• LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Uhhh… Having a baby is one of the most selfish things a person can do. They’re choosing not to foster or adopt. They’re doing the exact worst thing they can do for the environment.

    And why are they doing it? Because they like kids, or because they want a family, or because they want someone to take care of them when they’re old. All selfish reasons.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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      4 hours ago

      My favorite reason, they want someone that looks like them. Heard that when I said I’d consider adopting, the other person was like “but don’t you want someone who looks like you?!”

      Uh, no, my cat looks nothing like me but I still somehow mustered empathy for it. I don’t understand why people feel like they would love an adopted kid less, and it makes them horrible people.

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        1 hour ago

        Its fundamental to the urge to reproduce. Its literally the driving force of evolution.

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      3 hours ago

      Too many people are no different than animals. They reproduce just to reproduce. There is no regard for their situation, their competence or the impact on greater society. But these primitive people are more into “muh lineage”.

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        3 hours ago

        Savages, obeying their primal instincts like that. Next they’ll be trying to eat food and avoid predators.

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          3 hours ago

          Nothing wrong with sex but having kids is not a necessity like eating and safety. You would think people would be able to rationalize this day and age that having kids is a drawback for most of us and the planet.