Mee@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoNumber of Americans who never want kids doubled in 20 yearswww.futurity.orgexternal-linkmessage-square225linkfedilinkarrow-up1863arrow-down17
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minus-squarena_th_an@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·3 days 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-square𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·3 days 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-22 days 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-up3·2 days agoSo is calling someone person number 2.
minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days 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?”
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.
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.
That’s why I think if I’m gonna have a kid some day it will be via adoption.