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Do you feel sad for people born today?

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    Actually kind of jealous, because they will have AI just do healthcare on every single human, and they will have AI teachers and so on.

    EDIT: Did I mention fucking UBI?

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    The rich would never allow the poors to be taken care of in such a way. You're not thinking like a true capitalist !

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      Yes, climate change, microplatics in brains and balls and mountain fresh water and pollution all around.

      Oh and forget about ever owning your house except you inherit.

      And all of it is man-made.

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      There's enough land in the world for every single adult human to have 2 acres. Pretty crazy. Then we have people living in actual closets that cost 2k a month. Crazy.

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        You are born in the very very very best stretch the human race has ever known.

        We have solutions for almost every problem which exists today.

        Wars are at an historical low point.

        Chances are good you've never been even experienced war first hand.

        Housing is expensive, yes. But chances are you're reading this on a couch or bed in a home, heated (or cooled), with a working stove, light at night and a fridge with edibles in it. And lets not talk about your immediate almost unrestricted access to all of human knowledge.

        That would be unbelievable, impossible even during 99.9% of human history. (Or somewhere near this figure)

        You should stop doomscrolling and start reading the real human history.

        All of human knowledge at your fingertips. And this is what you chose to distill from it.

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        What? Are you stupid? Realism with a tinge of optimism in this thread clearly designed to be a crying, woe-is-me circle-jerk? Get with it man! /s

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          I dont care what people do. But they should put a little more thought into it other than "I human. Must make babby". I can guarantee you a very large amount of the population thinks this way.

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            We already have been killing others for clean water if you think about it. Not directly but certainly through the actions of Nestle and other big corporations.

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            I'm talking about children born today in rich countries

            Nobody's gonna escape this

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              Born 1949 would be awesome. After world war, then Woodstock, cheap housing, fucked up the world with their plastics, dead before its getting hot. These mfs had the best timespan ever.

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              If youre white, definitely. I'd probably choose to be born in early 70s so I could have gotten into computing when it first become available outside of labs.

              But yeah capitalism only works for the already-haves. If youre late to the party fuck you. Why didn't you buy a house when you were 12, idiot ?

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                Gf and I talk about this a lot. Both want kids but I don't know how to feel about this world anymore. I come from generational wealth so could just buy the kids houses but I feel like it's still going to be super shitty overall

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                You have money, your kids will be fine. The rest of our kids will be screwed by your kids.

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                  IMO climate change is kind of a different beast than hardships from the past.

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                  Tell it to the young American men who were drafted into the Vietnam War, and were dead 3 months after receiving their notices to report.

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                    Gf and I talk about this a lot. Both want kids but I don't know how to feel about this world anymore. I come from generational wealth so could just buy the kids houses but I feel like it's still going to be super shitty overall

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                    Adopt. There are kids who need good homes and you are in a position to provide one.

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                      I personally cringe when I hear a friend js having a kid. All I can think of is how bad theyre going to have it. Hell id definitely have been better off being born 20 years earlier, but these new kids are REALLY screwed unless they have super rich parents.

                      "Nothing new under the sun" I suppose!

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                      Partly yes.
                      If I could choose, I would take 10 years earlier than I was actually born.
                      At least I could have experienced the early internet for longer.

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                        Tell it to the young American men who were drafted into the Vietnam War, and were dead 3 months after receiving their notices to report.

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                        Your point? Climate change has the potential to affect every living thing on the planet. Even the horrors of world war 2 didn't have that kind of reach. Additionally, humans eventually have to stop fighting when enough of them are dead. Climate change is a threat that humanity can unleash but be potentially unable to stop. Like I said, a different kind of beast.

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                          Adopt. There are kids who need good homes and you are in a position to provide one.

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                          That may be true. But there is a difference between giving away a free home to a random in need vs your own offspring.
                          I would without a doubt give away my kidney to my mother or father.
                          Not so much for a random if I was given the choice.

                          As we don't know how much ressources OP has, I wouldnt want to jump to conclusions. Maybe they'd have only enough to buy a house/flat for a child, maybe two (which is still much).

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                            You have money, your kids will be fine. The rest of our kids will be screwed by your kids.

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                            I like to think my family has always paid it forward and I would raise my kids to be the same

                            That was a really fucked up comment honestly lol

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                              Adopt. There are kids who need good homes and you are in a position to provide one.

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                              Yeah but I'm kind of a narcissist and I want to see more of myself is the thing lol

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                                That may be true. But there is a difference between giving away a free home to a random in need vs your own offspring.
                                I would without a doubt give away my kidney to my mother or father.
                                Not so much for a random if I was given the choice.

                                As we don't know how much ressources OP has, I wouldnt want to jump to conclusions. Maybe they'd have only enough to buy a house/flat for a child, maybe two (which is still much).

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                                Yeah I'm not like a multimillionaire. I was thinking more along the lines of two kids I would each buy a 1 bedroom apartment kind of thing

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                                  Tell it to the young American men who were drafted into the Vietnam War, and were dead 3 months after receiving their notices to report.

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                                  Slow and steady boil vs a quick(er) release.
                                  Not the best way to die of course, but I'd choose the quick path if given the choice.

                                  But the path to the end is littered with grief on both ways just spread more and in a different way.

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                                    There's enough land in the world for every single adult human to have 2 acres. Pretty crazy. Then we have people living in actual closets that cost 2k a month. Crazy.

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                                    Maybe the area but how is living in the Sahara desert?

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                                      I personally cringe when I hear a friend js having a kid. All I can think of is how bad theyre going to have it. Hell id definitely have been better off being born 20 years earlier, but these new kids are REALLY screwed unless they have super rich parents.

                                      "Nothing new under the sun" I suppose!

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                                      Yeah. It is like a kid being born in the 1930's.

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                                        I personally cringe when I hear a friend js having a kid. All I can think of is how bad theyre going to have it. Hell id definitely have been better off being born 20 years earlier, but these new kids are REALLY screwed unless they have super rich parents.

                                        "Nothing new under the sun" I suppose!

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                                        I think the whole “wrong generation” thing is a bit of a misconception, at least in terms of culture. Say you really love 60s culture, you can dress like you are in the 60s and listen to all the music from that time - including obscure stuff your local record store wouldn’t have had then but likely do now. Then additionally you can also listen to the odd song for the 70s and 80s if they take your fancy. The 60s are a part of pop culture and you can swim in that stream for as long as you want.

                                        Socially as well, I think people underestimate how much latitude we are given to be individuals in modern society vs even like 30 years ago where social pressures to conform were stronger.

                                        Economically I think there could be some cause for concern for the future but there were really tough economic times in the past too. Stagflation in the late 70s for example is worse than what we are experiencing at the moment. Having a kid could be something people treat like buying a property and waiting for the ideal time to do it; however, property prices are unpredictable and trying to judge it perfectly is like trying to catch a falling knife. The best advice is just to buy a property when you can afford it, and that probably holds true for having a kid too (assuming you want one… that’s another benefit of living in contemporary times!)

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                                          I can't remember ever actually buying a microwave in the first place.

                                          Then again, I'm not normal, I know how to diagnose, repair, overhaul and even Frankenstein microwave ovens, so if one ever goes out, I'll just keep an eye out by nearby dumpsters for scrap parts microwaves and rebuild whichever of the two is in better condition...

                                          I hate living in such a wasteful society, I'm all about the right to repair!

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                                          I agree that living in a more repair-friendly society would be superior, but I’m very curious; just how often is your microwave failing that you’ve semi-consistently dumpster dived? Are microwaves a hobby for you?

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