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I just figured I'd weigh in as a childless single man and say I'd rather not work outside my home either.
by hotpotamus 3y ago
I just figured I'd weigh in as a childless single man and say I'd rather not work outside my home either.
- rayiner 3y agoYeah but you’re not serving an indispensable social purpose by staying at home and attending to your hobbies.
- hotpotamus 3y agoEh, the way society is headed, I think we're better off with less children to feed to the collective grinder.
- rayiner 3y agoHow silly. My dad grew up in a village in Bangladesh. He remembers a happy childhood. Do you think it’s going to get worse than that in developed countries?
- selimthegrim 3y agoIt’s a cold day in hell when rayiner and I agree on something but I think he’s got this one pat.
- dragonwriter 3y agoI think that there is extensive evidence that happiness is not dependent on absolute condition alone, and often more signidicantly driven by condition relative to both past experience and contemporary context, so that your question is...largely irrelevant to experienced misery.
- dgfitz 3y ago> more signidicantly driven by condition relative to both past experience and contemporary context Well, if this is true, your point is moot. Children don't have past experience to compare to, they're children. Ask a 4 year old what 'contemporary context' is and you'll get a blank stare. Kind of feels like you're arguing for the sake of arguing.
- KMag 3y agoIt's going to be a rough retirement for you if population drops too quickly. Other people's children are going to need to provide labor to support your retirement. Even if you and all of your friends intend to die at your desks, there are plenty of vital services that require a lot of labor that isn't well-suited to older workers. Low fertility rates are a real problem across the developed world.