I guess I misspoke. I should have said that you can live your life however you want, I just think you have a good chance of regretting it. Sorry for not clarifying, again.
Oh, and:
Bull. Fucking. Shit.
Not saying it's wrong? Again, you don't listen to yourself...
edit-Ooh! and now we can add:
And I disagree, I think people who don't have kids are more selfish, especially if they have the means and ability. But that's a matter of opinion.
My parents are not me. They wanted to have kids, and I respect that as much as I respect any of my friends today who want to have kids. I don't want to have kids. Pretty simple.
PS-"Time machine" questions are stupid in a serious discussion. C'mon...
I'd say having children is a MUCH more selfish act. Bringing a life into this crappy world because of your own selfish reasons is the epitome of selfishness. But that just my opinion. And you know what they say about opinions, right? Mine is the right one.
Crappy world?
This is one reason why I wonder about the your parents not having kids. Doubly so for no-population people, as it's really just a function of unhappiness in life.
This world is pretty much no more crappy than it was 30 years ago. To say that it's a horrible existence really means that you aren't happy with your own existence so you can't imagine bringing another person into it. Thus, you should be OK with not even having yourself in this existence since it is "crappy".
I guess I misspoke. I should have said that you can live your life however you want, I just think you have a good chance of regretting it. Sorry for not clarifying, again.
And I disagree, I think people who don't have kids are more selfish, especially if they have the means and ability. But that's a matter of opinion.
All inconveniences of having children are worth it because if you don't, you've utterly failed the entire point of your existence, which is to replicate your genes.
An unbroken line of your ancestors faced predators, ice age, disease, war, famine, short life span, and a world which conspired in every way to prevent them from having offspring who survived long enough to have their own.
They fought, they sacrificed, they strove all so you could exist. Blood mattered to them, and so did ancestors and tradition.
But it all comes to a screeching halt with you because you can't be inconvenienced? You want to make sure you can afford the next iPhone and keep your vacation options open?
An unbroken line of your ancestors faced predators, ice age, disease, war, famine, short life span, and a world which conspired in every way to prevent them from having offspring who survived long enough to have their own.
They fought, they sacrificed, they strove all so you could exist. Blood mattered to them, and so did ancestors and tradition.
An unbroken line of your ancestors faced predators, ice age, disease, war, famine, short life span, and a world which conspired in every way to prevent them from having offspring who survived long enough to have their own.
They fought, they sacrificed, they strove all so you could exist. Blood mattered to them, and so did ancestors and tradition.
But it all comes to a screeching halt with you because you can't be inconvenienced? You want to make sure you can afford the next iPhone and keep your vacation options open?
The difference is that you're talking about keeping offspring alive. IndyColtsFan has no offspring to be obligated to protect.
No such duty as not raping and killing anything you can exists either, except within the construct of human values. I'm appealing to you to rethink whether reproduction should be added to your construct.
An unbroken line of your ancestors faced predators, ice age, disease, war, famine, short life span, and a world which conspired in every way to prevent them from having offspring who survived long enough to have their own.
They fought, they sacrificed, they strove all so you could exist. Blood mattered to them, and so did ancestors and tradition.
But it all comes to a screeching halt with you because you can't be inconvenienced? You want to make sure you can afford the next iPhone and keep your vacation options open?
That has got to be the dumbest shit I have ever read.
Hey Geo, a friend of mine recently found he's infertile. Can't produce children because of his "lazy sperm", through no fault of his own. Should he kill himself, since he can't produce offspring? Yeah, he should kill himself. So should every homosexual person on the planet, since they're unlikely to produce offspring.
This thread has officially gone idiotic...
I have 3 kids. only thing i have ot say is you really don't have a idea on how it is having your own kids.
I'm sure some people will be offended by my posting this, and take what I'm saying as personal judgments and insults. I don't mean for it to be, in fact, I applaud any parents out there. I don't know how you guys do it, it's incredible and admirable how selfless you are. I'm only stating that for myself, I just cannot imagine having even the slightest desire to procreate. I'm already bracing myself for the "since you're not a parent, you can't understand." It may be true, but it's also kind of a non-point to make.
you seem to be only seeing the negative things.
I'm sure that the love you feel once you have a child is overwhelming and incomparable to any other experience in life. It's beautiful.
Big difference between something outside of your control sadly making reproduction impossible, and just deciding it would cramp your style.
As a species we're past the point where procreation is required to ensure survival.