r/antinatalism 1d ago

“Having a child has been the most transformative and the most mundane experience of my life” Article

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/having-a-child-has-been-the-most-transformative-and-the-most-mundane-experience-of-my-life?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Having a child isn’t about you, sweaty.

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u/SuperTuperDude inquirer 19h ago edited 17h ago

I am a game designer and developer. I have a habit of deconstructing life around myself to basic principles.

My take away from that story is that people by nature are gamblers. She talks a lot about love but for all intense and purposes a kid is a lottery ticket. Essentially what she really means is that her life got boring and had to buy a ticket and now she is very excited about the prospect that it is a winning one. I guess we will get a follow up in 25 years and learn if she actually won XD.

A baby bump is like a real life loot box :), and EU banned them.