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Re:No one wants to have kids anymore by Jensson on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @09:23AM (#33880259)
As the downvotes for your comment shows, it isn't acceptable to express dislike for having children. With this in mind we ought to take all positive things people say with a grain of salt, since a lot of those things will be said to get social points and many people avoid complaining since it isn't acceptable.

Its like in discussions about exercise, if you just read discussions online you'd think that everyone loves to exercise, but most people really hate it or at least don't like it.

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Re:No one wants to have kids anymore by throwayyy479087 on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @09:33AM (#33880496)
This entire post is people talking about not wanting children. Not wanting and not having children has been a way to signal group membership in the PMC class for decades now. Social media is full of people complaining about kids on airplanes, in restaurants etc.

I'm over it, and I'm over the PMC signaling in general. The happiest people I know enjoy things without irony, love their kids, and aren't afraid to look stupid. The most miserable detest children and only care about trends.

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Re:No one wants to have kids anymore by Jensson on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @09:42AM (#33880656)
Well, if you grow up with abusive parents who were miserable and constantly depressed, you likely don't want kids to avoid going down the same route. But that sort of upbringing likely means you are miserable as well.

Happy people ought to have kids, since likely they will have happy kids. Unhappy kids ought to not have kids, since they will likely have unhappy kids, and would make themselves unhappier for it. How is this strange? Do you think that miserable people shouldn't be able to express their misery? do you think that hating those miserable people will help in any way?

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Re:No one wants to have kids anymore by bumby on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @11:27AM (#33882644)
>it isn't acceptable to express dislike for having children.

I've had childless friends who say the attitude is different because of the audience. They've indicated parents will openly admit to them their unhappiness when those same parents would never do so to another parent.

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