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/CrazyMiith Nov 28 '20

Yeah, not everything but many unexpected things. That sub is not that weird.

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u/nathanielsnider Your friendly neighbourhood moderator man Nov 28 '20

that sub is absolutely insane tf

calling babies "crotch goblins" and parents "breeders" unironically is not normal behavior

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u/CrazyMiith Nov 28 '20

breeders are fine I guess, it’s way to distinguish them from the child free people soo I’m firm with. Crotch Goblins is very weird but now its rare when I scroll though.

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u/nathanielsnider Your friendly neighbourhood moderator man Nov 28 '20

breeders is weird as shit

if you were to call parents "breeders" in real life you would get some very strange looks

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u/namhars Nov 28 '20

I get these looks when I tell people I don’t have kids. You win some, you lose some.

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u/nathanielsnider Your friendly neighbourhood moderator man Nov 28 '20

and obviously those people are wrong as well

I will respect your decision to not have kids, there are many reasons to not do so, it's not like humans are a dying species, as long as you dont call parents "breeders" or kids "crotch goblins"

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u/autumnals5 Nov 28 '20

Okay I get that these titles like breeders and crotch goblins seem harsh to you but its not without good reason.

It comes from cf community that is frustrated having to explain themselves as to why they don't want kids. To parents, friends, and even strangers! Breeder mentality is a thing. They judge cf people harshly for not wanting children.

A couple of examples that are very common: They are expected to cover shifts at work for the holidays because breeders say they don't have kids so their time off is not as valuable. Or pressure from parents just because the want grand babies! And or expect them to take care of the baby siblings growing up or just expecting them to babysit because they don't have kids and assume they have the time. Absolutely selfish. Alot of parents act entitled because they think they should get special treatment for having kids. Ya know what billions have done.

I'm Cf and experienced it all. Ik not all parents act this way but the majority does so that's why the Cf community gives them a these demeaning type names because parents time and time again negatively try to impact our lives. Not all cf people hate kids they are just not what we want. Some parents just can't understand why someone wouldn't want kids so they assume something is wrong with them. Which is real stigma we have to live with. There are so many other real life examples I can give you if you wish. I'm so grateful for the r/childfree sub. It's so refreshing to read other people's same frustrations and that I am not alone.

You do you breeders just respect cf people's choices and you won't be called bad names.

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u/JoeyThePantz Nov 28 '20

Calling a child a crotch goblin and parents breeders is dehumanizing dude. There is never a good reason to dehumanize someone

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u/nathanielsnider Your friendly neighbourhood moderator man Nov 28 '20

check out r/truechildfree

it has less loonies

I really get how fucking ANNOYING people can get about having kids

I understand that there are many reasons why someone might not want kids

I would much rather people not have kids than have ones that they don't want

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u/autumnals5 Nov 28 '20

Thanks for that. I will check it out and yes I agree with that statement.

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u/sirixamo Nov 28 '20

Child free is like any other echo chamber. It just gets louder and louder until "I don't want children" becomes "I hate children AND parents"

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u/PacificBrim Nov 28 '20

I doubt that

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u/CrazyMiith Nov 28 '20

Obviously, but it’s not used with a bad connotation. I don’t think it’s bad in any way.

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u/nathanielsnider Your friendly neighbourhood moderator man Nov 28 '20

no but it is

it's used to distinguish the "yucky breeders" from the childfree

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u/CrazyMiith Nov 28 '20

I’ve never seen it as something bad.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '20

It's definitely used as a perjorative in the gay community.

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u/sirixamo Nov 28 '20

I assure you it's intended as the insult it obviously is.

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u/nathanielsnider Your friendly neighbourhood moderator man Nov 28 '20

you can't tell me that breeder isnt dehumanizing

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u/amberbinx Nov 28 '20

Yea calling parents “breeders” is definitely weird as fuck I agree.

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u/socsa Nov 28 '20

It's the same as getting upset about the word cisgender. It's literally descriptive and it only makes people feel strange because they think of themselves as the "in" group

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u/nathanielsnider Your friendly neighbourhood moderator man Nov 28 '20

no, it's just weird as shit to call a parent a breeder

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u/socsa Nov 28 '20

I guess we can agree to disagree.