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[–] ShinyVoater 2 points 3 points (+5|-2) ago 

This is a shit world, I'd never wish it upon another creature, be that human, dog or rat. Call me selfish, I am not the one who Must pass on my own genes, narcissism out of control right there. There are too many unwanted kids already on the planet, adopt/foster one (or more) of them.

I see a lot of people give that as a reason for refusing to have kids, but they almost never adopt any to make the world a little less shitty. This is just an excuse.

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[–] sumguy 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Do you speed? What reason do you make for that criminal action? Isn't that reason just an "excuse"?

This is a shit world, I'd never wish it on another creature. Oh, and I also don't want kids because I don't like the little buggers, my tolerance level is very low for them. Do you think someone with a short temper/low tolerance towards the buggers ought to adopt? I could probably afford to keep one alive, maybe... should I jeopardize my own survival for another? Or do you think that Every adult is obligated to adopt if they don't breed? There are an awful lot of dogs/cats that are put down every year, just because I like dogs, does that mean that those who don't have them should be adopting them?

Keep your biases. You think something is an excuse, so it IS an excuse.. to you. So be it, words on a screen aren't going to change that. Every single action we take in life is based on an excuse. You speed because everyone else does? excuse. You want kids because you like them? excuse. Every answer to a "Why" question is just an excuse to someone else.

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[–] ShinyVoater ago 

You made one huge post and I replied to one part. I was commenting on one common excuse that has a bad tendency to be offered up as a star attraction for people who don't plan to spawn and clearly have no intention of helping with the spawn that are already here(not that there aren't perfectly good reasons to do so, but justifications that fit only the first tend to get held up as justifying the latter as well).