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forwardmotion
11/18/08

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The voiceover sounds like a hungover childless 21 year old.
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SidAndFinancy
11/18/08

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Talk about burying the lede: someone's still writing for National Lampoon?
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fileunder
11/18/08

@SidAndFinancy: Hah, that puzzled me too.
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Senor_Wences
11/18/08

@SidAndFinancy: Didn't even realize it was still published. Is that because I'm not twelve anymore?
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fileunder
11/18/08

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Uh, how many of these moms took Motrin for the back pain they no doubt experienced while they were fucking pregnant?
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BookishLookish
11/18/08

@fileunder: Actually, Acetominophen only while pregnant, no ibuprophen. But for the pain of breast feeding? Three Motrins chased with a beer, coming right up!
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fileunder
11/18/08

@BookishLookish: Ah, thanks.

Hey, is that the gay guys' dessert someone referenced in another thread? ;)
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BookishLookish
11/18/08

@fileunder: Heh. Nope. Not telling!
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lionel-mandrake
11/18/08

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This is classic female hysteria, perhaps they need some of this:

[en.wikipedia.org]
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Smitros
11/18/08

@lionel-mandrake:
Carrying extra weight and shifting the certain of gravity would almost inevitably cause the womb to float around.
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BookishLookish
11/18/08

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"I'll put up with the pain, because it's the good kind of pain. It's for my kid."

Christ on a stick, what kind of idiocy is that? You're the best mom when you are a pain-free mom and that's why my kid already knows how to ask, "Mom, can I pour you a wine?"
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Trollopean Tubes
11/18/08

@BookishLookish: I'm working on cultivating the martini-mixing skills of Patrick Dennis in my kid. Three's not too young, right?
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BookishLookish
11/18/08

@CasadelCarajo: Not if you have him shake it in a sippy cup.
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Lizawithazee
11/18/08

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No mother I know would be offended by that. Including my own, who is almost 80, and the crunchy hippie baby-wearing moms who rule this town.

Kvetching about things like this just means when moms do protest about something legitimate, nobody will listen. Please, a little perspective, ladies.
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Senor_Wences
11/18/08

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I never remember anybody's stupid baby's names, and it doesn't matter the least, because all of their stupid babies are really lousy conversationalists at parties. How about instead of a sling, we just dig a big pit in the ground. "Here you go. Just put your damn kid in here, and shut up."
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BookishLookish
11/18/08

@Senor_Wences: Have you ever seen the movie The Story of the Weeping Camel? There's a scene where the kid is tied up so she won't touch the indoor stove with a giant open flame. It's awesome and I have schemed to do that with my kid in the past.
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Senor_Wences
11/18/08

@BookishLookish: Not seen, but heard tell of. Sounded like it was designed to make me weep. I usually turn to Gena Rowlands losing her mind in a Cassavettes movie for that...there was also that Japanese one a few years back, about those kids abandoned in their apartment to raise themselves. Sounded very intriguing, but I avoided it like the plague.
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es-ki-mo
11/18/08

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While they're at it, can we get these moms to protest that god awful camera commercial with the three kids in brightly colored jumpsuit thingies who defy the laws of gravity at the playground while their parents take pictures? Or am I the only one filled with rage when it comes on?
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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
11/18/08

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Sure are a lot of people complaining about how many other people are complaining.
Gawker anti-mom sentiment- activate!
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minou
11/18/08

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That protest video is over 9 minutes long! 9 minutes! Why the fuck do I need to watch 9 minutes of baby-wearing moms? Because they all want to be seen in pictures wearing their babies, maybe?
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drunkexpatwriter
11/18/08

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P.S. God I hate the ad that's running on Gawker today for that concert at the Bowery. Man is it annoying with too much word overload.

What fucking ad agency approved that?
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Meg
11/18/08

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The only thing I find offensive about this ad is the moving text. It's making me want to reach for some saltines and ginger ale, not Motrin.
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drunkexpatwriter
11/18/08

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I now officially hate people.
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forwardmotion
11/18/08

@drunkexpatwriter: You waited this long to make it official? I applied for my people hater status years ago and the benefits are amazing-tax breaks, seats on public transportation all to yourself, money saved due to lack of gift buying.
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BadUncle
11/18/08

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Twat twitterer's terrifying tantrum.
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BitchyMcGee
11/18/08

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Obviously these women have no idea what they look like when they wear their kid around. I see them at my store--they do all look tired and crazy.

Seriously though, carrying around a 20lb dead weight/bundle of joy strapped to your chest must be tiring and painful at the end of the day.

I have seen Dads wearing the kids. I can count them on one hand.
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Meg
11/18/08

@BitchyMcGee: I had to actually watch the protest video to see what the problem was. And I have kids that I've worn in those things. There is pain whether you wear one, or just hold them in your arms. It's just in a different spot. I honestly don't get what the issue is, unless it's that you're not allowed to admit that EVERY. SINGLE. SECOND. of parenthood isn't joyous.
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City_Dater
11/18/08

@Meg:

You called it, sister.

Yet another case of "I chose to give up everything else I ever enjoyed to raise a child, despite the fact that generations before me saw no need to live as endentured servants to their offspring, and I am perpetually seething and spoiling for a fight because of it."
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nolongerinacubiclestillawhore
11/18/08

@City_Dater: Or just call them dreamkillers, like I do.
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BookishLookish
11/18/08

@Meg: A lot of it sucks, that's ture. Nobody talks about how physically strong you need to be to be a mom. But I bet your lats and biceps are kick-ass now, girl!
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Meg
11/18/08

@BookishLookish: You would think so, but sadly, no. It's a shame, too, because if there were any correlation between where they cause me the most pain, and awesome body parts, I'd have an ass that rivals Unfun's!
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Fuzzy_duffel_bag
11/18/08

@BitchyMcGee: I insist that my husband carry our kid whenever possible. You know why? Cause it hurts my fuckin' back, just like the ad says. One thing I have learned from becoming a parent is that other parents are totally fucking insane. I worry this will happen to me without my noticing it. Perhaps it has already begun...
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BitchyMcGee
11/18/08

@Fuzzy_duffel_bag: My fiance was trying to tell me they could just carry the kid around in one arm and shop with the other. I told him he could do that, but I was either getting a stroller or putting the kid in the baby-backpack, which looks marginally more comfortable.

I'm not very strong, so I'm not sure how I'll manage when the time comes. Maybe I should start working out. Or get him to do it...
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Fuzzy_duffel_bag
11/18/08

@BitchyMcGee: Yeah, my upper body strength is for shit. My chiropractor is psyched, though.
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