r/childfree - Where child-haters congregate

I was part of a raid on r/childfree a while back. It was pretty successful, considering nobody can use throwaway accounts anymore because a karma threshold was imposed. Most of us were doing it for shits and giggles, but the organizer of the whole thing was (and still is) kind of autistic. He made a discord server, which got nuked along with most of the documentation of the raid. Adding to that, he "exiled" me when I decided to fuck with him for having a superiority complex. So yeah, sorry about the lack of screenshots
 
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Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
It always pisses me off, less because it's inconvenient but more because it's so goddamn loud. Same problem with fire alarms and tornado alarms. I understand the reasoning - make it so loud you couldn't possibly not hear it, and so annoying you can't ignore it - but it's excessive. And, with television, it ruins whatever you're watching because instead of just having a little noise and a banner, they actually mute the sound, and they run it so long that it can take out a good chunk of the context. Then, you get an Amber Alert that's a week old and already irrelevant, because the episode was recorded. And it's almost always for somebody many dozens of miles away that's got nothing to do with you.

I've heard the system works very well for stopping child abductions. I just wish that they would implement it in a more thoughtful way. I figure that most of the people who go online and bitch (or worse, call up police stations, like in Canada) wouldn't be near as upset about it if it wasn't so obnoxious.
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Most ridiculous Amber alert thing I ever got was one that just said a child was missing. No description of what the child looked like or any vehicle or anything like that. Didn't even give the gender or age of the child. Didn't say where and when the child was last seen. I don't know how they expected that alert to help in any way.

Anyhoot, don't have kids without getting consent from the void first:
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Piga Dgrifm said:
Most ridiculous Amber alert thing I ever got was one that just said a child was missing. No description of what the child looked like or any vehicle or anything like that. Didn't even give the gender or age of the child. Didn't say where and when the child was last seen. I don't know how they expected that alert to help in any way.

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Like I've said before, antinatalists are a whole other kettle of fish (herd of cows?) from childfree types. Childfree doesn't want people to have kids because it annoys them; antinatalists don't want people to have kids because they think a stubbed toe negates all the happiness you feel in your life.
 
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Piga Dgrifm said:
Most ridiculous Amber alert thing I ever got was one that just said a child was missing. No description of what the child looked like or any vehicle or anything like that. Didn't even give the gender or age of the child. Didn't say where and when the child was last seen. I don't know how they expected that alert to help in any way.
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Canada recently implemented AMBER alerts, and it has been a total disaster. This year about 3 times all over the country there were very late night alerts, and morons legit called 911 as they were woken up . The thing is though all the alerts of all kinds are send out as highest priority unlike the US so you cannot disable them, which to be fair is a bad system as it results in alert fatigue (people stop paying attention), and because not all alerts are the same priority level (AMBER Alert vs Israel has finally lost it and is gonna drop the big one). A person in bed sleeping at 3 am isn't going to be able to do much about the former, but by all means would want to be woken by the latter. AMBER alerts should be stopped by do not disturb if the person so selects because a person in bed can't help find a missing child anyways, so it's pointless to disturb them. Some people also cannot turn their phone off at night because they have no landline or are a caregiver and need to be reachable.
 
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Just in time for Christmas

Childfree Christmas

'So what exactly do you do all day?' It's a common question when people discover that my husband and I don't have children and will be spending Christmas child-free.

Others ask if we'll be lonely, or pityingly assume this time of year must make us long for little ones.

It's true, we won't be desperately hunting in the shops for that must-have toy, or queuing to visit Santa in his grotto while hyped-up kids have tantrums all around.

We won't have the 'thrill' of seeing a child be the back end of a donkey in the Nativity play, or the 4.30am scream of 'he's been!' on Christmas Day.

Because while received wisdom has it that Christmas is all about children, for us it's not and I couldn't be happier.

And while I've long known I don't want children, it's at this time of year that my feelings are strongest.

For me, December heralds a period of unashamed decadence — parties, cocktails, meals and lie-ins.

I revel in the chance to spend time in my lovely, calm house, unadulterated by kiddie clutter, celebrating with my husband, family and friends. My child-free Christmas is nothing but joyful.

Some friends tell my husband Jamie we're 'missing out' on the joys of a Christmas with kids.

What do we do? Well, we have created our own Christmas traditions; always heartfelt, often boozy, determinedly counter-intuitive.

Our annual barbecue, which usually takes place on December 20 or 21, just as our fellow adults break up from work, is raucous, alcohol-fuelled and stretches from 4pm to the early hours of the next day. It's a real knees-up for those of us — dare I say — lucky enough not to have children.

Jamie — a firefighter, aged 37 like myself — and I don't even buy gifts for each other; instead we have special treats. This year there's a Rod Stewart concert in the mix, and a day trip to London from our home in Warwickshire.

I've also just returned from a trip with my mum to the beautiful Christmas market in Tallinn, Estonia, which would have been far more difficult with children.

While my husband and I do buy gifts for family and friends, shopping for those together at our leisure is a treat, perhaps because they're not the product of an endless 'list to Santa'.

None of this is to say I don't like children. I do — to a point.

Jamie and I both appreciate the potential the festive season has to be magical for little ones: so much so that when we hold our barbecue —with hot dogs cooked outside, mulled wine from a vat in the garden and guests donning fancy dress as they gather round a patio heater to sing carols — we include a 'Santa's Grotto' in the garage and an appearance from Jamie dressed as Saint Nick to entertain our friends' youngsters. Then they have to head home and the party really gets started.

While I like children, if I'm honest, it's never a struggle to say farewell. Life is, whisper it, rather fun without them.

I read last week that 48 per cent of women in England and Wales now don't have children by their 30th birthday.

These official figures show a growing number are staying childless for good, too. It's a stark contrast to their mothers' generation, born in the 1940s. Eight in ten of them had a baby by the age of 30.

Commentators will no doubt be wringing their hands, worrying about women who haven't experienced the joy a little bundle can bring because of not finding Mr Right or trying to crack the glass ceiling.

But while that is the sad truth for some, for others couldn't it just be that we've found life without children is pretty lovely?

I'm convinced some friends feel a twinge of jealousy, wishing they too could be sipping eggnog instead of strong coffee first thing in the morning after another night of teething toddlers.

You might think there's something missing in our marriage because of our conscious decision not to have children. Not so. Jamie and I married just before our 30th birthdays in 2012.

One by one, friends embarked on parenthood and, each time, the issue came up between us. Each time, we decided children weren't for us.

Seven years on, we've concluded our feelings won't change. We love life the way it is — our freedom. I also love my career as a writer, and fear taking a break to have kids would get in the way.

We have real reservations about how we'd manage the tough task that is parenthood. Are we up to the task of utter selflessness? Do we have the patience required?

The older we get, the more these feelings become cemented.

For some of our relatives, it's been hard to understand our desire to be childless. Some have asked us directly about it, some haven't — but it's now clear to all, it's not on the agenda.

So while you're wrestling with your over-excited children on Christmas Eve, think of us. We'll be enjoying ourselves at a nice restaurant or a friend's dinner party. Champagne will feature.

Such heady indulgence is possible thanks to one of the benefits of a child-free Christmas Day: a luxurious lie-in. No high-pitched shrieks at an ungodly hour.

Instead a slow start, a gratifyingly yummy breakfast of eggs Benedict, a Buck's Fizz or two, and a long dog walk.

Yes, we might entertain friends or family on the day itself, but we generally keep the invitation to just grown-ups.

Some years, we take ourselves off on holiday, safe in the knowledge we're not depriving grandparents of special time with their grandchildren.

Last year it was a cosy cottage by the sea in Devon with friends and our dogs. Next time, who knows? But one thing is certain. Wherever we'll be, our Christmas will be unashamedly, delightfully, selfishly childfree.
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I feel there's a lot of over compensating whenever I read things like this.

"My life is PERFECT! I'm traveling all over the WORLD while my friends with kids look at my freedom with jealousy and envy! They only WISH they could be as happy and fulfilled as I am!!"

I also notice a lot of stupid stereotypes in this. "My Christmas will be excellent because there won't be any children SHRIEKING at 5am in the morning! No kiddie clutter to walk over!"

Like, do these people think all kids do is scream, have tantrums, and drool?

And who the hell says, "When you're having a TERRIBLE Christmas with your bratty kids, think of me and the wonderful life you COULD'VE had if they never existed!"

Sounds like a bad attempt to convince herself she's happy and totally didn't make any wrong decisions in her life. Does she really think a parent is going to be jealous of her going to fancy restaurants on Christmas???
 
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Rabidcolombian said:
Just in time for Christmas

Childfree Christmas



I feel there's a lot of over compensating whenever I read things like this.

"My life is PERFECT! I'm traveling all over the WORLD while my friends with kids look at my freedom with jealousy and envy! They only WISH they could be as happy and fulfilled as I am!!"

I also notice a lot of stupid stereotypes in this. "My Christmas will be excellent because there won't be any children SHRIEKING at 5am in the morning! No kiddie clutter to walk over!"

Like, do these people think all kids do is scream, have tantrums, and drool?

And who the hell says, "When you're having a TERRIBLE Christmas with your bratty kids, think of me and the wonderful life you COULD'VE had if they never existed!"

Sounds like a bad attempt to convince herself she's happy and totally didn't make any wrong decisions in her life. Does she really think a parent is going to be jealous of her going to fancy restaurants on Christmas???
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"I'm totally having an AMAZING Christmas BY MYSELF without any DISGUSTING, ANNOYING CROTCH DROPPINGS! This isn't a mega cope that nobody wants to be around me because I'm an enormous wanker!" wineaunt.jpg
 
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A lot of the childfree people are projecting like hell. Ask any of them and you'll usually find that they themselves had miserable or abusive lives as kids. They then take those feelings of pain and resentment and look at kids having relatively happy lives and hate them for it. Like, a baby is going to cry. That is the only way they communicate their needs. But if you where raised to shut the hell up or get hit, you are going to start getting pissed at babies for making noise.

Not everyone has the ability or means to be parents. But the level of hate these folks have for kids is not normal. They honestly need to seek therapy and get treatment if they despise defenseless kids this much.

It's okay to get annoyed or frustrated but by Nurgle's Beard do these people take it to the ninth degree.
 
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Look I get the hate for some of these people, I really do, it's not fun sharing space with people that insist they hate kids, while at the same time trolling mothers groups and putting up screenshots of said mothers and their kids poop photos.

And I really hate to say 'not all of us' are like this, but it's the truth.

We don't feel like we are missing out, we certainly don't hate them, and yes there are a lot of kids who do spend their talking time shrieking instead of learning how to talk correctly, that is not their fault, blame that on the parents who can't control their kids in any way, or don't give a shit while browsing instagram 24/7.

Some of what that chick said is true, and I certainly don't regret not having kids, and I'm not overcompensating for anything, I just live my life the best way I can, just like everyone else.
 
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Look I get the hate for some of these people, I really do, it's not fun sharing space with people that insist they hate kids, while at the same time trolling mothers groups and putting up screenshots of said mothers and their kids poop photos.

And I really hate to say 'not all of us' are like this, but it's the truth.

We don't feel like we are missing out, we certainly don't hate them, and yes there are a lot of kids who do spend their talking time shrieking instead of learning how to talk correctly, that is not their fault, blame that on the parents who can't control their kids in any way, or don't give a shit while browsing instagram 24/7.

Some of what that chick said is true, and I certainly don't regret not having kids, and I'm not overcompensating for anything, I just live my life the best way I can, just like everyone else.
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If you are contributor to childfree you are a lolcow, if not then you are not a lolcow, atleast not for that reason, that's all. Don't need to write up all that bullshit.
 
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Look I get the hate for some of these people, I really do, it's not fun sharing space with people that insist they hate kids, while at the same time trolling mothers groups and putting up screenshots of said mothers and their kids poop photos.

And I really hate to say 'not all of us' are like this, but it's the truth.

We don't feel like we are missing out, we certainly don't hate them, and yes there are a lot of kids who do spend their talking time shrieking instead of learning how to talk correctly, that is not their fault, blame that on the parents who can't control their kids in any way, or don't give a shit while browsing instagram 24/7.

Some of what that chick said is true, and I certainly don't regret not having kids, and I'm not overcompensating for anything, I just live my life the best way I can, just like everyone else.
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This thread isn't about people who decide not to have kids. We understand there's a clear difference between them. The thread is specifically for the NUTCASES in your group. The ones who HATE children and refer to them as crotch monsters.

And concerning if there's some truth to her article - yes, I understand and agree if you don't have kids you'll have more time to yourself. No one disputes that. It's her complete arrogance in thinking people who have kids WANT her life and are incredibly jealous of her.

She can be happy all she wants with her decisions, but don't expect people who have kids to hate their own lives and even regret their child's damn existence. There's an underlying evilness in telling others they'd be happier if they choose never to have their kids. Do they really think parents are going to choose material things over their children? That getting to go to some foreign country and cocktail parties will ever compare to looking into your 2 year olds eyes that hold the greatest and purest amount of love towards you JUST BECAUSE you're their mother?

The childfree people have become the very thing they hate. It was suppose to be a fourm for people who wanted to vent about people constantly telling them they should be depressed for not having kids. Now they're doing exactly that to others.
 
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Rabidcolombian said:
Just in time for Christmas

Childfree Christmas

I feel there's a lot of over compensating whenever I read things like this.

"My life is PERFECT! I'm traveling all over the WORLD while my friends with kids look at my freedom with jealousy and envy! They only WISH they could be as happy and fulfilled as I am!!"

I also notice a lot of stupid stereotypes in this. "My Christmas will be excellent because there won't be any children SHRIEKING at 5am in the morning! No kiddie clutter to walk over!"

Like, do these people think all kids do is scream, have tantrums, and drool?

And who the hell says, "When you're having a TERRIBLE Christmas with your bratty kids, think of me and the wonderful life you COULD'VE had if they never existed!"

Sounds like a bad attempt to convince herself she's happy and totally didn't make any wrong decisions in her life. Does she really think a parent is going to be jealous of her going to fancy restaurants on Christmas???
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Hi, new to the thread.

Christmas or not, they can keep their fancy restaurants and world travels.

I detect an extreme amount of envy here.

While fancy restaurants can be nice, there is no inherent inverse relationship between having children and going to them. But at the end of the day, you end up with a hole in your bank account and expensive poop.

If you can't travel with your children, it is because you either can't take the time off work to travel at all, or you don't have the money to travel. But there is nothing quite like taking your kids to even some of the most mundane places, and see their eyes light up with curiosity. Then it is so sweet, as they think you are awesome for knowing so much about the place. And the bond and love grows stronger by the minute.

People's lives are empty if they have to rant on the internet about their hatred for children, and for people who have families. Maybe if they experienced genuine attachments in their own lives, their rage would naturally simmer down.
 
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Piga Dgrifm said:
They're massive spastics too. It's no one else's business when/if someone has kids. Stefan Molyneaux has a habit of getting really Autistic about this. Like, he thinks that if the crazy person who shot up YouTube had just had a baby, she wouldn't have been a nutjob.
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I mean, it probably would have just resulted in a crazy person killing a baby, but whatever.

The only thing the rabid CFers get right is that pressuring a person over such a big and personal decision is a bad thing to do to someone.
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I remember her. Did he even see her videos? She was completely nutso. Having kids would have been the absolute worst thing she could do next to shooting up Youtube headquarters.
 
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