Just post whatever comes to mind.
Please refrain from excess venting in this thread. Talking about negative emotions is fine but it's best not to dwell on them for too long. TV Tropes is not suited to deal with mental health situations.
If Oscar Wilde had lived in our time, he would be a /b/tard.
Actually, scratch that. He does, and goes by Jethro Q Walrustitty.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:26 AM
Uniocular
You're not gonna stop people from having kids or getting married.
Nor should you try, in my opinion. It's their decision, not anyone else's.
"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
Sure, but it isn't as though it doesn't affect everyone else.
Uniocular
Does it?
I don't see how. I mean, kids, maybe. But there are plenty of jobs and industries that kinda require kids to exist, so not having them would be worse, in my opinion.
But I don't see how marriage affects anyone but the people getting married, and perhaps their family.
"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
Right! With more kids there need to be more schools and more teachers and more other things.
Marriage is one thing, anyway. I'm typically for having that. But not using it. Because I'm like that. 
As for kids, they take up so much space everywhere.
literary masochist
It's not something you really can or should control on an individual level. But when you start dealing with populations (say, on a national scale), things like economics start coming into play, and it becomes valid to say "we are perhaps having too many babies", assuming you can back up that assertion.
edited 31st Jul '14 1:03:47 AM by KylerThatch
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Hey there! Having fun?
Apparently you don't realize that our population issues are caused by the exact opposite of babies; seniors.
Judging from data I've seen all over the place, all of it points to the conclusion that the Earth's population will peak at 8 Billion, where a very significant fraction of the population will be over 60 years old, and then drop. Very quickly. Within a span of just 15-20 years from that point, at least a quarter of all humans will be dead from natural causes. That's something no baby boom can reverse.
So yes, it is kind of selfish to suggest that people should stop having kids altogether. People are already having much less than they used to.
edited 31st Jul '14 5:19:28 AM by BaffleBlend
"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer
"Just as planned."
Actually, it's far more complicated than that - there's entire lectures dedicated to this topic, and there's so many reasons involved that to sum it up to one is negligent of the others that come to it.
One reason for example is the issue of energy and water shortages which themselves have many reasons beyond what you may immediately think.
"Did you expect somebody else?"
Hey there! Having fun?
yesyesyesimwellawarethatilldehydratemyselftodeathin2030ididntwannathinkaboutit.
"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer
"Just as planned."
... Uhm, what?
"Did you expect somebody else?"
...Yeah, I got nothing.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
I haven't seen an Amp commerical in forever, yet it's my go to drink outside of any dark soda. That could be due to an extremely mild caffeine addiction though.
Pirate AND writer!
Why are all the best guys animated?
Looking for some stories?
I'd say it's because you have a weird taste in men.
edited 31st Jul '14 10:11:32 AM by Xeroop
I wish that I could just focus on one idea at a time.
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Well maybe she means animated as in moving around a lot. Or not and you're correct.
edited 31st Jul '14 10:14:51 AM by Kesagake
Pirate AND writer!
No, your first instinct was right. Sigh...
Looking for some stories?
Well, Frollo is pretty hot.
You know who's hot?
Cthulhu.
You know who's not? Me. [tongue]
Nvm, gf said to stop saying those kinds of things.
edited 31st Jul '14 10:26:04 AM by Kesagake
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
No he's not. He's old enough to be your grandfather. x_x
literary masochist
No. He is your grandfather.
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
"Grandpa, will you tell me a bed time story?"
"Iä! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Chi'cken Li'ttle R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"
edited 31st Jul '14 10:38:36 AM by Parable
You don't know my age. I might be older than him.
And even if he was old enough to be my grandfather, I might just have a thing for older men.
Parable.
Never change, please.
I love you.
Not killing the kids, just not having them. ;p