r/SipsTea • u/jaywritethekid • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Bruh...

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u/mefree1960 22h ago

Unpopular opinion: Our children are gifts, they are the future, not here for our amusement or to be terrorized. This is pathetic.

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u/Impressive_Reality18 22h ago

I feel the same way. I don’t like when people intentionally scare their kids for laughs. I hate it actually.

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u/Shoo_Fly314 18h ago

People have been telling ghost stories for eons.

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u/Correct_Chemistry_50 17h ago

Yeah, and the horrors that kids see from stories is limited by their experience, so the stories are 'muted' by comparison of what an adult could imagine.

This is straight up terrifying kids beyond what they could imagine. It's cruel.

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u/Shoo_Fly314 17h ago

my mother read the Brother's Grimm to me as a kid. it was terrifying. I do not disagree with you. I had lots of fears of ghosts and creatures as a kid.