Current Events > Can we ban gender reveal parties now?

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Cleo_II
09/09/20 3:40:37 PM
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Or at least shame them to oblivion. They are so dumb and pointless. The sky is orange out and air quality is terrible where I live. Thousands of acres burned. Thousands of people evacuated. All because people wanted a party to find out if their kid has a penis or not. Smh
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Tenlaar
09/09/20 3:41:31 PM
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No, stop focusing on the stupidest thing you could focus on.
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Master_Bass
09/09/20 3:42:26 PM
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I always thought they were dumb as hell, but hey any excuse is a good excuse for a party. Except doing covid. Don't party now.

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Lost_All_Senses
09/09/20 3:42:57 PM
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My cousin had his inside a gym his mom owned with nit over the top confetti. We shouldn't let jackasses ruin ot for everyone. That's a dangerous path

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inTaCtfuL
09/09/20 3:43:29 PM
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Ban parties in general now


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Cleo_II
09/09/20 3:44:49 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
My cousin had his inside a gym his mom owned with nit over the top confetti. We shouldn't let jackasses ruin ot for everyone. That's a dangerous path
Do people other than the parents actually enjoy these parties? They always come across as self absorbed and attention seeking to me.
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__aCEr__
09/09/20 3:45:37 PM
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Or just keep them simple like blue or pink cake. No need to blow shit up for these stupid things.

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Pus_N_Pecans
09/09/20 3:46:10 PM
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I'm all for it. They're an outdated concept anyway.

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monkmith
09/09/20 3:47:14 PM
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problem is stupid people, not gender reveal parties; and we cant ban stupid people.

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Beefbud
09/09/20 3:47:45 PM
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i have an idea for an anti-gender reveal party where you do the color thing but the colors are brown and gray and after the "reveal" everyone still has no idea what you're having

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K181
09/09/20 3:48:18 PM
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Genders reveal parties are like recreational drones. There's nothing inherently wrong with them, but holy shit have some assholes really ruined them.

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_Rinku_
09/09/20 3:49:55 PM
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__aCEr__ posted...
Or just keep them simple like blue or pink cake. No need to blow shit up for these stupid things.
Yeah, a small party with just a cake and some silly games is fine. I think it's inane, but that's the great thing about life: different people can like different things.

Just don't lose your shit if the kid later on turns out to not be the gender assigned to the color of cake you cut into.
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Cleo_II
09/09/20 3:50:44 PM
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__aCEr__ posted...
Or just keep them simple like blue or pink cake. No need to blow shit up for these stupid things.
Yeah the cake thing is fine. I still find them tasteless and tacky though. Who cares what gender the baby is? And people cant stick to the cake thing because they have to one up each other.

Pus_N_Pecans posted...
I'm all for it. They're an outdated concept anyway.
Agreed, very outdated
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emblem boy
09/09/20 3:51:54 PM
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I'm surprised it's even a big thing. Is it usually a standalone party or is it part of a baby shower?
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_Rinku_
09/09/20 3:55:49 PM
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emblem boy posted...
I'm surprised it's even a big thing. Is it usually a standalone party or is it part of a baby shower?
They seem to usually be standalone parties that happen relatively early on (I think you can find out the sex as early as fourteen weeks). Baby showers typically happen closer to the due date for... grim, but practical reasons.
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Smashingpmkns
09/09/20 3:56:12 PM
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Not before I get to use my gender reveal nuclear warheads.
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Austin_Era_II
09/09/20 3:56:57 PM
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Just another way for people to waste their money on consumer goods.

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Cleo_II
09/09/20 3:58:00 PM
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emblem boy posted...
I'm surprised it's even a big thing. Is it usually a standalone party or is it part of a baby shower?
Its a standalone thing usually. Probably just looking to grab more gifts.
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nemu
09/09/20 4:00:01 PM
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I dont get why the focus is on the type of party and not the moronic use of explosives. We should criticize our stupid culture of pointless theatrics.
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PoundGarden
09/09/20 4:00:09 PM
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The kind of vain self centered bitch that would throw a gender reveal party in the first place probably wont be phased by shaming, as they typically have no shame. For example, thinking their neighbors give any fucks that they're pregnant much less what gender it is
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emblem boy
09/09/20 4:00:18 PM
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Actually, don't some people also have naming ceremonies as well
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Ludwig Von 2
09/09/20 4:00:26 PM
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Sorry, we cant ban something just because you dont like it

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Cleo_II
09/09/20 4:04:44 PM
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nemu posted...
I dont get why the focus is on the type of party and not the moronic use of explosives. We should criticize our stupid culture of pointless theatrics.
The concept behind the party itself is archaic and outdated. A childs gender doesnt matter. People should celebrate that they have a healthy child, not whether or not they have a penis.
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Theon_Greyjoy
09/09/20 4:05:46 PM
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It's dumb because there's no way you can know someone's gender that early on

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V-E-G-Y-
09/09/20 4:05:54 PM
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My cousin did a simple balloon popping out of box thing, no fires needed
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WashYourHands
09/09/20 4:07:10 PM
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ban Idiots

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nemu
09/09/20 4:07:16 PM
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Cleo_II posted...
The concept behind the party itself is archaic and outdated. A childs gender doesnt matter. People should celebrate that they have a healthy child, not whether or not they have a penis.
It's fine if you find it to be a vain waste of time, just as it's fine for them to have whatever vain party they want. The conflation with the fires as if they're at all related is the weird part.
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MorbidFaithless
09/09/20 4:10:14 PM
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Ludwig Von 2 posted...
Sorry, we cant ban something just because you dont like it
Can we ban it because of the harm it causes the planet?

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PoundGarden
09/09/20 4:10:58 PM
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Ludwig Von 2 posted...
Sorry, we cant ban something just because you dont like it

Pretty sure they dont like how untold acres have been lost to these stupid parties, which is valid.
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g980
09/09/20 4:14:18 PM
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I dont get gender reveal parties either, but celebrating a weiner didnt burn down california, the pyrotechnics did. Ban those.

Let people have penis parties if they want
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_Rinku_
09/09/20 4:14:37 PM
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nemu posted...
It's fine if you find it to be a vain waste of time, just as it's fine for them to have whatever vain party they want. The conflation with the fires as if they're at all related is the weird part.
The people setting the fires are so consumed with their own over-inflated sense of self-importance that they don't realize how actively they endanger everyone else just so they can loudly scream about what genitals their child will have.

There was also a case a year or two ago where the "gender reveal" device was for all intents and purposes a pipe bomb and killed one of the attending grandmothers.
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jon1012
09/09/20 4:16:32 PM
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Cleo_II posted...
Do people other than the parents actually enjoy these parties? They always come across as self absorbed and attention seeking to me.

the other parents. Its an excuse to drink wine and talk to your friends.

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NeoShadowhen
09/09/20 4:17:11 PM
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How about just dont use pyrotechnics when youre living in a tinderbox.

Theon_Greyjoy posted...
It's dumb because there's no way you can know someone's gender that early on

Good point, but sex reveal party sounds a bit odd.
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ZevLoveDOOM
09/09/20 4:18:39 PM
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the whole thing seems weird anyway.

but if people intend on doing gender reveal parties, that's fine. just come up with something that doesn't... you know, end up burning a fucking ecosystem!
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Endgame
09/09/20 4:19:38 PM
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K181 posted...
Genders reveal parties are like recreational drones. There's nothing inherently wrong with them

Uhh, yeah. There's something inherently wrong with BOTH of those.
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Cleo_II
09/09/20 4:22:47 PM
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ZevLoveDOOM posted...
the whole thing seems weird anyway.

but if people intend on doing gender reveal parties, that's fine. just come up with something that doesn't... you know, end up burning a fucking ecosystem!
Originally people would cut cakes to see if its pink or blue inside. But people cant help but turn everything into a competitive shit show. If people insist on these dumb tacky parties, then at least stick to the original concept instead of trying to be NeW aNd OriGiNAl at the cost of peoples lives and the environment.
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nemu
09/09/20 4:23:30 PM
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_Rinku_ posted...
The people setting the fires are so consumed with their own over-inflated sense of self-importance that they don't realize how actively they endanger everyone else just so they can loudly scream about what genitals their child will have.

There was also a case a year or two ago where the "gender reveal" device was for all intents and purposes a pipe bomb and killed one of the attending grandmothers.
Yes, people do stupid redneck shit at parties, but they're not actually related unless it's specifically a tradition involving stupid redneck shit. It's like conflating all the deep fried turkey explosions to Thanksgiving/whatever else they were celebrating.
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kriztov1
09/09/20 4:25:52 PM
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Lost_All_Senses
09/09/20 4:29:52 PM
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Cleo_II posted...
Do people other than the parents actually enjoy these parties? They always come across as self absorbed and attention seeking to me.

Eh. People just like excuses to get together. Which in normal times is fine. Of course, in the current times...fuck those selfish people.

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googs19
09/09/20 4:30:31 PM
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jon1012 posted...
the other parents. Its an excuse to drink wine and talk to your friends.

Yeah, my wife and I did one for our first son and it was mostly an excuse to see our friends and eat cake, since we knew it wouldn't be happening as much after the baby was born.
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Tenlaar
09/09/20 5:02:29 PM
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By the way, it turns out that this wasn't even a reveal party at all. It was just a family trying to make a little video to send out that reveals it.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/california-fire-reveal-babys-gender/507-1e88b58d-51fb-4938-b2d7-7b6f4b8670c1

The unidentified couple chose the location to reveal their baby's gender. They were accompanied by their young children and had a friend or relative videoing on a cell phone, said Capt. Bennet Milloy of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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ZevLoveDOOM
09/09/20 5:06:48 PM
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when i'll have kids, i'll just tell my friends and family what the gender is either personally or whatever. or just throw a regular house party with friends and family and bring out a blue/pink cake or something like that.

no need to fire a fucking flamethrower that shoots pink or blue flames (depending on the gender) potentially burning anything that's on it's path... i swear, this has to be a murican thing. lol
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KamenRiderBlade
09/09/20 5:12:50 PM
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inTaCtfuL posted...
Ban parties in general now


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Tenlaar
09/09/20 5:14:06 PM
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Even banning parties in general wouldn't have stopped this...because it wasn't a party...
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cuttin_in_farm
09/09/20 5:16:12 PM
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Tenlaar posted...
By the way, it turns out that this wasn't even a reveal party at all. It was just a family trying to make a little video to send out that reveals it.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/california-fire-reveal-babys-gender/507-1e88b58d-51fb-4938-b2d7-7b6f4b8670c1


Now, the woman credited with popularizing the gender reveal party is calling for these events to end.

"Stop having these stupid parties," blogger Jenna Karvunidis wrote on Facebook. "For the love of God, stop burning things down to tell everyone about your kid's penis. No one cares but you."


I just found TC.

In all seriousness, I agree.

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AsucaHayashi
09/09/20 5:32:14 PM
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are gender reveal parties like the most american thing ever?

here it's literally "do you know what gender it is? oh it's a girl/boy... congratz!"

i cannot believe how the incredibles called it a long, long time ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHQsK4IKDU

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Arrow2theknees
09/09/20 5:35:23 PM
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Why do these cause so much more fires than normal parties?

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KamenRiderBlade
09/09/20 5:36:37 PM
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Society didn't need "Gender Reveal parties" before the inception of it's concept.

We can really stand to benefit by banning the concept.

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RIPVyseCity
09/09/20 5:38:42 PM
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They are stupid. Just have the reveal at the baby shower if you MUST have a party during a pandemic. Wife and I went without knowing the gender of our only child and it was awesome. People couldn't believe we were doing that. For baby shower we only asked for diapers so every gift was used.
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