It's like ok if not wanting kids makes me a shitty selfish person then I shouldn't have kids right, bc I'd be a shitty selfish parenthttps://twitter.com/n7irl/status/866892264647217152 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
What ppl actually claim is that having kids transforms you from a shitty selfish person into the best, most giving version of yourself
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Replying to @TheRedRaptor
Jonathan Colton compared having kids to becoming a vampire - the old self dies and a new self is born
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TheRedRaptor
I guess I'd just reply that the Nosferatu kind of vampire is just as or more common than the sparkly Twilight kind
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Replying to @arthur_affect
If parenthood meant that I got superpowers and could finally realize my dream of a cozy hideaway in the sewers, I'd sign on.
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Replying to @TheRedRaptor
As with vampirism there are many privileges and advantages you get in exchange for massive dependencies and weaknesses
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TheRedRaptor
Maybe not as bad as literally never seeing the sun again but still
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I dunno, I'd rather live forever in darkness than deal with a 4th degree perineal tear.
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Replying to @TheRedRaptor
I'd rather not have to drink someone else's blood to give my life meaning
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(Lynda Barry actually did a comic about this same metaphor that was very haunting, in her book 100 Demons)
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