Re:Accomplish more by doing less (2007)
by ianceicys on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:37AM
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Simple question: If not your kids, who's going to be at your funeral?
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Re:Accomplish more by doing less (2007)
by Xcelerate on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:43AM
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As someone with a kid, this seems like a very bad reason to have kids.
At my funeral, since I will be dead, the only ones who will (presumably) be suffering at that point will be the mourners, so arguably, the less people at one’s funeral, the less overall suffering there is.
Re:Accomplish more by doing less (2007)
by ianceicys on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:21PM
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Funeral's don't have to be about suffering - Death isn't the end of the story for many people of faith. Leaving a legacy to the next generation is quite possibly the most meaningful thing we are capable of doing, no?
In terms of the lens of the Regret Minimization Framework (for me) I would regret not having the family I'm leaving my legacy to at my funeral.
Re:Accomplish more by doing less (2007)
by cercatrova on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:41AM
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This is a strange justification for having children, thinking of who'd be at one's funeral. I don't care, because I'd be dead, incapable of caring.
Re:Accomplish more by doing less (2007)
by ianceicys on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:23PM
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You say you don't care, so if not your kids who's going to be at your funeral?
Re:Accomplish more by doing less (2007)
by cercatrova on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:35PM
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I just said it doesn't matter, because I'm dead. But if I'm going to answer your question, friends and family would be there, just like everyone else's funeral. Even if I don't have kids, I will have other friends and family who do.
Re:Accomplish more by doing less (2007)
by mecha_ghidorah on Friday July 22, 2022 @03:30AM
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My wife? My friends? Honestly though I don't care who is at my funeral, I'll be dead