If you’re friends with alleged New York Times bestselling author and sports writer Jeff Pearlman and you’re expecting a child, you probably shouldn’t tell him about it:
Just saw a Tweet from a guy I know, announcing how excited he and his wife are to be having child No. 6. Does there come a point when, in the name of earth's survival and limited resources, we're allowed to say, "Hmm. I dunno, man …"
— Jeff Pearlman (@jeffpearlman) April 16, 2019
He doesn’t know, man.
You just DID say it. https://t.co/MqItRCXb2n
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 16, 2019
Yeah he did. Passive-aggressively, of course.
Have some balls and say it to that guy's face. Double dare ya.
— zoey (@zoeythegreat) April 16, 2019
We’d pay money to see that.
As a mom to 6 kids, I'm gonna say no.
— Lisa (@RollTribe2019_) April 16, 2019
Serious Q, Lisa—why? Earth truly can't sustain this. Not hypothetical, factual.
— Jeff Pearlman (@jeffpearlman) April 16, 2019
What the okay number of kids to have?
— Robi Giacomini (@Rgiacomini) April 16, 2019
I dunno. 2?
— Jeff Pearlman (@jeffpearlman) April 16, 2019
Jeff has spoken, everyone. Are you going to listen?
“Her body, her choice” only runs one way now?
— GregEsq (@GregEsq) April 16, 2019
Oh, so it isn't their bodies, their choice?
— HipsterEvangelical (@HEvangelical) April 16, 2019
Guess abortion is the exception to Jeff’s rule about not controlling women’s bodies.
I'm one of six kids. I don't think my parents would have reacted well to that idiot's question.
— BT (@back_ttys) April 16, 2019
Thanks for being the arbiter of both bad science and how many kids one should have
— Very Stupid Man (@very_stupid_man) April 16, 2019
No, because the Earth doesn’t have an overpopulation problem. Didn’t in Malthus’s time, doesn’t now.
— Ilya Shapiro (@ishapiro) April 16, 2019
Say what you want, but you'll be wrong. You're seeing people only as burdens, not as assets. Worse, you're seeing people simply as a means, not as ends.
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) April 16, 2019
What a depressing lens through which to view the world.
Yes, you're allowed to be an asshole.
— Some guy tweeted something ??♂️ (@jtLOL) April 16, 2019
Overpopulation = waaaaaay too much of you, just the right amount of me. https://t.co/UQJQrlPPIn
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) April 16, 2019
That’s pretty much where Jeff’s at, yeah.
Nope…not your call to make, even in the slightest… congratulate your friend and move on…..
— Bob Gibson (@BGreporting) April 16, 2019
Sage advice. In the meantime:
We should think about not allowing Malthusians to have kids.
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) April 16, 2019
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