Calling people's kids ugly. AIBU to think this is low?

[Justwhyyyy]

Work colleague posted this today on Facebook. I've name changed for obvious reasons as you never know who's on here.

"Alright man shit, I've had enough of seeing your ugly kids. Yes school is back in session"

I'm one of the many parents who have shared a photo of my child returning to school today. I appreciate acquaintances aren't interested but I have plenty of family and friends who are. I don't post for their benefit or entertainment nor do I expect others to gush over my DC and comment etc. I post significant events to document our year and to reflect on in time using the memories feature.

AIBU to think this is a disgusting thing to post online about peoples children?

@IslaBas

Some kids are proper ugly though

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@Soubriquet

This is the meme I was on about

Now that's my sense of humour 🤣

I do think some people take these very generic memes far too much to heart.

It seems a bit like they think the world revolves around them and their kids.

I get grandparents/close friends etc. who live far away may want to see pictures but i just can't get interested in random photos of kids doing what they do each day and i dont post my child's photo on social media

It's mocking the attention seeking knobbers who post this shite, not the children themselves. I love my children to death, but I'm well aware that nobody aside from DH and their grandparents is remotely arsed about seeing a back to school photo.

I can be quite sensitive but that is clearly a joke!

Couldn't get excited about it tbh.

I thing you are being sensitive, OP..
These memes are all over Facebook..Just come off Facebook...We did, and truly I don't miss it.
We think our DC are the most beautiful, funny, most charming kids that ever walked the Earth ...But other people don't.

I have had to 'mute' people in Social media before coming off it, because of endless {and I mean several per day} posts about their 'Supersmart' DC..and who really wants to see tons of pics of other's DC that they are not ever related to?

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@WorraLiberty

I saw a meme yesterday that was just a photo of a front door and a caption saying "For those of us who have chosen not to have kids" 😂😂

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I find those memes amusing.
I share back to school photos on fb, and the people who post passive aggressive posts complaining about them are people who are quite bitter and miserable IMO.

But, you can just unfriend them. Like they can unfriend all te people sharing baby posts if they wanted (they won't though, they just want people wit kids to see how glad they are they didn't have kids for some reason)

Live and let live

Of course they don't think all children are ugly. It just makes a glib reference to it because it will shock and appal those who think all kids are cute. So job done.

I do love it when a kids charity chugger tries to stop me, and I reply deadpan, 'I don't like children'. It stops them dead because it's not in their script to deal with it.

I looked freakishly like an adult Ardal O'Hanlon when I was a little girl.

I honestly cannot believe you've taken this personally and are offended by it . It's just a generic statement about the teedious photos people post on social media, they aren't saying your children are ugly.

As an example, I have no interest in other peoples runs or fitness goals. I wouldn't really bother 'liking' every post about a 5k run, a gym session etc. I'm just not interested.

So, because I'm uninterested, it doesn't affect me in any way. No way would I ever post something like 'brace yourself for all the run photos' on a sunny day, it's just tragic and bitter. And why would I want to offend people, if I didn't want to see them on my feed I'd unfriend.
The only reason I'd do that is if I was really jealous and unhappy with my own fitness and wanted people to feel bad about their efforts.....

I don't think they were talking about your child specifically...

I'd be far more concerned if the post was "please post more pics of your beautiful kids"....

You can simply ignore stuff/keep scrolling you know?

@AlexanderHalexander

As an example, I have no interest in other peoples runs or fitness goals. I wouldn't really bother 'liking' every post about a 5k run, a gym session etc. I'm just not interested.

So, because I'm uninterested, it doesn't affect me in any way. No way would I ever post something like 'brace yourself for all the run photos' on a sunny day, it's just tragic and bitter. And why would I want to offend people, if I didn't want to see them on my feed I'd unfriend.
The only reason I'd do that is if I was really jealous and unhappy with my own fitness and wanted people to feel bad about their efforts.....

I think 'tragic and bitter' is a tad dramatic there.

People have very different senses of humour and one person's 'sad and bitter' is another person's funny.

I think it's horrid. People think they are so funny and edgy by saying shit like this, I see it every year. I rarely use social media but I know it happens.

Fwiw though I hate posting pictures of children on public social media. You can change who can see stuff that you post on Facebook and can create a group of close family and friends which you can then set to be the only ones seeing such pictures. You can also set up WhatsApp groups etc.

Another thing you might want to consider is online journaling. A few things have come together this year that have made me realise I'd love to start a happy memories journal :) That way you can write things down, not just pictures, and in more intimate detail than you might want to in public, and everything is still well documented

@Soubriquet

This is the meme I was on about

go into your settings and change who you share photos with exclude him then you know it will never be about your kids

I think the meme photo with the kid with the trolls head is funny.

I think the fb post in the OP is tragic and bitter, tbh. Hasn't the guy got better things to do than post about how his fb friends are posting about things he's not interested in?

YABU, dramatic and oversensitive. How can you possibly be offended or take this personally?

It’s a funny, accurate, meme.

I really really really want to post the 'doesn't he look handsome' photo. Still giggling over it. But I have friends who plaster their kids on FB and wouldn't want to offend any of them!

I do love it when a kids charity chugger tries to stop me, and I reply deadpan, 'I don't like children'. It stops them dead because it's not in their script to deal with it.

I've said I didn't like animals to animal charity chuggers. They tended to look as if I'd just claimed to get my kicks from hanging puppies like Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, and it gave me time to get away.

Alright man shit. What kind of English is that?

I'd be more offended by the lack of punctuation and the text-ese ..

Who is ''Man shit?''

''Alright man shit?'' 🤔

''Alright, man.
Shit, I've seen enough of your ugly kids, man.
Yes, school is back in session''

Not very well written.