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What the fuck do you want from me? I don't owe you shit. You asked a question I suspected and am now convinced was in bad faith, and I answered it anyway.
You're talking a lot of shit about me making baseless assumptions for somebody out here asking questions that are entirely premised on baseless assumptions yourself, such as (wrongly) assuming not only that I'm capable of having children (I intentionally had my gonads removed, not that it's any of your business) but also that I'd want to (children have a tendency to be noisy, outgoing and energetic in a way that doesn't jive with my own autism). I just don't have a problem with people who genuinely believe that they can give their children a good life having any, as I'm not convinced that a good life is impossible (yet).
Piss off with your bullshit "politely trying to explain our points of view" civility politics, we were past that when you took the least charitable interpretation you could have done and misconstrued my point of view as somehow placing blame on the victims of the current state of affairs.
nonono: you're "Just Asking Questions." At least, I believe that's the vernacular.
My position is simple: for as long as there is any positive experience to be had, life can be worthwhile and it's not up to anyone to make a decision based on the contrary view to that on the behalf of anyone else. Also eugenics is fucking vile.