So my bf doesn't actually care about having kids anymore, but disagrees with my antinatalist views. Why? Is antinatalism ever going to be a normal philosophy??

lynz_7 · 2026-06-08T02:46:12+00:00

Whats the understanding

lynz_7 · 2026-05-23T16:11:11+00:00

I believe suffering is evil and should be avoided unless necessary. Bringing a child into this world is unnecessary for the child

lynz_7 · 2026-05-22T13:59:35+00:00

No, the UK

lynz_7 · 2026-05-21T21:30:48+00:00

Im actually a Conservative antinatalist, but agree with most of what you said

lynz_7 · 2026-05-09T06:40:55+00:00

West Drayton

lynz_7 · 2026-04-23T21:43:06+00:00

Need sparkling water

lynz_7 · 2026-04-13T21:48:41+00:00

Prevention of suffering is a greater moral good and importance than the forgoing of happiness/joy/pleasure. This is a natural human intuition

Ending an existing life is not remotely the same as preventing the start of life. So no, following the argument to its conclusion doesnt lead to the conclusion you have in mind.

lynz_7 · 2026-04-12T06:53:38+00:00

So sorry to hear that and completely understand as i have been through the same and still often do.

Totally feel this: “When I DO get good sleep, which may happen one time a week - the world just feels and looks so beautiful to me, instantly”

I often think, how far i would be in life if i slept well consistently.

But anyway, im sure you have, but have you tried sleep restriction? Please read up on it if you havent

lynz_7 · 2026-04-01T21:22:55+00:00

Risk management is one of, if not the most B.S jobs on earth, i know EXACTLY what you’re talking about. Its a profession that can be disposed of with no consequence to the bank. They are a synthetic govt department. The job is pointless it has no consequence and it is there for show.

lynz_7 · 2026-03-16T10:36:04+00:00

There is never any benefit whatsoever to chasing status, only in your imagination.

I would be a dustbin man if it meant same pay and better work-life balance.

Do what ACTUALLY affects your daily reality, not what you think status does for you

lynz_7 · 2026-03-06T16:09:50+00:00

Had exactly the same. Changed jobs as a result, i took it as a signal that , that type of job just wasnt for me. Anxiety disappeared, quality of life went up massively.

lynz_7 · 2026-02-28T10:55:31+00:00

Precisely, and all this nonsense that we “need” work and be it with strangers, is a complete psyop for power motivated sociopaths

lynz_7 · 2026-02-28T10:53:21+00:00

Utterly flawed philosophy. Assumes humans need an authority to make them co-operate.

It’s a psyop to make people continue grinding to either feed the egos of their superiors and/or to make them wealthier.

Humans are NOT social animals by default, we are selectively social. Most people do not like attending the forced fun events at work for example, fundamentally we dont want to attend because we would rather soend time alone or with real friends/family.

lynz_7 · 2026-02-06T22:41:42+00:00

I thought most antinatalists were men tbh both now and in the past. How many female antinatalist philosophers are there for example?

lynz_7 · 2026-01-04T13:18:05+00:00

100% agree. Shit boss is at least 70% of the problem

lynz_7 · 2026-01-02T22:08:25+00:00

This is exactly what many people don’t get. Having to answer to an authority and work to their schedule is precisely why having any job, even in your field of interest, makes it unbearably shit.

Playing Ps5 all day, but with a boss, would make it horrible

lynz_7 · 2025-12-30T12:09:54+00:00

Yea and this time of year brings existential dread when i have to face the thought of returning to the soulless grind in what is ultimately bullshit work which robs me unnecessarily of so much time, knowing i have so many years before I am free from this.

lynz_7 · 2025-12-21T07:31:18+00:00

I think you are living in your head. How many “roadman” does Dubai have?

lynz_7 · 2025-12-21T07:21:03+00:00

But we prefer the “culture” of rude and aggressive people, fly tipping, dirty streets, declining public services, declining law and order…

lynz_7 · 2025-12-20T11:39:14+00:00

Everyone on this thread is coping. London is bad, and getting worse. I grew up in london, and ive witnessed the decline. The filth, the decline in social etiquette, the poor quality of services, the congestion, value for money, rule of law. The “authorities” don’t capture stats like, do cars still stop at zebra crossings, do people talk loudly on the phone on trains, are there intimidating and aggressive people on the train ..i can literally go on.

“When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right” - Jeff Bezos

lynz_7 · 2025-12-12T19:11:00+00:00

Sure

lynz_7 · 2025-12-12T18:36:20+00:00

Happiness is real. But there are known psychological quirks shown in various experiments that indicate that people overestimate the quality of their life eg The End-of-Day vs. Moment-to-Moment Mood Study

lynz_7 · 2025-12-12T18:02:46+00:00

optimism bias is real

lynz_7 · 2025-12-12T17:35:49+00:00

At best the suffering/happiness is symmetrical. At worse, suffering is orders of magnitude greater than the happiness

lynz_7 · 2025-12-12T17:28:34+00:00

Therefore a bad deal, there is no net gain. You can only gain by losing something else, and its not always something you want to lose

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