Re:Who Americans spend their time with, by age
by arcticfox on Friday December 11, 2020 @11:57AM
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Right, but to make your point, you made the incredibly bold assumption that every minute is equally as valuable as every other minute. So because time with children = one TV episode of time, it can't be that important.
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Re:Who Americans spend their time with, by age
by moate on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:18PM
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It's actually the opposite: If this time was so valuable, why wouldn't there be more of it? Why is it so important for the individual to have a child if you're never going to spend any time with them down the line? This is about what a specific culture (Modern Americans) are valuing. You can agree or disagree with that valuation (and whether it's ungrateful children or active seniors causing the time issue) but it's a valid analysis.
Re:Who Americans spend their time with, by age
by Dirlewanger on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:40PM
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>Why is it so important for the individual to have a child if you're never going to spend any time with them down the line?
Why do anything in life at all? We're all going to die anyway!