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Your comments are not being downvoted because they are false - there is some truth in what you say. They're being downvoted because: (1) your comment is a bla
by game_the0ry 6y ago
Your comments are not being downvoted because they are false - there is some truth in what you say.
They're being downvoted because:
(1) your comment is a blanket assumption on an entire group of people, and
(2) you claim a position of (likely unearned) moral superiority that (you assume) allows you to make such judgements on others.
Thus, you come off as "un-cool." Be cool, my friend. Don't judge strangers for the important life choices they make. You don't know enough about others' lives to make justifiable judgements on the important life choices they make.
- aantix 6y ago>thousands of generations that have gone before you (a) This is true. You would not be here if prior generations didn't sacrifice to have children. >Fed you, clothed you, shared all of their resources even when they didn’t feel like it, even when it wasn’t to their advantage (b) This is true. You would not exist if someone did not take care of you. (c) The OP stated in this public forum, "We're just taking our time trying to do the right thing for us really... I just wish people would stop calling us selfish for that" Which meets the definition of "selfish".
- folkhack 6y agoSince when is the concern for a child (born or not) with strong aspirations for financial/emotional self-care and responsibility "selfish"? I am not comfortable having a child, therefore I am not having a child. I am not going to impose an unwanted child on this world as I know what it feels like to be one...
- game_the0ry 6y agoAgreed, no point in making babies if you know the standard of living for your family will be worse. Is that selfish? Don't know, don't care. I don't need to justify my choices to internet strangers.
- aantix 6y agoNot sure why you care to participate in this public discussion then.