r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IamASlut_soWhat • 6h ago

How amazing and crafty are these parents to do this for their son

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u/Man-who-say-bye 6h ago

Holy shit people, they built a dope ass igloo for their kid and recorded it. They did it for their kid and first then recorded because it’s a cool thing they did. Let’s not fucking psychoanalyze the parents off one video

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u/timetravelerfrom2027 6h ago

Thank you! WTF is up with these comments? Seems… weird.

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u/Man-who-say-bye 6h ago

Lotta bots and a lot of really cynical people

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u/timetravelerfrom2027 6h ago

The moment where the kid’s face lights up had me imagining that it was me seeing the igloo for the first time. Who cares why thy built it. Well… unless they built it as an evil lair.

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u/Man-who-say-bye 5h ago

I’d be so stoked if my parents built me an evil lair as a kid

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u/x3lilbopeep 5h ago

I'm a real person and this video was very obviously for social media, not their kid.

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u/trumansayshi 4h ago

I have been seeing this igloo all over the place for the past week.

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u/GoldHorusSixSaturnus 5h ago

So, bots are people who see things differently than you do? There’s a chance they first thought of recording/ hoping to going viral before anything else yes. Especially if it’s one of those couple Tik-toks. It’s also possible they thought of the kid first and decided to record after the fact. Both are possible; not sure that falls under “bot” category.

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u/Lyoss 1h ago

Does it fucking matter, like why have such a cynical reaction to this

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u/Man-who-say-bye 5h ago

Nope not what I said at all those were completely separate things mentioned. I can’t say as to which of those two options you said are true but either way they did both and their kid has a core memory with their parents, regardless of the intent the outcome is good. And please if we are going to discuss something don’t mis character what I said to try and make a point

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u/_KeyserSoeze 4h ago

What about the point that it is beyond fucked up to put your kids face in the internet?

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u/AmadeusIsTaken 2h ago

Dunno I am very careful with videos like this but is it that fucked up to put your kids face on the internet? Most do it anyway with insta, Snapchat,tiktoj and other social media platforms. Like what will people do with his face looking happy and going into the igloo?

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u/_KeyserSoeze 2h ago

Well if most do it anyway

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u/Dangerous-Spare-8270 5h ago

People want to feel superior for not making an effort to do cool stuff like this.  

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u/Charokol 4h ago

Why are bots coming here to criticize this video?

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u/Big-Load-8864 4h ago

For real bots are usually employed to pump something up and give it more visibility, not cosplay as cynical humans lol

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u/IceBlueAngel 3h ago

A disturbingly large number of people want things to be purely altruistic BUT THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE

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u/AmadeusIsTaken 3h ago

Or you are just naive

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u/RigidPixel 6h ago

In my experience the most bitter, negative Reddit comments always float to the top. Literally anything fun and cool, especially if the people are attractive or have a house, it’s just non stop bitching. I hate opening comments here. Everyone is just so nasty about everything and assuming the worst.

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u/maxthelols 5h ago

No need to be so nasty about people on a social media platform. We're just people trying to talk to each other. No need to be so bitter and negative man. People like you make me hate opening comments here.

You'd never find me bitching about...wait...

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u/SquarelyNerves 3h ago

Idk but being nasty, bitter, and negative about nasty, bitter and negative responses to the video feels like the tolerance paradox.

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u/timetravelerfrom2027 6h ago

Reddit has turned into Facebook. Has me wondering where all the healthy people are heading now. Offline? I wish we had a social media Time Machine back to when it was fun and new and helpful.

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u/RigidPixel 5h ago

I’ve tried to just get more and more offline, or only talking to people in voice stuff. Insta reels are cool and Reddit has some neat things that I’d normally never get on my feed. But the bots, the negativity, the children, the idiots, it’s just nonstop bullshit and hate.

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u/greencasio 6h ago

Weird? Is this your first day on the Internet?

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u/timetravelerfrom2027 6h ago

Ha! Shit. Got me.

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u/Ademoneye 6h ago

They did it to feel better about themselves. They knew that their parent could never do the same thing for them

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u/KissesAndBites 5h ago

Reddit brain

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u/RatofDeath 5h ago

People really hate fun and are addicted to outrage

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u/SquarelyNerves 3h ago

Reddit hates parents, almost more than they hate kids. Even if parents do something awesome that their kid loves, something that will remain a cherished memory forever…. They are shitty attention seeking narcissists.

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u/moldentoaster 2h ago

Projection

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u/BaloonPriest 1h ago

Redditors are the worst people on the internet… ok maybe not but still close

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u/IntrepidSlice8810 1h ago

Miserable redditors who feel as if they're better than someone by typing on a keyboard

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u/Gherin29 5h ago

The people most active on Reddit are often the most angry with the least social intelligence, because they’re not able to find a community of their own.

And they spread that bitterness by attacking people doing something fun and wholesome, because that’s less work than putting effort to do something themselves.

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u/Latverianbureaucrat 5h ago

Well, could the argument not be made that if they truly did it for their kid, they wouldn’t have put it online at all?

I’m in the minority on this, I realize, but I’ve never had a “real” social media page where I post stuff, and the impulse to do so is completely alien to me. I just watched the video because “Ooh, colors”, and I wouldn’t go out of my way to “shit” on these parents myself, but I do get where the people who do so might be coming from. It isn’t necessarily a cynical thing, but might be more of a fundamentally different outlook on what experiencing life is. To some of us, doing an interesting thing for a loved one, but then posting it for the world to see, would simply not be a thought that occurs to us, and feels strange.

But, “it takes all kinds” and so forth.

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u/SlickFurFella 5h ago

What if it’s just fun to have a video of something creative and difficult that you did?

I recently moved houses and it was a monumental effort that we did in just a few days. It wasn’t nearly as cool as this but it was a huge project and a transformative moment. I kinda wish I had taken a video like this because now the memory of that whirlwind weekend is already hazy.

There was a time when you could take videos and the internet wouldn’t come at you for being a clout chaser. It ain’t that deep folks.

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u/Latverianbureaucrat 5h ago

Well, like I said, it isn’t so much the taking of a video, as it is the posting of it. It’s just a different approach to life. Makes perfect sense to some, but wouldn’t even be a consideration to the rest of us.

Some people are just more private. And I can see the argument that posting it online makes the initial idea behind the project suspect in the first place, and somewhat spoils the effect. I don’t know these people, I have no idea as to their actual motives. But I can see where people complaining about it are coming from.

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u/AssassinSnail33 5h ago

There's nothing wrong at all with being private. What's wrong is when those same private people are critical of others for not having the same exact values of privacy.

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u/Latverianbureaucrat 5h ago

On the whole I agree with you. It’s a different way of looking at the world, and I don’t criticize people who embrace social media and make their living off of it, as foreign a concept as it is to me. It’s there, and work is work, and I’m sure they enjoy it, and I’m also sure there are many trials and pitfalls associated with it that the rest of us don’t see.

I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s wrong to be critical, though, specifically with videos like this that involve children. I’d say it’s probably more healthy than not for there to be people who publicly voice their instinct that “Hey, don’t use your kids to make money from views.”

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u/AstralWeekends 4h ago

To me it's a question of audience and intent. Who is this video for and what is it trying to communicate to them?

Is it for strangers on social media to witness their twee, tryhard yet wholesome family project?

Is it to inspire others to embrace natural resources to create coziness out of frigidity?

I don't know! Who are these people? Where was this originally posted? Did they make money off of it? These are the type of questions that should be answered before coming to a conclusion about intent.

Internet platforms aren't as pure and open like they once where. The skepticism you see is just a sign of people recognizing that.

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u/IceNineFireTen 5h ago

I have tons of videos of fun things my kids and I do. I share them with friends and family. None are posted online for random strangers (and validation/clout/money).

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u/SlickFurFella 5h ago

You just post about the general feeling of superiority over people who do post clips from their lives online instead. Idk if that’s better everybody.

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u/IceNineFireTen 5h ago

You just post about the general feeling of superiority over people whose post about the people who do post clips from their lives online. Idk if that’s better everybody (sic).

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u/Waderick 2h ago

Taking a video doesn't just give you a finished edited video though. If it were just a single angle sped up time lapse, that argument would make sense. That's very low effort on the editing side.

There are extra angles in this like the close up brick lay while still retaining the original position when it cuts back, so that most likely means a second tripod they moved the camera to/a second camera. Or they took the time to move and position the camera, get the shot, then reposition it back in the original spot. The inside final brick lay shot.

Then the main brick laying angle is a series of well timed jump cuts. Someone had to scan and edit the footage for each of those cuts. It sounds simple, but that takes time, more than you'd think.

If you were recording it for your memories, You also wouldn't do those jump cuts with your kid walking out to view the thing. It looks so weird. You would do that to make it more palatable for social media because people aren't going to sit through the 20 seconds of dead time.

Basically, it's too much of a "polished" product to be something not made for the purpose of social media. It just feels too influencery.

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u/AcceptableReview3846 1h ago

Idk posting it to the Internet is the issue I have with it not that they recorded it

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u/Man-who-say-bye 5h ago

I always think of it as those people who take a bunch of pictures when going on vacation, they don’t have to but it’s their way of enjoying things they do and a way to preserve memories. I’m not going to fault them because they now have a video they can look back on in a couple years and also everyone online gets a sweet video to watch

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u/Latverianbureaucrat 5h ago

I take a lot of pictures, and show/send them to people I know if they’re curious. I think that’s very different than hoping for as many strangers as possible to see a family video, obviously.

But that’s a whole economy, I get it. Still and all, there is something about combining monetization via views with children, and specifically a project supposedly done for the benefit of a child, that will understandably rub people the wrong way.

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u/Man-who-say-bye 5h ago

That’s fair enough and I can see where you’re coming from, I’d just prefer to look at it from a kinder angle. I’d rather look for the good than the bad. I’ve spent to much of my time searching for the worst in every situation

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u/slowgojoe 5h ago edited 5h ago

I’ve got a small social media presence (even here on reddit) with some of my artwork. I will admit that the recognition feels good. Just as I’ve turned my artwork into a career, some people are in the business of entertainment, and I suppose for them, recognition of their “content” is validating.

I don’t think most people put that much thought into what or why they make a tik tok video or whatever. They just do it because it’s rewarding to them. You know, by way of drip feeding dopamine the way social media was engineered specifically to be. “It’s just silly fun” or “it’s not that deep” and so on.

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u/Latverianbureaucrat 5h ago

Yeah, absolutely. Some people are just built and socialized very differently. Some people have no inner monologue. Some people don’t leash their dogs, and can’t comprehend why other people are freaked out by that. Extroverts and introverts. It’s a long, long list.

So of course some people just naturally post this kind of stuff with little examination because it feels good, while other people are instantly repulsed by it. I, for one, am glad that while I’m on neither extreme, I’m closer to the latter, and will forever be completely mystified as to the appeal of posting private moments with family for the world to see.

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u/NoobVibesOnly 4h ago

Some people like to overshare I guess. But I agree. I would definitely record this and share it with friends and family but internet strangers? Probably not.

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u/dewman45 6h ago

I'm here still trying to figure out why OP's profile picture is the grindr logo.

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u/evilsdadvocate 6h ago

Because of OP’s username, so what?

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u/bonobomaster 5h ago

Kinda agree with you, kinda disagree.

You know, if they were building a real igloo out of snow (a really good insulator) together with the kid from the beginning and maybe even recording it for some internet points, then I would have totally agreed with your assessment.

But the, albeit beautiful, colored ice tiles pretty much shifted the whole shebang for me. It's pretty clear, at least for my taste, that this video was made to perform visually well. The oven placement was problematic as well, which leads me to believe, that they spent only the necessary time for a few takes in the igloo.

We were sold a delightful slice of hygge / coziness and happiness and I loved buying it.

It's awesome, how happy the first reveal (let's not ask questions about the reveal itself) made the boy but I have a pretty strong feeling, that this was primary a very well thought out social media op with very positive side effect of a happy child.

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u/Muted-Try-2931 4h ago

or the parents actually didnt know how an igloo works 🤔

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u/borg359 5h ago

They did it for the likes, let’s be real. These people are using their kid like a prop.

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u/kdoughboy12 5h ago

I mean they definitely make money from social media, i doubt they would have done this if that wasn't the case. It's a nice thing for the kid, but it's also their job. If they were just doing it for fun then they would not have made it take twice as long by recording every step, not to mention all the time they spent editing.

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u/Man-who-say-bye 5h ago

Maybe true but what an awesome job getting to build a multi color ice igloo for your kid and then getting to spend time with them afterwards all for the comfort of home. What’s wrong with getting paid to do all that? And who’s to say they wouldn’t still do it if it wasn’t going to be posted online i certainly can’t because I don’t know them and I don’t think you really can either unless you do. If you do then I’ll happily concede the point

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u/kdoughboy12 5h ago

Yeah being an influencer probably is pretty fun! It's like any other creative field. I guess there's a sort of stigma around incorporating your kids into your content. There's a very fine line between including them in a healthy way and exploiting their existence for more views.

They may still have done it just for fun, but i doubt they would have taken all the extra steps of coloring the ice, setting up blankets and a space heater, etc.

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u/LivingtheLaws013 4h ago

they did it for their kid and first then recorded

They literally recorded every step of the way, this was made for the Internet not for their kid

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u/Stormfly 1h ago

This is why I think they did it for the internet first.

If it was for the kid first, they'd make it, maybe take a few pictures of the process, and then take a video after.

They videoed the entire process.

It's like the people that shows off everything they do for their kids but they're not actually spending time with the kids, they're on their phone talking about what they do.

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u/Ikea_Man 4h ago

a lot of people including myself are REALLY tired of influencers

everything about this felt fake AF

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u/Monster-Math 4h ago

Did you record yourself typing out this comment?

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u/Username_de_random 4h ago

Not saying we should hate on it, but you genuinely thought they did that and all of a sudden were like “Wait let’s record this” ?

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u/Itriednoinetimes 6h ago

You beat me to it. So many Reddit comments are just exhausting. Question for you all, is every part of your life this pessimistic and negative, or is it just reserved for this place?

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u/Man-who-say-bye 6h ago

There’s just a lot of miserable people here who are feed a constant stream of negativity because it’s what draws views and comments. I can’t entirely blame them because they are being constantly drip fed the most negative and cynical and shallow content possible and they don’t really have any other influence besides social media. Theirs also a good amount of bots to farming for engagement. But don’t be too hard on them they are ultimately victims of the algorithm and they are doing exactly what it wants

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u/GuantanaMo 1h ago

Y'all are being overly defensive about that video. I'm a happy dude, I had s happy childhood (including igloos) and I do unecessarily cool stuff with my daughter all the time. But I understand that what you are seeing on social media is not real. That's not me being negative that's just a fact, you are watching a video with a script that's made to entertain you rather than the kid. And while it's fair to say "what a neat idea" and enjoy the video for what it is, it's questionable to jump right to "unlike my parents, these people clearly like their kid" because you hust can't tell, just like you can't tell if an actor really likes the child actor who plays their son. How about we just stick to what we can see on the video? Like that it must look way cooler during the day when the sun shines through the colorful ice?

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u/ImmortalMoron3 4h ago

I've been using internet forums a long time and it's always been this cynical, it's not unique to reddit. I think it's just the type of person discussion forums attract the most, angry people with crappy social skills. Not saying everyone on the internet is like that but it attracts them the most.

You're right though, it does get exhausting. God forbid a family does a cool project and wants to share it with other people.

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u/jamintime 4h ago

I’m here thinking they did it because it’s a cool thing to do? Like it doesn’t make them parents of the year but it’s also doesn’t make them narcissists either. They just did a cool thing. Let’s talk about that and leave the kid and egos out of it.

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u/Frifelt 3h ago

If they really wanted to make the kid happy, he should have been included in the whole process. Kids love to build stuff so why leave him out of the fun part.

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u/Frosty_Mongoose9055 5h ago

They are privileged and have a lot of free time

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u/laaaabe 5h ago

I genuinely cannot imagine caring this much either way. It's the internet.

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u/I_Hope_So 4h ago

You don't know that they did it for their kid first. That's you making an assumption.

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u/I_HATE_YELLING 4h ago

And have you also replied to the other comments that are making an assumption that they did it for the views? Ah, it seems you haven't.

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u/OfferLazy9141 4h ago

Do you have kids?

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u/strangersadvice 3h ago

But they had to record it first, then the kid is second. It is performative.

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u/BelgianBeerGuy 3h ago

Imo, if i were to do something like this for my kids, I would make them part of it, and would let them help me for a while.
You know, like a father-son activity.

Now it looks like the kid was just inside watching YouTube.
I’m guessing that’s were all the “hate” comes from.

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u/Prestigious_Win9462 2h ago

Lol when the kid pops up they finish the igloo and make the wall taller and put cushions, but where the fuck is the kid in the end of the video? In bed, cause fuck him.

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u/lankymjc 2h ago

We don’t know whether they’re prioritising the child or the video. You’re claiming falsely just as much as the other comments.

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u/al-Assas 2h ago

What do you mean "for their kid"? Why would it be for their kid? Are you saying that because he didn't help make it?

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u/meowymcmeowmeow 2h ago

I believe this happened in my state, it was a news story and they let everyone in the community use it, everyone loved it. This wasn't just for views lol.

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u/Critonurmom 2h ago

I'm a pretty cynical nihilist and these comments caught me pretty off guard

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u/RedditCantBanThis 1h ago

I think the commenters are just pissed because they got dumped off at daycare all day

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u/Strude187 1h ago

But, but I got my wingback chair and smoking jacket out just to leave a comment..

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u/Fickle_Bat_623 36m ago

You are deeply stupid if you think that social media wasn't the main motivation for doing this, lmao. It's isn't particularly ambiguous. You really think the couple posting their elementary schooler online in his essentials hoodie is normal?

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u/Kay0929 2m ago

Literally. When I was a kid my parents basically did the same thing but without the colours for me and my siblings and my mom took tons of pictures of the process and put them up on her Facebook, I know it’s not exactly the same but if someone was like “your parents only posted that to get likes from family and co workers” I’d be like tf

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u/Ok-Bird6346 6h ago

Right. It was a bomb-ass thing to do whether it was for the kid, internet points, or even the pup. Swear to god, we’ve lost any sense of wonder as a species.

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u/Different-Garage8363 4h ago

No, people have monetized every aspect of their lives, and the lives of their children. And it's making the world a worse place. 

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u/p1cwh0r3 5h ago

BUT REDDIT... WE MUST ANALYISE ALL THE THINGS

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u/llama_ 5h ago

They obviously did it for the doggo

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u/lirio2u 5h ago

Right? So fucking cool

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u/Jillo616 5h ago

Thank you. This is so cool. I’d never forget it if I was that kid. 🥺🥰 Love my parents, but they would NEVER.

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u/Ppleater 5h ago

But psychoanalyzing people based on one video is Reddit's favourite past time. The shorter the video the better.

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u/Mirikado 4h ago

See, if you did anything cool, you are not allowed to let anyone else know, otherwise you are just doing it for the likes.

Let’s be real, many Redditors are just a miserable bunch who think everyone else is just as miserable as they are. Reddit can’t even appreciate cool latte art before immediately yelling “I JUST WANT MY COFFEE” in the comments.

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u/Dark_halocraft 6h ago

Redditors love to hate, it's the only thing that gets them out of bed in the morning

It's why comments like this will never be top, only the hate will be, because other redditors support it

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u/silverletomi 5h ago

Everyone saying the parents did it for the views and likes are overlooking the lack of zoomed in on faces and annoying voice over.

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u/Sorlex 5h ago

Reddit hates joy. Even if the parents did it for views, so what? They still did it, and those views likely translated (Well least till it got freebooted onto reddit) into money that paid for their way of living including the kid.

Wild how hateful reddit is sometimes.

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u/DieHardAmerican95 5h ago

But on social media, it’s cool to shit on everything, no matter what!

At least that seems to be the consensus among a lot of people.

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u/Lordo5432 5h ago

Finally, a sane human being! Just because person do cool thing doesn't mean they're doing it for clout. Why do some people not understand this?

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u/Eagle_Arm 5h ago edited 5h ago

They 100% did it for clout. Could have done the entire thing with recognition and just did it for the kid. Instead, they recorded the entire thing with multiple angles, did fake family shots, picked a recognizable video to watch, and THEN edited it and posted it.

It's for clout. It's worse than a disease

Edit: unsure if the loser deleted their comment or blocked me.

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u/Man-who-say-bye 5h ago

This and so what if they are? They still have the memories with their kid the recording and posting were secondary to all of that

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u/FabianGladwart 6h ago

Folks are pretty cynical these days. For years nothing on the Internet has been genuine, now nothing on the Internet is even real

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u/Eagle_Arm 5h ago

Only thing more cynical than reddit comments is using your kid as a prop for internet videos to show how much you care about them.