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Nice Planet XII: It's Cruel to be Kind!

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Works for me. If it still doesn't for you

Replace the first censored part with a word that rhymes with duck and the second with mass minus the m.
 
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Thedford’s daughter is the third Texas child to die in a hot car this year. A seven-month-old Lufkin baby died in March and a three-year-old Houston boy died last week.
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Southern birth control?
 
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unofan said:
There was an article in the Washington Post about this. Essentially, people go into auto pilot while driving and their brain essentially ignores the change in their daily routine. It's not a conscious action.
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This absolutely happens to me. I would like to think it would be different if I was responsible for the life of a small human.
 
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Kepler said:
This absolutely happens to me. I would like to think it would be different if I was responsible for the life of a small human.
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That's why I don't buy it. When you have kids they're all you think about.
 
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Would things like this happen less often if there was better front seat car seat option for newborns?
 
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unofan said:
Absolutely yes. I'd be shocked if a single one of these happened in a front seat.
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To be honest, I'm surprised that between automakers and manufacturers of baby seats that they haven't figured out a way to make your car horn sound an alarm if you haven't unsnapped the kid from the seat. They can make the horn sound if I leave my keys in the car. Why can't they make it go off if I stop the car, open the door, and don't unsnap the buckle that holds the kid in?

By the way, if any of you clowns invent such a device and make millions off of it, I think common courtesy requires that you at least pass along a little spiff to moi.
 
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unofan said:
There was an article in the Washington Post about this. Essentially, people go into auto pilot while driving and their brain essentially ignores the change in their daily routine. It's not a conscious action.

I'll see if I can find it.

Edit: https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...e0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html
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This is a great piece of reporting and has haunted me for five years since I first read it. One of those things that could happen to anyone. That part about the baby pulling all his hair out though...
In fact this whole collection of Weingarten's is great reporting.
 
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