Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I don't think you should be grateful to exist. However, even as antinatalists I think there are certain things we can be grateful for. Plus, there are examples of antinatalists that are grateful to exist! Let's dive in.
Other relevant videos:
• youtube.com/watch?v=ljNFYwefSGM&t=2s
• youtube.com/watch?v=6t08ihh8EK0&t=137s
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Antinatalist Handbook –rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Antinatalist Advocacy – increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist merch:
👕 | Get your favourite antinatalist merch: voidmerchandise.myshopify.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
00:33 – To Be or Not to Be... Grateful
03:28 – Etty Hillesum (An Antinatalist Who Was Grateful to Exist)
05:42 – Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Studies in Pessimism (Arthur Schopenhauer): gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm
Etty – The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943: amazon.co.uk/ETTY-Letters-Diaries-Hillesum-1941-1943/dp/2895073430
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10393216/pdf/2317-6385-eins-21-eRW0371.pdf
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
I don't think you should be grateful to exist. However, even as antinatalists I think there are certain things we can be grateful for. Plus, there are examples of antinatalists that are grateful to exist! Let's dive in.
Other relevant videos:
• youtube.com/watch?v=ljNFYwefSGM&t=2s
• youtube.com/watch?v=6t08ihh8EK0&t=137s
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Antinatalist Handbook –rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Antinatalist Advocacy – increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist merch:
👕 | Get your favourite antinatalist merch: voidmerchandise.myshopify.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
00:33 – To Be or Not to Be... Grateful
03:28 – Etty Hillesum (An Antinatalist Who Was Grateful to Exist)
05:42 – Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Studies in Pessimism (Arthur Schopenhauer): gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm
Etty – The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943: amazon.co.uk/ETTY-Letters-Diaries-Hillesum-1941-1943/dp/2895073430
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10393216/pdf/2317-6385-eins-21-eRW0371.pdf
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
