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[–] Yurt_Owl@hexbear.net 112 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Baby making requires being horny and horny posting is BANNED.

Explain that one tankies.

[–] jaeme@hexbear.net 70 points 2 years ago

The IOF would like to disagree with you on that.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Volcel Police will bring about the sweet extinction we crave

[–] VOLCEL_POLICE@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

volcel-police

[–] Cromalin@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago

i'm a pro natalist but only in cases of artificial insemination

[–] Judge_Jury@hexbear.net 101 points 2 years ago (1 children)

such a weird hill to die on

says the person claiming it's immoral to have babies

[–] context@hexbear.net 79 points 2 years ago (2 children)

protesting the maternity ward by holding up signs with cute pictures of living babies screaming "look at what you're about to do!"

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago

This would be a good bit and is bringing me around on this issue

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[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 91 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The One Child policy was not anti-natalism. Libs are so disgusting.

[–] lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml 79 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Imagine the CPC like "Dear citizens, I know we've been saying that we're building a better socialist world and that our nation will be moderately prosperous and stable but even with that, life is just a torment and non-existence is preferable to existence."

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 73 points 2 years ago

"We would implement the no-child policy, but everyone should get to create one suffering baby, as a treat"

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[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 87 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I should no doubt shut my stupid mouth upon hilarious nonsense like this, but holy-fudgsicles, dude-- I'm as left as it gets in this country, and yet these people are 100x weirder and creepier than I ever could have imagined.

Actually, WHAT actually differentiates themselves from Repubilcans when it comes to destroying democracy, next time their pathetic chance to throw away their vote comes around?

one of you posted this. reveal yourselves. no one posted this unironically, i refuse to believe it.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 52 points 2 years ago

I'm as left as it gets in this country frothingfash

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[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 81 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That entire first sentence is just projection. No, the majority of people do not agree that life is suffering. People still find enjoyment in life despite things not being good.

[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

They don't realize that the Buddhist mantra means "Life always involves suffering" - it's not the same as "Life is inherently miserable". It's a reassurance, to prepare you for life and help you make sense of the chaos.

They're thinking of white western existentialism, which is largely self-pitying and useless.

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[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 71 points 2 years ago (1 children)

what if im natalist neutral like have kids if you want or dont i just dont care

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 61 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That's called being normal

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[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The majority of Hexbear's userbase agrees with the fundamental principles of [...] life is suffering [...]

Bruh the Buddhists figured this out 2500 year ago.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 62 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The good thing about anti-natalists is that they can't pass their anti-natalist ideology on to their children.

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[–] Gay_Tomato@hexbear.net 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The level of spinelessness to post that over in reddit rather then a place we can easily respond. visible-disgust

[–] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 56 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

literally the weirdest thing to have an axe to grind against hexbear i've seen yet

[–] ChairmanSpongebob@hexbear.net 55 points 2 years ago

yes, we all hate life, which is why we like to imagine a better world. paradoxically, we picture ourselves in that better world- not simply ceasing to exist

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 54 points 2 years ago

Legit weird seeing anti-natalist folks being so open about how much they should get into therapy

[–] ComradeCmdrPiggy@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Here's the link, someone already posted PPB in the comments so at least there's that

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[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 49 points 2 years ago

their doomers aren't reactionary and i don't like it

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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol that weirdo from yesterday malding

I love it when they cry on other sites

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[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Scale of derangement, descending:

  • "I don't want kids" (K)
  • "I don't advocate for having kids" (Sure)
  • "I condemn you for having kids" (Huh?)
  • "I condemn you for advocating people have kids" (Take a screen break pls)
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[–] manuallybreathing@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago

the antinatalist thing was fun as a joke, but some of those nerds are just real keen on eugenics

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pretty sure even China recognizes that the one child policy was probably not necessary right?

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[–] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago

"How dare you give deeply reactionary freaks the opportunity to out themselves? YOU MADE THEM DO THIS" che-smile

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago

PPB was designed for this moment

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There have been people that don't want to have children in every single society. It's fine if you don't want to have kids but you don't need to push it on others.

It's also fine if you do, you also don't have to push it on others, fuck off.

I am a centrist.

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[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago

Oh no! A bunch of cool weirdos got so creeped out about your "ideas" that they preffer not to participate in them.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago

Population control isn't fucking antinatalism! Those people are morons.

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago

Weird hill to die on

They're just posting

be persecuted

Made to stop posting (did they even get banned?)

Go outside or make another account like the rest of us

[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Anti-natalism is one of the most cringe reddit position you can take. It's that same nameless sense of cynical despair that permeates through every corner there.

Life is hard, everyone has their own problems to go through, but there is nothing that says it HAS to be that way.

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[–] edge@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (21 children)

I didn't want to be born, I wish I wasn't born, so I'm not doing that to someone else. It's that simple and I don't really see the problem y'all have with it. I'm not forcing anyone else not to have kids.

[–] lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 2 years ago

The right to not have kids and not be criticized for it is very important especially on a feminist level. No one disagrees with that here

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[–] jabrd@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

I never understand natalist arguments because like ok? Just don’t have kids and I will and then my progeny will dab on your grave later. It’s cool dude.

[–] commiespammer@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

Ahem, actually, the other half of people find life enjoyable, so by not having children you're depriving them of happiness, which means you're being mean, which means you're a stinky doo-doo republican tankie who wants to take our freedoms away. I am very smart.

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