Speaking of....

[featherynscale]

My father called today to tell me that my sister had another kid. Other people in my family are totally taking up for my non-breedingness.

EDIT: But it's a better story than that. They said that she had not had another kid because she particularly wanted another kid, but that she was allergic to birth control pills. Because, you know, that's your only option.

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[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

we can't stop them from breeding without thinking.
I have a modest proposal, actually...

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Does it involve...clocktowers?

I understand that this makes me a bad person.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Nope. There are no projectile weapons involved in this plan.

I was just thinking about a public policy shift in healthcare, in which county or city clinics would provide vasectomies and tubal ligations on the government's dime. That probably doesn't go far enough, though, so the logical next step is to offer a monetary incentive for people to get fixed, and do a public awareness campaign around the incentive. I'm thinking this would, at the very least, go a long way towards reducing welfare enrollment rates and crime in poverty-ridden areas in the next generation. Also, I think that if you would rather have $500 than a child, you should get the one and not the other. Hell, I'd take that offer. Eugenics begins at home, yo.