Re:The global fertility rate is falling
by kilroy_jones on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:47AM
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How would you suggest they broach the point that not every family turns out well?
That some end up with kids watching from the car while their mom fights dad's drunken mistress in the Safeway parking lot while dad himself watches on, smoking a cigarette and having a beer?
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Re:The global fertility rate is falling
by bananaface on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:11AM
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It doesn't need to be broached. It's obvious.
Re:The global fertility rate is falling
by kilroy_jones on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:49PM
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It's also obvious that some people have had great experiences with kids, yet someone posts it anyways, because this is a discussion forum where we share ideas, question and provide couterpoints. When someone posts a sentimental story as a singular data point on why kids are great, and follows it with a recommendation on having kids, they should expect feedback of all sorts, no?
Re:The global fertility rate is falling
by bananaface on Thursday July 16, 2020 @06:37AM
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I find adversarial pedantry much more common than opening up about deep emotional experience, in general, and the latter is way more informative. I don't care that you can say, "not true 100% of the time, QED." Yes, ok, well done. I couldn't possibly have realised that on my own. So glad you have now stifled any emotional depth that the conversation was taking on.