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@LittleMermaidKV @usuallypregnant Divorce rate by age of marriage is apparently U-shape curve with bottom around 30 (28-32).

This couldn’t be further from the truth. The Czech Republic has very high divorce rate, as well as other post communist countries, and it’s precisely because everyone from my parents’ generation got married when they were 18-22. Everyone should get married when they feel like it but people shouldn’t forget there is a serious personality shift in late twenties, with, for instance, agreeableness rising.

The reason why the divorce rates are so high nowadays is because people wait too long to get married. Why wait until your 30s to get married, when you have more baggage and your personality is more set in stone? When you get married at 20, you grow with your spouse. You’re starting your marriage at zero and building your life together.

@LittleMermaidKV @JeremyN80616364 So it's more about what they see/hear from other people?

@JeremyN80616364 The two I was meant to meet today never dated in the modern sense of the word.

Every time I meet my female friends I try to persuade them to not lose faith and hope, go out there, find the right guy, and have the kid they want. But they are so scared of being hurt, they rather stick to being home talking to an AI bot and looking after a pet. Sad.

@LittleMermaidKV @ThePragmatistGB That is absolutely horrifying. I think this will do about as much damage to her emotionally as p*rn to men. I don't think AI ever challenges you, it just "supports" you all the way to hell. I understand emotional pain of being lonely, but this will hurt her even more. Really sad.

@ThePragmatistGB Yes, one uses it to simulate a real relationship. It worries me tbh and I tried to talk to her about it but she seems addicted.

@FU1151959 @Mag17512571 @LittleMermaidKV Proto jsou docela velké rozdíly v TFR mezi demokraty a konzervativními v USA, nebo mezi křesťany a ateisty atd.

@FU1151959 @Mag17512571 @LittleMermaidKV Osobně si myslím, že svoboda, rovnost a prosperita dává větší prostor ostatním věcem co jsou v člověku (charakter atd.). Obdobně jako srovnání gender podmínek ve skandinávii vedlo ke zvětšení rozdílů - otevřelo to prostor pro biologií dané preference.

Čím menší rozdíl v příjmech žen a mužů je ve společnosti, tím méně mají dětí. Gender pay gap je očividně největší driver porodnosti. Dává to smysl, když ženě klesne těhotenstvím životní standard, k čemu by to dělala? Je to racionální volba. Rovnostářské společnosti vymřou.

@Mag17512571 @FU1151959 @LittleMermaidKV Nebo ho možná chce, ale jiné věci jsou přednejší. Je to prostě o prioritách.

@FU1151959 @Deluxef @LittleMermaidKV To je žena? V tom případě uvnitř duše dítě nechce

@LittleMermaidKV Reminds me o this gem: x.com/KonstantinKisi…

I have been in the UK for over 13 years. When I tried to apply for a citizenship last year I couldn’t because in 2024/25 I spent a lot of time abroad. There is a clause that in the last 5 years prior to applying you can’t be abroad for more than 450 days. Nobody cares I have been here 13 years, am assimilated and speak the language. And I certainly didn’t want to apply, be rejected, and lose the £1.800 fee. And that is fine, the rules are the rules. But what really does my head in is the fact that it is then given to people who live in enclaves, don’t speak English, are on benefits, commit crime… When illegal migrants enter, they are given free everything and not even expected to work. Yet, someone who has zero debts, contributed to the economy, owns a property here, is just given a red light.

@FU1151959 @LittleMermaidKV "high status" jsem asi napsal blbě. Spíš jsem myslel status relativně mezi "kariérní žena" vs "matka".

@Deluxef @LittleMermaidKV Myslim, že ve chvíli, kdy společnost považuje normální věc (mateřství) za high status, tak je to důkaz nemocné společnosti. Stejně jako je důkaz nemocné společnosti považovat matky/děti za něco otravného obv.

@LittleMermaidKV @FU1151959 Myslím, že je to obojí. To co píšeš ty je takové první síto. Pak když tímhle žena projde, tak dojde na druhé - kariéra vs. děti. Tam je problém ztráta příjmu a taky to že být matka dnešní společnost nepovažuje za "high status". Takže je to double hit.

Jenze ono to neni o tom standarde, jako je to o perceived statusu toho chlapa. Chlap tohle nejspis povazuje za jedno a to same. Deti se nerodi, protoze se zensky nezamilovavaji, ne proto, ze se boji horsiho standardu. To, ze se nezamilovavaji kvuli vyrovnanym platum/statusum, je vec ale taky fakt.

@LittleMermaidKV @Jeremyakee I think the question is what happens in 10, 15 or even 20 years. It's not surprising one has easier time bonding when he/she "trains" for that. But, you train leaving at the same time too. I don't think it can be just switched on/off later.

@Jeremyakee All my single friends who are 30+ never slept around. All my friends who did sleep around are now married with kids. There is indeed lesson in this.

This is one of those incredibly, immensely discouraging phenomena for folks who save sex for marriage. Not ironclad, of course. Nothing is. But there is a deep confusion and sense of injustice when those who wait seem almost to be punished for their fidelity.

@LittleMermaidKV I think its more due to warm winter than anything else. btw.: How are they in UK? (mild winters + high humidity sounds like tick heaven)

I don’t know what to think about the conspiracy theory re ticks but my friend’s dog collected 49 ticks during a 20 m walk, even though he had 2 different forms of repellent. That’s almost 2,5 ticks a minute. Mental. I do find this suspicious.

@LittleMermaidKV @TheLaurenChen I think its more warning than shaming. Basically: "Don't rely on being able to pull off what they advertise."

As much as I think people should not wait and delay having kids, we are facing an existential crisis and I find it stupid to discourage women from having kids if they are able to no matter their age. I know of countless of women who naturally conceived in their forties and have perfectly healthy babies. No mother should be shamed.

There's no end to the toxic advice women will sabotage each other with Not included with the photos of smiling older mothers are the costly fertility treatments, miscarriages, and countless other women who will never able to conceive Do not make pregnancy in your 40s the plan

@Diaryofmiracles Sounds like you might get little refresher on Hebrews.

I have so far in life only ever discussed why I believe in Christ and the possibility of the supernatural, but never before been asked what Apostles even are. Never before reached territory, I love his openness and interest.

Jesus is genuinely the only thing keeping me to continue living. Not because my life is so hard, but this world is so evil, there’s no point in it without a happy ending and purpose.

@LittleMermaidKV @JeremyN80616364 I think its loss of purpose or maybe confidence in being able to move toward it. For example, US and moon landing. How many people doubted it was real at the time and how many young people is it now? Evidence is basically the same, but the lens is different.

@JeremyN80616364 I think it’s deeper than that. It’s some sort of societal collapse.

I spent 4 days with my good female friend who works for a European fashion brand. What she shared with me just proved what I observered running my small business. Europe is truly destroyed, and I’d go as far as saying it’s beyond repair in some countries.

@CrystalKalos @teachrobotslove Well it probably comes down to what you make of whole Trinity thing and Immaculate Conception. Then you have intro in John 1... I think He was human in the sense of body and soul, while equal (part of the trinity) to God the Father in the sense of spirit.

@Deluxef @teachrobotslove Paul doubles down on this exact same point that only the Father is God in 1 Corinthians 8:6 “yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.” 1 Cor 8:6

I have pondered on Jesus Christ for the last 6 months because it seemed many of the most intelligent people I admired were believers. The biggest growth hack I've ever utilized when trying to learn things is, "Just because you don't immediately understand something, doesn't mean you should dismiss it. Try to figure out what you're not seeing." So I did. I kept trying. Anyway, it hit me a while back while I was sitting in traffic, after months of trying to tease out the question of Jesus. It was a huge, gnostic flood of epiphanies that immediately made me start weeping. It hit me so suddenly that I'm still trying to parse it into words without sounding like a schizo. But it's something like: On every level of reality, from the personal to the global, we need to be able to move on from our mistakes. It is integral to our survival. Yet justice must also be served. We know on an instinctual level that blood is the cost of an error. And that price was paid, forever and ever, on a cross that extended in all four directions, past and future, fact and fiction, regenerating eternally, healing all wounds. We've all seen what happens when people believe in justice, but not forgiveness. And we've all seen what happens to those who believe in forgiveness, but not justice. I don't think it is*believing* in Jesus that is the most important thing. It is accepting and holding these two ideas in tandem and adapting it as a way of being.

@teachrobotslove Lot of things clicked for me, when I started to think about what "God is love" really means. Like: Why is there option of hell? - Its not love if you can't choose differently. Why does God hate sin so much? - Sin is self-harm to the thing He loves.

@Deluxef Interesting, I hadn't thought of that before, but makes total sense.

@abstrakcija Just request the direct line and find someone who did the same. :)

A good essay on how a loss of meaning lies at the heart of the low birthrate crisis. Several factors drive fertility, but most headwinds can be overcome if people have a strong reason to have children. Conversely, when people lack meaning, pronatal efforts won't work very well.