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A comment on The Middle Child Is Going Extinct. Parent comment

Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct by kaycebasques on Sunday July 15, 2018 @05:41PM (#17537257)
A lot of responses disagreeing with this idea. I’ll lend some balance and mention that I’ve had the exact same reasoning in my own plans for the future. I won’t pretend to argue that I’m normal or abnormal, though. Haven’t done any research on the topic.
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Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct by greglindahl on Sunday July 15, 2018 @05:58PM (#17537322)
I can totally see that you are voting on that issue with your choice, however, does that mean that everyone else is doing the same?
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Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct by kaycebasques on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:19PM (#17537398)
Like I said, I’m not claiming to be normal or abnormal, meaning I don’t know if it extends to others. You’re not providing evidence to the contrary, either, so you’re word is as good as mine.
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Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct by greglindahl on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:29PM (#17537452)
"This idea" is that everyone is voting, not that you personally were voting, or that I personally was voting.

If you instead wanted to provide yourself as an anecdote, that's different.

Sorry that I was unclear. Personal anecdotes are quite different from claiming something is a global rule. I was just trying to double-check that you were giving an anecdote.

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Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct by kaycebasques on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:38PM (#17537496)
Ah, got it. Yes, I was just countering the anecdotes against this idea with my own anecdote for it.

Thanks for clearing up the confusion.

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Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct by greglindahl on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:52PM (#17537545)
Excellent. Thanks. I totally agree that I have a few friends who are like you: they're very concerned about the planet and that affects their childbearing plans. Me, that affects what I eat, but it didn't change my childbearing plans.
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Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct by Fnoord on Monday July 16, 2018 @03:47AM (#17539471)
Having a child is the #1 thing one can do which is bad for the environment (impact), worse than driving a car, using airplane, or becoming a vegetarian.

However by dietary choice you can reduce the damage, and you can also reduce the damage by educating your child with good manners concerning the environment.

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