I’m looking forward to seeing if Ferrari’s pit crew change helps them this weekend.

Fair. I’ve been trying to explain Lemmy and the Fediverse to my non-tech friends and it has been…entertaining.

I’m not a millennial, but I do kinda sorta work in IT, so half guilty as charged. Back to practicing my consummate Vs now.

I wonder what my Trogdor the Burninator sticker is secretly telling people about me.

While I’m not a political scholar to understand the limits of their power, their leaders can certainly express their own stances.

And like most things in the US, some states have more money, power, and influence than others. It’s complicated.

This post stated “…as depressed as me” that implies they are looking for kids to pull them out of some level of depression.

That’s a terrible strategy for everyone involved, but especially the kids. If this was your chosen depression coping strategy three times over, PLUS in the US, I guess good for you, but generally speaking it’s not supported by broad societal studies.

The article I chose was just a quick search, but there are quite a number of studies that support not using childbirth as a mental health coping mechanism.

You sound a bit defensive and passive aggressive to me. I hope you are truly, deeply fulfilled and are just having an off day.

Not really. Judge for yourself, and follow the legit studies. If you’re already happy, in a good relationship, and in a country (not the US) that heavily supports parenthood, and you’re the father, then at least you might break even.

(tl:dr) “Parents will always be quick to proclaim the gifts and blessings their children provide, but a more detached appraisal calls into question this conventional wisdom.”

https://ifstudies.org/blog/does-having-children-make-people-happier-in-the-long-run

Having kids will not help your happiness level…