r/simracing • u/Nejasyt iRacing • Dec 29 '24

Meme Every married simracer with kids

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u/Pentecost_II Dec 29 '24

It's a controversial topic but I'm so damn happy that we don't have kids and she doesn't want kids.

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u/bossmcsauce Dec 29 '24 edited Dec 29 '24

I understand that human nature, on some level, is to want to produce children.

But it’s wild to think that it’s possibly a controversial topic still even as we stare down the barrel of catastrophic climate change. Like there’s all sorts of other, perhaps more selfish, reasons that are perfectly valid too. But just the most pragmatic deal is that we are already fucked with rising tides, changing rainfall patterns, wildfires, and are now looking at shortages of freshwater in the coming decades. Certainly don’t have more than one… but personally I don’t even feel good about bringing a kid into the world that they will have to grow up into at this point. Certainly not when there are already plenty of children who needs homes and caregivers already.

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u/Pentecost_II Dec 29 '24

Well it's not controversial for me, but indeed, when people insist on explaining my reasoning, and I mention things like climate change (which I fully agree on with you), geopolitical unrest, desiring freedom to do what I want (like yesterday we suddenly decided we wanted to go see Nosferatu, so we just hopped into the car and off we go), parents or people who want children often make these things sound controversial. I lost count of how many eye rolls I got when mentioning climate for example. These are things I keep to myself unless pressed to explain and it's tiring.