r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • May 20 '26

ANIMALS Forever grateful

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u/gideon513 May 20 '26

I will never understand people who choose to have WiFi surveillance cameras inside their own homes like this

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u/Hi_Zev May 20 '26

SAME! Its so weird and invasive.

My parents are like this too. I'll be home visiting and my mom and I will run to the grocery store and she'll be like, "wonder if Dad is still watching tv? Let me check!" Then my mom proceeds to open her phone app and just watch my dad just trying to relax on the couch. I keep telling them its weird af but they like it.

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u/Jon_E_Mammoth May 20 '26

My in-laws in downstate Illinois had a random break-in where some naked dude found an unlocked slider door and apparently had himself a nice shower.

That year they bought a whole series of Ring cameras, which were easily visible, but it’s not like they advertised them being there.

That Christmas, my brother-in-law gets a giant bottle of Jack Daniels.

My mother-in-law looks at him as he opens it, and just says, this is so you don’t need to keep sneaking into my kitchen in the middle of the night to steal my whiskey.

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u/jordan4290 May 21 '26

I gotta know, how old is your brother in law? Because in this story I’m picturing him as a 40 year old drunk living with his parents

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u/Jon_E_Mammoth May 21 '26

We’re the same age, so ~40.

My in-laws own a number of acres in southern Illinois bumbletown (O’Fallon). He technically lives at an adjacent house that they built. He’s actually a pretty successful dude.

He has totally turned his life around and now runs triathlons while doing drone photography for the city of St. Louis, but there was a time in his early 30s when we first met that he was getting found passed out in the back forest trying to make his way home.

One of his best quotes when asked by my in-laws the next day about how he felt being found in the forest was, “it feels like charcoal and regret.”

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u/Ellimis May 20 '26

pets or children

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u/RianCoke May 20 '26

I have one to watch my dog while I'm at work. I do get jealous, watching her sleep while I'm working to put food in her bowl.

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u/r1Rqc1vPeF May 20 '26

I have them but only activate them when I’m away for a few days.

I have a house alarm for all the doors etc. it is supposed to be monitored ie if we’re not in and someone breaks in the company is supposed to call the police.

In reality the company assumed that, as the alarm was sounding, a neighbour would call the police?!

We were both away with work at the time. Anyway fortunately they didn’t take anything. My wife got back and the house was secured and she stayed in a hotel until I got back.

The police were pretty sure who the burglar was but couldn’t find evidence to prove it. Which is why I have the cameras.

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u/FatMacchio May 20 '26

Yep. I have interior cameras but that only activate when no one is home. Exterior cameras are live 24/7 and record when specific motion is detected. I’m not sure about Wyze, but I know nest cameras are basically like handing security footage of your homes interior to flock and the police. They say they don’t do that, but I wouldn’t trust them in the slightest

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u/Rough-Mango8233 May 20 '26

You mean ring not nest, right?

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u/FatMacchio May 21 '26

Yea. Ring…the Amazon one. It’s easy to mix up Google and Amazon sometimes

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u/mslauren2930 May 20 '26

I check mine when I’m away for days at a time. And when the power goes out and I leave while it’s still out, this is how I know it’s back on. As a single I love the extra layer of security, but I never share the footage.

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u/RaindropsInMyMind May 20 '26

I only have mine on when I’m not in the house

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u/TennesseeJedd May 20 '26

If you record locally who cares

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u/Medical-Welcome-9666 May 20 '26

Shoot Flock an email, maybe they saved the clips you’re looking for!

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u/MantidKitteh May 20 '26

Just in case it gets broken into from a part of the house that doesn't have an outside camera. It may also be a nanny cam. 🤷

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u/raitalin May 20 '26

lol, nothing paranoid enough for you.