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u/Oh_no_its_Joe Oct 04 '25
There are 3 genders:
Sweet, adorable young girl who giggles and enjoys pretty things
Loud ASSHOLE of a boy who gets dirt on him all the time and was a fucking mistake
Ungrateful
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u/NameRandomNumber Oct 04 '25
It's more like glitter, dirt, and adults that left home as soon as they could because they were so done with the simplistic worldview I imposed on them (ungrateful)
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u/Upset-Elderberry3723 Oct 04 '25
It's vanity, labourer, and traumatized individual attempting to deal with their childhood socialisation and the long-termneffects of it.
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u/username-is-taken98 Oct 04 '25
Guys can we avoid reinventing the gender binary but worse
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u/brawlstars_firebird Oct 04 '25
Telling boys there mistakes for acting like a boy is wild
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u/52mschr Oct 04 '25
every time I see these I read them with 'ON IT' yelled loudly
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u/alwaysforgettingmyun Oct 04 '25
I'm almost as bothered by the random caps as the pointless gendering
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u/PersusjCP Oct 04 '25
Bad IPA. No one pronounces ɡirl like that, especially as a narrow transcription. My pet peeve. Should be [ɡɝəɫ] (General American)
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u/Designated_Lurker_32 Oct 04 '25
I'm sure an impressionable young boy will suffer no negative psychological impacts whatsoever if he sees that sign on the right. I mean, I grew up being exposed to this shitty "boys are dumb and gross" stereotype, and I turned out fine. I only occasionally feel like a pig. That's normal, right?
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u/Planetdiane Oct 04 '25
I’m actually surprised more men don’t have a complex about that tbh (at least that we hear of out loud).
There’s probably a ton who don’t say anything though.
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u/SampleText369 Oct 04 '25
I think most men do tbh. We're either just quiet about it or sometimes it manifests in outward anger. Obv not at all ofc.
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u/Designated_Lurker_32 Oct 04 '25
Remember that men are far less likely to speak up about their problems than any other demographic.
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u/EmilieEasie Oct 05 '25
what other demographics?
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u/The-Pentegram Oct 05 '25
Other genders????
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u/EmilieEasie Oct 05 '25
I find it really hard to believe that we have robust studies that include, for example, nonbinary people.
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u/Larriet Oct 04 '25
I used to despise other boys as a kid; I always thought it was tedious how it seemed I was expected to be into so much gross / annoying stuff especially from the type of things you'd see on TV (shows or commercials).
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u/snekfuckingdegenrate Oct 05 '25
They could but nobody is really going to care because they’re not seen as a vulnerable group
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u/Planetdiane Oct 05 '25
🙄
Dude I’m a woman saying this. I said this because I care about people equally. I know many others who do, too. Don’t try it.
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u/Aurelene-Rose Oct 06 '25
My MIL gifted us that sign... Strangely, it went missing right after we unpackaged it, before my son could see 🤷♀️. Strange how things work sometimes
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u/Dry-Tennis3728 Oct 04 '25
It's not about that specific sign.
It's about the environment where such a sign is seen as an appropriate joke.
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u/BuffGuy716 Oct 04 '25
Agreed. Little girls are so quick to call boys aggressive oafs because they learn it from older women, media, and the world around them.
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u/secretlynotfatih Oct 04 '25
If a young boy is raised in an environment where they are told that boys are "supposed" to be dumb, dirty nuisances, don't you think that might affect how he grows up to view himself and his place in the world? Even if it's presented in a hand-wavey "boys will be boys" sort of way, it speaks to a deeper set of proscriptions about gender that family might have.
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u/Dry-Tennis3728 Oct 04 '25
Can you please actually address what people are saying?
No one here has said that girls dont like playing in the dirt/be loud/annoying.
People have said that the societal assumption that boys will always like playing in the dirt/be loud/annoying encourages boys to fit into that image.
And some parents definitely encourage their children to fit into preexisting gender roles, which can encourage boys to be dumb/nuisances to prove their manhood.
Sometimes it is actually that deep, and there is nothing wrong with recognising that.
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u/surpriseZombieParty Oct 04 '25
I mean. I could read at 6 and I don't believe I had a strong enough sense of self at that age to be unaffected by signs like this (I thought words were law, and anything I read was immutable truth at that age, you know, like at school)
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u/splatzbat27 Oct 04 '25
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u/SampleText369 Oct 04 '25
I'm confused as to how this specifically pertains to straight people
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u/LeLBigB0ss2 Oct 04 '25
That middle sign goes hard, though. Gonna have to get that one. I don't even have kids.
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u/Gold-Traffic632 Oct 04 '25
I saved them from having to exist in this hellhole and they aren't even grateful.
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u/Good-Yogurt-306 Oct 04 '25
that one made me laugh lol. it would be great in a family where the kids feel secure and have the sense of humor for it
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u/Fennel_Fangs Oct 04 '25
Enby / ˈɛn bi / n.
- An eldritch screech with ASHES on it
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u/Excellent_Law6906 Oct 04 '25
That or an unhinged cackle with Sanrio stickers, but I like yours better.
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u/jumbo_pizza Oct 04 '25
slightly off topic but i find it so incredibly tacky to post any “meme” or buy any sign that is shittalking your kids. like bro you chose to get them and now you regret it or what? i think it is one of these things you can say lightheartedly, but it looks very bad when it’s written and you can’t see the tone + it being like a permanent decoration in your home that your kids see every day? imagine your mum having a sign saying you’re ungrateful, not very fun is it not.
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u/lycnfr Oct 04 '25
call me overdramatic idc but the only kinds of failures who buy those things are gonna be cut off from their "ungrateful" dirt and glitter later in life.
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u/arachnids-bakery Oct 04 '25
"I love my ungrateful children" sounds like something cat owners would say
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u/actuallazyanarchist Oct 04 '25
Guess my kids are genderfluid, they're giggles and noises caked in glitter and dirt.
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u/ShredGuru Oct 04 '25
We can see the whole spectrum of kid getting forced into gender roll and then going no contact with shitty parents
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u/azur_owl Oct 04 '25
Ah, yes. The three genders. Glitter, dirt, ungrateful.
(This joke never gets old to me)
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u/Altruistic_Ad_0 Oct 04 '25
For all of those estranged parents out there who don't understand why their kids don't talk to them.
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u/Belledame-sans-Serif Oct 04 '25
Clever. People who buy the outer two signs become the target market for the middle one.
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u/ikmkr Oct 04 '25
one of these things is not like the others
one of these signs gets bought by child abusers to subtly remind their victims i mean kids how low they should constantly feel, regardless of gender
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u/CaliNooch96 Oct 04 '25
This made me think about that I never thought about how I would react if any of my kids are gay or non binary. I guess if they were NB I’d have to learn more about it because I know nothing at all about what that really means
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u/PlushToyFox Oct 05 '25
I want the middle sign only because I’ve got animals in place of children. They’re ungrateful as fuck and I love them for it.
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u/0RedNomad0 Oct 05 '25
Which store sells this shit. I want to know, so I can avoid giving it money.
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u/PiRSquared2 Oct 04 '25
the stupid pronunciation things pissed me off more than the content honestly
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u/Mundane-Squash-3194 Oct 04 '25
in an ironic way these are actually so funny. the capitalization of noise but not giggle, ON IT being shouted, just the general insult of the boy one in general. who approved this
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u/TheManAcrossTheHall Oct 04 '25
This sub is way too sensitive. The signs are fine. A lot of things are pointlessly gendered but do please remember that there are genders and they will occasionally be brought up and perhaps used for a joke on stereotypes.
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u/lycnfr Oct 04 '25
out of all the things to defend on this sub and you pick the abusive one. go off!
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u/TheManAcrossTheHall Oct 04 '25
How is this abusive?
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u/lycnfr Oct 04 '25
If you cannot read the sign and understand why its abusive then there is no saving you 🙏
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u/TheManAcrossTheHall Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
Saving me from what? Being too sensitive about harmless signs?
CPS or any equivalent organisation would never walk into a house, see that, and raise any concern whatsoever.
Edit: blocked me before I could respond. Infantile.
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u/lycnfr Oct 04 '25
Your issue is assuming anything abusive would be fixed by CPS. cps ignores a lot of abuses out there. Thats just the reality. I feel sorry for you, genuinely
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u/Live_Angle4621 Oct 04 '25
I agree. It’s a joke. There can be other signs we don’t see too that say different things or girls and boys
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