Of course I am not talking about all of your genes, but chances are some people around you are related to you in some way and carry some of your genes, so not having children doesn't mean your genes won't spread.

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Junior_Policy2304 t1_j23aepk wrote on December 29, 2022 at 9:45 AM

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We share 98% of our genes with pigs, so yeh, no shit are genes are getting around.

Legal-Appointment655 t1_j23c2rm wrote on December 29, 2022 at 10:07 AM

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It does mean that you are not doing your part to help them spread

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Terrible-Swim-6786 OP t1_j23e7x1 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 10:37 AM

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Replying to Legal-Appointment655 (#1,141,808)

It depends, imagine I also have a bad mutation, it might make more sense to let others spread the genes

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