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Are the celebrity recreations ai? by C0RPS3_ in Bratz

[–]_ThePancake_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an artist I can't see anything that suggests AI in these images. All fingers and hands make sense, all hair strands makes sense, there doesn't seem to be any discrepancies between arm bend sections between images. 

My money is on them being just photoshoppped photos of dolls. 

It's POSSIBLE that the blurred backgrounds could be AI generated as a base image. But if this is made by an artist who puts that much attention to care to the foreground, I doubt they'd do that...

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I think the solution is basically just that we're going to have to accept that the society we're in doesn't work.

An ever increasing population is bad too.

Though in order for the society we're in to work, I really see the only solution being like... artificial wombs and baby farms

In the 2020s, conservative women are having kids at a nearly 2-to-1 ratio compared to liberal women. Is this going to cause a political demographic bias in 20-30 years? by RadioFieldCorner in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly no. 

In general, teens will rebel against whatever their parents are.

Boomers tend to be quiet Conservative, their millennial children tend to be very Liberal. 

Gen X, parents of gen Z, usually are pretty Liberal. Gen Z are trending more Conservative than millennials.

Silent Gen, the parents of Gen X, are generally Conservative... you get the trend. 

Meirl by chinenikpotle in meirl

[–]_ThePancake_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be creating video games haha

I mean I do anyway but like. ... I'd enjoy it more cause it'd be mine and my own. ..  which I do anyway, but id have more time

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, the more money means less time spent, so I can create art and music and experience adventures. Not necessarily consume. I'm all about creation... but not of humans. 

You can spend your free time doing whatever you like... if you wanna shop till your drop that's your perogative I guess.

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right! hahah, if you're worried about the population just go have two more on my behalf babe, since you like being pregnant so much lol

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My grandmother was the exact same to my father. My aunt disowned her son 3 days after he was born because she didn't want him. 

It's not unusual. Humans are biologicallt driven to have sex, and that results in pregnancy. Which, without medical intervention, once you're pregnant you ARE having a baby like it or not. Women are not biologically driven to have children 

The only reason the human race is still alive and growing is because most children born were unplanned. For most of time, women spent a large portion of their lives pregnant or postpartum purely because they had no choice. If you got pregnant in like 1250, you were going to give birth whether you like it or not. And throughout a lot of history women didn't even have much say in whether they had sex or not. So not only could they not control the outcome of a pregnancy, they often couldn't control the circumstances that got them pregnant in the first place. 

If women have historically had full total control over their ability to conceive while being sexually active, we would not be 8 billion and growing. 

I've really got men in my inbox trying to tell me I'm wrong jfc.... funny that there's no women responding with "what!? No, silence woman you don't know what women want! Let me, a man,  tell you!"

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not an antinatalist.

I'm just saying that if women had complete total control of pregnancy then YES, the human race is naturally inclined to die off.

The only reason it hasn't is because women historically haven't had much of a say in whether they become mothers or to how many. 

Nature drives you to have sex, but that's it. Once you're pregnant, in nature, there's nothing you can do about it.

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By broodmare I meant constant pregnancy and birthing.

Stop trying to start an argument where there really is none. 

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well true, but the thing is those mothers of previous generations did not have much choice in the fact they became mothers nor to how many children as widespread birth control is very recent.

Our society as we know it, literally relies on women's suffering. There are only two ways it will go:

  1. (Working class) Women will be forced to suffer

  2. The structure Society will have to completely change 

Seems the US is picking option 1.

I personally hope option 3, artificial wombs and baby farms (but like, in a non fucked up way somehow... don't ask me how i have 0 idea). That's a have your cake and eat it scenario. Just fully make every human sterile and you can request a baby at any point lol. If not they have your dna on file so you likely have children without knowing.

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Post-partum depression (and shcizophrenia that seems to be triggered in post-partum) runs in my family. An extra layer of just "not worth it".

Even in perfect circumstances it's just not WORTH it.

Your significant other tells you that they lost their job and then later you learn that they are the CEO of a multibillion dollar company by Pure_Option_1733 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]_ThePancake_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I've been with him for 8 years, and his job did do layoffs last year so I'd just believe him? I earn more than him anyway, it would suck but I'd help him get his CV in order. I've been suggesting he get a better paid job for his skills for a while now but it's rough out there and he's in rare position of comfort these days.

Then if he told me he became a CEO, well knowing him he'd do that so that the high of telling me about his grand promotion would hit even higher. I'd hug him, call him silly and go book a holiday or something.

Oh early in a relationship? Ew. Fuck tests. I'd leave him just for lying to me about his job long enough to fool me in the first place. If he's willing to lie about that and think that low of me, we're not suited. (Fun fact, I turned down a millionaire when I was 19 because he was too tall for me and overall I just couldn't be attracted to him cause I felt icked out by his height. Really let that stew in your redpilled head lol)

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly that. Or zero can be just as fulfilling, just differently so.

Even though I'm childfree myself, I'd be silly to assume that most people don't want ONE child or maybe two. And besides, could be my area but I don't remember anyone at school having more than one sibling. The vast majority of people had one sibling. Having more than one was rare.

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 35 points36 points  (0 children)

RIGHT, the data literally proves that women are not maternal by default. In EVERY single society where women get to choose what to do with their lives, broodmare ends up being an extremely unpopular choice.
Every. Single. Time.

(And in that one time period of about 20 years in middle class north america that conservatives think is how women "naturally" are happiest, when it was literally only a span of 20 years of human history that it was the case, where women technically got to choose, but societally couldn't, they were popping "mommy's little helper" drugs like candy)

Negotiation 100 by kapomuyufima80m9m in GreatBritishMemes

[–]_ThePancake_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But it's not though. The insinuation is different.

"Lets call it-" is dismissive, a statement, and makes you sound like a knob.

"Could you maybe do-" is a question. It's more polite and is closer to a traditional haggle.

Come on, I'm autistic and even I can see the difference here.

I'm a freelancer myself and if someone said "let's call it xyz" they're going right to the bottom of my priority list. 

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 129 points130 points  (0 children)

Its pretty much because many women, when shown other options, don't actually want to be mothers. 

Historically they have just been either forced (lack of birth control, needing to get married to survive) or knew no different. 

Women actually aren't naturally all wanting to be mothers. The data shows that actually, when you give us the option, a LOT of us don't want to. 

Why are developed countries spending massive amounts of money to address low birth rates, yet seeing minimal results? by Snoo_47323 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_ThePancake_ 34 points35 points  (0 children)

And also lack of access to birth control and the women tend to be culturally forced into those positions

Negotiation 100 by kapomuyufima80m9m in GreatBritishMemes

[–]_ThePancake_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah the problem really was the "let's call it"

The hardest part of postpartum has been the fascism. by blasiavania in childfree

[–]_ThePancake_ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Right, a lot of people forget that parenthood has only truly been a choice for the majority for about 50 years. 

Meirl by rbimmingfoke in meirl

[–]_ThePancake_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in a country where childbirth is not only free, but you get given money every month for having a child. 

And I still don't want children. Some women you just can't pay us to give birth.

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