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My favorite part about people who use that as justification for not having kids is that they will not have kids. Let them exit the gene pool and the rational pe

My favorite part about people who use that as justification for not having kids is that they will not have kids. Let them exit the gene pool and the rational people can continue to have children.

paulryanrogers 5y ago
It's entirely rational to think twice about the circumstances before having kids, or more kids. For one thing, micro-plastics weren't in the brains and bloodstream of past populations. That said, doubtful anyone hesitant to have kids is under the delusion everything was always better in the past. I certainly wasn't when the time came to make those decisions.
- seibelj 5y ago
  It means “I would prefer the human race dies off rather than reproduce”. Sure, you can make decisions for your own health and personal reasons. But if you truly decide not to have children because of “global warming” as if the planet gives a fuck (it’s only an issue for humans - the planet will live on for billions of years) then you are saying humans as a species are a cancer that must die off. And I find that totally absurd and illogical.
  - paulryanrogers 5y ago
    > It means “I would prefer the human race dies off rather than reproduce”. Who is saying this?! Regardless, there are 8 billion humans from a population pool that may have at times dropped to as few as a few hundred. So risk of human extinction is far less than the (very real) risk of making lives of future generations much shittier.
    - seibelj 5y ago
      That is the whole point of this thread - people who choose not to reproduce because of global warming, Trump, or [insert some society problem] is saying “I’d rather humanity die off than try and let future generations solve the problems I see”. It’s ludicrous.
imtringued 5y ago
You got that backwards. Not having kids requires a lot of rational thinking. Having kids merely requires drunk sex without anyone being aware of the consequences.

My favorite part about people who use that as justification for not having kids is that they will not have kids. Let them exit the gene pool and the rational people can continue to have children.

paulryanrogers 5y ago

It's entirely rational to think twice about the circumstances before having kids, or more kids. For one thing, micro-plastics weren't in the brains and bloodstream of past populations. That said, doubtful anyone hesitant to have kids is under the delusion everything was always better in the past. I certainly wasn't when the time came to make those decisions.

seibelj 5y ago
It means “I would prefer the human race dies off rather than reproduce”. Sure, you can make decisions for your own health and personal reasons. But if you truly decide not to have children because of “global warming” as if the planet gives a fuck (it’s only an issue for humans - the planet will live on for billions of years) then you are saying humans as a species are a cancer that must die off. And I find that totally absurd and illogical.
- paulryanrogers 5y ago
  > It means “I would prefer the human race dies off rather than reproduce”. Who is saying this?! Regardless, there are 8 billion humans from a population pool that may have at times dropped to as few as a few hundred. So risk of human extinction is far less than the (very real) risk of making lives of future generations much shittier.
  - seibelj 5y ago
    That is the whole point of this thread - people who choose not to reproduce because of global warming, Trump, or [insert some society problem] is saying “I’d rather humanity die off than try and let future generations solve the problems I see”. It’s ludicrous.

imtringued 5y ago

You got that backwards. Not having kids requires a lot of rational thinking. Having kids merely requires drunk sex without anyone being aware of the consequences.