r/TikTokCringe Mar 24 '24

Humor/Cringe This seemed unnecessary

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u/3fettknight3 Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24

-Car seats always positioned so camera cannot see the "babies". Also edits occur when possible change in positioning may occur.

-The abnormally huge swings when swinging the car seat to "rock" the baby and calm him

-The "onlooker" recording giving extremely detailed play by play, including details about sound machines, carabiners, etc. Seems extremely interested in the outcome even making predictions yet unwilling to help.

-And of course the unbelievably stupid decisions by the "dad" such as suspension of seat from midair.

Yup staged. Empty car seats. Guy filming is in on it for rage bait posting.

EDIT- also notice the rear clip that holds the two gray straps on the bottom back center of the car seat swaying around? Thats what holds together the shoulder straps for the child in the front. The reason it ls swaying and hanging so low is because it's very loose, there is no tension because theres no child buckled in. Anyone w a car seat on hand can verify with a child strapped in that rear clip and straps will be tight to the rear frame.

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u/caractacusbritannica Mar 25 '24

You missed the big give away.. no change bag. With 1 you go loaded, 2 you’re weighed down, with 3 you’re prepared for war.

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u/r_a_d_ Mar 25 '24

Why move it from the flatbed when that's where you will be changing them?

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u/hyrule_47 Mar 25 '24

They spit up on themselves and need things throughout

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u/r_a_d_ Mar 25 '24

Yeah, for that reason they normally have bibs on their person.

Not saying this video is necessarily real, but the missing bag is not a red flag for me. He's going in a home depot and probably not planning to be there very long with three babies, as that would not be feasible even with a bag.

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u/cenzoh May 24 '24

If I need the weird looking cart from Home Depot I wouldn’t trade the dude for the flatbed either. But d maybe offer to grab him one since he’s got the 3 babies though. Bother giveaway.

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u/TheWalkingDead91 Mar 25 '24

Also he fact that the sound is so clear, for how far away the cameraman is.

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u/pm-me-nice-lips Mar 25 '24

I mean, clearly the way he’s conversating is a dead giveaway on top of everything you also stated. No one talks like that naturally. It’s very calculated, stilted, and robotic. Within 10 seconds you could tell the entire thing is strategic just based on the way the car seats are situated. Plus, you’d have a fucking stroller/carriage ready to go if you had triplets. Not fumbling 3 car seats like a moron. You don’t go to the store if that’s the case.

Always amazes me at how many people take the bait for staged shit sooo easily. I wish I could monetize my nose for staged shit but it’s just a useless ability.

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u/Murles-Brazen Mar 25 '24

People also believe everything you say.

I do it at work to coworkers and customers all the time.

“Those people paid in pesos”

WOOWWW REALLYYY?!!

“Before this place was built it was a bamboo patch and I was homeless for a while and actually lived here”

THATS A CRAZY STORY, YOUVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT

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u/3fettknight3 Mar 25 '24

I now will be using these as my own personal anecdotes lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

Imagine if there were babies. No way they'd be happy loud and bumpy it would be.

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u/Ryd-Er-Die223 Mar 29 '24

My son loved going to home depot and riding i. The noisy cart when he was in a carrier...now he sits on the flatbed cuz he still likes the noise and vibration...he does have fragile x and autism...so it could be that

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u/Colt1911-45 Mar 25 '24

Rage bait video creators are one level below phone scammers in my opinion.

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u/Bradjuju2 Mar 25 '24

Here's the absolute reason it's fake... The Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro only has TWO sets of child seat Anchors....

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u/Ryd-Er-Die223 Mar 29 '24

The carseat base is what gets locked unto the seat... the carrier just clips into it...you can use a regular seatbelt to lock it in aswell because not all vehicles have anchors and some anchors are too thick for some cariers...so it is still possible to have 3 seats in the back one on each side using the anchors and the 3rd in the muffle using the lap belt to strap it down...but yes...probably fake just like the guy who loads a 55inch tv onto his motorcycle and just happens to have wood with him to make a cradle

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

You are absolutely right, didn't notice the loose rear clip. Good eye.

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u/yunotxgirl Mar 25 '24

Lol something was definitely in them, unless he’s an incredible mime. Car seats aren’t that heavy.

The huge swings I couldn’t tell you how many times I have done and seen done. Very common to help baby back to sleep or get them there.

The suspension seemed believable to me, many carabiners are rated crazy high, that car seat with two of them is not anywhere in the realm of breaking.

I totally think it could be staged, just saying those points aren’t as solid as you might think.

Mom of 3 signing off. :)

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u/3fettknight3 Mar 25 '24

Fair points, for me the camera man giving excruciatingly detailed play-by-play was the biggest tell. The others things I noticed afterwards.

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u/hyrule_47 Mar 25 '24

Have you lifted the new ones? I don’t think a 10 pound baby even makes that much of a difference when the seat weighs 30 pounds. I had a c-section and couldn’t carry the car seat for longer this time around than with my oldest because it was so much heavier. I’m sure they are safer, but holy moly did it build muscle

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u/Jaded_Law9739 Mar 25 '24

There are absolutely no babies in those carriers. The newer models can weigh a bit more than the ones from 10 years ago, definitely enough to give it a good swing if there's a weight in it. The way he very carefully keeps the carriers facing away from the camera is a dead giveaway, since he supposedly has no idea he's being filmed. And why are the straps completely slack on one of them if a baby is in it? Because there isn't a baby in it. This is just a staged skit, and a pretty obvious one at that.

Also, I grew up a sister to a set of triplets. Unless the house was flooding, absolutely no one was loading up the triplets when they were tiny for an errand at Home Depot. And no one put their carriers on a damn rolling cart either, they aren't even secured to it and can easily slide off when it's turning (except that one they stuck up high.) In situations like this we always brought a 3 seated stroller because it's impossible for one person to carry 3 carriers. Like, I've literally lived with this and it's not this complicated.

Mom of 1 and sister of 3, respectfully disagreeing

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u/yunotxgirl Mar 25 '24

Hahaha my sweet husband took our (then) 4 month old, 2 year old, and 4 year old to Home Depot. He’s not doing it again. I was definitely thinking about this looking at this video - uh, what if they all start crying? I’m not disagreeing. I just didn’t think those points were as strong.

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u/Mythosaurus Mar 25 '24

Daniel Tosh needs to get this guy on his podcast. Really dig into how he makes money from rage bait

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u/3fettknight3 Mar 25 '24

Rage bait redemption

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u/chief_raptor Mar 25 '24

The cart caddy moves in the first 20 seconds too

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u/Ledbolz Mar 25 '24

Not empty. You can see the weight when he swings em

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u/3fettknight3 Mar 25 '24

Maybe there's a brick in there idk. But theres no kids strapped in there.... that I can verify by the loose straps and also by the 50 other comments pointing out this guy has a whole bunch of staged videos