Comment by Der_Einzige
4 months ago
Wow I’m the total opposite. I’m very annoyed to be around others most of the time, but upon dying I can’t imagine doing it alone or without the help of loved ones.
A lot of motivation to be risk averse with my physical body in this life comes from a desire to make it to old age. Furthermore, I instantly understood why having children was good when I realized that they are your insurance that you’ll (usually) have someone to help comfort you on your deathbed who is themselves still lucid.
Honestly that strikes me as a pretty fucked up and self-serving reason to have children.
You should have kids because you want to create new life, and support them as they become the best humans that they can be - not because you’re scared of dying alone.
Your worldview is even worse. At least I'm honest in my egoism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Never_to_Have_Been
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benatar%27s_asymmetry_argument
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Mov...
> antinatalism, the philosophical position that coming into existence is always a harm
> a decrease in the human population would prevent a significant amount of human-caused suffering
Ridiculous. Without coming into existence there is nothing anyway - by that logic, coming into existence is always a pleasure too, it’s always a joy, it’s always a triumph and a fulfillment. Existence is always existence, nothing is always nothing. It’s a useless tautology.
If you’d rather be nothing then give up on living. I’m perfectly happy existing.
> I’m very annoyed to be around others most of the time, but upon dying I can’t imagine doing it alone or without the help of loved ones.
I'm the same but I'm trying to accept that while we are born among family, dying is a solitary journey.
(There is a saying along these lines, but search engines are utterly useless at surfacing it)