Gotta get those tickets!

10 months ago by phudgins to c/lemmyshitpost

bigchungus 54 points 10 months ago

A screenshot of an older The Sims game. A woman is using a desktop computer while her swaddled baby burns on the floor nearby.

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kelpie_returns 2 points 10 months ago
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loutr 46 points 10 months ago

Still better than the morons who took their baby to a Taylor Swift concert...

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volvoxvsmarla 37 points 10 months ago

That's moronic, not gonna lie, but I just want to say, man, being the first one in my friend group to have had a kid, it was bonkers what I was invited to, with all seriousness. Concerts, house parties, clubs,... When I pointed out I have a 3 week old baby it was "just leave it with their dad for the night!" When I told them it was a fully breastfed baby it was "oh then just bring the baby! It'll be fun!" When I tried to point out that I am exhausted, recovering, and am using any minute that I don't tender to the baby to sleep - as did my partner - I got "oh wow I thought they mostly sleep lol, well ok then maybe next week at that other house party at the other end of the city? It will be full of people you don't know and it starts at 10 pm, there will be beer but you can bring some hard liquor!"

So, to heavily play devil's advocate, maybe these are new parents that were pressured into being cool and staying the same despite having a baby... By outsiders or by themselves.

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Skullgrid 18 points 10 months ago

maybe these are new parents that were pressured into being cool and staying the same despite having a baby

And the baby is on the floor because...?

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idunnololz 7 points 10 months ago

Babies love floors! /s

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Aceticon 2 points 10 months ago

The floor is the natural environment for babies, hence why they learn to craw before they learn to walk /s

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volvoxvsmarla 3 points 10 months ago

Baby carriers are expensive xD

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MotoAsh 2 points 10 months ago

They aren't called rug rats for nothin

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GreenKnight23 0 points 10 months ago

pretty sure "rug rats" come from how they are conceived....

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Fmstrat 15 points 10 months ago

Concert. Baby. Irreparable hearing damage.

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volvoxvsmarla 2 points 10 months ago

I'm in my city's Share&Care chat and you wouldn't believe how many people keep asking for sound cancelling headphones for their babies because they want to go to some concert

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Passerby6497 3 points 10 months ago

Honestly, props to them. At least they're trying to protect the kid while wanting to do something fun. It may not be the best choice around, but they're at least trying to be somewhat smart about their choices, assuming they bail or find a babysitter if they don't get them.

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kelpie_returns 1 point 10 months ago
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Rooster326 1 point 10 months ago

Would you prefer they do the opposite?

The second I had kids, nobody invited me to anything - even things I could do with a baby like a barbecue in the park.

"Don't invite Troubador, he has a newborn, toddler... Who?"

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gigastasio 11 points 10 months ago
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loutr 12 points 10 months ago

With good ear protection though, or the pain will remain.

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Passerby6497 7 points 10 months ago

....maybe it's just the shows I've been too, but a baby on the ground (not even getting into the fucking LACK IF HEARING PROTECTION ON THE KIDS EARS) is just asking to get the kid trampled ☹️

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kelpie_returns 1 point 10 months ago
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dwemthy 44 points 10 months ago
  • Baby won't fall ✅
  • Baby's neck is supported ✅
  • Mom can see/hear baby ✅
    🚼 Baby is safe

Bonus: baby has an opportunity to acquire the lycanthrope subtype

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Sterile_Technique 39 points 10 months ago
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einlander 30 points 10 months ago

Is that a werewolf or beaver to their left?

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sundray 19 points 10 months ago

The dreaded were-beav!

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ceenote 7 points 10 months ago

It's a weaver! No, wait, that one works...

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ininewcrow 8 points 10 months ago

That's the father

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zaphod 4 points 10 months ago

That's the mother.

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ThunderQueen 7 points 10 months ago
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stupidcasey 2 points 10 months ago

Furry.

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astutemural 17 points 10 months ago

Alright, I'll bite. That baby is perfectly fine and probably enjoying watching their mom Do Things (babies love this for some reason). Obviously not the safest being where you could drop a skeeball on them, but Mom is very aware of that I'm sure. Laying face up on the ground is actually safer than trying to precariously hold them and risking dropping them.

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PeriodicallyPedantic 7 points 10 months ago

Right?

My concern is the cleanliness of that patch of floor though.

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bobo1900 10 points 10 months ago

Kids build their immune systems with dirt.

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PeriodicallyPedantic 4 points 10 months ago

As in go play outside, and be with friends.
Not as in put your face on the arcade floor.

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AngryCommieKender 3 points 10 months ago

The baby is on their back. Their face is pointing up. It doesn't seem to be old enough to crawl away, so I don't think there's a danger of the baby rubbing their face on the floor. The mom stepping on it, kicking it, or dropping an errant skeeball on it accidentally seems plausible.

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astutemural 3 points 10 months ago

For sure. No way I'm putting my kid on the floor at Chuck E Cheese. Just asking for the plague at that point.

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Jessica 6 points 10 months ago

That baby is most certainly not fine! Clearly you have never played skee ball. It is not uncommon for the ball to come back down the ramp or for you to drop one on the floor

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LeninsOvaries 1 point 10 months ago

Skill issue

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qarbone 14 points 10 months ago

I've seen a number of comments coming in defense of the mother but I didn't read the OP as a critique in the first place.

The caption is just a funny "rationalization" for the scenario we're seeing.

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peoplebeproblems 13 points 10 months ago

Look when I take a date to an arcade, she better appreciate skeeball.

Skeeball is like THE arcade game of arcade games. Because after a few rounds it starts to click. And you got your rhythm and your throw. But every slight deviation you get a different result. I love it.

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ThunderQueen 11 points 10 months ago
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Kolanaki 3 points 10 months ago

Outta balls? Throw the baby!

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CatsPajamas 2 points 10 months ago

Safest place for it, maybe?

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