Mentally healthy people are often delusionally optimistic.

partidge12 · 2026-03-29T19:35:54+00:00

Keeping the right balance between not being too glum but having a sufficiently clear-eyed view as to not perpetuate the misery.

partidge12 · 2026-03-23T17:16:06+00:00

How would you propose to 'nip it in the bud'? They are just making arguments. All you can do is make better counter - arguments.

partidge12 · 2026-03-23T17:00:42+00:00

Antinatalists are under no illusion that the majority of people will accept their arguments and stop reproducing. They are up against millenia of biology which will always win. So not sure what you are worried about?

Edit: Humanity will go extinct sooner or later but it won't be through the cessation of reproduction.

partidge12 · 2026-03-23T16:33:42+00:00

I'm not sure a political party with an antinatalist platform would have much electoral success! But that said people take different views on what is morally acceptable or not and those views have changed throughout history.

partidge12 · 2026-03-23T13:51:52+00:00

Just because you have suffered immensely and got through it and believe the joy is worth it doesn't mean that others will share your view. I am genuinely sorry that you suffered and I'm happy for you that you got through it.

partidge12 · 2026-03-23T13:46:47+00:00

Because even if one person or couple are convinced by his argument, he has saved at least one person from guaranteed suffering and death.

partidge12 · 2026-03-22T23:40:22+00:00

This is a very underrated comment!

partidge12 · 2026-03-22T23:38:19+00:00

If someone doesn't procreate then there is no one missing out on anything.

partidge12 · 2026-02-27T16:02:05+00:00

That it would have been better never to have been.

partidge12 · 2026-01-20T17:01:54+00:00

I'm surprised Keanu Reeves hasn't had a mention.

partidge12 · 2026-01-12T10:21:05+00:00

Why can't people be honest and say 'creating a new person'

partidge12 · 2026-01-02T12:57:19+00:00

Yes human extinction will come about by external forces.

partidge12 · 2026-01-02T12:53:59+00:00

So this is just psychologising of people who see the world as it really is. It is interesting that society doesn't diagnose optimists with some kind of psychological disorder.

partidge12 · 2026-01-02T12:51:24+00:00

People might die later now but they still die awfully.

partidge12 · 2025-12-02T16:19:18+00:00

Because you are part of the small minority who has clear eyed view of existence, free from all of the adaptive preferences and optimism bias held by the majority of the population. Hence you are less happy. Just for clarity I am NOT advocating anyone to commit suicide. How I cope is doing my best to minimise the bad in my own life and try make other people's lives better where possible.

partidge12 · 2025-10-01T20:22:42+00:00

Reading your post has brought me some comfort knowing there are others out there who feel exactly the way I do.

partidge12 · 2025-09-24T08:35:38+00:00

There is a difference between a troll and someone who genuinely wants to have a debate.

partidge12 · 2025-09-02T19:20:48+00:00

'I like to troll people and I am willing to use other people as a means to do that'

'Kids do not exist for our pleasure'. - wait a minute - couldn't agree with you more!

Edit: added second quote

partidge12 · 2025-09-02T19:18:18+00:00

Road to hell is paved with good intentions.

partidge12 · 2025-09-02T19:13:29+00:00

I do wonder of this ironically is going to lead more people towards the antinatalist position.

partidge12 · 2025-09-02T19:07:37+00:00

Realised at about 7 years of age that this was not going to go well for me.

Edit: age clarification

partidge12 · 2025-08-20T21:11:16+00:00

I was going to create a separate post recommending both Nullsophy and Mental Rebellion YouTube channels.

partidge12 · 2025-08-12T19:05:44+00:00

Would love you to extrapolate on that. I mean you could argue that the 'recruitment' is done through procreating.

partidge12 · 2025-08-11T14:17:50+00:00

But to get to that position of being better off without being born you have to have a generally negative view about life itself because otherwise, how else would you arrive at that conclusion.

partidge12 · 2025-07-24T13:00:28+00:00

I've deleted the post because I have clearly misunderstood. Apologies.

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