I'm a long time.lurker there before leaving reddit for good. I've seen most of the posts for years.

Antinatalism is not a depression cult, though it does attract that type but more of a "we see life as a net negative experience and it isn't our right to inflict it on others".

It's why they're so pro adoption since those kids are already born so the damage has been done. I don't think those people are depressed or suicidal.

I'm 40 so I've been around. Ever since middle school I knew I love my theoretical kids too much to have them born into this world. So far, there hasn't been any kind of evidence or experience I had to change my mind. I'm a wage slave. My "kids" would be wage slaves. They might have to fight in resource wars when climate change or rise of Nazis start really ramping up. I don't want them to have a worse life than me and I cannot provide or promise one. I don't think there ever was a time in history where procreation was a good idea.

You can do everything right and still get a rocket dropped on your home. Your kids can still become target practice for the next psycho at school. Hell, your kids could become the psychos! Every evil person that exists or has has been someone's "beautiful baby".

To me this comes off as gambling. You are gambling that you will have a bright, kind, Neurotypical kid that will grow up to be great and spread happiness and what not.

Thing I don't get is why people find Antinatalist philosophy so goddamn triggering. We can't change your mind you are going to do whatever the fuck you want. So many hateful responses to it when you can just walk away. Why?

And as far as the OG post, if you are autistic, know that autism is hereditary and still have kids in spite of all that, that's an evil sadistic act! How can you hate your theoretical kids so damn much? I feel sorry for them, but fuck the mother.