Just MORE Chatting
The Blind Eternities forum
Posted on Feb. 27, 2015, 12:54 p.m. by PreZchoICE1
fresh start. GO
Since when did you do anything but Naya Zoo? The Esper one looks schweet.
March 30, 2015 7:56 a.m.
For when my friends tire of the snort and smash :> (I never tire)
March 30, 2015 8 a.m.
slovakattack says... #6
Drunk man who's never played MtG before does an unboxing of DKT after winning a bet.
March 30, 2015 8:39 a.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #8
Uhg... Morning. Roommate once again was loud. Had to sleep on he couch. Not happy and not rested.
March 30, 2015 8:55 a.m.
Once again yalls. Dont have kids. If you can avoid it try not to have sister-in-laws with kids too.
March 30, 2015 8:56 a.m.
slovakattack says... #10
Crap, Zoo, my sister is getting married in 2 weeks. WHAT DO I DO?! :C
March 30, 2015 9:05 a.m.
lol! hmm ok.. lets see.... just go over to their house every evening and do stuff that gets them out of the mood. Be gross,.. hm. Or scare them,.. like bang on their bedroom window and hide in the bushes. The main thing is to make sure no baby is produced. :>
March 30, 2015 9:11 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #12
I think not having kids is the best way to have a good life. Spend that money on yo'self, not some whiny younglings. Who wants a baby when you could play legacy, instead?
March 30, 2015 9:13 a.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #13
Talk to gnarlicide about kids vs. legacy. If I recall correctly, he sold his kids to get a legacy deck. he will correct me if I am wrong, though
March 30, 2015 9:16 a.m.
My wife watches my sister in laws kid a couple days a week this morning I was up at 4am because of it. Shes a crazy screaming collic baby...
March 30, 2015 9:22 a.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #15
Ugh children lol I just can't imagine spending that much money and time on somebody or being pregnant for nine months
Fuck that shit
March 30, 2015 9:26 a.m.
My kids 1 now and never was that bad. Shes a quiet funny kid- but her cousin has 'Tude.. Fer... Days.
March 30, 2015 9:27 a.m.
lol Just wait Tibs- You'll get all estrogenny and start nesting like all the hens do and all you'll want to do is buy babyshit.
March 30, 2015 9:30 a.m.
:> its chemical. Not much you can do about it. As soon as you get knocked up youll start getting the brainfarts and everything will change. You'll want cake at 4am. You'll be on etsy constantly.
March 30, 2015 9:33 a.m.
Didgeridooda says... #20
So I just accidentally clicked an add on here. It was for ps4 controler skins. They called them 4 skins. Made me laugh.
March 30, 2015 9:33 a.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #22
I am looking forward to having kids eventually. I don't see what the big deal is. kids are only bad if their parents are bad, in my opinion. Some people would take offense to that, but that is what I have seen personally.
March 30, 2015 9:35 a.m.
Yaman not bad at all past a certain point. But the hellish bit is the first 6 months. You will only sleep when your kid sleeps,.. which is like 1 hour for every 3 of crying/pooping/puking/eating. Formula is insanely expensive,.. costs like.. 25$ per 3 or 4 days and a similar amount for diapers. Also the part that kicks new parents in the ass is now necessary insurance is. Through the pregnancy and forever into the future you have to spend like $500 a month on that shit or you'll be drug into a hole you cant escape from. So,... a serious job becomes necessary at the same time you lose the ability to sleep. It makes you a zombie for most of a year.
March 30, 2015 9:40 a.m.
Statistically couples with kids report higher levels of happiness than couples without. I'll see if I can dig out the study if anyone's interested. Not super exciting though - just a large survey on happiness carried out by lots of couples
March 30, 2015 9:40 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #25
ChiefBell Couples, heh. A couple is 2 people. Got not time fo' that.
March 30, 2015 9:43 a.m.
It gives you a sense of purpose- I can understand that. Also if you're just plodding your way through life without any trials its not very fulfilling. Most people want to conquer something.
March 30, 2015 9:43 a.m.
Didgeridooda says... #27
Cheif, I would be interested in that. I am very skeptical on studies. Do you know if they have information on how they picked the participants?
March 30, 2015 9:44 a.m.
just make yourself a little baby Baibu Jex :> Don't sleep and throw like $100 a week at down the toilet and youll have a pretty accurate experience.
March 30, 2015 9:45 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #29
It's probably due to a number of reasons, those being:
Instinct and human nature
Most couples want kids
If a couple doesn't have kids, maybe it's because they are biologically unable
Kids are really good for keeping people together (though money is also pretty good at that, too)
Alternatively, it could be because of where the survey results were gathered from. If it was random people on the street, there are all kinds of location variables. The best data is when 1000 or so couples, half with kids, half without, are gathered and surveyed. But there also might be pressure on a couple with children to respond more positively because influence of their partner, or they don't want to make it seem like they aren't happy with their family.
A statistic which is based on anything personality related is pretty general.
March 30, 2015 9:48 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #30
Zoo I cannot stand demon-babies. And by demon-babies, I mean human young. Humans are essentially the demons of this planet after all. I'll stick to Griselbrand, thank you.
March 30, 2015 9:49 a.m.
Prepping for my ultimate April Fools' Day prank.
- Take the straw out of a cup.
- Rip open a pack of ketchup and stick the straw in it.
- Put the straw back into the cup.
- Pour a drink into the cup and offer it to someone.
- Watch.
March 30, 2015 9:49 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #32
That's pretty lame. You gotta go grand.
Give someone a pack of Modern Masters which actually has 15 Charging Badgers in it.
March 30, 2015 9:51 a.m.
I believe in this one they advertised in a local newspaper and interested couples applied. This means it's free from researcher bias (because they don't pick) and you reach a large audience. The problems with this method include the fact that the people that apply are more motivated than those that don't (duh! They bothered to apply), and that if you advertise in certain newspapers you might only reach say right wing people or left wing people etc.
It's a fairly decent study though it probably meets the WEIRD criticism as most studies do. This is that all the participants are white, educated, something, rich, and something else. Especially in the UK that applies.
March 30, 2015 9:52 a.m.
It definitely randomly selected those with kids and those without. It's only a survey anyway, not worth getting stressed about.
Also there are tons of women now that don't want kids. We used to think that's it's a purely biological motive but that doesn't account for the fact that lots of women don't want them. That tends to suggest some environmental drive rather than physical because for the most part our bodies are our bodies. There aren't a shit ton of differences.
March 30, 2015 9:56 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #36
If you gathered information about whether couples worldwide were happier with/without children, it would probably be favoured towards with.
In third world countries, they need children. Children are required. In first world countries, people want children, because society demands it.
Whether having custody of a child is good or bad is, of course, completely subjective, and not debatable for that reason.
March 30, 2015 9:56 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #37
It seems to me that the women's rights movements had basically everything to do with that. Women became their own people, rather than property, and were allowed to make their own decisions. This means that less women were forced into marriages, and were forced to have children due to societal and marital pressures.
March 30, 2015 9:58 a.m.
I think most rational people don't want kids. As soon as even an accidental pregnancy happens tho the chemicals take over.
March 30, 2015 10:02 a.m.
I wouldn't want to have kids, but if I were to have an accidental pregnancy, I would deal with it.
Kinda what Zoo just said, but whateva.
March 30, 2015 10:03 a.m.
kids are kinda like toxoplasmosis.. they take over the hosts body. They make the host crave snacks at 3am. They make the host shop on etsy for them.
March 30, 2015 10:04 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #42
Once you have kids, you are no longer the main character. And I love being the main character.
March 30, 2015 10:06 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #43
Zoo I would like to use toxoplasmosis for my own means, rather than be a victim of it.
Guys, should we april fools Epoch by all leaving for a day? Or comment something weird each hour on his profile.
March 30, 2015 10:07 a.m.
I love having chemicals mess with my brains
I mean, since I started taking them, there's been like 60 pounds more of me
March 30, 2015 10:09 a.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #45
I disagree. I think a great deal of people do still want children, although that seems to be changing with the younger generations. people seem to be more and more selfish nowadays
March 30, 2015 10:11 a.m.
I think that some women really play up the whole craving thing though. I was talking to a mate of mine who is pregnant and the way she put it:
"yeah, I get cravings for chocolate and stuff, but I had those when I wasn't pregnant. I think women just play it up so people do stuff for them."
March 30, 2015 10:11 a.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #47
I vote we intentionally post rules questions somewhere other than the Q & A. I hope Epoch never reads this post. he will hate me forever lol
March 30, 2015 10:13 a.m.
CommanderOfBolas: Its also that they cant afford them. The problem is in this day and age you either need a good job or two people working to make it in life. The second one goes away and all of a sudden cant work, hello debt. I'm sure given infinite cashflow more young people would be having kids.
March 30, 2015 10:16 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #49
Oh CommanderOfBolas, that is a sick idea.
ChiefBell, you're in on it with us. Let's all act like IndepenentMeta.
JexInfinite says... #1
Dood, I need my deckcycles. Gotta spam cycle my decks to my more irrelevant internet points.
March 30, 2015 7:41 a.m.