The_Face_of_Boo
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25 Aug 2020, 3:58 pm
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I have *always* thought having children was a bad idea. 
that1weirdgrrrl
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25 Aug 2020, 4:11 pm
We had the cell phone baby generation..... now we have the quarantine baby generation.... 
25 Aug 2020, 4:18 pm
Do you have kids?
that1weirdgrrrl
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25 Aug 2020, 4:23 pm
Do you have kids?
Negative. I am a child
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AngelRho
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AngelRho
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25 Aug 2020, 8:30 pm
I don’t feel it’s selfish to have one or two children—but I feel like over three children is just too much.
Having even one child is selfish. I don’t think there’s a upper limit aside from what is safe for the parents. Children are extensions of their parents; owned by them, in a manner of speaking. They are an attempt by parents to cheat death and find continued earthly existence. As such the desire to procreate is inherently selfish.
We’ve attempted it 5 times and it’s looking like we’ll have our 4th survivor tomorrow. Selfishness has its perks.
26 Aug 2020, 7:22 am
It's everyons own choice and it's not at all selfish to have children as long as you are healthy. Who should care about you once you are that old that you can't take care of yourself anymore? The children of other people? Btw. I don't wan't to miss any of my children. An upper limit of two children per woman would already reduce the overpopulation. But you have to limit the people in the Asien an Islamic countries for this e.g. the way that China did.
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Life has to be an adventure!26 Aug 2020, 7:27 am
It is still selfish, but I don't mean it is a derogatory way.
It is simply, clinically, a descriptive.
26 Aug 2020, 7:30 am
More the reason to have them. Part of the problem with this world is people aren’t selfish enough.
Well, I am part existentialist,
And part nihilist.
From my point of view, there is no inherent meaning in life.
I will probably elaborate in future posts.
26 Aug 2020, 7:36 am
I don’t feel it’s selfish to have one or two children—but I feel like over three children is just too much.
Having even one child is selfish. I don’t think there’s a upper limit aside from what is safe for the parents. Children are extensions of their parents; owned by them, in a manner of speaking. They are an attempt by parents to cheat death and find continued earthly existence. As such the desire to procreate is inherently selfish.
We’ve attempted it 5 times and it’s looking like we’ll have our 4th survivor tomorrow. Selfishness has its perks.
Indeed.
It is eminently human.
Evolution has created the psychological climate,
And biology, the physical means.
We are essentially slaves to the evolutionary process.
AngelRho
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26 Aug 2020, 9:27 am
I don’t feel it’s selfish to have one or two children—but I feel like over three children is just too much.
Having even one child is selfish. I don’t think there’s a upper limit aside from what is safe for the parents. Children are extensions of their parents; owned by them, in a manner of speaking. They are an attempt by parents to cheat death and find continued earthly existence. As such the desire to procreate is inherently selfish.
We’ve attempted it 5 times and it’s looking like we’ll have our 4th survivor tomorrow. Selfishness has its perks.
Indeed.
It is eminently human.
Evolution has created the psychological climate,
And biology, the physical means.
We are essentially slaves to the evolutionary process.
Slaves? Oh, no, I’m an active and willing participant! Perhaps evolution happens to favor us? Or is that simply what gives us the advantage?
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