• Mr Fish@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Absolutely.

    A. Even with how shit the world is there’s enough good that exists for it to be worth it.

    B. If I didn’t exist, I would never have a chance to help improve the world in my small way.

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      4 months ago

      Same view but I also have had it pretty good. Great family and support, passed that on to my kids, and I’ve had a lot of support with great teachers through my years so now I pass that on to those less fortunate and it just does it for me. It’s a great feeling helping others.

      Here’s your Christmas advice kids: care about other people, nothing else will actually fulfill you.

  • Godthrilla@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I mean, the universe is just an experiment in experience. Even with the bullshit, it’s better to have been than to never have been

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    5 months ago

    I’ve been through some terrible things in life.

    But yes, I’d still choose to be born. The universe is an amazing place, and despite everything that has happened and is going on, there truly isn’t anything as wonderful as getting to experience a small, brief slice of the universe.

  • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
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    5 months ago

    Funny you should ask because fetus me actually tried to hang myself with my own umbilical cord and they had to cut me out of my mom to stop me. So apparently i really wasnt looking forward to my time on earth.

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    5 months ago

    Like, now? No way. I would choose to continue my unborn existence. However, if I could choose a time period, that would be a different story.

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    5 months ago

    Oh fuck no. For my entire life I’ve resented having to be alive. You try being a suicidally inclined 7 year old and see how you like it. The fact that it’s impossible to ask someone if they want to be born is enough for me to never want to have kids, always had been. Forcing existence and cognizance on a human being is unspeakably fucking cruel.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Absolutely! Life is a precious gift, and I hope to continue living for a long time. It’s not always good, it’s not always easy, it’s not always fun, but it is beautiful, interesting, challenging, and better than the alternative.

  • paddirn@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    If it was before I’d had my kids, probably. Now with my kids existing in the world, I’d essentially be deleting their existences too, so no.

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    5 months ago

    only under certain conditions; mostly pertaining to wealth & vanity. lol