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"So the decision to avoid having children may amount to a kind of performance anxiety in the face of intense expectations and weak governmental and social support". (hexbear.net)

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https://twitter.com/juutsid/status/1720518455458214044

tl;dr: millennials are afraid of failure.

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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's always adoption - all the benefits of being a parent and you can easily deflect the blame when they ask you why their spark of consciousness was conjured into this empty and entropic universe.

[–] RedQuestionAsker2@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

Child: Dad, I'm going through a really hard time. I don't have any hope for the future, and I see society falling apart around me. How could anyone create me knowing that this is what life is like?

Dad: I guess this is a good time to tell you that you're adopted