The vast majority of people (including yourself) seem to think that the suffering is worth putting up with for some strange reason though…

If life was nothing more than suffering then I don’t think nearly as many people would have children. Fortunately many of us are able to get enough out of life to see it as being worthwhile. I’m sorry that’s not the case for you.

That’s great, I do that too

Existence is accompanied by suffering, yes. If you can’t accept that, that’s on you. If you wish for all life to cease because of your views, then you’re the selfish one here.

That’s not the outcome I’d want to see. I was merely pointing out the hypocrisy in your previous comments about people having children being “selfish”.

You are clearly someone who deeply cares about the climate issue, but you are targeting your anger at people who are trying to live normal lives. If you and others in a similar position instead channelled it towards the people who are actively trying to harm the planet, I believe you would have a far chance in seeing the change you want.

As someone who has been in a similar place in the past, therapy can be a very helpful way to reframe things. I wish you all the best.

Point me to a time in the past when there was no suffering please.

Humanity needs to die

If that’s truly your view, then your continued existence is both selfish and hypocritical

The US is not the entire world thankfully.

I don’t think that people having kids are selfish either. It’s just one of those things you see so often regarding the issue of climate change. The people espousing that view are simply using it as an easy out to absolve themselves of any responsibility in my opinion.

Educating and preparing younger generations to address the issues they will face is unfortunately the most likely way to resolve such issues, and I’ve chosen to take that challenge upon myself despite how difficult and costly it is to raise children now compared to when my parents had me.

Sorry for trying to find some purpose in this crappy life in the form of nurturing and caring for another person.

I think my kids will still be able to acknowledge that being born today is still far better than being born in basically any other time during the vast majority of human existence though.

Edit: Showed your comment to my daughter and she said “I’m happy to be alive, thanks very much”

According to the AEC it’s now at 1,795,985 votes. However, last election The Greens got 1,824,682 votes, so it’s not like they’ve seen a massive increase this time round.

United Australia Party even got more total votes than The Nationals.

https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-27966-NAT.htm

https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-31496-NAT.htm

That was just one example of many

For some use-cases, sure. But so many products today are only affordable (or even possible) because of plastic.

How would you make an affordable computer, for example, without plastic?

But a very reliable source told me that the IDF does not target hospitals??!???!?

/s

Are there any good alternatives though?

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant nearly 6 months ago. They must have thought their actions were pretty clear evidence of their crimes.

as that is who is being arrested

I’m guessing you don’t read the news much

Albo himself is fairly progressive, but has been pushed further to the right by Labor.

Labor’s policies over time have become increasingly more conservative. Yes, they still have some progressive policies, but all of the things you’ve listed are a direct response to one issue that a lot of voters are struggling with - cost of living.

Telling people that they’ll be more financially secure is a no-brainer for any political party, regardless of ideology.

For more on Labor’s shift to the right: https://socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/labor-partys-shift-to-right/

I assumed they were specifically talking about babies. If there’s a genuine issue then it makes sense, but I don’t know of anything that’s diagnosable at birth that would require circumcision.

I know a lot of young adults also get the procedure for the same reason as you. I was in your boat until probably my mid-teens before things fixed themselves, but it clearly doesn’t work out that way for some.

Well a lot of people who are willing to take things this far don’t really care about the consequences of their actions anyway, so in a way I’m kind of surprised there are so many mass shootings involving innocent people, yet so few targeted attacks on scumbags like the CEO of United Healthcare.

For many who are pushed far enough to carry out something like this, achieving their objective is more important than their own life.

Unfortunately, the victims are so often people who don’t deserve it.

His own kids have shown that you don’t have to be like your shitty family/ancestors. Elon chose to be a fascist.