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OTOH is you get kids you will be so busy you can't think about these things as often. I tend to think we humans have an agony ratio we tend to maximise, pretty
by jacobush 9y ago
OTOH is you get kids you will be so busy you can't think about these things as often. I tend to think we humans have an agony ratio we tend to maximise, pretty independently of circumstances. :)
With kids you will worry as much, but over different things. And also the old things, when you get time over to mull over those...
- heavenlyblue 9y ago"Idiocracy" has captured this idea well enough. It's funny how smart people tend to forget their upper-middle-class ancestors _probably_ thought absolutely the same way.
- Pigo 9y agoI would never try to tell someone they should have kids, or make someone feel like there is anything wrong with not having them. But going on vacations or having luxury items seems so trivial compared to what I've experienced since my son was born. I don't think I'm capable of putting into words what it feels like when the doctor hands you that baby. But I can say that I don't care as much what kind of vehicle I drive, or what clothes I'm wearing, and it seems silly how much thought I used to put into such things. But I do see enough parents who obviously see their kids as nothing but an anchor to know that it's not for everyone. Some people aren't ready, or incapable, of shifting the focus away from themselves.