Comments on: Baby Bowl

By: Incredible Weirdo : Maybe

Incredible Weirdo : Maybe — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:55:28 +0000

[...] this makes me sad that this bowl is no longer available, though I doubt Karen would like it around the house anyway. It is a bit [...]

By: ATL-Apostate

ATL-Apostate — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:09:01 +0000

This would be good with some Chunky beef stew inside!

Baby! It’s what’s for dinner.

The other, other white meat.

By: Joe L.

Joe L. — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:27:29 +0000

Hey, i love baby-eating jokes just as much as the next guy (i mean, my favorite joke throughout high school [when i was a Christian]: “how do you get 20 babies into a shoe box? …. A blender. How do you get them out? …. Chips.” That’s comedy gold baby!).

but, yeah…. the whole “atheists are immoral” as an ironic tactic thing can only go so far before people start to look at the site and say “is that how ‘friendly atheists’ really think?”

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:51:57 +0000

I thought baby-eating jokes were funny even when I was a Christian. I’ve only rediscovered them since becoming an atheist and realizing that I’m not going to hell for laughing at them. Atheists aren’t the only ones who find it funny, nor do I think it’s funny only because it perpetuates an atheist stereotype. It’s funny because it’s funny. Everyone has a different sense of humor; this is just one of Hemant’s quirks that he shares on his site.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:50:00 +0000

I do not get the fetus/baby eating *jokes* either. They’re gross…I skip them except on this one I wanted to see what others were saying, or if I missed an inside joke somewhere.

By: Scott F

Scott F — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:41:01 +0000

Yeah, I’m with Joe L. A passing baby reference once in a while might be funny, but that cookie post was just tasteless, and this one is too. This stuff is turning me off from reading your blog, which otherwise has great content.

By: Joe L.

Joe L. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:03:37 +0000

@jedipunk, TheDeadEye –
Yeah, i agree….. this seems to be becoming a trend here. I can think of 3-4 “baby eating” posts in the past couple weeks.

Now, I’m sure we will get jumped all over with “come on, just have a sense of humor guys!!!“, but really, this is not necessary. I already know of one guy who has unsubscribed from this blog because of theses posts. I guess he will essentially take his atheist teddybear and go somewhere else, where they can act like adults and don’t have to revel in how “cool” or ironic it is to perpetuate atheist stereotypes.

By: TheDeadEye

TheDeadEye — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:04:19 +0000

/agree

It doesn’t really gel with the whole “Friendly Atheist” theme:

See, we are nice and friendly with morals, just like you. And we make jokes about eating babies.

By: jedipunk

jedipunk — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:53:22 +0000

That is just disturbing.

By: The Unbrainwashed

The Unbrainwashed — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:57:20 +0000

Is there any other frequenter of this website that finds these “eating baby” jokes to be jejune and stupid?!?!?!?

Thats not a rhetorical question.