Stickfigure stickers on cars - why?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's amusing. It's just a way for them to say they have a mom, a dad, two kids, a dog, and a cat.

Nowadays, you can't just say anything normal that won't offend or irritate people anymore.

OP, if you are irritated on a simple thing like that, you have issue(s).

I promise you - I don't have issues, totally normal my dear.
Just don't get it, why you need to advertise it. It's not offending me, just find it strange that's it.

Don't worry about it, OP. Reading too much into an innocuous question and levying accusations without any information is what DCUM trolls do best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's cute. I don't put any stickers on my car, but I have no feelings whatsoever about what you put on yours. Who cares?

Same

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They basically want strangers know about them, then they go on Facebook and post more about what they ate, where they going , what they are thinking on that day. Maybe they just want to socialize but they don’t know how ?

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Anonymous wrote:These things are a bit dated at this point — they seemed to be fairly common around four years ago or so, as I recall, but they still pop up. It’s basically privileged white people, usually (think north Arlington or McLean) sending out a signal—see my stick figures next to my anti-Trump decal and school decal and college decal and know that I am “normal.” And there might be some of the MegaMom thing to it too, as someone else indicated.

Really? I usually see these on pickup trucks and the like - it's a Woodbridge thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The stickers exist because there's a certain type of person who is just dying to have the world know things about them. All bumper stickers are like that to some degree. Vanity plates are certainly like that. Public instagram accounts and Facebook over-sharers are like that.

Personally, I don't get it. It's weird to me to want to broadcast information about yourself and your family to strangers.

Thanks for telling us about yourself on the internet.

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I thought it was for safety. In case the car is in an accident, first responders know how many people might be in it.

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I guess it's for amusement.
I certainly find this funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's amusing. It's just a way for them to say they have a mom, a dad, two kids, a dog, and a cat.

Nowadays, you can't just say anything normal that won't offend or irritate people anymore.

OP, if you are irritated on a simple thing like that, you have issue(s).

Is it any different from Mom jewelry? You know, the birthstone necklaces? They’re not for me, but some people like wearing their kids’ birthstones and like having pictures or stickers of their kids on the cars.

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Anonymous wrote:The best and probably saddest one I saw was in a Disney World parking lot. There was an outline where the dad figure used to be. Clearly he had been peeled off, but the rest of the family was intact.

I don't really mind these, although I've never chosen to do them myself. I don't find traffic jams enjoyable whether or not there are stick figures to look at, so it hadn't really occurred to me to be annoyed.

I did, however, see a car once that had just one stick figure of a man. All by himself. I did really wonder, did he think he was advertising himself to single moms? It seemed an odd choice. Now, I'm imagining that the stick figures were parceled out in the divorce settlement.

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My favorite one was the mini van being driven by the dad who I assume had scratched the mom stick figure off the back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're stickers. Stickers on a car. It's like wearing a t-shirt with a dumb saying.

People who spend time making assumptions about those who put stickers on their car probably don't have more important things to think about.

Yes, but I also sort of don't get the stick figures specifically. School stickers=pride, tribalism. OBX=reminds you of your happy place. Stick figures of the people I already spend all my time with? Not so sure.

See I don’t get the OBX ones. Or all the OBX license plates. Why do you want to pay $10/year to tell us how much you love going to the godawful boring outer banks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're stickers. Stickers on a car. It's like wearing a t-shirt with a dumb saying.

People who spend time making assumptions about those who put stickers on their car probably don't have more important things to think about.

Yes, but I also sort of don't get the stick figures specifically. School stickers=pride, tribalism. OBX=reminds you of your happy place. Stick figures of the people I already spend all my time with? Not so sure.

See I don’t get the OBX ones. Or all the OBX license plates. Why do you want to pay $10/year to tell us how much you love going to the godawful boring outer banks?

It's how we roll. Go get outraged over something else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These things are a bit dated at this point — they seemed to be fairly common around four years ago or so, as I recall, but they still pop up. It’s basically privileged white people, usually (think north Arlington or McLean) sending out a signal—see my stick figures next to my anti-Trump decal and school decal and college decal and know that I am “normal.” And there might be some of the MegaMom thing to it too, as someone else indicated.

Really? I usually see these on pickup trucks and the like - it's a Woodbridge thing.

Not at all. We live in NW DC and never go to Woodbridge. Drive my kids around our neighborhood and the Bethesda area, on Beltway/ 270 once in a while, and I see them all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hi everyone,
I am not from here originally, so maybe just do not understand the basic concept behind it. Why do people put these stickers of their families on the back window of their car? You know, stickfigures of Dad, Mom, First kid, second kid, third kid, dog, cat etc? It is sort of cute, but I also find it slightly irritating. Why do people think the person sitting in the car behind you wants to know how many kids you have? I am really curious why these families think anyone else other then themselves would care...

I am anti bumper sticker or anything at all on cars, so take my cynical view with a grain of salt. There is a certain type of person who likes this aesthetic. They're a mega mom! Maybe a Mompreneur who sells oils and skincare and leggings and needs people to know she has precious cargo on board. All look out, there is a FAMILY here. Also reflected on stenciled sayings in the house. "Bless this mess!" It's just another way to lean in as a mom mom. MOM. No one behind you does care. People also don't care if you're kid is on the Honor Roll or what college they attend. It all seems like posturing of insecure people to me.

The parodies are funny though!

+1

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I think these are people who see things they like and don’t overthink them. Within a week or two they probably hardly notice the stickers. Entirely possible they are happier than my eternally self-conscious self with my anonymous, sticker-free car.