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

  • tmcgh@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    Ugh, that does suck. I live in California and luckily had paid family leave available and my employer was okay with the time off.

    Yea, the forced removal with no recompense was brutal...luckily for myself, there were no daycare involved as it was our first child but my partner taught elementary kids so we saw tons of families struggling with the protocols.

    The school from home was rough too. It was difficult for kids who were already behind. It was especially damaging for children who cane from disadvantaged communities or those with low parent involvement.

    You know, with this bird flu coming around, maybe we can get another shot...multiple people where I live have contracted it. Albeit from raw milk....