#team no kids

[childfree-coffee-chick]

What I think every time I see a post on social media with parents complaining/crying about their choice to have kids and how stressful/expensive/tiring/stressful it is. Like parents complain about their “job” all the time, the fact that a major portion of parenting involves sh*t that sucks isn’t a secret.

#childfree #sterilization #team no kids #childfree humor #dark humor

[mfrance-writes]

Childfree and Gloriously *Not* Busy

American society glorifies "the grind" and being busy for practically every waking moment of the day. If someone favors a more relaxed lifestyle, fellow Americans tend to think of them as a lazy freeloader or some kind of New Age hippie who's probably on drugs. (This glorification of "the grind" is one of the reasons that disabled people who are unable to work are seen as less valuable members of society, but that's a topic for another blog.)

Being childfree is also sometimes viewed through the lens of that piece of American society. What I mean by that is that people will sometimes excuse someone not having children by putting extra emphasis on how busy that childfree person is. People say things like, "They have a high-power career, so they don't have time to raise children." Or, "They work full-time and care for a sick relative, so they don't have time to raise children." Or, "They work full-time and volunteer all the time, so they don't have time for children." That seems to be one of the only reasons that society as a whole understands and tolerates without trying to shame the person for not having children while every other reason for being childfree that doesn't involve working ourselves to death is still called lazy, selfish, immature, or just plain un-Godly if we live in a heavily Christian area of the country.

I think part of the reason that explanation for not having children is more easily tolerated in American society is because, in a way, society feels like we've replaced the children with the other thing that takes up all our time, which is acceptable because we still don't really have time for leisure or relaxing or "freeloading." It's like, of course, the only reason that we don't have children is because we replaced it with some traditionally productive or altruistic thing because, of course, people's lives would be empty and boring and shamefully leisurely if we didn't replace the space the children would have taken up with something. Society says that people shouldn't want lives that are boring or shamefully leisurely. At least, that feels like the assumption...

Here's the thing, though. I didn't opt out of children because I'm so busy with something else that I don't have time for them. I opted out of children so I wouldn't have to be so busy that I didn't have time for anything else. I wanted to come home and be *not* busy. (Strange concept for American society, I know.)

I don't want to be busy and productive in a way that society deems acceptable every waking moment of my day. I don't want to come home from my paralegal job to the second never-ending job of raising children. I want to come home to quiet and free time and tea and books and a nice adult-centered dinner. And that shouldn't mean I'm lazy, selfish, immature, or that I'm some kind of societal freeloader.

Childfree people don't need something that keeps them super busy in order to not have children. It's okay if people value time for leisure and relaxation instead of being busy for every waking moment of the day. (Being busy for every waking moment of the day and not taking time to relax is actually mentally and physically unhealthy, by the way.) Wanting to make sure you have time for relaxing and quiet is, by itself, a perfectly valid reason for not wanting children.

#childfree #childfree by choice #team no kids #the grind #american society #hard work #always busy #we're not lazy #we're not freeloaders #valuing different things #i don't want kids #i want free time

[ayatou]

the strawhats & their dreams

#one piece #one piece live action #opla #opla spoilers #luffy #zoro #nami #ussop #sanji #one piece netflix #netflixedit #daily netflix #mycreations #whoever in the writing team decided to feature the kid characters #may both sides of your pillow be cool tonight #they make me feel Insane

[violent138]

In universe, Dick Grayson's equivalent of Bruce dropping out of med school is absolutely everyone demanding to know why he didn't go to the Olympics with his gymnastics abilities.

#Dick feebly tries to protest that he wasn't that good #which backfires so much that he has to publicly apologize #hc that team usa has tried everything they could think of to get that kid to qualify for the olympics #batman #dick grayson #nightwing #dc comics #batfamily

[tubbytarchia]

so ranchers huh

#sorry Im allergic to long posts but hehe uhh I wanted to post it all at once... #rancher duo #team ranchers #trafficshipping #tangotek #jimmy solidarity #double life #double life fanart #trafficblr #they are so soft and I have way too many ideas for art of them by virtue but Im gonna stop myself there #sorry if my human anatomy is awkward anywhere eugh #not terribly confident about my human art but we go all in baby #fuck it we ball as the kids say #in the way I imagine them Tango keeps his flames at bay when around people but does still walk around with his hair casually on fire #he just cant help it when Jimmy's an affectionate dog more than an avian though you know #tubby art

[chelsiegeorgia]

Teenage shenanigans (ft. Tails)

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic #tails the fox #miles tails prower #tails #knuckles the echidna #knuckles #team sonic #sonic heroes #when the saviors of the world are a group of dumbass teenagers/kids #local hedgehog found dead in own home more at 6 #fan art #art #my art #digital art

[thetype1scrub]

Well it’s official I’m getting a vasectomy in two months!

#team no kids

[oneluckygoose]

Look lets be honest, we all know student body president doesn’t do SHIT in high school and none of what they do affects anything for any students. With this thought in mind, would you rather vote for the preppy, annoying, “better than everyone because I believe I deserve it” girl who cheats the system you have to deal with, or the coolest girl in school who is kind to everybody and saved the world THREE TIMES because of that fucked system, and also did a sick shrimp jump at this cool party everyone was invited to without discrimination

#look i know where my vote would be #kipperlilly copperkettle #can suck it #oh btw #one is also a saint #and is friends with #the elven oracle #a rockstar #the captain of the bloodrush team #and two other people who like are cool ig but they’re not the point #kristen applebees #all the way #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #dimension 20 #the bad kids #the rat grinders #d20

[i-like-eyes]

The mercs show off baby photos

Inspired by a post by prajjna

#team fortress 2 #tf2 #myart #dude kid engie looking like beat jet set radio lmao #btw i drew all of these just for the soldier punchline #tf2 soldier #tf2 sniper #tf2 demoman #tf2 scout #tf2 heavy #tf2 medic #tf2 engineer

[jimjamjomjum]

The parallels between these two haunt me.

#they both made deals with the lords in black to protect the town but their definitions of evil are so different #miss holloways been around long enough to know you can’t save everyone but she’ll never stop trying #grace’s close-minded take on humanity is a testament to her naivety and she burns with the passion of a kid who thinks she can do anything #team starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #starkid #grace chasity #miss holloway #nightmare time #myart #fanart

[childfree-coffee-chick]

#childfree humor #childfree #team no kids #beachday

[mfrance-writes]

Thank You, Honest Parents

In American society, people like to perpetuate this stereotype that childfree-by-choice people are always trying to convert other people to our way of life. People make it seem like the childfree-by-choice community is actively trying to discourage everyone else from having children. I haven't found that to be true. Contrary to popular belief, it's never been the childfree-by-choice people that have tried to discourage me from having children.

You know who has tried to actively discourage people from having children the most? Parents...well, the honest ones anyway.

Other people try to paint a rosy picture of parenthood in an attempt to convert childfree-by-choice people. When the rosy picture doesn't work, many try shaming us into feeling immense guilt, so we cave to societal pressures to have children. But not the honest parents, bless their souls. They validate our feelings.

Lately, I've seen so many people that have children on social media sites like TikTok showing glimpses of their lives with children: the feedings, the messes, the chaos that is their normal, the lack of sleep, the crying from exhaustion because parenting is difficult and never-ending, the overdrawn bank accounts because of baby necessities, the cost of labor and delivery, the changes to their bodies...all the things that other people pretend are "so worth it" to have their children. Then they'll end the TikTok by saying something like, "Don't get me wrong, I love my child(ren), and I wouldn't change my life. But...if you don't already have children DON'T DO IT."

I've got to be honest, it's nice to have a moment with a random person who understands something so important and validates those feelings. It's nice to see someone who made a choice show you why the choice they made isn't for everyone, even when they themselves don't regret their choice. The honesty itself instead of the extreme cognitive dissonance that we usually see from parents is such a breath of fresh air.

#childfree #childfree by choice #team no kids #honest parenting #everyone makes their own choices #i feel so validated

[tanglepelt]

Dpxdc 180

Did Danny abuse the fact the GIW needed his parents tech. Yes of course. Danny not phantom seemed to be the trouble maker as of late. His parent threatened to withhold tech and blue prints from them if the GIW touched their kids.

Did he get caught breaking ember and boxy out of a government facility? yes. He expected the lecture he got.

The next jail break. It was not him. It was sam, Then the third. Also not him. That was Val… then it was Tucker. But not him.

The blame fell on him.

He did not expect to be shipped out of state. The GIW were happy to cover all costs. Even got him into a decent highschool. And had an apartment all arranged.

Gotham?

Not where he was expecting.

The assassination attempts. Also surprising.

Not so surprising. Tucker found out the GIW wanted to “silence” him. Offering a lot of money.

Of course his parents don’t listen. He is 15 perfectly fine to be all alone. Even if he is near some place with the nickname crime alley. Nope. He is just being dramatic. They tell him no one wants him dead.

#dpxdc crossover #dpxdc #dcxdp prompt #dpxdc prompt #giw want him out of the picture #do they put out hits on him of course #Danny didn’t try think it through #he got way with it why wouldn’t he just keep doing it #bats are just wondering why this kid is on so many hit lists #jack and Maddie just dont believe Danny #think he is being dramatic #why would ppl put a hit on him? #Danny had been stabbed 6 times #that’s enough please #red hood takes one look and goes #what is this #that is a child #Valarie is a part of team phantom #she befriended cujo with a re introduction #the Giw also didn’t think this through #they expected him to be dead before anyone took notice

[nobodysdaydreams]

One of the funniest things about “Hatchet Town” is that over the course of three musicals and Nightmare Time, most, if not a significant number Hatchetfield residents HAVE committed murder or been accomplices/accessories to murder in at least one timeline. To the point where if you randomly accused pretty much anyone in town of being a murderer, there’s a good chance you’d be right.

#A better question would be who HASN’T killed someone or been an accomplice to murder or manslaughter? #Shapiro was 100% right about the town being messed up #hatchetverse theory #starkid productions #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #star kid #starkid #team starkid #npmd #hatchet town #starkid npmd #nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes spoilers #npmd spoilers #nerdy prudes must die spoilers #starkid Productions #the hatchetfield series #starkid musicals #hatchetfield universe

[father-killjoy]

The kiddos <3

#my kid Engie sketch has been plaguing me so I had to draw him again #this time featuring kiddo scrout :3 #ya ik they’re different ages in canon #but may I counter that argument with my own: #I wanted to draw them 😌 #tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 fanart #team fortress fanart #tf2 scout #engineer tf2 #my art #digital art

[shorlinesorrows]

Give me a Percy Jackson who hates swim team. Who went to a public pool for swim lessons once when he was five and started to sob the second his skin hit the water

give me a Percy Jackson who is always just the slightest bit unsettled at pools because water is never meant to have the life sucked out of it and be divided into lanes or put in boxes in the ground

Water isn’t meant to be contained.

a percy jackson whose skin feels like it’s slowly beginning to burn when he tries to swim in chlorinated water, who hates any set swim stroke with a passion and can’t stick to one for the life of him

who doesn’t understand why you’d want to keep only to the surface of the water, when being cradled under the surface is everything

because swimming is supposed to be like the tides, maybe patterned, but never identical, it’s supposed to be flowing with the world around you as you please

Give me a Percy Jackson who loves the sheer nature of water so much that he can’t help but quietly despise our “pools” and their dead water with their constricted sides and restrictions on what it means to change with the world around you

A Percy Jackson who is the child of water in its most natural state, and who can hardly bear to see the way society has attempted to contain it and sterilize it and strip away its power

He hates swim team, but that’s only the half of it

#projecting just a little lol #But also I’ve always been surprised that so many people seem to think Percy would like swim team? #Maybe it was mentioned offhand in the books or something #But Percy always struck me as a person who would hate being stuck swimming laps for no reason #Like he loves swimming but he hates being forced to swim a certain way #This kid gets one whiff of chlorine and “rules” for swimming and he is OUT #Rambling mood #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy pjo #hoo #heroes of olympus #pjo headcanon #rick riordan #pjo hoo toa #pjo fandom #pjo #headcanon