Woman live-twits her abortion

ZoZo wrote:

I Why should it have to be something to be silent about? After all, people live-tweet about their pregnancies. Why should this be any different?

You right, it's not.

IMNSHO, it's all TMI natter.

InkWeaver wrote:

It does promote the idea that women shouldn't have to be ashamed of talking about a normal, available medical procedure. It does promote the idea that getting an abortion and then wanting to speak out about it shouldn't be something you're shamed for, something you should remain hush-hush about.

Everyone woman's experiences are different, but knowing that many other women have had abortions and aren't afraid to talk about it could help a lot of people. There is a point to prove, and this lady is proving it. I admire her.

Okay - where I live having an abortion and talking about it openly is not such a big deal.
Unless you give the impression you consider it your preferred alternative to using contraceptives.

klotterbeck wrote:

Okay - where I live having an abortion and talking about it openly is not such a big deal.
Unless you give the impression you consider it your preferred alternative to using contraceptives.

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US. Here it's not uncommon for women who have abortions to get anonymous phone calls, and when they answer hear only a squeeky voice saying "Mommy, Mommy, why did you kill me?" Or to get blood-smeared birthday cards every year on what someone figures would have been their due date.

Cactus Wren wrote:

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US.

I suspected as much, but always dismissed it as a predjudice.

Cactus Wren wrote:

Here it's not uncommon for women who have abortions to get anonymous phone calls, and when they answer hear only a squeeky voice saying "Mommy, Mommy, why did you kill me?" Or to get blood-smeared birthday cards every year on what someone figures would have been their due date.

Now you've proved it. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Even the UK isn't great about it. One doesn't openly talk about one's abortion because it's not proper... or something like that anyway. It's definitely not talked about.

Cactus Wren wrote:

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US. Here it's not uncommon for women who have abortions to get anonymous phone calls, and when they answer hear only a squeeky voice saying "Mommy, Mommy, why did you kill me?" Or to get blood-smeared birthday cards every year on what someone figures would have been their due date.

And then when a woman who had an abortion commits suicide, or when a "study" "shows" that women who have abortions suffer from depression or regret it later, everyone goes "SEE ABORTION IS BAD AND IT MAKES YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF"

Cactus Wren wrote:

klotterbeck wrote:

Okay - where I live having an abortion and talking about it openly is not such a big deal.
Unless you give the impression you consider it your preferred alternative to using contraceptives.

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US. Here it's not uncommon for women who have abortions to get anonymous phone calls, and when they answer hear only a squeeky voice saying "Mommy, Mommy, why did you kill me?" Or to get blood-smeared birthday cards every year on what someone figures would have been their due date.

Psy, I need a ruling. Is there enough SmugDog in the internetz to do this post justice?

ZoZo wrote:

Even the UK isn't great about it. One doesn't openly talk about one's abortion because it's not proper... or something like that anyway. It's definitely not talked about.

Really? I never got the impression that it was that much of a big deal... quite a few friends and friends of friends have had the morning after pill and pill-induced abortions, and I hear people chatting about things like that (relatively) quite often.

It's sort of taboo within my grandparents' sort of generation, but with my parents generation and mine, I never really got the impression that it's that hush-hush. It could be entirely due to the sort of people I know, though.

Cactus Wren wrote:

klotterbeck wrote:

Okay - where I live having an abortion and talking about it openly is not such a big deal.
Unless you give the impression you consider it your preferred alternative to using contraceptives.

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US.

Also, this seemed vaguely relevant:


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gaijinguy wrote:

Psy, I need a ruling. Is there enough SmugDog in the internetz to do this post justice?

There's never enough SmugDog for any gaijinguy post. Nor enough

Cactus Wren wrote:

klotterbeck wrote:

Okay - where I live having an abortion and talking about it openly is not such a big deal.

Unless you give the impression you consider it your preferred alternative to using contraceptives.

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US. Here it's not uncommon for women who have abortions to get anonymous phone calls, and when they answer hear only a squeeky voice saying "Mommy, Mommy, why did you kill me?" Or to get blood-smeared birthday cards every year on what someone figures would have been their due date.

Sauce plox.

grmblfjx wrote:

Cactus Wren wrote:

klotterbeck wrote:

Okay -
where I live having an abortion and talking about it openly is not such
a big deal.
Unless you give the impression you consider it your preferred alternative to using contraceptives.

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US.

Also, this seemed vaguely relevant:


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Holy shit, that has to be the ugliest girl this side of Chin-chan. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

TheHermit wrote:

Spoiler:

FTFY

gaijinguy wrote:

Cactus Wren wrote:

klotterbeck wrote:

Okay - where I live having an abortion and talking about it openly is not such a big deal.
Unless you give the impression you consider it your preferred alternative to using contraceptives.

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US. Here it's not uncommon for women who have abortions to get anonymous phone calls, and when they answer hear only a squeeky voice saying "Mommy, Mommy, why did you kill me?" Or to get blood-smeared birthday cards every year on what someone figures would have been their due date.

Psy, I need a ruling. Is there enough SmugDog in the internetz to do this post justice?

Will this do?

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that's not smugdog fuck you

Spoiler:

e: alternately

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ee: He wanted a giant one. so there

pixel zoom ughhhhhhhhhhh

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I am very confident that one day, Mikey will manage to comment on the actual point of something.


You can do it, Mikey! I believe in you!

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

Holy shit, that has to be the ugliest girl this side of Chin-chan. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Ah. Now I know why everyones calling you stupid all the time.

Come back and post a photo of you directly after you've run a 8-20 hours marathon UPHILL and I'll tell you, if I would like to date you.
If I was 15 years younger.

klotterbeck wrote:

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

Holy shit, that has to be the ugliest girl this side of Chin-chan. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Ah. Now I know why everyones calling you stupid all the time.

Come back and post a photo of you directly after you've run a 8-20 hours marathon UPHILL and I'll tell you, if I would like to date you.
If I was 15 years younger.

⁁and a masochist. FTFY

Why do you people take Mikey seriously? Really. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

EileenK98 wrote:

Why do you people take Mikey seriously? Really. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I wonder this all the fucking time. I've even asked this several times. I've never got an answer.

Psy-4 wrote:

gaijinguy wrote:

Cactus Wren wrote:

klotterbeck wrote:

Okay - where I live having an abortion and talking about it openly is not such a big deal.
Unless you give the impression you consider it your preferred alternative to using contraceptives.

You obviously live in a more civilized country than the US. Here it's not uncommon for women who have abortions to get anonymous phone calls, and when they answer hear only a squeeky voice saying "Mommy, Mommy, why did you kill me?" Or to get blood-smeared birthday cards every year on what someone figures would have been their due date.

Psy, I need a ruling. Is there enough SmugDog in the internetz to do this post justice?

Will this do?

Spoiler:

Did you make a vector image of that just to post it in this thread?

If so, I'm in awe.

Mr.Doobie wrote:

EileenK98 wrote:

Why do you people take Mikey seriously? Really. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I wonder this all the fucking time. I've even asked this several times. I've never got an answer.

Ok, I'm obviously going to speak for myself here, and obviously a fair number of people will disagree, but here's my reason.


I like Mikey. He doesn't get angry, he doesn't flounce, he doesn't take anything to heart, he doesn't make whiny drama threads about not flouncing. If he had it in him to make actual posts with actual content occasionally, and do the whole empathy thing sometimes where you try to put yourself in other people's shoes, I think a lot of internet users could actually learn a thing or two from him.

Of course, it's entirely possible that his carefree attitude comes precisely from his complete disregard for empathy, but I think I'll try a couple of times.

klotterbeck wrote:

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

Holy shit, that has to be the ugliest girl this side of Chin-chan. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Ah. Now I know why everyones calling you stupid all the time.

Come back and post a photo of you directly after you've run a 8-20 hours marathon UPHILL and I'll tell you, if I would like to date you.
If I was 15 years younger.

Marathons aren't measured in hours, dumdum.

Eileeny wrote:

Why do you people take Mikey seriously? Really. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I wasn't aware people took me seriously.

Also, empathy is for chumps and other people's shoes tend to smell bad.

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

klotterbeck wrote:

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

Holy shit, that has to be the ugliest girl this side of Chin-chan. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Ah. Now I know why everyones calling you stupid all the time.

Come back and post a photo of you directly after you've run a 8-20 hours marathon UPHILL and I'll tell you, if I would like to date you.
If I was 15 years younger.

Marathons aren't measured in hours, dumdum.

I know.
Births aren't measured by labour pains either.

Did you get my point at all?

@Eileen and Mr. Doobie: He's young enough to learn. And I'm new - I still have the energy. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]