# Stick-Figure Family Decals: Your Opinion **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039 "2009-10-16T16:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/21 "2009-10-16T20:54:04Z")
I would do it if only I could find giraffes, elephants and other exotic wildlife. Better still, … Zombies!! ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/22 "2009-10-16T21:46:49Z")
I find them annoyingly twee. I don’t care if you have two daughters and a son and Brianna plays soccer and Kaden plays softball. They’re worse than stupid bumper stickers because they don’t even express a viewpoint. It’s just “Hey, I reproduced! Isn’t it amazing?” I don’t find it amazing or remotely interesting and I find evidence–bias confirmation of course–that these people are also terrible drivers. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/23 "2009-10-16T22:07:07Z")
I think they’re incredibly lame. But it’s really no skin off my nose. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/24 "2009-10-16T22:19:09Z")
When I see a car with a long string of kid decals, like five or six, I wish there was a decal shaped like a birth control pill pack so that I could stick it up after the youngest kid. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/25 "2009-10-17T02:41:18Z")
A couple years ago there was a similar thread. About the 4th poster said something like “Jeez, those are his kids? I thought those were stencils for the pedetrians he’d run over. You know, like they painted on airplanes back in WWII” He said it better than I just did, and the idea really struck a chord with the crowd. It’s stuck with me and I gotta say I enjoy seeing the combat kill stencils much more than I used to enjoy the precious cheeeeldren stickers. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/26 "2009-10-17T03:13:50Z")
I want a woman decal and fifteen cat decals for my car. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/27 "2009-10-17T03:21:07Z")
I want a woman decal and 15 different man decals for mine. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/28 "2009-10-17T05:45:54Z")
“LOOK AT ME!!! I HAVE A FAMILY!!!” As stupid as those “Baby on Board” signs. Am I supposed to, what, sacrifice my life to get out of your idiot way because you have a “Baby on Board”? And Dear Abby is a goddamn moron, as stupid as the people who write her for advice. Almost as dumb as Dr. Laura callers. ---
**Author:** ![snoworsunfun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@snoworsunfun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoworsunfun)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/29 "2009-11-12T02:58:12Z")
I believe that the people who put these on the back of their vans are somehow attempting to make others jealous of their ‘family unit.’ Well, let me tell you, I am in no way jealous of you there, mom. There is nothing about driving a minivan, dealing with putrid vomit, or especially changing a diaper, that makes me jealous of you. You are a follower, and for that I feel sad for you. You chose to follow what everyone else does, and procreates. Think outside the box here. None of your friends are going to say: “I made a mistake in having children.” They would be labeled bad parents. So people buy into it… it’s what you’re “supposed to do.” What it comes down to is that my life is mine, and I like it that way. Peace, vacations, little sporty cars, and especially sleeping in. Do you really think I’m jealous of your family unit there, mom? HARDLY!!! Childfree… think outside the box… it’s ok to live your life FOR YOU. =) Peace out people… Jason ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/30 "2009-11-12T03:05:59Z")
Tacky kitsch. Not that that’s a bad thing – I _like_ tacky kitsch. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/31 "2009-11-12T03:10:56Z")
I’d have voted for the first option, but I can’t bring myself to even see it as “bragging,” with all the baggage that word entails. I think they’re mildly cute, myself, especially since I don’t think I’ve ever seen it without at least one small child and/or baby. That makes me think it’s more about doing something cute for them than the parents. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/32 "2009-11-12T03:59:53Z")
There’s a car that I tend to end up behind on my drive home from work (I think they work at the office next door) and I see it all the time. Yes, I get it. Can you find a way to tell everyone what your family members are named without blocking half your rear window? If I flip you off with that massive decal on your window, would you even see it? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/33 "2009-11-12T05:39:08Z")
What I don’t like about things like those (or those medals representing how many children a woman has and their gender, unless they’re individual ones) is that if you get an unexpected extra it sort of shouts it to the world. Of course that’s not much of a problem if you’re changing cars every 2 years, but in Spain the average is closer to 5 and the old one often gets sold to relatives. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/34 "2009-11-12T05:57:32Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I like them better than those "In loving memory of… " tombstone decals. What’s up with that? Tell me about it! I saw one just this morning with a birth date of 1984 and a death date of just this October. What did they do, give the decals out at the funeral? Morbid! ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/35 "2009-11-12T06:08:37Z")
Doesn’t it seem like the stick-figure crew are the same ones who think Precious Moments and Thomas Kinkiad and Family Circus is high art? ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/36 "2009-11-12T07:17:57Z")
Kind of stupid, in my opinion. But I do like the OBX stickers. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/37 "2009-11-12T12:20:06Z")
> [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](#): > > Doesn’t it seem like the stick-figure crew are the same ones who think Precious Moments and Thomas Kinkiad and Family Circus is high art? Probably. And I can’t stand Precious Moments. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/38 "2009-11-12T14:16:10Z")
I picked the pedophile one, mainly because there was no “I hate them like I hate Hitler, but for no rational reason” option. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/39 "2009-11-12T14:46:24Z")
I kind of figured they were on the car to remind the parents how many tykes they needed to round up and get back in the car after a romp at McPlayworld. “Let’s see… we’ve got 4 seats full in the car… oh, WAIT! we’ve got 5 kids on the stickers! Go back and see who we left!” ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/40 "2009-11-12T15:00:46Z")
My bf and I joke about getting one with a Daddy and a little girl. Just to freak people out . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039.md?page=3)