Mee@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNumber of Americans who never want kids doubled in 20 yearswww.futurity.orgexternal-linkmessage-square220fedilinkarrow-up1848arrow-down17
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minus-squarena_th_an@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·1 day agoThere’s also the moral question of “do I want to add a living person to the world I wish I didn’t exist in?”
minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoEven if money weren’t an issue for me, I’d be worried my pessimistic outlook on life would crush my potential child’s spirit.
minus-square𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·9 hours agoIf you are person number 2 and thus having good time you probably would want to share the good time
minus-squareHipHoboHarold@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoIf I am seen as person number 2 and not just a human being that exists and has autonomy and feelings Then I am probably not having a good time
minus-squareHipHoboHarold@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoSo is calling someone person number 2.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 hours agoThat’s why I think if I’m gonna have a kid some day it will be via adoption.
There’s also the moral question of “do I want to add a living person to the world I wish I didn’t exist in?”
Even if money weren’t an issue for me, I’d be worried my pessimistic outlook on life would crush my potential child’s spirit.
If you are person number 2 and thus having good time you probably would want to share the good time
If I am seen as person number 2 and not just a human being that exists and has autonomy and feelings
Then I am probably not having a good time
Bizarre comment
So is calling someone person number 2.
That’s why I think if I’m gonna have a kid some day it will be via adoption.