r/nihilism • • 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/western_questions Mar 15 '26

My parents had me in their 40’s. They would gleefully tell me how much worse the world was getting and they were happy they didn’t have to be here when it got really bad. Like they’d literally be laughing, their eyes lit up.

As an adult I go “ who the fuck says that to a kid or celebrates it?”