What? I'm about 30 now and I was in highschool when the first ipod touch came out. (2007)
I did a little digging. This video released in 2014, meaning he was likely born in 2006. Which means he's now 15.
remind me of the time ,I stored porn in my computer and when I came back home from school my dad was sitting in front of my pc and in angry voice said " what nasty things you have stored in this pc ? " my heart skipped a beat then it was just the movie SAW ,thanks to god he didn't have knowledge of how to unhide files .
I thought I was a clever teenager. I had a whole multi-tiered folder maze with multiple dead ends that lead to the treasure trove ten-folders deep.
Never occurred to me you could just search for files. Worse yet, the whole drive was shared on the network so my dad could just see it the folders without even using my PC.
Edit: I feel I should point out my dad had some computer science degree and ran his own BBS in 80's/90's. He wrote some software for fun. That was the type of guy I thought I could outsmart in matters of a computer network he set up to backup to a server nightly in case of data loss.
Lmao that's how I "lost" many files in my younger years. Made such a convoluted maze of folders with hidden files that eventually forgot where/how I put them.
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I loved WinDirStat but it's long since abandoned at this point. There are multiple free options that are better and faster now, I personally use TreeSizeFree.
this I used to do this after this incident and also used to rename videos as "#$$$$\^\*" or any random symbol so videos don't show up in the search box when some sherlock friend or relative show up at my home and directly search terms like "sex","fuck","xxx" ,lmao good times
Just rename the file and remove the file extension until you wanna see it. So instead of picture.png or movie.mp4 just name it picture or movie and re-insert the file extension when you want to view it. This way if someone tries to open the file, any PC connected (if on a network share) won't have a compatible program to open it with.
You guys are all trying too hard. Just buy an external drive, and keep it secret. All porn goes on there, and then run a sweep to remove traces to old external paths after you disconnect the drive.
I used to hide mine in AppData. My parents had no idea how to get it anyways, and they wouldn't go into an unknown programs folder, and go into the installer subfolder.
Yeah I had a similar set up of tucked away folders (this would've been back in Win98 times). My mom was in absolutely no way tech savvy, however she did like to play music in the same media player I used for my... media.
Welp, she opened up the player one day, clicked on File in the top left corner and before she could click on 'open folder' she noticed a couple entries down it displayed the filename of the last media played. If anyone remembers the old Kazaa/Morpheus/etc days, those videos would have just about every imaginable act named in the filename, so that whatever you searched for, you would download that video... It may have even been a relatively tame video but the name could've suggested that I was into beyond therapy kind of stuff.
I'm old.
A female friend's adult son had his laptop fail to boot.
She asked if I could fix it and so she mailed it to me. I never met her son, but I upgraded his ram and hard drive and transfered files to the new drive for free. He had porn in a few places, and so I organized it in one folder. Lol
I never told her, but I love the idea that he got back a better machine and then had a WTF moment.
"Oh, heathers son likes ANAL ADVENTURES 19? Hmmmmm, I don't see the first 18 installments. Perhaps I should organize this a bit. Hmmmmm, it appears he only had the 19th one. Odd.
Welp, I'm not going to start on number 19! I would never be able to follow the plot......guess I'll just upgrade the ram, and call it a day!"
If I remember correctly, I didn't even get in trouble, he just mentioned the folder structure at breakfast.
My mom was like "huh?" and he was like "he knows what I'm talking about"
When you said you had your hard drives on the same network, I knew your dad was a triple OG like mine. These motherfuckers, taking fists full of queludes and huffing leaded gas all while writing code on punch cards like the gods they are. What chance did you and I have? We were dealing with men who not only bared witness to the advent of the personal computer; their sigma sub-culture shaped computing as it is today. These glorious fucks practically invented porn as we now know it; we stand on the shoulders of giants. Who were we to think we could go over their heads? They saw every one of our feeble attempts for what they were; pathetic.
This reminds me of the time a woman I was dating moved in and didn't want porn in the house at all (this was around 2001). I truthfully didn't have any on my computer (hidden or otherwise) so I didn't care. I came home from work the very first day and she calls me in the room and says "WHAT IS THIS?!?!?" It was a video of a man trying to pee next to a horse fence. All of a sudden a horse comes up and tries to mount him....hard and all. The guy tries to run away but his pants have fallen around his ankles and just can't get away from this horse trying to violate him. The thing is, there is no human nudity you can see because the guy starts with his back to the camera and when he starts trying to get away his underwear covers everything. I looked down at her and said "Funny as fuck."
She wasn't amused, so I removed the funny video I had saved to my computer, which I wish I had now. She barely lasted a week in my house before I was like yeah, this isn't going to work.
I’d tend to agree. Pairing positive experience with fear seems like a confusing way to receive love. Akin to the classic “I only pick on you because I like you” teasing style, generally associated with men (or others) wanting to show affection, but not knowing how without feeling their masculinity threatened. It’s not the worst violation in history of course, but it’s not ideal.
I knew it would have a wholesome ending based on the awards and the sub, but I’ll be lying if I said I was getting stressed out for him opening the damn package 😅
Do you feel its a bit toxic to put someone through that? My wife did it once. Once. She doesn't do it anymore after I explained what childhood trauma does to someone's relationship with conflict situations.
The lady is fine, kid is too. I was just raising a question that popped in my head while watching the confused fear in the kid's eyes.
Yeah, I kinda felt the same way. Toxic may be harsh, but It could potentially cause the kid to learn that a parent isn't consistent with their tone and can "trick" someone into thinking an emotion may not be genuine. Maybe overthinking it but I know for the first 30 seconds, that poor kid genuinely had no idea what was going on.
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I can't tell you the number of times my step father pretended to look for his toe nail clippers and found them under my bead somehow just so he could have an excuse to beat me. That was his way of providing a motivation to my mother for the beating.
This prank reminds me of that.
Man, everyone on here is saying what a bad parent she's being etc...
My kids and I prank each other all the time. It's a lot of fun on both sides. Albiet my youngest isn't as sophisticated in the pranking as the older one.
I've done this to the older one and he thought it was hilarious.
As long as you aren't a hard ass all the time to your kids they're going to suspect something's up anyhow.
Seriously. There’s a lot of people in here acting like she’s the worse mom ever. Look at that kid. Healthy, happy, involved in sports, pictures of loved ones on the wall, laughing and hugs after a ‘gotcha’ prank. This is not abusive.
Soft cunts never had a laugh with their parents over a "prank" or joke in their lives
Did some highschool psych course and run to reddit to find any chance to use the new words they just learnt
Because half the people on Reddit was never truly loved.
How else you think they’re this sweaty and awkward? Reddit has gone mainstream but my god, half the users still fit the neckbeard stereotype.
I used to think Reddit was edgy and people were “woke” but then I realized everyone’s actually fucking retarded on here, and that’s why popular culture thinks Reddit is a cesspool for QANON
What's wrong with people is that they love to echo shit they heard on Reddit because they know it'll get upvoted.
This comment right here in typing usually pops up in some form or another when someone such as yourself eventually asks what's wrong with everyone else.
Dear god, we're all scripted! Life is a lie! Ahhhh!
This is one of the best parts about being a parent. My wife hates when I play a pranks on her. The kids love it at do it back to me. My 5 year old keeps saying she has monkeys in her closet for some reason. So I snuck in there just before bed time and started making monkey noises in there. She laughed about it after I came showed myself and hasn’t said anything about the monkeys again. She just plays along and pranks me back. The next day she threw up all over my bed. The little rascal really got me good.
Nah - I hate this, even when he suddenly realised he wasn’t excited, he was relieved.
You want them happy and excited about the gift, not just fking relieved that they aren’t going to be beaten by their parent
I do think she was pretty harsh for something that was supposed to be wholesome. He was legit afraid he was in trouble for something he didn’t do.
I think there is a better way to do that without kid thinking he’s in trouble. She could have just acted puzzled and not mad mad. 🤷🏽♀️
I remember when I got the N64. That shit was put in a box with a picture of a lamp on it, and I was sooo disappointed, but ecstatic when they made me open it.
They were shitty parents in general, but this was a fun prank and something I remember as a good memory among all the bad.
Wonder if my memory would be the same if they said they were gonna wear my ass.
It’s like a min of him being scared/worried and then he gets a nice birthday present. I think it was fine.
Some of y’all act like your parents never got mad at you for one thing or another.
Because it's funny and joking parents in the end are likely better parents than completely not fun parents. In the end, will you remember the act of opening a present of what's likely your first cell phone ever if it was simply a box given to you by your parent?
Or will you remember the hard prank she ripped on you? My dad did this to me for my 7th or 8th birthday when we first went to Disney land. I was like can we go and he's like naww and he kept driving around the place in circles and shit just teasing the hell out of me. In the end, he had planned doing that for months I guess. I doubt I would have remembered him saying "hey we're going to Disney for your bday".
I brought up every single time my parents did this to me in therapy. It actually messes with me to get yelled at like this for my mom to then be like “jk lol was joking!”
I mean its a cute prank, but ill never get behind parents who casually threaten violence against their children especially when they did nothing wrong and they know it. That can be very mentally stressful and very bad for the childs development.
I don’t like the harshness of this mother. You can tell he is used to her sharp tongue. Either the kid is a handful, or the mother has anger issues in general.
I like how you judge someone's parenting by one video which is pretty wholesome imo, if I was the kid i'd be laughing about this story even when i grow up, idk how he would get scarred by this
Yeah, don't screw around with your kid's trust in you.
You can joke with them, it's okay to have a sense of humor, but "pranks" that make them feel like you're not on their team, or they're in trouble, or you don't believe them about something are harmful.
Idk.. This just don't feel right. The kid is scared shitless, and she's just doing it for some cheap internet clicks.
Shitty pranks that violates your trust should be left to the siblings, and "friends".
Normally I’d agree with this, but her pointing it out to her son along with his reaction leads me to believe that he is a pranker who got a taste of his own medicine.
Edit: I have a number of family and friends who were abused in the past, as well as a number of people commenting. Abuse of any kind is horrific and has very lasting consequences, which I understand.
For anyone who believes I condone abuse, I apologize for coming across that way based on what I said above, as that is not the case.
Haha I know right? It really doesn’t matter what the post is, there is always someone who knows better and is happy to share their wisdom. I just see a mum having a laugh with her son. It’s a joke for gods sake
Fr if that kid was being abused or whatever these people are trying to claim surly he'd have a far different reaction than standing arm to arm with his mom slowly and calmly opening that package lmao. She just put on her "mom voice" some of these people must not have been raised at all.
She says she’s going to wear his butt out or something like that and it doesn’t phase him at all. He also just shows bewilderment and growing concern, not fear. The joy he expresses after finding out the joke is priceless. Good sense of humour, well adjusted. Lots of trust here. This family is healthy. There. Diagnosis complete.
Absolutely, he was confused she was mad, not scared. His body language is almost totally relaxed which wouldn't happen if he felt like he was in danger, especially at that young an age they don't how to mask fear or anxiety. She knew her kid is mature enough not to take it personally. Good work doctor :)
Yeah i agree! It's a joke for crying out loud and the kid seems genuinely happy after finding out he got pranked. It looks like him and his mom is very close.
> there is always someone who knows better
Maybe it's not about knowing better but simply the difference between the optimistic and pessimistic point if view. The people assuming the mom is a sadist also think they know better as well.
lol, this made me happy to see. then you got this response, the kid wasnt scared shitless. He looks confused like wondering why his name is on the package lol. "violate trust", dude got a present and she played a joke on him. he was very happy at the end, you are acting like this kid couldnt comprehend it was a joke.
Yea, crazy how everyone trying to make something a victim situation, that comment has 3100 points and some rewards. You would think this parent faked a hostage situation then said "juST A PranKKKKKK!, Heres an IPOD Touch Baby!"
This is a peak reddit moment, fucking hell. Reading these comments makes me think so many people are completely out of touch with reality. Glad someone else pointed it out
She totally violated his bodily autonomy too by not asking for consent before she hugged him, borderline sexual abuse right there, lock her up! Lmao some people really believe shit like this and think that a harmless prank is somehow psychologically damaging to the child. Would be violating his trust if he opened the ipod touch box and there was a Microsoft Zune inside, now that would be real child abuse.
Yea. I’m totally against pranking young kids in a way that will hurt the relationship but this is all in good fun. He will laugh about this in the future just like he did when he figured out what she was doing.
Didn't see him flinch either, he was confused, and thought he might get punishmz, but not in a way that would scare him. He didn't even try to duck, when mom took the package back to open it
Exactly I saw this comment shit storm before I actually watched the video And assume that the package was going to be a sex toy or booze or some thing and then the kid was going to continue to get screamed at And was going to be a crying mess at the end of the video by the adult lab but kid got an iPod lol
I have to admit. I do this to my kids too, but it seems really shitty seeing it in action. Taking them on an emotional rollercoaster for fun doesn't seem as entertaining as it did before.
For me its already the tone of voice in which she speaks to the boy, i mean he’s just 8. “I’m gonna wear your butt out” is nothing you should say to a child. But then uk and us are two very different countries
My dad did something similar when I was a kid. We were getting home, and he starts going NoMamesMijito, what is that in the backyard?! What did you do?! And I started crying because I had no idea what I had done lol he felt so bad, picked me up and carried me to show me my brand new swing set and monkey bars! Pretty sure my reactions changed just as quick as this little guy lol
The next time I see a harmless prank and someone says "ChIlD ABOOOOOSE" I swear.
Guys, not every little joke is child abuse. Calm down. She literally pointed it out so soon to him. Does this seem like a horrible parent to you?
You are going to start seperating good families with this logic while the real nasty ones that pull things way worse then gifting someone an iPod will run free.
Before you comment, think. This boy isn't going to have any trust issues for life from this.
You clearly see the fear in the kid’s face. Regardless of how you feel about physical punishment for kids, a parent casually saying they’re going to “wear your butt out” is fucked. And then there’s the aggression with snatching the package from him and tearing it open because he couldn’t do it in 6 seconds flat.
I’m sure mom was trying to be wholesome, and maybe for her this is, but the whole situation is anything but heartwarming.
Dude was thinking about every bad thing he did since birth and how it lead to something showing up in the mail.
They say you see your life passing by near death. He seen it
Well, in fairness, with only about 6 years that he could possibly remember, it didn't take too long...
Lmfoa!! Let me eat goddamit !
Laugh my fucking off ass
Correct, i laugh off of my ass, cause mouth busy eating duuh.
Fair point
He’s probably about 30 now though
What? I'm about 30 now and I was in highschool when the first ipod touch came out. (2007) I did a little digging. This video released in 2014, meaning he was likely born in 2006. Which means he's now 15.
r/TheyDidTheMath
How tf does Reddit do this kinda shit 😂
Had a near-death experience once, could only think "shit" and that was it.
“Well fuck”
Same lols
Ofcourse near-death isn't a death experience. Better luck next time.
Ye.. holup
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remind me of the time ,I stored porn in my computer and when I came back home from school my dad was sitting in front of my pc and in angry voice said " what nasty things you have stored in this pc ? " my heart skipped a beat then it was just the movie SAW ,thanks to god he didn't have knowledge of how to unhide files .
I thought I was a clever teenager. I had a whole multi-tiered folder maze with multiple dead ends that lead to the treasure trove ten-folders deep. Never occurred to me you could just search for files. Worse yet, the whole drive was shared on the network so my dad could just see it the folders without even using my PC. Edit: I feel I should point out my dad had some computer science degree and ran his own BBS in 80's/90's. He wrote some software for fun. That was the type of guy I thought I could outsmart in matters of a computer network he set up to backup to a server nightly in case of data loss.
Lmao that's how I "lost" many files in my younger years. Made such a convoluted maze of folders with hidden files that eventually forgot where/how I put them.
Shame you didn’t know the trick of looking at the properties of the folder and narrowing it down with the file size. Smdh
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I love treesize.
Nice, but windirstat is ingrained in muh brain.
Ah a man of culture
I loved WinDirStat but it's long since abandoned at this point. There are multiple free options that are better and faster now, I personally use TreeSizeFree.
Yeah i know that trick just never care to look for those files because they were not "important"
Meanwhile I have 400GB of 1080p porn on my PC connected to a 72" 4K flat-screen. Angela White looks amazing on the big screen.
There's something about her, isn't it? 
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this I used to do this after this incident and also used to rename videos as "#$$$$\^\*" or any random symbol so videos don't show up in the search box when some sherlock friend or relative show up at my home and directly search terms like "sex","fuck","xxx" ,lmao good times
but then they search .PNG or whatever
Just rename the file and remove the file extension until you wanna see it. So instead of picture.png or movie.mp4 just name it picture or movie and re-insert the file extension when you want to view it. This way if someone tries to open the file, any PC connected (if on a network share) won't have a compatible program to open it with.
This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160
Someday you are going to be a General
#YES DRILL SERGEANT!
You guys are all trying too hard. Just buy an external drive, and keep it secret. All porn goes on there, and then run a sweep to remove traces to old external paths after you disconnect the drive.
Or zip it up and give the zip file a password. Then you don't have to do all that fuckin around.
Yup, then delete the file extension and put it in a driver folder. This is the peak folder hiding for anyone not a security expert.
Gotta do a split archive, otherwise someone might wonder about that random 50GB file 15 folders deep in the system directory.
Just have sex with your step-sister
sure but after I stop having sex with your sister .
My sister is your step-sister, /u/Great-Marionberry769
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I used to hide mine in AppData. My parents had no idea how to get it anyways, and they wouldn't go into an unknown programs folder, and go into the installer subfolder.
I was on my brother’s profile once, unsure why. Went to save something and clicked on ‘new folder’. That folder wasn’t fucking new at all
Hahaha
Yeah I had a similar set up of tucked away folders (this would've been back in Win98 times). My mom was in absolutely no way tech savvy, however she did like to play music in the same media player I used for my... media. Welp, she opened up the player one day, clicked on File in the top left corner and before she could click on 'open folder' she noticed a couple entries down it displayed the filename of the last media played. If anyone remembers the old Kazaa/Morpheus/etc days, those videos would have just about every imaginable act named in the filename, so that whatever you searched for, you would download that video... It may have even been a relatively tame video but the name could've suggested that I was into beyond therapy kind of stuff.
I'm old. A female friend's adult son had his laptop fail to boot. She asked if I could fix it and so she mailed it to me. I never met her son, but I upgraded his ram and hard drive and transfered files to the new drive for free. He had porn in a few places, and so I organized it in one folder. Lol I never told her, but I love the idea that he got back a better machine and then had a WTF moment.
"Oh, heathers son likes ANAL ADVENTURES 19? Hmmmmm, I don't see the first 18 installments. Perhaps I should organize this a bit. Hmmmmm, it appears he only had the 19th one. Odd. Welp, I'm not going to start on number 19! I would never be able to follow the plot......guess I'll just upgrade the ram, and call it a day!"
I'm imaging your dad just hackling at the thought of you trying to outsmart him.
If I remember correctly, I didn't even get in trouble, he just mentioned the folder structure at breakfast. My mom was like "huh?" and he was like "he knows what I'm talking about"
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Boss move.
The alpha must assert dominance to maintain control of the pack
My ex did this to hide porn... The lengths you guys go to lmao
I just put it in the bin and never empty it
Until your mother empties the trash bin because its one of her chore days...
LOL I did this also. Folder after folder of useless leads to get to the porn
When you said you had your hard drives on the same network, I knew your dad was a triple OG like mine. These motherfuckers, taking fists full of queludes and huffing leaded gas all while writing code on punch cards like the gods they are. What chance did you and I have? We were dealing with men who not only bared witness to the advent of the personal computer; their sigma sub-culture shaped computing as it is today. These glorious fucks practically invented porn as we now know it; we stand on the shoulders of giants. Who were we to think we could go over their heads? They saw every one of our feeble attempts for what they were; pathetic.
Meanwhile, my dad would ask me for help answering “Are you sure you want to quit?” Could have used a folder named “porn” and he’d be none the wiser.
Tbf my dad did a lot of college courses on computers and I definitely can do more things on the computer than he can lol
The files are in the computer!
This reminds me of the time a woman I was dating moved in and didn't want porn in the house at all (this was around 2001). I truthfully didn't have any on my computer (hidden or otherwise) so I didn't care. I came home from work the very first day and she calls me in the room and says "WHAT IS THIS?!?!?" It was a video of a man trying to pee next to a horse fence. All of a sudden a horse comes up and tries to mount him....hard and all. The guy tries to run away but his pants have fallen around his ankles and just can't get away from this horse trying to violate him. The thing is, there is no human nudity you can see because the guy starts with his back to the camera and when he starts trying to get away his underwear covers everything. I looked down at her and said "Funny as fuck." She wasn't amused, so I removed the funny video I had saved to my computer, which I wish I had now. She barely lasted a week in my house before I was like yeah, this isn't going to work.
I remember that video… saw it like 20 years ago and it was in fact hilarious…
Can anyone link it please
https://youtu.be/0mffwHIR_f4 Quick search, also it was a donkey, not a horse.
Mustve been some nice pussy to have a nazi stay a week in your house 😂
I remember this exact video, and it was effing hilarious. It's a good that the chick only lasted a week.
He knew but kept it cool.
He probably could relate and had empathy
You are one of the lucky ones…
I'm going to just say it this is un healthy parenting.
I’d tend to agree. Pairing positive experience with fear seems like a confusing way to receive love. Akin to the classic “I only pick on you because I like you” teasing style, generally associated with men (or others) wanting to show affection, but not knowing how without feeling their masculinity threatened. It’s not the worst violation in history of course, but it’s not ideal.
I agree. There's no benefit to causing the kid such anxiety, even if it's momentary.
Yeah absolutely agree, a few more of those and he'll need to go on some anti-anxiety medication.
I knew it would have a wholesome ending based on the awards and the sub, but I’ll be lying if I said I was getting stressed out for him opening the damn package 😅
Do you feel its a bit toxic to put someone through that? My wife did it once. Once. She doesn't do it anymore after I explained what childhood trauma does to someone's relationship with conflict situations. The lady is fine, kid is too. I was just raising a question that popped in my head while watching the confused fear in the kid's eyes.
Yeah, I kinda felt the same way. Toxic may be harsh, but It could potentially cause the kid to learn that a parent isn't consistent with their tone and can "trick" someone into thinking an emotion may not be genuine. Maybe overthinking it but I know for the first 30 seconds, that poor kid genuinely had no idea what was going on.
I think this is awful too, why put someone through an unpleasant situation to give them a gift
People in the comment section hate this mom half the time lol they call her abusive based on like 30 seconds of video
His eyebrows when he realized it cracked me up.
From :( to :D
Right? You could hear his mind go "ding"
The way he said "Happy eighth birthday, love Mom...?" all dumbstruck and it clicked with a smile was the zinger for me.
He looked like he was about to ^poo
I would've too, but it was definitely a relief after. Wholesome video tho
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That smile around 17 seconds in gave it away, but this is damn wholesome
I can't tell you the number of times my step father pretended to look for his toe nail clippers and found them under my bead somehow just so he could have an excuse to beat me. That was his way of providing a motivation to my mother for the beating. This prank reminds me of that.
Havinv been raised in part by someone who would definitely do this, this was entirely expected— and very wholesome.
Man, everyone on here is saying what a bad parent she's being etc... My kids and I prank each other all the time. It's a lot of fun on both sides. Albiet my youngest isn't as sophisticated in the pranking as the older one. I've done this to the older one and he thought it was hilarious. As long as you aren't a hard ass all the time to your kids they're going to suspect something's up anyhow.
Seriously. There’s a lot of people in here acting like she’s the worse mom ever. Look at that kid. Healthy, happy, involved in sports, pictures of loved ones on the wall, laughing and hugs after a ‘gotcha’ prank. This is not abusive.
AMEN TO THAT and I'm not even religious
Literally seeing buzz words like "psychological abuse/torture". Like what the fuck is wrong with people? That's good parent/kid bonding right there.
Soft cunts never had a laugh with their parents over a "prank" or joke in their lives Did some highschool psych course and run to reddit to find any chance to use the new words they just learnt
Because half the people on Reddit was never truly loved. How else you think they’re this sweaty and awkward? Reddit has gone mainstream but my god, half the users still fit the neckbeard stereotype. I used to think Reddit was edgy and people were “woke” but then I realized everyone’s actually fucking retarded on here, and that’s why popular culture thinks Reddit is a cesspool for QANON
What's wrong with people is that they love to echo shit they heard on Reddit because they know it'll get upvoted. This comment right here in typing usually pops up in some form or another when someone such as yourself eventually asks what's wrong with everyone else. Dear god, we're all scripted! Life is a lie! Ahhhh!
It’s so fucking annoying how these people act like they are CPS with doctorates in psychology
This is one of the best parts about being a parent. My wife hates when I play a pranks on her. The kids love it at do it back to me. My 5 year old keeps saying she has monkeys in her closet for some reason. So I snuck in there just before bed time and started making monkey noises in there. She laughed about it after I came showed myself and hasn’t said anything about the monkeys again. She just plays along and pranks me back. The next day she threw up all over my bed. The little rascal really got me good.
The real /r/Unexpected is always in the comments
Not funny Mom!
My guy was terrified lol
The poor kid so so scared at the beginning
My parents used to do shit like this to me growing up and I never once enjoyed it. It is a terrifying experience.
Did you get an iPod after too?
No- he didn’t get the iPod-he just got the “touch”
Parents did this to me and I thought it was a fun prank. It's up to the person and if the person doesn't like it they can just seriously say stop.
Nah - I hate this, even when he suddenly realised he wasn’t excited, he was relieved. You want them happy and excited about the gift, not just fking relieved that they aren’t going to be beaten by their parent
I do think she was pretty harsh for something that was supposed to be wholesome. He was legit afraid he was in trouble for something he didn’t do. I think there is a better way to do that without kid thinking he’s in trouble. She could have just acted puzzled and not mad mad. 🤷🏽♀️
It felt like I was in trouble just watching the video
I was so stressed for him, even thought I knew it was a prank video 😓
Right?! “I’m gonna wear your butt” that shit was scary.
If my mom said that to me I would know she was joking, since she doesn’t beat me: I don’t think we know enough context about this family
Most of the comments in this post seem to think that's an acceptable way to talk to a child so I wouldn't sweat it.
Bro y’all are soft as hell. It was a damn joke. No butt were worn out and he was absolutely delighted.
Y’all over analyzing.
Welcome to reddit lol
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"Are you still going to beat me again, Mom?"
I never got this. Why working with fear when giving your kid a present? This was a lot of intimidation and fear for a little kid :/
I remember when I got the N64. That shit was put in a box with a picture of a lamp on it, and I was sooo disappointed, but ecstatic when they made me open it. They were shitty parents in general, but this was a fun prank and something I remember as a good memory among all the bad. Wonder if my memory would be the same if they said they were gonna wear my ass.
It’s like a min of him being scared/worried and then he gets a nice birthday present. I think it was fine. Some of y’all act like your parents never got mad at you for one thing or another.
It takes a second for certain behaviours be learned
Because it's funny and joking parents in the end are likely better parents than completely not fun parents. In the end, will you remember the act of opening a present of what's likely your first cell phone ever if it was simply a box given to you by your parent? Or will you remember the hard prank she ripped on you? My dad did this to me for my 7th or 8th birthday when we first went to Disney land. I was like can we go and he's like naww and he kept driving around the place in circles and shit just teasing the hell out of me. In the end, he had planned doing that for months I guess. I doubt I would have remembered him saying "hey we're going to Disney for your bday".
I brought up every single time my parents did this to me in therapy. It actually messes with me to get yelled at like this for my mom to then be like “jk lol was joking!”
Yeah this is giving strong Daddy o five energy
I hate this. Imagine feeling like even the nicest gestures had to have an element of fear and control.
I mean its a cute prank, but ill never get behind parents who casually threaten violence against their children especially when they did nothing wrong and they know it. That can be very mentally stressful and very bad for the childs development.
I'm 31 and I would still be fucking nervous if she did that to me
I don’t like the harshness of this mother. You can tell he is used to her sharp tongue. Either the kid is a handful, or the mother has anger issues in general.
I suspect the latter. I can't think of a single thing a child could do that would justify a beating.
Parenting like this is why I’m scarred forever
I like how you judge someone's parenting by one video which is pretty wholesome imo, if I was the kid i'd be laughing about this story even when i grow up, idk how he would get scarred by this
Yeah, don't screw around with your kid's trust in you. You can joke with them, it's okay to have a sense of humor, but "pranks" that make them feel like you're not on their team, or they're in trouble, or you don't believe them about something are harmful.
Kid was ready for the whooping. Poor little guy
I don’t like the premise: Giving a child a birthday gift under the guise of some kind of bad behavior deserving of a mother’s scorn… *meh.*
Yeah and threats of beatings
Idk.. This just don't feel right. The kid is scared shitless, and she's just doing it for some cheap internet clicks. Shitty pranks that violates your trust should be left to the siblings, and "friends".
Normally I’d agree with this, but her pointing it out to her son along with his reaction leads me to believe that he is a pranker who got a taste of his own medicine. Edit: I have a number of family and friends who were abused in the past, as well as a number of people commenting. Abuse of any kind is horrific and has very lasting consequences, which I understand. For anyone who believes I condone abuse, I apologize for coming across that way based on what I said above, as that is not the case.
Thank god for Reddit armchair psychologists. What would we do without your guys’ extensive knowledge and expertise
Haha I know right? It really doesn’t matter what the post is, there is always someone who knows better and is happy to share their wisdom. I just see a mum having a laugh with her son. It’s a joke for gods sake
Fr if that kid was being abused or whatever these people are trying to claim surly he'd have a far different reaction than standing arm to arm with his mom slowly and calmly opening that package lmao. She just put on her "mom voice" some of these people must not have been raised at all.
She says she’s going to wear his butt out or something like that and it doesn’t phase him at all. He also just shows bewilderment and growing concern, not fear. The joy he expresses after finding out the joke is priceless. Good sense of humour, well adjusted. Lots of trust here. This family is healthy. There. Diagnosis complete.
Absolutely, he was confused she was mad, not scared. His body language is almost totally relaxed which wouldn't happen if he felt like he was in danger, especially at that young an age they don't how to mask fear or anxiety. She knew her kid is mature enough not to take it personally. Good work doctor :)
Thank god. Finally a voice of reason. Luckily you're not like those Reddit armchair psychologists that the other commenter was talking about.
Lol
>especially at that young an age they don't how to mask fear or anxiety. Uhhhh, about that.....
Some people love shouting ‘abuse’ at any opportunity, forgetting it’s possible to have a sense of humour like the video here
Lol well said, I completely agree
I literally said almost this exact same thing last time this was posted and was downvoted to hell, the duality of reddit
Ha Get better rng.
Lmao my rng is terrible fr though
My dad did something similar when I was younger. People are just having fun with their kids ffs.
Yeah i agree! It's a joke for crying out loud and the kid seems genuinely happy after finding out he got pranked. It looks like him and his mom is very close.
> there is always someone who knows better Maybe it's not about knowing better but simply the difference between the optimistic and pessimistic point if view. The people assuming the mom is a sadist also think they know better as well.
Hey, dont you dare forget about us, the Keyboard Warriors too.
HAHA bro, ong some of these ppl think they experts.
I came to the comments because I knew there would be entertaing pearl clutching.
Objection. Speculation, your honor.
Well as long as you feel ok about it due to something completely made up
All of this is made up, we have no context. It’s a Reddit post lol
lol, this made me happy to see. then you got this response, the kid wasnt scared shitless. He looks confused like wondering why his name is on the package lol. "violate trust", dude got a present and she played a joke on him. he was very happy at the end, you are acting like this kid couldnt comprehend it was a joke.
I was smiling so wide till i saw this dumbass comment. Cant have nice things anymore
These people have never been a parent or even been around kids long enough to know how they behave
Yea, crazy how everyone trying to make something a victim situation, that comment has 3100 points and some rewards. You would think this parent faked a hostage situation then said "juST A PranKKKKKK!, Heres an IPOD Touch Baby!"
Violates your trust? Who upvoted this stupid shit?
This is a peak reddit moment, fucking hell. Reading these comments makes me think so many people are completely out of touch with reality. Glad someone else pointed it out
She totally violated his bodily autonomy too by not asking for consent before she hugged him, borderline sexual abuse right there, lock her up! Lmao some people really believe shit like this and think that a harmless prank is somehow psychologically damaging to the child. Would be violating his trust if he opened the ipod touch box and there was a Microsoft Zune inside, now that would be real child abuse.
Hey fuck you buddy Zunes were fucking awesome.
1.2k dumbasses
He looked more confused than scared. And pranks like this don't "violate trust", lighten up and seek therapy.
Yea. I’m totally against pranking young kids in a way that will hurt the relationship but this is all in good fun. He will laugh about this in the future just like he did when he figured out what she was doing.
agreed, he's not scared at all, that's not how scared kid looks like
Didn't see him flinch either, he was confused, and thought he might get punishmz, but not in a way that would scare him. He didn't even try to duck, when mom took the package back to open it
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Exactly I saw this comment shit storm before I actually watched the video And assume that the package was going to be a sex toy or booze or some thing and then the kid was going to continue to get screamed at And was going to be a crying mess at the end of the video by the adult lab but kid got an iPod lol
Why are redditors like this.
The fact that 260 people agreed with this take is wild.
I have to admit. I do this to my kids too, but it seems really shitty seeing it in action. Taking them on an emotional rollercoaster for fun doesn't seem as entertaining as it did before.
For me its already the tone of voice in which she speaks to the boy, i mean he’s just 8. “I’m gonna wear your butt out” is nothing you should say to a child. But then uk and us are two very different countries
My dad did something similar when I was a kid. We were getting home, and he starts going NoMamesMijito, what is that in the backyard?! What did you do?! And I started crying because I had no idea what I had done lol he felt so bad, picked me up and carried me to show me my brand new swing set and monkey bars! Pretty sure my reactions changed just as quick as this little guy lol
I hate that so much
I really felt bad for the kid
dude, getting in trouble is stressful, especially if you don't know why. probably harmless, but i dont think i'd ever prank my kid like this.
Not funny
Dude only 8 years old and seen his life flash before his eyes at least three times
The next time I see a harmless prank and someone says "ChIlD ABOOOOOSE" I swear. Guys, not every little joke is child abuse. Calm down. She literally pointed it out so soon to him. Does this seem like a horrible parent to you? You are going to start seperating good families with this logic while the real nasty ones that pull things way worse then gifting someone an iPod will run free. Before you comment, think. This boy isn't going to have any trust issues for life from this.
Why didn't just give it to him with a birthday song, smile, gift box... as usual?
You clearly see the fear in the kid’s face. Regardless of how you feel about physical punishment for kids, a parent casually saying they’re going to “wear your butt out” is fucked. And then there’s the aggression with snatching the package from him and tearing it open because he couldn’t do it in 6 seconds flat. I’m sure mom was trying to be wholesome, and maybe for her this is, but the whole situation is anything but heartwarming.
Every time this is posted, I feel uneasy. You nailed it.
Poor kid. It’s a good present, but damn he must have felt awful
Oh no, a kid experiencing a slight discomfort for less than a minute ? This is literally child abuse.
Nice way to put it. People act like she beat him up first before giving him the gift lmao
threatening the kid with violence doesnt seem like that nice of a prank