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LTbear

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  1. I think on this point we likely can't relate. I wouldn't consider a life devoted to conservation anything remotely close to "sad." Very much the opposite. If newts aren't your fancy, you're welcome to pick a sexier megafauna, or to instead think of not a species but a region, like those who have spent their lives dedicated to the protection of the Great Bear Rainforest or somesuch.
  2. I completely understand the argument you're trying to make, and respect it, but I also wholeheartedly disagree with this opening premise. The rest of the planet - including the 99.9999999% species that aren't H. sapiens - matters, too.
  3. For the sake of argument, neither of these ends of the spectrum have anything directly to do with having kids. As you hint at later in your post, it is more than possible to devote your life to making the world a better place without having kids, and I think you could justifiably argue that you are in fact more capable of making the world a better place - committing more time to a particular cause/ charity/ socially valuable career - when not bogged down by the immense commitments of parenting (not to mention not contributing to the most basic cause of all the world's problems, overpopulation).
  4. Alaska is absolutely like no place else. The sheer amount of true wilderness remaining there is just indescribable. Even for someone like me, who absolutely relishes time in wilderness, the scale of the wilderness before you was almost unsettling. Like you could briefly imagine being an early explorer/ settler staring into the unknown.
  5. Congrats man, that's awesome 👍
  6. Lol. That's cute.
  7. Mitt >>>>>> some Trump lap dog
  8. This wouldn't be an option for us - both very dedicated to our careers (professor, doctor).
  9. Overall highly enjoyable. Probably my favorite Batman movie behind TDK. Possibly unpopular opinion: Affleck was the best overall Bruce Wayne and on par with anyone else as Batman, the movies he was part of just weren't on the same level.
  10. Must be different places we grew up. I know plenty of people like those @Sandman is describing.
  11. Wordle 269 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  12. I'm afraid I'm firmly in the "there's too many people on this planet" camp.
  13. My penis is disgruntled
  14. Want to thank everyone for the thoughts shared thus far; honestly, many of you gave much more detail than I expected, which is greatly appreciated.
  15. Thanks for this - like I said, I think our society does a really shitty job of letting parents feel like they're allowed to even think of uttering something like "I wouldn't do it." Appreciate the honesty.
  16. She is a doctor. Age isn't an issue yet, but will begin to be in a couple years.
  17. Fair. Career wise I'm in a much better position now (tenured biology prof with everything under control) than I was earlier (desperately spinning my wheels to get PhD, etc).
  18. I understand, conceptually, what you're saying. But, to plays devil's advocate, literally everything I love and spend all my free time doing is the type of thing a kid wouldn't be able to do for a decade, if they're even interested in it at that point.
  19. Also should say we can't delay forever; she's 33.
  20. She'd be a great mom, no doubt whatsoever
  21. Appreciate this too. I think a lot of people jump into having kids without 5% the thought and consideration they should have put in before making such a decision, because they simply believe it's "what you're supposed to do." I don't want to be like that.
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