Weirdfish
Reddit became unusable when Bacon Reader went offline in the API shutdown.
It is just even more unusable now.
The only valid argument against is the genetic issues if there is a baby. So long as there is no reproducing there is no problem.
One word in a loud clear voice:
Occupied
For me it is first and foremost that I don't want children in my life. I won't have them, and I won't live with or date anyone who has them.
I love my nieces and nephews, and have always enjoyed their company. As a skateboard and snowboard instructor I've always enjoyed seeing kids learn new things and how excited they get.
But in my home, in my personal life, they simply aren't welcome.
The money, freedom, free time, etc, are all bonuses, but they are not the driving factor.
I want a calm, quiet, peaceful home. I want uninterrupted sleep. I do not want to spend any time cleaning up after someone else, or having to make my space child safe.
I also don't want to have to deal with other parents, teachers, or navigating the ever changing social landscape that young people seem so wrapped up in.
In the end, there isn't a single benefit I can see to having a child, and a near endless list of stresses I can just do without.
Finding the childfree reddit years ago was the first time I had found a community which supported this lifestyle, so when I moved to Lemmy joining this was an obvious choice.
Tried it many years ago, and when I still couldn't fall asleep, I had what were basically waking nightmares.
No way I'd ever try it again.
I usually spend it alone on a snowboard trip, and absolutely love it.
For me lately it is the Aurora from Subnautica.
I have been playing through on permadeath / vegetarian mode, with the goal of eventually make a YouTube guide, and the land based stuff is just such a jarring break from the usually game play.
On any new play through, I just know I'm going to have to stop what I'm doing, and spend 10 to 15 min doing a run through the ship.
The Librarian from the Lexx will be missed :(
The series talks about three different types of "gravity", being down the well, which is being on a planet and experiencing mass attracting mass, spin gravity, which is created using the Coriolis effect of being stuck to the inside surface of a spinning project, and thrust gravity, being under acceleration of a ship.
For all practice purposes, thrust and well gravity are identical, aside from hearing the engines, you would not be able to tell the difference between 1g on earth and a ship under 1g of acceleration in a straight line. The whole point of the Epstein drive in the show is "We have such a powerful engine we can just keep accelerating", get places very fast, and live with a defined up and down.
Spin gravity is distinctly different as the rotation is detectable, and depending on the radius of the ship / station / rock, can cause a dizzying effect. Belters like to distinguish themselves because the are generally immune to effects of spin gravity.
All of these effects are quite real, and in my opinion the series does a great job of being scientifically accurate.
You know, this sounds like a fun daily thing to automate
My cat likes me, and she's an amazing judge of character.