"It seems like people of both sexes are getting more and more selfish, bitter, lazy, hard headed and hence, more lonely. "
agreed.
"These threads should be misanthropic rather than misogynist."
The hatred expressed towards women by freepers on thread after thread is downright frightening.
"I fear for my children. I want them all to have good marriages, growing families - getting better all the time, like I have. "
I've been blessed with that too and would like to see the same for my kids.
Self sacrifice is the key - and that just isn't something that is taught as a value today.
"Hopefully their spouses will be freepers"
Some freepers are very scary.
I'll assume that getting into discussions of serial-killer techniques would bother you too much?