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Repulsion at the thought of sharing space with the most vulnerable humans literally unable to communicate or control their emotions is a sign of a deeply sick society
- Them being unable to control it doesnt make them less annoying.
  
  Do some self-crit. Why do you feel that way and why has our society applauded that idea? Where did the idea of kids should be seen but not heard come from and why did our society so quickly adopt it? Why are kids seen as an inconvenience instead of learning to exist in society? What affect does this have on you and on kids you interact with?
  
  Stop taking screaming babies on airplanes.
  
  "Oh no. I live in Los Angeles and my kid's beloved grandfather from Boston just died. But I have a newborn and they cry sometimes because they're a newborn, and Stuka@lemmy.ml doesn't want to hear babies being normal babies so I guess we'll just have to miss the funeral."
  
  No
  
  Your lack of basic human empathy is infinitely more annoying. I hope that you yourself are a child with an underdeveloped brain, because the alternative is that you have no soul.
  
  I don't think I could be on a flight with this guy.
- They do make a lot of noise and shit in their pants.
  
  Yes that is developmentally normal behaviour
  
  Lots of things are normal that I'd rather not spend extended periods of time in a small space with.
  
  My sibling in Christ, it is public transport not Noma
  
  whats noma?
  
  A restaurant where people pay money for an exclusive experience that is focused around pure enjoyment, important to note that it is not transporting a family to go see Grandpa before he dies
  
  I was expecting a 'ligma' joke lol
  
  I typed out "noma deez nuts" but erased it in case someone else didn't know what it was lol
- Thank you for saying it. Its frustrating how common revulsion towards children is.
  
  There's also a complete contradiction in how these people see children. Children are not an individual issue, as if the only input they get is from their caretakers. They are moulded and shaped by society like everyone else, and a society that teaches them that being a normal kid is wrong because it inconveniences adults actively harms everyone. So by even thinking children can behave in ways they physically can't -- their brain isn't even developed for Christ's sake -- by making the individual choice to belittle or shame children for being kids, these individuals actively make society worse, thereby continuing the cycle of sickness.
  I'd bet in many cases that people who resent children existing are actually resentful they weren't allowed to be children.
  
  People complain about science denial a lot but then those same people will act like young children are capable of active malice when its scientific consensus among developmental psychologists that they are not. I've had this argument so many times.

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