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Moont1de t1_iy3mp1t wrote

Reply to comment by Sinnsearachd in How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA. Researchers have found that the cells of people who were conceived during the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939 and, at its height, saw about 25% of the US workforce unemployed, show signs of accelerated ageing. by MistWeaver80

That's one of the reasons I don't think I'll ever have kids, I could not live with the fact that I - even if accidentally - caused a living being to come into an already austere world with lifelong complications

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DirEnGay t1_iy6dviu wrote

Same here. I have terrible eczema and allergic to most things - gluten dairy tomatoes most fruits avacado detergent fragrance and lots more. Im not gonna bring another life to this world and experience the same suffering i do- or worse.

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camisado84 t1_iy3rrxq wrote

How are you gonna measure that?

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Moont1de t1_iy3sd1e wrote

I won't, I just won't have kids

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skullpriestess t1_iy40j42 wrote

I am right there with you.

I do want to adopt kids, though. Like, they already exist, but by me choosing to adopt them, I am providing them a better life.

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