Lt_Worf

Ah, yes the classic "everyone else who doesn't subscribe is deluded" echochamber red flag.

"Voluntary Extinction" is right up there with "flat earthers" and "anti-vax" as the dumbest pseudo-intellectual things I've read on the internet.

Your worldview is literally calling for the extinction of all humans. You need to come back to reality and stop convincing yourself that this is normal or healthy.

That's really sad.

And it also has the same energy as your divorced uncles telling you their theories about how "marriage is horrible"

This isn't the first time I've seen it here or on reddit either, and it's honestly sad.

These groups always seem like doomers who have ingested so much negativity that they've developed depression. Either that, or they're taking the loooong way to just telling their moms that they don't want to start a family.

They're not advocating for a lower population. They're advocating for human extinction.

As in, we should all let the torch of consciousness burn out. I don't know if I'd call it evil, but it's definitely one of those severely misguided takes that you almost exclusively see on the internet.

You call it pessimism, I call it realism.

Says every person with depression ever.

I agree with the other commenter recommending therapy. When you don't see it as "life is pain and the future is hopeless", you might sound less like a scifi villain calling for human extinction.

I think your perspective about life is blinded by pessimism, and you're treating that pessimism as absolute fact. Many people view life as a wonderful thing, are thrilled to exist for the time that they do, and see creating a new life to experience the wonders of living as a gift.

Humans are a plague upon both other humans and this planet as a whole

You're sounding like Agent Smith from the matrix. Come on. Unplug from the negative feedback loop for a bit.

What is the alternative? Giving up on humanity existing?

We can't change that this how life exists in our reality.

It’s not eugenics, it’s voluntary extinctionism.

"Don't worry guys, that person doesn't represent us - what they should have said is that they wish for all of humanity to die out."

This is an absolutely insane thing to advocate for. I hope you come to realize that in time.

The antinatalism subreddit (and similar groups elsewhere) is one of the most toxic places on the internet. It just reeks of hatred, and worse yet, treats that hatred as some sort of virtue.

Go live your life however you want, kids or no. But grouping up to talk shit about children or people who start families is just gross.

This is news to me!