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"If the lights and the T.V. are out, it kind of sets the table for romance . . . But, if you're running for your life, you can't make babies." - https://www.car
by dxbydt 4y ago
"If the lights and the T.V. are out, it kind of sets the table for romance . . . But, if you're running for your life, you can't make babies." - https://www.cargenerator.com/blogs/news/is-the-blackout-baby-boom-fact-or-fiction https://www.cargenerator.com/blogs/news/is-the-blackout-baby...
Baby booms have previously been positively correlated with blackouts, snowstorms, hurricanes and power outages. Now, remote work is a covariate as well. We're heading into a prolonged 2023 recession, coupled with job cuts, energy shortage, remote work as cost-cutting recipe and climate-related catastrophes inducing major downtime => huge baby boom in 2024.
- nervousvarun 4y agoAgree with that but have a question...you'd think logically with children being a major expense that economic downturns != more babies. Is that not the case?
- jboggan 4y agoMaking babies is one of the least logic-driven decisions you will make in your life.
- chasd00 4y ago> Making babies is one of the least logic-driven decisions you will make in your life. or at least the process of making babies :)
- rmk 4y agoThat is true. It is pointed out prominently in the article that this is a rare instance of a baby boom in an economic downturn.
- rs999gti 4y ago> huge baby boom in 2024 Good. The US needs the new tax base.
- uoaei 4y agoNothing gets me in the mood like the words "human capital stock"