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It gets so much worse after that, though. I have no idea why people have children or some people are so incredibly stoked/obsessed with it.
Good.
Lead by example.
They’re working on it - albeit slowly.
As the great French poet/song writer Georges Brassens once wrote "mourir pour des idées, d'accord, mais de mort lente!"
"Dying for an idea is great, but only if it's a slow death"
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I already do – The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement is a thing. It boils down to:
There is a bit of irony that those most willing to make said ultimate evolutionary sacrifice for the betterment of the world are potentially the least to be likely responsible for the problems in the first place. Leaving more room for those who are.
Yada yada idiocracy was a documentary.
Most based reply to a "kill yourself" comment on the internet i have ever seen
“Just do it! Make your dreams come true!”
Nah nah nah.
You can't argue others shouldn't live, but you should live the fullest before you die.
Shame..
So… nobody would be around to lament that, so why would it matter?
Kids are way cooler than most adults I know. At least those past the age of screaming to be fed. They're willing to listen and learn. They're excited about everything. You can fix a kid's bad mood by making a funny face. Fucking adults are the ones out there screwing everything up (including kids.)
That's true, some kids are very cool to hang out with. They're just people, after all, and everyone is different. Children of course are very much a reflection of their environment, with a few exceptions.
I guess what I object to is people who think the only reason they exist is to reproduce, and that somehow it's extremely virtuous, like they're doing the world a favor. What's the point of living only to have children? That's what a virus or something does. There needs to be something more interesting about a person, more going on than 'I reproduced'.
@Underwaterbob @Zeppo it also applies to kids-at-heart, where we can be easily distracted.
Stick me in a room with Wolfblood (a supernatural CBBC drama show) on and i'll be watching it until the end, roughly 28 hours later.
I'm similar with a good book. Though I've definitely never quite gone 28 hours. At least not for a couple of decades now.
I've come to the realization that some people really really do enjoy having children and actively want them. I am not one of them. You probably aren't either or you'd understand it. I don't understand it either, so I assume it's for a niche that isn't me. Or rather, less assume, more have seen. I know these people exist as I've seen them, but I do not understand them. But I figure that's ok.
Unfortunately, most people don't take this sort of view and assume everyone is like them, leading to stupid absolutist nonsense that they can't seem to see past.
The little bastards brainwash you.
a little bit of Stockholm syndrome and some trauma bonding.
Let me guess, you don't have kids. Trust me it goes both ways. I'm reading your comment and I also have no idea why anyone would hold such stance
Yes, how'd you guess? And yes, that is on purpose. I'm also quite aware that people who are parents think it's odd or unusual to not want to do that. I'm not saying I think children are 'bad' or parents regret their choices (although realistically, some do) ... just that personally I don't get it, same as I don't understand why some people would want to have 5 dogs. I'm over 40 and have known plenty of people who are parents and mostly, they seem to like it. I've had several girlfriends who wanted to have children and I was basically uh, no, you should do that with someone else. But also my life is pretty fucked up. Maybe if I had better health and had chosen a more stable career I'd feel differently.