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[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The conclusion of antinatalism seems to be a pessimistic extreme,

I might suggest that this is good enough reason to not want to reproduce. If your own life has been shit, you wouldn't want to inflict that on others.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I’ve been there myself and i will always respect a choice people make for themselves, but they shouldn’t impose theirs onto others.

[–] Marruk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I take great joy in providing my son a life free of the home life experiences that made my youth hell. It still remains to be seen how well he'll avoid the pitfalls of social interaction I suffered through, but I do feel like I'm preparing him far better than I ever was.

[–] Marruk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pretty sad that providing a better life for children than we had is apparently a controversial opinion.