picture unrelated but it makes me happy to look at

climate doomerism

How do you cope with the impending climate collapse? I try so hard to just keep on going one day at a time but sometimes I get so deep in the darkness I have to go out and grab a coffee or something to keep my kid from seeing my mood and asking what's wrong.

I don't see the world being a good place for them to live by the time they're an adult and I feel intense guilt for bringing them into such a world. I've got plenty of arguments against antinatalism, I have plenty of theoretical reasons why people should continue to have children (only the fash having kids seems like a bad thing) but at the end of the day I feel like they will resent having been born when they find out that I was well aware of the state of the world at the time.

Sorry for the bad vibes.

If you don't have kids and reply I might get upset but I'll try to just ignore you

  • propter_hog [any, any]
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    10 days ago

    Parent of one kid. Honestly, I fucking love this kid to the moon and back, so I don't think I could just go back in time and choose not to have them, but at the same time I feel so selfish for forcing this life on them. That said, I think they really love their life; they seem to, anyway. And I have spoken to them about the state of the world, and I have specifically asked about are they glad to be here, and they said yes. I can be a bit of a doomer, but I try to force myself to be more bloomer-y to try to balance things out.

    • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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      10 days ago

      thank you i appreciate the reply. I suppose it's not up to me whether or not they are happy to be here regardless of the state of the world