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posted by [personal profile] selkie at 12:17pm on 19/12/2008
The Duggar woman just had number eighteen.

All we want is six and the universe can't manage that for us.

Couldn't G-d just... skim a little off the top, for heaven's sake? We'll even teach our children SCIENCE.

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posted by [identity profile] shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com at 05:52pm on 19/12/2008
[looks up these Duggar people of whom you speak]

[looks at photo album]

Holy mother of vinegar. Is that woman just prone to superovulation, or does she give birth every four months?
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 05:56pm on 19/12/2008
She has spent the last 18 years perpetually pregnant (which is quite hard to do, as I understand the process) and does it for religious reasons, or else out of a deep and refined sense of self-flagellation.

They have a few tax shelters that make it easier. Also a show on TLC.
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 06:00pm on 19/12/2008
All you want is six? Good lord.

Should that last word be capitalized? I'm never sure.

The chorus of kids at the after-school program going, "Erica, look at this!" "Erica, I need help." "Erica, can I have the scissors?" "I need help too!" while a fight breaks out in the background as two kids get into it together... has taught me that I want two. TWO. One per person.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 06:04pm on 19/12/2008
I was being facetious with the number; we want at least one. But six seems such a virtuous fraction to want when confronted with 18.

The psychological ramifications of growing up in such a family are faaaaascinating, no?
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 07:01pm on 19/12/2008
6 did sound moderate, it's true, in comparison. But then, 18 is more than the number of children allowed in the afterschool program.

I'm not at work right now, so psychological ramifications can go boink. (That's how you know I'm tired, when I decline an opportunity to philosophize!)
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posted by [identity profile] lonespark.livejournal.com at 11:02pm on 19/12/2008
No, if there are two kids and two adults...the adults are outnumbered.
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 11:05pm on 19/12/2008
Yeah, probably true.
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posted by [personal profile] sovay at 06:09pm on 19/12/2008
The Duggar woman just had number eighteen.

Okay. Technically that doesn't violate the one-half rule, but in all other respects: what?
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 06:12pm on 19/12/2008
The one-half rule?
Yeah, you should check out their Fundie, Fundie website.
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posted by [personal profile] sovay at 06:22pm on 19/12/2008
The one-half rule?

A principle that applies to most mammals: they have one-half as many offspring as they have mammaries, ensuring that all the young can be sufficiently nourished at the same time; humans therefore, having one pair of breasts, usually produce one child at a time. So if you have one child a year for eighteen years, you are still observing the one-half rule, but you are also out of your mind.
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posted by [identity profile] miraielle.livejournal.com at 06:25pm on 19/12/2008
Okay, so: two gay children, at least, right? Say the odds.

I can't wait for one (or many many more!) to rebel horribly. Not that we'll find out about it, but still, it'll be TOTALLY AWESOME.
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posted by [identity profile] copperbadge.livejournal.com at 07:03pm on 19/12/2008
They make their kids raise each other. I'm sure if you talked to one of the older sibs they'd sell you one of the younger ones.

*hugs*
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posted by [identity profile] lonespark.livejournal.com at 11:02pm on 19/12/2008
Yes, that.
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posted by [personal profile] omphale at 07:27pm on 19/12/2008
*hugs*

The universe is a very strange and arbitrary place, and seriously, what does anyone do with that many children? Start a couple of baseball teams?
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posted by [identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com at 08:15pm on 19/12/2008
Is that the "Your vagina is not a clown car" lady?
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 08:19pm on 19/12/2008
Yup.
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posted by [identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com at 08:49pm on 19/12/2008
I feel sort of bad for those kids. :/

And yeah, God. What's up with that crap?

Six? I didn't know there was a goal. Wow.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 08:51pm on 19/12/2008
Oh, I was being facetious, sorry. At this point, one live baby would suffice.
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posted by [identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com at 08:55pm on 19/12/2008
Yes, I would be very happy and not worry about that kid at all because he/she would be very lucky and very loved. I'm pulling for you and the um, wiggly dudes.
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posted by [identity profile] somerandomchic.livejournal.com at 11:35pm on 19/12/2008
I sometimes get the feeling that there is somehow a limited amount of "babydust" (excuse the term, please, I can't come up with a better one) in the universe and people like the Duggars are using WAY more than their fair share. This pisses me off.

Many, many women used to have this many babies and you know what, a bunch of them died. She had has several c-sections - for twins, for a transverse baby... because ones uterus does not withstand being stretched that way so often. Also, she is 44 years old, and the chances of serious complications occurring are getting high. Someone (like, oh, a medical professional) needs to explain this to her. Maybe the God of the Fundies meant for women to get pg as many times as their bodies would let them, but he, being an absolute misogynist, also clearly meant for them to die in childbirth. If we all had that many kids (because probably a lot of us are able to, she just gets pg a few months after her cycle comes back after each baby) the world's population would just fucking skyrocket. I mean, lets do the math - some huge amount of women get knocked up within 6 cycles of frequent exposure to fresh swimmin'swimmers. The average time when women get their cycles back after a baby is 6-7 months post-partum. So, the majority of women who used no birth control and had regular sex with a guy would get pregnant every year or two. Some miscarriages would occur, but still, many women would have a baby every 1-3 years until menopause. This is insanity. I mean, I got my cycle back after 9 WEEKS postpartum. I could be 6 mths pregnant RIGHT NOW if I'd timed things the right way, theoretically speaking. If I'd been married off at menarche (age 11) I could easily have almost 20 kids, and I probalby have at least 10 good years of fertility left! OMFG. Insanity.

Anyway. It is fucking irresponsible, I don't care that they do not have debt. I don't care that they are not "burdening the system" with their children. I do not give a fuck. There is no way that quality parenting is happening in that household. NO WAY.

I will stop my rant. I could go on and on and on.
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posted by [identity profile] mortifyd.livejournal.com at 01:34am on 20/12/2008
Yeah. Believe me, I feel it too. I'd be so grateful just for one.
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posted by [identity profile] oneechan19.livejournal.com at 06:01am on 20/12/2008
*looks at the news article that comes up first when one googles 'Duggar'

... I really don't have any words.
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