• lemmyman@lemmy.world
      55·
      1 day ago

      It is OK to depict a single aspect of something, sometimes.

      I love my kids but definitely have moments that feel like this.

    • sexy_peach@feddit.org
      391·
      1 day ago

      It’s pretty accurate for many children including mine. What’s not shown is the intense love felt at times, despite all the pain

      • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
        25·
        1 day ago

        I think it was SMBC that wrote it, but its like being entrusted to care for the most valuable and precious artwork mankind has ever created, except only you can perceive its value. Also it shits itself regularly and tries to kill itself around 3 times an hour.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
        106·
        1 day ago

        Its a mixed bag. One of my best friends has two of the best behaved, sweetest kids. Not crotch goblins what-so-ever. And the parents are party animals. A family member of mine, total prude, and actual gremlins for kids.

      • cattywampas@lemmy.world
        364·
        1 day ago

        I’ve been snipped and my wife and I have chosen not to have kids, but people who refer to kids as “crotch goblins” are some of the most cringe and weird people imaginable.

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
          2·
          7 hours ago

          I think it’s acceptable as a joke, especially if you’re talking about your own crotch goblin, but using it to denigrate children and parenthood is what makes it cringe.

          There are definitely times when I feel mine is a full-on goblin. It’s like 70% of the awake time at home in fact. Maybe down to 60% now, it’s now sometimes a very clumsy roomba instead.

        • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
          6·
          1 day ago

          Eh, it’s more of a reactionary response to the societal pressure to have children, mixed with the absolute gall a small fraction of parents have to not raise their children properly, using them as a prop to behave badly.

          In the last decades i have seen both of these things, and also this mindset become less pronounced. I’d say that comes with the fact that we all are getting priced out of having children, and those who have them are a lot more likely to actually have a gameplan regarding parenthood.

        • metallic_substance@lemmy.world
          6·
          1 day ago

          Regardless of the actual reality, whenever I see that phrase used, I imagine the poster as a 40 yo morbidity obese dude with thinning, greasy hair and a pony tail who works in IT and plays Warhammer 4 nights a week