I propose a change in the CF vocabulary
Posted by catharsist
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I propose a change in the CF vocabulary November 16, 2014 |
Seeing as how we have vocabulary that distinguishes between the good and the bad in regards to parents (ergo breeder and parent, PNB, BNP), I propose that we do the same thing for children and the institution of parenting as a whole. I have elected to put this here because you are the best and the brightest on the net regarding such an issue and I know that you will critique me fairly and not blow rainbows up my ass. My proposal is this:
Instead of just the myriad of slang words to speak of children, I propose that well behaved children be called just that and shitty little brats be called savages. I chose this term because that literally sums up their behavior to a T. This can be summed up by CNS and SNC respectively. (This does not, in any way, imply we scrap the fun slang because it's funny as hell, also I like CNS because it implies that the well-behaved child has a fucking brain to speak of
read: Central Nervous System)
I also propose that Parenting be replaced with the word Civilizing. Because parenting, shit. What does that even MEAN anymore? To parent a child means to make the thing civilized enough to engage in society in a healthy, respectable and productive manner. As we can plainly see, in this new modern age of idiocracy and chicken fingers at low-low prices, all we have are fat, stupid, and spoiled additions to our ever-deteriorating whore of a society. And this is all thanks to the new wave of "parenting". Parenting means NOTHING anymore. As the world changes, so too must language.
I realize that the word "savage" is a loaded term with a history, and this is my MAIN hangup in adopting the term in such a sense. However, I feel it will deflect from those wrongfully called such a derogatory word and direct it more towards patterns of behavior and not a state of being based on factors beyond one's control. I understand that this also smacks of neo-colonialism, but truthfully, that's what parenthood is, it's a form of colonialism.
What do you think? Is this one lexicon worthy? Tear it up.
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So.. We know that food and water are running out, with overpopulation and all... Yet people keep on poppin' out those babies! I guess they want to have their baby and eat it too...
My top reason is that parenting gives you a free license to be selfish based purely on the fact that you're being selfish for an emanation of your own self. The illusion that what you do to benefit your children benefits them solely is a fallacy. Every parent benefits from the benefits that their children receive. Henceforth, it gives one a license to perpetuate a dog-eat-dog mentality that I perceive to be amoral. Parents say that their children are their greatest loves, what they forget to add is that they are their ONLY loves and only because their children are a reflection of themselves. I prefer to be able to love multiple people and have lasting relationships of many types and possess the essential core value of empathy for all than to restrict myself to an echo chamber of ego-masturbation and self-serving chicanery.
In short: Not parenting makes you a better person.
Instead of just the myriad of slang words to speak of children, I propose that well behaved children be called just that and shitty little brats be called savages. I chose this term because that literally sums up their behavior to a T. This can be summed up by CNS and SNC respectively. (This does not, in any way, imply we scrap the fun slang because it's funny as hell, also I like CNS because it implies that the well-behaved child has a fucking brain to speak of
read: Central Nervous System)I also propose that Parenting be replaced with the word Civilizing. Because parenting, shit. What does that even MEAN anymore? To parent a child means to make the thing civilized enough to engage in society in a healthy, respectable and productive manner. As we can plainly see, in this new modern age of idiocracy and chicken fingers at low-low prices, all we have are fat, stupid, and spoiled additions to our ever-deteriorating whore of a society. And this is all thanks to the new wave of "parenting". Parenting means NOTHING anymore. As the world changes, so too must language.
I realize that the word "savage" is a loaded term with a history, and this is my MAIN hangup in adopting the term in such a sense. However, I feel it will deflect from those wrongfully called such a derogatory word and direct it more towards patterns of behavior and not a state of being based on factors beyond one's control. I understand that this also smacks of neo-colonialism, but truthfully, that's what parenthood is, it's a form of colonialism.
What do you think? Is this one lexicon worthy? Tear it up.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So.. We know that food and water are running out, with overpopulation and all... Yet people keep on poppin' out those babies! I guess they want to have their baby and eat it too...
My top reason is that parenting gives you a free license to be selfish based purely on the fact that you're being selfish for an emanation of your own self. The illusion that what you do to benefit your children benefits them solely is a fallacy. Every parent benefits from the benefits that their children receive. Henceforth, it gives one a license to perpetuate a dog-eat-dog mentality that I perceive to be amoral. Parents say that their children are their greatest loves, what they forget to add is that they are their ONLY loves and only because their children are a reflection of themselves. I prefer to be able to love multiple people and have lasting relationships of many types and possess the essential core value of empathy for all than to restrict myself to an echo chamber of ego-masturbation and self-serving chicanery.
In short: Not parenting makes you a better person.
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Re: I propose a change in the CF vocabulary November 16, 2014 |
The words we use go back the origins of the Childfree's online presence.
The Lexicon of Spawn goes back nearly 20 years to the days of Geocites.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/support/childfree/faq/
Dumping this would be dumping part of our "culture" as a specific group IRL and online. This is one reason why the Cultural Thread Sticky was made. It's almost a museum of our online history. Tossing the Lexicon would be like tearing down the HOLLYWOOD sign. :bawl
Ok I'm better now.
The lexicon and words in it helped define CF in the days of Netscape, AOL, thunderbird and outlook express - before forums when Usenet was cutting edge. It was a keystone of the process to build these (meaning more than just Bratfree) CF communities and helped build an identity. Those same word served and as jumping off point for the original forum BRATS and then when it folded this one. It's our ancestry our history our founding rock. this is our language. We need to keep it.
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“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
The Lexicon of Spawn goes back nearly 20 years to the days of Geocites.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/support/childfree/faq/
Dumping this would be dumping part of our "culture" as a specific group IRL and online. This is one reason why the Cultural Thread Sticky was made. It's almost a museum of our online history. Tossing the Lexicon would be like tearing down the HOLLYWOOD sign. :bawl
Ok I'm better now.
The lexicon and words in it helped define CF in the days of Netscape, AOL, thunderbird and outlook express - before forums when Usenet was cutting edge. It was a keystone of the process to build these (meaning more than just Bratfree) CF communities and helped build an identity. Those same word served and as jumping off point for the original forum BRATS and then when it folded this one. It's our ancestry our history our founding rock. this is our language. We need to keep it.
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“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
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