It’s been gone for weeks. You are a busy man these days working, writing, training, looking after the little ones, recording pods, going to sporting events. No time to check the leaderboard.

Agreed on the TWolves and Lakers. Warriors and Rockets so we can finally see if the Rockets are as good as the record said they were. Nuggets and clippers should be good too. I think in the East Bucks vs Pacers will be the most interesting and fun series.

AD is falling apart.

I left another potential 10 bucks on the table.

Think I will close out my bet with a profit. Grizz opening it up again.

Let me try this a third time. For some reason it wasn't switching out of the sports account for me.

I was trying to say that I don't think anyone should expect their lifestyle to stay the same after having kids. Even if your wife is willing to do the majority of the child rearing, it is still a major shift in lifestyle.

I did place a pretty sizeable (by my standards) bet on Mavs at +20.5 when they were down 24. I figured they weren’t going to lose by 20.

Haha. They wouldn’t have finished 10th.

Yes that will be fun.

I thought the Mavs traded Luka to improve their D. Haha

Memphis wearing Vancouver throwbacks. Guaranteed win.

Davion Mitchell saved the Heat season. You're welcome.

I wanted Heat to win so I win my bet but Trae to score a ton. So far neither has come true but OT so both still possible. How about a Heat win with Trae scoring 8 pts in OT

OT. Unexpected.

I have a small bet on the Heat tonight.

I thought it started later too but I did lose track of time due to baseball and SN.

The world is also full of people born into situations where they'll suffer and they overcome that suffering to have fulfilling and joyful lives. The world is also full of people born into good situations. It is impossible to have a life with no suffering.

Besides the people in the situations you are talking about are not the ones questioning having kids. It is primarily privileged westerners.

"the ethics of creating someone who has no control over their existence". They have no control over having been born (existing) but once they are are old enough to be self sufficient they have control over what they can do with their existence and they can choose to end it if they like.

Last time I said we should crowdsource a song I just ended up doing it all myself. Haha

It is ethical to not have kids if you don't want kids and you will be a shit parent to them. It is ethical to have kids if you want to have children and will care for them and do everything in your power to give them a good childhood.

I find both the "With the world facing climate collapse, rising authoritarianism, economic precarity, and growing mental health crises, more people are questioning the assumption that having children is inherently good." and the "coming into existence is always a harm, that while the absence of pain is good even if no one experiences it, the absence of pleasure is only bad if someone is deprived of it." arguments totally moronic.

And since we can't survey unfertilized eggs to see if they hope to be fertilized and become humans the whole idea of "I didn't ask to be born" is pretty friggin stupid too.

Why don't we crowdsource a rap song on SN.