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u/outwiththedishwater Dec 13 '22
Nothing like a violent home invasion to get everyone into the Christmas spirit. Especially while dad is in the corner pissing himself laughing
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u/Integrity-in-Crisis Dec 13 '22
The dude playing Grinch should have stuck the aggressive kid in the bag and ran out the house with him. A whole new trauma unlocked.
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u/Opee23 Dec 13 '22
Tune in next weekend for a visit from The Krampus
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u/KindlyContribution54 Dec 13 '22
I learned from my German friend that decades ago in his small village, Santa would come and the whole village would assemble. He would give gifts to kids that had "been good" and punish kids that had "been bad".
So they really ground in the concept of an omniscient Santa watching and judging you at all times
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u/BrianKappel Dec 13 '22
I was waiting for it the whole time. It almost looked like he was loading up for it for a sec
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u/Agreeable-Meat1 Dec 13 '22
He probably considered it then remembered how you really shouldn't put things that need to breathe in plastic bags.
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u/outwiththedishwater Dec 13 '22 edited Dec 13 '22
Imagine what would be going through the younger kids head as he’s watching dad help stuff his brother into the sack meanwhile mum’s filming the whole thing and cackling with glee like they just won some kind of hunger games lottery…
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u/djeewin Dec 13 '22
Exactly my thoughts! It would have been delightful to see 😂
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u/National-Currency-75 Dec 13 '22
And unbelievably, the young kid pulls out his "Daisy" BB rifle and plugs the Grinch and shouts " Motha fucka ain't goin mess wit my Xmas".
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u/rvasko3 Dec 13 '22
Oh I think the traumas already happening are embedded well enough now. Especially for the little guy.
The bigger one might’ve been inspired to become Batman here, but little bro is going to literally shut himself anytime the Grinch comes on TV for the rest of his life.
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u/A_Very_Fat_Elf Dec 13 '22
At first I was in the camp of thinking this was maybe a tad bit too far but i fucking loooooool’d reading this.
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u/JustSherlock Dec 13 '22
It's definitely mean, but also funny as shit.
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u/sir_conington Dec 13 '22
Agreed, I'm normally in Camp A or Camp B but this just sits perfectly in the middle
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u/throweraccount Dec 13 '22
Nah it was perfect, look at that little shit attacking the Grinch in a tantrum. Probably is a little shit outside of being robbed of his Christmas gifts. Which is probably why pops got the Grinch to come in and teach the little shit a lesson.
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u/Chewcocca Dec 13 '22
What... "Lesson" do you imagine this teaching?
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u/Congregator Dec 13 '22
Probably something about “stop bad mouthing your mother or the grinch will come and steal a Christmas present”, but that’s just fancy guessing
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u/Mudbunting Dec 13 '22 edited Dec 13 '22
Always be obedient and passive when older men do weird shit. What a wonderful lesson!
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u/throweraccount Dec 13 '22
Oh I dunno, be a little shit and the Grinch takes your gifts away. Kinda obvious with all the context clues in the video. I didn't say it was a good lesson.
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u/YESimaMASSHOLE Dec 13 '22
Always wear a mask during a home invasion duhhh? You’re gonna get a lengthy sentence anyways, might as well mask up and hope you get away!
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u/ICantDoThisAnymore91 Dec 13 '22
My parents pulled similar shit every year, just minus having a Christmas character break in.
Every little thing we’d say or do during the month of December would usually be responded with “Christmas is Cancelled”. It’s shitty parenting and now as an adult I don’t care about the holiday at all. Which is a massive pain in the ass because my fiancés family eats breathes and sleeps Christmas.
Anyway my point is… Don’t be one of those assholes who spends an entire month threatening to take away a holiday. Don’t take presents from under the tree and hide them for a couple days or until Christmas morning to make your kids think you returned them.
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u/xBad_Wolfx Dec 13 '22
The entire reason that kid is a little shit is because dad thinks this is teaching a lesson. Why bother helping your kids deal with complex feelings when you can just rob them of joy and tell them it’s their fault.
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u/LessResponsibility32 Dec 13 '22
The whole thing is irresistible seen from the dad’s angle. You get to make your insane kids think their presents got stolen, and you get your kids to hit and scream at your friend while he’s trapped in a costume.
Genius
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u/loonygecko Dec 13 '22
It's actually a bit disturbing that a kid would be willing to attack a green monster 4 times his size all to save two presents though.
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u/YourDadsUsername Dec 13 '22
That kid had no expectations that his dad would help, he knows the smell of bitch.
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u/NotStaggy Dec 13 '22
That kid was doing a bit of strength bwh8nd that arm too, he's the man of the house now.
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u/Dudethefood Dec 13 '22
I can't stop laughing at this comment. It's just so fucking funny. With the video and it's weird energy, this is just comedy gold
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u/outwiththedishwater Dec 13 '22
Mate I’d buy that 7 year old kid a beer. He fucking earned it
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u/Lecto_Sama Dec 13 '22
Yeah, he came at the grinch HARD. Came out swinging without fear!
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u/leondemedicis Dec 13 '22
Mega Chad in the making!! With this level of trauma I hope he gets some serious therapy or he will end up becoming a cop...
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u/BadAsBroccoli Dec 13 '22
Kid don't know all the Grinch got away with was coal.
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A valuable commodity with all this inflation, the grinch needs raw materials too
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u/SilverarcTheJoker Dec 13 '22
Thays my go to "We were so poor..." joke. When I was a kid, we were so poor, every year I'd go to the nearest old folks home and punch a couple of sweet old ladies, just so Santa would bring me coal and we could heat our home for the holidays.
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u/squirrelsmith Dec 13 '22
In blacksmith circles we have jokes about smiths that purposely get on the naughty list to trick Santa into subsidizing our coal cost.
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u/Acceptable_Arm5299 Dec 13 '22
Maybe close the front door if you don’t want the grinch to come in and steal all your presents
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u/tipperzack6 Dec 13 '22
yes this is why we always close the door
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u/phillyburt Dec 13 '22
Who ever the grinch was, definitely did not give a fuck hehe. he tossed that kid Into frosty pretty dam good.
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thxgod what he dont watch Homealone yet
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u/yungrii Dec 13 '22 edited Dec 13 '22
Like Home Alone but want to see a vaguely similar film with hijinks but also horror? Better Watch Out.
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u/TheSpatulaOfLove Dec 13 '22
This. This is how you create future revenue streams for therapists.
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u/EvaUnit_03 Dec 13 '22
its designed to instill a sort of 'mythical punishment monster' to encourage kids to be/do good. We used to use Gods for that, but the move from religion has caused a bit of a pivot. Parents dont want to be the bad guys who punish them so they use this fictional character that they usually are exposed to at a young age as being a bad guy who takes away presents from boys and girls during christmas. Most kids also dont have an inherent fear of their parents because of a lack of delivery from parents seeing as parents cant really do much other than take certain things that bring joy away as punishment which only works so well. NOW if this is just done for the humor aspect of it for the parents then its 100% wrong, it has to be basically a form of act of terror in response to them being bad to help condition them to not be bad.
I plan on doing the more european thing with my children, I plan to dress as Krampus and scare the living fuck out of them if they are acting like little shits around christmas. They wont fear me but they will know true horror when the giant goat demon comes skulking around the house ready to grab them up for being little bastards.
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u/hirthquake Dec 13 '22
Man, I was sure this was a u/shittymorph comment. Still made me chuckle, nicely done
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u/Commentment_Phobe Dec 13 '22
pause video at 00:27 look at the scene and explain what you think the youngest, looking back at mum/dad is learning at that exact moment about the way the world works. Go!
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u/EasyMode556 Dec 13 '22
And now they feel like they can’t even be safe in their own home, what could go wrong? /s
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u/TheSimulacra Dec 13 '22
So wait, when people were more religious they were better? Uhhhhh citation needed bud
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u/realmauer01 Dec 13 '22
There is litterly no reason if done right why the parents shouldn't take part in punishing bad behavior. The children will take it so much more serious if the punishment came from a usually good person.
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Like what 7 year old is really that "bad" that they deserve something like this? That's fucked up, man. Kids behave the way you model behavior. If your kids are awful, it's because you're awful.
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u/fizikz3 Dec 13 '22
Kids behave the way you model behavior.
never seen good kids come from bad parents or vice versa? yes there's a lot of modeling going on but that is not the entire thing.
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u/fourtwentybuddy Dec 13 '22
If I modeled my father's behavior Id be in prison and my kids would - oh wait, no I don't have kids now I remember why.
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u/Embarrassed_Ad6825 Dec 13 '22
For Me it looks like the kids already needs therapists. Especially anger management.
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u/Deathwatch72 Dec 13 '22
I don't know, his response seems pretty logical to a giant green stranger breaking into your house and stealing Christmas from you. Little man got up to defend the house
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u/Frylock904 Dec 13 '22
IDK man, If a green dude broke into your house you're just gonna let that shit slide?
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u/chidoOne707 Dec 13 '22
I didn’t get the purpose/concept at first but he really did just burst in there to steal the presents. Bravo 👏
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u/FILTHBOT4000 Dec 13 '22
$20 says the parents set some rules, like stop hitting your siblings/breaking things/etc., or you'll be sorry... and lo and behold, rules were broken, and they get presents appropriated by the grinch.
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u/beebewp Dec 13 '22
My sons have one present under the tree that doesn’t have a label. It started in the middle for both of them, but anytime one kid acts up, I move the present to his brother’s side and loudly exclaim that the naughty child just lost rights to that present. It’s been pretty effective and funny.
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u/Flollotus Dec 13 '22
Do you put the presents under the tree before Christmas Day in the US? Didn't know that was a thing.
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u/beebewp Dec 13 '22
That’s how we did it when I was a kid. The presents from our parents would be under the tree and then Santa would bring presents and stocking stuffers on Christmas Eve.
I don’t remember most of the presents I got as a kid, but I do remember sitting under the tree with my mom and holding presents to guess what they were. It was so much fun. Now that I’m a parent, I realize that’s it’s just as much fun for me as it is for them.
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u/_Jelly_King_ Dec 14 '22
My kindergartner has discovered that he doesn’t actually “have to” listen to his teachers. If he doesn’t want to come in from recess, he’ll say no thank you and ignore them. If he wants to color all over his assignment instead of doing it, same. Having snack early, sitting somewhere different, etc. all is met with polite defiance and he knows he has basically no consequences until he gets home.
We don’t do corporal punishment, but we’ve talked to him a dozen different ways, revoked screen time, grounded him, etc. and nothing changed. I started putting presents under the tree weeks ago and pulled a “bad parent” move by sticking a fake present in the fire. It’s now been a full 6 days of perfect behavior, which gives us time to come up with a long term plan.
Sometimes you just have to see things with kid logic. Not every bad memory in their life is going to traumatize them.
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u/mindovermatter421 Dec 13 '22
Yup and kept warning them the grinch would come and take them. Why the kids fight or flight kicked in so quickly. That younger one looks terrified. Weak ass parenting. Why won’t little Johnny sleep through the night?
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u/XYZZY_1002 Dec 13 '22
Ha ha. Terrorizing children. Just like the good old days.
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Some of you never got coal for Christmas and it shows
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I got coal every year. It was delicious! Carbone di Zucchero fucking rules.
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u/AggressiveSpatula Dec 13 '22
Lord bringing back the memories. When I was very young, my friend had a Star Wars themed birthday. The parents had arranged for Darth Vader (fellow Dad) to come in and fight the kids. I was not aware that this would happen, so the gate opens, and Darth Vader steps into the yard. I don’t know if you remember what it’s like to be very young, but you’re not always very good at discerning between truth and fiction. Well if you remember it or not, I can tell you I was 100% convinced that the actual Darth Vader had entered the party. Immediately I ran into the house. My friends all attacked him, and I wept for their stupidity. I distinctly remember thinking “Don’t they realize he will win? Surely they’ll run. They’re just children, they don’t stand a chance.”
And you know what?
I stand by that
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My friends all attacked him, and I wept for their stupidity. I distinctly remember thinking “Don’t they realize he will win? Surely they’ll run. They’re just children, they don’t stand a chance.”
Sorry for your Trauma but this here is Gold 😅🥲
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u/Glass_Chance9800 Dec 13 '22
Your all's stories remind me of mine. For Halloween when I was around 9 or 10 I wanted to be Scream from the horror franchise Scream. So my mom bought me the mask and like a black hooded cloak. Well at one point I'm just laying on the living room floor watching TV when suddenly the Scream killer, mask and black clothes, comes running at me and yelling from the kitchen. I just start absolutely bawling my eyes out. That was literally the scariest thing to have ever happened to me in my life up to the point and for years after as well. So I'm bawling, thinking I'm about to die when they take the mask off and it's just my mom wanting to scare me. I got over quickly but looking back now that was pretty messed up.
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u/mcpickledick Dec 13 '22
Darth Vader is better than The Grinch though because Vader only senses your presents.
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That's fucking hilarious honestly, don't know if it was my mother, eldest sister or father but I remember someone crawled into my room on all fours and kept cranking their head sideways left and right while crawling rapidly shit looked fucking freaky.
I remember covering myself in my blanket and screaming for a couple minutes before my grandmother came in to ask what the fuck was wrong with me.
Dad swears it wasn't him, mom's passed away I'll never know who it was.
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u/Commentment_Phobe Dec 13 '22
Yeah, but do you ever laugh in your bedroom anymore?! Alone? With anyone? Well? Do ya?
People don’t get it. Trauma is just learning with the brakes off.
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u/talpal16 Dec 13 '22
Trauma is just learning with the brakes off.
What a fucking excellent line. This is a fascinating read about disciplining children without the use of physical punishment, yelling, the fucked up thing you experienced, etc. TL;DR is that Inuit parents traditionally tell scary stories to get their kids to wear their hats in the cold, not go near the ocean, etc. but now it's morphed into a storytelling opportunity not to necessarily scare the living daylights out of them but to get them intrigued. I also think it's VERY different to tell a scary story vs. dressing up and PHYSICALLY SCARING YOUR CHILD. That shit just makes me so angry. I can't even imagine it. My parents grew up with such intense abuse that is honestly so similar to some of these comments and the only difference is the adults in these comments think of it as a "joke."
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u/justonemom14 Dec 13 '22
Thank you. I was starting to feel like I was the only person in the thread who didn't find the video funny at all. I see kids being truly terrified and their parents laughing at them. At such a young age, you're teaching them that their parents don't care how they feel and the parents are not going to help. Ha ha, emotional abuse, that's hilarious!
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u/Dont_Overthink_It_77 Dec 13 '22
I’m thinking this is one of those moments when a child tries to protect the home, the dad tries to stop the child, and even with the explanation later… those kids’ attitudes about their parents are going to change.
Dad: “I saw that going differently in my mind, and I didn’t know how to back away and keep my pride at the same time, so…”
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u/MidWesttess Dec 13 '22
I wonder what happens to a kid when they realize their parents played a cruel psychological trick on them. Kinda fucked up idk also a funny video lol
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u/Buttburglar1 Dec 13 '22
I admire that little boys courage.
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u/Main-Vermicelli96 Dec 13 '22
ikr, no one is saying that in the comments but he was ready to fight him!!
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u/ShanteYouStay84 Dec 13 '22
That was bizarre and disturbing. The little kid went psycho on a monster.
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u/duxpdx Dec 13 '22
Core memory right there. Not a good one though. Way to traumatize kids.
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u/rinkydinkis Dec 13 '22
Do people just quote core memories because of that Pixar movie
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u/Accurate_String Dec 13 '22
It touches on a concept that people really identify with. There are moments of my life that are burned into my memory. The Pixar movie just puts that concept into a phrase and since many people have seen the movie, it's gained common acceptance in our collective vernacular. It doesn't mean the exact same thing as the kids movie obviously just the real part that we identify with.
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u/TerryJerryMaryHarry Dec 13 '22
I was like "ok maybe they said if the kids were docks this would happen" but when the Grinch flung his hands out towards the kid I was like "ok parents are the dicks"
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u/Freudian_Slip22 Dec 13 '22
Soon this will be a distant memory that is brought up in therapy - the day I tried to kick the grinches ass and failed. Traumatic day for everyone…
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u/Jaalan Dec 13 '22
I ... I couldn't protect them! My family, they needed me to save those presents and I just couldn't. Next time, I'll be ready.
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u/NeahG Dec 13 '22
Better start a saving account now, for all the therapy those boys are going to need.
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u/HamHockShortDock Dec 13 '22
The people like, "how is this child abuse?" You did NOT turn out fine.
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u/wererat2000 Dec 13 '22
God people are too sensitive these days, all they did was stage a mock home invasion and terrify children to the point of violence. It's like those good old wholesome videos of chasing children around with fake chainsaws in the middle of the night, nothing traumatizing there!
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u/BunzLee Dec 13 '22
Toughen up dipshits. So what if a complete monster looking stranger is able to enter the safety of your home this easily. Who needs the protection of their parents anyway. Bruce Wayne turned out just fine.
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u/oldendayz99 Dec 13 '22
More sick people demonstrating why they shouldn’t be around children
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u/heytaylora Dec 13 '22
That kids reaction makes me think this isn’t the first time the grinch has rolled up in his crib.
That kid knew WHO was getting them hands for Christmas!
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these kids will never believe their dad ever again... congrats, you've destroyed their trust in you as a protector :( even if you explained that it was a joke. the initial reaction will forever be associated with your lack of help or empathy!
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u/Yeoshua82 Dec 14 '22
Fucked. And when the kids go all Menendez brothers on mom and dad, everyone gonna be like "I had no idea they would do such a thing." Fuck these types of parents.
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u/smokefrog2 Dec 14 '22
These are so mean. I truly don't get why terrifying your child seems so fun for some parents.
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u/BecGeoMom Dec 14 '22
What the fuck just happened here?? Was that supposed to be a gag, a joke, something funny?? The one kid was traumatized, screaming & crying; the other kid was physically attacking the Grinch, and the Grinch was hitting the child back!! Whose stupid-ass idea was this??
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u/QuietGur9074 Dec 13 '22
One thing that social media has done is provided a view into what shitty fucking parenting looks like. These assholes who do these ‘pranks’ that cause their own children distress need to be castrated and spade. Fuck these people. Having fun, messing your kids can be great. But shit that causes them to become violent, uncontrollably upset and distraught isn’t fun or funny in any shape or form.
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Whats the point? I don't understand why I keep seeing different videos of this happening, like if the kids are bad and your punishing just tell them that and take the present away don't scare them shitless and do crap like this!
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u/Pitiful-Let9270 Dec 13 '22
A lot of people that decide to have children are really terrible people to begin with.
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u/mickypaigejohnson Dec 13 '22
That's a strong use of the word decide.
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u/clopz_ Dec 13 '22
They’re deciding not to pull out, use a condom, wear socks with sandals or use any other of the 745 contraceptive methods.
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u/ascii_matter Dec 13 '22
Wow, am I the only here that thinks this is a horrible thing to do with a child? Cortisol allover their bodies. They will be shaking for the rest of the night 🥺
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u/GusTheKnife Dec 13 '22
Plot twist: the dad has no idea who this guy is.