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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The antinatalism subreddit (and similar groups elsewhere) is one of the most toxic places on the internet. It just reeks of hatred, and worse yet, treats that hatred as some sort of virtue.

Go live your life however you want, kids or no. But grouping up to talk shit about children or people who start families is just gross.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

They can't, they have to tell the world how better they are because they didn't finish inside.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"It's not a toxic stew of depression and misanthropy guys, it's a totally valid belief system!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This isn't the first time I've seen it here or on reddit either, and it's honestly sad.

These groups always seem like doomers who have ingested so much negativity that they've developed depression. Either that, or they're taking the loooong way to just telling their moms that they don't want to start a family.