Specifically regarding the stage 5

"What about survival of a bloodline?" why would someone not care about their bloodline?

it seems instinctual and right to care about your immediate tribe the most (family/bloodline)

with some exceptions probably

It’s very instinctual

Slendy, inside of you right now is history itself, literally the genes of thousands of people. They have fought to survive and forward their genes and they essentially live inside of you, when you procreate, you are adding your genes to that, something that will stand the test of time if your descendants follow the basic human instinct: to survive.

It’s your legacy essentially

Every other trace of you will be erased eventually, but your genes live on

Countries like Japan are already facing crisis because of not enough workers. And it's only going to get worse unless they start having more kids.

Old:Young ratio will be way too large.

^^

Exactly

By trying to do “population reduction” you’re going to have a disaster

Because you need proportional generations being born to support older generations

Going up to 9B or 10B is not going to starve the world of energy, resources, food, or space.

We have plenty of room to grow a bit more, and technology is beating our rate of growth ATM

And no expert says we're going to grow indefinitely if you do research on the matter.

What if we just did something useful with the land of third world countries

Largescale and intentional reduction may be bad yes, but just me and one other woman deciding not to have children isn't going to hurt the population much and instead will allow us to help already-made children to have a better life than they otherwise would have

But Wendy our birth rates are far below what they should be

We’re heading towards catastrophe and our race is dying

We’re becoming a minority in our own countries

so?

Most of the people I've been attracted to are people of color so

awww poor you

But since you have major genetic disorders, I support you not reproducing

I don’t think it’s that bad of a genetic disorder

I understand if you're gay @shlendie - that's not an easy life. But be careful deciding that having children is a bad idea - in fact, it's one of the most rewarding things you could ever do. And if adopting is your best choice as a gay couple, then you're doing some good there. Better than foster homes.

Exactly

If you’re worried about reproducing then anything that causes cancer isn’t much of a worry

I dont think having children is a bad idea, I personally don't want to but yeah

Having almost everyone in your family die of cancer is kinda serious

@Logicpoints Im supprised you havent tried that spiel on me?

@Josh42A it's never come up?

ive talked about it before

I have no plans to ever have children

why?

because its a waste of money

That is the most selfish bullshit reason I’ve ever heard

ok, if you could remove the monetary stretching and limitations, why?

because their gross