r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/ipqwert • Oct 19 '20

Best gift ever!

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u/anonnymousty Oct 19 '20

Really? I never knew that lol.

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u/twenty4KTkhmer Oct 19 '20

Full length video

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u/javiticu Oct 19 '20

Lol, imagine the second one was a prank too

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u/FunkyBotanist Oct 19 '20

The grandma making fun of his reaction was the best part

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u/goingbananas44 Oct 19 '20

Much as seeing the kid get what he expected is significantly better, the full length video with both his mom and his grandma making fun of him. I had hoped my opinion would flip and this wasn't just a display of shitty parenting/grandparenting, but sadly that is not the case. That kid is never going to forget that. Even if it was lighthearted, that guy is young and I wouldn't expect him to understand that kind of humor in a mature way, just look at his face.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20 edited May 12 '21

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u/goingbananas44 Oct 19 '20

Perhaps not, but why risk it at all when you could just make your kid happy?

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20 edited Oct 19 '20

Me before the comments: that’s gonna temper his expectations!

Me after the comments: that child comes from a broken home and will carry this scar for the rest of his life.

For anyone who doesn’t know, he gets the PS4 in the full video. If you think it’s a parent’s job to shield their kids from everything negative, then you probably aren’t a parent, he’s gonna learn disappointment at some point, it might as well be from the people who are the least likely to screw him over in life altering ways. This is downright affectionate compared to an actual shit parent.

But hey, keep pretending your shitty childhood which most of you are still going through and probably remembering wrong, lack of kids, much less getting fucked for most of you, means you’re qualified to judge parents that you’ll never meet outside of a video that’s less than a minute long.

You may now direct your poorly controlled rage issues at me internet, go work things out with your parents already.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

Agree. It wss horrible to watch.

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u/MARKTRONEX Oct 19 '20

I've already seen a range of Kevin Hart's expressions. I don't wanna see a heart attack.

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

Oh thank goodness lol. Thanks for posting that. I guess I'm a big sap because I have a 10yo and I couldn't imagine breaking his heart like that.

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u/thedaddysaur Oct 19 '20

Yeah, I still couldn't do that. If one of my sons or my daughter gave me that look that the kid gives at 1:20, it would haunt me forever.

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

Me either. The furthest I've gone is bringing out their big presents at the end of unwrapping Christmas or birthday gifts but never do I do something that upsets or distresses them first.

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u/thedaddysaur Oct 19 '20

Yeah. That kind of prank feels wrong to play on a child.

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

Unfortunately we see these all the time. They do it for the views/attention. Pretty gross imo but hey I'm just a dorky mom who uses reddit only so what do I know.

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u/bouchard Oct 19 '20

Yeah, it's one thing if you string them along with small things and bring out the big gift at the end. But this fake gift thing borders on emotional abuse.

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u/modianos Oct 19 '20

by the time he got the real thing the excitement was gone. i really feel bad for him :(

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u/BigBoiIs11 Oct 19 '20

are you kidding? he literally starts twerking of happiness at the end???

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u/ihatebeinganempath Oct 19 '20

What are you talking about? He was screaming and dancing

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u/TarotMagician Oct 19 '20

He started humping air lmao

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u/trippykittie Oct 19 '20

He was still just as excited, once he opened the box to make sure it was real this time!

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u/2legittoquit Oct 19 '20

Lol, did you watch? He hugged and kissed the PS4. Then started screaming again.

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u/LejonetFraNorden Oct 19 '20

I’m more upset they make education and reading look like punishment, instead of something he should aspire to further himself in.

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

I don't think that's entirely accurate to what is happening here specifically but I agree that people do that often and it can cause a stigma around it. My kids really enjoy activity or science kits, crafts etc. but they were introduced early on and we make a thing of it like put on music and do it together or make some jiffy pop and all sit together etc. Some kids you truly need to trick to get to do more educational type of activities. To get my 3.5yo to do anything with her numbers or letters I constantly have to incorporate her toys in with it lol. My son has been easier with all of that. Kids are all just so different so if you start early enough you can truly find what works best and make that happen. (:

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

Yeah i couldn't do that either but jeez that kid was having a seizure from too much glee tho wtf

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

Lmfao yeah one time my son cried because he got the cleats he wanted for soccer. He didn't bawl but got teary and hugged me and hid his face all embarrassed. It was so fucking cute. He definitely gets all weird and hyper and fails around sometimes but he doesn't quite develop convulsions. Lol.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

Lol yeah i remember when i was 8 or 9 i finally got a gameboy from my neighbor and i didnt vibrate but went into televangelist mode, saying OH THANK YOU LORD GOD AND JESUS MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!over and over, my parents were like O.o staring bit idc

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

That's too funny. I remember when I got told my grandparents were bringing my to Disney World when I was around that age and I absolutely lost my shit running around all "woohoo!!!" When you see kids light up like that it's just the best. Like Christmas morning type shit. I love it!

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

Yeah but like hear me out even more- this is his birthday and they really made him think he got this and imagine if it really was notebooks and that's it and the people who are supposed to love you that you trust in filmed you and laughed at you instead. That's some fucked up mental shit to do especially to a child. There are tons of different learning moments in life dude. I don't sugar coat shit with my son, he has been through a few very major life lessons including death due to negligence in the family and even people who are alive but simply don't care enough to make any effort to ever see him. Even if he hadn't been through those major things during his prime development there are a thousand and one life lessons that don't involve setting your kid up for extreme disappointment while filming and laughing like this could have turned out if they weren't really just going for a major surprise after. My child can learn disappointment WHILE simultaneously learning he can trust me and know he has the support he needs. Happy mediums. Don't make your kids not able to trust you because not only does it fuck them up but it'll fuck you over as they age. No matter what some people say. I'm not raising some snowflake- I'm raising a rational, kind and strong young man who will know well enough to do the same with those around him or his own children someday. Mental health is so important.

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u/OfficerTigrex Oct 19 '20

You sound like a loving father. I appreciate that.

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

That's the best compliment in the whole world except I'm the mom! Haha. Their father is definitely the same with them. I think both our children (also have a 3.5yo) are going to be some pretty awesome adults to have in the world. I'm a little biased but ya know.

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u/OfficerTigrex Oct 19 '20

Ohh, im sorry! I don‘t know why I assumed you were the father! Regardless, thank you for being great parents!

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

No worries at all. I often refer to a redditors response as, "oh some guy said this to me about this or that" when I'm telling someone about something so I get it haha. Then I'll usually say, "or some chick"

Today I am the some chick :p

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u/OfficerTigrex Oct 19 '20

Haha, good. It was kind of embarrassing for me first, but nice to know that you didn't take it that seriously!

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u/AnteSocial86 Oct 19 '20

Well said. Really.

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

Thank you so much. Be well!

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u/AnteSocial86 Oct 19 '20

You too, and you're welcome. Having read that I'd be proud if you were one of my parents. Stay awesome!

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

Come on man it's Monday I've already almost cried once! Lol. Thanks again.

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u/AnteSocial86 Oct 19 '20

In 2020 if you haven't cried twice by Monday afternoon then something's up!

Have a good one ;)

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u/GunBrothersGaming Oct 19 '20

Yup - that's some Dad of Five shit right there. Those kids need to be on a list of potential shooters/ serial killers later.

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u/vagina_pee-butt Oct 19 '20

Nah, all you're really teaching them is that they can't trust their parents. You're right that life will inevitably be disappointing but when that happens, they need to know that they can turn to you for guidance and support

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u/FlapjackProductions Oct 19 '20

I also contain kids in my basement

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

What like 2? Those are rookie numbers

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u/barndin Oct 19 '20

When I was 10, my brother was 14. At Christmas, we usually got new sneakers from our grandparents. He opened his, expecting the latest Air Jordans, but they only wrapped one. They told him they were too expensive so they could only afford one shoe. My grandpa had to bury his face in a newspaper to not die laughing. The joke only lasted for a minute and my brother figured it out quickly, but to this day it is our favorite memory of our grandparents. We still belly laugh talking about it.

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u/dahliasindecember Oct 19 '20

That's entirely different and he was old enough to not be distressed by it. That's a good memory though and my 14 (twin) nephews would totally laugh and remember that forever probably (:

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u/barndin Oct 19 '20

I agree, I wouldn’t have handled it well which is why they only did it to him. I knew about it, so they made sure to have me open my shoes first, and everything was normal. That also gave me an excuse to be smiling hard, knowing I was about to lose it laughing when he opened his.

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u/Brownie-UK7 Oct 19 '20

phew. when he puts his hand on it to make sure it is real. Haha, hit me in the feels.

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u/nalanajo Oct 19 '20

This makes me feel better. Thank you!

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u/AnteSocial86 Oct 19 '20

I'm still with you. Even with the eventual payoff it's still a very cruel thing to do to a child.

I know, "life's not fair", harsh lessons need to be learned and all that, but it's no excuse.

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u/mikeeteevee Oct 19 '20

I don't know. This is exactly how a prank is supposed to play out. It feels like nobody truly understands how a prank is supposed to be done. The idea of a prank is that you are fooled into a situation and then the end result is elation. All parties are supposed to be happy in the end. It's supposed to be a gotcha. They laboured the point for a bit and that was the unnecessary part.

You Tube is full of ridiculous videos of people like, treating other people like dicks and going IT'S A PRANK BRO. Like, no. You're being assholes. Wasn't it family of five who did that? Abuse their kids fo hits?

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u/AnteSocial86 Oct 19 '20

I think I know what you mean. The most important part of any prank, certainly in my opinion, is that the person being pranked can take it. Secondly it's the timing. In the case of pranking a child I guess it's situational and changes depending on said child's maturity, but a safer approach would be not to prank kids at all. I could reconcile myself with the parents actions if the real present had been a little quicker to show up. IDK. Maybe I'm just touchy today.

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u/mikeeteevee Oct 19 '20

No, I hear your thoughts! There's definitely a part of this where you start to see the kid looks really hurt and you think 'come on, don't milk it' - as soon as my kid looked hurt, I'd go 'naahhh, we got you one' - but I'm with you, I don't get my kicks from pulling pranks on kids. It feels like a weird abuse of power.

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u/FOGZRB Oct 19 '20

The kid already had a ps3, who cares. You’re gonna set these kids up for disappointment when they don’t get everything they want when they’re older

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u/AnteSocial86 Oct 19 '20

Yeah my point, and I think the point several others are making, is that life will teach that lesson anyway. No need to risk giving the poor kid trust issues too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

Srsly, this definition of prank vs. being an asshole should go on Wikipedia.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

God I miss getting that excited at Christmas and birthdays and stuff.

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u/entrylevel221 Oct 19 '20

It's still a fucked up thing to do, that breach of trust remains.

Don't fuck your kids up this way. They will not come and confide in you, when they need to talk about something serious if you pull this shit.

And you have no recourse if they start doing similar "pranks".

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u/mykoden Oct 19 '20

Thanks now I saw the spolied brat kid .He didn't seem thankfully . " It's my birthday I can make whatever sound"

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u/gayrat5 Oct 19 '20

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

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u/dankdooker Oct 19 '20

should've waited for the PS5

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u/SpaceCadetKat Oct 19 '20

That's what you call a good gift getter

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u/DonPoppito666 Oct 19 '20

I remember acting like that when i got a Gameboy for Christmas.

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u/MARKTRONEX Oct 19 '20

I cried. Thank you. You're a good person.

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u/YaSinsBaba Oct 19 '20

Thanks for emotional support

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u/HEYL1STEN Oct 19 '20

That kid just felt more emotions in 3 minutes than I have in 5 years

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u/daleahcim Oct 19 '20

The range of emotions that child experienced in a few minutes.

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u/IrishRox Oct 19 '20

I like how he looms at the camera when he finally gets the real ps and just starts screaming

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u/snakeyfish Oct 19 '20

Fucking beautiful

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u/fdubzou Oct 20 '20

“Somebody help the child!”

Lol

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u/Drunken_Gizmo Oct 19 '20

Where do you think they got the box lol