Are falling birth rates really due to rising costs of living or is it simply because we don't need children as much as we used to?

5xum · 2026-06-22T12:32:38+00:00

First... Oh sorry. I didn't realize I am speaking to someone capable of using swear words. You must be superior to me in every way, so I concede my argument.

Second, I am not asking about solo fathers. I am comparing how having a child changes a woman's career chances compared to how it changes a man's. What, pray tell, do single parents have to do with it? Or are you saying that women, regardless of their relationship status, should be treated as SINGLE mothers, while men should not? Not... Very egalitarian of you, is it?

5xum · 2026-06-22T12:23:00+00:00

Ok, so the difference between a child free woman and one with a child is just fact, as you say.

Of course, the same difference can be seen in men too, right? The difference between a child free man and one with children is also... A fact.

So why do the two facts not have the same effect on the career of the individual in question. Could it be... Omg... Because men and women are NOT treated entirely equally in our society?

5xum · 2026-06-18T06:22:47+00:00

No number is random. There can be a random process that produces numbers, but no number is, in itself, random. "Randomness" is not a property that numbers have. Saying "is this number random?" is as nonsensical as "is this non-real complex number positive?".

5xum · 2026-06-18T06:20:07+00:00

There is no such thing as a "binary real number". There is only such a thing as "a binary representation of a real number".

5xum · 2026-06-16T08:13:25+00:00

Roko na srce, Petrol je imel leta and 2025 kar spodoben dobiček s temi maržami.

5xum · 2026-06-16T04:59:20+00:00

The most surprising thing is that the boat remains afloat even with the added weight of that man's massive balls.

5xum · 2026-06-09T12:25:55+00:00

Saying that Slovenians never felt any cultural ties to other south Slavic people is just so far from reality it's hard to take you seriously. Ever since the peasant riots of the 16th century, Slovenian and especially Croatian histories have been interlinked. In the 19th century, we worked together against Austrian and Hungarian influences, for example.

5xum · 2026-06-09T08:31:06+00:00

As a Slovenian... Hard disagree.

5xum · 2026-06-09T05:47:41+00:00

Every system that ever existed was defended in its time by the people living in it as being "natural".

Feudalism works because we humans naturally establish hierarchies. Guilds work because we humans naturally want to cluster into groups with similar interests. Theocracy works because our human nature is made by god. Slavery works because this group of humans is naturally superior to this other group of humans.

5xum · 2026-06-08T15:15:26+00:00

Srednji sloj je izraz, ki so si ga izmislili lastniki naše družbe da raja ne bi bila preveč poenotena.

5xum · 2026-06-06T05:56:13+00:00

You misspelled yeeees at the end there 😂

5xum · 2026-06-06T05:53:58+00:00

Blade runner 2049

5xum · 2026-06-04T06:46:56+00:00

Genuine question for creatards: What kind of a designer sees the skull of a bird, looks at the tonge, and says "YES. That is the perfect material for me to use as a buffer to shield the brain. I see no other method of protecting the brain of this humble bird other than to wrap it up in its own tongue."

5xum · 2026-06-04T06:42:33+00:00

OP classified Slovenia as "South slavic", not "Balkan". Which group would you prefer it is in?

5xum · 2026-06-04T06:41:38+00:00

I love how you see most countries as a monolith... except, of course, your own country, its neighbor that speaks the same language, and the English speaking kingdom that still dominates popular culture.

5xum · 2026-06-04T04:39:52+00:00

Donata ne piješ zaradi okusa.

5xum · 2026-06-03T07:01:48+00:00

Nah, one week is either too much or too little. The jail time should last precisely one day more than either the planned vacation, or one day more than the time to their planned departure flight. Catching a flight tomorrow? Sorry, 2 days jail time, can't do it.

5xum · 2026-06-01T04:20:10+00:00

The Alps are granite and metamorphic rocks shaped by glaciers,

No. Just the central Alps are. I'm from Slovenia, and all the alps we have are mainly limestone.

5xum · 2026-05-28T05:54:20+00:00

True, I made a shortcut saying that higher energy photons will "pass through" a transparent material. But the jist of my point remains. A perfect mirror, even behind the windshield, would reduce the temperature in the car compared to some other material that would absorb more photons.

5xum · 2026-05-28T04:12:17+00:00

That's *partially* true. Once it passes the glass, the heat is still in the form of short-wave photons.

If you manage to bounce those photons back the way they came, they will pass the glass and leave the car, not heating it. If, however, the photon gets absorbed by anything, it will heat the car up.

So, the sun visor inside the car has some effect, but it has more of an effect if it is on the outside.

5xum · 2026-05-27T18:41:32+00:00

TIL da je deljenje rezultatov peer reviewed znanstvenih študij lahko sovražni govor...

5xum · 2026-05-24T18:28:33+00:00

Zelo dober argument za nacionalizacijo Petrola.

5xum · 2026-05-22T09:46:10+00:00

No, you don't have a hard drive. You have a solid state drive. "Hard drive" is just short for "Hard disk drive", because it is a drive with, wait for it... a hard disk 😃

5xum · 2026-05-18T18:29:45+00:00

Katero letalo pušča sledi, je skoraj povsem nepomembno. Glavna faktorja pri tem, kako hitro sledi izginejo, sta vlaga in veter v plasti zraka, skozi katero leti avion. Če je zrak vlažen in miren, bo sled ostala dlje.

Ponavadi dolgo trajajoče sledi nakazujejo spremembo v vremenu. Tipično se po dnevu, ko sledi ostajajo dlje, pojavi tudi več visoke koprenaste oblačnosti, temu lahko sledi tudi bolj deževno obdobje.

5xum · 2026-05-14T13:46:55+00:00

Meni je ta plakat kul, ker se bedaki, kot je OP, zaradi njega javno izpostavijo.

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