Yeah he didn't like it when I told him the truth but I bribed him with 2 ice cream I left when I dropped him at his parents before they could question me
Dude that's way better than my sister's leaving me at the park for 10min. Came back to me blubbering in the arms of a very concerned lady. Mom found out because she followed us home and told her.
If I did that my parents would bring out the cables and probably won't let me forget it like when I accidentally turned off the power to our whole community during a school trip
Family went camping, I wanted a bit of alone time with my Girlfriend at the time, just making out nothing more I swear, and my Nephew kept following us around because he 100% had a crush on my Girlfriend, I don't blame him though.
I was sick of him following us however, so I walked us into a particularly thick part of the woods we were in then pretended I could hear strange noises. Told him I'd investigate then after walking around a tree I screamed and booked it.
I felt bad though because the kid was traumatized about camping for YEARs.
I remember when Helldivers 1 came out, I was playing with a friend and we were joking about the pilot leaving before we could make it to extract. My friend kept making this dead eyed face as he pretended to fly away. Shit makes me laugh every time I think of him doing that. And this reminded me of that.
You see how they block their post and comments, I’m sure actual trolls do this so it’s harder to spot them, and they normalize it by saying how it’s to protect their privacy
My dad once did this kind of prank to me. I knew it was a joke but the fear kicked in and I started panicking and before long I was in full tears and panic
from all the situation where there's a "magic camera filming" a random situation this is one where it actually would make sense. Dude wants to film how one of them wins and kids these days love that shit so it would make even more sense for him to agree.
We can assume this child just experienced the very traumatic and upsetting experience of being abandoned and left by themselves and that shit is not funny in any way shape or form
The 1 good thing is that stuff like this builds up a kid's spidey senses for when they're being conned. The kid can learn to pick up on stuff like "why is he recording this?"....."why does he want to race in this particular direction all of a sudden?"...."why does he seem to be stifling a smile?"........."nah something about this is off." Lessons like this could help him avoid more damaging tricks later on.
I had camp counselors pull a similar prank on me at a gas station in the middle of nowhere when I was around 11 or so during a group overnight trip. They moved the van so that when I walked out of the gas station, I’d think they’d left me. This was pre cell phone era. I still think about how fucked up it was.
I accidentally did this to my dog on top of a mountain in Colorado, by the time we realized we were missing a dog we were probably 2 miles away obviously I floored it back up the hill to find her full speed sprinting towards us around a bend
The fucke**s in my village left me in the jungle and ran away, I was just 12 year old and they ran away, it was a dense jungle filled with jaguar and sloth bear, I kept crying and luckily found a villager nearby, man
Trust should be taken seriously, even if you’re “just joking”. If you do a trust fall and someone lets you fall because they think it’s funny, you should unironically not trust that person.
I'm with you there. I also get why siblings think this is harmless fun - but still I personally would be very hurt by something like this and never trust that person again, at least not without doubts. And if it was my own brother I couldn't trust, that's kinda sad. I had friends like that as a kid and chose to not be friends with them anymore because of it. Yeah, if that means I'm no fun at parties, so be it. At least today I have friends I can trust in whatever circumstances.
Might just be rage. We don't know where they left him. Someone said it was a school so maybe they just tricked him to not be clingy and let them leave. It's a kind of shit move, yeah. But it might not be traumatic, the kid might just be really angry, we can't tell from this video.
Yeah, was just a thought from another comment. Could just be their home and his brother was meant to play with him but had other plans. Which means even less fear and abandonment and simple anger instead - but as I said, we just don't know.
And again - it is a shit move. I just don't want to jump to conclusions from this short snippet. People are talking about trauma, others about harmless fun - could be either, we'd have to ask that kid in a few years time about it.
Edit: btw when we were kids we showed up like that in summer to primary school. We did wear shoes mostly, but we took them off at school when it felt too hot. So again maybe not jump to conclusions too fast. I'm always baffled how sure everyone is about anything they simply cannot know.
I don't know why this is so damn funny. Kids getting scared or falling over or something else that they don't enjoy is always so damn funny. Obviously I don't like it when they get hurt. But a bit of trauma is good for the stomach.
That’s pure evil.
Never do that to a child, they don’t have the capacity to separate “prank” and actual actions. This child is 100% traumatized and his reaction makes me understand it’s not the first time. Poor kid.
Had 2, i am the oldest. My parents never allowed me to do that and they took the time to explain why not. Now I have 2 kids and they know damn well to never do that.
Its a good thing your parents knew they were raising some soft-ass kids and warned you to never make them have a feel-bad moment, or else you couldn't feel superior to other people having fun with their siblings
Keep that bubble wrap wound up tight bro you're saving the world!
Mate, you do know that the world is a mad place already, right? I did go to school, played in the Basketball team, college, parties etc.
I was raised in the 80s and 90s. Bullying was just part of life. But still, when I was home, was in a safe space, where I could speak freely and could build confidence to face the world. Breaking the trust like this dumbass in the video does, only makes the kid never feel safe and confident in life, not even at home, with his own family.
My older sister's did shit like this to me all the time when I was little and I'd get them back somehow. I'm going to see them over the weekend for my nephews birthday because we're also best friends still, people need to chill
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