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41. Is this similar to being told not to adopt animals if you can't afford to...

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 10:48 AM

Feb 2013

the hundreds of dollars to take them to the vet twice a year?

"'Tis better to let them die unloved and unwanted in an animal shelter?"

(Sorry to throw that out there. This just pisses me off.)

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Adam Carolla: ‘Stop Sh*tting Out Kids You Can’t Afford’ [View all] alp227 Feb 2013 OP

It's really a lot worse than that. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #1

Yeah, but they should have thought of that beforehand. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2013 #19

Oh and heaven forbid if a middle class family that could afford a healthy child has one... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #22

If the majority (the 99%) waited until we could afford to have children, to have children, Jamastiene Feb 2013 #36

That is a conclusion I came to a while ago... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #50

And this is bad? n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #76

While it's true that people shouldn't have children they don't want and afford, the BlueJazz Feb 2013 #2

If everyone waited until they truly felt they could "afford" them Drahthaardogs Feb 2013 #13

+1,000 TheDebbieDee Feb 2013 #28

+++1,000 And sometimes SEX is the only thing poor people have for pleasure. kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #49

That would be good for the planet. LWolf Feb 2013 #84

Stop trying to be a comedian nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #3

That guy isn't funny. Quantess Feb 2013 #67

What's even funnier joeunderdog Feb 2013 #89

And never a word about how a meat cleaver should be Warpy Feb 2013 #4

Ironically,you probably think you are a good person cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #8

It's kind of impossible to caricature Adam Carolla. n/t antigone382 Feb 2013 #10

Pity you didn't read the whole post Warpy Feb 2013 #14

So many levels of irony, indeed. LanternWaste Feb 2013 #54

That's what you got from that? Maybe go back and read it again. Squinch Feb 2013 #74

A meat cleaver? flvegan Feb 2013 #18

It's equivalen to the notion of "shitting kids out" Warpy Feb 2013 #20

I've read it. I'm interested in your response. flvegan Feb 2013 #21

I was 19 and dirt poor when I had my first kid liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #5

I actually don't think that's what he saying Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #68

there's an excellent chance that any kid born is going to brighten the world CreekDog Feb 2013 #6

"Sh*tting out" babies? So babies are fecal Ilsa Feb 2013 #7

My thought, too, though it's worse than that frazzled Feb 2013 #16

That was my first reaction. Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #25

That alone wrecks his credibility treestar Feb 2013 #64

Contempt not concern demwing Feb 2013 #81

He's been saying this for years, but Adam has gotten saddeningly more right-wing in the past 3 years Bombtrack Feb 2013 #9

Right wing hate radio merchants rarely go to any forum Dawson Leery Feb 2013 #12

I see you listen to his podcast too! NOVA_Dem Feb 2013 #71

Yup, but I'm down to about 1 or 2 a month. I only stream the shows with guests I REALLY want Bombtrack Feb 2013 #88

Conservatism is just about being an asshole. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #11

I'm old enough to remember when Adam Carolla actually existed Orrex Feb 2013 #15

If I had a nickel pipoman Feb 2013 #17

I think in this instance mythology Feb 2013 #39

They don't approve of birth control. They don't approve of kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #23

I didn't hear that the guy who said this opposes birth control hughee99 Feb 2013 #24

If he's a RWer and supports birth control he is in a tiny minority. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #30

He's also an atheist. I don't know too many atheists that oppose birth control. hughee99 Feb 2013 #31

Kestrel, I always hate to disagree with you, because you nearly always make so much sense. amandabeech Feb 2013 #58

Its that they don't approve of poor people and minorities. They're fine with b/c, abortion, divorce, Erose999 Feb 2013 #66

It's inelegantly phrased but how else do you prevent having a kid who is raised on a minimum wage? dkf Feb 2013 #26

Be born immune to illness, disfunctional relationships and being made redundant? wickerwoman Feb 2013 #27

The original minimum wage was designed Warpy Feb 2013 #34

The answer to your question is proper education, training, health care and social programs. Arcanetrance Feb 2013 #38

Because people work the same job for 30 years today jeff47 Feb 2013 #73

yeah, only the upper middle classes & the rich should breed. corolla = d-list, no-talent rightist HiPointDem Feb 2013 #29

There is a reason why conservative "comedians" never make it. Dawson Leery Feb 2013 #48

skewering the poor and powerless isn't very funny, just like the bully who beats up on the HiPointDem Feb 2013 #59

cats like him do not really understand what they are talking about... dtom67 Feb 2013 #32

We could try making their lives Hell on Earth! kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #33

He needs some basic lessons about where babies really come from, among other things. Jamastiene Feb 2013 #35

The paradox of thrift Recursion Feb 2013 #37

Correct The2ndWheel Feb 2013 #40

Is this similar to being told not to adopt animals if you can't afford to... sadbear Feb 2013 #41

I'd say yes. Renew Deal Feb 2013 #44

I don't think this is sexist because kids don't just affect women Renew Deal Feb 2013 #42

Yeah, I wonder why nobody else pointed that out. kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #61

Because one's life situation never goes down. jeff47 Feb 2013 #75

Why do people take opinions of comedians so seriously?? cbdo2007 Feb 2013 #43

Bill Hicks and George Carlin said the same thing 20 years ago NickB79 Feb 2013 #45

Didn't care for both of them, either. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #47

They are satirists a la Stewart and colbert. alp227 Feb 2013 #56

Two geniuses Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #69

thank you. I wanted to reply to the OP BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #79

BIG difference - the "you can't afford" part CrawlingChaos Feb 2013 #72

Hicks clearly implies it in his skits NickB79 Feb 2013 #78

That is NOT what Bill Hicks was about CrawlingChaos Feb 2013 #82

Adam Carolla midwest irish Feb 2013 #46

Not quite the truth Bombtrack Feb 2013 #90

I agree but the problem is so much deeper than those elegant words Drale Feb 2013 #51

Hmm Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #83

I thought that was Jimmy Kimmel hollysmom Feb 2013 #52

He regards himself as a turd from his mama, then? MADem Feb 2013 #53

Illustrates the need for adequate and free birth control. bamacrat Feb 2013 #55

wish corolla's parents had used some. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #60

corrolla is not entertaining RedstDem Feb 2013 #57

Adam Corolla is as much of a misogynist dickbag as any Tea party member. Fuck that guy. With a Erose999 Feb 2013 #62

Who knows whether or not anyone can "afford" the kid? treestar Feb 2013 #63

Why doesn't he stop shitting out TV shows people don't watch & radio that people don't listen too? baldguy Feb 2013 #65

He's an unfunny blowhard that's turning RW for money. n/t NOVA_Dem Feb 2013 #70

I have to agree with him on this n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #77

Adam who? Skittles Feb 2013 #80

The sexist way of making what otherwise *might* have been a valid point. nt redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #85

Plenty of people making minimum wage now... union_maid Feb 2013 #86

Free birth control and abortions should be readily available madville Feb 2013 #87

Condoms are pretty cheap. Daniel537 Feb 2013 #91

Condoms are expensive madville Feb 2013 #92