• abraxas@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          I know. There are absolutely families I know that have this type of conversation. Just because it was funny 30 years ago doesn’t mean it can’t still be funny now.

          It’s not cerebral like xkcd, but sometimes I want a comic that I’m not the only person in my town that gets.

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        1 year ago

        Well adjusted people: See something they do not like. Do not click. Move on.

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        1 year ago

        This is the worst comic I’ve ever seen, forwards from grandpa level shit

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    The comic itself is fine as a joke, but I really don’t like how parents often don’t take responsibility for their actions. Does the mother in this comic really had no reason to create another person, without their consent, knowing they will have to go through the hardships of life? sure, many times kids are overreacting but still, at least have the decency to respond truthfully and not change the subject.

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    I think it’s kinda sad when a kid really blames their parents that it was born.

    I come from a deeply traumatized and broken family. I’ve had this believe for a long time. But by blaming my parents i am just reducing myself, my value and my autonomy. And i am reducing the complexity of life, history and my parents 🤔

    Don’t mind me, i am just philosophicly reflecting on my life.

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      I mean it’s absolutely true that nobody consents to existence. You can choose to ignore this because it is uncomfortable, but it’s true. Your parents very selfishly subjected you to almost infinite human suffering.

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        You know, believing that only leads to depression, i figure out. A depression, where nothing starts to matter and nothing could bring joy, so the only choice one can really have is… not participating in life anymore.

        And it reduce parents to selfish beings and can lead to not seeing them as people (who mostly have feelings for their own kids).

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      while I do not blame my parents, my experience does inform my decision regarding having children, I do not want to create a life that will become self-awareness and has to deal with the idea of inevitable death.

      I also recognize unlike my parents that I am not fit to be a parent, I’d even argue lots of people aren’t.

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        1 year ago

        To have children or not is a deeply personal choice ☺️

        And also personal is the search for meaning in ones own existence. While searching we create: life, art, relationships, meaning. Memes. I think life becomes a burden, when external factors keep you from creating the meaning that you care for.

        But speaking as a historian: we put a lot of presure on parents over the last decades. And the same presure on kids. It is relateable that having children or just excisting has become so… whats a fitting english word?.. not desireable?

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          I’m not sure having kids can be said to be “a deeply personal choice”, it has to involve at least two other people, one of whom can’t even express their opinion on the matter while they will be the one to experience the vast majority of the consequences.