[algaeontoast]

Yeah, I get enough of this as is - outside of HN.

It still blows me away how having a kid is used both as a "meaning of life" play and a "look at how much money I have" play (akin to humble bragging about a $70k BMW in the driveway). During my time living in Los Altos with three other Google engineers (in the same house) this was common place in our neighborhood.

[benatkin]

Homer Simpson has the best reason to enjoy having kids: "Kids are the best; you can teach them to hate the things you hate."

[algaeontoast]

After multiple friends of mine had kids, they all seem to agree that kids can also teach you to hate everything you once enjoyed.

[Domenic_S]

I mean, you're humblebragging about different things (Los Altos, Google), not sure the subject really matters

[algaeontoast]

I was giving location as context for my perspective / statement...

[Domenic_S]

I was (too subtly) making the point that perhaps it's the location and not kids-as-trophies per se. Possibly your experience in the 3rd richest zip code in the nation isn't generalizable to the rest of the world?

[filoleg]

>Possibly your experience in the 3rd richest zip code in the nation isn't generalizable to the rest of the world?

Your experience anywhere in the US isn't generalizable to the rest of the world. Just like your experience in China or South Africa isn't generalizable to the rest of the world. Which is why the parent comment pointed out his location to give some context.

Making a post like that without mentioning the location is absurd and makes things more confusing for everyone.