Poll of the Day > Goddamn my father has abandoned all subtlety

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i think it's to do with them knowing their family will continue to grow long after they're gone

something like that
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i'd rather have 40 dogs than 1 kid at this point in my life
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Not all parents are pushing hard for grand-kids, even if their oldest child is in his or her 30s or higher, plenty of parents out there are happy they aren't grandparents yet.
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Let 'em be salty.
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minervo posted...

The amount of people cutting themselves out of the gene pool I've been reading about lately astounds me.

Yep, we need way more procreation that way we can see 20+ billion people on the planet in no time! You think resources are scarce now lets try 3x the amount of people around!

There is no logical reason to need to reproduce it's a primitive need built in by our animal instincts.
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Monopoman posted...

minervo posted...

The amount of people cutting themselves out of the gene pool I've been reading about lately astounds me.

Yep, we need way more procreation that way we can see 20+ billion people on the planet in no time! You think resources are scarce now lets try 3x the amount of people around!

There is no logical reason to need to reproduce it's a primitive need built in by our animal instincts.

The sad truth is people who should be procreating aren't, and those who shouldn't are. Check this out.

I had visions, I was in them,
I was looking into the mirror
To see a little bit clearer
The rottenness and evil in me

Fingertips have memories,
Mine can't forget the curves of your body
And when I feel a bit naughty
I run it up the flagpole and see who salutes
(But no one ever does)

I'm not sick, but I'm not well
and I'm so hot 'cause I'm in hell

Been around the world and found
That only stupid people are breeding
The cretins cloning and feeding
And I don't even own a TV

Put me in the hospital for nerves
And then they had to commit me
You told them all I was crazy
They cut off my legs now I'm an amputee, Goddamn you

I'm not sick, but I'm not well
And I'm so hot cause I'm in hell
I'm not sick, but I'm not well
And it's a sin, to live so well

I wanna publish 'zines
And rage against machines
I wanna pierce my tongue
It doesn't hurt, it feels fine
The trivial sublime
I'd like to turn off time
And kill my mind
You kill my mind
Mind...

Paranoia, paranoia
Everybody's comin' to get me
Just say you never met me
I'm runnin' underground with the moles
Diggin' big holes
Hear the voices in my head
I swear to God it sounds like they're snoring
But if you're bored then you're boring
The agony and the irony, they're killing me, whoa!

I'm not sick, but I'm not well
And I'm so hot cause I'm in hell
I'm not sick, but I'm not well
And it's a sin to live this well

- Harvey Danger

Stupid people outbreeding smart people is actually one small part of why I won't have children. It would suck for my child if they were smart and had to deal with the stupid people.
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KogaSteelfang posted...

that she doesn't think I'm capable(I'm assuming she means capable of finding a partner).

Often parents put down their kids to try and help make themselves still feel relevant. Nobody is a perfect parent and you do look after your cousin a lot so, although much harder you could bring up a kid once you sort your own shit out hypnotically.

As for being capable of finding a partner everyone is capable but I won't lie and say you'll definitely find one as I know myself it might never happen for some folk. I wouldn't give up hope though as anything is possible. Still when we die we won't care whatever way life turns out so eh every cloud and all that.

mooreandrew58 posted...

adoption would be the only way, and it would have to be a case where i'm presented with some sob story and asked to do it. I wouldn't go out looking to adopt, i'm much more prone to adopting pets from a shelter.

Fair enough.
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My bf and I actually do want to have kids, neither of us are just anywhere near ready obviously

I mean Im a broke af college student and my dad knows this Im not sure how expects this little scenario to play out when I dont even have a source of income

Unless it means I get early access to my trust in which case any takers? >_>
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minervo posted...

The amount of people cutting themselves out of the gene pool I've been reading about lately astounds me.

If we view the entirety of human existence as one long struggle to transcend our animal instincts and impulses, and to make decisions and act according to logic and morality rather than simple hormones and hardwired evolutionary behaviors, then those people are essentially the most human humans to ever live.

Behold the Ubermensch!

The idea of having to perpetuate the gene pool or leave behind a "legacy" in some way is very much our more primitive side speaking.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

minervo posted...

The amount of people cutting themselves out of the gene pool I've been reading about lately astounds me.

If we view the entirety of human existence as one long struggle to transcend our animal instincts and impulses, and to make decisions and act according to logic and morality rather than simple hormones and hardwired evolutionary behaviors, then those people are essentially the most human humans to ever live.

Behold the Ubermensch!

The idea of having to perpetuate the gene pool or leave behind a "legacy" in some way is very much our more primitive side speaking.

I wholly disagree with you on this, to the point where I don't even know where to start.

First of all, you'd be surprised how noble and intelligent some animals are. Lions for instance are known only to kill what they need to eat, no more. Also they are known only to kill humans who enrage them somehow, with nervous or stupid behaviour.

To abandon our primitive side would turn us into robots, no emotion or morality whatsoever, only cold "facts".

I am currently celibate but will probably have kids one day, when the time is right. I'm very in touch with my primitive side and that gives me grace in difficult circumstances. I am also a very moral person and literally wouldn't step on a bug. I strive to be at one with nature, because nature can be the most beautiful and tranquil thing if you're at peace with it.

But you want to destroy nature and the creatures that live within it because of your own self-indulgence and fear, from the sound of it. You don't see any lessons to be learned from animals, you want to abuse and neglect them for your own personal reasons, reasons I won't understand unless you tell me. To neglect other living beings is exactly what makes you a subhuman Imo.

usui88 posted...

How old were you when you started hearing this noise?

23. I have a brother 3 years older than me. I told my dad to stop bringing it up earlier this year.
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minervo posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

minervo posted...

The amount of people cutting themselves out of the gene pool I've been reading about lately astounds me.

If we view the entirety of human existence as one long struggle to transcend our animal instincts and impulses, and to make decisions and act according to logic and morality rather than simple hormones and hardwired evolutionary behaviors, then those people are essentially the most human humans to ever live.

Behold the Ubermensch!

The idea of having to perpetuate the gene pool or leave behind a "legacy" in some way is very much our more primitive side speaking.

I wholly disagree with you on this, to the point where I don't even know where to start.

First of all, you'd be surprised how noble and intelligent some animals are. Lions for instance are known only to kill what they need to eat, no more. Also they are known only to kill humans who enrage them somehow, with nervous or stupid behaviour.

To abandon our primitive side would turn us into robots, no emotion or morality whatsoever, only cold "facts".

I am currently celibate but will probably have kids one day, when the time is right. I'm very in touch with my primitive side and that gives me grace in difficult circumstances. I am also a very moral person and literally wouldn't step on a bug. I strive to be at one with nature, because nature can be the most beautiful and tranquil thing if you're at peace with it.

But you want to destroy nature and the creatures that live within it because of your own self-indulgence and fear, from the sound of it. You don't see any lessons to be learned from animals, you want to abuse and neglect them for your own personal reasons, reasons I won't understand unless you tell me. To neglect other living beings is exactly what makes you a subhuman Imo.

Nothing in his post, nothing at all, indicates that he wants to abuse and neglect animals. Nothing. Talk about going off on a weird tangent.
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Yellow posted...

Let 'em be salty.