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0 pointsDer_Einzige5mo ago0 comments

Wow I’m the total opposite. I’m very annoyed to be around others most of the time, but upon dying I can’t imagine doing it alone or without the help of loved ones.

A lot of motivation to be risk averse with my physical body in this life comes from a desire to make it to old age. Furthermore, I instantly understood why having children was good when I realized that they are your insurance that you’ll (usually) have someone to help comfort you on your deathbed who is themselves still lucid.

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mock-possum5mo ago

Honestly that strikes me as a pretty fucked up and self-serving reason to have children.

You should have kids because you want to create new life, and support them as they become the best humans that they can be - not because you’re scared of dying alone.

Der_EinzigeOP5mo ago

Your worldview is even worse. At least I'm honest in my egoism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Never_to_Have_Been

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benatar%27s_asymmetry_argument

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Mov...

mock-possum5mo ago

> antinatalism, the philosophical position that coming into existence is always a harm

> a decrease in the human population would prevent a significant amount of human-caused suffering

Ridiculous. Without coming into existence there is nothing anyway - by that logic, coming into existence is always a pleasure too, it’s always a joy, it’s always a triumph and a fulfillment. Existence is always existence, nothing is always nothing. It’s a useless tautology.

If you’d rather be nothing then give up on living. I’m perfectly happy existing.

sph5mo ago

> I’m very annoyed to be around others most of the time, but upon dying I can’t imagine doing it alone or without the help of loved ones.

I'm the same but I'm trying to accept that while we are born among family, dying is a solitary journey.

(There is a saying along these lines, but search engines are utterly useless at surfacing it)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsDer_Einzige5mo ago0 comments

Wow I’m the total opposite. I’m very annoyed to be around others most of the time, but upon dying I can’t imagine doing it alone or without the help of loved ones.

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mock-possum5mo ago

Honestly that strikes me as a pretty fucked up and self-serving reason to have children.

You should have kids because you want to create new life, and support them as they become the best humans that they can be - not because you’re scared of dying alone.

Der_EinzigeOP5mo ago

Your worldview is even worse. At least I'm honest in my egoism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Never_to_Have_Been

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benatar%27s_asymmetry_argument

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Mov...

mock-possum5mo ago

> antinatalism, the philosophical position that coming into existence is always a harm

> a decrease in the human population would prevent a significant amount of human-caused suffering

If you’d rather be nothing then give up on living. I’m perfectly happy existing.

sph5mo ago

> I’m very annoyed to be around others most of the time, but upon dying I can’t imagine doing it alone or without the help of loved ones.

I'm the same but I'm trying to accept that while we are born among family, dying is a solitary journey.

(There is a saying along these lines, but search engines are utterly useless at surfacing it)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse