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Grubby, tangled haired children.

Are you in a war torn country without running water or spare clothes? No? Then wash you kids faces, and change their clothes. God, what kind of parents are you, letting your kids look like street urchins!

— Rachel from SLC, Utah | Hygiene | 5.7.2010 | Comments (8)

that's really judgmental

— E. posted 5/7/2010

I don't think it's judgmental to think people should try to keep their young children clean! It's called parenting! It's especially unfortunate when they have food all over their faces. Yuck! A sink of water, a cloth, and a bar of soap are cheap!

— Adjani posted 5/10/2010

people who shouldnt have kids have kids all the time, they are barely able to clean and dress themselves let alone properly care for another human. its a sad truth and it seems really insenstive for this to be a "peeve" but since homeless people and other marginalized people are already "peeves" on this site it would be asking too much for there to be any sensitivity on this issue.

— personaldecay posted 5/12/2010

It's quite clear that you have never spent time with small children. They have a remarkable capacity for rapidly soiling themselves. And if hey have a snotty nose in public, it is likely because they scream when you go to wipe it. The adults are just trying to spare you the screams.

— Kathe posted 5/12/2010

Its really not THAT hard to keep your kids clean. I never leave home without wipes and a spare shirt for my kids, because I don't like dirty kids, either It takes a bit more work, yes, but its possible to keep your kids presentable.

— momof2 posted 5/18/2010

Kids will be kids; what's the point in cleaning them up and changing their clothes every five minutes when they're going to go right back and do it again? As long as they don't have anything too foul on them, what's the harm? My cousins used to be terrified of getting dirty because their mother would tell them off, that's no way for a child to grow up.

— Rosie posted 5/25/2010

I agree! Since I don't have my own children, I run around washing other people's children, and most especially their clothes, in order to waste as much water as possible. Ideally, I will be able to single-handedly expedite the coming water shortage by changing the outfits of other people's children every 2 hours. Because I totally have my priorities straight.

— Diana posted 6/4/2010

Keeping clean is one thing; the kids I see don't even start out clean. Parents and kids both seem to roll out of bed and go to the local WalMart (where else?) without so much as running as hairbrush through their hair or taking a bar of soap to their bodies. I think we can be quite sure they don't know what a toothbrush is for! The trend of wearing pajama bottoms in public needs to stop as well.

— Mindy posted 7/26/2010

Strangers who tell me to smile because "it can't be that bad" or because I'm too pretty not to. » I'm a female with a long face. I *cannot* smile on command. And my normal expression is not a smile either. It's not my fault you feel uncomfortable. – 9/5

Being obnoxiously wide on public transportation. » You never know when someone is actually needs the space. Some people could be suffering from something not visible to the naked eye. Like if someone blocks off the seat next the them, they could be having impending diarrhea cramps and really not want to deal with someone sitting so close next to them. That being said, I KNOW that some people just feel entitled to a huge amount of space and that pisses me off so much, since I am so anal about taking up a fair amount of room. – 9/5

When you are driving and the person in shotgun holds on to the door or the dash or fucking tries to press their foot down on an invisible brake as if I don't know what I'm doing or how fast I'm driving. » It's totally instinctual for me. I wish I could stop. The "holy shit" handle holding is not quite a reflex. I am not passive aggressive about it, I usually tell the person their driving scares me as well. – 9/5

People who deliberately pronounce words incorrectly and repeatedly. » I greatly dislike when people pronounce 'shrimp' as 'scrimps' or 'strawberries' as 'scrawberries'. Come on! I've never heard that before. odd. – 9/5

Escalator as ride. » Yea I have no problem if they just keep to the right. – 9/5

People saying "we got the memo?" (or such) when two or more people are wearing similar outfits or colors. » I'd never heard that before. I think it's cute. – 9/5

02.11.10

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01.18.10

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01.02.10

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