make money.
Philosophies from people like Sheryl Sandberg and the Yahoo CEO have actually set women backwards. ..not forward. It's actually a backlash against the life of a woman. Family life has been vilified. Things are not easier for women..they are harder. You have to prove yourself all the time. Even if you are a SAHM...you have to account for your time and prove your worth.
Yes...I think all our kids are, and will likely continue to be fucked up as parenthood is not the priority. .it's narcissm that is the priority.
I am a liberal agnostic and I cringe when I read or see the Duggars...crazy belief system, but, yeah, they have great well adjusted kids. All 19 of them. I wonder. ....
Philosophies from people like Sheryl Sandberg and the Yahoo CEO have actually set women backwards. ..not forward. It's actually a backlash against the life of a woman. Family life has been vilified. Things are not easier for women..they are harder. You have to prove yourself all the time. Even if you are a SAHM...you have to account for your time and prove your worth.
Yes...I think all our kids are, and will likely continue to be fucked up as parenthood is not the priority. .it's narcissm that is the priority.
I am a liberal agnostic and I cringe when I read or see the Duggars...crazy belief system, but, yeah, they have great well adjusted kids. All 19 of them. I wonder. ....
Anonymous
01/20/2015 20:41
Subject: Re:Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Haven't read an entire thread, and not sure this opinion is in the 'strong minority', but I believe God doesn't exist. No higher power, period.
Anonymous
01/20/2015 20:30
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It is okay to live in apartments and not own a home in this area.
+1 completely agree. I never saw apartment living as only for the poor or the young or people 'who didn't try hard enough' as one mom here put it.
I think views on apartment living and also on renting rather than buying are changing year by year. It used to be that owning property assured you the American dream bc property would ALWAYS appreciate, you could always sell in a few weeks if a new job came along or more likely -- you stayed in the same job/area your whole life and selling was never an issue. Now people realize that it's good to have flexibility for better opportunities in other places and that does not come from owning RE -- in other areas (besides NYC/SF/LA) real estate is generally tough to sell and here it'll sell but you're not guaranteed any kind of profit anymore.
Anonymous
01/20/2015 20:27
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
DC folks are a bunch of complainers about everything from cost of living to commute times to weather to taxes. I've lived in bigger cities where life is objectively "harder" -- i.e. much higher COL, much less house for the $, much longer commute times and people don't bitch half as much as DC people do. I know people who have left places like NYC, Hong Kong, SF, and London and taken jobs in DC because they wanted an easier life and cheaper COL.
Anonymous
01/20/2015 20:25
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:It is okay to live in apartments and not own a home in this area.
+1 completely agree. I never saw apartment living as only for the poor or the young or people 'who didn't try hard enough' as one mom here put it.
Anonymous
01/20/2015 20:20
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I like animals more than I like most people. Neuter the assholes and keep the dogs. 
Anonymous
01/20/2015 20:19
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:I think people who have too many kids they don't take care of should be spayed and neutered, just like all the animals running around
+1
Many social ills will decrease in our society if people just stop breeding children into poverty.
Anonymous
01/20/2015 20:00
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think women that have 3 + babies back to back are just too lazy to lose the baby weight and like the attention being pregnant gets them.
No, it just gets them out of the paid workforce longer....
I think women who have 3 babies back to back WANT to have a family. To assume anyone would do this to avoid dieting, to become part of the unpaid workforce (seriously?????!), or to get attention is ignorant and insulting. When i had three kids under four i would have been shocked to know that people thought of me as lazy or that i had some motive for having kids other than wanting kids. Also i didn't really enjoy the attention from being pregnant - it was awkward for me. I can't help thinking the pp's above are hateful assholes. But i shouldn't be so quick to judge - maybe they are just suffering from stupidity.
Anonymous
01/20/2015 18:53
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:I want to work as little as possible
Haha, I don't think this is a minority opinion!
Anonymous
01/20/2015 17:47
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I want to work as little as possible
Anonymous
01/20/2015 17:44
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I don’t hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact that we are the superior species. We are the species uniquely capable of imagination, rationality, and moral choice – and that is precisely why we are under an obligation to recognize and respect the rights of animals.—Brigid Brophy (1929–1995)
Anonymous
01/20/2015 17:43
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I don’t hold animals superior or evenquote=Anonymous]
My unpopular opinion: people who give animal life the exact same level of importance have mental problems. There is a thing we can do with excess animals: put them down. Sometimes that's the best thing.
Anonymous wrote:Also, what are we supposed to do with all the "leftover" dogs from puppy mills? Just let them rot in the wild and die? I'm happy if a rescue group is trying to find homes for these unwanted dogs. Maybe it's not fixing the long term problem of puppy mills, but the rescues certainly aren't aiding these puppy mills so they can get a "convenient" supply of dogs.
My unpopular opinion: people who give animal life the exact same level of importance have mental problems. There is a thing we can do with excess animals: put them down. Sometimes that's the best thing.
Caring about animals and working with them is not holding them superior. It is one way we can show the compassion of the human spirit. The least among us.....
My teenager volunteers at a cat rescue. It brings her peace. The folks that adopt bring joy into their lives and she likes being a part of . She's a lovely girl, kind to others, funny and great with children. But animals have her heart. Just because many of you dislike pets, or animals, doesn't mean those that work with them, as volunteers, rescuers, veterinarians, etc.,don't care about starving children, etc. We all should work with the causes that bring joy and peace or have our passion.
Anonymous
01/20/2015 17:17
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I think people who have too many kids they don't take care of should be spayed and neutered, just like all the animals running around
Anonymous
01/20/2015 17:15
Subject: Re:Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't need or want every evening to be relaxing and devoid of work. You really need hours every night to just hang around?
Yes! Sounds fantastic to me. We would all do it if we could. Look at Europeans.
I could, but I'd be bored. I was bored by about 4 pm yesterday because it was my third day off work in a row. Unless you watch hours and hours of TV or are normally sleep deprived, I can't imagine giving up a stimulating, well paying career for evening downtime.
You sound boring. I'm a np, with no horse in this race of sahm/wohm. How can anyone be bored with downtime in such a busy world. So many books, so much music to discover, so many things to take an interest in. I'm a painter and work 55-60 hrs a week . I'd way rather be making art and taking hikes and relaxing with loved ones. I'm glad you love your career, but it seems sad that you're ability to be so easily bored is making you miss out on life.
+1. I have so many hobbies and interests that I always have a few projects going. Maybe I'm just type A, but I love learning and doing things. Oh, I'm a SAHM.
Anonymous
01/20/2015 17:07
Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also, what are we supposed to do with all the "leftover" dogs from puppy mills? Just let them rot in the wild and die? I'm happy if a rescue group is trying to find homes for these unwanted dogs. Maybe it's not fixing the long term problem of puppy mills, but the rescues certainly aren't aiding these puppy mills so they can get a "convenient" supply of dogs.
My unpopular opinion: people who give animal life the exact same level of importance have mental problems. There is a thing we can do with excess animals: put them down. Sometimes that's the best thing.
+1