On not having children. Some discussion.

[Tom Bombadildo]

Not at all, it makes no difference whatsoever. I don't know where did he pull that off.
Having a degree perhaps (and only perhaps) implies you can somewhat take care of yourself (no, it is a lie, it doesn't implies anything, a degree per se is worthless), but it says nothing of your compromise with others.

I don't think the point was that having a degree makes you more responsible or whatever, but rather having a better chance for higher levels of employment and income that would in-turn allow you to reasonably take care of a child's financial needs.

Anyways, my opinion is much like my opinion about everything else; I don't really care one way or the other. I love children. I have a cousin who has a little girl, and she's probably the cutest, funnest, and just all around the greatest thing to me, I'd do anything for her. By that logic, I should want to have children like her, too, right?

Not so much. If my spouse didn't want to have children for whatever reason, I would not argue and plead or beg, I would accept it and move on with life. Same for if they wanted a child, I would try my hardest () to conceive a child and I imagine I'd love it more than anything in the world.

But I don't need to pass my genes on to anyone, I come from a relatively large family. So...meh

 

[haxan]

It certainly is

try raising them...

 

[GhostLatte]

try raising them...

I always use protection

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Fuck kids.

I don't want any.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Personally, I hope none of the writers of Cracked have children.

 

[DinohScene]

I never want kids.
I bloody hate children.

All they do is wreck yer shit for 10 years and cry and scream and be annoying, making you spend 10.000's, after that, puberty.
They start turning against you, and with me past, I dun want me kids to be addicted to the same rubbish I was as well.
After that they leave you when their 20 ish, then yer unattractive, probably chainsmoking yerself into the grave of all the stress they caused.

2 decades of hell, no thanks.
Not to mention I'm gay so I'll never get kids of me own ;'D

tl;dr, fuck children, let someone else raise those monsters.

 

[Sheimi]

This is a question my family asked me "Why don't you have kids". I like kids, but I do not want kids currently. I need to get myself more financially stable and a bit more mature. I may adopt in the future.

 

[Flame]

I want to have kids with lots of woman, just not look after the kids.



#modern

 

[Hungry Friend]

I can empathize with the legacy related stuff but personally, I just don't want kids. I use protection/make sure my girl is using the pill, but anything can happen. I would take care of my kids if I do have one by accident, but tbh I just really really don't want any kids, at least not now. I don't care about legacy or anything like that; I just want to enjoy life and kids would add a LOT of new responsibilities that would prevent my girl and I from having fun. I can be good with kids but high pitched noises drive me nuts. I wouldn't be willing to get a vasectomy or anything, but for now, no screaming babies please!

 

[GameSystem]

I'm not athletically or intellectually gifted, so I won't ever have kids. No point in continuing a line of sub-par humans. I suffered and struggled all throughout my life because of my lack of ability just to get to my current point of mediocrity, and I would never want a child to go through that. If I manage to trick some beautiful, 200+ IQ, Olympic athlete to get married to me, I might reconsider.

 

[sarkwalvein]

If I manage to trick some beautiful, 200+ IQ, Olympic athlete to get married to me, I might reconsider.

That itself would prove you have some interesting genes related to business/politics/tricking intelligence, that may be worth passing on... Or dangerous...

 

[elmoemo]

Having kids isn't for everyone. I want kids but not for a few years as I'm still too selfish. Each to their own, nothing wrong with not having/wanting kids. Each to their own, its your life after all

 

[the_randomizer]

If people don't have children, how would the human race continue? Though I know of plenty of people personally who should be sterilized and not allowed to have or be near children.

 

[sarkwalvein]

If people don't have children, how would the human race continue? Though I know of plenty of people personally who should be sterilized and not allowed to have or be near children.

You should probably think about that when the problem turns out to be underpopulation, right now in most places it is the other way around.
On these times where there are not as many wars, medicine and health prevent so many young deaths, and the population doesn't need constant replacement, there is no reason to keep up the people production rates to the levels of the past.

 

[the_randomizer]

You should probably think about that when the problem turns out to be underpopulation, right now in most places it is the other way around.
On these times where there are not as many wars, medicine and health prevent so many young deaths, and the population doesn't need constant replacement, there is no reason to keep up the people production rates to the levels of the past.

Well, countries like Japan are actually suffering from reverse birthrates, so they could use more children.

 

[Blebleman]

Well, countries like Japan are actually suffering from reverse birthrates, so they could use more children.

Glad to know I'm doing my part!

But also, while it's true the world in general is overpopulated, a sudden dramatic negative change in birth rate would demolish the economy and leave us with ghost towns, run-down buildings and other fun things....never thought that not having babies would lead to Fallout 3... hmm..

 

[sarkwalvein]

Well, countries like Japan are actually suffering from reverse birthrates, so they could use more children.

Or they could endorse immigration from India or China (like that will ever happen, ROFL, no... no... please myself, don't say that, Japanese are not xenophobes)
TBH, maybe Indians couples should start considering not having more than two kids, if they continue with that slope they will not fit in the land anymore... Perhaps?

 

[GameSystem]

I'm pretty sure some study somewhere said that the entire world's population could fit in Texas. India running out of room won't be an issue.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

I can see why some people would prefer not to.

Reasons:
1) They'd limit you from feeling free
2) Another mouth to feed
3) Worry about them.
4) Take care of them.

But would you really want to go out without having a future yourself rather than just making your existence gone forever?

 

[sarkwalvein]

I'm pretty sure some study somewhere said that the entire world's population could fit in Texas. India running out of room won't be an issue.

Probably, could be... I don't know if in Texas, but they could for sure fit in Argentina that, as I said in some post before, is underpopulated as hell and no one there cares (I suppose we love big empty spaces of... land... between our underpopulated cities, and so travelling is boring as hell).