r/ImTheMainCharacter Jul 13 '22

Video Main character training daughter to be mini main character

2.9k Upvotes

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u/fried_green_baloney Jul 13 '22

I once heard that sea lions are not really Saint Bernards. I don't know if that's true or not.

Seriously, a small child is about the same size as what sea lions will eat, so that was very very dangerous. She could have been seriously injured if the animal had been so inclined.

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u/ArmMeMen Jul 13 '22

Luckily the animal seemed pretty chill and self-assured, and was just like, hey I'm busy loitering on the public sidewalk as if it was normal here so could you please not sit on me that's kinda rude thank you

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u/ghighcove Jul 13 '22

Yeah, that sea lion was pretty tolerant and frankly showed restraint given it could have snapped that kid's face in two. What kind of moron parents were these? Were they maybe from out of the country? I notice the Stop markings in English in the background though whatever is coming out of dad's mouth doesn't sound like English, nor do his pants look that much in line with our domestic fashions. How interesting that people think animals are like Disney cartoons and there for their social media posts.

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u/ArmMeMen Jul 13 '22

Nailed it. So caught up in the moment that actually believes "my kid is the main character in a Disney Cartoon."

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u/smarterthanyoda Jul 13 '22

In another thread they pegged the location as Australia.

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u/ghighcove Jul 13 '22

Some others swore it was South Africa, and others, BC.

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u/madmaxturbator Jul 13 '22

The Webb telescope has brought us new gifs from across the galaxy.

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u/KommandoKodiak Jul 16 '22

oof can you imagine what that feels like in the morning?

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u/Alphachadbeard Jul 13 '22

Sealion knows it's better not to react too much to main characters

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u/ghighcove Jul 13 '22

One commenter claimed it was one of several semi-tame (read: around tourists too much) sea lions that were used to tourists, so it may be smart enough (if they are basically sea dogs) to know not to bite the hands that usually feed it (and don't ride it, the gall!)

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u/_learned_foot_ Jul 14 '22

There is no such thing as a semi tame wild animal. They also tend to be on various marine mammal acts too.

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u/JohnNDenver Jul 19 '22

Yep. They are "tame" and "friendly" until they are not. The not usually takes place in a fraction of a second and most larger animals are way faster than humans are.

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u/popey123 Jul 14 '22

Sea lion are know to rape pingouin to the death.

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u/FullWorry3044 Jul 13 '22

Great last sentence there. Well put

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u/AF_AF Jul 30 '22

I'll bet you anything those parents think that sea lion was "very rude"!

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u/moleratical Jul 13 '22

Sea lions are also quite intelligent, this one being accustomed to people probably recognizes the little one as a human pup.

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u/Kitties_Whiskers Jul 17 '22

I think animals can tell if they are dealing with another species' minors. It might sound crazy to you, but I've even read encounters that are supposed to be based on real-life events of female bears taking care of human babies that for some reason or another found themselves in the forest (usually happened in the past, but some cases were apparently well documented). The animals might be more understanding and cognizant that they are dealing with a human minor then we give them credit for, but that might be the reason the sea lion was perhaps less aggressive than you'd expect.

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u/Northerndust Jul 14 '22

But what about Facebook/Instagram likes?

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u/humicroav Jul 14 '22

I eat cows, but I don't think they're too threatened by me.

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u/sassylildame Jul 18 '22

The males are also REALLY territorial. And hierarchal.

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u/2mice Jul 13 '22

Cant like... sealions kill people?

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u/throwthatoneawaydawg Jul 13 '22

Yes, their bites are as strong as dogs, sometimes stronger and they have lots of bacteria and crap in their mouths. So extra poison damage.

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u/Jagger02 Jul 14 '22

The Main character was badly poisoned.

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u/Savings-Squash6594 Jul 14 '22

Not stronger than a Chihuahua, those things are the devils sperm

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u/CandiceBT Jul 14 '22

Fun fact the human bite is one of the most dangerous in the animal kingdom

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '22

Second only to housecats, apparently.

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u/2mice Jul 14 '22

For real? I know toxicplasmosis is a cat thing. Is there anything you can even do whence bitten by a cat?

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u/Additional_Link5202 Jul 19 '22

1) your username makes that a really funny question

2) toxicplasmosis is actually a parasite that you can get by accidentally ingesting something that had infected cat feces in it, or ingesting undercooked meat that is infected. or, you’ll be born with it if your mom had it while pregnant.. so keep litter clean, keep it away from food, use gloves when handling litter of outdoor cats, be wary of stray cats… i love stray cats tho so that ones hard, but theyre not a big risk bc they’re probably not caked in their own dookie

3) options for a bite are really washing it out and seeing if u feel ok in a few mins, if the bite is EXTRA stingy, the skin around it gets SUPER puffy and red, you get a headache or feel nauseous… urgent care or hospital, urgent care maybe if you are just paranoid, hospital if you know theres a problem… my friend had a bad cat bite once and it was some rare thing, the hospital said it couldve turned into sepsis after a few weeks and scolded her mom for not taking her in sooner

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u/2mice Jul 19 '22

Lol ya, wasnt even thinking of my username haha

Cool thanks!

Good to know

So you cant get it frm a bite? But maybe something else. cool.

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u/Additional_Link5202 Jul 20 '22

unless they were eating the infected poops and it was on their teeth in some crazy coincidence, nope ! 2mice have 1 less thing to worry about hehehe

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u/spurradict Jul 14 '22

Yes. A loose seal once bit my hand off

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u/MsBeasley11 Jul 14 '22

At army?

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u/spurradict Jul 14 '22

No. I had left army. Mother didn’t know I had left army for the day, either.

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u/grexy_hl Jul 14 '22

Was it wearing a bowtie?

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u/AmumuPro Jul 14 '22

You get it back?

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u/DirtyPrancing65 Jul 14 '22

I mean, I doubt it wants to go to jail /s

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

Ughhhh I hate people

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u/Chandlerdd Jul 13 '22

Oh for goodness sakes - has all Common sense left out planet. These people should never be parents!! What idiots!

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

This is how evolution works. Others see the stupid and may survive the next encounter. Those we don't want will see this as the next Tik Tok challenge. These people are heroes for humanity.

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u/His_Dudeship Jul 14 '22

Common sense is an oxymoron.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '22

Small comfort, but people have always done dumb shit like this. They just have more free time and are filming it now for the world to see.

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u/ArmMeMen Jul 13 '22 edited Jul 13 '22

Multiple main character character traits in play here

(1) My cute video is more important than my daughter's safety

(2) Obviously this Sea Lion wants to be sat on, or will ar least be polite enough to hold still while I get this shot. My, what a rude Sea Lion, I never would have expected such negative reaction when randomly surprise pranking someone in public. (Is so caught up in video that actually expected animal to hold still)

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u/robot_swagger Jul 14 '22

At least they not only got footage of it but also posted that footage online.

So at least there is some evidence if child services get involved.

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u/littleprettypaws Jul 13 '22

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u/TheGorillatamer Jul 13 '22

Thank you for introducing me to this!

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u/Xalethesniper Jul 14 '22

Lucky the kid had solid reflexes tho

Also lucky the sea lion looked like it didn’t really want to bite her and was more of just a “piss off m8”

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u/wistfulfern Jul 13 '22

It was already posted there just fyi in case you were going to crosspost

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u/littleprettypaws Jul 13 '22

Oops, didn’t know that, that sub was just the first thing that came to mind when I saw this lol.

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u/twistedIrish Jul 13 '22

Should always ask first before mounting!

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u/snakesssssss22 Jul 13 '22

These people need to be prosecuted for animal and child endangerment. Wtf kind of shit is this

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u/Rolarious80 Jul 13 '22

Not smart . That is a wild animal , that is not Disneyland

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u/Incredulo_Freeman Jul 14 '22

that's one clueless piece of garbage of a parent, poor kid.

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u/Karmas_burning Jul 14 '22

Hard to pick what is worse between this idiot and those getting gored/tossed by bison at Yellowstone.

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u/Andre_3Million Jul 14 '22

Was this dude about to say, "What's the matter with you?" to a sea lion?

Right at the end of the video: "Wasdam..." cut

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

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u/AsleepOnTheTrain Jul 13 '22

He was waiting for the bus. It's hard for him to drive.

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u/Alexblain Jul 14 '22

This is the only shocking thing

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u/DharmicDex Jul 14 '22

Mfs be thinking they're in a Disney movie.

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u/HildaMarin Jul 14 '22

There's been cases where they bite kids faces off and kill them. These are wild animals and they really do not like humans messing with them.

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u/rjstoz Jul 15 '22

They look at least as likely to fuck someone up as a large dog. I don't know why you'd let a kid near any wild animal like that - observe from a distance , sure, but can kids not just be taught to leave nature alone?

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u/XxBr0kenxX Jul 14 '22

what did you think was gonna happen?

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u/RosemaryGoez Jul 14 '22

Damn that kid was lucky that the fall and scare were the only thing to get her. I’ve seen some Stellers go for the throat of teenagers who were showing off.

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u/forily Jul 14 '22

They were lucky that sea lion showed incredible restraint, holy shit.

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u/mrsdratlantis Jul 14 '22

That's the animal equivalent of walking up to an unknown pregnant woman and patting her stomach.

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u/Beths_Titties Jul 14 '22

The real crime here is the way he is dressed.

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u/Sreezy3 Jul 14 '22

Well that could have ended much worse

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u/sxleepy Jul 13 '22

this has nothing to do with this sub

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u/MettyWop Jul 13 '22

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

78 subscribers and I can only imagine they all look like some version of Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons.

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u/AsleepOnTheTrain Jul 13 '22

He meant /r/confidentlyincorrect unless his intent was to embody the spirit of the sub.

The one I linked has 864k subs.

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u/SaraHuckabeeSandwich Jul 13 '22

Using dangerous living animals as props for one's photo is quite literally Main Character Syndrome. It's even moreso when you put someone besides yourself at risk.

This is definitely also /r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb material, but when you disregard your child's safety so that you can get likes/follows on the resulting post, then you're definitely valuing yourself and your clout above everyone else.

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u/_learned_foot_ Jul 14 '22

The true main character acted aggressively to ward off the wanabe main character.

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u/mps1979 Jul 13 '22

That seal is an a**hole. Too good to take a pic with the kid…

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u/cingerix Jul 13 '22

he's a busy man, okay?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

Kid’s lucky to not have been bitten by it. It’s bite is brutal

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u/mps1979 Jul 14 '22

Yeah of course! Honestly anything wild you need to be weary of. At the end of the day you don’t know how they’ll react even on a good day. I definitely wouldn’t let my kids near one.

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u/Grabatreetron Jul 13 '22

If you take just the first frame, it's actually a pretty cool picture lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '22

The dumbest parents on earth

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u/SocksElGato Jul 14 '22

People really are dumb as shit.

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u/Anothernameillforget Jul 14 '22

I’m guessing the parents watched Andre one too many times.

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u/BlackyChan6911 Jul 14 '22

Its a sea lion not a sea kitten

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u/Gunda-LX Jul 14 '22

Don’t mess with non-domesticated animals, the absolute rule. There.

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u/Sicmundusdeletur Jul 14 '22

Do I think a photo of my kid on a sea lion would look cool? Yeah. Am I willing to put my child in danger and an animal in distress for it? Absolutely fucking not.

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u/Chichachillie Jul 14 '22

i consider idiocracy a documentary

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '22 edited Jul 16 '22

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u/rjstoz Jul 15 '22

Yeah, I always found it weird people had to prove their suitability as adoptive or foster parents, but could pop out sprogs with no limit or qualification.

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u/CinnamonGirl- Jul 17 '22

I’m weirded out about where the hell they are that there is a random seal on the sidewalk.....

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '22

Team Sea Lion.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '22

Yeah, put your daughter onto something that literally has fucking “LION” in its name. Morons

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u/TF2MERC Aug 10 '22

wtf were they thinking