From what I see in the US, people having kids are fucking up the world for kids more than people without kids

Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

Let me explain.

Person has 4 kids. Has massive 35 foot long suburban (that they mostly drive alone) to haul them all over the place. Or potentially an RV that gets 2 mpg.

Likely has a mcmansion with sprawling grass yard and sprinklers, with no native plants.

Likely does not recycle or care about the environment in any way. Buys a bunch of cheap plastic shit they dont need on amazon because its “cute” or their kid needs a new toy now that they’re tired of the iPad.

Likely votes against their own interests (cut school funding and health care programs because “those are for brown kids not mine!!”)

In case you think any of this is hyperbole, I can name 10 people I work with who live this exact cookie cutter life.

Honestly, those of us without kids should get a huge tax cut because we are actually benefitting the planet for the stupid parents.

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Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You think the majority of parents live in mcmansions and drive suburbans?

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- bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I tried to preface this with “what I see In the US”. Your experience may differ. But this subset is a very real one, and they live in areas where their votes count more than you.
  
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  - Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yeah I must live in a different United States. I double down on my previous statement. Boooo
    
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  - baggachipz@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m with you. It all depends on where you live. I live in a relatively affluent area and yeah, the families pile into their Ford Excursions and go to chick fil a. It’s gross and I hate it. What do I do about it? It’s real, so I just move away and pretend it doesn’t exist?
    
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- LilRed@lemmy.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Lol
  
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Sounds like you have a problem with rich people, not parents.

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- trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Most parents I know are not rich people, also. Seems this person specifically dislikes rich parents.
  
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- HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  gonna say that but rich folks with kids do seem to be worse.
  
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  - Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It just seems that way because there’s more of them per square foot.
    
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CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The parents you know sound like they are in a much better position than the ones I know. One mother of 4 I know is literally buying food for their children and eating whatever is leftover. Or the single dad with two kids that takes them picking up trash at the beach for a bit of free fun.

It sort of sounds like you might be surrounded by rich assholes with more money than brains. They likely should be taxed for numerous other reasons before we get to children.

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trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Look I’m as child-free as they get and certainly don’t think the world needs more humans, but this is a weird take. This is a class war and you got your gun pointed in the wrong direction.

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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
“Likely XYZ”

lmfao what

so you’re just assuming without even seeing it?

And you sound like you’re blaming car owners for living in a society that requires cars?

“From what I see in the US”… “Likely votes against their own interests (cut school funding and health care programs because “those are for brown kids not mine!!”)”… Do you live in some white suburb? Have you even been outside of your white suburb?

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blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Go on then, name them

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