This is why you shouldn't throw a gender reveal party

[conuly]

Or if you insist, then instead of blowing things up you should stick with cake.

Comments

[spikethemuffin]

I actually think this would be the ONLY reason to throw a gender reveal party, unless the kid is 17 and you're throwing a corrigendum.

[conuly]

to start a forest fire? Or did you miss the first link?

[spikethemuffin]

I did miss the first link! Oh, dear!

[conuly]

I've edited it to be a bit more obvious :)

[spikethemuffin]

Aw, you needn't have, probably, I'm oblivious.

[chelseagirl]

I find this whole concept so offensive. Let's start trying to impose socially-constructed norms on the child before they're even born, yay?

[conuly]

I KNOW.

[rhoda_rants]

I cannot stop face-palming over this story. Like, every fact is increasingly more ridiculous.

[conuly]

Starting with "gender reveal party". I get that everybody likes cakes and explosions, but can we do it without the obsessive interest in our child's genitals thanks?

[swingandswirl]

Oh goodness.

(and I wish I could say I was surprised by the fellow's place of employment.)

[conuly]

At least he fessed up.

[wolby]

Maybe this is peak gender reveal? Maybe?? Maybe????

[conuly]

I wish.

[melannen]

Given that the first explicitly agender/genderfluid character I ever met in fiction occasionally identified as "a forest fire", that kid may have an awesome future ahead of them...

[conuly]

That would be awesome.

[ada_hoffmann]

I was rather pleased by this take on it: https://www.elle.com/culture/a23545212/what-to-expect-when-your-childs-gender-is-fire/

[conuly]

LOL.

[larryhammer]

I really, really worry about the parents of the 1:2000 intersex kids. And for those kids, saddled with parents who expected sex to be rigidly binary.

I'd heard the fire (which was quite dramatic) was accidental, but not what exactly had started it. Oh boy.

[conuly]

The kids, I worry about. The parents, not so much - they probably think it can all be cured with a little surgery. (Ugh.)

[redsixwing]

Living in a wildfire-prone area, I'm pretty miffed with that selfish git and his foolish party plan.

...having an RP character/very important headfriend who is basically a wildfire deity, I am snickering at "MY GENDER IS FIRE." Yes, it is.

[conuly]

The whole thing is ridiculous.

24K Cluelessness

[jesse_the_k]

...in addition to the wrongness of other-than-first-person gender revelations; and the foolishness of ignoring the fire hazard; that this creep can claim something he'd planned for, made purchases for, and invited people to witness was an accident makes steam come out of my eyes.

Re: 24K Cluelessness

[conuly]

All the stuff he did on purpose wasn't an accident, just the part where he started a forest fire was an accident. A totally preventable accident.

Re: 24K Cluelessness

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Pretty sure in a wildfire prone circumstance, interpretive dance is the way to celebrate new humans yet to arrive. Possibly declaring your preference for rain coat ducks or frogs.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Haha, gender-reveal parties! Used to be, people had to wait till the birth announcement to find out what one had spawned. Ah, Modern Life!

Srsly, what's the point of having an extra party-occasion during pregnancy, when one can't even drink? Obviously it wouldn't work to combine the gender-reveal party and the baby shower, so there's probably no presents. I am not usually a big fan of blowing shit up, but I gotta say, it sounds like the kind of event that would simply cry out for something explosive to liven it up. Maybe they could put pink or blue food coloring in Diet 7-Up and drop Mentos in (https://youtu.be/h_2osOb2SMU) instead: wouldn't that be a charming tradition?

[conuly]

The point is to eat cake. And idk, mom can't drink, but I feel certain that alcohol was involve somewhere in the planning and execution of this explosion idea.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Cake by itself is never sufficient point. It's got to be 'cake AND', and ice cream does not suffice past kindergarten. Cake and presents, cake and games (with prizes,) cake and music (with dancing,), cake and ale, cake and Chardonnay, cake and sex, cake and public humiliation, cake and explosives, cake and armed revolution... it all depends on what kind of party you're throwing. But whatever kind, you can't have just cake. People could stay home and have just cake.

[conuly]

Some people like parties, with or without cake OR ice cream. If you sit at home by yourself, you do get more cake, but you have rather less social interaction. Now, I'm all for that! But many people are not.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm certainly not saying cake is essential to a party. I'm partial to parties that feature grilled meats and strong drink, and it may be that these gender-reveal parties do have some of that, even if the hostess can't drink. I'm just saying it seems a tame sort of party if the Big Thrill is... a cake.

Did you watch that 'Extreme Mentos' video? A sort of surreal low-rent version of the fountains of Dubai (https://youtu.be/HUY4TeAYPOQ) - I especially liked the technique of bottles swinging from ropes.

[conuly]

So it's a tame party. You're gonna turn down cake?

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Not I! I'm gonna bring the music and adult beverages.

[conuly]

Well then. Just so long as you don't start any forest fires.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

I'm vigorously opposed to all forms of fire in forests during the dry season, and to incendiary explosives in general. I'm cool with non-incendiary explosives, like Mentos, except for the fact that you can still shoot yer eye out, so safety glasses must be worn. Nothing wrecks a party like having to take someone to the ER.