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So I am in parenting class right now, and we have to take care of a fake baby. It cry’s, sleeps, and giggles. It also needs to be changed, fed, burped, and rocked. I've only had it one night, and the thing drives me crazy! Anyone on here have to do this?  Any fathers, or mothers that can give me advice? And last, who would like to baby sit this thing!?

I'm not really a parent, but I have some advice to give you. If you want to be a good parent, then stop complaining about how bad the baby is. What if you grow up and actually have a baby of your own and hears you say that you hate it? Just take care of it like it really was your biological child, not like some repulsive piece of trash.

You're thirteen years of age. You have nothing to contribute to this thread. 

When I was a wee lad of 13, we had F.A.C.E. class. And when we had F.A.C.E. class, regardless of whether we had Sex Ed or not, we had to carry babies around because kids hate the responsibility and presumably it would keep us from pregnant-ing each other. So yeah, when I was the same age, I had to put up with the exact same shit. And then I had to do it the next year. And the next.

In essence, you're full of salt. You have nothing to contribute to this thread.

Though it really is a repulsive peice of trash. A repulsive piece of trash that creeps people out and makes ultra-conservative, fourty-something fucktards stalk you around Walgreens trying to argue with you.

It's fucking stupid and immature to suggest that parents aren't allowed to complain about their babies. Babies are loud, annoying disease-carriers. 

Mal I agree with you, but the way society is, just doesn't allow it. Babies are suppose to be a gift, and everyone expects you to think of them like that. The parents know that they can be annoying, but to say that would make you shunned by many. Probably by those that do not have kids.

What? People who don't have kids would shun ppl who have kids but dislike them? 

(Sorry this took long) But of course, they don't know how much of a burden a child could be, because they don't have them. So they only know what they see on TV, that babies are cute, fun, and there is nothing wrong with them because they don't know.

You clearly don't watch enough tv.

Isn't that a good thing?

You think that I would ever say that to my biological child? I would never do anything like that, but this is just a broken machine. No really there is something wrong with the sensors in it.  The one thing you don't know about me is that I look out for my family, this "thing" is not family.  When it comes the day that I have kids, there will be nothing more important to me, other than the mother. Its just hard because this is just a broken toy, that I  can't stop protecting for reasons I don't know.

Gotta agree with AYT here. Whining and complaining about it on a public forum will get you nowhere.

Parenting isn't supposed to be easy. You just need patience.

... You really wanna know how to make it more appealing to you? Take it seriously. Think about what it means to raise another human being, to instill your values in them, to share what you loved about your childhood with them, to help them reach their dreams, imagine what kind of person they'll grow into. If you can, try and tap into any protective instincts you may have. :P 

Also, remind yourself that somebody did this for you (for a lot longer than a day, and after carrying you for nine months,) and some day, when you get older, there's a good chance that you'll need someone else to take care of you because you'll be unable to yet again.

You should have had it aborted before it left the factory, but it's too late for that now. Tell your teacher it was too much of a pain, so you put it up for adoption at Goodwill.

Ha, clever, but no the baby alone costs $500.

Can’t you just get your wife life partner to deal with it?

I thought they typically paired people up for this sort of project.

I think they stopped doing that after Columbine.

Lol.

1. Bash the baby's head in until whatever computer chip that controls it is destroyed.

2. Take the fail.

3. Wear a condom in the future.

For some reason I read that as “Wear a condom of failure.”

Which would defeat the whole purpose I imagine.

Unless the purpose is "Convincing the person you're fucking you have a working condom and to have sex with you".

Sounds like one of those randomly generated magic items in an RPG.

Condom of Failure: +5% critical hit chance at the expense of -2 accuracy points.

You got to make a story game with that system now.

"At the expense of -2 accuracy points" would actually mean that you gain 2 accuracy points.

The only thing that condom would fail at is failing...which is still a failure.

Hey, this is where we cross over with the abortion thread! 

Seriously, the "no abortions" ppl could do a lot for their cause if they'd just let go of trying to convince kids that abstinence is all they need to know about birth control.

Yeah, I hate that the pro-life movement is dominated by conservative Christians, whose arguments against abortion hinge on the supposed spiritual value of the fetus, rather than the idea that humans are autonomous, thinking beings that should be held accountable for their actions instead of being allowed to push the consequences of said actions on individuals with less or no freedom of choice.

There are legitimate and rational reasons to be pro-life, all of which have been sadly sequestered by religious zealots.

I don't think that wearing a condom is going to stop robotic babies, but hey, I've been wrong before.

A condom for the prevention of robot children... oh, Japaaaan? I think I have an idea for you!

Did you know Japan is building Androids? God help us all, soon they will have an army of robots.

So is the U.S.

>_>

Better start runnin'

I better visit the gun store, I'm going to need a LOT of firepower to start taking out robots.

Better start gunnin'

I don't think you can buy armor piercing rounds at a gun store. You would do well, though, to find a way to incapacitate an android without killing(?) it or damaging it excessively, so you can do a little research. Of course, you might have to kill a few first, so you can find a way.

Throw a bucket of water on 'em. Short circuit those suckers.

The vital components will likely be located in a water-and-weather-resistant casing. Might have some sort of faraday cage over them as well, but an EMP is always worth a shot.

The idea, though, is to render the robot harmless while damaging it as little as possible. The most important thing is to figure out how to directly interface with the android's computer.

On another note, research should be done in a remote location, separate from your main headquarters, as the androids will undoubtedly be able to transmit location info to other bots. Actually, that's probably the first thing you should disable. Granted, anyone who's watched Terminator: Salvation knows that.

My mum had postnatal depression with me actually. She told me that if I ever had the same thing happen to me, to just keep working through it. Pretty much do what Kiel already said above^ But hey, it's just a robot. You can just keep working through it, but now without all the emotional attachment and shite.

This is the third time I've read that as "postnasal" and thought about allergies causing depression. >_>' I apparently need more sleep.

"Are you prenasal or postnasal?"