Sorry, this comment read really weird the first time I saw it, like you were accusing the poster of hitting kids with belts or something, but then I came back later and totally realized you were probably making a joke about the way they phrased the title. My bad
barkingspiders
joined 2 years ago
I'm trying to advocate for an open and inclusive parenting community, their comment wasn't mean or insulting or anything that justifies a negative reaction
As a parent I've certainly had days where I regretted having kids, I don't begrudge other people sharing similar sentiments
I do not understand what is happening here at all, am I getting old lemmy?
I was surprised how early I got it, I think my oldest was 3 1/2 the first time he said it and I was expecting older. I was being the best parent I could at the time though and I actually felt pretty proud. I took it as a good sign I was doing my job.
I'm sorry for the down votes, I don't think your comment deserves that. If you feel glad you didn't have children then I'm glad you didn't. People are allowed to want different things. Children are not an easy life choice to see through and there shouldn't be any shame in knowing you don't want that.
Love this thread so much, so many good recommendations. Thanks everyone for sharing!
I used to load this map up with low grav and bots and sit in the tower with sniper rifle blowing off steam and heads, so many good memories.
I read my first Ted Chiang this year! I think my favorite was his short story "Tower of Babylon". It dragged a bit for me but "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" gave me a lot of food for thought with the current LLM mania. I'm looking forward to more.
My favorite "book" this year was Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Omnibus which is a collection of a couple of his books. The world building, physics, vast timelines and very human characters really did it for me. I still love Ian Bank's Culture Series more but the Xeelee Sequence has been a lot of fun, highly recommend (if you're into sci-fi).
Honorable mention goes to Charles Stross, I finally read his Accelerando and while it didn't trip my trigger as much I felt like it really captured something of our current zeitgeist and had a lot of great moments that will stick in my head for a while.
just want to say I have been shopping for a grinder recently and this thread has been very helpful, really appreciate all the input offered!
I'll tell you something not to get, Ikea, they certainly have a place but it's not BIFL. I've been a little disappointed recently in how quickly our Malm is deteriorating.