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[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 31 points 6 days ago (4 children)

DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN REPEAT DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF PLANET EARTH

NO ONE NEEDS YOU TO BIRTH THEM

ABORT. ABORT. ABORT.

WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE, THE PLANET IS BURNING, THEY WILL NOT LEAD GOOD LIVES. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. PULL OUT BEFORE YOU NUT HOLY CHRIST PLEASE DO NOT HAVE KIDS

[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 33 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

This is mostly copied over from my recent comments elsewhere, but it is very relevant here too.

By 2030 we are going to be 40% over capacity on fresh water resources globally. and 40% of arable land has already been depleted, and 95% will be by 2050.

And that's just water and food.

Once arctic ice sheet coverage gets below 1,000,000 square kilometres, the planet will be absorbing more heat than it reflects and this is called a Blue Ocean Event.

The BOE will trigger the Clathrate Gun which will cause seabeds to rapidly realease fuck tons of methane, cooking the earth in it's own atmosphere.

2024 Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.28 million square kilometers.

Greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing and fuelled by climate change, the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year.

So it's basically a race between whether the drought and famine kill us all first, or the BOE setting off the Clathrate Gun will.

Either way, it is unlikely the human race survives the century. Creating more people to suffer in this dying world, is stupid and cruel and is only going to speed up our demise.

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 13 points 6 days ago
[–] parrhesia@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah this is what frustrates me when people complain about illegal immigration. Those places are now experiencing food shortages and will just get worse. Where do you think people will go when there is no food in their own country. Do you think they will just let their children starve? Do you really think a physical wall will stop them from trying to feed their children?

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Would you put your child through all that, plus force them to wage slave their whole life to pay their landed lord? All for a hit of dopamine and serotonin?

Consider loading up a crack pipe instead and save some needless suffering.

[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago

Is that directed at me, or at other people reading this comment chain?

And why are you telling people to smoke crack? You are promoting suffering by doing this, and that is illogical and mean spirited when the rest of your comment is talking about reducing suffering by not procreating.

Are you arguing in bad faith here, or have you just not thought this through properly?

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago

putting aside the innumerable issues with the stance "it is fundamentally immoral to have children", sweet mother of mercy the solution is not life-ruining addictive substances

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Please consider adoption as an alternative if you are in a stable situation and want children.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 days ago

My SO and I have both decided that we definitely don't want kids but would discuss the subject if any one of us seriously considered it for one reason or another. What we agreed on, though, is to look for adoption rather than biological children. We both have stuff we'd rather not pass along, firstly, and secondly, there's so many children that don't have any family. It's sorta like "adopt don't shop", if you will.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

You don’t even have to be in a stable situation to be a Big Brother/Sister at your local Boys and Girls club or a court advocate/CASA for a child. Volunteer at a school district. Children recognize how fucked everything is, and on the whole they are suffering. We need kind and loving adults to show up for them - to teach them art and read them stories to show them the parts of living that can hopefully make it worth it.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

if you are in a stable situation

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com -2 points 6 days ago

or wood chipper

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Just get a vasectomy honestly. You can keep nutting inside afterwards. Deal?

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 6 days ago
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Speak for yourself I've got a vasectomy

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 2 hours ago