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[–] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 137 points 9 months ago (10 children)
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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 132 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Literally the opposite of this is true. Not having kids is one of the single best things you can do for the planet.

(Still want to raise a child? Adopt! There are so many kids out there looking for good homes and people who will love and care for them)

[–] Gladaed@feddit.de 34 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Not entirely accurate. Shit hits the fan before this changes too much and we are in much debt. Also infrastructure is somewhat of a fixed cost. I.e. being fewer people does not reduce infrastructure emissions.

Antinatalism isn't ab answer to the problem, but might be a reasonable reaction.

That being said I do not want to advocate for having more children or put the blame for the systemic issues on the individuals suffering from them.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 40 points 9 months ago

some infrastructure, but by no means all. But I think my stance has always been closer to “if they wanted me to bring in additional players, they should’ve made the game more fun to play”

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Population decline will be the socio-economic epoch which finally puts an end to obligate growth capitalism, and the initial demographic crisis will force us to reprioritize how we use resources and technology to support aging populations. Historical materialism goes brrrrrr.

Refusing to make children for the capitalist machine is just good praxis.

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 65 points 9 months ago

We could just let people with babies immigrate into the country easily instead of forcing people already here to have extra.

Oh wait that's not the right kind of baby? Weird.

[–] Bipta@kbin.social 47 points 9 months ago

OBEY. CONSUME. REPRODUCE.

[–] covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Elon musk is just firing more and more people. What he want these kids to be? Steve Jobless?

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 9 months ago

He and his dad have a pregnancy thing. They both have some weird breeding fetish

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[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 32 points 9 months ago

I feel like at this point you could just do the opposite of whatever old musky says and you'd be doing pretty alright for yourself.

[–] I_like_cats@lemmy.one 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would like to ask that woman if she is pregnant right now. If not, call her a hypocrite

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You'd need to know if she is having unproctected sex. Exclusively unprotected. And no birth control. Babies can't happen if she's taking birth control.

[–] LeafOnTheWind@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Are you currently being pumped full of hot man juice deep into your vagina?"

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Socially UNacceptable:

“I’m getting hot sticky, messy cream pies deep in me every night, just literally filling my cunt with as much cum as I possibly can.”

Socially acceptable: “ I’m trying for a baby”.

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[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 9 months ago

decades of don't have kids if you can't afford them and now it's "have kids! They yearn for the mines!"

[–] damnfinecoffee@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Can't wait for my vasectomy next week

[–] trucy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 9 months ago

oh i'm having sex, non procreative, that is

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

All you need to know is that Everylife, the company behind this campaign, is a diaper trading company that officially pushes Christianity and fights "companies that have promoted the weakening of men in American society" and that "are pushing anti-family, anti-American agendas".

This is such a fucked up combo of right-wing politics and diapers I can't even

https://everylife.com/pages/our-mission

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ok, can you guarantee they will someday have a college education, housing, and Healthcare?

"NO! HAVE KIDS AND A SELECT FEW WILL WIN THE GENETIC LOTTERY AND BE ACCEPTED, THE REST CAN SUFFER."

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

More of a white Christian nutcase thing than a capitalist thing specifically.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Make more babies to be sacrificed to feed the Capital God

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 9 months ago

they say have more babies then cheer as families drown in the rio grande

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

capitalism requires constant population growth in order to sustain itself. The idea of unending exponential monetary growth cannot be sustained without unending population growth. for this reason every business, and every form of capitalism is doomed to eventual collapse. The only reason why it keeps going is because our fucking governments keep propping it up. this is why Elon musk's greatest fear is under population

[–] lyam23@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Make more workers!

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is this some stupid religious marketing campaign

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It literally is. Everylife, the guys behind this, are a Chrisrian diaper company.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 9 points 9 months ago

It does sound like they're full of shit.

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[–] toxicbubble420@beehaw.org 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm sure what humanity needs is checks notes more humans, because we dont have enough problems .

i looked them up, this is a DIAPER AD

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I feel like Elon and has this one covered

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hell no. I struggle with being responsible for my own life and you want me to be responsible for more lives?

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[–] Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I'm so glad that someone leaked that Roe v. Wade was getting overturned. I scheduled my sterilization and I'm so so happy. There is still a LONG waitlist to get sterilized.

No babies, no periods, no cramps, no mood swings, life is good. (Bilateral Salpingectomy and Endometrial Ablation are an awesome combo)

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I literally can't take care of my own life well enough, how do you expect me to be a good parent? This is why I'm celibate.

Also, I feel like there's enough people in the world already. Why do you guys need more than 8 billion people?

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[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Nope, I removed that option last January.

[–] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 9 points 9 months ago

make more babies

How about, give us more money?

[–] Caesium@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

ah yes, bring new sapient life unwillingly into this dying world. give them no future to look forwards to

Maybe the decision to have children is highly personal and should be left up to individual people to decide, either way?

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It's also one of the best ways to have a giiiaaant personal CO2 footprint (through your children, clever!), so get on it!

Make more little humans that destroy the planet even more and consume shit!

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[–] june@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

This is hilarious.

Musk first came into my view talking about how earth is overpopulated and we need to go to mars to survive.

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Abso-fucking-LUTELY not happening

[–] EvokerKing@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Isn't more babies the reason for the bad side of capitalism, homelessness, and other issues that many complain about on Lemmy?

[–] TellusChaosovich@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Sure, cool. Make health insurance cover my IVF then.

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago

Best I can do is vehement antinatalism

[–] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Oh yeah of course! I forgot I have an extra million dollars lying around waiting for me to spend it on a child

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago

Making them is easy. Caring for them is a very different thing. If corpos want me to make them, they better pay up

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Nah fam. Not for me.

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