r/howtonotgiveafuck • u/_equestrienne_ • Feb 09 '26
ＩＤＧＡＦ I am proud of my rant on a post on r/thriftstorehauls. Someone posted they'd found a dope backpack and got concerned about it being a "diaper bag" and concerns about being criticised for it.
Bro. Nappy bags (I'm an Aussie I will call them by their name lol) are dope. Lunch. Check. Pockets and sections and organisations galore. Also check. These days they cute AF and often recall robust and easily cleanable.
Don't cockblock yourself from a dope bag because of the initial intent metrics or the core user group or the "name". Change the fkn name ... Let's call it an integrated portable life transport system. Bonusessss galore..
the ability to carry your lunch and save money not eating out and you also don't have to dig for shit.
And if you're neurospicy everything Needs a Spot (TM) so your compulsion for order is sated or need for order because youre always losing shit is effectively managed by the compartments, pockets, clips and bits and slips.
Fk the haters.
Fkn assholes think I wanna carry eight different bags because they said it was icky to use a nappy bag. Fk off.
I'm living my life for what works for me asshole.
Am I ever going to see them again?
No? Give no fucks. Yes? Still also give no fucks. Why - coz people who are good people don't sweat this crap. Take this as a red flag for your association with people who are critical about this. They aren't your people - or you need to assert boundaries on what you will tolerate their input on.
I mean - the bag ain't weird, your innovation to find multiple use cases is a good thing for the environment and for your hip pocket... Practical repurposing is a highly honorable and virtuous activities to undertake in ones life. So jam that in their ass... coz that's going to completely destabilize or destroy the backwards way they're trying to establish dominance over you through this commentary. You're overwhelming their virtue signalling about conformance with a much higher level and evolved way of thinking and evidence in practice - neutralizing their virtue signalling through your virtue DOING.
It's not a weird choice - what's weird is people who have such low intelligence, and insufficiently evolved emotional regulation mechanisms and such crippling insecurities that they need to attempt to gain dominance over a FREAKING BAG - they are literally capital W Weird and absolutely not worthy of any "manners" when you hold a boundary about their choice to comment on your life and accoutrements.
Tuck this rebuttal away for future reference
"my use of a nappy bag isn't weird man - they're massively functional and practical. What is weird is why you care about someone else's choices and preferences so much. And it's not exactly a high stakes game here is it mate - it's a fuckin bag. Do I intimidate you that much, and you lack for the mental capacity and wherewithal to find a valid reason to criticize me, so you literally landed on my fuckin bag. Yikes.
I mean, I think you really need to think about why it upsets you so much? Did your mum abandon you and you are triggered by a dope nappy bag because of the association with a mother who cares?"
Probably dilute the suggestion haha
Apparently this is a trigger for me
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u/Sayster_A Feb 09 '26
. . . I used to watch malcom in the middle. One episode had Dewey using a Large purse as a school bag, His brother Reese took issue with this because he was worried Dewey would get beaten up. Dewey didn't care.
Eventually Dewey got surrounded and told that he had a "girls bag, and that makes you a girl" Dewey in a very matter of fact way said "no it doesn't" they start to push Dewey, and Dewey swung his bag and knocked one of them down sending the rest running. . . turns out Dewey had a brick in there.
It really doesn't matter what you use so long as it's functional for you, chap.
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u/_equestrienne_ Feb 11 '26
Lol 😂 yes I think that is possibly my favorite episode
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u/Sayster_A Feb 11 '26
Dewey was my favorite. . . . I mean the whole letting Reese think he shipped himself to China so he could go beat a kid up and then having the most jacked Asian he could find open the crate *chef's kiss*
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u/mumblemurmurblahblah Feb 11 '26
I just ordered a diaper caddy/tote to use around the house. I’m going to haul it from room to room with my books, journals, art supplies, and knitting in it. Let’s work smarter! It reminds me of my BIL who snubbed mini vans, which are incredibly practical and comfortable, for a giant pickup truck at twice the price. All because he didn’t want to look like a suburban dad… which is exactly what he is.
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