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Fear of Having Kids and Wanting an Abortion Crackdown

from Mike Recine · #142

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4 min

Mike and Tim discuss the terror of having children, a friend who felt overwhelmed right after his kid was born, and Tim doubles down on wanting abortion banned and mocking women who get them.

In this bit6 moments
  • 10:14Tim is terrified of eventually having kids, worried about providing for them and losing his minimalist lifestyle.
  • 10:55A friend had a child in college with an unstable woman, resulting in a nightmare custody situation including false molestation accusations.
  • 11:47Tim describes how bad the situation got, saying the false accusation alone is terrifying because there's no way to prove innocence.
  • 12:14The accusation was so extreme that Tim questions how sick someone would have to be to make such a claim.
  • 13:18The core fear: having kids with the wrong person makes your life miserable; having them with the right person can be good.
  • 13:45Tim pivots to abortion policy, sarcastically asking if women should be locked up and forced to carry pregnancies to term.

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