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  • #46
    Re: Darwinism

    Originally posted by wolverineTrumpet View Post
    Agreed.
    That's why when people asked if we knew if the parasite was a boy or girl, I'd answer dragon.
    Why should anyone care enough about the developing sexual organs of a fetus to invite friends and family over to celebrate/reveal which organs it'll be?
    Even the person who created the gender reveal says she has regrets.

    My gender reveal didn't happen until age 36. March 14, 2018 was one of the best days of my life.
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    • #47
      Re: Darwinism

      Originally posted by wolverineTrumpet View Post
      Agreed.
      That's why when people asked if we knew if the parasite was a boy or girl, I'd answer dragon.
      Why should anyone care enough about the developing sexual organs of a fetus to invite friends and family over to celebrate/reveal which organs it'll be?
      Reminds me of that scene in the 90s movie Nine Months where the dad, who IIRC is a physician, finds out the fetus is a boy.

      "So you can see his...umm..." *makes awkward circular motion with finger*

      Ultrasound tech: "Pen1s, Doctor?"

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      • #48
        Re: Darwinism

        Originally posted by wolverineTrumpet View Post
        Agreed.
        That's why when people asked if we knew if the parasite was a boy or girl, I'd answer dragon.
        Why should anyone care enough about the developing sexual organs of a fetus to invite friends and family over to celebrate/reveal which organs it'll be?
        Family and friends make sense because they often want to plan a gift to either make or buy. Random strangers, or even the average coworker, it makes no sense other than it's a simple point of conversation that extroverts need to fend off their feeling of unease around people more emotionally stable.


        Or maybe that's just my take on that last bit there.
        "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

        "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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        • #49
          Re: Darwinism

          Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
          Family and friends make sense because they often want to plan a gift to either make or buy.
          It's an infant. What possible difference does the gender make to what gift you buy?
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          • #50
            Re: Darwinism

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            It's an infant. What possible difference does the gender make to what gift you buy?
            You can't buy blue for a little girl, it'll confuse her!
            "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

            "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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            • #51
              Re: Darwinism

              Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
              Also "inadvertently created a pipe bomb" might be the second most "Iowan" statement ever.
              You're probably not going to believe this (well, it sounds like if you're in a bordering state you will have no problem believing this), but... same state, different day.
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              • #52
                Re: Darwinism

                The idiocy of these reveal parties aside, is it really such a terrible thing that expectant couples want to know the sex of their unborn child, and share that with friends and family?
                That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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                • #53
                  Re: Darwinism

                  Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
                  The idiocy of these reveal parties aside, is it really such a terrible thing that expectant couples want to know the sex of their unborn child, and share that with friends and family?
                  My wife and I are expecting our first, and we did share with family and friends. That said, it's the strangers and coworkers I barely know who ask and have no business knowing one way or the other, those are the people who bug me.
                  "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                  "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

                  "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
                    The idiocy of these reveal parties aside, is it really such a terrible thing that expectant couples want to know the sex of their unborn child, and share that with friends and family?
                    No. A lot of people want to know, and want to choose traditional male or female names. I don’t think anything is wrong with that.

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                    • #55
                      Re: Darwinism

                      Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                      No. A lot of people want to know, and want to choose traditional male or female names. I don’t think anything is wrong with that.
                      You can find out their gender to name them. That doesn't mean you need to drag people (who really aren't all that interested in your baby unless it's really ugly or something) to a whole other ME, ME, ME!!! event leveraging your brat to wring that last drop of attention for yourself.

                      It's ridiculous.
                      Last edited by Kepler; 10-29-2019, 03:11 PM.
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                      • #56
                        Re: Darwinism

                        Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                        My wife and I are expecting our first, and we did share with family and friends. That said, it's the strangers and coworkers I barely know who ask and have no business knowing one way or the other, those are the people who bug me.
                        They are being polite. It's a thing people ask; they actually couldn't care less and have already forgotten you are having a baby before you even answer. It's like the Monday "how was your weekend?" You could answer "I was abducted by white slavers" and they would just give you a glassy-eyed "that's nice" on the way to their coffee.

                        I used to ask the guy, "is it yours?" but these days I just walk away.
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                        • #57
                          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                          You can find out their gender to name them. That doesn't mean you need to drag people (who really aren't all that interested in your baby unless it's really ugly or something) to a whole other ME, ME, ME!!! event leveraging your brat to wring that last drop of attention for yourself.

                          It's ridiculous.
                          No, I didn’t say that explicitly because I didn’t think it needed to be said.
                          My sister is pregnant and simply texted “it’s a boy” and that seemed to work fine

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                          • #58
                            Re: Darwinism

                            Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                            My wife and I are expecting our first, and we did share with family and friends. That said, it's the strangers and coworkers I barely know who ask and have no business knowing one way or the other, those are the people who bug me.
                            This.

                            My ex-gf and I found out, because we simply wanted to know. We already had a girl's name and boy's name picked out well-beforehand. Friends and family knowing? Sure. But the above post nails it.
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                            • #59
                              Re: Darwinism

                              How about people stop worrying so effing much about other people's choices that have no bearing on you? No I'm not talking about idiots that blow stuff up.

                              You are not forced to attend a reveal party if invited and if it offends you so much don't effing go.

                              We never did one and would not had it existed but the concept is no skin off my back. Live your life and let others live their own.

                              ffs

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                              • #60
                                Re: Darwinism

                                Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                                How about people stop worrying so effing much about other people's choices that have no bearing on you?
                                Nobody's worrying, we're just laughing when confronted with the immeasurable vanity of our fellow primates.



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