Rules for Parents and Childless Individuals in Park Slope

smashbrother · July 2008

You may have seen this on Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn / Gawker:

Parents and Childless Individuals have banded together to draft a bill-of-rights type document over at BN.

What do you guys think - would you agree to live by these rules if you had a hand in creating them? They're going to deliver them to every house in the neighborhood like menus. Hilarious.

Frankly, I think it's high time we had a set of rules like this...
Anyway, make sure your two cents are included - if you don't vote now, etc etc

http://www.blognigger.com/2008/07/declaration-of-co-dependence.html

daver · July 2008

I still don't find that blog insightful or amusing. I know that others do, and that is cool. Good luck to you.

smashbrother · July 2008

...and it's totally cool that you don't.

Sorry, had hoped to avoid the question of whether-or-not you like BN. The question here is about a set of rules for parents / non-parents to live by, and whether you'd consider contributing to and following said rules if a majority of the community subscribed to them.

daver · July 2008

smashbrother wrote: Sorry, had hoped to avoid the question of whether-or-not you like BN. The question here is about a set of rules for parents / non-parents to live by, and whether you'd consider contributing to and following said rules if a majority of the community subscribed to them.

Sorry, it seems that you would like to, but you can't always separate the messenger from the message. Especially in a case like this. In answer to whether I would consider contributing to a "set of rules" for parents/non-parents to live by, the answer is yes. In answer to the implied question of whether I would contribute and agree to abide by these particular ones, the answer is no.

But y'all have fun now, ya hear?

dailyheights · July 2008

OK, that's a tour-de-force. I don't agree with it all, but it's on the right track. And I laughed (at the parts I was able to read so far).

It's also clear that the author (smashbrother/BN) has a lot of time on his hands, so I'm guessing he's one of the Childless Individuals.

I also think flyering the neighborhood might ruin the joke, but if you do, the NYT will probably pick up your story, so go for it.

linusvanpelt · July 2008

BN says that he has kids--two, I believe.

The Declaration is hilarious, and mostly dead-on.

jamzer · July 2008

Its a little creepy how much effort went into it, but it is pretty funny. Please don't kill more trees by plastering the neighborhood with it.

Since this is now a subject of this thread - I have to say that I really enjoy reading BN.

By the way - its been Gawkered. http://gawker.com/tag/we-hate-your-kids/?i=398042&t=declaration-of-co+dependence-rules-for-urban-babies

filmlover44 · July 2008

That's awesome.

bergenites · July 2008

It would have been nice if they could have written a declaration without the use of such foul language. It doesn't make it any funnier, and I'm a little scared to think what these parents are teaching their impressionable children they claim to care about so strongly.

new2hood · July 2008

while I've found it pretty amusing for the most part (at least the part I've been able to read thus far) I am so fatigued by the constant, steady, ponderous beating of the dead horse that is the parents vs. non-parents back-and-forth I'm wondering if I'm a smidge narcoleptic.

Seriously, isn't there something else we can talk about? Is there really anything new to add to this painfully recycled discussion?

j0518 · July 2008

observations:

if you spent $200 trying to get laid at Sette, you deserve to go home alone.

Song as a restaurant where kids should be allowed from 8 to 9:30? with the loud DJ booth? really?

La Taqueria? with the million and one tequilas? really?

cute list, although i still think most PS parents will make me homicidal no matter what. the only true cure for that, i think, will be to become one myself.

brooklyn baby daddy · July 2008

Excellent writing, really funny and most of the points were right on the money. I am not sure why kids aren't allowed in certain bookstores (which presumably have children's books) but other than that I have no qualms.

And I am guilty of trying to go into a bar with my kid. They closed the door, quite literally, in our faces, with looks like "what the HELL were you thinking?" Yup, I've become That Guy.

livetotravel · July 2008

I'm still still trying to discern what contribution to our mutual benefit/enjoyment/edification this blog and blogger is making - just seems like old news repackaged to me. And it was Gawkered? So what? The blogosphere is 24/7 folks, it's content dependent. The surprise would have been if it weren't Gawkered.

And I thought that the following part of today's contribution was gratuitous at best...

"We have them printed and pay an asian delivery guy to deliver them like menus to every house in the neighborhood."

Real nice. Real helpful.

anonymous · July 2008

Uh, I believe this is 'venting through comedy writing.' I don't think the author of this blog, the name of which escapes me at the moment, meant for it to be taken that seriously. C'mon people.
Hit the head on the nail though.
"It's funny because it's true."

the chipster · July 2008

It's brilliant. He's addressing the issues that have plagued everyone on this board. Don't tell me you "don't get it," or "he has too much free time." Then every writer, politician, artist, etc.. and you, brooklynians,has "too much spare time.
He's a dad, and yet, he hasn't adopted the Park Slope Parent mentality. He's fkn hilarious. And the language stays.

whatchuwant · July 2008

He probably wrote it for all you stroller-hatin' Brooklynians! :twisted:

raw · July 2008

I confess that because I just witnessed a woman pushing a stroller on 7th Avenue being rude to other pedestrians that this inappropriate blog gave me joy.

I think the woman was short-tempered because of the heat, but the way she was snapping at people as if she owned the side walk angered me.

Anyone can flare up in sidewalk rage though -- it's not just the stroller pushers.

This makes perfect sense for all pedestrians:

I.a.1 - Parents with strollers shall not occupy more than 66% of the width of a given sidewalk's walking area, except for periods of less than ten seconds when passing jutting storefront artifacts such as elongated entranceways, outdoor eating areas, or subway stations.

littleredmenace · July 2008

J0518 wrote: observations:

if you spent $200 trying to get laid at Sette, you deserve to go home alone.

Halle - frickin' - lullah! Besides, there are cheaper ways to get laid if that's really all your after.

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