• doctorcrimson@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    I never understand why we congratulate people for procreating. There are about 8 billion people and they all have the animal desire to make more people, big whoop mate. Have they made any other notable contributions?

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      1 year ago

      They aren’t being congratulated for procreating. They are being congratulated for having the right mentality around procreating (in that it is a sacrifice that requires at the least consideration prior and commitment after in order to make a good human to carry on the species).

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          1 year ago

          …uh, there’s no reason why it wouldn’t be both. They aren’t mutually exclusive (in fact, they’re often mutually inclusive).

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            1 year ago

            Sacrifice is when you give something up for the greater good.

            Responsibility is when you suffer the consequences of your actions.

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              1 year ago

              Lol according to your very narrow definitions, sure. According the actual definitions, you’re being aggressively pedantic