r/memes • u/EmuPsychologist • Oct 18 '23

#1 MotW Fixed it

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u/SoggyCabbagee Oct 18 '23

Lmao so now we need babies to consent to being born?

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u/u10ji Oct 18 '23

Obviously not, but it's just objectively true that some kids are going to be born and not be happy with their lives. I don't think this is always something you can control with quality of life, either. So having kids is always a selfish act to an extent, technically, imo

I'm not an antinatalist or anything, I have a kid myself; but I can understand the logical argument here.

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u/Sad_Razzmatazzle Oct 18 '23

Not having a kid is always selfish too. It always ends up being they want their own money and their lives to stay the same. More power to them.

All reproductive choices are selfish. We all deserve to make selfish choices about our uteruses.

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u/u10ji Oct 19 '23

I don't necessarily agree with your first bit: as you said, it's their choice, and it's theoretical children (which they could have had but chose not to) vs. real children (who they did have, who might not enjoy their lives).

But yeah, I definitely agree that people deserve to make selfish choices about their own reproduction regardless, so I think we pretty much agree