Parents Had 17th Child: Someone Get Him an iPhone!

1. meg
   August 4th, 2007 at 7:11 am

   cant wait to see what angry comments this illicits.

2. Hollywood
   August 4th, 2007 at 7:17 am

   See, now this just frustrates me. In a world where there are people screaming about the damage people do to the environment, overcrowding, immigration, and the like, people like this who've completely disregarded the concept of minimal population growth, just irritate me. Nice to know that the people of Arkansas are paying for these twit to continue to reproduce.

   Jim Bob and Michelle, hey if you want to have more kids, here's just a thought, QUIT SCREWING AND GO ADOPT!!!! The world doesn't need anymore of your gene pool and the kids in the adoption system really need good homes. Damn Jimbo, give the lady's vagina a rest!

3. I'll go first
   August 4th, 2007 at 8:25 am

   I'll bite: it's ridiculous that this family has 17 children when many children languish in the foster system for years. Instead of an iPhone, someone should get them a vasectomy and tubal ligation. On the "fun facts" page, I'd like listed exactly how much monetary support this family has received, via government or private sources.

4. Jenny
   August 4th, 2007 at 9:29 am

   Aren't these the people who claim to making an "army" for Jesus?

5. AmericanLeaguer
   August 4th, 2007 at 9:46 am

   If they can afford it and are not getting any public aid (i.e. MY tax dollars), then they can do whatever they want.

6. ChrisM70
   August 4th, 2007 at 10:17 am

   This is great...why adopt unwanted children?
   Just keep churning out more of your own!

   This feels like the work of kooky religious people (since they are all home schooled) or just a selfish gimmick ("let's see how many kids we can have - and have their name start with J!").

   I don't think this kind of behavior should be encouraged- there's no special skill in getting pregnant.
   This planet needs fewer people - not more.

   BTW, using over 90,000 diapers in ONE FAMILY doesn't seem very environmentally friendly.

7. Tempscire
   August 4th, 2007 at 10:23 am

   "Jinger."

8. Steve
   August 4th, 2007 at 10:29 am

   Wear Condoms...

9. Dave
   August 4th, 2007 at 10:51 am

   I don't think anybody's exactly encouraging families of 17 kids; I'd start to worry if someone started actively discouraging large families. Shades of communist China there. And who is to say what the right number of people on a planet really is?

   No worries about the 90,000 diapers; I'd hazard to guess that with 17 kids they probably don't use disposables. We used cloth diapers for two kids, and while not terribly pleasant to deal with, we were encouraged by knowing we weren't sending plastic-wrapped crap to sit in a landfill for years.

10. Tara
    August 4th, 2007 at 10:57 am

    Fuck guys the world is overpopulated enough as it is, give it up. Anyone ever see the movie Idiocracy? If not I recomend you look it up, this reminds me of it.

11. dorkafork
    August 4th, 2007 at 11:07 am

    A Duggar family photo inspired someone to make this.

12. Chad
    August 4th, 2007 at 11:10 am

    that pic is hiliarious dorkafork!

    and I agree 100% with ChrisM70

13. B
    August 4th, 2007 at 11:18 am

    You have to wonder about the mental health of someone who is not satisfied with 17 children.

14. illimey
    August 4th, 2007 at 11:47 am

    There ARE those people still walking the earth who firmly believe that children are a gift from God, and that God blesses abundantly. FYI, the Duggar family is fully self sufficient [no recourse to public funds.] I for one think they provide a wonderful example to the world - it IS possible to be happy, live a fulfilled life, AND care for LOTS of children. Our society is sick, the Duggar family is healthy.

15. Hollywood
    August 4th, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    @ illimey:If the Arkansas senate has a pension plan, then Jim Bob is collecting public funds. They may not be on welfare but that doesn't mean that the state isn't paying for their munchkins.

16. choggie kendall
    August 4th, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    yeah dorkafork, too funny

    VAGINA: It's not a clown car.

    Thanks for that one......

17. JX
    August 4th, 2007 at 1:04 pm

    I feel ashamed of anyone who doesn't realize how monumentally irresponsible this is. Congratulations Jim Bob, your marriage to reality has been annulled.

18. biltmore
    August 4th, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    17 kids huh? Seems appropriate for a pet, and not human beings. How disgusting.

    "I noticed that your country is dangerously unpopulated" - Apu Nahasapeemapetilan from The Simpsons.

    ZING!

19. L
    August 4th, 2007 at 1:19 pm

    It doesn't matter whether they're supporting themselves financially. I can almost guarantee they're not recycling everything so that nothing ends up in the landfill. Lots of people also use lots of resources. If everyone lived like North Americans we'd need more than just one planet (I forget the exact figure... two planets? Three?), and that's just for resources alone. Think of all the diapers (landfill), baths and showers (water), food, oil and gas (transportation and transportation of goods), pesticides (I doubt all their clothing is made from organic fibres), etc.

    And, as B said, you have to wonder what wires got crossed in this woman's brain. She's probably compensating for some other area of her life.

20. twodollars
    August 4th, 2007 at 2:43 pm

    17 kids, Jim Bob, Arkansas......GOLD MINE!

21. Alex
    August 4th, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    i'llgofirst: the iPhone is a reference to this previous post on Neatorama.

22. illimey
    August 4th, 2007 at 3:01 pm

    @ Hollywood:

    Absolutely irrelevant statement. His pension [if indeed he gets one] would be the same if he had NO children.

    BTW, I am ALL FOR ADOPTION! My wife and I are starting the process to become licensed to adopt, and plan to do so from the domestic foster system. That doesn't mean I can't also see the tremendous joy and blessing that having a large family of biological children can [and should] bring. It simply doesn't happen this way for some couples, and they are the ones who can help society by adopting. If every family was like the Duggars, there would be NO UNWANTED/ABUSED/WAITING children anyway [apart from those orphaned through the death of loving parents].

    Society is sick, Christ is the answer, and the Duggar family is healthy!

    Boy am I in for it now....

    

23. Chad
    August 4th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

    sorry I have this pre-conceived notion of certain groups of people from Arkansas being over the top religious fanatics (the internet is THA DEVIL!!!!) and I can easily see this family fitting right in that pattern. I could be wrong and maybe they don't but I wonder what is the reasoning for home schooling them all? is it to control what the kids learn? If so why not let them learn for themselves and make their OWN educated decisions instead of force feeding them one fanatical religious idea after another....

    (sorry I used to live in a mormon town and have known many kids from families just like this one)

24. Chad
    August 4th, 2007 at 3:30 pm

    a pic of the back of the duggars van during xmas.
    http://imageigloo.com/images/9286duggarssuck.JPG

    the circled bumpersticker says "Evolution is a Lie" (kinda backs up my previous comment huh?)

    and naturally the middle one is a bush/cheney sticker

    oh yeah and this one is on digg now too
    http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Family_Welcomes_17th_Child

25. gladeye
    August 5th, 2007 at 1:01 am

    Check out their website. It's very Christian. No surprise there. Aside from the tremendous amount of resources a family that large consumes/destroys and the pollution they create, I got to thinking about how hard it must be to divide time and attention among so many kids. The children seem pretty gypped in that regard.

26. Tara
    August 5th, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    check out the "about us" section of their website.

27. Coyote
    August 6th, 2007 at 11:45 am

    not a clown car

28. Norman
    August 6th, 2007 at 2:53 pm

    As long as they aren't on the dole, more power to them!

    Somebody has to keep the country from turning completely Moslem.

29. ted
    August 6th, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    I knew a guy from a 14 or 17 kid family. They lived on a farm. Life used to be rough; children would die young. Kids also made for free labour for the farm. Older kids helped raise the younger kids. Nothing horribly wrong with the idea - for the 19th century.

    Using "J" names seems okay for the first 3 or 4, but starts getting a little creepy. Which one will they name Jesus?

    They obviously don't believe in birth control - sinful stuff. Someone should take them to that condom fashion show in China.

30. Adrian
    August 6th, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    ..gross..

31. Ty
    August 8th, 2007 at 10:36 pm

    Oooh, China's communist, so it's evil. Tards can't see that this stupid family knows nothing about overpopulation. The one-child policy is actually helping slow down our human-caused ecological decline.

32. minnie_me95
    July 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    omg i think they are amazing. All there beliefs and all there dignity. I think they are amazing. And all there kids are so cute. They are amazing if i had the chance to meet them I surely would!

33. Kathleenluvr
    October 21st, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    Ya know, I personally know the Duggar family and have spent a LOT of time with them and I know that the kids are not miss treated, free labour or anything. They are a very nice family and do not live of anything besides their personal income.
    As for the population thing... It has been proven that for a population to not deminish, each family must have AT LEAST 2.11 kids. Right now in America and Europe each family is having on average 1.0 to 1.8. So why aren't these countries going extinct? Be cause Muslims are having 8.1... Yes, 8.1 kids per family. By 2039 France will be a Muslim republic at this rate. I hope like crazy that more people will be like the duggars.
    I know 4 families of over 15 people and love each one. I plan on having a busload of kids also.
    Good bye!

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