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  • But Hoekstra warned that if Canada chooses to purchase Saab’s Gripen E jets, the U.S. would still need to reconsider how it works with its northern neighbor on security.

    “If they decide they’re going with an inferior product that is not as interchangeable, interoperable as what the F-35 is, that changes our defense capability,” Hoekstra said.

    “And as such, we have to figure out how we’re going to replace that,” the ambassador added.

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    They are just saying that if Canada changes its plans US will have to adapt. Looking at what’s happening in Greenland this can be somehow considered as a threat (if you can’t defend yourself we will have to take over…) but it’s really a stretch. US will probably decide to deploy more F-35s there or something which makes total sense.



  • I read different takes on having kids before but this is just… wow. What you’re describing is some extremely idealized idea or parenthood that applies to maybe 1% of parents in the world. Most people have kids because they help with work and support you when your old. In developed countries most people have kids because culturally it’s just something you do, because it’s a status symbol, because they can’t afford birth control or simply because they are bored. For many parents it’s a completely selfish act, they just want something they can control and use to realize their unfulfilled dreams. At the same time every normal adult has to be responsible all the time, be it at work, with their friends, their partner. Thinking that taking care of a kid is the only way someone is truly responsible is just silly.

    I don’t know what type of bubble you grew up in but real world doesn’t look the way you think it does. Different people have different ideas for life and having kids does not define anyone. Looking at everyone through the prism of parenthood is some really weird obsession.



  • What a terrible take. Having children doesn’t mean someone has their life figured out and has an objective in life. Lots of people have kids just because they think it’s something you should do. I keep reading articles about how more and more kids go to school without even most basic skills like climbing stairs. Parents just give them phones and ignore them. What objective did they have when they decided to have kids? At the same time people without kids don’t just have fun and do coke. Like, WTF? People pursue their interests, study, travel, volunteer… They don’t wake up when their 40 with psychological scars realizing they wasted their lives.

    Some people have an idea about what to do with their lives and some don’t. Having kids has nothing to do with it.