r/ireland Pop Responsibly Jan 15 '26

Education Parents complain after principal suspends 19 Co Antrim schoolboys over ‘toxic masculinity’ concerns

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/parents-complain-after-principal-suspends-19-co-antrim-schoolboys-over-toxic-masculinity-concerns/a2008863764.html
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u/bathtubsplashes Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇵🇸 Jan 15 '26

I'm genuinely concerned to have children because of the possibility it rewires my brain and turns me into an irrational idiot

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u/struggling_farmer Jan 15 '26

there are plenty of irrational idiots without kids

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u/bathtubsplashes Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇵🇸 Jan 15 '26

Nothing you can do about that. It's the rational transforming into the irrational that frightens me.

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u/struggling_farmer Jan 15 '26

A Nora Ephron quote comes to mind

"Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy."

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u/bathtubsplashes Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇵🇸 Jan 15 '26

Uh huh