[Praise jesus: Second-to-last DCod post ever!!]
Release notes:
Elapsed time, one week: I'm extremely fucking bored with my career as a Park Slope legislator, and I'm ready to bail and bail hard. However, I have sworn to carry out my duties to ratify this constitution, and goddamnit I shall do so; Let's get this shit done quick though, cause I can assure you that I'm going to blow my brains out like
Budd Dwyer soon. I know I'm not the only one - thanks for your emails, douches. Don't worry, this is the second-to-last-DCod post
ever.Here's my plan:
a) I've heard from about 250 people via comments and email, including discussions with high-ranking officials from both factions. I now agree with the vast majority of these people that there exists an actual potential for a shared document of this kind to have some effect on our troubled neighborhood and our quality of life. Additionally, I agree that as far as actual legislative artifacts are concerned, ENOUGH would-be participants tend to be turned off by the words shit fuck cock pussy cunt and
nigger. Fair enough. The goal of taking this document to the next level is to actually create something that both sides can adhere to in order to make all our lives a little better. Again; need to do it swiftly, as my suicide is impending.
b) As a humorous piece of writing that I'd like to remember as-is, the original
Declaration will stand unmodified.
c) I'm creating a new document that is essentially a clean version - it contains the sum total of the amendments collected from you fantastic people and some from a few of you Travis Bickle sociopaths as well. (Forget differing opinions - the energy behind some of your writing reveals a few of you as being so poisonous, you should consider character work for the Taliban's
Fall Catalog.)d) Take this week to make sure your feedback will be represented in the new document - wherever we had conflicting amendments, I tried to find a balanced solution. Let me know how I fucked up and don't understand anything and am a breeder and support the breeders.
e) I've registered TheDeclarationOfCoDependedence.com. After this week, I'll put the final document there. Also, it will be a shit fuck cock pussy cunt and nigger free zone - except that for posterity, it will contain a link to the
original DCod. Hence, victims will be able to walk by offenders and say "Man, check out the declaration of co dependence dot com" without having to use the word nigger. That can be a doozy; you never get a second chance to make a
first impression.f) I'll also create a nice looking PDF and make it available at that site. So, the ten-or-so people that have contacted me about distributing print versions - knock yourselves out! Again, the print versions won't contain cusses. I can't justify delivering material containing the n-word to random houses. It's just too much like a burning cross; Some poor black family gets a pamphlet with a big blackface and the word nigger on it, and they're liable to move back to Atlanta.
g) No I can't contribute to the cost of printing! Can't believe TWO people asked me that - What are you,
Hare Kirshna??! Kiss my fucking ass, yeah bn gets 1000s of daily visitors, but one-point-two-five of them click the google ads and I make 43 cents a day! Can't even support an Ethiopian child; I lose money like every other blogger besides dooche. Suck my balls. If you click an ad, I'm happy to take all of that money and give it to you for printouts.
Okay, here are the raw rules as they'll be integrated into the final document:
0: Generic term "Kid," unless otherwise noted, means person of age 7 or younger.
0.a: Generic term "Parent" means person with a kid.
0.b: Generic term "Non-Parent" means person without a kid.
1: Sidewalk Behavior
1.a Parents with strollers shall not occupy more than 66% of the width of a given sidewalk's walking area, except for periods of less than ten seconds when passing jutting storefront artifacts such as elongated entranceways, outdoor eating areas, or subway stations.
1.a.1 In cases where Article I.a.1. is violated, Non-Parents are requested to keep a sense of propriety and a sense of humor regarding the violation.
1.b - Children who ride scooters, skates, bicycles, skateboards, or rollerblades on sidewalks, must be carefully monitored by their parents. It is unacceptable for parents to allow their children to create unsafe sidewalk conditions by violating common sense in this situation.
1.b.1: Age Matrix:
PPW - anyone can ride anytime
8th ave - kids 12 or under can ride
7th ave - kids 6 or under can ride
6th ave - kids 12 or under can ride
5th ave - kids 6 or under can ride
4th ave - anyone can ride anytime, subject to change once next wave of gentrification creates anger sufficient to revise.
1.b.2 - In the case of a violation of Article 1.2, parents are hereby forbidden to make the "isn't he cute face" at the victim of the violation.
1.b.3 - In benign cases of sidewalk riding, e.g. a 5-year-old girl merely riding a pink-princess scooter down a side street, Non-parents can't be rude.
1.c - Residents, with strollers are not, are not allowed to congregate on corners near crosswalks. If you see someone you know and want to invoke the stopNchat ritual, you're required to move off the crosswalk and deeper onto the sidewalk.
1.d - Parents must ask permission before kids go to pet dogs.
2: Restaurant Behavior
2.a: In general, Parents must assume no one thinks your kid is cute but you.
2.b: Isn't-he-cute face in restaurants is prohibited unless Non-Parent initiates.
2.c: Parents must make sure kids say please and thank you but DON'T waste the waiter's time by using it as a training session while the waiter just stands there. (i.e. Respect the waiter's time)
2.d: Waiters must realize that parents and kids want to eat and get out fast.
2.e: AFTER 60 seconds of screaming, parents must take screaming kid out of restaurant.
2.f: Kids are allowed in any restaurant until 7pm
2.g: For any restaurant where the majority of entrees are MORE than $15, kids are not allowed past 7pm.
2.h: For any restaurant where the majority of entrees are LESS than $15, kids are not allowed past 8:30pm
2.i Breastfeeding is allowed everywhere, all the time.
2.i.1 Individuals with superhuman powers such as aquaman and other members of justiceleague who can SMELL breasmilk from the next table and find it more objectionable than the smell of all the regular milk and the breath of the old bastard in the corner, are entitled to ask to not be seated next to a breastfeeding mother.
2.j: No kids in bars after 6pm (Except for Johnny Mack's which is hereby the designated spot for children of productive alcoholics)
3: Bookstores:
3.a: Kids allowed in Community Bookstore Children's section, and Barnes & Noble.
3.a.1: No complaining or muttering about kids allowed in these (3.a) bookstores.
4: Movie Theaters:
4.a: No kids allowed in movie theaters for shows that start at 8pm or later.
4.b: Puerto Rican dna testing directive will be removed. God DAMNIT this isn't even fucking fun.
4.c: No kids allowed in movies with ratings of PG-13, R, NC-17, or XXX
4.d: Non-parents at kid movies can't get pissed if kids talk and act like kids.
5: Supermarket Behavior
5.a: Fathers are in charge of enforcing: no carts in aisles
5.a.1: if Father can't enforce 5.a, they are required to perform visible eyeroll, but not just about his wife. It's got to be more of a sorry, WE-suck-a-nut look.
6: Subway Behavior
6.a: Everyone required to give up seats for pregnant women all the time.
6.b: No bikes, unfolded-strollers on subway except in case of emergency; humility and I-suck looks required.
6.b.1: Bikes and strollers must be in middle of subway cars, far from doors.
6.b.2: No one permitted to be a dick to individuals complying with 6.b. Try to give them your seat for the benefit of the greater good.
6.c: Try to help moms with strollers up stairs, but don't be lofty about it or act like you're jesus.
6.c.1: Stair-training on Subway stairs is prohibited.
6.d: No one, including Dominicans, should have more than 3 kids, and certainly not on the subway. Can't...resist...racial...humor. Will delete.
General rule 1: If kid does something fucked up, parent has to apologize, not just get kid to say meaningless sorry while they're on their cellphone.
General rule 2: Non-parents should feel encouraged to give a little constructive criticism to kids - it's good for 'em. Parents shouldn't freak out if non-parents do this in a non-psychotic manner.
Welcomed Example: "Careful! That was my foot and you should say sorry."
Unwelcomed Example: "Careful! That was my foot you little inbred crotchfruit minicunt."
Nanny note: There's no point in making rules for nannys cause they don't give a fuck, and have nothing to gain by making the neighborhood more peaceful. If you see a nanny being a fucking bitch,
go report them.Ok, whad I miss?