Don't worry about global population collapse

Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by hotpotamus on Sunday October 01, 2023 @07:15AM (#37724817)

I've spoken to therapists nearly my entire life (another expense you may be on the hook for as a parent, like my parents were), and no therapy or drug has ever been able to allow me to find any meaning in life. It's not a struggle I have any interest in passing down to another.

Which gets at a question I often have for those in these threads - what would you do if you had a child who was so depressed that they're unable to live independently?

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by sokoloff on Sunday October 01, 2023 @07:18AM (#37724830)

Maybe there is no meaning in it, at least in some people’s worldview.

Perhaps the optimal path for people who feel that way is to enjoy the good parts until it comes to an end?

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by hotpotamus on Sunday October 01, 2023 @07:42AM (#37724975)

Yes, it's quite apparent in peoples' art - from Voltaire's "Candide" to Rick and Morty, my favorite example would be when Morty says, "Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV".

When Douglas Adams said that the answer to life, the universe, and everything is "42", it was pretty obvious that he was saying that the entire question is just absurd.

Enjoying what time is left is indeed my goal, and perhaps what a stoic or existentialist would tell you as well. It has not been easy though.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by tomp on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:43AM (#37725405)

I’m an outlier here probably, I’d support the child in doing almost whatever they wanted to do, including euthanasia.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by hotpotamus on Sunday October 01, 2023 @10:58AM (#37726507)

Thank you for this response. Outlier though it may surely well be, I find it lovely in a way though I doubt any parent (and indeed most humans) would actually be able to follow through with the extreme example given.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by mensetmanusman on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:18PM (#37731493)

Euthanasia for someone temporarily depressed is probably not something humanity can handle without abuse.

It’s like a ‘guns for all’ policy.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by tomp on Monday October 02, 2023 @12:15PM (#37740186)

Yeah both are stupid.

Euthanasia should be allowed only after 18-36 months of therapy sessions.

Guns should be allowed for all that aren't criminals and/or mentally ill.

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