Just A Thought

me:

ECHO DESERVES HIS MOMENT

We have Omega and Wrecker bonding all the time

Crosshair being an edge lord

Tech becoming a famous pod racer

Hunter is always front and center as the leader

Omega even gets time to shine while they were treasure hunting

GIVE ECHO HIS OWN EPISODE

I don’t want kids. I don’t like kids.

Kids deserve kindness, grace, and loving homes. Kids deserve access to education and community.

But no one should be forced to be around or raise children because those people don’t make good caregivers. And children shouldn’t be subjected to poor caregivers.

This is a slippery slope to forced birthing. I can practically hear the talking points now.

First off, there has been research done into why some people get the biological urge to have children (not “love, care for, and be around children”, just have children) but basically no research has been done as to why there are people who do not have that urge. So not only is that an under research argument but it’s not even factual. Loving, caring for, and being around children is not the same as having an evolutionary urge to continue your genetic code. Also the assertion that “every ounce of ourselves biologically and spiritually” suggestions that we are all supposed to love children is so concerning and also is inaccurate. What about people who experience postpartum depression? People who have children (and according to OP that also means loving caring for and being around children) and only feel depression and anxiety. According to OP, they are deranged both biologically and spiritually as well as are evil. Is that what I think OP meant specifically? No, but I think that’s how quickly arguments can get twisted when speaking in absolutes, as OP does. And it’s not just asserting their opinion as absolute scientific and spiritual fact (which is honestly laughable, what the fuck is a spiritual fact) that is dangerous, it’s the fact that they are assigning a negative moral value to those who disagree with their opinion and that we should act negatively towards those people (“you’re at least worth a weird look”). Assigning a moral value and encouraging treating people differently because they have a differing opinion and using ‘science’ and spiritual beliefs as undeniable fact to justify that behavior is the basis of a lot of ‘-isms’, if you catch my drift.

Also this largely discounts that a lot of people don’t like children because of bad parenting. I don’t like children, I have never wanted children, and I don’t want to be around children. Why? A lot of reasons. Most of the children I come across are behaving rudely in public. They are being disrespectful, they don’t pay attention to their surrounds to the point where it’s dangerous for themselves and people around them. Is that the children’s fault? A little, but it’s mainly on their parents. I see so many people not teaching their kids how to be respectful members of society. I used to work in a museum that was primarily meant for families with young children, and at least once or twice a week I would get migraines because my work space, that I was in 8 hours a day, was full of children screaming at the top of their lungs, non stop, every day. There were several members of staff who had anxiety or panic attacks because being in an environment full of mostly ill-behaved children is very overwhelming. And think about people, like myself, with autism or sensory sensitives, who get overwhelmed by loud voices/their personal space being invaded- children, even well behaved children, are loud and invade your space. So then people with autism or sensory sensitivities or anxiety are deranged, and should be treated as such? Again I don’t think OP necessarily meant that implication, but again when you start to dehumanize a group of people, that can be twisted and spiral really quickly.

I don’t want kids. I don’t like kids.

Kids deserve kindness, grace, and loving homes. Kids deserve access to education and community.

But no one should be forced to be around or raise children because those people don’t make good caregivers. And children shouldn’t be subjected to poor caregivers.

This is a slippery slope to forced birthing. I can practically hear the talking points now.

*vanilla* tea with all these

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You get to open a video-game style character creation screen and customise your body at will, to anything within range of human variation (no cat ears, sorry). This includes letting you set a new biological age, get rid of any physical health issues, and so on. Your new appearance seems unremarkable to anyone who knows you, all government databases with your picture are adjusted, etc.

You get 150 000 USD every year for the rest of your life without having to do anything for it. You don't pay taxes on this money, it adjusts with inflation automatically, it appears entirely legitimate to any authorities, etc.

what do you choose, and also, are you trans or cis (if you're tempted to answer 'it's complicated', round off to trans)?

It's for a future homework, please help me with my statistics class! I just need data! Reblog if you can! 😴