GetOffMyLan

100% they do mean it.

I never really wanted kids. But me and a friend had too much to drink one night and I was a dad at 22. It's the best thing that ever happened to me. Now I'm 30 and have 3.

People tend to focus on what you give up and not what you gain. Parenting presents a huge amount of moments and activities and feelings that you would never get otherwise.

Both paths are good. Just different.

I wouldn't trade the first time my daughter said I love you for anything in the world. Or even the first time she smiled. You could offer me any amount of money or holidays and I wouldn't go back and miss that.

I have a good support network so I can still go out when I want to. I could go on holidays without them if I wanted to. I could buy them less stuff and myself more. Nothing is stopping me.

But I wouldn't trade a moment of it.

It has totalled them as the items are sent everyday after they are introduced.

But when you are talking about professional games development that is a very specific thing they almost no one is doing.

That's a really ridiculous example though. No one is doing that.

The babies are getting killed anyway. Not voting for one is essentially a vote for 2. 2 babies won. So regardless 2 babies are now dying you did nothing but double the number.

I'm not American. I didn't do shit.

The people in my country voted with the main opposition even if it wasn't our first choice to kick out the shitty trump-lite right wing government we had.

Any vote that wasn't for the Dems helped trump end of. Yes the Dems are a bunch of idiots who didn't help themselves. But the people chose Trump.

I hope it's not too bad for them. And I hope they learn from it.

Throwing your vote away and getting the much shitter option is not a good thing and won't change anything.

This isn't Dems Vs republicans. This was everyone Vs trump and they fucked it.

If you get another vote.

So in response people let the literal republicans win. Who are more pro Israel, more anti Ukraine, more concerned with the super rich and more in the way of progressive policies.

Smart.

Any vote except for Dems in this election helped trump.

You helped get trump elected, even if indirectly. Third party voters are essentially what allowed him to win.

I think we can safely say trans people would have been safer under the Dems.

As I said before you made your choice and I hope it works out okay for you guys.

No. But this wasn't about them. It was about stopping trump.

You chose Trump and I hope it goes okay for you.

And that's going to stop under Trump?

They had a choice between her and trump and they chose trump is what it boils down to.

Yeah it's a shit situation to have to vote for someone you don't want. But they chose trump.

Every president armed the same genocides. As will trump. It just doesn't make sense as an argument.

When I have thoughts like this I imagine that I am dealing with a friend who is having these thoughts.

If your friend was constantly struggling with their mental health and you were trying to help them would you call them an toxic, horrible, emotional abuser? I don't think you would. I certainly don't feel that way about my friends who struggle.

I also try to look at the evidence. Is there any actual evidence that people feel this way beyond your own thoughts and feelings?

Mental health is constant battle and separating real life from your condition can be an incredibly hard but rewarding exercise.

I'm sorry you're struggling so much.

Bummer