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I had 3 by 23 😁
Still have only 2 kids though
This would seem more accurate to me if it said “Grandparents at 25”. I’m the 25yo parent’s age and for us, people were already considering whether they could afford 1 or 2 children with mortgage and childcare costs. I guess if we had the big screen TVs, cellphones stronger than computers, gaming computers, and cheap airfare around the world, many of us would have also decided parenting was much too expensive.
just bought a third yesterday…
Lucky you! What model?
Nothing fancy, some generic 2560x1440 Acer IPS
I have a 4k OLED w/ HDR for gaming or whatever my main activity is, a second 2560x1440 for background videos, but I want a vertical monitor for terminal outputs and documents. Also just more space when I’m juggling a lot of windows
I already have 2 monitors (including my laptop screen because I’m primarily on laptop) but recently I tried using Google Earth on a desktop with a fast i7-13700 and a 1440p monitor and it was so immersive. If each pixel was 100m, I could see 256km, all with minimal hiccups.
It reminded me I want a big 4k Monitor for this stuff, maybe even of TV size.
Baby: costs thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars over a minimum of 18 years
Monitor: shows memes and games, costs a few hundred dollars for a good one, one time purchase
Obviously the child is the stupid financial decision
It depends on where you live. Believe it or not, kids still care for their elderly parents in some nations.
Are you telling me that you have kids only they can clean your ass and shit when you older? And people here on dbzero is giving you positive feedback?? Wow… Fucking hypocritical people when it’s a rich the egotistical bastard so eat the rich but when is a normal person you celebrate it, such a clown show.
Guess someone doesn’t like to clean their parents’ doodoos.
I will be honest, if I should do it, I don’t think I would last a lot, I am thinking in escaping on that future…
No one should have to. Most of us have decades to prepare for our old age, it’s unfair to place that burden on your children.
That being said, I love my parents, and even if they are not expecting us to nurse them, I am prepared to hire a nurse to take care of them if needed.
I also want to avoid cleaning doodoos if possible.
See, the problem is, I’m a middle age man, unemployed and poor. So yeah, pretty fcked up here…
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So?? It’s not an excuse!!
An excuse for what? I think I misunderstood your point.
Making a life-changing decision - for more than just yourself - on the assumption that they will want anything to do with you in 40 years is, how do I put this… stupid as fuck?
And that assumes they also are able-bodied, of sound mind and judgement, can care for any others financially…
My folks are getting up there in age, and I’m not getting any younger myself. They are religious, I’m not. I’m LGBT, they are bigoted. I can understand the big picture of caring for others through community, they don’t. They are still very capable and mobile, I’m disabled. What side of the fence do you think I’m on?
They could have just used a fucking condom. They should have. They didn’t.
My mom would straight up tell us we were supposed to take care of her when she got old, it’s literally the only reason I was ever given for why I was made. For that and other reasons I’m no-contact now, but it’s an incredibly toxic mindset and even worse that you’re inflicting that on your kids.
My mom had moved to the guilt phase, “none of you kids will take care of me when I’m old”
I can’t speak for my siblings, but my mom at least knew better than to try that on me, I’ve straight up told her I resent her for ever having me, which was a little dramatic sure, but at least it got the point across lol
With all due respect, I think your personal bias is entirely coloring your opinion here. Most people have at least an amicable relationship with their parents as adults, generally much closer than that. Just because you have a bad one doesn’t mean people shouldn’t have kids.
In fact we need more kids, especially when raised by progressive people, because the fascists are having them too.
we need more kids, especially when raised by progressive people, because the fascists are having them too.
We’re not going to out-breed stupid or evil. Tbh, having a kid for the sake of shoving them into that death spiral is cruel as fuck.
…also kids aren’t their parents - you can do all the right steps in raising them and still wind up with a fucking Nazi once they leave the house, and now we’ve got a net loss on all fronts.
Vice versa is also true ofc, but please don’t crank out a baby just to use it as a footsoldier in a losing war on a dying planet.
The cruelest thing a person could ever do to another human is to bring them into the world.
Suffering and death are the only guarantees on this mortal coil.
Lots of good in between, but still.
The lots of good in between is not guaranteed.
I didn’t say ‘don’t have kids’, but you must realize that you are forcing a being into the world that may not see things as you do, regardless of what/how/why, and assuming they will follow an assumed plan that you have carved out is… controlling another being, in any capacity, that isn’t 100% concentual, is bad in my view. Hard stop, no exceptions. If that is ‘I don’t want to be your nurse in old age’, or ‘I loathe that you have created me’ or anything in between or beyond, is irrelevant.
I think the key to this scheme working, however, is that you raise your children in such a selfless way that they would want to take care of you when you have nothing more to offer them. Which is to say, the only way this method works is if it’s not a “method” at all, just love.
Edit: inb4 honor culture. In the places you likely refer to, uncared-for elderly are considered a great dishonor. But also in these places, differences in social infrastructure and the parameters of personal finance significantly augment the decision. In short, it’s still a net cost of time and resources to raise a child, a balance that can only be paid by love.
I’m sure my daughter would want to. The problem is it’s completely unrealistic in the US. When I’m too old to care for myself, I’m going to insist on a nursing home. Hell, the LAN parties are going to be great by then.
It’s true. These days the average household income in the US isn’t enough for the added costs of elderly care without the supplement of social security and other programs. That trend only worsens.
I’m optimistic, however, that this will change as the differences in generational attitudes towards socialism are reflected more strongly in governmental policy. The baby boomers are already losing their grip on the levers of politics, and the millennials, in particular, are much more friendly to social policies.
That’s true, although this administration is perfectly timed to siphon off the largest wealth transfer in US history with the demise of the boomers.
True, though statistically it’s just cleaning the plate, as global elites have had their fill over many decades. Once people finally decide to stop pointing fingers at each other and unite against this scourge, there will be nowhere to run.
Afterward, global economies should stabilize and nations which start this process early will, I suspect, see much growth during the global recovery, so here’s hoping americans have some revolutionary spirit left.
My concern on that front is trust. After electing Trump, Biden, Trump, our allies see the US as a rocking ship. Our allies’ trust in us will take more than a term to regain.
At 35 I got my third!
…27" curved screen with 144Hz and HDR…
Here in Sweden I’m experiencing this with both older and younger generations. I know no one my age that has a kid, but so many younger generations have at least one. My little sister has two, and most of her friends do too. It’s weird.
My little sister has two, and most of her friends do too. It’s weird.
I suppose that makes sense. Support has gotten much stronger, in the last decade or two, for using multiple monitors.
The world is already overpopulated so
is it though? pretty sure that’s yet another false narrative disseminated in service of the powers that be, but carried by well meaning liberals
I think so, yes.
A faultering population can be a factor in societal collapse depending on the manpower required to run the society’s infrastructure.
What happens when there’s not enough people to man the power station that runs the car plants that pays the workers to allow them to go buy a cup of coffee? It’s all interconnected.
No it’s overpopulated.
Here is a good video I watched just this morning that may change your perspective
Have you heard of neverending legacy? Its a (mostly unfinished) webgame by orteil42, creator of cookie clicker. Overpopulation is the real problem in the endgame, and its incredibly hard to cull the population without everyone dying of hunger.
Gonna need to push that space exploration budget instead of constantly going to war.
Then again, having more planets would mean a larger desire for power and greed would easily spark a space war.
Either way, humanity isn’t the perfect race.
/End rant
that’s wild. i wonder why the younger gen had that shift. how does that difference affect you? do you have kids? where do you feel left out?
Breeder rhetoric targeted at kids that grew up with Web 2.0.
I took on a second, what have I done.
Me at 35: well at least I don’t live on the streets
Somebody now 15, when they’re 35: Well maybe I’ll get off the streets soon.
Assuming they are still alive, yes.
Everyone here talking about second somethings. All I want to say is this is the baby with the most developed jaw, nose and brow that I’ve ever seen in my life.
Things really were different during our parents’ times.
Born a Chad like his dad, grew up into a Wojak like his mom.
Ahh the PG32UCDM! This is best panel I have ever seen, I love mine but the only downside is when it’s off the coil whine is crazy loud, almost louder than my system.
Are there even coil-whine-less displays anymore ?
TIL monitors still have coil whine. Not sure when was the last time I heard one
That panel is as expensive as my OLED TV lol
Not sure if he’s thinking about a second monitor or a second smoke.
Why not both? I haven’t seen that taco girl meme in a decade or so.
Anyone here ever used curved monitors? I’m seeing them come down in price and wonder if it’s cool enough to get
I got one used, and not specifically because it was curved, I just wanted a monitor and it was available for a good price. The curve is mild and the monitor is only 24" so I don’t notice it very much. The monitor feels a bit flatter to my eyes than my laptop screen due to field of vision.
Unless they are huge and ultra-wide, I don’t see the point. They don’t add anything at small sizes except a certain aesthetic. At large sizes, it’s a quality of life improvement as things on the edges are closer than with flat screens. They were more expensive when I looked for them, so test it for the 14-30 day return period and see if you actually like it.
This makes a lot of sense, thanks :)
I have one, only because it was an open-box special. I don’t really notice a difference compared to a flat screen when I’m immersed in a game or whatever.
I like my ultrawides curved, but wouldn’t want a 16:9 curved.
I hate them, wife loves them… so good luck lol
Curved monitors at 32" or less are pointless imo. But I have a 55" curved and it’s glorious. The immersion is on par with VR.
That sounds like a nice setup, and no head goggles
I have a 32inch flat, wouldn’t recommend that size unless curved.
lol. I have a 50 inch flat screen on my desk. You can get used to anything. Though my desk is almost a meter deep and the screen sits right on the edge.
The color distortion around the edges bug me. The view distance matters a lot. Mine is on an arm, it’s close when I working.
Media consumption is fine
they can provide headaches if you stare at them too long (and are playing 2d games) (too long may be >20 hours)
Laughable, I think about MINUTES!
Two monitors suck, don’t fall for it. Traded out my 24" & 27" setup for a single 32" and loving it
The key is triple monitors so you don’t have a bezel in the middle of your field of view.
bezel in the middle of your field of view
One monitor straight ahead for games, 2nd monitor off to the side for discord or some media.
Or 2nd monitor for the map of the game in the first monitor (game devs!! Pretty please?!).
Im a huge fan of a second monitor in portrait so that you can have what ever service you are using to chat on it and music at the same time.
I’d prefer maps that come in the box. My most precious game is Jade empire special edition, that concept art book and everything is still with me after moving half a dozen times.
Triple monitors. Highest quality in the center. One off to the side for videos/discord/other side programs. One off to the side mounted vertically for reading documents and web pages.
I had the goofiest setup years ago… It was a single 16:9 1080p in the middle, with two 4:3 (1024x768?) monitors rotated. The sizes were just right so the pixel density was the same, and the sides only had a little bit of overscan when joined to imitate an ultrawide.___
I’m more a fan of identical triple monitors and keeping them all in the same orientation (all vertical for doing a lot of programming; all horizontal for everything else), but that might just be my perfectionism coming through.
So what you’re saying is, 3x 32".
(I do lots of racing games)
Got a curved 45" ultrawide. It’s one of the highlights of my day sitting in front that thing.
Still, dual monitors can be useful for sure. It may look ‘messy’, but definitely functional.
false, I use a 32 inch and another 32 inch one 4k the other 1080, I hold the terminal on one monitor and its pretty useful, alternatively keep youtube music on it, but I don’t think a third monitor would be useful unless it was a vertical one.
I’ve been thinking about getting one of those little vertical displays that are like 8 inches wide for status info. I have enough screen real estate but being able to load up certain things in it to monitor would be cool.
I have a dual 27” 4k setup, one of which is portrait. I like it a lot, but every time I see my friends ultra wide I consider switching to one. I just can’t justify spending $1k when what I have works well enough.
