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				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There's a strong form and a weak form of your argument.


The strong form is "Literally nobody is choosing to have children because the world sucks; they're lying and just don't want to have kids." I.e, your headline.


I think this presumes too much.


The weak form of your argument is that people who say they don't want to have children because the world sucks blah blah blah may or may not actually want to have children (or at least would consider it) but have been persuaded not to and climate change is as convenient an excuse as any. But they really do believe that adding more kids to the population is both a burden to the planet and cruel to the children. I've met some of these people. Do I think a different life path might have led them to choose parenthood? Well, yes, but you could say a different life path could have led anybody to anything.


You are probably correct that essentially* no one is choosing not to have children solely because of climate change. But I think there are many, many people who are anxious, uncertain about the future, genuinely do think the world is a pretty shitty place, and are at best ambivalent about having children. These people could probably be persuaded to have kids eventually, but they've fallen into a doomer mindset and now are self-justifying their decision.


* "Essentially" because when you're talking about the entire population of the planet, or even of the USA, "zero" is much too strong an assertion. Somewhere, there probably is someone who really would start pumping out kids if AI produced a miracle solution to climate change tomorrow.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


If the mod feels the need to chime in, maybe they should chime in with links to some of those instead of demanding another poster do it.




We will demand posters follow the rules.


Alternatively, DM me to discuss rates since apparently you are dissatisfied with the level of effort being made by volunteers.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Speak plainly. Avoid sarcasm and mockery.




Your hot take is not hot or unique, but it is sneering and low effort. We're here to discuss culture war, not wage it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I don’t think it’s good to require every posts to be 15 paragraphs of citations.




We have never required 15 paragraphs of citations. Or even one paragraph of citations. Or even much more than a fig leaf of effort.


If you get my point, you will stop posting like this.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


As much as it might pain you to here, having had worked entitles you to nothing but becoming dust in the wind




All we are is dust in the wind. None of us are "entitled" to anything, it's all what we can earn and what others give us.




Our civilization is much more built on those who are dust than those who sit on boats with OAPs.




Every civilization has made various provisions for the no-longer-working elderly. Some took the attitude you do, that once they can no longer work, they serve no purpose and should just die. Those civilizations were not nice, and are now dust in the wind, and that's a good thing.




my comment is that while it feel like that pension and that savings account is a sure thing for some current 65 year old, it's really not. It's really a gift from the young people who give it present value.




It's not a gift. It's an inter-generational agreement: "We will take care of our old, and in turn our young will take care of us." You can of course argue that you want to change or abolish that agreement. Maybe you are confident your children will take care of you, or maybe you're content to walk out onto an ice floe when you are too old to work. But the reason we don't typically decide "Appropriate all savings, abolish all pensions, nullify all previous agreements" is that this leads to extremely unstable, low-trust societies in which everyone maximizes their own immediate benefit because they expect the young to take everything from them at the first opportunity. If I know young people are going to try to take everything from me when I can no longer defend it, I am not going to think about how to make young people's lives better to appease them, I'm going to think about how I can protect myself and keep them powerless. Rather the opposite of what you want.




It's really a gift from the young people who give it present value. We can take part or all of that gift away like a toy from a toddler if the 65 year old acts too entitled over it. It's a privilege, not a right. That is my point.




So the degree to which old people should be allowed to keep anything is the degree to which they flatter and appease you?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You said old people who have saved money they earned while working should be "cleared out." You can rationalize it however you like with a retooled version of the Privilege argument, but your definition of "taking" from you appears to be "having things you want." You're essentially making the same argument that reparations people do, that white people have all this Stuff they don't deserve because of historical inequities blah blah blah and therefore they deserve to have it taken from them and redistributed.


Telling people "You owe me" does not make them sympathetic to your suffering. And it's honestly hard to take your "suffering" seriously when you simultaneously claim to be in the top 5% income bracket yet unable to afford a family. I am not sure if you're sincere or just a high-effort troll. You're approaching the @KulakRevolt level of cartoonish edgelordy ragebait. You are not presenting serious arguments, just an inchoate spew of resentments.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The information shows up as the first search result. You say "For whatever reason" it shows up now, but what is your theory here- the Google AI somehow knew that you, specifically, were looking for wrongthink and tried to foil your attempts, but then elected not to do that for anyone else? I'd be curious to know exactly what your query was. You searched for something like "black guy who drove a car into a parade" and the AI summary posted text saying this never happened and only white people have ever driven cars into crowds? How very odd.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


So no Haitians because their dumb




Irony aside, you are pretty clearly "making sweeping generalizations to vilify a group you dislike."


"I want zero immigrants!" Fine, you can say that.
"I think only WASPs should count as Americans." Fine, you can say that.
"Haitians on average have lower education and IQs." It would be nice if you provided a source for the claim, but we'll probably let it pass.


"Haitians is dumb." Not fine. Especially because you have been warned about this before.


I notice a pattern. You say something bombastic and inflammatory. A mod tells you "Don't do this." You say "Fair (but I think I was right)." And then you wait a while and do it again.


I think you are testing what you can get away with and how often. Next time you will be banned.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


This is how gen Z and alpha actually talk. There is no gen X in the lingo. FWIW other 55 year olds I've spoken to have also expressed disdain for being called boomer so it's not unique to you.




We express disdain for being called boomers because to the degree that "generations" exist, GenX is a generation with different life experiences and upbringings and career paths than our boomer parents.


If you just want to call everyone older than you who owns a house "Boomer," we can't stop you.


But we probably can stop your campaign to take our stuff because you want it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Goddamit this is GenX erasure!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I believe both. Old people can be comfortable if they earn it, but unless they're my family I'm not willing to make the comfortable at my expense.




Except you also say old people who worked and saved ("earned it") should be "cleared out." So you don't want them to be given anything, and you don't want them to keep anything they earned, you basically just want everyone but your parents put on an ice floe once they can no longer work?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm not interested in posting a rebuttal or contrary perspective. I'm not even saying the OP is wrong about Platner. I know almost nothing about him except what was posted here.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You're affirming my priors.


Look, usually for such a low effort boo-outgroup post I'd just give you a warning, or maybe even let it pass depending on obnoxious and how deep in the thread it is. But I meant what I said-- you are a sockpuppet who just created this account, you are probably a ban evader, and when I look at your comment history, it's mostly just you being a jerk.


I'm sure you'll be back with another account, but this one is done.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I kind of have to respect such a dedicated hater, but... what is this post but a very long boo-outgroup? I mean, technically it's "Boo Graham Platner," but more generally it's "Boo leftists, Boo Democrats, Boo anyone who votes for Graham Platner." What are you offering here other than "Here is a list of all the things he said that I hate/think are mockworthy"?


If you want to start a thread about why a particular politician sucks, we would like it to have more content than just "He's on the other team."


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes. I understand that you think what you think and you feel what you feel. Does it surprise you that I disagree on every particular? So be it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I respond with great restraint to people with grudges taking swings at me. You are allowed to have a subjective opinion that is different from my subjective opinion, and I am allowed to assign the value I think is appropriate to your opinion. You are also allowed to message other mods if you want to discuss me or any other mod matters with them. I say this a lot, and I'm serious about it, but no one does this. Maybe because they think it won't do any good, and if the outcome they are hoping for is to see me removed as mod, they are probably correct that they aren't going to get what they want, but we mods really do have internal discussions about members, about reactions to moderation, and about our reactions to members. We do tell each other "Hey, I think you were out of line there" or "I need to back off where this person is concerned" or "If you are getting too worked up about this, maybe you should take a break."


As for No_one, he had one of the longest mod logs on the site. A string of abusive, sneering antagonistic comments with warning after warning and ban after ban, until we told him he was looking at a permaban. I was indeed the one who dropped the final permaban on him, but he was warned or banned by multiple mods at one time or another.


Yes, it is a shame that "interesting" posters flame out and get banned. When we tell them that if they keep doing something they will be banned, they should consider not doing that.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


They get holidays, movies, medals and awards. Free healthcare, free college, VA checks as pension and discounts at every store.




In the US, at least, this is not true. The GI Bill is not "free college", you only get (cheap) healthcare and a pension if you did a full 20 years ( or are classified as disabled,.which granted, has turned into widespread grift), and "discounts at every store" is a gross exaggeration. Maybe a free coffee on Veterans Day.


The reflexive "Thank you for your service" does annoy the hell out of me.