A lot of people in here saying don’t do it because you might change your mind. They never seem to apply that logic the other direction. There’s lots of parents out there that had kids and only then realized they didn’t want the whole deal. And worse for them, society has driven a nauseating culture of parental worship and idolatry. It makes it impossible to come to grips with that realization. Parents are supposed to unconditionally love and champion their child and constantly profess how thankful they are and how gratifying the whole endeavor is. And that’s just with a “normal” child. If you have a kid with a disability or some kind of handicap that makes parenting exponentially harder you still need to profess your thankfulness! You aren’t allowed to not want to be a parent then. That ship has sailed. Anything less than abject subjugation to the identity of being a parent is condemned.
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meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Blackstone exec among those killed in Manhattan shooting2·4 days agoTo be fair the article from this post only had like 1 sentence regarding the NFL.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Blackstone exec among those killed in Manhattan shooting20·4 days agoFeels weird with how little information is in that article they also mention the NFL. If that’s the case, targeting the NFL should be the lede and she happened to be collateral damage. This almost feels like wild speculation just to misdirect the news from another CEO possibly being targeted. I’ll doff my tinfoil hat for a bit but something smells fishy.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Ireland parliament member says high-visibility jackets should be mandatory for all pedestriansEnglish51·6 days agoWhen I was a poor college kid I recalled a Halloween costume joke from an SNL bit. It involved a black hoodie, black sweatpants, and a black ski mask. All I had to purchase was the ski mask. Don my outfit and I became “The Invisible Pedestrian”. Used that costume a few years.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Jeffrey Epstein’s Birthday Book Included Letters From Bill Clinton, Leon Black302·6 days agoSurprising no one with a brain.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Alabama child dies after being left in hot car while in state custody241·7 days agoICE has also staked a claim.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Australian politician Gareth Ward found guilty of rapeEnglish12·8 days agoAnd that dead smile underneath those dead eyes.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What book did you read last and what book are you currently reading? Would you recommend either of those books?2·10 days agoSuch an awesome universe.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Live updates: Tulsi Gabbard details Obama-related intel findings at White House press briefing10·10 days agoSome have fallen for the distraction. I had one tepidly say they want the Epstein documents released “bUt WhAt Do YoU hAvE tO sAy AbOuT tHe TrEaSoN?!” That’s the most he’ll say about Epstein. He’s in no way worried he’ll find trump’s name. His daddy surely wouldn’t be a pedophile.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change | The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.English1·10 days agoIsn’t 2C by 2100 like globally devastating?
meco03211@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How does an average looking guy cold approach a woman?2·10 days agoI feel the person you responded to worded that poorly. I think it’d be more apt to say you’re not obliged to approach someone you find unattractive, and I’d agree. If your goal is romantic or sexual in nature and attraction is a requirement for you, approaching someone you aren’t attracted to is a waste of time. The key point here though, is that shouldn’t change your approach. It should just narrow down who you approach. Especially for someone introverted, I don’t fault them for wanting to optimize their approach strategy given their limited social battery.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which state in the US is the worst to live in? Why?5·11 days agoMy smart watch likes to remind me frequently that I had a “stressful” day and to try to do better tomorrow. I’m like “bitch this is my baseline. Lower your expectations.”
meco03211@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How does an average looking guy cold approach a woman?352·11 days agoYou should only “cold approach” people in a setting you would want to be cold approached by a random guy. And yes I mean you as a presumably hetero male being approached by another male for the same purpose. If you wouldn’t like it, assume others wouldn’t like it.
If you were at some singles event, that’d likely be okay as that’s the purpose. If you’re at the gym for instance, I’d presume you wouldn’t like it.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Military Says It Will ‘Continuously’ Monitor Bathrooms to Comply With Anti-Trans Order35·11 days agoPecker detector.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•OpenAI signs deal with United Kingdom to find government uses for its modelsEnglish63·12 days agoThis is probably an area that could massively benefit from AI, but won’t because the oligarchs won’t let it. AI would be great for auditing things like taxes and other filings. But that enigma is where a lot of oligarchs flourish. With a properly implemented AI audit, someone like trump never rises because his fraud would have been detected much sooner and could have been at least slowed if not fully halted. Oligarchs will understand this and make sure it doesn’t negatively impact them.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files?32·14 days agoFucking hell. I didn’t even know that.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Donald Trump orders US attorney general to 'produce' more Epstein documents3·16 days agoThat was like a year ago on a political timescale. Old news.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will build data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push5·17 days agoRemember that time everyone was posting their 10 year transformations? Hello aging algorithm.
meco03211@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Trump Spirals After Being Asked if His Name Is in Epstein Files24·18 days agoIt’s like those “whose line is it anyways” skits where they translate a fake foreign language. They will talk at length only to be translated to something like “yes”.
Lima. Like Lima ass down and take a nap.