Why are people criticized for not having children?

Hans_Lauring · 2011-09-13T16:08:23.000Z

MattKeil:

Screw the humorless lesbians, I laughed.

Oh, it was humour.
I thought it was just a geeks Vulcanlike attempt at interpreting human emotion.

(The other decal with the money was smileworthy)

Angie_Gallant · 2011-09-13T16:20:57.000Z

Supertanker:

I’m waiting for an action film where the mob hitmen show up & kill the family of the soon-to-have-a-revenge-motive hero. One kid manages to hide, but on the way out the hit team notices the stick figures on the minivan window. They do a quick count & realize they missed a kid, then head back in, followed by a shot from outside of muzzle flashes briefly illuminating the kid’s room.

You have no idea how many crazy women with toddlers I have talked to who brought up this very scenario. Or the idea that a pedophile would see your stick figure family on the back of your car and decide to rape your child because of it.

Hell is not other people’s children. It’s people who have children the same age as yours.

Hans_Lauring · 2011-09-13T16:30:28.000Z

That’s just part and parcel of the fear industry. People are scared of all kinds of stuff that’s very unlikely to happen… many people with kids, especially new parents, crank the fear to 11 (but yeah, annoying).

tiohn · 2011-09-13T17:58:39.000Z

Angie Gallant:

Hell is not other people’s children. It’s people who have children the same age as yours.

Actually, it’s both.

MattKeil · 2011-09-13T19:33:56.000Z

Hans Lauring:

Oh, it was humour.
I thought it was just a geeks Vulcanlike attempt at interpreting human emotion.

No it’s a normal person’s mocking of the ridiculous “serial killer checklist” van window sticker fad.

robsam · 2011-09-13T20:04:35.000Z

MattKeil:

No it’s a normal person’s mocking of the ridiculous “serial killer checklist” van window sticker fad.

Kerzain, print this page, you just got identified as a normal person! You’re due for a banning soon enough, I don’t want you to lose the ability to get this on your resume after the fact.

kerzain · 2011-09-13T20:34:11.000Z

The content of the message isn’t as noteworthy as the sender.

Hans_Lauring · 2011-09-14T02:39:49.000Z

MattKeil:

No it’s a normal person’s mocking of the ridiculous “serial killer checklist” van window sticker fad.

But the mocking with the money bags were rather good - like the dinosaur eating the Jesus Fish - this was just meh. If you loose a kid, then cleaning up their room, getting rid of the little bike in the garage… or pulling a sticker of your van is all going to be rather tough. I applaud Kerzain for being human enough to realize that simple fact… but it doesn’t really qualify as a joke.

How common are those stickers? Thank god, we don’t have them here. We do, however, have far to many “Baby on board”-stickers as if some guy tailgaiting like a maniac will see that and realize the error of his ways and drive carefully from then on…
Probably just a matter of time, before those make it here. Perhaps I should preempt the inevitable and start printing and selling them. Might as well be the one to profit.

Edit:
Kerzain is a truck driver right? What would be funny would be buying those and sticking them on the side of your truck like on a WWII bomber…

WarrenM · 2011-09-14T02:49:37.000Z

Hans Lauring:

How common are those stickers? Thank god, we don’t have them here. We do, however, have far to many “Baby on board”-stickers as if some guy tailgaiting like a maniac will see that and realize the error of his ways and drive carefully from then on…

I see them from time to time but it isn’t like they’re everywhere. I used to see them a lot more so I think they’re dying out as a fad.

And I haven’t seen a “Baby On Board” thing in years…

kerzain · 2011-09-14T02:53:57.000Z

Hans Lauring:

Edit:
Kerzain is a truck driver right? What would be funny would be buying those and sticking them on the side of your truck like on a WWII bomber…

I stopped driving a few years ago, I’m a full time student at the moment. They actually sell stickers like that (mainly for roadkill) at truck stops in the mid-west.

Anders_Hallin · 2011-09-14T02:54:51.000Z

I’ve been thinking of getting those for my subway train.

Ben_Sones · 2011-09-14T04:17:52.000Z

Those stickers mean that you have kids? I always thought they were a kill tally, like they put on fighter planes.

tiohn · 2011-09-14T05:46:10.000Z

Wow, that joke hadn’t been made 4 posts prior to yours. Thanks for the laughs!

kerzain · 2011-09-14T05:51:35.000Z

Pretty useful if you’re related to a zombie.

Ben_Sones · 2011-09-14T06:03:42.000Z

tiohn:

Wow, that joke hadn’t been made 4 posts prior to yours. Thanks for the laughs!

It was edited in four posts prior to mine. It wasn’t there when I read Hans’ post, I swear!

John_Many_Jars · 2011-09-14T07:09:48.000Z

I have never seen those stickers.

Scrax · 2011-09-14T07:27:12.000Z

They are everywhere in VA. EVERYWHERE. Though I do admit chuckling at my neighbors which has her plus 6 dogs, and 4 cats. It practically covers the entire length of her volkswagon back window.

WarrenM · 2011-09-14T07:29:59.000Z

See, I think animal ones are really dicey. That’s just an emotional roller coaster waiting to happen what with their shorter life spans and all.

kerzain · 2011-09-14T07:31:33.000Z

Not really, just buy another cat fast enough and you won’t have to change the sticker.

Shellfishguy · 2011-09-14T08:05:52.000Z

And here I thought it just meant the family on the right had sold their kids.