Unprompted rant

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 02/06/2019 at 22:59 • Filed to: None

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This is not a “I know you were planning on getting into an accident with me, but don’t, there’s a baby” sticker. This is a way of communicating that 1) the driver is driving safer than usual, because there’s a barely sentient flesh puppet in a car seat that probably has an open recall out, and 2) if there is an accident, please check for aforementioned flesh puppet.

Making tired jokes is bad, making tired jokes predicated on being obtuse is even worse. 

Wuelling > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/06/2019 at 23:14

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Maybe they are just excited to have a baby. I would never put a corny thing like that on my car but the wife and I tried for 4 years to conceive, I pretty much tell everyone in ear shot we are expecting

DipodomysDeserti > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/06/2019 at 23:15

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I always view these placards and thos e family stick figures as a way of people flaunting their reproductive abilities. Basically the same thing as truck nuts.

There’s 7.5 fucking billion of us, no one gives a shit. Stop posting pictures of you kids on Instagram.

facw > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/06/2019 at 23:16

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I think most people don’t know this ( including many with babies). I certainly had the wrong impression until a few years ago . Hopefully your PSA will help enlighten others!

As far as bad Carlin acts go:

I’d also really like to bludgeon anyone who complains about “near miss”:

Applying a stupid overly literal interpretation to a common and universally understood phrase does not make you clever.

Chariotoflove > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/06/2019 at 23:48

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Theoretically, it’s supposed to be for emergency vehicles to know there’s a kid in the car, but in fact it often ends up being misleading , as the sign is there even if the kid isn’t in the car. So, it often just ends up being an announcement that you own a child without serving any real purpose.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/06/2019 at 23:52

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I kinda get it? When I have the dogs in the car I drive in a way that I would find very annoying. Every turn is slow, every slowdown is gradual... I’ve long thought a "sorry I'm driving like an old, pups in the car" placard would make me feel better but yeah no.  Maybe it is the same with fleshy humans?

Terra > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/06/2019 at 23:53

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LOL “sentient flesh puppet” is a new one!

Future Heap Owner > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/07/2019 at 00:03

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Is this tired yet?

Tapas > facw 02/07/2019 at 00:10

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This^

Dogsatemypants > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/07/2019 at 00:11

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Idk. They sreve a purpose. The student driver sticker that stays on a car for multiple years is the one that grinds my gears.

I want these signs

And a custom yellow placard that says doggo in taco  

Dogsatemypants > Dogsatemypants 02/07/2019 at 00:13

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Also thinking about finding a y in a similar font and getting silly with the tailgate badges

Honeybunchesofgoats > Future Heap Owner 02/07/2019 at 00:13

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Never 

Urambo Tauro > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/07/2019 at 00:22

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The message doesn’t bother me so much as the fact that it’s taking up several square inches of valuable window space. Visibility is becoming a rare commodity on modern cars.

DipodomysDeserti > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/07/2019 at 00:43

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No, it’s not

-co-creator of two fleshy humans

DipodomysDeserti > Chariotoflove 02/07/2019 at 00:48

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If you live somewhere where EMS workers work harder because there are kids in the car, then  your kids are probably already fucked up from drinking lead every day. Save your money on the placard and buy a water filter.

Tristan > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/07/2019 at 02:34

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Why do people get so worked up about this trivial nonsense? I can't think of a time in the last 10 years I've noticed one of these things. Where did the small plastic square hurt you?

random001 > Terra 02/07/2019 at 06:51

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I laughed as well.

random001 > Chariotoflove 02/07/2019 at 06:52

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Own?  What country are you from, dictator man?

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/07/2019 at 07:29

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Seems usually when I see one of these, it’s hung in some complete beater which happens to be driving like a complete asshat.

I generally steer clear of vehicles with those signs, for my own safety.

B/Xmrrmvr > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/07/2019 at 08:19

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From my experience , the cars that have those signs put up usually  seem to drive as if their baby is a human shield in the event of a collision.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Tristan 02/07/2019 at 08:38

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Right in the ego, that's where

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > DipodomysDeserti 02/07/2019 at 08:50

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Haha I guess human tend to stop standing up after the 8 or 9th time they fall down and don't generally have their heads hanging out of the window.

DipodomysDeserti > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/07/2019 at 09:14

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More like you just want them to stop fighting/yelling/mushing things into the seats, so you don’t  mind if they’re tossed around the cabin a bit.

Chariotoflove > random001 02/07/2019 at 12:21

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Dadistan