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I really hope this does not come across the wrong way, but here goes. > "I wish I was not born. But it's not that I'm unhappy in my life. My life is good, but

I really hope this does not come across the wrong way, but here goes. > "I wish I was not born. But it's not that I'm unhappy in my life. My life is good, but I'd rather not be here. You know it's like there's a nice room, but I don't want to be in that room" So leave. Camus famously said "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy" Every teenager goes through an angsty "I didn't ask to be born!" phase. Part of become a thinking adult involves fully accepting that you are here, that can leave at any time, but looking inside yourself to fully understand why you don't want to. Camus called this "absurdism" but a lot of people have written about it. > So as we didn't ask to be born, we should be paid for the rest of our lives to live None of us asked to be born. You owe the rest of us just as much as we owe you. How much that is exactly, is left as an exercise for the reader.

monopoledance 5y ago
> So leave. Yeah, that's the point. Once we're here, we generally don't want to die either. In fact, we have to endure the terror of knowing that we have to die at some point. That does mean it's a dick move to create a new existence. > None of us asked to be born. So? You do not justify why his parents don't owe him support for their desire to have a family. "Your suffering is tradition, child. Now, help your old man to the potty." For me the really hairy discussion would be about what's to be said about unwanted pregnancies. But for the narcissistic self-fulfillment fantasy in a modern family, the answer is pretty clear in my opinion.
svalorzen 5y ago
> So leave. This is like being unwillingly thrust on the top antenna of a skyscraper, barely hanging on, and you saying "Don't like it here? Then jump."

monopoledance 5y ago

> So leave. Yeah, that's the point. Once we're here, we generally don't want to die either. In fact, we have to endure the terror of knowing that we have to die at some point. That does mean it's a dick move to create a new existence. > None of us asked to be born. So? You do not justify why his parents don't owe him support for their desire to have a family. "Your suffering is tradition, child. Now, help your old man to the potty." For me the really hairy discussion would be about what's to be said about unwanted pregnancies. But for the narcissistic self-fulfillment fantasy in a modern family, the answer is pretty clear in my opinion.

svalorzen 5y ago

> So leave. This is like being unwillingly thrust on the top antenna of a skyscraper, barely hanging on, and you saying "Don't like it here? Then jump."