• relic_@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    Definitely seems the prevailing attitude on Lemmy, at this point if people said they WERE having kids I’d be more surprised.

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      5 days ago

      Wanted to but got red pilled into:

      • financial burden = the quality of life I want to offer my child(ren) can’t be reached, even compromising.
      • psychological damage = my ability to raise a healthy child is high but not high enough, I don’t want to raise another drone like me whose self worth is coupled to their productivity in society.
      • ecological damage = another human
      • emotional damage = I would break to know my child will suffer. The rise of racism, climate change, war… I don’t want to raise meat for the meat grinder.

      Long story short, there are many points on the list, but at this stage I don’t trust humanity with my offspring. Everything else could be sorted out.