I am very aware that Metro is, oh, 85% anti-child. Most people here are trying to be some sort of low-rent New York, or whatever- point is, most hate little ones.
That being said, they’re here, we keep having them, get over it. Move to the actual New York or something.
What do you NOT do? Here is what you do not do: you don’t try to plow through a mom pushing a stroller through a green light, complete with white-man walking signal (it means CROSS, people)…you don’t decide to drive again after you’ve noticed the fucking stroller and you’ve stopped. Oh, and the car coming down into that same intersection? YOU need to notice the RED light you were attempting to go through, AND the stroller you were trying the same shit with! He’s a BABY! You may not like kids, but trying to remove them one by one via vehicular manslaughter is not the way to express that dislike, sorry.
Oh, and just so that you know, while i was screaming at you that you were morons (after you tried to HIT MY BABY!), you both nearly plowed into each other. CAUSE YOU BOTH CHOSE TO IGNORE THAT RED FUCKING LIGHT! Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!
—Not even safe to WALK anymore!
This article appears in Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2009.
This bitch seems to have nothing at all to do with babies.
…seems like a poor attempt at a twist on the same ‘drivers are dangerous to pedestrians’ line.
Please, OP, tell us how you know “most hate little ones”.
It’s not the children we hate, it’s their idiot parents.
Not saying all parents are idiots, but…the deck is kinda stacked in that favour. At least around here, anyway.
Oh sure, but it’s okay when stupid parents think it’s okay to plow into anyone and everyone in the same aisle as them at the store because their stupid mammoth stroller is the size of a horse. I can’t even count the amount of times I’ve seen new mummies using their strollers as a weapon to get through crowds. Pedestrians have to deal with this shit all the time, whether they’re pushing a stroller or walking a dog, so get over it.
I come on here and read the bitches 🙂
I, too, hate the parents who clog up aisles with their mammoth strollers. I also hate the ones who get on the bus and refuse to fold their strollers up, and think everyone should bow to them because they popped out a child.
I also hate when drivers completely IGNORE a red light, and decide to try to plow through innocent people who WERE obeying traffic lights.
Oh, and to those who can’t tell already, I’m the OP.
I’m going to agree with Pretty Kitty. Yes, a large majority of parents in Metro are morons. So are the majority of drivers, cyclists, etc.
I always want to give a high five to the parents with those nice little fold up strollers on the bus.
What the fuck, however, is up with those massive SUV strollers? Those things are irritating. It’s nearly impossible to get on the bus in the afternoon when two “yummy mummies” have their stroller SUVs lined up at the front. And then they give you the dirtiest look when you try to climb over them to the seats in the back.
I saw a good one tonight on the 18 — a couple got on with an infant and a huge ass fucking stroller, but instead of sitting the kid in the stroller, they held the kid while they had bags of crap in said stroller.
Fuck it, I’m going out and buying the biggest stroller I can find to cart my shit around when I go shopping. If dumbass entitled parents can do it…
New Tag – Another stupid SUV stroller bitch
I totally agree, PK – it’s the fucking asshole parents who don’t implement boundaries on their ankle-biting little monsters.
I really don’t know who to blame here. I’ve seen dumbass parents push their strollers into a crosswalk and totally ignore the do not cross signal because they’re running to catch the bus. This is especially bad at Halifax Shopping Centre. That place seems to attract the teenage mom demographic. Then I’ve seen motorists almost nail parents while turning right onto Spring Garden or any of the collected urban crosswalks in the residential areas of the city.
“Most people here are trying to be some sort of low-rent New York” … “Move to the actual New York”
What the hell does this even mean? There are almost two million children in NYC…
If someone actually gets on the bus with an old-style stroller full of cans, I’m checking under the bus for bombs.
You can look at the posts and see that most don’t like little ones and are quick to lump every parent into that fucked up catergory. Yeah, some parents are assholes. Yeah, some kids are assholes. Yeah, even the ones who arnt assholes have their asshole moments. Fucking get over it and stop painting everyone with the same damn brush. I hope if any of you have kids, they’re little fucking monsters so you all can know what its like to be looking down on just for having a child.
I dislike kids. I think they’re loud, dirty, and stupid. I have being around children so I avoid it at all costs. But I recognise that this is not the fault of the kids; I generally try to ignore them until they grow out of it.
It’s the adults, however, who I really hate. I have in-laws who adore children and if one of their grandchildren/cousins under 9 are in the room everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, is supposed to rivet their attention on the precious little demon spawn. We can do absolutely nothing unless it is also entertaining for the kids. A family gathering is like poking hot metal spikes into my brain because they revolve around the children being coddled. It is absolutely impossible to have a conversation with my relatives at these kinds of events.
I personally never believed that people actually chose to have children. I thought they were all horrific accidental pregnancies until the last decade or so when people kept telling me they were actually trying to get pregnant. I was completely shocked.
I don’t think it is wonderful if you have a child. I feel sorry for you that your life is over and you’ll spend the rest of it dolling out money to the kid.
Well Pavillion, you could get some help with your spelling from most kids…
“low rent New York” ….awesome!
Virgomom:
Please “stop painting everyone with the same damn brush”.
You said “You can look at the posts and see that most don’t like little ones and are quick to lump every parent into that fucked up catergory.”
Just because SOME people on LTWWB don’t like kids doesn’t mean ALL of us hate them.
Just because SOME parents do a really shitty job of child-rearing doesn’t mean they ALL do.
Just because MOST people on LTWWB only respond to one phrase in a bitch that sets them off while ignoring the rest doesn’t mean they’re only interested in forwarding their own theories instead of keeping their minds open.
And just because I have this brush in my hand with green paint on the end of it doesn’t mean I’m going to use it on everything….
@lorilulu “Well Pavillion, you could get some help with your spelling from most kids…”
Open up Microsoft Word. Copy and paste my comment into it. Do a spellcheck.
I thought so.
“”I don’t think it is wonderful if you have a child. I feel sorry for you that your life is over and you’ll spend the rest of it dolling out money to the kid.”‘
Heh heh
I agree with Pavillion.
And the irony is how suddenly YOUR life is ALL about “the kids” Forget about writing that novel, building that boat, travelling the world, helping the poor…suddenly the biggest thing in your “life” is a brood of selfish video-playing, MacDonalds-craving, big-pants-wearing, advice-ignoring peer-pressured hungry-mouths…and you spend ALL your time ferrying them to soccer/ballet/hockey/judo and so on….so they “can have a better life”.
But, hey, isn’t that what YOUR parents wanted for YOU?