Borax is used in laundry detergent and is not safe to ingest.

I for one support this trend, and I know for a fact that Charles Darwin would approve.

FaceDeer
link
fedilink
161Y

I, on the other hand, don’t support poisoning babies.

No argument here. Here’s to hoping that the parents poison themselves first… though sadly, you can be as shitty a parent (or human being in general) as you want and still have as many babies as biologically possible, so some babies are just SOL either way. But that’s an entirely different subject.

@jarfil@beehaw.org
link
fedilink
1
edit-2
1Y

Support or not, those babies have the same genes that lead to baby kiling as their parents; if it’s not this generation, then it will be the next one. Stuff like this, proves those whole lineages are not the fittest to survive.

Edit: hopefully clarifying.

Support or not, from a Darwinian point of view, those babies are likely to inherit the same cultural biases and genes conductive to acquiring the same cultural biases as their parents; if left to their own resources, then it likely won’t take many more generations until they fail to guarantee the survival of their descendants’ descendants, which the whole “survival of the fittest” is really about.

Stuff like this, proves those whole lineages might require external intervention to make them viable… which leads to a whole other can of worms about cultural interventionism.

@gyrfalcon@beehaw.org
mod
link
fedilink
English
21Y

This is not a terribly nice thing to say. So much of raising children is cultural or environmental, and many people go on to be great parents after having bad parents themselves. Also, this comment gives some eugenics promoting vibes. Please try to communicate more clearly in the future to avoid giving that impression. Thanks!

@jarfil@beehaw.org
link
fedilink
English
21Y

I hear you. Edited the comment to hopefully address these issues and make it clearer what I meant (might have used a few shortcuts in the initial version). If not, let me know and I’ll remove it.

deleted by creator

Create a post

Breaking news from around the world.

News that is American but has an international facet may also be posted here.


Guidelines for submissions:
  • Where possible, post the original source of information.
    • If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
  • Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
  • Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
  • Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
  • Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.


For US News, see the US News community.


This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

  • 1 user online
  • 26 users / day
  • 64 users / week
  • 168 users / month
  • 663 users / 6 months
  • 1 subscriber
  • 2.74K Posts
  • 15K Comments
  • Modlog