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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: SoulSurfer]
#5302563 - 02/15/06 10:09 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: AliceDee]
#5302581 - 02/15/06 10:15 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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AliceDee said: i dont see how it could be tramatizing... that little kid is just a pussy... i wasnt like that at all when i was a kid, i was always able to laugh it off when people scared the crap outta me... but if i did that to my kid and he freaked out like that i wouldnt just sit there laughing, i would atleast comfort him and explain to him what it was...
you never had night mares or bad dreams as a kid that your parents couldn't convince you weren't there?
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: goobler]
#5302598 - 02/15/06 10:24 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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not that i remember... i remember having bad dreams but i never thought they were "real"... i never believed in the boogy man, or anything stupid like that..... i never even had to ask my parents about my dreams, i always perceived them as just dreams...
Edited by AliceDee (02/15/06 10:25 AM)
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: AliceDee]
#5302606 - 02/15/06 10:28 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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you are a very small exception
Terror is a powerful emotion in small children and really enacts the primal 'fight or flight' response. It is emotionally scarring to the child , weather it gets repressed or not.
as we get older we can rationalize our fears, but not at such a young age...
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: goobler]
#5302620 - 02/15/06 10:34 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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If this is the worst thing that happens to this kid in his life; I think he'll be fine.
You never had someone jump out from behind something and yell "boo!" when you were younger? Same fight or flight response, same neurotransmitters involved, happens to everyone.
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: AliceDee]
#5302621 - 02/15/06 10:35 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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mean or funny, well scaring kids is not my idea of humor so its mean.- but also a little bit funny, until the kid starts crying. the video might have been funnier if it endet before the crying part.
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: badchad]
#5302644 - 02/15/06 10:42 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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You never had someone jump out from behind something and yell "boo!" when you were younger? Same fight or flight response, same neurotransmitters involved, happens to everyone.
exactly... i guess i just got scared a lot when i was a kid so i was used to it and thats why i think that little kid was a pussy for crying... i never cried when people scared me i always LAUGHED (after my my heart nearly popped out of my chest), and mabye got mad at the person for doing it but thats it!!!!
Edited by AliceDee (02/15/06 10:43 AM)
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: SoulSurfer]
#5302657 - 02/15/06 10:48 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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It is funny *because* it is mean. I laugh hard but the dominant emotion is "Oh God that is so f*cked UP!" in a bad way.
Funnyness doesnt mean approval. I think it's a rotten joke to play on a kid and I laugh because I feel so bad for the poor kid, like I do with some of those "0wn3d" videos.
That kid won't have "nightmares for years".. Nope, he'll probably decide on yet another occasion that he can't trust other people and shove another brick in the wall 
As a kid you try to feel out how safe the world is. This is a betrayal of his trust and judging his extreme reaction its not his first.
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: AliceDee]
#5302659 - 02/15/06 10:48 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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You laughed because you know how funny it is to scare little kids.
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daimyo
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That's why I laughed. That little shit should've got a whoopin for crying.
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: AliceDee]
#5302670 - 02/15/06 10:51 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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i think that little kid was a pussy for crying...
If a young child gets into severe distress this is supposed to evoke a compassion response in adults. Memorize this in case you decide to once have children.
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: Asante]
#5302701 - 02/15/06 11:01 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Wiccan_Seeker said:
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i think that little kid was a pussy for crying...
If a young child gets into severe distress this is supposed to evoke a compassion response in adults. Memorize this in case you decide to once have children.
apparently you cant read... 
"but if i did that to my kid and he freaked out like that i wouldnt just sit there laughing, i would atleast comfort him and explain to him what it was... "
edit: or even comprehend what i meant by "that kid is a little pussy"... next time read before you insult...
Edited by AliceDee (02/15/06 11:04 AM)
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: AliceDee]
#5302780 - 02/15/06 11:23 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Errr when I read that back it's a bit cold, sorry about that one.
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: Asante]
#5302790 - 02/15/06 11:25 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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appology accepted
Edited by AliceDee (02/15/06 11:26 AM)
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Re: Is this Mean or Funny? [Re: Asante]
#5302801 - 02/15/06 11:28 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Now W_C that was funny.
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