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[–] 19 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Yeah. It's like nobody wants to acknowledge positive side

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

    Maybe that's for the better, no?
    I mean, who needs children that may grow up bitter and with no emotional connection because the parents werent into kids in the first place

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    It's more that we've got a mass media that's poisoned it's young people against any kind of social cohesion.

    Don't get married. Don't have kids. Don't waste time with friends. Don't talk to your parents. Just Hustle. Just Grind. Until you get rich enough to quit your job, retreat into your luxury space, gorge yourself on treats, and die.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Fair points and agreed.

    My mom always responded to "I don't like/want to to that" with "How can you not like it without even having tried it/to?"

    Reflecting on that, it makes sense now.

    But it's not like you can "trial" children before committing to it like a car or a subscription.
    At best it can be tested with a pet like a dog or something else.

    I can enjoy children but only for a limited time and after that I am done with it.

    And I usually hear fresh parents talk about the lack of sleep, amount of increased duties, chores etc. etc. and the good aspects are very few (of which those are mostly not interesting to me).
    A relative has brought a new family addition into the world. The baby is cute and all but I can't bring myself to care about it in the toddler phase.
    Once it hits maybe the age of 6 or 8 when one can do something with it, they become more interesting to me.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago

    Kids are seen as a luxury, reserved for the leisure class, or a trap leveraged by evil spouses to take your money.

    Anti-natalism is just the end philosophy of a society that is fully alienated from itself. Any other people in your life is just parasites sucking happiness from your increasingly scarce free time. Your only goal should be Hustle And Grind, until you have enough money to totally self-isolate.

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