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I agree its part of the issue as well. Kids certainly take away freedom one has.
Guess is boils down to perspectives and where one is in life. For us its simple finances, adding a kid would be near impossible fund. Diapers alone would be a burden to buy. We have little disposable income to spend on such items. Now I cant say we will never have a kid as things happen, but we do all we can to prevent it.
Originally Posted by Pom_Chch
(Post 11788929)
You may have a point there. But then again there are a lot of couples actively deciding not to have kids nowadays and I don't think it's necessarily down to finances. Other factors like the freedoms that being kid free allows - travel, careers, hobbies etc etc. Apparently it's on an upward trend - the rise of the well educated, financially independent 30 something couples who choose not to have kids is apparently upon us!
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While a stupid movie for the most part, it could happen on a smaller scale.
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 11789121)
While a stupid movie for the most part, it could happen on a smaller scale.
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That's OK, we'll all be long gone before this happens! |
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Originally Posted by Pom_Chch
(Post 11789227)
:lol:
That's OK, we'll all be long gone before this happens! |
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Originally Posted by Shard
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I'm planning to upload my consciousness to the Borg.
http://cdn.tennis.com/uploads/wysiwy...17/Borg300.jpg |
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This is medical related. So i''ll post here instead. Would you sell everything you had to get a surgery in the US if you couldn't get approved in Canada for it?
B.C. man sells everything to pay for brain surgery in U.S. after being denied in Canada - Health - CBC News |
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Originally Posted by Shard
(Post 11788914)
What a bizarre view. There is no disaster in Western society. Some countries have inadequate replacement ratios (Japan being the prime example) but it can be managed, especially through immigration, and as a species we know what to do.
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Originally Posted by KuroKuro
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Didn't China just lift their 1 child policy up to 2?
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Ah yes I remember learning about the child policy from a Chinese guy when we were backpacking in Beijing. Apparently if your first born is a girl you can have another one because 2 girls is equivalent to 1 boy in farming terms in more rural areas of China :blink:
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Originally Posted by Steveh27wp
(Post 11788615)
I was really thinking of the planet as a whole....it's a small world now!
The world population is still growing rapidly. This surely can't continue ad infinitum. The latest data I have seen suggests that even barring plague or famine, the global population will max out at around 9Bn in around 2050. |
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