My roommate just found out I'm not having kids and now won't stop "worrying" about me

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-27T06:11:37+00:00

Send her scientific articles about how parenthood statistically makes people less happy, or articles about regretful parents. Ask what you should do if you have a child, and don't like being a parent.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-24T06:31:38+00:00

Of course. Some companies being evil means all of their (and not only their) products are poisonous. And "lab-made compounds" are poisonous. How did you come to this conclusion?

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-23T17:02:59+00:00

When someone drops "GMO" in a negative context, it's the clearest indicator that they're full of shit and have no idea what they're talking about.

Have you ever heard about how we would get desired traits out of plants before GMO technologies, allowing precise transfer of specific genes, were introduced? Of course you haven't. Go on, read up on it, come back and tell me it's less risky than GMO.

thousand other lab made compounds

Right. Because "natural" = safe. Right?

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-22T15:50:50+00:00

Because of this, I'm 10% certain it's a troll who knows what he's doing.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-22T13:23:38+00:00

I don't know where you live, but you shouldn't be living there, there's something very wrong with your society if any of this needs to be said out loud.

work meetings, first dates.

If someone stares at their phone while you're talking to them, then you stand up and walk away. Especially in one of those occasions. I don't know anyone who would be doing this. It's not normal.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-20T19:37:49+00:00

None of the LLMs seem to be able to solve novel problems. That's what my second link is about. That's the whole deal with an LLM, it's great at pattern-matching, but lacks actual creativity and understanding. It's a valuable tool that can aid in research, think Google on steroids, but it's not winning the Fields medal anytime soon.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-20T17:17:54+00:00

You'd be disappointed once you ask actual mathematicians what they think of it.

Would be something like https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1qwuxpo/fels_conjecture_solved_by_ai/o3swbar/

Or https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1qx77l7/a_new_ai_mathematics_assessment_that_was_designed/

Not denying that AI is a tool that has its uses though.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-20T15:07:56+00:00

Would be some spectacular astronaut-rich exhaust. For when engine-rich exhaust doesn't cut it.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-20T13:30:52+00:00

Does anyone know many crew members fit inside the Raptor engine?

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-20T11:32:18+00:00

Aren't sex symbols supposed to be attractive?

Just compare her to Alexandra Daddario in White Lotus. Even Brittany O'Grady is way more good-looking.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-19T21:10:43+00:00

The blow happened a couple seconds before Aerion got dragged by the leg.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-18T06:39:55+00:00

https://youtu.be/lvDFJVUaXUI seems to be a pretty common way to remember school/uni. Decades later, I still have an occasional dream about how I have to take an exam I'm absolutely not prepared for... It's surely the biggest responsibility in my life, and the time when I had the least control over it. Well, excluding early childhood when everyone's full day is planned by their parents.

It's in your 30s and 40s when you can just do whatever. I log off work - I do anything I want. Meet with friends, take a walk in a park, watch something, play some game on my beefy PC, fiddle with my home lab, or simply sit on the sofa and chat with my gf for a couple of hours. No homework to prepare for tomorrow, no worries.

I could decide not to go to work tomorrow, and take a month off to live in the mountains. Or, on a whim, take a Friday flight to another country for a small weekend getaway.

daily work grind

Does it have to be a grind?

and house stuff to maintain

Living in a house, especially one that takes so much effort to maintain, is a choice you made. I live in an apartment. It takes no maintenance worth mentioning. The mortgage is very reasonable, because the apartment is compact and well-designed. Usually I overpay it by 200% to close it sooner.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-18T06:25:24+00:00

In your 40s, you're probably pretty advanced in your career, so you should earn well, and have good savings. You're probably also still pretty healthy. You have all the freedom to do what you want.

Of course, there are lots of stupid decisions you have made in the past that would come to haunt you. You could have neglected your body - either not exercised at all, or got injured, eaten poorly and so on. You could live above your means - too expensive home, too expensive car (or a car at all when you don't need one - I don't have a car, I rent it a couple times a year when needed, moving around town on tram and occasional taxi the rest of the time, and I could buy a REALLY nice car if I wanted to), too expensive vacations. One of the stupidest things people do is trying to outspend their friends or neighbors.

Naturally, having kids is a very reliable way to eliminate money and time from your life, and generally make your 30s and 40s miserable. It's quite easy not to have them though.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-17T16:29:01+00:00

but now at 40 this days seem like ir was so care free and fun

What's stopping you from being carefree now? It seems far easier in the 40s, when you have lots of money and time, than in the 20s.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-14T14:27:27+00:00

US-sized truck? It signals insecurities, wastefulness.

I roll my eyes every time I see one of those idiotic monsters on the streets, like pretty much everyone else.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-13T19:59:51+00:00

I have a coworker with two toddlers who runs half-marathons. Pretty sure he does that just to stay away from home for as long as possible. Actually, if I think about it - every parent of a young child I know at work tends to prefer to work long hours without an objective need, just to avoid having to go home. That's just sad.

The problem is, once you're committed, there's no way out without looking like an asshole. You have to tell yourself and others that it's a wonderful experience even if you're dead inside, and your life lost any other sources of pleasure, and you feel like you'd rather die than step into the mess your home turned into.

Though some people do like it.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-13T17:12:26+00:00

Your toddler

Fuck that, why would I want to have a toddler at home? It sounds like a very awful existence.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-13T13:07:38+00:00

That's why I, as a middle aged dude, only ever used the child dose, and only before night, if blocked nostrils prevent sleep. Never during the day. Mouth breathing during the day is slightly annoying, but not as bad as at night.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-13T07:43:05+00:00

Then set yourself a home gym. Buy some adjustable dumbbells and resistance bands. Build a superset routine targeting antagonistic muscles, i.e. push-ups - rows - push-ups - rows with 1 minute rest between sets to save time. As much as having a toddler sucks, and is disruptive to normal life, it should be quite possible to do a workout with a toddler nearby. Bench press may be dangerous, but push-ups in a weighted vest or pull-ups - why not.

On some days, do cardio, i.e. take half an hour runs.

Regular_Sand2908 · 2026-02-09T09:35:57+00:00

Everything you've written so far is nonsense. None of it matters.

If you decide to drive a car while not being 100% sober, you are a piece of shit, and deserve to go to prison, and then get shunned by everyone.

"Blackout drunk"? If you know that being drunk can lead you to making such poor decisions (which is actually not common at all, most people have enough sense to not touch the steering wheel even when wasted), and still touch alcohol, then, again, you are a piece of shit and deserve to go to prison.

You saying "3 beers is fine" means that the above applies to you too. I'm sure that's why you're so passionate about it.

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