Thats extremely unhelpful and even harmful for many people
Trigger warning: depression
I personally have depression and have been through horrible things before I even turned 18. So yeah if you told me when I was 15 or 16 that eveyone around be would be significantly happier and better off with me not around I would genuenly consider jumping off a bridge.
Maybe don't constantly tell your 13 year old to get a job if they want something, then sabotage any attempt they make at getting a job?
Maybe don't have a kid so you have something resembling a proto-personality beyond self absorbed narcissism.
Don't expect a kid to fix a failing marriage.
sometimes the kid saying that is a little shit. Sometimes it is the parents that are the problem.
I feel nothing but revulsion and disgust for the person who made this comic.
It places its sympathy towards parents, which is nonsense. They're the ones who choose to bring the child into existence in the first place. They should fucking bear the guilt and try and make up for it as best as they can.
If I was never born I wouldn't be alive and I wouldn't have to kill myself. Truly the best of both worlds.
I get that pregnancy may embiggen your ass, but that is not where I'd be checking for stretch marks...
Ngl, this post really doesn't send a good message. Is it true for some people? Probably
But my parents pushed me into 3 days of tafe, 2 days of uni, and 2 days of work a week when I was younger. It caused me to crash and burn
It honestly makes people who are already doing a lot feel like they have to do more to make up for what their parents have given up for them, and that's just unhealthy
I had to move away from that mindset, and something like this really wouldn't have helped
I mean, seems like these parents never wanted kids. It’s amazing how many pregnancies are accidental. I wonder how many would actually have children if everyone had 100% control over when to conceive.
I commented some of this in response to a popular comment below, but since you asked for general impressions:
I take this as an anti-natalist statement. Anti-natalism has some implications of nihilism for those already born, which is to say: If I think it's unethical or wrong to have children, due to the suffering inherent in living a life (or caused by the negative externalities of reproducing), does that logically imply that I must blame my own parents for my conception, and wish never to have existed? (though not, necessarily to end my own life, of course, as that would bring further suffering)
If we are not going to be nihilist, and instead choose a more utilitarian approach with a cost-benefit analysis, to what extent does the added value of reproduction (from your effect on the future increasing through genetic propagation, fulfilled biological imperative, and any derived joy from interaction with the birthed individual) outweigh the potential loss of quality-adjusted life years from health implications of reproduction (especially for the mothers)? Is the risk of negative outcomes high enough to resolve not to reproduce?
Not me about to make a wish
I choose not to think to overthink this. Bringing up a kid has its rewards and as comic points out, sacrifices. Most parents gladly do whatever necessary so their kid has the best life in this world, and this comic just pokes fun of a phase of our life where we think more of our selves than what our parents offer up for us.
Bad taste? Sure, but sometimes bad jokes are the ones that get the point across and lit most discussion around the topic.
Just my 2 cents.
i wonder what y'all have to say about this
Here's what I have to say...oOof
This post appears to be at odds with c/childfree and c/suicidewatch.
Lmao at lemmets being so offended here
Which one are you though?
Huh, a post about shithole parents being exceptionally shitty. Ha ha I guess?
