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Would you traumatize your kids by scaring them with a costumed character, or do you think these videos are funny?

Asked by jca2 (16920points) December 21st, 2020

One of my friends posted on Facebook that people are posting videos of their kids scared by the Grinch at photo sessions. Apparently it’s a “thing” now. My friend doesn’t think it’s funny, and I agree with her.

If you put “Grinch scares kids” in YouTube search, you’ll find lots of videos.

Here’s an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUg4VH1Qurg

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Nomore_lockout's avatar

I see nothing humorous in scaring the crap out of children. No…

Dutchess_III's avatar

No it’s not fucking funny. It’s fucking sick.
How can people BE such assholes? How can they laugh at their child’s terror?

Nomore_lockout's avatar

Like you say, they’re assholes. Sick sadistic assholes. This thread is depressing : (

Dutchess_III's avatar

Those are the same assholes that make videos of them telling their kid that they, the parent, ate all of their Halloween candy. It’s so much FUN to make defenseless kids cry.

Nomore_lockout's avatar

Some one should stop them from breeding.

LuckyGuy's avatar

Absolutely not! And I don’t think it is funny. It’s horrible.

What message are the kids learning? That Mom and Dad are assholes and cannot be trusted.

Kropotkin's avatar

@Caravanfan What’s hilarious about terrifying and stressing a cat?

Caravanfan's avatar

@Kropotkin I am obviously not as cultured and refined a human being as you are.

Kropotkin's avatar

@Caravanfan I don’t know about that. I just know that I’m not a sadist.

I guess if that makes me cultured and refined, then it’s a pretty low bar.

Caravanfan's avatar

@Kropotkin You’re right. I’m a sadist. The video is hilarious.

smudges's avatar

Thanks, @Kropotkin, for warning me. I wouldn’t want to watch that video. IMO, terrifying an animal or a child is abuse, plain and simple.

JLeslie's avatar

No! If I knew something would scare my kids I wouldn’t do it. I don’t even like pranks on adults. Sometimes you don’t know what will scare kids, and that’s something else.

Kropotkin's avatar

@ragingloli That’s actually hilarious.

SergeantQueen's avatar

No.

Let’s traumatize the parents who think it is funny to use harmless characters geared towards kids as a means to scare them. What shitty parenting. In line with the “I ate all your Halloween candy”. Why do you want to intentionally upset your children?

Dutchess_III's avatar

@Kropotkin…you opened one of Loli’s links??? Whuts wrong with you?!

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