(August 4, 2014 at 3:40 pm)Blackout Wrote: I don't see why being a parent can make one's arguments or opinion less valuable. Some people choose to not have kids
It doesn't. However, the OP strikes me as a miserably self-absorbed little shit who wouldn't cross the fucking street to help someone if it impeded his "happiness" while expecting others, especially family, to sacrifice endlessly on his/her behalf (see the ridiculous "I'd rather be retarded and cared for" spiel). I have neither time nor sympathy for such people, and I speak as one who had serious bouts of depression in the past. But no matter how I felt, I was never for a moment tempted to trade off my intelligence, as the OP would. I consider it a craven and contemptible attitude.
My remark was intended to point out that the OP doesn't seem at this time to have anyone or anything else to live for. He will most likely feel different about that in the future -- especially if there are children involved. If the OP never becomes a parent -- great. He will still need to find something strong enough to pull him out of his morbid self-absorption.
**I don't know the gender of the OP. I wrote "he" just to avoid the ugly and awkward he/she. If the OP is female, my apologies.**
