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Dubsy posted:ive known its inexcusable to make fun of people with disabilities since before my balls dropped and way before i learned other important life lessons. this poo poo is common sense man. I quoted you as an example of common loving sense. You are fine. This thread seems to be full of the emotionally retarded, though. I once imagined some kind of device that would allow someone to literally walk in another's shoes for a day, a week, a year and see what it was like to be that other person. But, I realized that even if that were possible, only the open minded would comprehend what they had just lived through. You can't fix bigotry and you can't fix stupid. tango alpha delta fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jul 29, 2014 |
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tango alpha delta posted:This planet seems to be full of the emotionally retarded, though. ftfy
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Lazyfire posted:Unless you consider lovely music a crime against humanity the Black Label Society fits the bill. I guess I should have somehow clarified I meant "society" as used to represent an entire population of a country, so yeah you have me there nobody ever gets some awesome job or saves a baby from a burning building then gets told "man, what a contribution to society that was" the term seems to be pretty much used exclusively when somebody is talking about something they find offensive and wants to rationalize about how it drags down some abstract economic force our something, even though they never gave a single gently caress about the benefit of "society" up until that point I probably don't have it in me to raise a downs kid either but the "ironic" "logic" being thrown around in this thread kind of ran out of funny before the second page, but everyone keeps posting about how horrible retards are because of some encounter they had when they were nine years old like nobody knows that they're just putting up a two dollar facade over the exact same kind of hate they bash in threads about racism or sexism edit: megagatts is probably dead on though, but I would actually say the reality applies to a lot more parents than those of retarded kids, nobody would ever honestly say they regretted having a kid even if they 120% did
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A bunch of xtians have this crazy idea that people with down's syndrome are 'human'... ridiculous I know
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# ? Jul 29, 2014 17:56 |
Has anyone said "System of a Downs" yet?
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# ? Jul 29, 2014 17:59 |
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I knew a girl with downs syndrome around my own age, but she was really high functioning and was like this sports champion in high school, not enough to go pro after school but otherwise awesome. And now she works in one of the highest law courts in the country, doing admin or something. Earns enough cash to actually support herself. (Yeah, the courts are legally obliged to employ x% disabled people, but hell, anyone'd be happy with that job.) But I heard that literally everyone with downs develops alzheimers by age 40. All of them. Can anyone confirm/deny? Also eugenics guys, downs is a chromosome number disorder. Those few people with downs who are actually fertile are exceedingly unlikely to bring a baby to term. If you multiply the cost of sterilising all of them by how many there are, and compare that number with society's cost for caring for one of their babies times the probability of that occurring, it's a massive difference. It's just fiscally irresponsible to use eugenics. Proof again that people on the political right know nothing about money.
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IronClaymore posted:I knew a girl with downs syndrome around my own age, but she was really high functioning and was like this sports champion in high school, not enough to go pro after school but otherwise awesome. And now she works in one of the highest law courts in the country, doing admin or something. Earns enough cash to actually support herself. (Yeah, the courts are legally obliged to employ x% disabled people, but hell, anyone'd be happy with that job.) can we just send them all downs to and island?
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IronClaymore posted:Proof again that people on the political right know nothing about money. rightwingers, noted supporters of abortion
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dontcareaboutname posted:can we just send them all downs to and island? "We're going to send you to Down's Island...don't worry, it's just a name." *Next scene, running from a band of retards* "The judge said it was just a name!" "What he meant was this is actually a peninsula."
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Rhonyn Peacemaker posted:I suggested this and got banned for it. yeah but you were right
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MegaGatts posted:I dont want this post to make it sound like I dont think retarded people deserve good lives and care, but the fact of the matter is they rarely get it, they are a burden of their family, and usually suffer from a series of horrible illnesses.
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# ? Jul 29, 2014 18:34 |
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ugh a retard get it away
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# ? Jul 29, 2014 18:40 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZDl_R8Zp2E Happier than you and me.
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# ? Jul 29, 2014 18:44 |
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tango alpha delta posted:I quoted you as an example of common loving sense. You are fine. This thread seems to be full of the emotionally retarded, though.
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Coldbird posted:I guess I should have somehow clarified I meant "society" as used to represent an entire population of a country, so yeah you have me there Yeah I only came back to this to see what people are still blathering on about. Talking about stretching a joke to it's limits
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# ? Jul 29, 2014 18:49 |
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Dolphin posted:you sound really deep Nope, I am really quite boring. And I keep posting serious poo poo on a comedy forum. gently caress.
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tango alpha delta posted:Nope, I am really quite boring. And I keep posting serious poo poo on a comedy forum. gently caress.
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therattle posted:As for health, quality of life concerns, burden to society etc - those aren't particularly valid. Oh come on now. Why not?
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RonMexicosPitbull posted:Please never leave your kid alone with anyone who cant defend themselves. They don't have the social blockse to understand their effect on others. They just know if something feels good (like sex), they'll do it. Its depressingly common Really? Source???
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Tim Harris, owner of Tim's Place, is the country's only restaurant owner with Down's Syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6He0FWoFj0
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I think the issue is you can tell a fetus has a disability but not how severe and then you're just gambling. Because there are clearly people with mental disabilities that have good lives and do things. Unfortunately there are also the ones who have more severe forms and essentially have the mental equivalency of a toddler their whole lives. This poo poo is depressing we should just figure out a way to modify the genes of fetuses before they are born instead.
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Coldbird posted:has anyone ever used the word "society" outside the context of trying to rationalize crimes against humanity Whenever my grandmother wants to say blacks are all stupid and lazy without outing herself as a terrible human being, she laments the "problems in our society" while literally making mystic handwavey gestures. So probably not in my family.
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babypolis posted:a mild case sound worse because they can be more aware of how deficient they are was hoping the babypolis would turn up
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If they did there would be no way to do a remake of Life Goes On.
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# ? Jul 29, 2014 20:48 |
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Moridin920 posted:I think the issue is you can tell a fetus has a disability but not how severe and then you're just gambling.
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MegaGatts posted:As someone who works with retarded people I can say with 100% accuracy that parents with retarded children are far less happy. Sure it may not manifest right away. The first 12 or so years they're basically normal parents with an emotional time bomb they're avoiding. In those years they tell themselves, "my child will be the one to beat the odds. He might not be a genius, but he could get a job and have a good life.". This falls apart at the beginning of the teenage years at the latest. They see how stunted their child is compared to their peers. They realize the work they have to put in just to keep their child alive is greater than the effort a parent of a normal child needs to expend for their child to thrive. 5
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Kyrie eleison posted:A bunch of xtians have this crazy idea that people with down's syndrome are 'human'... ridiculous I know also like to pat themselves on the back for prolonging the immeasurable agony and suffering of retarded and/or sick people by denying them euthanasia
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IronClaymore posted:I knew a girl with downs syndrome around my own age, but she was really high functioning and was like this sports champion in high school, not enough to go pro after school but otherwise awesome. And now she works in one of the highest law courts in the country, doing admin or something. Earns enough cash to actually support herself. (Yeah, the courts are legally obliged to employ x% disabled people, but hell, anyone'd be happy with that job.) Here's the really scary thing about downs syndrome: not all of them are mentally retarded. About 10% are of average intelligence. They're not going to be doctors or rocket scientists, but outside of their obvious physical attributes, they're no more retarded than the average person. Imagine the hard luck of being normal in a retard body... Pretty chilling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYmn3Gwn3oI
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Kyrie eleison posted:A bunch of xtians have this crazy idea that people with down's syndrome are 'human'... ridiculous I know Humans who could have been different, not severely damaged/miserable humans if their parents had been capable of making responsible choices.
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Downs people are generally far more productive and enjoyable to be around than autists so why are we not aborting and gassing autists?
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Tuxedo Gin posted:Downs people are generally far more productive and enjoyable to be around than autists so why are we not aborting and gassing autists? Autists have been successfully shackled into the tech industry to make us gadgets and doodads.
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tango alpha delta posted:loving right, man. This post gave me down syndrome
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bigzak posted:This post gave me down syndrome I know, I know. A serious post on a comedy site. But it's common knowledge that the prefrontal cortex is not fully developed in men until the mid twenties or maybe even the thirties. poo poo. That part of your brain controls impulsiveness, problem solving and a bunch of other really important things. That means a lot of you are, well, to put it bluntly, retarded. Not 20 IQ retarded, but your valuable reasoning abilities haven't finished developing yet. You are very likely doing something right now that will embarrass your thirty year old self. The irony is that even if your thirty year old self showed up to talk you out of whatever it is you are doing, you'd still tell him to gently caress off. tango alpha delta fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Jul 30, 2014 |
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It's not like normal people aren't equally as retarded most times.
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tango alpha delta posted:I know, I know. A serious post on a comedy site. But it's common knowledge that the prefrontal cortex is not fully developed in men until the mid twenties or maybe even the thirties. poo poo. That part of your brain controls impulsiveness, problem solving and a bunch of other really important things. You have down syndrome
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Moridin920 posted:Autists have been successfully shackled into the tech industry to make us gadgets and doodads. I wouldn't call it successful since they're still allowed to mingle with the general population.
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bigzak posted:You have down syndrome No, nope, I don't think so. My chromosome count appears normal. I'm just sharing information. You are going to have to do better than some limp dick one liners, man. I know this forum is just for shits and giggles, but I like to share information that someone might find valuable. bigzak, you are clearly not the target audience.
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I mean, I guess as long as I am not forced to have a Downs baby then I don't really care if other people choose that particular method of ruining their life.
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Maoist Pussy posted:I mean, I guess as long as I am not forced to have a Downs baby then I don't really care if other people choose that particular method of ruining their life. well except then they'll demand that public education gives them private tutors and healthcare to fix all the hosts of problems at the taxpayers expense and subsidize their willingly downie. then if the parents somehow outlive their downie, the downie will become homeless, possibly violent or something and will end up in jail taking up space and costing you money. at least smokers pay taxes on cigerettes and alcholics pay alcohol tax. there should be a down syndrome tax
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Tuxedo Gin posted:Downs people are generally far more productive and enjoyable to be around than autists so why are we not aborting and gassing autists? seriously its because the tests are only just now becoming a possible reality. basically what i'm saying is give it time. my fiancee and i are expecting and we are getting the blood test done this week and if it tests positive for DS she said she would keep it. i may have to sever.
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