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Teens accused of putting a crying baby in a fridge and posting the video on Snapchat
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Earthbound64
Banned
At least someone actually alerted the police.
Byakuya769
Member
As a parent, meh.
skullmuffins
Banned
I mean he kinda has a point. Obviously it's still horrible, but putting a baby in a 35 degree environment for a couple of seconds as a "joke" isn't going to do any real physical damage. If they put the baby in there for a longer period, perhaps as punishment for crying or something, that's much more serious. It's not clear how long the baby was in there.
Shao Kahn on the Lawn
Member
There's a way to do this joke without leaving a baby in a fucking fridge.
That's amateur hour. Who puts something in the oven without preheating it?
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Eh, my older brother and sister used to spin me on the lazy susan when I was a baby. Family are assholes to each other. I'd consider closing the fridge door and/or snapchatting it is too far though, teens should know better.
Teehee.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
If nothing else at least they're dumb enough to record the crime.
Netherscourge
Banned
As a parent, I'd press charges and demand they do jail time. Don't give a damn if one was my niece or my sister or any relation.
Fuck that. Sticking my baby in a fridge as a joke?
Get the hell out of here.
I'm glad they got arrested. Hope they enjoy being stuck in a jail cell.
Fuck that. Sticking my baby in a fridge as a joke?
Get the hell out of here.
I'm glad they got arrested. Hope they enjoy being stuck in a jail cell.
17 Seconds
Banned
jail time for this? come on son
Personally I would prefer the parents handle it. If the 90's taught me anything it's that locking kids up does fuck all but limit future opportunities, well after they learned the error of their ways.
If it were my kid that did that I would rain hellfire upon him, there would be a reckoning, after which he will have learned his lesson without dealing with a fucked up justice system that doesn't give a single fuck about correcting behavior.
Seriously, jailing teens for stupid shit is not the answer and never has been.
Astral Dog
Member
What if it was your daughter?
social media was a mistake. on the one hand, putting a baby in the fridge for a short period of time is probably harmless. On the other hand, fucking why do you even have to do this dumb shit?
could've been worse, he could have pushed you down the stairs.
could've been worse, he could have pushed you down the stairs.
Hitlersaurus Christ
Banned
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i guess that would only work with the freezer though huh
Was it The Left Overs, because that was the show that taught me Fridges were air tight. Would never have given it much thought otherwise
H.Protagonist
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Fucking hell. Forget about just the cold or being stuck in the dark suddenly. If those idiots had left that baby in the fridge for even a short amount of time it could have suffocated to death. Kids used to die all the time in fridges before they passed a law making it required that it could be opened from the inside. No help to a baby.
disappeared
Banned
Yeah but who cares about that when there's potential temporary internet fame.
No shit, when I was growing up I never had the slightest intention of doing any of this stupid crap teens do nowadays.
Wtf is wrong with the youth?
People have always been idiots, it's just that now we get to see it more often because of social media and cameras.
H.Protagonist
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That's why I'm even more horrified. The whole fridge death thing was still an issue/highlighted when I was a kid, but today? I bet you they had no clue. Scares me to think about if they had left that baby in there for even a minute.
This kind of stuff really makes me feel old. Like, just...why? I know it's all stupid behavior amplified by social media and the internet, but jesus. Some of it's just beyond the pale.
I guess...but do people not have common sense anymore? It just baffles me to no end.
You didn't, others did. A portion of the population has always been dumb/twisted in the head. If you think teens haven't done dumb shit since the dawn of humankind, then you might want to educate yourself on the matter. You just notice it more because these things go viral nowadays & are spread all over the interwebz worldwide.
That said, current society slashing mental healthcare, education etc. budgets doesn't necessarily help with matters. Still, it's not necessarily because of that that some teens do idiotic stuff like this.
AusRoachman
Member
As HP says above, it's amplified because of the desire to look cool/grasp at internet fame.
Not sure if serious.
You have no idea what levels of subconscious fear this could put on a child that age. Or actual, fully realised fear. Not to mention how children that age are sensitive to light/temperature changes.
I for one would be terrified that I was living out The Omen.
It's not people doing the same stupid shit though, it's people feeling bolstered and encouraged to one up stupid shit for their friends. The bravado that comes with social media is the real issue. 20 years ago you wouldn't do this BECAUSE WHAT IS THE POINT? You can't just randomly show everyone on snapchat, so you and your friend go "Man, it'd be nice to put this annoying baby in the fridge" and have a giggle. Yeah, that's also stupid, but tis' a far fucking cry from actually doing it.
That's what social media adds to the equation, not just 'oh people did this and didn't get caught'
Yes, it's amplified. People have always had this idiotic potential though, which was my point.
Subpar Scrub
Banned
Agreed.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Septimus Prime
Member
Infants are really, really fragile.