Depends on how thinly you slice them

Ever tried unloading a truck of bowlingballs with a pitchfork?

(ooh, Godwin)

It also depends what you consider happy; I am not a particularly emotional person, therefore I might not be as happy as an emotional person, but then again I’m never sad. I don’t want to be emotional, so I’m fine with how things are.

As for love, I don’t believe in it and I’m not emotional, which is why trying to convince me I will find it is rather pointless and based around the assumption that everyone is basically the same and wants the same things.

I know it wasn’t an insult, it’s just a misguided attempt to help. I’m not offended by this, I’m just pointing out the futility of such an exercise, in case you might want to redirect your efforts to worthier pursuits.

I agree with the brave few advocating common courtesy. On a plane, there’s not much you can do, but in most situations if your child is being disruptive you can take them outside until they are calm enough to come back in. Note that I am not saying to leave them at home all the time, just to be sensitive to the child’s mood and respectful of others’ peace. A lot of churches have cry rooms for just this purpose. If yours doesn’t, suggest they consider making one. I’m sure a lot of the congregation would be glad to donate to that cause.

Is it some sort of attempt to appeal to ego? As the case of the above post, arguing if babies are repulsive maybe you were repulsive once. Then, as some sort of feat of extreme arrogance and self-delusion, we would redefine our concept of repulsive just to avoid being associated with it, even if it’s not relevant when applied to us today.

Finally, to further illustrate the absurdity, let’s extend this to rationale to everything about babies. We were all babies once, and we peed our pants, or on the floor, etc. Therefore, pee on the floor is not disgusting, just like incessant shouting is not annoying! I don’t know about you, but I find pee rather disgusting, and I wouldn’t want it on my floor.

At least if you’re disturbing people in other ways people will criticize you, informing you that your behavior is not accepted and giving you the option to act in an appropriate manner. You may choose to not do so, but you can’t really be surprised if you will be met with annoyance.

Parents with babies, however, as demonstrated by the replies here, are somehow immune to criticism, and suggesting they should show consideration apparently makes YOU the bad person. This gives people a free pass on disturbing others as long as it’s a baby doing the disturbing, providing them with no motivation to cease the disruption.

I’m certainly not ashamed of my views regardless of how much derision I face, and I will not give crying babies a free pass. Parents can ignore my wishes, but they can’t expect me to smile and pretend like it’s adorable or even tolerable.

Do you actually think children should not be able to go out and learn about the world? What is wrong with your brain? How do you expect people to learn social skills if they’re confined to their house? Are you really that short-sighted?