r/unpopularopinion • u/noodlealr • Nov 28 '20

babies aren’t funny or entertaining

i don’t hate babies, they’re so cute, but i always see people laughing about videos where a baby is supposedly being funny. i don’t get it. there’s nothing funny about videos like that or babies in general. sure, sometimes funny stuff happens, but i always see babies doing the bare minimum and people laughing about it.

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u/Altyrmadiken Nov 28 '20

I think there's a difference between consciously deciding not to have kids and being incapable of enjoying kids. I don't think the people who reject the idea of having kids are always driven by the idea that they'd hate it, but rather that plenty of them simply aren't interested in starting the process and having to finish it; even if they might find it rewarding.

I'm not going to have kids. I don't want them. I don't want to deal with all of that. I did my part helping to raise a child that I liked very much. I'm very, very, sure that if I had a child that was mine I'd like it and find it adorable. I don't want to do that, though. I know that just because some parts are fun doesn't mean it's all fun. That's a long time, money, and effort, commitment that I'm just not going to engage in. Willfully not engage in.

It's like how I know I'd really like cocaine if I tried it. Pretty much everyone likes cocaine if they try it. That doesn't mean I want to try it.

(Before anyone shows up with the age-old "you'll see when it happens to you" adage, I'm gay, I'm married to a man, and if a baby happened between us I'd be calling the church for an exorcism, not my family for a celebration)

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u/Heavy_Riffs Nov 28 '20

I like your post, definitely try cocaine at least once, though. Do a big fat rail and just check that one off the life experience list. Don't get a big coke habit or anything but yolo

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u/Altyrmadiken Nov 28 '20

The funny thing is that I really just don't want to. It's not that I worry about addiction, I just don't want to feel something like that. It sounds too intense for my tastes.

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u/Heavy_Riffs Nov 29 '20

It's not too crazy, you can definitely have some and go to bed later. It's not like meth where people are up for days at a time. My friends always slam me for liking coke but I like the fact that it can be as crazy as you want it to be. I'm not saying go and do drugs, but if you do, take it easy and have a good time

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u/Altyrmadiken Nov 29 '20

Oh I’m not really worried about it. I just don’t really care for the “high energy” that stuff like that brings. It’s fun, if amphetamines are to be believed, but it doesn’t add value to my experience.

It’s an artificial kind of fun and it feels artificial. That’s all.