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How or why people feel so entitled to insist that other people have kids is beyond me (lemmy.world)

submitted 23 hours ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/childfree@lemmy.world

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[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

not having kids = selfish has got to be in the top 5 dumbest arguments i've ever heard, especially considering that kids today and their kids and so on are destined to grow up on a toxic hellscape wasteland planet.

"oh the kids will fix it"

LOL so not having kids = selfish, but having kids so they can fix the problems of the last couple hundred years = generous. got it

and you're confusing "purpose of life" with biological instinct. yes, all living things from bacteria and viruses on up the evolutionary ladder are hardwired to engage in behavior that results in the passing on of their genes. "purpose" is a cognitive construct invented by philosophers who couldn't stand being just animals. there's no formula for it, or even quantifiable evidence that there is such a thing. so my "purpose" is to not have kids

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago

I think it's always seemed like the world was going to hell. It's all relative.
I don't care if you have kids. I don't really care if humans go extinct. I'm happy to be alive so I'm glad my parents wanted to have kids,