Have you ever heard the term DINKs before?

submitted by Mcheetah from self.AskSaidIt

Ever heard of DINKs before? It stands for "dual-income, no-kids" couples.

According to what's been posted online, modern DINKs are usually Millennial-aged liberals with nonessential upper middle-class jobs (social media manager, vape shop owners, tanning salon managers, pet-clothes store owners, ETSY artists, etc.) who are "Disney Adult" women or "Nintendo/Sony fanboy" men. It's said they are wealthier than the Nuclear Family and it's been said by people like Greg Owen (YouTuber) it's who all these entertainment entities sees as "the modern audience" and the most profitable audience for media corporations to chase. The ones who abide by the 80-20 rule.

I've just learned about it. What do you think?

Edit: It's a term that went away in the 80s and came back now. I was born in the late 80s, so never heard of it before.

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[–]RedditButt 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

The term has been around for generations.

It's exactly what it means, but does not assume their job is non-essential. It assumes they both have jobs that can support a family with kids, but they live an upper-middle income lifestyle instead. The negative connotation from it comes from either jealousy of their freedom+financial status, or people thinking they are "selfish" for not having kids.

[–]Bitch-Im-a-cow 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

The term has been around for generations.

And it's never really associated with what the OP mentions. The term originated in New England as an insulting reference to idiots.

https://files.catbox.moe/dejm0j.jpg

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dink

[–]Musky 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's dink, DINK is an acronym.

[–]RedditButt 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We are referring to the acronym "dual income; no kids", not to be confused with the word you linked.

[–]Mcheetah[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"The negative connotation from it comes from either jealousy of their freedom + financial status, or people thinking they are "selfish" for not having kids."

"Jealousy??" This sounds like projection and running defense to me. Who TF is jealous of people like this? Also never heard of the implication of anyone being "selfish" at other people not having kids. There was no real DINK hostility shown here except the way corporations now see them as the "modern audience."

Are you a proud DINK who was deeply offended by this post? Cause it sounds a lot like it the way you're defensively "snapping back" like this.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Are they not selfish? And stupid?

[–]newguy 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Mr. Dink on Doug was a play on this term, he always had money for stuff that was "very expensive" and he and his wife had no kids. That was in 1991

[–]Mcheetah[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Bud Dink was a not-so-secret pedophile and we all knew this.

But yeah, I guess you're right. Like "simp" though, the term has made a comeback after 40 or so years, and I wasn't aware of that.

[–]Goingoutforawalk 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Back in the 1980s it was common. The acronym was in TV shows and movies.

[–]Dreizehn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

During the Vietnam War, the US soldiers said the derogatory slang "Dinks" when referring to the Vietnamese people.

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

One of my Aunts is a DINK. The term has been around a while. It's a fun lifestyle when you're young enough to party.

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Very popular term in the 1980's.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Or an oink

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's often cuz the woman is sterile. They lie and say it's by choice out of shame. Hey could adopt but people all want a real kid.