Nah. I've just seen enough of these stupid arguments about kids, religion, or whatever else people need in their lives to put almost no value in emotional arguments like that.

I mean..."you'll die alone and that's why you should have kids" is pretty damn pathetic and makes my point pretty fricking solid.

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Posted by GRTiger

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Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:57 pm to DisplacedBuckeye

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."you'll die alone and that's why you should have kids"

Did you construct this straw man from my posts or are you tackling someone else's points while responding to me?

"Continuing society/humanity benefits society/humanity" is a tough point to debate. You'll probably have to go anecdotal to even construct an attempt. Of course not everyone has to or even should have kids for society/humanity to survive, but as an overarching principle, people who choose not to have children have to be ok ignoring that simple, biological truth, and they have to be sure that society will carry the weight in order form them to afford the luxury.

I know as pretend Nihilist your concern is not with society, but I'm speaking to a broader audience.

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Posted by RAB

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Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:24 pm to DisplacedBuckeye

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Nah. I've just seen enough of these stupid arguments about kids, religion, or whatever else people need in their lives to put almost no value in emotional arguments like that.

You’re involved in a lot of these stupid arguments.

Obviously there is far greater reward to raising progeny than having some shred of joy at the end of life. But I happen to believe that the greatest tragedy that can beset an intellectually honest person is to get to the end of one’s life and have nothing to show for it other than money wasted, cellphone videos from old concerts, and internet message board victories.

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