Dude the Child Free and antinatalism crowd in particular make me genuinely concerned for society sometimes. The absolute hatred they have of parents and children is shocking. I have plenty of friends who are not having kids ever, and they never operate or talk like those communities. It’s psychotic.
I have this theory that negative affinity groups (a term I made up for groups based on antipathy for something or someone) have a tendency towards toxic behavior. When you gain connection and social clout for dunking on someone or something, there’s very little incentive to be fair to them or show any kind of nuance.
Contrast with groups with affirmative goals or a defined object of interest. The positive groups can measure progress towards their goals or new and interesting perspectives on their objects.
Dude the Child Free and antinatalism crowd in particular make me genuinely concerned for society sometimes. The absolute hatred they have of parents and children is shocking. I have plenty of friends who are not having kids ever, and they never operate or talk like those communities. It’s psychotic.
It’s great that they aren’t procreating then.
I lurked for a while there, and the most horrible realisation is that many had children, they just regretted so much. Those kids are fucked
That’s really sad.
And it also has the same energy as your divorced uncles telling you their theories about how “marriage is horrible”
That’s… why they’re there.
That isn’t a dunk lol
I have this theory that negative affinity groups (a term I made up for groups based on antipathy for something or someone) have a tendency towards toxic behavior. When you gain connection and social clout for dunking on someone or something, there’s very little incentive to be fair to them or show any kind of nuance.
Contrast with groups with affirmative goals or a defined object of interest. The positive groups can measure progress towards their goals or new and interesting perspectives on their objects.