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Sympthsical

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37. The very first thing my mind flicked to were the childfree people on Reddit.

Sun May 18, 2025, 05:20 PM

May 18

They are . . . a whole thing.

I'm a DINK myself with no interest in having my own kids (and in my 40s, that window is rapidly closing). Just isn't really my thing.

But those people . . .

You just want to nod and slowly back away. They always come off as if they are constantly being assaulted by a swarm of bees.

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Well, I learned a new word today [View all] senseandsensibility May 18 OP

It's new to me, also. Glorfindel May 18 #1

There are pretty active Reddit groups TheProle May 18 #2

Are there women involved? senseandsensibility May 18 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed May 18 #15

The very first thing my mind flicked to were the childfree people on Reddit. Sympthsical May 18 #37

DINK? you think? Srkdqltr May 18 #41

I bet they are fun at a party. LastDemocratInSC May 18 #3

... SheltieLover May 18 #10

The few times I've heard this I thought it was some mad-at-the-world crackpot spouting off and nothing more. Abolishinist May 18 #5

That's interesting, and of course senseandsensibility May 18 #7

violence doesn't have to go with it, though NJCher May 18 #16

This! Every word of it. love_katz May 18 #32

So they're pissed because they were born? Biophilic May 18 #12

At least, true to his 'beliefs', Abolishinist May 18 #35

You're not alone malaise May 18 #6

That one has not been the Wordle yet. surfered May 18 #8

It's been around for a while. But... littlemissmartypants May 18 #9

So is it kind of like extreme environmentalism senseandsensibility May 18 #11

Precisely Buddyzbuddy May 18 #13

I researched overpopulation NJCher May 18 #19

I only remember reading about it once or twice. littlemissmartypants May 18 #34

When I was in college, a group of Jesuits had a table set up in the student union, near the anti-choice table. Snarkoleptic May 18 #14

Wow. senseandsensibility May 18 #17

Actually, it sounds very sarcastic to me, a way of pointing out consequences ... Hekate May 18 #45

8 years of Jesuit education....never heard that either. OAITW r.2.0 May 19 #53

In the past decade DENVERPOPS May 18 #18

I will never forgive them for NJCher May 18 #20

I have noticed the same, but mostly among younger folks. MLWR May 18 #21

Same here MLWR DENVERPOPS May 18 #23

This is... BurnDoubt May 18 #24

Trump and Miss Amway DENVERPOPS May 18 #26

Drop the "me" from your quote Dave says May 18 #47

True thinking Dave DENVERPOPS May 18 #48

One of the great things about reading on a kindle genxlib May 18 #29

The words been around for a few decades, Igel May 18 #42

From overpopulation to no population? Iggo May 18 #22

That's kind of where I am senseandsensibility May 18 #25

Aren't these the same people who... BurnDoubt May 18 #30

I look around at all the twenty somethings that are having children DENVERPOPS May 18 #43

Extremists gotta extreme Clouds Passing May 18 #39

catastrophic climate change et tu May 18 #27

I was about to make a similar post - "nihilistic". Totally Tunsie May 18 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed May 18 #31

Have not heard that term lonely bird May 18 #33

Interesting... littlemissmartypants May 18 #36

The extinction of mankind, eh? Xavier Breath May 18 #46

The CTers are really grasping at straws to think up new ones Clouds Passing May 18 #38

OK I laughed at first. Then I began to think of this in terms of the Handmaid's Tale. flashman13 May 18 #40

The bomber had a much less focused philosophy... AntiFascist May 18 #44

I had heard of it but not of an AN bombing a clinic before now Meowmee May 18 #49

I'm not going to take the FBI or FOX's word on his motives until they provide evidence. LudwigPastorius May 18 #50

Nope. Me either. muffinsforbreakfast May 18 #51

News to me. I read on another thread, he was a Mortalist. He proved that point, I guess. OAITW r.2.0 May 18 #52

No, I have never heard the word used before I read your post wendyb-NC May 19 #54

Geez, all this dude had to do was get a nut-cut. no_hypocrisy May 19 #55