Don't have kids.
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
ive had dogs and a kid. kids are better. and i used to love my dogs but i dont give a FUCK about them now.
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 03:27 (five years ago) link
whether you have kids or don't have kids. my advice is to find ways to maximize your outlets for giving and receiving unselfish love. you'll still suffer, like all of us must, but at least your suffering will have meaning.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 03:31 (five years ago) link
Don't have kids myself, only have a godchild, and I've never experienced such love
I worry though about the future world she is going to experience
― Dan S, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
Seems kinda selfish to have a kid just so your suffering will have meaning
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link
um, that's not what I recommended, silby. read it again.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
I'm in a mood don't worry about me
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
love is real but i think people make a tragic mistake when they believe it can be selfless. not having children now seems like a very loving thing to do. not just 'not having children' but the way of life that it implicates.
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
men: get a vasectomy
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 04:11 (five years ago) link
get a vasectomy
done and dusted. back in 1993.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
in genuine admiration
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 04:20 (five years ago) link
can we get separate vasectomies or do we all need to share aimless' vasectomy?
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 04:20 (five years ago) link
I heard South Dakota is considering legislation to make all men getting vasectomies watch films about fetal development, talking about their perfect little fingers and toes at sixteen weeks. nope. just kidding. Old white men don't give a shit if men get snipped. They only want to dictate what women do with their bodies.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 04:34 (five years ago) link
'the world is terrible don't have children that could work to make it better' is a level of defeatism i can't get with rn
― canary christ (stevie), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
like, pieces of shit aren't stopping having children, cf dtjr
yeah but the kids im not having wint have to fuckin deal with them
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
imo the argument about defeatism can be turned on head
"oh welp hasnt worked out, replicate quick!"
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
thats not a serious argument but then there are no serious arguments
I heard South Dakota is considering legislation to make all men getting vasectomies watch films about fetal development, talking about their perfect little fingers and toes at sixteen weeks.
acc to the Torah vasectomies is much more forbidden than abortion tmyk there's a specific verse in the OT (Deuteronomy 23:1) about the former and nothing about the latter
― Mordy, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
I don't have kids and will most likely never procreate but it seems like adoption could be a noble undertaking if I ever become a fully-fledged adult.
Also I would never render a moral judgment against others for having kids. I just worry about those others and their kids and say the secular version of prayers for their continued well-being.
― Werther Down the Spiral (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
I'm fine with people disliking kids and fine with people taking pains to avoid the horrors of reproduction but kindly fuck off telling other people what to do
one slippery slope away from forced sterilization of undesirables
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
I'd vote for logan's run over children of men
― ogmor, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
World full of nothing but adults is the true hell.
― Werther Down the Spiral (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
I like to keep my misanthropy self-focused nowadays.
― Leon Carrotsky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
it would seem so
― canary christ (stevie), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
There's almost a noble big picture streak in antinatalism but she it's invoked I think it's usually in v bad faith.
― Leon Carrotsky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
98% of ilx is tellin ppl what to do
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
Tru
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
nb i do actually think kids are great
not worth the hassle, personally speaking is all
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah I mean kids are fine people; I just think it’d be sensible if we wrapped up the project, for assorted reasons.
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
yeah
parents
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
i love my kids. i also get extremely envious of people without kids.
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
Deciding not to have kids has probably been the best decision I took in the last ten years. It's a decision that gives me joy and peace of mind on a daily basis.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
― calstars, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
I’ll never have any childrenI would bear them and confuse them, my childrenAnd I’m not at all afraid of changingBut I don’t know what good it would do meI am no longer afraidThe truth doesn’t terrify us, terrify usMy salvation is found in discipline, in discipline
0w3n P4ll3tt head-shakingly-i'm-not-worthy otm
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
life is more fun when you don't have kids and i'm excited for the day they're old enough that i get some of my recreational life back and can out to dinner and movies without paying a sitter a fortune. but also they give my life meaning and i don't know who i'd be without them. and also i hope they take care of me in my old age.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
^^^
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
little kids are annoying often but bigger rule way more than you sad lot
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
The best thing about kids is passing them back to their parents after whatever rambling story they're trying to tell you finally drifts to something enough like a conclusion that you can politely escape.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
I’m hoping the state will take care of me in my old age, but not as much as I hope I don’t get old
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
xp lil Malicks
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
Don’t you live in the US cuz
― Mordy, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
I babysit my friends' kids as. like, my civic duty. I am thrilled when I get to return them with little/no damage.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
I think having kids because you think that they'll take care of you is one of the most selfish reasons. Don't put that on your kid.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
If that's how it ends up working out that's awesome but that's also a hell of a lot of pressure to put on a kid especially when you're citing that as one of the reasons you had them.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
^^ otm x 1000
Also:
little kids are annoying often but bigger rule way more than you sad lot― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, October 9, 2018 6:38 PM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, October 9, 2018 6:38 PM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The bigger kids of today are tomorrow's sad lot. Probably even sadder than us iirc.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
no I was talking about all of you in particular vs the actual bigger kids I know
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
I mean I have to spend time with adults because of work but what a bunch of navel-gazing bores in general whereas kids just want to play
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
our kid is a constant joy and source of much terror, who needs a book of ghost stories to read at night when you know you're going to have a shadowy figure standing silently by your bed at 5 AM every morning?
it's still a mixed bag for me dealing with other people's children, because some of them are pretty obnoxious and one of them gives me some bad vibes, some real "we need to talk about Kevin" willies. But so many of them are funny and sharp and good people. Being around those kids makes me optimistic, it cheers me up.
― omar little, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link