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One of the biggest and greatest values that modern western cultures and societies have is freedom. Particularly, the freedom to choose a life they want.

Not every choice is easy, though, because some choose a child-free lifestyle, but that doesn’t slide with folks who are of a more traditional approach. At the very least, it can be annoying.

But there is a dedicated place to celebrate and debate the concept of antinatalism, as seen on Reddit. Scroll down to check out some of the best memes and posts found on the subreddit and remember that it’s all to further a discussion, so join in on the debate.

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    Finally Representation For Society’s Anti Natal Women

    Finally Representation For Society’s Anti Natal Women

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    So, r/Antinatalism is a subreddit that supports the belief that having kids is morally wrong and can’t be justified.

    The subreddit encourages open debate among members (of which there are 215,000 at this point) and visitors alike, as long as everyone treats each other with empathy, compassion and respect.

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    StretcherBearer
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man that's morbid. The part about projecting grief and identity on the kid is absolutely on point.

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    #5

    Society's Expectation For Having A Dog vs. Having A Child

    Society's Expectation For Having A Dog vs. Having A Child

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    Mrs Irish Mom
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is 100% spot on, the amount of kids born to sh!tty parents is alot but if you want to adopt a dog you get hone visits, forms to fill in ect but any junkie can walk out of a hospital with a new born baby 🤯 seen it in Ireland so many times 🤢

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    None Of This Makes Sense

    None Of This Makes Sense

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    Tamra
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not only does it not make sense, current US laws are actively endangering women in so many other ways, by forcing women to carry non-viable pregnancies to the point of severe, sometimes life-altering circumstances. In Louisiana, the abortion laws are so strict that there are cases of women undergoing c-sections to remove non-viable fetuses, rather than having the historically appropriately prescribed abortion. Women, we have a fight on our hands again, and it's a fight we MUST win.

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    The issue of antinatalism is more than just not wanting to deal with having kids. It doesn’t officially state I don’t wanna as a reason behind it, but nobody’s stopping anyone from assuming that stance.

    Anywho, there are a handful of reasons why antinatalists think reproduction is problematic and those can be boiled down to 5 key concepts.

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, frankly, I'll sit quietly and enjoy being in the little house I worked hard for.

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People should really mind their own business. It's your decision, but everyone thinks they know best.

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    The most straightforward reasons in support of antinatalism are the facts that [1] life entails inevitable suffering and that [2] death is inevitable.

    In other words, why put someone through a life of indeterminate length, unknown perils (instant or chronic), struggles, strives and tribulations, for it all to end in an even more unknown end is unpleasant to say the least.

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    This Is From A Real Anti-Aborter. You Can’t Make This Up… You Just Can't

    This Is From A Real Anti-Aborter. You Can’t Make This Up… You Just Can't

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    Mrs Irish Mom
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope the kid brings her to court and wins when its older because yes im here in this sh!tty life because you talked an unfit mother into having me

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've got two kids of my own and I feel exactly the same as the op. Outnumbered by kids sounds like a form of torture.

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    This Is The Way

    This Is The Way

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    Lou Cam
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you please do jigsaws and read lengthy sci-fi sagas for me please?

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    This also roots into the idea of gambling with another person’s suffering. Sure, some (and, seemingly, a majority) of people turn out happy overall with the lives they lead, but there is never a guarantee for it.

    By proxy, extending your gene pool is akin to gambling with another’s suffering.

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    End This Madness

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    Luke Branwen
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have chosen a different embryo since conservatives can still counter this with "BLUE LIVES MATTER"

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    #14

    Being A Family Never Has To Require Going Through Childbirth

    Being A Family Never Has To Require Going Through Childbirth

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    Legendary Stuff

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    Flamingo Croquet
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A "bloodline"? 3.8 billion years ago? Like when the first forms of life started evolving? What are you, a proud microorganism?

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    Then we have the argument of I didn’t ask to be born. It is generally accepted to ask someone for permission, but how do you do that with someone who won’t even be able to make decisions until several years into their life?

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    The answer in the eyes of the antinatalist is to not even impose that choice by not creating that situation. But it does make you think.

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    Truth

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    Tina Girard
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Life shouldn't be a grudge match in that if it sucked for me, it darned well better suck for you too

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    Is This What Republicans Want To Return To? Life Before Roe V Wade:

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    Lastly, some argue that there is an axiological asymmetry—the concept of good things and bad things not always having the same and opposing consequences when they are considered as existing or not existing—between good and bad things. With that logic, coming into existence by means of procreation always turns out to be a harmful thing.

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    The Breeding To Child Abuse Assembly Line

    The Breeding To Child Abuse Assembly Line

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    Laugh or not
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am not grateful to my parents for food and lodging. I am grateful for the love and respect they show me - and the books, the story telling, and general fun I had in my childhood.

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    The Only Victim When A Child Is Born, Is The Child. Period

    The Only Victim When A Child Is Born, Is The Child. Period

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    HTakeover
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if had consensual unprotected sex, you planned for the possibility of a child. (where biology allows the creation of a child).

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    That last argument can be extended to include a more global reasoning.

    One of the bigger arguments is sustainable population. This, of course, refers to the idea that the Earth can support so much until it becomes unable to provide enough to people to live, let alone thrive.

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    #23

    Enough Said

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    pfeils wife
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel for that Columbine Survivor. Can you even imagine the children of Sandy Hook or Uvalde when they become old enough to make that choice as well? Maybe (hopefully) things will be different by then.

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    I Mean... She Said What We Are All Thinking

    I Mean... She Said What We Are All Thinking

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    dancebunny
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read that as “stop having children you can’t eat” . I must be hungry 😂

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    Sustainable population estimates range from 650,000 to 9.8 billion, with 8 billion (with 8.1 being the current global population as of this article) being the average of what most think is sustainable.

    This, of course, has an impact on how climate change and other Earth-focused issues might be affected on top of sustainability. This is besides the question of how much would be enough to stabilize the planet’s ecosystems?

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    Actually If You Need Kids To Feel Successful, You’re The Problem

    Actually If You Need Kids To Feel Successful, You’re The Problem

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    Exactly

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you hadn't become a better person, then no doubt you would have blamed the kid for ruining your life.

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    Finally The Truth

    Finally The Truth

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    Tamra
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm gonna grab my popcorn and wait for someone to refute this. 🍿

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    Lastly, if we’re thinking about it in simple terms, not everyone truly wants to burden themselves with the vast amounts of responsibility that having kids entails. Financial, social and cultural, structural, moral and ethical—all of this multiplied by three given the current state of the economy, ecology, and world order in general. Nobody needs that stress.

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    Lorraine Woollands
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum started at me not long after my. 16th birthday about wanting grandkids. I have never wanted kids, she finally stopped talking about them when I was about 32. I have problems, I am overweight, I have mental health troubles and I am a diabetic. There is a history of cancer in my family, my father, Uncle and at least one aunt, all on my fathers side all died of cancer. Why would I want pass my genes on knowing all this?

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    devotedtodreams
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always hated this response from people. Like, well, I'm here now, so quit with the dumb "What if". Sometimes, I caught myself thinking: "Well, if yours hadn't had you, there would be one less person I'd have to hear this b******t from." -.-

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    Whatever the case, it’s a choice and everyone’s free to make it. So, please choose your takes and stories on the matter in the comment section below.

    Either that, or choose to take a gander at another similar article we’ve discussed in the past.

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    Same Here

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    Lou Cam
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    8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, if I had to make the decision again now I wouldn't have kids. Mine are teens and I'm totally crippled with anxiety over their future lives and quite rightly as society probably only got another 50-100 years before total apocalypse so yeah not a good time period to create more people to suffer.

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    That Would Have Been Pretty.. Pretty.. Pretty Sweet

    That Would Have Been Pretty.. Pretty.. Pretty Sweet

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    Laugh or not
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't have a conversation with a brain-dead moron about my body autonomy.

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    These F**ks Hate Women And They Aren't Even Trying To Hide It Anymore

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A little backstory: she went in for medication for cluster headaches. IYKYK. Anyway, the neurologist straight up told her it might interfere with the fetus... if she ever got pregnant. She said if that had zero plans for kids and if she did get pregnant she'd opt for an abortion. He doubled down and said that things were getting trickier on that and that she needed to bring her partner in on the conversation before deciding something like that. She currently has a lawsuit open against the hospital network for discrimination under the ACA's anti-discrimination provisions and the Anti-discrimination Act for prioritizing an imaginary fetus that doesn't even exist over herself.

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    We Know A Thing Or Two Because We've Seen A Thing Or Two

    We Know A Thing Or Two Because We've Seen A Thing Or Two

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Myself/hubby 1 kid and she called me selfish for not giving my kid a sibling.. her my ex friend has 5 kids and 3 in care/2 living with family members

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    Luke Branwen
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not at all a fan of eugenics or similar practices, but the state of today's world makes me think that there should be at least SOME basic assessment for people who want to reproduce.

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    Thinking You Can't Love Someone As Much As Your "Own" Child Is Such Nonsense

    Thinking You Can't Love Someone As Much As Your "Own" Child Is Such Nonsense

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who was raised by two magnificent women, while being absolutely not blood-related to one of them, I say they don't.

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    My Kids Will Surely Cure Cancer

    My Kids Will Surely Cure Cancer

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    No License Needed To Make Babies

    No License Needed To Make Babies

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    Me Oh My
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, over-fishing and having babies are both bad for the environment.

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    Just Saying... I Agree. I Mean Have People Seen Our Species?

    Just Saying... I Agree. I Mean Have People Seen Our Species?

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    devotedtodreams
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. I believe the world would be better off without our species. I mean, no other species has harmed the planet the way we did (and are)...

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    I Have Never Felt A Meme More

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    It's Truly A Mental Disease At This Point

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Combined with: „Problems? Your Generation doesn’t even know what problems are!“

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    Luke Branwen
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Parents teach you to stand and fight for your beliefs until these beliefs are different than theirs.

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    8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My soul would just go to another meat suit if I was to be alive in this time and plane.

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    This Guy Gets It

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    Mia Black
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who has to go through the problems earlier generations created and actual generations seem to ignore ignore enough to let it burn.... Poor kids. I have a hard time to express joy for newborns in my friends circle. Our gift to the kids is a planted tree in their name but it's only a small sign of hope and nothing more I fear

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    More Like "I'm Not Happy But My Kids Will Make Me Happy"

    More Like "I'm Not Happy But My Kids Will Make Me Happy"

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So far this is true for my kids! They don't need to know what I am going through. My job is to care and nurture them, not make them my therapist, nor include them in my problems. I was abused as a child, you best believe I'm breaking that mold!

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    Came Across This. Poor Daughter

    Came Across This. Poor Daughter

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mother of the year with her lovely words like Stuck raising two babys and calling her older daughter selfish 🤯

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    If Only

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, so it was YOU who messed up in the first place? 😡

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    Forced To Live And In Need Of Money

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    The Entitlement And Lack Of Self Awareness Is Overwhelming

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ‘Especially MY kid’!!! Am glad the 20 year old had the maturity to understand the responsibilities that comes with child-bearing; is aware of and is choosing the available options.

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    "Maybe My Child Will Cure Cancer"

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    Tina Girard
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    anyone who says that forgets the other side of the coin - maybe they'll grow up to be another Jeffrey Dahmer.

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    Nearly 50% Of Teens Say They Don't Enjoy Life

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    It Be Like That Sometimes

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    8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    but a child will save this relationship! Yeah, let me know how that works out for you.

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    Thanks For This Life

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    devotedtodreams
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recommend gardening. I live in an apartment, but the balcony allows me to have a little garden of sorts. Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and diverse beautiful plants that bring me joy. They're my green family (hopefully to be expanded by two kitties someday) ♥ (and as a bonus, spiders like to make their webs amongst my plants - y'know, mainly cross spiders. I call them my "spider friends" ^^)

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    All My Homies Are Anti-Natalist

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    Luke Branwen
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the other hand, there's nothing more soul-crushing than talking to a nihilist.

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    When You Don't Care About Your Kids

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    The Worst "Gift" I Have Ever Received

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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and then tell them they're in debt to you for providing this "miracle"

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    Elon Telling Women Accidental Birth Isn't That Bad

    Elon Telling Women Accidental Birth Isn't That Bad

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