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I was up until 3 AM this morning reading absolutely delightful porn, which you'd think would have left me in a good (if tired) mood this morning. I was actually in a pretty good mood until I read the news today, oh boy. See, Mr. David Brooks of The NYT said that if I didn't have babies, I was going to suffer profound, soul-encompassing sadness.

( Lj-cut in which much bile is spewn... )

And not like it matters, since I've just thrown enough bile on the page to be permanently chalked up as a bitter, ball-breaking bitch with absolutely no human feeling, but Mr. Brooks, you didn't even mention the men who would be going childless. Don't they get to have profound, soul-encompassing sadness too? Or is it different for them? Do tell...