• _TheNardDog_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They fuck you up, your mum and dad.        They may not mean to, but they do.    They fill you with the faults they had     And add some extra, just for you.

    But they were fucked up in their turn     By fools in old-style hats and coats,    Who half the time were soppy-stern     And half at one another’s throats.

    Man hands on misery to man.     It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can,     And don’t have any kids yourself.

    — Philip Larkin

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      1 year ago

      Damn. He’s from my city and there’s a pub here named after him which I’ve never visited. I never knew he was an antinatalist. Now that I do, I might go and check it out.