It's more a play on the other comment in this thread about dogs. I do, personally, prefer dogs to kids, however I wanted to only s/dog/kid/g for the purpose of the joke.

EDIT: I meant to reply to the parent of this comment

Hmmm, apparently being infuriatingly stupid and useless is human potential in its purest form.

Like yeah, you don’t like kids so I guess either we end as a species or all the kids grow up in the mines or something so you don’t have to see any

Sold!

You were a kid once and everyone else put up with your shit

We didn't ask to be born. Certain people are also better off as parents than others. @BrickEater@lemmy.world never said anything about seeing them specifically "in public" or not. I doubt their comment was, like, a command to all of society in the way you're perceiving it; they're ultimately just saying that they've had enough of the pains that kids and dogs can bring, which I see nothing wrong with.

On the horizon, a misanthrope!

I do just always find it odd when people talk about kids as though they never were one, like they are a different thing than a very young person. Can so easily understand not wanting to parent (though it was easily the best work I've ever done, I did enjoy parenting), it does take a lot of attention and is a long haul. I guess my mom's example made me feel like it didn't need to take your whole life though, she traveled alone and worked, kept us fed and schooled and while we weren't close, I am not harmed by her lasseiz-faire approach to parenting.