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Gender Reveal Parties?

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  • #62
    stoneill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭stoneill


    Sounds like something knackers do.


  • #63
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Baby shower? Sure we mens were at it for years, wetting the babies head and all that.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #64
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,720 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Some american lark. Heard of a couple over here but hopefully not catching on

    It'll come here soon enough, given that we ape whatever the Yanks do anyway.


  • #65
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,282 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    It’s parents to be thinking they are amazing because they managed to do what only billions before them have managed.


  • #66
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 23,651 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    Lindsey Loose Kid wrote: »
    Baby showers/gender reveal parties what a load of rubbish. Why do we need to adopt what seems to be mainly American customs?

    In my experience its people who think the world revolves around them that buy into this crap.


    Boring answer but it’s simply how societies evolve - some customs die out, new customs are adopted, and someone, somewhere makes money from the idea -

    https://genderrevealcelebrations.com :D

    My experience is the opposite though - it’s generally people who think the world revolves around them, that think everyone else’s ideas which they don’t buy into, are crap, or aren’t worthy of celebration, or like the Munroe yoke in the article in the opening post are somehow ‘damaging’ to someone, somewhere, for... ‘reasons’ :rolleyes:

    Quite honestly, if I was invited to one I’d go, purely for the simple reason that it looks a bit of fun. I wouldn’t bother hosting one myself as I’m not really into the idea, and there’s likely a whole boatload of shared values among the parents and their guests and people whom they do invite, which is probably why I never hear of anyone having one - I don’t move in those circles, but I’d imagine they’ll be as popular in Ireland as Communions, Confirmations and birthday parties in the next few years. Already I have been invited to occasions where the parents are hosting an alternative party when Communions are happening and their children aren’t participating in Communion.


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  • #67
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Can you imagine the self important narcissistic tosser that would do this ?

    F*ck ME!!

    So do they present the baby and pull it's nappy down ? f*cking sick if that's the case..


  • #68
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Can you imagine the self important narcissistic tosser that would do this ?

    F*ck ME!!

    So do they present the baby and pull it's nappy down ? f*cking sick if that's the case..

    Lol..... no they reveal the gender (while still pregnant) to all their lucky family and friends.

    They find out at the ultrasound and then let everyone else know and throw a pink/blue party..... SURPRISE


  • #69
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Lindsey Loose Kid wrote: »
    Lol..... no they reveal the gender (while still pregnant) to all their lucky family and friends.

    They find out at the ultrasound and then let everyone else know and throw a pink/blue party..... SURPRISE
    In the "old" days , i.e. before 2016, they'd just call people and chat about it. Really can't fathom the attraction of something like this, apart from shoving it on your Insta' feed.


  • #70
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    TuringBot47 wrote: »
    In fairness most parents hope their child turns out heterosexual, more chance of a conventional life like they had, more chance of grandkids etc.
    So you can't blame them.

    I'll just be happy if he's not a vegetarian. But by the way things are going, it looks like he's waging war on the pastafarians.


  • #71
    Sittingpretty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,872 ✭✭✭Sittingpretty


    is_that_so wrote: »
    In the "old" days , i.e. before 2016, they'd just call people and chat about it. Really can't fathom the attraction of something like this, apart from shoving it on your Insta' feed.

    It’s just an exercise in vapid consumerism for likes on FB /Instagram.

    Not my cup of tea at all but horses for courses I suppose.


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  • #72
    DaeryssaOne
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭DaeryssaOne


    Someone I know had one of these parties and it consisted of 10-12 family members holding up their phones to record the couple popping a balloon and everyone cheering and hugging after the confetti was blue. Like who honestly gives a shiny sh**e what gender baby the couple are having? Honestly? Perhaps the grandparents and maybe some aunts/uncles slightly care but nobody else gives a toss.

    This was all done just for everybody to upload the video to facebook and make it look like they had a wonderful party but the reality is it just looked self-centred, narcissistic and pathetic.


  • #73
    gibgodsman
    Registered Users Posts: 563 ✭✭✭gibgodsman


    I don't agree with gender reveal parties, but the quote in the OP is laughable, if the kid has balls its a boy, if its got a wizards sleeve its a girl, simple as that, if they want to be known as an Apache helicopter when he/she gets older, so be it, they can be weird


  • #74
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    I was at a name reveal party a few months ago.

    The same girl expected gifts at her gender reveal, and then text everyone the next day looking for receipts to returns the items in neutral colours (as guests obviously didn't know the gender prior to the big reveal, everyone just bought white stuff) so that she could swap them for pink/girly colours :pac:


  • #75
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    Dante7 wrote: »
    Gender reveal parties are a load of bollox, but Pinknews are even worse. They were originally a gay publication but have been completely taken over by the trans cult. Beardy woke bros.
    That kinda... came out of nowhere!


  • #76
    SirChenjin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭SirChenjin


    This was something I learned on the Facebook thread about gender reveal parties :D

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=110997733&postcount=9279


  • #77
    nkl12xtw5goz70
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    "And ultimately, all it is, is revealing your child’s genitals."

    In that case, every pedophile in the land will be flocking to these "parties."


  • #78
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    DaeryssaOne wrote: »
    Someone I know had one of these parties and it consisted of 10-12 family members holding up their phones to record the couple popping a balloon and everyone cheering and hugging after the confetti was blue. Like who honestly gives a shiny sh**e what gender baby the couple are having? Honestly? Perhaps the grandparents and maybe some aunts/uncles slightly care but nobody else gives a toss.

    This was all done just for everybody to upload the video to facebook and make it look like they had a wonderful party but the reality is it just looked self-centred, narcissistic and pathetic.

    And this is what it's all about , social media attention seeking.
    It's frightening, look at all the new Instagrammer style tourism, ****ing twats ruining nice locations taking selfies ... constantly.


  • #79
    evil_seed
    Registered Users Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭evil_seed


    File under "Do-it-for-the-gram" and move on. It's a step worse than baby showers IMO


  • #80
    topper75
    Registered Users Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    Has social media played a part in creating this narcissism or was it always there hidden and social media merely revealed the extent of it?


  • #81
    Bigbagofcans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭Bigbagofcans


    topper75 wrote: »
    Has social media played a part in creating this narcissism or was it always there hidden and social media merely revealed the extent of it?

    Mainly social media. Some people think if it's not on social media, did it even happen?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5919753/Rise-social-media-baby-shower.html


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  • #82
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    topper75 wrote: »
    Has social media played a part in creating this narcissism or was it always there hidden and social media merely revealed the extent of it?

    Social media usage has been shown to increase narcissism.

    From linked psychological study (and you'll find hundreds more like it online):

    "Overall, those who posted images in quantities that the researchers considered "excessive" showed an average 25 percent increase in narcissistic traits over the study period.

    Interestingly, participants who posted words rather than images did not demonstrate this increase."

    www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/amp/323830


  • #83
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,268 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    Munroe Bergdorf : “If I had it my way then no one would have to come out,” she said. “But we do live in a society where cisgendered people are seen as the default."

    Yes, in the same way we see the sky as blue, the sun as hot and grass as green. It's also handy for procreation that this is the case.

    Whatever about gender reveal parties in themselves the idea they are damaging to transgender or non-binary folk is ludicrous. There is no prevailing damaging attitude that needs to be fixed. I've noticed transgender activists are good at making up issues where none exists.


    I just happened across this last night worth a watch for the cringe. Why a gay person would take to the airwaves to defend the transgender cause is beyond me. Imagine if Martin Luther King was in fact white...you'd have to say...why would you get involved to that level. This is related to a controversy concerning Piers Morgan and a call for him to be sacked for insulting the transgender community.



  • #84
    jiltloop
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭jiltloop


    Lindsey Loose Kid wrote: »
    Not saying that, just I disagree with the statement that "most parents hope for their child to be heterosexual".

    I'd imagine it's not a major priority or concern for 'most' parents.

    Saying that it's not a major priority or concern is not disagreeing with the statement.

    Obviously having a healthy baby is the highest priority, that goes without saying. :confused:


  • #85
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    "Drag is a beautiful art" :D:D:D !! What an utter lunatic


  • #86
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Sounds dodgy off the bat. It’s a wind up I’m not getting trolled by those freaks don’t give these things oxegen. Don’t even expend co2 discussing them because then they are a topic that’s in danger of becoming hot just dismiss; suffocate and shut them down. By god shut them down


  • #87
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,103 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Really don't understand these. Some of the ones I have seen online are truly cringeworthy.


  • #88
    Lux23
    Registered Users Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Another excuse to get presents.


  • #89
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,783 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    DaeryssaOne wrote: »

    This was all done just for everybody to upload the video to facebook and make it look like they had a wonderful party but the reality is it just looked self-centred, narcissistic and pathetic.

    It’s 2019, in Ireland, the year of the ‘ohhhh look at me self centered narcissistic useless fûckwit’.


  • #90
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    when the aliens invade we'll be busy engaged in some grotesque neurotic navel-gazing.


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  • #91
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,155 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    I had a Gender Reveal Party for my 18th, when I became a man....


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