The US hates kids and gets angry at parents for having the audacity to let them be seen or heard in public.
It’s so nice to be overseas and be able to take my daughter places where people actually enjoy her being around. She’s a year old and of course she screams, she cries, but she has to be able to be out in society because how else is she supposed to learn social norms and interactions?
People in the US are just always annoyed that a kid made any noise at all.
Edit: how do I get downvoted for the exact same sentiment as the comment above?
Yeah my understanding is places like France in particular have a very high tolerance for infants in public spaces, which leads to kids going to restaurants and such at a younger age, which means they get socialized and learn how to behave at a younger age as well.
Irvine might be the worst place in the country for weird authoritarian bullshit. I’m not super well traveled, but it’s the creepiest place I’ve ever been. You can’t go anywhere without being reminded that it belongs to the Irvine Company or that you’re subject to weirdly particular HOA rules.
My favorite is learning that literally any parking lot or shopping center that has that dark green paint between spaces means it’s property owned by the Irvine Co.
Supposedly scumbag ceo doesn’t like seeing white lines from his helicopter (shitbag’s probably fine with them on his tabletop)
fuckin irvine what did you expect
