• TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They aren’t being congratulated for procreating. They are being congratulated for having the right mentality around procreating (in that it is a sacrifice that requires at the least consideration prior and commitment after in order to make a good human to carry on the species).

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        1 year ago

        …uh, there’s no reason why it wouldn’t be both. They aren’t mutually exclusive (in fact, they’re often mutually inclusive).

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          1 year ago

          Sacrifice is when you give something up for the greater good.

          Responsibility is when you suffer the consequences of your actions.

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            1 year ago

            Lol according to your very narrow definitions, sure. According the actual definitions, you’re being aggressively pedantic