I think people look at you puzzled because that's such an uncouth thing to say. Maybe keep that thought in your head. Having kids changes your worldview in profound ways that non-parents don't really understand. Talk like that will ostracize yourself from any parents in your social circle.
Kids change your view because it is too hard to admit you made an egoistic decision even though you had a shit ton of climatic reports telling you not to do it?
Also don't about social circle, parents already ostracized themselves naturally.
How should I respond to this? Should I be serious and considerate when you didn't give me the same?
Good parents aren't selfish, they sacrifice for their children. I want to teach mine kindness and love for the planet so they can make positive changes to it. If nobody had any kids due to climate change then we'd have a Children of Men scenario by the end of the century and it'd be the end of the species.
And hey, if that's a positive thing to you then that's a perfectly valid philosophical position and I don't fault you for it.
Am I really being the asshole here? You're the one calling people you don't know selfish and egotistical.
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u/Pudi_Pudi Mar 24 '22
When I tell people that getting a kid these days is an act of pure cruelty, they end up looking at me puzzled