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So far, so good. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Quote: I don't plan to ever get sick or die.
That was my plan too! However, I have already failed the first part and one day will most likely fail on the second part - we all do.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Quote: I don't plan to ever get sick or die.
That was my plan too! However, I have already failed the first part and one day will most likely fail on the second part - we all do.
I had the same plan and I'm proud to state that I won't fail, at least on the second part .... it is up to you to demonstrate to me the opposite 
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OK, you're on! First to not die wins...er, hang on, how do we know... Well, whatever!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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funny how fast such opinions change if (against all plans) you get your own baby...
I have the opinion (now  ) that all those useless singles have to pay us parents for producing their pension and social system payers (Seems you don't know how expensive children are). 
At least where I live (Austria) we often hear that we have too less children, and our system will brake because at some point nearly everyone will be over 60 here. So I "decided" to be the stupid one to pay for "growing" new citizens, what you pay on taxes is nothing compared to that 
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johannesnestler wrote: Seems you don't know how expensive children are
My point exactly: You want to have children, but you don't want to pay what it costs. Well, I want a Lamborghini, but I don't want to pay what that costs, so maybe you can help me pay for it? Can't you hear how ludicrous it sounds? 
johannesnestler wrote: producing their pension and social system payers
Tell you what: You pay for your children, and I'll pay my own pension! 
johannesnestler wrote: At least where I live (Austria) we often hear that we have too less children, and our system will brake because at some point nearly everyone will be over 60 here.
I doubt that! Mankind is overpopulating and crowding the entire planet. At some time the eco system will break down because there are TOO MANY people and they pollute everything around them... The rate with which mankind grows is not sustainable by the planet in the long run (maybe not even in the short run).
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2 kids, 4 grand kids and I still consider anyone elses kids little horrors. It also helps that I live in a different country to my children and see them only a couple of times a year so I think they are wonderful.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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if you don't love babies you just aren't cooking them correctly
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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How modest of you.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I can't disagree with anything you wrote.
There's currently over 7 billion people on Earth. They've all been babies at one point or another; some still are. It's been estimated that throughout our history, there's been over 100 billion people that lived and died. Again, that means 100 billion babies. Sounds more like an infestation than something even remotely "special".
I'm gonna stop right here before I start channeling George Carlin.
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chriselst wrote: I have absolutely no interest in other people having babies. I cannot fake interest. I am generally pleased (for them) that they have a healthy one, but beyond that.
You're not alone. It's a masculine thing, so don't worry about it man. The masculine men in the world are just wired that way.
chriselst wrote: Even more irksome is being shown a photo of a baby with half the innards still all over it and being asked "who do you think it looks like?". Well it looks like a f***ing baby, just like every other f***ing baby I've ever seen.
Jeremy Falcon
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chriselst wrote: "who do you think it looks like?"
"Boris Johnson?"
They won't ask a second time. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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At least that's better than Boris Yeltsin.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I wish you'd stop boring us with your lengthy diatribes about babies.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Children are fascinating. The way the learn and put things together in innovative ways. The most fascinating thing I saw was when my friend's son was 2 or 3. We had this game, where I would point to a surface and say, "What's that" he would look and then I would bash his head into it (usually a pillow) he would then do the same and attempt to smash my head into the surface. One day I pointed to a table and said, "What's that?" the gears ground away in his head and he made a novel association and began to cry.
It isn't the crying that was fascinating but the fact that he invented completely new knowledge right there based on two different types of experiences and applied them to a third unknown and derived what would happen. Fascinating.
As for liking children? Not really, they are way to messy.
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I actually do agree with you on that point. I believe if we studied children more humanity would better understand what constitutes a "genius mind." If the common man learns the most he ever learns in life within the first four years then there's a lot to be said about that stage before reality sets in to mold them.
Jeremy Falcon
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: I would point to a surface and say, "What's that" he would look and then I would bash his head into it ... One day I pointed to a table and said, "What's that?"
That could be considered child abuse. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
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chriselst wrote: I had a child of my own
Pictures or it didn't happen. ![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif)
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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They're on fb. Go there and never return
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Obligatory Dilbert[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Bug ugly perfectly describes a friend of my sons sprog, I made the mistake of actually saying it in her hearing, they don't visit when I'm in town anymore. And the kid is still as ugly as sin!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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THEM: "Who do you think it looks like?"
ME: Your neighbor.
That's when the fight started...
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It looks like the Marines didn't pull out soon enough. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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You can make a game of it. Without looking, just state a body part of the baby and say which parent they belong to. "He has his mother's eyes." People will look at the kid, then parent a few times and probably agree with you no matter what. Usually eyes work best. See how many times you can get them to agree with you without looking at the baby!
Having two of my own, I"ll say it takes about 2 years before they actually look like either parent!
Hogan
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Babies, food[^], whatever! 
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