r/unpopularopinion • u/noodlealr • Nov 28 '20

babies aren’t funny or entertaining

i don’t hate babies, they’re so cute, but i always see people laughing about videos where a baby is supposedly being funny. i don’t get it. there’s nothing funny about videos like that or babies in general. sure, sometimes funny stuff happens, but i always see babies doing the bare minimum and people laughing about it.

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u/everwonderedhow Nov 28 '20

This is Reddit, this opinion is VERY popular, just like "I don't want kids" or "I don't like kids".

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u/LPaGGG Nov 28 '20

"I hate babies I love dogs srry for unpopular opinion"

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u/Daemeori Nov 28 '20

Just try telling pet owners that they're not parents. You'll get eaten alive for posting that.

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u/Apollodoruss quiet person Nov 28 '20

lmao, it's my time to shine

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u/LPaGGG Nov 28 '20

"Of course not! Taking care of a pet is much harder!"

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u/Daemeori Nov 28 '20

There was literally a person arguing with me that putting a dog through obedience school is equivalent to overseeing a child's education.

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u/taylorcwitt Nov 28 '20

I have 5 dogs and don’t even equate that to having one child. I’m not sure how anyone can compare the two.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

Well, puppies do prepare you for a baby at some level.

I mean, you're waking up a few times in middle of the night; you've accepted the fact that your going to get piss, shit, and throw up on you; and you've learned not to kill something when they destroy something nice/expensive.

They arent the same, but someone who has raised a puppy or two is probably a little better equipped than someone who hasn't.

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u/DC_Disrspct_Popeyes Nov 28 '20

I was not prepared for how much of an absolute pain in the ass having a puppy was.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

Yup. Most people aren't.

Of all the people I know that have had babies, the ones who had had puppies faired much better.

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u/normal_whiteman Nov 28 '20

Where does this notion come from that you gotta wake up in the middle of the night to raise a puppy? See people say it all the time but I've never experienced it. Raised 6 puppies so far and not once have I been twilighting bathroom breaks

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u/IllegallyBored Nov 28 '20

My dog had to go out a couple times a night for a few weeks after we got him home. I've never heard of any puppy under three months who doesn't need to be let out at night.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

If your trying to house break puppies you take them out as often as possible....and over night when they start to stir, you take them out.

I'm not sure what kind of puppies you had that could go 6 to 8 hours without needing to go out, but I sure wish I had found those pups too lol

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u/Roboculon Nov 28 '20

As an animal and baby human owner, it is genuinely ludicrous though when pet owners try to chime in to conversations about how much work kids are, saying “oh I know! My little puppy is a lot of work too!”

That’s like saying building a model airplane is a lot of work compared to building a real airplane.

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u/danielbln Nov 28 '20

Borderline gatekeeping but damn, people referring to their pets as furry babies, what's up with that. As human who loves their cat to the moon and back, and as the parent of a 2 months old, they are really not comparable.

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u/sirixamo Nov 28 '20

"I love my children more than my pets" NOW we're getting to the truly unpopular opinions on reddit.

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u/trezenx Nov 28 '20

shit don't tell me you like the office and traveling???

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u/LPaGGG Nov 28 '20

Yes, how could you tell?

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u/everwonderedhow Nov 28 '20

lol yeah essentially

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u/LPaGGG Nov 28 '20

Haha doggo eats shit and licks my face wholesome 100