As poppet alluded to, it really does amount to littering. But the “it’s just one” thing is part of the problem. If we all excuse ourselves for doing one destructive thing each, all of that piles up into a hell of a lot of damage. It’s infrequently just one person who does these sorts of things!

badfleffers: i don’t get white people’s worship of blonde-haired,blue-eyed people; it really creeps me out bc i only have one point of reference for the worship of these particular physical traits—basically,did blonde hair/blue eyes become popular after hitler or before? this child is a cutie pie regardless of her…

They also apparently have too many mattresses.

It’s telling that you use marriage equality and gay rights as specific examples for how you’d like to see feminism move forward because so much of the advancement has been centered around mostly attractive, mostly able-bodied, mostly cis, mostly white assimilationist-minded gay & lesbian couples that conform at least…

To be honest, anyone who’s giving or attending a TED talk is pretty privileged to begin with. Also, I’ve never attended any sort of professional conference where child care was provided by the organizers.

Because they want you to have full respectful attention to the speakers. That “3 seconds” never is 3 seconds.

The “compelling” reason to do so is that they record the events. Also these talks are sort of a pitch to the world that their thing they are involved with should get support. Who wants a kid wailing in the middle of your 2 minutes of talking about your idea when you want lots of re-viewing on youtube and this is your…

That isn’t really fair. That’s like saying all tv sucks. There are thousands upon thousands of Ted Talks, several hundred for every possible interest. You have to be a leader in your field and you must take like 9 months with the Ted team to develop your subject and presentation. Most are scientists, artist or highly…

I dislike children at these kinds of events, because they aren’t meant for “everyone.” However, I do think organizers can hire a flipping babysitter for the day so that people can show up without having to worry about childcare. I’ve been to conventions that are “for everyone” and there’s still free childcare ffs.

You know what, thank you for the snark about all the 3,000 word pieces on Why Serial Is Problematic. Yes let’s think about imbedded societal shittiness, but I sometimes feel like all this critical theory goes too far. Like, if you analyze anything long enough you can probably make some convoluted argument about why…

Or leave them at home, like every other ted talk and conference.

Yeah agreed. I’m way less concerned about whether or not Adnan killed her and more concerned with the fact that he shouldn’t have been convicted based on that trial.

I don’t think we’ll ever know who killed her, but Jay was def involved. We know who *didn’t* kill her though - Adnan.

I just listened to Serial for the first time this past weekend and now that I’m catching up with months of Serial-related Internet items, I am kind of surprised to find out how certain a lot of people are that Adnan did it! I’m not convinced at all!

Yet another perfect example of how little I care about your life.

They're cool until you need an abortion, even if you'll die if you can't get one.

Because your 40 dollar 40 minute RyanAir flight is NOT what we’re talking about here.

Right... “She’s a person, be compassionate if she is having a hard time.” But also “She is not enough of a person for me to have to buy an extra ticket.”

I might have had your back if you hadn’t snuck the White privilege snark in there. Now I kind of think you’re just an entitled asshole with no self-awareness and that your kid is likely to be as well.

I don’t even think “babies in arms” should be a thing thats allowed. You bring your car seat and buy another ticket. I have yet to see a baby or toddler actually sit on a parent’s lap without them kicking, grabbing, or otherwise bothering the poor person next to them. If the kid had their own seat, the parent could at…