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[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago

They're not children you fuck. They're adults and you made them your co conspirators.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

I'm going to disagree with you on that one. Your kids are always your children even if you are 100 and they are 80.

The rest I will agree with.

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

They are “his children” but they are not children, if you can make that distinction. In any event, he’s implying they are young and innocent and not involved, but none of that is true.

[-] ApostleO@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I've seen this come up a couple times.

The problem is the English language doesn't have a word that works as well as "children" when talking about your adult sons and daughters. The technical best might be "offspring", but it has that same weird clinical sound as referring to people as "males" or "females". It'd be like trying to use "humans" as the inclusive replacement for "ladies and gentlemen." (That said, "humans" has a certain comedy value in its use.)

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Humans, you can't live with them, you can't drive over them.

[-] Infinity187@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago

But, they aren't children anymore...

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Go ask your parents if they refer to you and your siblings as "their children".

[-] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

There are options: my kids, my children, my offspring and my DNA...

I'm joking

[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I agree, but there shouldn't be any children you fuck.

Best stick with adults.

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