Comments on: The Stick Figure Family Window Decal Conjectures

By: Abby

Abby — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:22:58 +0000

where do u get those ? or what website(: please help.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:36:52 +0000

The last 3 replies seem remarkably similar.

I think an obvious fact would be that people who opt to place these on their car gain some positive utility from it, since they are 1) unlikely to be permanent; and 2) they were not generally sold at Wal-Mart, making the acquisition a negative time cost. Kevin’s comment proves #2, since he was unsuccessful at purchasing them at the state fair or his mini-van conventions. The permanency is arguable, I suppose, but at worst, you could replace the back windshield.

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:36:12 +0000

Well, I actually stumbled on this looking for online places to order them. My intended communication is, “forgive me for owning a minivan, but I’ve got this many kids. I know it’s a nerdy vehicle, so I’m embracing the stereotype.” In the course of a year, I went from completely single to the married step dad of two teenagers and the actual dad of two infant twins.

By: veronica

veronica — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:53:00 +0000

People have real problems, I came across this website by accident and started reading all these crazy replies. There are bigger things happening in the world and people want to bitch about what other people have on their cars. Granted it may be tacky and you may not like it but WHO CARES. I do not have one of these but maybe i should get them just to piss the world off! grow up and get over yourself.
As for the whole child abduction thing that is just a lame excuse that it is a easy target! anyone can look in a car and see that there is a child in the car without a parent it doesnt take a sticker to figure this out.
get a life

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:54:55 +0000

All I can say is wow. I came across this site merely by accident and I must say that I am shocked to see so many people who are disgusted with stickers. Do any of you have tattoos or body piercings? Some think those are obnoxious or uncalled for. I don’t have stickers or know of any people close to me who do. The fact that other use stickers, truck balls, or even decide to tint their windows….I am quite sure that they are all very upset and may even loose sleep, knowing that most of you don’t approve!

By: Alana

Alana — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:45:56 +0000

I’ve seen these things being sold at the county fair, right between the “old fashioned photo booth” and the waterless cook pots (“and when the smoke alarm goes off, it’s done!”)

I think people buy them on a whim and put them on their cars so that next time they come to the fair, they can find them in the parking lot among the several thousand other Foresters and SUVs.. The scary part is, there are probably TWO families out there with the names Mike, Jennifer, Brittany, Dustin, and Isabel (dog is a chocolate lab named Coco). And if they have the same champagne beige SUV with rear DVD player and sun roof? And the same stickers? The universe explodes as matter and antimatter collide! Thank GOD for license plates and fingerprints.

By: Cliff Torres

Cliff Torres — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:00:20 +0000

I am waiting for my decal where it has me in a pimp hat with my stable of hoe’s after it…Strawberry, Blondie, Kandy, Juicy and Amy

By: the Dude

the Dude — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:35:20 +0000

These things creep me right out because I always think “you’re just advertising to paedophiles.” That said, I have seen single parent family ones and even a few lesbian couples.

The best? This SUV detailed in Laker colors with the Lakers logo and SFFWD of the Lakers with a NO symbol over Shaq. HILARIOUS.

Oh, I’ve also seen those ‘truck ball’ things on cars here in town (in Los Feliz) and I think anyone that would own those is just a worthless human being. Sorry, they’re just horrible.

By: Very simple

Very simple — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:16:23 +0000

These stickers are obnoxious, almost as bad as “Powered by Mexican” (as if the bad paint job, blasting cumbia music, and body work wasn’t a clue, and I’m Mexican-American)

Does anyone really care that you don’t practice birth control?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:10:19 +0000

http://digg.com/comedy/Octo_Mom_car_window_stickers

By: dokydoky

dokydoky — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:28:41 +0000

These things always remind me of how fighter pilots would stencil a picture of a little plane on their plane for each “kill” they had.

By: Noelle

Noelle — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:19:24 +0000

I have had this insane conversation with my colleagues many times. You’re spot on with all of it… but my biggest question is – WHO CARES?!? Wait, obviously the driver wants us to think THEY do…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:35:11 +0000

I suspect something neither sinister nor sheep-related, but more the desire for order amid the sea of chaos, the sea being our city streets. (Adding some nod to a form of worship, a disciple fish, anti-fish, Calvin bowing to the cross, Calvin pissing on a Ford, "No Fear" or any similar number of authoritarian or anti-authoritarian declarations or symbols in plain white line art to the rear window accomplishes basically the same thing.) In this instance the driver declares a heirarchy, or "declaration of order" loosely based on height (there must be a yardstick; height seems a natural). Call it blatant sheep-herding mentality, fair enough, but it is a fact the family will happily - nay, proudly - admit, and the decal becomes a declaration of order, reinforced visually every day this car is in use. It may further be argued that these particular SFFWD brandishers are, whether knowingly or not, aping the overall vibe of your garden varietal community-stirring, heirarchical-based yet pride-suffused event booking list announcement, most of which are now more or less aligned with the yearly Coachella "family" poster, if you will. With that in mind strictly from a typographical perspective, it would appear that for this year's lineup as pictured above Dad and Mom are the headliners, Alecheetos (aka WRINKLYPANTS) being your sort of smaller DJ-in-the-tent act and MIMA, natch, very possibly a late-hour Sunday addition. Once we introduce everybody's favorite SAT algorithm and side-by-side the photograph with this year's Coachella poster, the acts in question more or less align thusly:

DAD : Macca :: MOM : The Cure
ROXY : Amy Winehouse :: BOOGERS : Franz Ferdinand
ALECHEETOS (aka WRINKLYPANTS) : Steve Aoki :: MIMA : YYYs

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:13:46 +0000

Great article. I cant stand the SFFWDs. I think they are just stupid. I mean its great that you have a family and all but come on who cares. Its even worse when they add their pets!
OY!

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:04:03 +0000

I honestly have no idea why or where people get those things. Maybe someone should ask them… you know, the direct approach. Are they sold at church fundraisers or something, maybe to promote “family values”? That would explain why I’ve never seen them sold anywhere.

Living in LA I can happily say that I have never experienced the sight of “truck balls” in the wild, but only through pictures on the Internet. If I did see them it would be a safe indicator to keep my distance since they could possibly be contagious.