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i wonder what y'all have to say about this

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[–] einfach_orangensaft 160 points 1 week ago (3 children)

ngl that post is rather toxic

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wait till they get into puberty.

[–] einfach_orangensaft 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

i had one of those my self, and i was very stupid and anoying during that, that dosent mean my parents want me gone wtf

[–] CaptDust 39 points 1 week ago

Uh, isn't it the kid saying they wish they were never born?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This comic might not be about you personally

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Yep, parental puberty is a terrifying phase.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you can't trust a cobra chicken on the topic of being toxic, whom can you trust?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

There's a suicidal way of thinking that when you are gone everyone will be better off. I think the comic could contribute to that thinking, but maybe it's meant to be a satirical rebuttal to that thinking instead.

Poe's Law

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I feel like anybody stuck in that state of mind would likely fail to see the satire in it.

[–] TriflingToad 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

maybe it's meant to be a satirical rebuttal to that thinking instead

I don't see that. If it's satire it's pretty harmful and ineffective

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Maybe don't constantly tell your 13 year old to get a job if they want something, then sabotage any attempt they make at getting a job?

Maybe don't have a kid so you have something resembling a proto-personality beyond self absorbed narcissism.

Don't expect a kid to fix a failing marriage.

sometimes the kid saying that is a little shit. Sometimes it is the parents that are the problem.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup. In my opinion if you want to have a child, the only reason should be to raise a better person than you or your spouse could be, and provide them with a better life than you had, enriching your life in the process. If you have a kid for any other reason, it’s out of selfishness

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Thats extremely unhelpful and even harmful for many people

Trigger warning: depressionI personally have depression and have been through horrible things before I even turned 18. So yeah if you told me when I was 15 or 16 that eveyone around be would be significantly happier and better off with me not around I would genuenly consider jumping off a bridge.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Me too, and I agree it would have had a negative effect when I was at a vulnerable stage way back then.

Now that I’m a grisly old bastard, and a parent, I found it funny af.

So, mixed feelings.

[–] wolframhydroxide 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I definitely see your point, though I took this as an anti-natalist joke, not a refutation of "It's a Wonderful Life".

I'm inclined to wonder at what point the arguments of anti-natalism must be weighed against the nihilistic implications on those already born?

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Literally what I think would happen if I disappeared. This is kinda a dangerous post for people with suicidal ideation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've been watching Mr Rogers lately since I have a young kid now and I think thats the way to act. Even people he might disagree with he would have a chill discussion and respect their opinion, just letting them vent their problems.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I feel nothing but revulsion and disgust for the person who made this comic.

It places its sympathy towards parents, which is nonsense. They're the ones who choose to bring the child into existence in the first place. They should fucking bear the guilt and try and make up for it as best as they can.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

When I was 6, I told my mother I hated her and she threw away my entire Pokémon card collection. I think my hatred was probably justified. (I had a holo Charizard, bitch could have sold it for grocery money.)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago

If I was never born I wouldn't be alive and I wouldn't have to kill myself. Truly the best of both worlds.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

I get that pregnancy may embiggen your ass, but that is not where I'd be checking for stretch marks...

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Really kinda gross that their kid gets zapped and they immediately celebrate.

No wonder the kid hated them. He knew.

Parents, go hug your kid and tell them you love em.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Ngl, this post really doesn't send a good message. Is it true for some people? Probably

But my parents pushed me into 3 days of tafe, 2 days of uni, and 2 days of work a week when I was younger. It caused me to crash and burn

It honestly makes people who are already doing a lot feel like they have to do more to make up for what their parents have given up for them, and that's just unhealthy

I had to move away from that mindset, and something like this really wouldn't have helped

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Truly though - What's more life-affirming than showing contempt for your parents' presumption to drag you from the void? It shows you've really weighed your options and decided to stay and bitch.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Adolescents and younger teens aren't really know for their introspection, I kind of give them a pass for saying that stuff at that stage in their life. At that age, lots of us learn how stupid something is only when we hear it coming out of our own mouths. It becomes really cringe though when they graduate into adulthood and they're still saying that or holding that opinion. At that point even their peers are given them the side eye or saying something like "dude, that doesn't fly anymore. Get your shit together".

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (33 children)

Hard disagree, from a 30-something. Two horny people fucked with no protection and now I'm expected to get an education, find and hold employment, be self-sufficient, and be fucking grateful for being forced to do this shit? And all of their inabilities to parent properly, leading to near-debilitating anxiety and stress, is somehow my fault? That I should cater to the two idiots that couldn't take a pill or unwrap a damn condom, because they want a mini-me? That I should blindly follow their religious views, of - again - two people that decided that momentary pleasure was better than lifelong calm and stability, for themselves and others? Two people who want to dictate what I like, what I'm interested in, my political viewpoint, my sexual preferences...? Two idiots that decided that mixing the worst part of one's DNA with the worst part of the other is a wonderful thing to do, and the visual issues of one, the deep constant anxiety of another, the risk factors of cancer and stroke, would be a delightful thing to impose on a new being. And I should fucking be HAPPY about this?! Are you FUCKING SHITTING ME?

Sincerely, a disabled gay satanic furry - with another disabled sibling (let's do it again!) - who was raised straight and christian and then manipulated and controlled, who is already plagued with health concerns, mental health issues, and had their first stroke at 21 years old. Everybody should freely fuck, it's great!

(To say 'I wish I was never born' is such an understatement it's actually hilarious.)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Win win win, I'd prevent my birth if I could

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I don't necessarily think that comics that have toxic messages are inherently a problem.

I think a perfectly reasonable parent would relate to the comic at some point. Read as more of a vent post I get it. So long as it's recognised as a toxic perspective and is indulged as a temporary way to air their grievance in their own head I think it can be helpful

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

I mean, seems like these parents never wanted kids. It’s amazing how many pregnancies are accidental. I wonder how many would actually have children if everyone had 100% control over when to conceive.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The guy miraculously cured male-pattern balding?

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

I think stress may be a factor in losing your hair

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Absolutely. But not male-pattern baldness.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kids cause pattern hair loss?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (18 children)
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