Same for my parents

Does literally everything have to be a fucking complaint all the goddamn time?

You know, sometimes life can be fun and good and an amazing experience too, it's not just shit and hard times for everyone all the time

My life sucks a lot, but it also doesn't suck a lot. The world sucks right now, but the world doesn't always suck this hard

To be fair, I think Boomers thought life would continue getting better and better due to technology getting better and better, and, therefore, their kids would have a greater opportunity of making something of themselves on their own. They were raised with the belief that more effort guaranteed your chance of success. Life is more complicated now. Not only do you have to work hard, but you also have to be great at marketing yourself, both in public and in private. If you don't, you practically don't exist.

Success is no longer mainly tied to how talented & skilled you are, but how well you do in the attention economy.

I have a rare medical condition that I will NEVER ever ever want to pass onto someone. I think my mom actually knew about it and decided to birth me anyway despite having access to abortion and prenatal testing. Most likely for religious reasons. I still can’t wrap my head around that and find it so disgusting.

This is complete nonsense, just because we are all slaves to the system doesnt mean we cant have fun, laughs and love throughout life. She needs to get a grip, go out and have some fun.

Not everyone's a clinically depressed nihilist. Shock horror, but there are people out there that find life worth living. She's welcome to speak for herself, but her diatribe gets a little silly the moment she assumes that everyone else's lives are also miserable so they shouldn't want children like she doesn't.

Why do people keep inserting Ability to provide emotionally and financially for a child into this conversation? She didn’t say anything about that in the video. She said existence is suffering and it was wrong of her parents to create something that exists and is sentient because she couldn’t consent.

I do think this is a depressed take and only applicable to certain people honestly. Plenty of people can still live, enjoy and love their lives and existence, and if they can see the beauty in a life of "slavery," why wouldn't they want to have kids so their kids can experience that too? Yes we're only innocent for so long and no, they can't shape our lives for us and ensure it would be a rewarding or even good experience, but that's not really the point. A lot of it is in the journey and what you make of it. There is a lot more to life than working until we die.

I will agree that it's selfish, but I don't think it's the bad kind. I do agree that it's unfortunate when people focus so much on their kids having to be biological when there are so many who are already with us in this world and need a home.

I kind of agree with her, although it is a depressing stance to have. There isn’t a selfless reason to have a child. Parenting should be selfless but the act of bringing a child into being isn’t.

I don’t want children but I do struggle with not wanting children because I feel weird about not creating the next generation of my family, or how life will be when I’m older without kids. Those are not good reasons to bring children into this world though. Especially as we can expect the future to be worse for the children of today than it was for us.

My parents had me to save their marriage. They were so happy after my sister was born they wanted to replicate that. Their plan did not work. 

Just say you hate your life and don't have friends. SOOOO much easier.