Mwahahahahaha!!!1

[Aayla Secura]

Jeeeeez, you people are out of control. First of all, it's almost certainly an older brother doing this. Did none of you have older / younger siblings growing up? that's part of having siblings, torturing/being tortured, resenting them until you're older, and looking back and laughing.

 

I didn't have any younger siblings so I never go to do that kind of business, but when I was younger our house made a lot of creaks and groans and whatnot, and my sister told me it was ghosts and witches in our walls. I was TERRIFIED, and I CRIIIED and she just laughed at me. She even occasionally jumped out at me from behind doorways to add to my terror. If she'd had one of those screamer websites available to her at the time, I guarantee she would've tricked me with that too.

 

Guess what? I'm not emotionally scarred, I don't resent my sister, and I'm a normal adult. Granted, she didn't post my terror on the internet for the entire world to get a chuckle out of, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have made that much of a difference, I'd still have gotten over it, because eventually we all grow up.

 

Numero Uno: yes, you were not the older sibling, so you don't know.

Numero Dos: I am the oldest and I know you can't push the torchering too far. That was just mean. I would play that prank on my siblings if they were 11 & ^. But for now, they are too younge and so was that kid.

Numero Tres: yes, you would get over it, but at that age, they can't get over it as fast. It could take years. They might have nighmares for the longest time.

[JediKnight707]

Numero Uno: yes, you were not the older sibling, so you don't know.

Numero Dos: I am the oldest and I know you can't push the torchering too far. That was just mean. I would play that prank on my siblings if they were 11 & ^. But for now, they are too younge and so was that kid.

Numero Tres: yes, you would get over it, but at that age, they can't get over it as fast. It could take years. They might have nighmares for the longest time.

 

1.) It doesn't matter if he isn't the older sibling. He still might know.

2.) What's the difference between an 11 year old and a ten year old? What's the difference between a nice year old and a ten year old? Etc...

3.) No, I seriously doubt that he'd have nightmares. Like I said, it's the same has being jumped out of the closet. Like watching a scary movie. You get over it.

[Jae Onasi]

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There's a big difference between a 9 year old and 11 year old in terms of physical, mental, and social development. Check out a growth and development text. Do you really think someone 2 grades behind you in general thinks and acts with the same maturity and intelligence you do?

No one knows if the kid is having nightmares, but if you've ever seen or personally experienced night terrors (multiply a nightmare by about a factor of 100, and you start to get the picture), you know you never want to ever see anything like it again. If it's one of your kids, you know you'll do just about anything to prevent it, even if that means you giving up 'Fright media' for a few years and being mature enough to give up a little 'fun' in order to respect the child's needs to grow up in a safe and trusting environment.

 

Is there someone here who _honestly_ believes that this child somehow benefitted from this experience? Was his life greatly improved somehow? Did the adult have the child's best interests in mind?

The poster even admits it's 'wrong but funny'. Unfortunately, apparently 'funny' outweighs 'wrong' in his small world.

[Reclaimer]

That. Was. Friggin'. Awesome.

 

Classic, pure classic.

[Sabretooth]

I made a PWNED pic just for the occasion.

 

[Aurora Merlow]

I'm sorry it was so cruel but i couldn't help but LMAO. I'm not sure if i agree with playing it on a 11 year old but i've got 3 older brother who used to pull that kinda stuff on me when i was young and you do get over it. All in all it was pretty funny, cruel but funny

[Astrotoy7]

Thanks for those excellent comments Jae. Im pretty sure that any other parent would say the same thing

 

mtfbwya

[igyman]

Sabretooth, man that's sick, why the hell did you do that for?

[JediKnight707]

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There's a big difference between a 9 year old and 11 year old in terms of physical, mental, and social development. Check out a growth and development text. Do you really think someone 2 grades behind you in general thinks and acts with the same maturity and intelligence you do?

No one knows if the kid is having nightmares, but if you've ever seen or personally experienced night terrors (multiply a nightmare by about a factor of 100, and you start to get the picture), you know you never want to ever see anything like it again. If it's one of your kids, you know you'll do just about anything to prevent it, even if that means you giving up 'Fright media' for a few years and being mature enough to give up a little 'fun' in order to respect the child's needs to grow up in a safe and trusting environment.

 

Is there someone here who _honestly_ believes that this child somehow benefitted from this experience? Was his life greatly improved somehow? Did the adult have the child's best interests in mind?

The poster even admits it's 'wrong but funny'. Unfortunately, apparently 'funny' outweighs 'wrong' in his small world.

 

Listen, I've had my fair share of night terrors. For a while, I was afraid of my own shadow. But, I didn't blame the person that put it on me. After a few days of sulking, I looked back at it, and I started laughing.

 

The child probably did not benefit from that particular situation, but I don't think he lost as much as your making it out. Of course, his life wasn't greatly improved (least not yet). And (I assume that you have kid(s)) are you saying that you have never done anything that was harmful for a kid? The parent probably regrets doing it, but -like many things- I'm sure he would still do it.

[MTV2]

http://www.youtube.com/w/Arm-Guy-vs.-Little-Guy-II?v=t_h4pqYP8fw&feature=PlayList&p=FAFABCC2A8D5E786&index=7

 

^^stupidist thing ever

 

though that prank was funny, it was mean, yet funny...

[Det. Bart Lasiter]

Sabretooth, man that's sick, why the hell did you do that for?

Because teh kid got pwned.

[Commander Obi-Wan]

http://www.youtube.com/w/Arm-Guy-vs.-Little-Guy-II?v=t_h4pqYP8fw&feature=PlayList&p=FAFABCC2A8D5E786&index=7

 

^^stupidist thing ever

 

though that prank was funny, it was mean, yet funny...

 

What was the point of that?

[JediKnight707]

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/15352/Guy_Pranks_His_Friends.html A compliation of reactions (there's a little bad language)

[Jae Onasi]

Listen, I've had my fair share of night terrors. For a while, I was afraid of my own shadow. But, I didn't blame the person that put it on me. After a few days of sulking, I looked back at it, and I started laughing.

 

The child probably did not benefit from that particular situation, but I don't think he lost as much as your making it out. Of course, his life wasn't greatly improved (least not yet). And (I assume that you have kid(s)) are you saying that you have never done anything that was harmful for a kid? The parent probably regrets doing it, but -like many things- I'm sure he would still do it.

 

Yep, am a parent of a couple kids. One of them did have night terrors when he was pretty young. I could guarantee if he saw something scary earlier in the day, he was going to wake up that night. He wasn't old enough to assign blame for the terrors. My choice was to play really boring games (to me, not to him) and watch really boring videos for awhile til he outgrew the terrors, or be self-centered, watch or do what I wanted, and just let him have the nightmares and wake up terrified. It was one of those times where I had to step up to the plate and do what was right, which was doing what was best for my child and playing games at his level or watching endless repeats of Veggie Tales (I got a lot of reading done.... ). It was one of those seasons in life. It didn't last forever, and he's long over the nightmares. I'm not saying I'm a perfect parent--no one can be. There's not much worse than looking into your child's eyes and realizing you were the one that caused that pain. There have been times where I've had to take stock of what I did and go apologize to my kids for doing something wrong. However, I've learned from those mistakes, and hopefully have become a better parent for it.

 

I work in the medical field, and have had the unfortunate experience of seeing abused kids and reporting those cases to appropriate authorities, which is one of the reasons why this has such a visceral feel for me. I don't care how 'funny' it seems to some, intentionally hurting a child, either physically or emotionally, is just wrong. If the video had shown an adult being pranked, I wouldn't care as much, since adults (theoretically) have the capacity to understand the joke and the resources to deal with it appropriately. Kids that are Justice's age aren't always mature enough to understand it entirely properly, and they haven't grown enough to have developed the resources to deal with that level of fear.

I don't know how much Justice was hurt by that incident, or how long he was upset by the whole thing. All I know is what I saw, a terrified kid being filmed by a guy who thought it was more important to keep the camera rolling than to go take care of the kid. We'll never know what he internalized from this experience, although at the very least I'm sure he's going to be quite wary if his 'stepfather' brings out a video camera again (if he hasn't lost a lot of trust in this man entirely). I suspect that since the stepfather put the video on the web and hasn't yet acquired the good sense to pull it from the website, his level of regret over the incident is either minimal or nonexistant. If you're going to be a kid's stepfather, this wasn't exactly one of the better ways to start building a relationship with him.

[JediKnight707]

I work in the medical field, and have had the unfortunate experience of seeing abused kids and reporting those cases to appropriate authorities, which is one of the reasons why this has such a visceral feel for me. I don't care how 'funny' it seems to some, intentionally hurting a child, either physically or emotionally, is just wrong. If the video had shown an adult being pranked, I wouldn't care as much, since adults (theoretically) have the capacity to understand the joke and the resources to deal with it appropriately. Kids that are Justice's age aren't always mature enough to understand it entirely properly, and they haven't grown enough to have developed the resources to deal with that level of fear.

I don't know how much Justice was hurt by that incident, or how long he was upset by the whole thing. All I know is what I saw, a terrified kid being filmed by a guy who thought it was more important to keep the camera rolling than to go take care of the kid. We'll never know what he internalized from this experience, although at the very least I'm sure he's going to be quite wary if his 'stepfather' brings out a video camera again (if he hasn't lost a lot of trust in this man entirely). I suspect that since the stepfather put the video on the web and hasn't yet acquired the good sense to pull it from the website, his level of regret over the incident is either minimal or nonexistant. If you're going to be a kid's stepfather, this wasn't exactly one of the better ways to start building a relationship with him.

 

I understand that you have seen children that have been abused. But, it seems to me that you have a biased opinion. I don't think that the parent intentionally hurt him. Well, he did, but if he knew that the kid was going to react that badly, I'm sure he wouldn't have done it. I agree, kids that age aren't always devolped enough for this particular fright, but we don't know if maybe he is devolped enough. Maybe, he is already looking back at it laughing.

I don't think the man kept the camera going for the sake of more laughs, maybe he was more focused on the child. The kid already trusted him enough, did you notice that the kid went right to him after seeing that?

[Jae Onasi]

I understand that you have seen children that have been abused. But, it seems to me that you have a biased opinion. I don't think that the parent intentionally hurt him. Well, he did, but if he knew that the kid was going to react that badly, I'm sure he wouldn't have done it. I agree, kids that age aren't always devolped enough for this particular fright, but we don't know if maybe he is devolped enough. Maybe, he is already looking back at it laughing.

I don't think the man kept the camera going for the sake of more laughs, maybe he was more focused on the child. The kid already trusted him enough, did you notice that the kid went right to him after seeing that?

 

Of course I have a biased opinion. All opinions have some bias. Neither of us has to agree with the other's opinions in order to enjoy a good debate.

 

You have had the good sense to realize that maybe this wasn't something good to do to a kid that age, and you've not quite reached adulthood like Stepdaddy dearest. If Chad was remorseful about his action, he'd have never put the video up on a public site for people to laugh at in the first place.

[Sabretooth]

Sabretooth, man that's sick, why the hell did you do that for?

 

Believe me, that's nothing compared to the other PWNED pic I made, of the kid crying profusely with his mouth open.

[Astrotoy7]

Believe me, that's nothing compared to the other PWNED pic I made, of the kid crying profusely with his mouth open.

 

lolz....maybe if you get mugged one day and someone gets a photo we could make a PWNED pic of someone beatin your scrawny ass

 

I definitely hope that would happen to the stepdad tho...what a scumbag

 

I think the kid's been humiliated enough, funny or no

 

mtfbwya

[Sabretooth]

lolz....maybe if you get mugged one day and someone gets a photo we could make a PWNED pic of someone beatin your scrawny ass

 

Sure, but my life has become so used to such humiliation, it wouldn't matter anymore. I killed my conscience a long time ago, Astro. I'll take the humiliation and then take revenge.

 

PS. I suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder.