I haven’t experienced either of these, but I’m fairly certain that period pain is less intense than being literally stabbed with a knife.
I mean maybe, but there’s also all the blood loss
I literally become physically incapacitated, puking in pain (usually the first day being the worst and have landed me in the hospital on several occasions), without hormonal birth control to help. You wanna try that then get stabbed and tell me which is worse?
Just the nine, though? That’s only like 1.8 stabbings per day for me, tops. I could take being stabbed a little under twice for the whole day, and then the stabbing part’s over til tomorrow.
For the other men that see this: The stabbing is the pain of cramps. Had to ask my wife on this, as I wasnt sure what was meant.
Thank you, the reference was not landing for me.
I’m a woman and I also didn’t get it. It’s different for everyone I guess.
It gets so much worse after that, though. I have no idea why people have children or some people are so incredibly stoked/obsessed with it.
Kids are way cooler than most adults I know. At least those past the age of screaming to be fed. They’re willing to listen and learn. They’re excited about everything. You can fix a kid’s bad mood by making a funny face. Fucking adults are the ones out there screwing everything up (including kids.)
That’s true, some kids are very cool to hang out with. They’re just people, after all, and everyone is different. Children of course are very much a reflection of their environment, with a few exceptions.
I guess what I object to is people who think the only reason they exist is to reproduce, and that somehow it’s extremely virtuous, like they’re doing the world a favor. What’s the point of living only to have children? That’s what a virus or something does. There needs to be something more interesting about a person, more going on than ‘I reproduced’.
@Underwaterbob @Zeppo it also applies to kids-at-heart, where we can be easily distracted.
Stick me in a room with Wolfblood (a supernatural CBBC drama show) on and i’ll be watching it until the end, roughly 28 hours later.
I’ve come to the realization that some people really really do enjoy having children and actively want them. I am not one of them. You probably aren’t either or you’d understand it. I don’t understand it either, so I assume it’s for a niche that isn’t me. Or rather, less assume, more have seen. I know these people exist as I’ve seen them, but I do not understand them. But I figure that’s ok.
Unfortunately, most people don’t take this sort of view and assume everyone is like them, leading to stupid absolutist nonsense that they can’t seem to see past.
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Shame…
we’d be extinct
Good.
Lead by example.
I already do – The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement is a thing. It boils down to:
May we live long and die out.
“Just do it! Make your dreams come true!”
There is a bit of irony that those most willing to make said ultimate evolutionary sacrifice for the betterment of the world are potentially the least to be likely responsible for the problems in the first place. Leaving more room for those who are.
Yada yada idiocracy was a documentary.
Most based reply to a “kill yourself” comment on the internet i have ever seen
Nah nah nah.
You can’t argue others shouldn’t live, but you should live the fullest before you die.
They’re working on it - albeit slowly.
As the great French poet/song writer Georges Brassens once wrote “mourir pour des idées, d’accord, mais de mort lente!”
“Dying for an idea is great, but only if it’s a slow death”
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So… nobody would be around to lament that, so why would it matter?
Let me guess, you don’t have kids. Trust me it goes both ways. I’m reading your comment and I also have no idea why anyone would hold such stance
Yes, how’d you guess? And yes, that is on purpose. I’m also quite aware that people who are parents think it’s odd or unusual to not want to do that.
The little bastards brainwash you.
a little bit of Stockholm syndrome and some trauma bonding.
Just get pregnant every month and get an abortion. Of course, keep the fetuses for the fetus room
I know that’s a joke, but seriously, getting an abortion or having a miscarriage hurts like hell and isn’t a good alternative.
Birth control can be a lot better, but most of what modern science can do is just trick the body into thinking it’s pregnant when it’s not with hormones or copper (which makes it toxic for sperm and eggs). So it’s not going to fix everything and there are many possible side effects that can be quite frustrating to deal with.
Popping the baby zit is way more painful than the 9 stabbings.
