• kreskin
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    8 months ago

    I am so glad I didn’t bring any children into this world.

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      8 months ago

      For real. And now I feel like people are either extremely stupid or just monsters for having kids.

      Humanity is wasted. Its wild that I think I might actually favor a humanity ending natural disaster over continuing whatever the fuck humans are doing now.

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        8 months ago

        Edgy…

        Despite having no desire to have kids, I’d much rather be born today than pretty much any time before the last few generations.

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          8 months ago

          That really depends on where you were born and what status you were born into. You could be born into a lot of places today that you would starve or live under miserable conditions.

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            7 months ago

            Of course, but your chances overall are better today regardless of class/status etc.

            Even being the child of royalty had no guarantees. For example Henry VIII had 13 legitimate children. Only 3 lived past infancy, and 1 of those died age 15.

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Henry_VIII

            In 1900, the average life expectancy of a newborn was 32 years. By 2021 this had more than doubled to 71 years.

            in 1800, no region had a life expectancy higher than 40 years.

            https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy

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          8 months ago

          That’s the point I’m making, it’s not about YOU, you are not the child being born. Your opinion doesn’t matter to the kid being born.

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            7 months ago

            What? I’m saying that if I was the kid being born I would rather be born today than in the 1500s.