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This post is weirdly judgemental.
If you like your child free life so much, why do you feel the need to comment on those that aren't.
Check the sidebar - this is /c/childfree
I'm guessing you came here from All and didn't seek out this community specifically?
Scrolling through All provides a glimpse into the variety the Fediverse offers. Even when I find a community I don't agree with or care to hear about, I can simply block it. Meanwhile, I'm glad that those who do value those topics have a place to discuss things.
Which is all to say that those who feel strongly about being childfree deserve their space to talk about it, regardless of your feelings toward their opinions. This is their space, and nobody's forcing you to be here.
I liked this so much I posted it to Best Of. Cheers!
Because parents comment on our "selfish" child free life all fucking day long, I guess
Do we? Are these parents in the room with us now?
Yes
There's not even that many comments, something tells me you didn't even check first.
The one you linked doesn't call anyone selfish.
Doesn't say it outright, no, but it says it's vitally important that we reproduce for the good of the species and the economy. What do you call someone that refuses to do something that's so important for everyone?
As a society as a whole, yes currently things are set up that way, pretending otherwise is straight up denial. Equally some folk don't want or can't have kids, that's also fine. Both these things can be true without anyone accusing anyone of being selfish.
Funny how we all celebrate when leopards eat the faces of those complaining about their own actions. But for some reason when it comes to the regret of having children, people clutch their pearls.
I'm not judging all parents. I'm judging parents that didn't think about wtf they were doing while making life decisions. The same way I judge people that voted for a clown and were shocked when they got a circus.
I'd argue absolutely no parent has any idea what they're doing when they have their first kid, because it's borderline impossible to know how all encompassing it's going to be. Mostly they're just grumbling because it is hard work a lot of the time. I say this absolutely without judgement on people who don't want to have kids.
Also, every kid is different. Some are easy to take care of but others are stuff of nightmares.
Comparing this to leopards eating faces is a little much.
My point though is, why do you care so much? Their choices don't really affect you and you're just kicking someone when their down. ~~Love~~ Live your life and let other people live theirs.
Now if they were constantly annoying you about not having kids and then complain how kids ruined their lives, then yeah, judge away.
Otherwise, this is just shitty.
Edit: Love to Live
Who says that I do?
It's a fucking meme! Chuckle, or move along. This conversation is over.
It reminds me of MGTOW, where men don't want to associate with women (no homo apparently) but every single thing those people say is about how they're so over women or something.
Or I guess Linux communities that talk about Windows all day.
I am a single man at the moment and couldn't care less. But the MGTOW community is just too funny and lack self-awareness! Precisely why they are single, because they lack self-awareness that there is something more about them that turns off women!