You know those rear window stickers of daddy, mommy, kids, pets...

[cthulu2016]

where you can document the entirety of your family household for other drivers to appreciate, for whatever reason.

I saw one display that delighted me no end.

Two mommy stickers and three cat stickers.

Loved it. It's the friendly use of the normative form that delighted me so much... merely, "Here is our family, notated in the way one notates their family"

I assume everyone else in the world has seen window stickers of "non-traditional" families (in addition to zombie families, aliens and all the other spin-offs) , but I hadn't. In my boring suburb it was a novelty, and a welcome sight.

[DJ13]

1. Kick

This is my favorite stick figure sticker ......

[jsr]

4. .

[DJ13]

5. I like that one as well!

[Art_from_Ark]

14. That image is going into my Pictures folder

[Ilsa]

6. I like the one with the space aliens firing a rocket at them. nt

[Oscarmonster13]

2. I've seen different versions...

there's even a star wars set I'd love to have!

but yes, I think the non-conformist families are the best too! (being a single parent with kids and lots of pets!)

[Lisa0825]

3. I haven't seen that before. I love it! :-)

Those stickers generally annoy me, but I would like them if I saw more that were out of the norm!

[liberal_at_heart]

8. I understand why people would be glad to see out of the norm family stickers, but

what is wrong with the ones that have the spouse and the kids if that is what represents your family? I have a husband and two kids. If I were to get stickers to represent my family that is what I would put on my car. I am proud of my family even if we are not a hip, cool, out of the norm family. I guess if I wanted to fit in and look cool I could make sure that the sticker of my daughter were that of a bisexual because she is a bisexual although I don't know how I would depict that in a sticker.

[Lisa0825]

12. When you are not one of the "norm," seeing the norm broadcasted everywhere

gets tiresome. It started to annoy me seeing it on cars everyday. So seeing someone mixing it up would be refreshing.

[liberal_at_heart]

15. I guess I never thought of my family as being oppressive to others but I can see where

you are coming from. I have a Buddha sticker on my car and one of the reasons I have it there is because I was feeling oppressed by all the crosses I saw everywhere I went. My father is evangelical Christian and I also I have to listen to his horrible televangelist shows all the time.

[shedevil69taz]

7. It's actually not a great idea to have those on your vehicle

Especially the ones I've seen with just the mom figure with a sign over where the dad used to be saying "position vacant"

All that is is a sign to nefarious types reading: VULNERABLE

course that works for newly single dads too...when I was one creepers came out of the wood work to offer "comfort"

[Tree-Hugger]

10. These stickers make me think of Dexter

In one of the seasons, John Lithgow played a serial killer. He saw a family getting out of a car with those stickers that said, " the so and so family" and listed the family members' names. He used that info to lure a little boy and kidnap him.

I see stickers like I mentioned above - they list the family's last name and each little stick figure says the first name. I don't care for the family stickers one way or another, but the identifying characteristics that some folks put on their vehicles make me nervous.

[Lisa0825]

13. I remember that episode, and had the same thoughts!

Not just the stick figure families, but also the soccer, cheer, and other activity stickers for kids, which often include the kids' names too. Not wise, IMO!!!

[quakerboy]

28. While those stickers usually irritate me slightly

I wonder if there are any cases outside of a fictional TV show to indicate that having kids names or the number of family members indicated on ones vehicle with stickers might actually cause one to be at higher risk of anything.

There's a lot of things in Dexter that just aren't reality based, and I would hate to see anyone making decisions based purely on that, any more than I would want them to make their decisions based on the X-Files. Or 3rd Rock from the Sun.

[Tree-Hugger]

33. I don't know for sure

It's just something I have thought about....I don't base my life on it.

[Lisa0825]

37. I don't know if there are specific cases but

I have heard local law enforcement folks give safety talks and warn about putting person information like this out there, and they specifically warned about stickers like these. I don't know if they had cases to back it up, or just thought it was common sense advice.

[Butterbean]

45. My thoughts exactly. n/t

[rhett o rick]

9. I saw one with a lady and a couple of kids. Not sure that's a good thing to broadcast. nm

[progressoid]

11. Saw this one at the grocery store last week...

[Hissyspit]

16. .

[Arger68]

17. Saw this one on George Takei's Facebook page:

[pa28]

18. I like the ones with family members that have been scratched or torn off.

Hehehe.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

19. "Baby Onboard"

is the one that irritates me. Every person riding in a vehicle is a life that deserves consideration fer crying' out loud.

[LeftyMom]

22. Initially the point of those was to get fire crews to look for a baby after an accident.

Iirc they popped up around the time it became normal to install a car seat in the back seat because airbags were becoming the norm in the front.

There are window stickers you can put on children's bedroom windows (and for that matter stickers that indicated what pets might be found in your home) for similar reasons in case of a house fire.

[shedevil69taz]

24. When on my motorcycle I enjoy getting next to baby on board sign sporters

I revving my engine really really loud.

[JimDandy]

27. Jeezus what a dick thing to do.

So someone puts a sign on their car to be sure that first responders look for their baby in case of an accident and that pisses you off so much that you want to blow their baby's eardrums out. Oooh, yay you!

[shedevil69taz]

29. I've got some ocean front property in Montana I think you'd love n/t

[customerserviceguy]

31. Is that what those are for?

I thought they were for me, when I lose control of my car because the brakes failed, and in a split second, I'm supposed to swerve to avoid the B-O-B car, and smash into the other one instead.

Or, maybe its for yuppies who act like they're the first people on the planet to have a kid.

[loli phabay]

38. the posters right, it in case of an accident, sometimes babies cant be seen in the mess after an

accident so these signs where so you would do a search for the infant, especially if in a bad one tnere was an ejection.

[customerserviceguy]

39. But, but with that sign

There won't be any accidents, will there? I mean, not if people like me choose to swerve into the car without the yellow sign, right?

[loli phabay]

40. you seem to miss the reason for the sign, its not for other drivers

its for responders if there is an accident. the whole idea being it tells first on scene that there is an infant so they dont overlook it.

[customerserviceguy]

42. The first thing that's going to slide under the front seat

in a severe accident is that silly sign. You seem to miss my point that the yellow sign and the stick family are nothing but yuppie bragging.

[loli phabay]

43. no, the signs do well in accidents, and are a good thing regardless of you hating them.

[customerserviceguy]

47. If I hear that from a few first responders

I'll agree with you, otherwise, the B-O-B signs and the stick family are in the same category for me.

[loli phabay]

48. well, you have heard from one, i am sure morebwould chime in if they see this

same thing with the stickers on the front door of your house telling how many people live in the house in case of fire etc.

[tavernier]

41. Why do I get the idea

that many things irritate you?

Not a criticism, mind. I'm a bitcher as well.

[a kennedy]

46. Yah, and the person driving is like in a race, dodging in and out of traffic....

on the phone, and not really giving a sh*t if they have a baby on board. Oh yah, I hate those people.

[JohnnyRingo]

20. Here's one that left me scratching my head:

I had to think about this for a while. It looks like they added a big kid from another decal set, then tore him off and sloppily reapplied.



The only normal families you know are the ones you don't know very well.

On edit: This was seen south of Cleveland, so maybe that's LeBron James on the car of a Cavs fan who loved him like a son until he moved to Miami. Apparently, all is forgiven.

[MADem]

26. Hmmm....maybe that's a threesome!

What do they call that...polyandry?

The cat looks a bit puzzled!

[raouldukelives]

21. I saw one that had one lady and about 10 cats at the cat resuce I donate at. Cracked me up.

On a side note, I used to rock a "Smile! Cthulhu loathes you." bumper sticker back in the 80's. I'd like a good Lovecraftian stick figure sticker.

[LeftyMom]

23. A friend had a Miskatonic U shirt, and forever had strangers on the bus asking where that was,

what he studied, etc. Needless to day his responses usually had them scratching their heads and me stifling a giggle.

[Recursion]

25. I liked the one of a childfree couple and bags of money and clocks (I suppose meaning free time)

That made me smile.

[PasadenaTrudy]

35. I like that one too!

We don't have bags of money, but we do have lots of free time and most importantly peace and quiet!

[customerserviceguy]

30. Where do people buy those?

I've never seen them in any store I've been to. Then again, in my town, there are ten places to buy a car, six places to buy a tire, and no big-box drug store. I had to throw up my hands in disgust when the local Staples didn't have an Avery label size I needed for a project. I've given up shopping for anything but groceries in my town, you HAVE to get stuff from the Internet these days.

[kydo]

32. I still have zombies

and a Star Fleet Academy sticker and a Boston Crusader sticker. But the zombie family is outdated, I need to find another cat.

[justiceischeap]

34. I rather see these than Calvin pissing on things.

However, I did once see a Calvin pissing on the family stickers. At least that was slightly creative if not utterly disgusting.

[LadyHawkAZ]

36. I have only one cat sticker

It's Grumpy Cat flipping people off, and it's been surprisingly popular.

[FSogol]

44. My fav

[lindysalsagal]

49. Here’s mine:

Zombies ate my stick figure family. Yours is next… With a giant hand.