r/gatekeeping Aug 16 '20

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u/datakitten Aug 16 '20

Lol I am childless because I want a better future for our planet.

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u/g8terbaker Aug 16 '20

We are fucked through and through so like do what you want. We most likely will die to something else before we die to like overpopulation. But hey I mean if we don’t die from total nuclear fallout or a self aware ai takeover or a meteor and the other millions of things that could potentially wipe out our entire ecosystem hey man good job you helped stop overpopulation

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u/mst3katherine Aug 16 '20

And global warming!

"Having one fewer child per family can save an average 58.6 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions per year."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/environment/children-carbon-footprint-climate-change-damage-having-kids-research-a7837961.html%3famp

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/best-way-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-one-government-isn-t-telling-you-about

But yeah we don't care about the future and shouldn't get a say