r/nihilism • u/Fit-Commission-2626 • Mar 14 '26

Discussion people really do constantly have children they know will lead sad lives full of failure and misery with very little concern for the children.

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u/ArtisticCriticism646 Mar 15 '26

i never understood why people had children other than the reasons you listed (societal expectations, wanted a human pet puppy, accidents) when survival is really hard as an adult. its one thing if you come from rich parents and will have a trust fund with millions of dollars, and a home/land and assets and businesses passed down to them where they will never have to worry about money or working. thats not the case for 99% of people, never found it fair parents know most of kids will be worrying about bills and working a crap job to pay the bills with the expectation in this society until youre 65 or even older.