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AndrewO on July 21, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apollo 11 Dismembered

It was nice to get an alternative to the idiocracy theory that we're getting stupider because stupid people are having more kids. That sort of thinking is doomed to turn a grave social problem into a two sided us-vs-them culture war.

LogicHoleFlaw on July 21, 2009 [–]

People still look at me funny when I say I'd like to have 3-5 kids...

tocomment on July 21, 2009 | [–]

There seems to be this attitude in the US that it's selfish to have a lot of kids. At least I seem to pick that up.

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