GOD DAMN IT. I LOGGED INTO MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNT FOR TEN MINUTES, EXPECTED THE SAME LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE THAT I FIND IM MY FEDI BUBBLE, AND ENDED UP GETTING INTO A DUMB ARGUMENT THAT MADE ME MADDER THAN I HAVE BEEN IN MONTHS. LESSON LEARNED.
FOR CONTEXT, SOMEONE I LOOSELY KNOW TOOK THE POSITION THAT PARENTS ARE NO BETTER POSITIONED TO MAKE DAY-TO-DAY PARENTING DECISIONS THAN ANY STRANGER ON THE STREET. PARENTS WILL KNOW THAT THIS IS FACIALLY RIDICULOUS.
I ARGUED THAT THERE IS A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT UNSOLICITED PARENTING ADVICE IS A DICK MOVE, BUT THAT THE PRESUMPTION CAN BE OVERCOME IN SOME CASES (TYPICALLY, HARM TO THE CHILD). HE RESPONDED THAT, NO, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR MY KID MORE THAN ANY OTHER IDIOT IN THE WORLD BECAUSE FERTILITY AND PARENTING KNOWLEDGE ARE NOT PERFECTLY EQUAL. THIS IS A PRETTY WORTHLESS ARGUMENT. I TOLD HIM THAT, AS AN IDIOT, HE MUST BE HURT BY MY UNWILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO HIM. THEN I PUT MY PHONE IN A DRAWER AND SCREAMED INTO MY PILLOW FOR A MINUTE.
@LRRRonEarth Hm, so he ignored the fact that prior knowledge (the developing personality of the child) is relevant.
He's a factory child farmer. Shame.
AS FACEBOOK SQUABBLES GO, THIS IS VERY MINOR, BUT IT GOT SO PERSONAL SO FAST. I WAS HALF THE PROBLEM, BUT I FELT COMPELLED TO ESCALATE IN A WAY THAT I SELDOM FEEL HERE.
