Kid Free and A Sun on Earth

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

News, Science, Society & Culture, Culture, Comedy, Internet, Pop, Games, Gadgets

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Does choosing to have children affect your happiness? For years, the accepted wisdom was that people with kids tend to report more happiness than those who remain childless. But now a new study delves deeper into the question. As two sides of that coin themselves, Anthony and Jeff have opinions. Then, a big new step toward fusion-based power has been taken. A bold, 35 country partnership crosses a new milestone in building the sun on earth, and Jeff and Anthony break down just how impressive it is.

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0:00.0	Yeah, the vampires were last week. This week, it's fine. Go outside. This is we have concerns. Hi, Jeff Canada. Hi, I'm Danny Carboni. Hello, concerned citizens. Jeff. Yes, I've been thinking a lot.
0:28.7	About. I don't want to say a lot because that sets it up as though I do and I don't. But I've been, you know, been thinking I've been thinking a lot about life and a lot of other people have been thinking a lot about life. Now that the doors are starting to open again in the world. Yeah.
0:50.5	And life, think about it. Wow. You know, you know, you know, you mentioned it. I like thinking about life. Wow, right? Yeah. Who knew? Fucking live it. But the moment the doors open, I think a lot of the old, a lot of old and normal questions started coming back. And one of them. And I swear to God, Jeff, this is real.
1:18.4	The masks came off in California on the 15th. Yeah, June 15th. Yes.
1:25.9	Three days later, I'm talking to my mom on the phone and she asked me if I'm seeing anybody.
1:34.8	Yeah, man. What are you waiting for? Masked.
1:37.0	What are you waiting for?
1:38.0	I've, I've, you've thought like has this and then my mom was like, has this made you think at all more and do you have any different opinions or feelings about having a family?
1:49.1	Oh, yeah. That's actually a thoughtful question from my mom. It's the same garbage, but it's placed in a thoughtful box. Right.
1:56.9	You know, it's like when you get, it's, it's like when you have an uncle that doesn't know you very well and send you the same thing for your birthday three years in a row.
2:03.2	Without realizing it. Yeah.
2:05.2	But it's wrapped up nicely. You know, right. There's a different.
2:09.8	Every year. Yeah.
2:13.4	The thought didn't count, but the effort did the effort counts.
2:18.6	So.
2:20.6	And I keep trying to explain to my mother that I just listen, you know, I love, you know, I love kids.
2:26.7	I absolutely, I absolutely adore children. I was a preschool teacher for a while. I think kids are wonderful.
2:32.5	I don't want. Yeah. Not for me. That's how I, that's how I feel about pets. I love pets. People that are people are like, why don't you like pets? I love pets.
2:44.4	I just don't want to own any of them.
2:46.4	And what is a child except for the ultimate pet really? You know, it's true.
2:50.5	It kind of is. I mean, and you know, like I don't expect my dog one day and the next few years to just start supporting me in return.
3:01.4	Do you know what I mean? Like my dog, I don't expect my dog to do that.
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