Why don't people abort their retarded babies? I've never received a satisfactory answer to this question.

noumenal, that is my new signature. bravo

damn, that's a shift in tone...

i don't know-- i think some people do (there are genetic tests w/ the amniotic liquid)

it's kinda cruel to speak of "retards" (even though the picture made me laugh). i mean some "retards" can live pretty happy lives, in spite of their handicaps...

So, are you putting me on your ignore list atari? Please don't.

absolutely they can still live happy lives. that's a dumb question because retards can still be happy like any other person.

I heard a show on NPR with a Down's Syndrome guy who had a Master's degree. It was pretty amazing and made me reevaluate my views on the limitations of that particular birth defect.
Plus I had a girlfriend in high school with a DS brother, and he was a great guy.

OK, it's yours. :)

Anyway, they end up keeping them like pets, but I'd rather have a German Shepherd than a kid with Down Syndrome any day.

Edit: I'm just being cruel out of boredom....sorry.

what question?

I'd rather have a German Shepherd than a "normal" kid.

You should reevaluate your view on Master's Degrees instead. :)

man, this thread started funny, got funnier, and now that we're in subject of eugenics, ack....

reboot please?

Thanks for that, Savage Clone. I saved it to my computer.

in all honesty retarded people can still do pretty incredible thigns based on their handicap but god DAMN it's still fun to make fun of them

Don't worry; there was no water left to drain out of the pool of respect I had for academia to start with.

hah hah masters degrees are a joke-- i can attest, i have one

I've always felt free to make fun of handicapped people because my brother has Cerebral Palsy and I grew up making fun of him. He loves it. He insists on being called a "cripple" and he used to laugh when I'd trip him up while we were playing basketball or something.

My bandmate is a college art professor.
He still has to work weekends at a coffeeshop to make ends meet.
Nice.

Well, thank Jah that your brother can take a joke. I sure can't, obviously.

Life is a lot more fun when you can take a joke and when you don't care if everybody likes you or not. Some people will, some won't. Big deal.

hey, fun story. last night i was drinking at this kids houes and he started bleeding from the ear! it was wildly freaky. it turned out he just cut himself but it was wild for a second

wow thats cool-- see i used to work a building supervisor in college, there was janitor who had palsy & crooked hands. this was the opposite case cos he was the one who made fun of me, the little bastard :D

As you guys may know, I'm working on my Master's degree right now. In my view, if you aren't planning on getting a Ph.D., then getting a Master's is kind of pointless, especially in the arts. But I know a lot of professors who are very comfortable financially - it just depends on where you went to school and where you get hired.

I have a friend finishing his Ph.D. at Harvard and one finishing his at MIT and they are going to be doing fine when they get out. I am very jealous of these guys.

I know, I need to lighten up. I just go though this bull-shit anywhere I go.
Nothing ever good happens to me, & it doesn't help when people are telling you to get lost, which I already am.

woohooo! the wife just got home... that means i'm free from this fucking computer. adios, you fuckses!! :D (see you soon. except for *cough cough* one of you)

& i leave you w/ my last pic of the day ;)

how in the hell did you get that out of my last post, marleypumpkin?

No, I can't foresee that happening.

(actually i do know how he thought that; i was afraid he would think exactly that & misunderstand me)

If someone has elmoniac's email address (i think i might actually) maybe they should drop him a line. He might want to re-join now that there's an ignore list.

Yeah, I'm outta here for awhile too.

i love you people. you alleviate so much late night boredom

Thank Jah. I'm sorry I had to ask, but I can never tell anymore if someone is being sarcastic or serious. I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. I'm ranting again.

i know a women with cerebral paulsy who got two Ph.Ds, child services took both her children away because she was "an unfit parent" and her husband has a condition too.

makes me fucking mad because she is probaly smarter than the judge and jury that decieded this combined

Yeah, usually people with CP have no mental disability.

That is a harsh story.

Noumenal, you are sounding particularly comfortable in the vacuum-bubble world of higher academia today.
Sayin'.

Does anyone else see a suspisious resemlence in marleypumpkin's post and that guy elmoniac that quit posting on the board cause supposedly everyone hated him? hmmmm......i dunno, it's kinda wierd.

They're not the same. Elmoniac lived here in Mpls. Marley is in Knoxville, and has a distinct writing style.

What do you mean by wierd Laila?

What's my distinct writing style SC? Too much maybe

It's obvious, man. She thinks you're Batman!

hahahah oh savage clone

so marley, who is that person in your sig pic?

Well, I've had Batman as my nickname before. So, maybe I am.

I don't think there is anyway of detecting if your child is going to be a stupid pothead in utero (no nivana reference intended).

Really retarded babies- those with asbergers, downs, etc. have a lot more to contribute society.

One of my best friends has cerebral palsy. It's just a muscular disorder. He is probably the smartest person I know.

Laila: that's j mascis from dinosaur jr

wouldn't it be awesome if everybody had marley on their ignore list?

75% of the board would be unreadable!!!!

that would be fun

best thread on the new board so far!!!!

marley: don't take it personal

i can't escape...

Laila, it's J. Mascis of Dinosaur, Jr.

(oops, too late)

Chout, that's cool you played the 7th Street Entry club.
Sorry about your friend. A friend of mine's girlfriend's ex-husband who is only 28 got diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis only last week. He woke up one morning & couldn't see. He's got his vision back now, but the disease is degenerative as the lesions on the brain cause all manner of problems.