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[@EddwardTheSeventhSpaceWizard]

The parents freaking out over animal private parts is so weird. When I was little my mom just straight up told me what those parts were and gave me the real names because if something happened to me she wanted me to have the words to say what. It’s just a part of life and you can totally talk about it in a neutral way. It’s also painfully clear to me that these don’t have a dog lmao

[@oliverc.griffin1304]

I worked at a daycare. During training, we were told about a child who told her teacher that, "Daddy ate my cookie." You can guess what they called her private parts. Children should be taught the proper names for their bodies. Good for you for being a good parent.

[@EddwardTheSeventhSpaceWizard]

@ Yeah my mom was also a daycare teacher and there was one kid called his bellybutton his dingdong but it’s also a common name for private parts. For some reason the kids thought bellybuttons were really cool so having this one kid go “look at my dingdong!” Scared a handful of teachers for a second before they realized it was his bellybutton he was talking about.

[@alecdonaldson8849]

Predators have said in interviews that if their target knows the proper anatomical name of things, they're incredibly less likely to follow through, because exactly like your mom wanted, they can explain what happened to them

[@oliverc.griffin1304]

@alecdonaldson8849 Exactly!

[@SawBSketch]

@@oliverc.griffin1304Holy s**t that sounds like a horrible realization to make in the moment. I hope that thing got resolved and the guy got put behind bars for life 😭

[@lilharm]

“why are there Elves on the Shelf in the Walmart?” “because Santa needs eyes everywhere, there’s lots of kids in Walmart” was that so hard, Military Wife?

[@soxpeewee]

Some people buy elf on the shelf and that's how he sneaks in their house...they think he's just a decoration

[@ConstantChaos1]

"A lot of kids throw tantrums in stores so they pretend to be for sale to keep an eye on things, and it helps them get to homes that don't have one yet, since they are so close" Not their fault you (she) suck at narrative worldbuilding

[@cccoster1281]

"You remember the unicorn made of glass at home? It is not a real one, but it is beautiful. Sometimes people like to have pictures, toys or something like that which represent something they like at home. This are not the real elven, I mean Santa neets the real ones to help him, no?" (prevets the scary "they are always watching me!!!" I had in mind...)

[@barkapibar]

Santa sells his elves to make money for presents

[@seigeengine]

Thinking is hard for some people. These people also tend to be bad at taking responsibility.

[@damienhailey118]

Ain't no kid gonna save up for a console for a year without any idea of the games for it. This is all Mom.

[@Joostmhw]

Yeahhh reminds me a lot of when I got gifted a console from Santa....who also robbed my savings (about 80% of the purchase price) didn't feel like a gift anymore and at that point I'd rather have the pride of buying one myself after saving for so long

[@rolfs2165]

Don't know about the US but in Germany there's no way a child under 14 would be able to buy a 500€ console without a parent/guardian present. (There's no hard legal limit, just "what could a child of that age reasonably buy with their pocket money".) And if she's over 14 - well, that's a learning experience.

[@Verø.6]

​@@rolfs2165which tbh, is stupid. Like, my monthly allowance is 50€ + money on birthdays, Christmas and stuff. If i had that at like age 12, i could have easily bought myself a console within 3 months. (birthday and Christmas are about 3 months apart) If it were something unreasonable for a kid like a 65" TV, then i'd take it. But something like a console, the stuff should be less enforced

[@hallaloth3112]

@@rolfs2165 The only thing I can think of is that MAYBE it was a hobby shop that carries older consoles/games as they tend to have a pretty strict return policy. And the kid was just sent in because 'oh, the console you want is cheaper here! (because its likely refurbished) . . .even then though.

[@elking8373]

I cannot think of a console game for less than $50 unless you get an indie game on the Nintendo shop. It’s a real hit or miss on if it’s the persons thing. (Or used games at Half Price Books like a comment above suggests) Parent is unhinged!

[@aeowrynn7950]

At 6 years old my daughter told me "Santa wouldn't give rich kids more than poor kids and so it must be the parents." Santa wasn't real because he would be fair. I tried to comfort her and everything but it was done from there. Her logic was sound. She is a great kid. She is autistic, logical and straightforward.

[@wartgin]

Excellent logic 👍

[@rockcat5000]

I was the youngest and arround the age of four or five, I had it figured out. But my older sibs convinced me to play along for a couple of years so we all got a few more surprises. Don't know if we really fooled the parents.

[@justanautisticnerd8969]

Honestly this is why my parents only had one gift from Santa as a kid. Basically all the gifts from mom and dad but one of the gifts was from Santa. Honestly I think it should be done more. Because yeah. I agree fully. Santa would be fair.

[@animeartist888]

I was even younger than that when I just straight-up snuck down to the stairs landing and caught my parents putting presents under the tree. LOL! I remember being disappointed, but thinking something along the lines of "yeah, it's the only thing that makes sense" and then I just went silently back to bed while extrapolating that things like the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy must also just be my parents. But I didn't say anything about it to anyone for YEARS, purely because I had a sibling who wasn't as coldly logical (and nocturnal lol) as I was. I waited for her to stop believing before I admitted that I caught them in the act many years prior. Dad thought it was funny!

[@permanentvisitor2460]

That's the autistic superpower. See through bs, and never be able to get easily talked into anything or suckered.

[@EnderBladeswh]

Click, im a minor and have to see my "dad" and grandparents every other week. It takes so much out of me ill just lay in my bed for days when i get home. These videos always make me feel better, even when i have to watch them locked in the bathroom with the volume off. Thank you click, you are truly a lifesaver ❤❤❤

[@christinedanyael]

I am so sorry you’re going through that. I have hope that things will eventually get better for you. Keep on being strong. ❤❤

[@primaryhoodies6386]

I hope you’re able to get out of that situation soon. I wish you the best.

[@ErisIsAnAbomination]

Hang in there, alright? I’m so glad you have a safe space in this channel and I promise you that things will get better one day. 💕

[@StaticDesicVA]

As an abuse victim myself, I understand. I hope you can get out of that soon, I was in the same exact situation almost. Just remember you are not alone❤

[@bigdaddy69420]

Hope you are able to make it out of that situation and are able to find a good coping mechanism that might even be able to make those visits more bearable.

[@Ramberta]

That lady 16 minutes in who went on a whole rant about needing to not feel poor, then turning down FREE RALPH LAUREN CLOTHING and a Michael Kors tote, is actual insanity lmaooo

[@janemiettinen5176]

Her son needed a Gucci purse real bad too..

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

@@janemiettinen5176 Poor Brayden, not being able to rock up with his Gucci purse

[@juliawolf156]

That woman! I mean how picky can one possibly be! Yeah, i too would love for example a Liebeskind purse but i found a Guess worth 50€ (new 170€) and it‘s also wonderful! SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A DAMN MK TOTE FOR FREE! SHE IS MENTAL!

[@Verø.6]

I never understood people who need heavy designer stuff. Like, only designer stuff i'd buy is shoes (aka adidas or nike) cus those shoes last in my experience unlike my old shoes. Anything else, as long as its completly plain and i want it. (Which is by far cheaper than other shirts at my local store)

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I have the horribel supsicion that these might be the same people who are violently opposed to financial aid for homeless people, college without a paywall around it and so on.

[@elizabethburns-gundel1052]

The elf on a shelf at Walmart lady. It seems like a lack of creativity or intelligence on her part that she went straight to "Santa isn't real." You could tell the kid, "Can you get to the North Pole? I can't, and neither can most other families. That's why the elves are here."

[@94DeathAngel]

Right? Like as someone who worked retail, my go to was "you're inability to explain something to your child is not my emergency"

[@transboydork3531]

Fr, like I feel like "Well they come from the north pole originally, but they go to Walmart so they can get to the families that celebrate Christmas easier" would be a decent option, is it so hard to say Walmart/other stores are like the middle man?

[@ruthfischer7615]

"Are you aware of many children need to be watched? It's so many that Santa had to outsource and makes walmart/x help with getting the elves everywhere. Ssssshhhhhh! 😉"

[@opheliaismyname9180]

Exactly, she could've said it was the place the elves went between leaving the North Pole and going to the houses they watch, like a depot where they're matched to the family that need them, like a recruitment agency

[@VictoriaEMeredith]

How about, “I don’t know, honey, what do YOU think?”

[@msmichellewinchester]

To be fair, the post about the child needing designer clothes so he don't get bullied in his school is something I initially thought wasn't completely unreasonable, since this type of bullying is unfortunately very real. But she lost me at the purse 😂

[@jaimicottrill2831]

Yes, me too! Bullying by children for having the "wrong" clothes can be brutal, but it seems she was just looking for a free designer purse. Plus, thinking on it, don't most children in 'fancy' schools wear uniforms? So at most, the kid would just need some cool shoes and backpack.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Yes and know. I think bullies typically go after children who are shy or insecure. I've known kids who didn't gave a hoot about what was hip / in / cool whatever at any given time, and their own clothing choices got immitated. Bullies who want to bully somebody will find a reason, and the little horros who'd bully your kid for not wearing the "right" clothes will bully them just as happily for not being from a rich family or not having an expensive vacation. I doubt that designer clothing would have been much of a protection, and it's pretty clear that the mom wasn't even interested in it.

[@brickbot2.038]

I was thinking the same thing. That kind of bullying is real, and there was a feeling of accomplishment that the Mom and the kid together managed to get him to a nice school, it was a reasonable kind of congratulatory donation, that doubles as a good way to connect with your friends and family, as old clothes hold a lot of stories! But no. it was all about the purse.

[@msmichellewinchester]

@@Julia-lk8jn To an extent yes. But kids also often taget someone who is different from them. And if they gang up on someone, it would take a hell of a lot of confidence to deter them. It sounded to me like it's the kind of school where a kid that is visibly worse off than his peers would stand out. Shyness or insecurity can contribute, but it's not the only cause, plus, most kids are insecure about something.

[@Xanderj89]

Seems a point of shame for her personally, since it’s not about appearing rich if the item is cheap, it being cheap is the factor she’s judging it on regardless if anyone else knows (*she* knows and feels shame for it being cheap) So while that part is definitely more her hang up with assigning personal value and worth based on money spent, it doesn’t preclude that being an issue for the kid too. I’m picturing a more well-off school that they barely got into, with her feeling a need to prove they deserve to be there (with the kid just not wanting to stand out by comparison and would probably be just fine with that purse)

[@RealBoxingBaka]

I haven’t seen anyone mention this before but the fact that Click refers to every blurred city name as “blorp” or something similar is so cute

[@blue_boo3171]

Ah yes, "Blorp," the capital of "Karenlandia," where all the Karens come from. lol

[@RealBoxingBaka]

@ I think the modern name for Karenlandia is just the dump

[@Hampster999]

No one has said it before because it doesn’t need saying, there is no one that disagrees

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

I love “Blorp”

[@coffeezombie6813]

Blorp is the best, most useful NPC ever. Anything you need, Blorp will be.

[@BrambleWitch013]

I'm so gullible. It didn’t even occur to me that the kids might be made up. 😂 I just assumed the parents were using their kids to guilt trip people.

[@94DeathAngel]

I assumed something in the middle, like the kids are real but the stories about the kids and their conditions are fake. Or like when they say the number of kids, I assume maybe it's just one kid but they exaggerated.

[@elaexplorer]

For the piano one, I bet it's someone who has a great spot in their home for a piano that no one will ever touch. They just want it for the aesthetic.

[@andreehobrak1425]

No. the guy wants to flip the piano.

[@reginapopihn9853]

They will come back next spring to ask for the money to build an annex.

[@coffeezombie6813]

@@andreehobrak1425 Except you can't even give pianos away these days. Nobody's buying pianos anymore, he'd be lucky to find a buyer at all.

[@Sabi-qe6wp]

@@andreehobrak1425exactly. I think it’s the case with almost all expensive items

[@AnonJuggerbot]

The one about the toy drive legitimately made me angry. "Try harder"? Lady these people don't buy the toys, they are donations. Its charity.

[@CharlieHorse4363]

Exactly! If anything it should’ve brought to her attention how much poor children get scraps even from charity. The poor are always seen as less than even when kind deeds are done for them.

[@ConstantChaos1]

Yeah, I mean in my community there usually were a few consoles given each year, but that was just because we had some absolutely stellar community members (and one time my family ended up with more X-Boxes then people so one year there were a lot lol) Someone tried this sh*t tho (trying to take when you aren't in need) and they straight up got frozen out of the church and got her pic put up at all the others... let's just say at one point the words "I bet you're too poor to even have a TV to play it on" left her mouth while trying to pull it from an 8 & 12 y/os' hands while using her foot to push the kids so she's lucky to just be a pariah.

[@armie4172]

I mean sometimes there are charity organizations where you buy specific items for specific kids’ wishlist, but this clearly isn’t one of those.

[@TravisH-r8m]

There's no shame in being poor but it's no great honor either. Yada-di-da-da.

[@teresahiggs4896]

Just after Christmas this year 2024j the internet was blowing up with these ungrateful single moms who were complaining a lit what they had received through the angel tree program. It’s the parents that make out the “wish lists”, keep this in mind. And the kids were supposed,y as,I h for expensive game consoles, designer clothing and huge TVs. One women took a family’s tag off the angel tree, and bought over $300 stuff , she said not every single thing that was on the list but most of it. Then she was scrolling and saw the fami,y that recieved her gifted donation, and the mom was just running the items down, complaint becaise her kid didn’t get a expensive switch gaming system…..and was saying “ now you took our tag off the tree so no one will be able to take it and buy my kids everything they wanted. So in the future if you can’t buy the kids everything listed, don’t bother taking the tag. Leave it for someone who can afford to buy my kids everything on their list” . And this was a woman wieh like 3-4 kids and had just had another…..and was a welfare queen and what she had got was a real haul, a lot of toys and warm clothing and shoes for every child. So the lady that donated the stuff made a video talking about how ungrateful these women were and how it’s your responsibility to provide for your kids,you literally have all year to save for Christmas. And that the way you explained to your kids why Santa didn’t bring them the expensive gifts was to tell them Santa couldnt afford it. Or tell them Santa wasnt real of the kids were old enough. People were saying that this is middle class people buying this stuff, not millionaires ! But there wwere dozens of these ungrateful women complaining about what people had donated through the angel tree. And just trashing what they had recieved. I have never seen a worse instance of arrogance and entitlement in my life! It was just the most disgusting thing I have seen. And many people were commenting that they hadn’t realized that this was the response , so weren’t going to donate to angel tree next year. The videos are still on KZbin . The orginal complaining videos were on TikTok, bit some KZbinrs made compilations of the worst of them and put them on KZbin.

[@sandwitchking]

For the console return one, it was probably because they stole it from a different store. They had no receipt, they made up a story about their kid, they're complaining they can't get free money. I worked for Toys R Us. People did that all the time.

[@jokerofspades-xt3bs]

Yeah I fully agree with this one, I knew a friend who worked at a local GameStop and they said in their 6 months of working there they had seen like 2 stolen things trying to be returned every month.

[@ookamiblade6318]

Right I was thinking you have the console there’s freeware, you can keep it until you have enough for the real game

[@94DeathAngel]

Isn't that why they do store credit in the first place?

[@Joolzxox]

True, the guy in the local game store had a no receipt no return policy and used to say if he accepted every return brought in he’d have had more returns than he’d ever sold. People get cheap stuff on eBay etc and try to return games or consoles for full price

[@Narangarath]

@@ookamiblade6318 Exactly. Also, new consoles come packaged with at least one game (which is the sole reason for console exclusive titles existing in the first place) and even if you're buying a used console, most places offer bundles for a refurbished console + 2-3 (possibly also pre-owned, depending on the console) games. And if push comes to shove, there's always the subscription services that give access to a variety of games. If a child in this day and age (back in the day it was harder to be aware of everything available) was saving up to buy this thing for an entire year, they would 100% have been aware of those options and would choose their purchase accordingly. This kind of lie only goes to show that this person thinks (their) kids are idiots.

[@amberdawn868]

What annoys me about the piano conversation is that there are also plenty of people giving away pianos and keyboards FOR FREE! Like if they have a piano they need out of the house but don't want to go through the effort to sell it, they'll legit give it away. That's how my husband and I got a lovely Yamaha piano in my home. You don't need to overspend on a super expensive model, especially for a new pianist.

[@feuerling]

The buyer probably wanted to resell it.

[@Nostripe361]

whenever people ask for a free pet, or get choosing beggar for one, I always get worried about any animal they get. These are living being with needs and can be expensive but some people seem to treat them like toys or accessories.

[@JWildberry]

I always say that the cheapest part of getting dog is the purchase price.

[@forrestfey]

And a white kitten would most likely be deaf.

[@brassbuckles]

@@forrestfey Untrue. I had multiple white cats growing up, and none of those cats were deaf. They all came running to "here kitty kitty" at feeding time. Deafness may be linked to blue-eyed white cats, if I recall correctly, but many white cats have green or yellow eyes, and they tend to be fine.

[@tthemmefatale]

It's one of the reasons smaller pets like fish or hamsters die so often. Parents get their kids a small pet they think doesn't take a ton of work but then the animal isn't actually taken care of

[@Charlieto]

while i understand the concern, its not always that bad. apart from my dog, all the pets ive had over the years i got for free and was able to look after them very well. Vets always commented at check ups about how well and healthy they looked

[@Its_like_the_T-Rex]

27:10 it is 100% a reseller hustle. I once was selling a snow blower and the person messaging me wanted a huge discount because they just lost their job. I asked them why tf do they need a snow blower then? Because she wanted to buy it cheap then flip it for more money. Nope. That's MY money.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Agreed. It's either that of half of all the single moms in the US have founded a cult based on the tenets of "all the world ows our kid a perfect Xmas" . . . . ... come to think of it ... ... you know, ten years ago I would have said that that's of course impossible.

[@BlazeNStar]

When I think of the birthdays of my past, I think "100$ in hotdogs and soda, 5$ for a piñata, 20$ for candy, 30$ in water balloons and silly string, 35$ for a cake, and like 25 kids running around in the back yard squeeling. A party less than 200$, and everyone loved it. My parties were seen as legendary for being like that, and so the year the Wii came out, I got enough money for it that birthday. Good parties can be cheap if you let the kids run wild, hyper from sugar, throwing stuff around and kicking a piñata around like a soccer ball instead of a bat.

[@Moo-2310]

Exactly! Young kids don't care. Junk food, candy, activities and the space to run around and be loud is enough to make some great memories. Even the 'fancy' parties don't need to cost an absurd amount. Most expensive birthday party I've ever been to was my 10th birthday. My parents rented out the local pool with an inflatable obstacle course and a room + catering for the party afterwards. Utterly legendary for kid me and my friends. If I recall correctly it all cost £400-500 in the end. So with today's exchange rate it was at most $621. My parents had to save up for a while, but it was an important age and it meant a lot to me so it was worth it. I don't even know how one would spend 2000+ dollars (£1600+), 3-4x the cost of what I just described, on a party for a kid. Wtf is in the goodie bags, gold bracelets?

[@brag0001]

I don't think I spent much more than 2k on all the birthday parties of both my kids combined. And they are 11 and 9 now, and each had a big party with friends every year since they were 3.

[@Traci2000]

I feel like all the problems around pinatas come from the bat, so letting them kick it around instead is genius! This sounds like a perfect b'day party!

[@Joolzxox]

Same. My parties were balloons, presents, a cake, snacks, icecream, and games. The budget was minimal but we had fun. Kids won’t notice how expensive the food or venue are, they just want fun with their friends and a sugar rush

[@hellochildren3780]

Exactly! My partners younger sister (9) recently had a birthday party and we did home-made among us that the kids, my partner and I loved a lot. They also did a pinata a mix of lollies, cheerio sausages and fruit and it was all also under $200. They also had fairy bread which is a must

[@evieasterwynauthor]

My daughter caught me wrapping presents that were meant to be from "Santa". I had told her we got her 2 or 3 big gifts, and a couple of small gifts (we aren't rich, or even well off). She saw I had much more there than that (I had bought throughout the year to be able to get enough together). Anyway, I thought on my feet and said that "There are so many kids in the world, and poor Santa doesn't have enough time to deliver to absolutely everyone. Sometimes he nominates people who adore Christmas like I do, and he *I looked around to make sure NOONE was listening in* ... well can you promise to keeep this a big secret? Because Daddy doesn't know, because I'm supposed to keep it secret from everyone" She nods and pinky promises me she won't tell Daddy or anyone. "Well, Santa nominates those people to be Super Secret Santa Elves. We sometimes get presents delivered early, so we can help his North Pole Elves to get it all sorted. That way, we can be ready for Christmas day on time, and we can, if Santa thinks he will make it, return his ones to drop of on Christmas night." She was like then and asked "Will you get in trouble for telling me?" and I said, "Well, maybe. But I'm sure Santa will understand why I told you. And hey, if you can keep it a secret that I'm a SSSE, then you might get offered to be one when you are grown up!" She was happy with that explanation. I put *our* presents under the tree a couple of days before, and then she put out her stocking and the cookies, juice (In the southern hemisphere, so Christmas is in Summer), and a couple of carrots for the reindeer (our usual tradition). Santa clearly visited us overnight, because in the morning she woke me up and was bouncing up and down going "Mum! MUM! Santa actually came here! There is so many presents in my stocking!" Best idea ever, and hopefully she can keep her innocence around Santa's existence for a few more years.

[@akitokutikabanae7010]

That's so, so cute ! Thank you for being a super mom, who allows her child to dream. I loved your story that was a master plan ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SamirCCat]

I also think it doesn't have to be considered so dramatic if the child believes or not. I live in Sweden and don't remember believing or not in Santa, but when I was six I saw my dad was dressing up as Santa. He said he would go be Santa at a party that had asked him this favour (he had a good beard). Instead of telling lies or making it dramatic he only asked if I wanted to come as an elf, so I joined in red pyjamas and a Santa hat. It was fun! Christmas wasn't ANY LESS special for me just because I knew Santa wasn't real. It was fun to play dress-up, and everything about Christmas was magic any way. So don't think it's a disaster if you child doesn't believe in Santa. If they ask, they might be old enough to know. I think it hurts more to desperately lie to them when they're getting older and more sceptical, than to simply tell the truth with well-chosen words, and then ask them to help dress up as Santa and elves. It doesn't have to be real to be magical!

[@kristipearce4819]

I love this!! I don’t do Santa for my kids, because I have a very forgetful brain, and I’m not good at coming up with explanations on the spot. I would hate to break my kids’ hearts, so I just explain that Santa is like a mascot for Christmas, and it’s okay for other kids to believe, because it can help them feel the Christmas spirit. When I tell people that I don’t “do Santa” in our house, a lot automatically assume that I’m “judging them for lying to their kids” or whatever. I’m just tryna be a good mom to my kids, I don’t have time to judge others!😅

[@catbevis1644]

I became a victim of one of these. I was at a work Christmas party and one of the staff was chatting to me and found out I was single, childfree, living alone etc (just general chat). A mother of six kids happened to overhear the conversation without joining in, just kind of... staring at those of us who were talking. I recognised her from work but she worked in an entirely different part of the building and we'd never actually spoken beyond being vaguely introduced, so I was very surprised when she added me as a FB friend the next day. She only had about 30 friends on there, and looking back through her posts it seemed they were all general stuff about her kids etc. Just made me more confused why she'd decided to add me when we didn't know each other. But then within 24hrs of adding me, she started posting long rants about how people without kids need to provide her with stuff to help support those bringing the next generation into the world, since childfree people are sooo selfish. She even made really specific demands about the things she "NEEDED" to have because she was a poor single mum and people who are "rich" should buy them for her as a favour... not like needing some groceries to feed the kids or anything- no, things such as a running machine and a £300 coffee maker (I was on minimum wage and even £5 for a jar of instant coffee was a bit pricey for me lol). She literally included links to websites of what she wanted bought for her. I just ignored these posts for about a week as her demands gradually became more and more unhinged about "selfish people reading my posts and not offering to help a poor single mum" etc etc. Then I blocked her and never spoke to her again.

[@PDragonBabyUO]

how entitled can a person get 💀

[@GravityButterfly]

Sounds like you never spoke to her at all. Good call.

[@lydiaboll2872]

A single mom of six children? Where the fuck is dad? (Unless he’s dead, in which case my condolences). Like, what?

[@susannairisastarte5192]

😂 yikes good on you. Happily child-free by choice at 55.

[@catbevis1644]

@ I had previously heard that she was under 30 and there were four different dads. It came up in office gossip way more than was appropriate and every time it happened (before the FB thing) I'd chew people's ears off about being judgemental. Like I mean, she was a working mum right, give her a break, she's trying. In hindsight I think maybe they'd also been victims of her begging and that's the reason they were so rude about her character. Whether their gossip was real or purely a snobbish supposition based on her attitude I never found out.

[@CREN13Queen]

I will never get over the mother who lost her shit at the cinema when she couldn't get four tickets together for a brand new film at the start time. She screamed at us that we'd ruined her son's birthday while the kid behind her mouthed 'I'm sorry' at us. Poor kid having her for a mother.

[@waffles3629]

Ugh, I've been that kid (and grandkid), and yeah, it sucks. Nothing like being stuck in a restaurant mouthing "I'm so sorry" because your grandma is trying to get *every single employee fired* because they wouldn't refill the appetizer. She didn't want **another** appetizer, she wanted a **refill** "because refills are free". She started out demanding the server fire themself, which they informed her they literally couldn't do, then demanded the manager give her a free appetizer as "compensation" for...being denied a free appetizer. Which was obviously denied, so she demanded the manager fire the server and themself, which the manager refused to do stating the employee did nothing wrong and that you can't fire yourself. Not good enough, she wanted the owner to fire **everyone who worked there*!!* Which, surprise, also didn't work. Yeah, that was the last time I went out to eat alone with her. Got dragged along by my spawn points, but refused to go alone.

[@The_Dark_Lord_Sauron]

Yk its bad when the kid acts more like an adult than the adult

[@acelibrarian]

I think I also met this woman. She tried to get me fired 3 times over for poor customer service when I gave her exemplary service in the face of continued yelling throughout. Her daughter came in later and apologized and asked if she (the daughter) would be banned because of her mother's behavior. We told her heck no, but her mom might be. I felt so sorry for the daughter, having to live with that 24/7.

[@waffles3629]

@@acelibrarian ugh, when I worked at a pool someone tried to get me fired "for looking shirtless". I wasn't shirtless, and even if I had been it still wouldn't have been a fireable offense. I mean my shirt was close to my skin tone, well if you squint till the point your eyes are completely closed. My boss "very helpfully" offered an easy solution to not have to see me- don't use our pool.

[@acelibrarian]

@@waffles3629 sounds like a great boss! I can see how the person might make a mistake like that- I have a swimsuit top that is red and white stripes. According to my sister, from far off I look topless. The red and white blend together and make skin tone, apparently. 🤦🏻 What I can't see is why they had to make a case out of it instead of recognizing their mistake and moving on...

[@AlbusMaximus-xi5dy]

Bruh that reminds me of that time my at that time 5yr old cousin asked me why I gave him a late christmas present (he still believes in santa) so I told him Santa got drunk and falsely delivered his gift to my adress. AND THAT LITTLE GUY ATE IT UP. So yeah, kids do be gullible until a certain age lol

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

Ok that's hilarious

[@EddwardTheSeventhSpaceWizard]

That kinda reminds me of one time my parents forgot to do the Toothfairy one night so they did it the next and printed out a tiny letter explaining that she came late because of the storm the previous night. That storm sure was convenient for my parents! I still have the letter in a scrapbook, I keep it with a written letter from Santa explaining that our cookies were too pretty to eat. Still kinda impressed with that one because my parents did such a good job using a different handwriting I still don’t know who wrote it! I could ask but it’s not important lol.

[@isadoracostahamsi163]

My 5yo looked me dead in the eye and said "Mom, tell me the truth, you are the one that got me this gift right?". Autistic me can easily make up a funny history, but cannot outright lie to someone's face... Long story short. My child no longer believes in santa...

[@Lady-Mara]

​@@isadoracostahamsi163I could never lie to my kids so they knew the whole time. They still LOVE Christmas

[@funnyusername8635]

​​@@isadoracostahamsi163 The first time I really explained Santa to my 2 year old she looked skeptical and said, "Is that real?" And I had to say no. I just couldn't do it.

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

The one with the kid who bought the console and couldn't return it was so weird. Why couldn't the mom just buy her child the $50 game for her birthday or something??

[@CrankyNovelist7335]

It kind of felt fake. Though I know parents like this are real. If it is, it's crazy to me that mom would make her return the console and wouldn't get a game for her so she could actually use it.

[@raquelinabook]

Honestly it sounds like the parent told the kid that they would buy them a game if they saved for the console and then didn’t want to pay $50 for the game so the parent tried to return it

[@ruthfischer7615]

Probably a stolen console they tried to get money for.

[@ConstantChaos1]

​@raquelinabook this is what I'm thinking, ppl who fence stolen goods rend not to make a habit of posting evidence connecting them to the merchandise (not that it NEVER happens but still)

[@alexp712]

One of my biggest pet peeves is people getting upset when you say no to them. Declining a request isn't rude. While it may be nice to say yes to doing someone a favor, people are not entitled to a yes. Its perfectly acceptable to not want to do someone a favor.

[@GeddiSadie1]

Oh, I run into that all the time and it always irritates the heck out of me. Like, you asked me a yes or no question along the lines of "Can I get a cigarette or money," or whatever, I am well within my rights to answer no. As you said, a yes isn't obligated. I don't understand getting upset, I don't have to give you anything that I worked for. Heck, one time years ago a guy actually punched me(after yelling for, like, 5 minutes(I was waiting for a bus)) when I wouldn't give him what he wanted. People are crazy.

[@TravisH-r8m]

They just trying to intimidate you for what they want it's a sign of true weakness, just look the other way and ignore the tantrum.

[@alexp712]

@TravisH-r8m Oh I do! But its still annoying lol

[@karelfinn2343]

So maybe it's not a thing in Sweden, but at least in America Jiffy Lube is a chain of car shops that do basic car maintenance, mostly oil changes. So the contact name Jiffy Lube Girl was probably not meant to imply anything.

[@juliawolf156]

See, this is why we need diversity! Because it gives us so many opportunities to misunderstand stuff and think about naughties!

[@poisonedflowers]

Exactly, my mom's contacts include such gems as BugGuy, FootDoc, and Yard Boy(cause he's 19, lol) she thinks she's hilarious

[@desperadox7565]

So you think she does oil changes on her OF account?🤣🤣🤣

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

Yard Boy made me cackle!

[@S3lkie-Gutz]

we have those in canada, this is absolutely not anything suspicious lmao! that contact name is probably referring to the local shops mechanic she usually sees for car maintenance

[@wanderingjadah]

I have a feel-good story. Years ago my friends house was broken into and her foster-sons gaming console and games were stolen. He had saved to buy them himself. I vented to a coworker friend about it and he purchased a NEW console for the kid. I think it was the PS3, it was a while ago but I still think of it sometimes.

[@claudiacat4249]

Wow that is such an awesome coworker- that gives me hope in humanity after this video.

[@kayleigh813]

“I won’t be coming back to this store EVER again! 😡😡😡” is honestly one of the best things you can hear when you’re dealing with customers like that. What a blessing 😌

[@somersetcace1]

Unfortunately, they're usually lying and end up back there a week later.

[@John_Weiss]

"I'm never stopping at BHS again! You've mugged me, girls!" Let's see how many get the reference. 😊

[@Narangarath]

@@somersetcace1 Yeah, as much as we'd like it, these types of customers never actually keep to that threat.

[@phantomswagger9363]

"Okay, then. That was always allowed."

[@Alecsandra_M]

​@@John_Weiss It's exactly what I thought of when I read the comment! I love Luxeria.

[@Dana-sn4js]

That gives me second hand embarassment. I'm a single mom too, but i am always able to buy presents for my kids. But if they want something expensive they sometimes have to wait longer for it. That doesn't kill a child.

[@Falconael5690]

And just like that, you're already a FAR better mother than most nowadays

[@Fanny-ge6ge]

Not only it doesn't kill them, but it teaches patience, resilience, gratitude, and an understanding of the value of money and that nothing is free.

[@darkstarr984]

Exactly. Like, a $3 car or doll is usually a really great gift as far as kids are concerned (as long as it’s not something they have expressed specific dislike for beforehand, and didn’t ask for something completely different of a similar price… I speak from having gotten a doll one year when I specifically disliked dolls, never played with the two I already had, and was shamed for not being happy with it). Edit: it’s even more infuriating given the post was about a kid with cancer. She should get him something he can play with. It’s really helpful to be able to do something that distracts from pain in the hospital or at home recovering from something major.

[@zemorph42]

​@@Falconael5690 These are not "most" moms. They are the worst. Sharpshooter fallacy.

[@slimetank394]

Like Click said, i doubt half of the kids even exist in the first place Which would be a happier scenario cus' no kids should have those people as parents

[@Geospasmic]

"Military Wife" is a whole identy for that woman, I bet money. And she missed a perfect opportunity to tell her kid that the elf on the shelf display is to remind the kids to behave in Walmart. Some people can't help but defeat themselves.

[@avaariisisi]

Wth is wrong with all these parents being unable to handle ...? Animal nudity??? Like bruh kids don't give a shit about that lmao just tell them thats where their pee comes out of and move on

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Agreed. Having parents get into a hissy fit because the zoo doesn't put pants on all the animals, or chops off their genitals or photoshops them away - _"no i dont know how to do that you run a zoo you should know that!!!!!!!"_ - is probably going to mess those poor kids up way worse than an elephant's spare trunk. ... now that would have been a fun explanation.

[@coffeezombie6813]

@@Julia-lk8jn Elephant's spare trunk. Thank you for the belly laugh! I have to steal that, take it as an homage. 😆

[@Siilikeiju]

I swear these people would choke on their own spit if they heard that I, a female, used to go to the pool with my dad when I was five or six and I would get changed and use the sauna at the men's side. I saw penises in a neutral context as a small child. I was not scarred. These days I occasionally see little boys at the women's side when they go swimming with their moms. These weirdo parents would probably come up with a whole theory about culturally ingrained abuse or something if they found out how common that is here.

[@pancakes8670]

What are the animals gonna do, put some clothes on?

[@TravisH-r8m]

Adam and Eve were created naked it's natural

[@muse6815]

Speaking as someone dating a single mom who takes advantage of toy drives and things like that to make Christmas special for their kids, I hate these people. They hate that they need to use these services. The idea that someone who can already afford to buy a game console came to look for 2 for free is appalling. Edit: To clarify, I love my partner. I dislike people that take advantage of these systems when they're can already afford the 1 console.

[@skylerjameson5682]

Yup we had to use them this year bc unexpected home repair bills came up. Kid got a plushy, some small building kits and a hat/glove set. We were grateful. We added some pokemon cards and hot wheels. Kid was thrilled...

[@nicjoy4407]

If you hate them, why are you dating them?

[@hippydisnerd]

...why are you still dating them? If you don't mind me asking.

[@tuskel]

@@hippydisnerd Hang on, are you saying that because single moms like the ones in the video exist, other single mothers who are grateful for what they get if they have to use toy drives for Xmas, should not be able to date a decent person? OP of this thread is not saying the person they are dating is entitled like the people in the video?

[@coffeezombie6813]

I'm thinking OP hates "these people" in the video, and "they" in the next sentence refers back to the single mom. Could've been worded more clearly, I think.

[@fangchick93]

My mom used the "collaboration" thing for me. That parents who could afford nice presents collaborated with Santa so the kids with parents who couldn't could get nicer stuff. To a kid that made perfect sense.

I'm reminded that a toy horse, that my sister had, had some anatomical correctness to it. And it wasn't a big deal because our parents actually answered our questions (to the best of their ability). I'm starting to think that's a wild concept.

[@elaineb7065]

I have a toy tiger shark figure, with actual sharky parts. Just means he was born with male sharky parts

[@zigzagperson]

We made sure our kid had at least on anatomically correct doll It was surprisingly difficult to find..

[@XionAmmy]

I’m just over here exploring the comments because Click was like “yeah that brand is known for making anatomically correct animal toys” and I went “ooo I want some!” I probably should not be buying myself more toys. That doesn’t stop me trying to figure out what brand he was talking about.

[@wartgin]

​@@XionAmmy If you figure it out, please post here.

[@sylverscale]

Both Schleich and Bullyland have anatomically correct animals. Bully doesn't shy away from giving their bull "Peter" giant balls. 🤣 (Bullyland 62624 if you want to see for yourself 😂).

[@triskelethecat]

KZbin’s algorithm suggested your channel to me. I’m an older woman and love your humor. I love people who can make me laugh so hard I’m crying. Thanks, Click.

[@pineapplefrostyfruits9225]

Welcome in to The Click Community! Hope you have a wonderful day, and you enjoy many more laughs to come ♥.

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

Really glad you clicked and stayed 😊

[@nelevanloon2930]

welcome! it’s a great time here and humor makes life a bit brighter 😊

[@ZenoSsj4Hero]

Welcome! We are happy you are here lol 😊

[@db_524]

Welcome in

[@nyneeveanya8861]

Even when my mom was alive most veggies were canned or frozen. Turkey was frozen. Desserts were handmade. So was potatoes and gravy. Bread was store bought brown and serve rolls. To drink was milk, coffee, or iced tea. That was a holiday meal. I’m 65 now with arthritis, and she is gone. Everything for holiday meal now is sliced turkey, canned or frozen veggies,store bought gravy and instant potatoes, frozen desserts, precooked rolls, and tea or soda to drink. Everything still tastes good and I get to spend more time with family than in the kitchen.

[@carminaburana9765]

My social skills are bad, but they're not this bad. Starting the day feeling better about myself.

[@MaidMirawyn]

6:15 If your child is purchasing something they had to save for a year to afford, why are you the parent not with them while they make a major purchase? And why are you, the parent, not making sure they definitely want it and will use it first? And why are you, who is-I repeat-the PARENT, not checking refund policies?

[@JWildberry]

Yep, and I don't believe for a second that a parent lets a little kid walk around on their own with that much cash on them.

[@GravityButterfly]

Why don't the parents buy a game for it.

[@ArrosRaikou]

3:08 ah yes needing a Walmart manager to convince your kid Santa is real

[@DuckPower2017]

imagine being the person this freak screams to in the middle of a wallmarkt demanding you to repair their damage to their kids, i would show her a kitchen knife set in the kitchen appliances isle and start acting like low tier god trying to sell something on a 90's commercial ad, although this is just a fantasy don't take it seriously please

[@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526]

"Why is elf on the shelf in Walmart?" "Staging area. This is their FOB." Boom. Done. Plausible explanation, even themed it for the military family.

[@m310grass]

I love this!

[@ashleywildman5811]

3:22 bruh just be creative! You could say those are fake elves, or it’s how elves trick adults since Santa knows that’s how to get elves to infiltrate the home, or those elves live in Walmart and watch all the shoppers and sometimes pick a family to watch. So many ideas!

[@ErisIsAnAbomination]

My first thought was that it’s easier for parents and kids who want an elf! Maybe Santa gets exhausted trying to send out elves from the North Pole to specific families, so he sends them to Walmart where a lot of families pass by so they can observe and choose who they want to check up on during the holiday season. Takes a LOT of work off Santa so he can focus on making toys, preparing his Nice and Naughty lists, and coordinating his reindeer in preparation for Christmas Eve.

[@Laura-gb1jv]

"Kid, do you know how many children behave badly inside a Walmart? Santa sends out reinforcements."

[@EddwardTheSeventhSpaceWizard]

@@ashleywildman5811 yeah it’s like when a kid asks about mall Santas “they work for him! That’s how he figures out what each kid wants!” And anyway your kid will eventually realize it’s all pretend but I think the best is when they keep playing along because it’s fun! I don’t know when I realized Santa wasn’t real but I never stopped believing in him in a sense. You know?

[@Suited_Nat]

So real. I have a sibling that is significantly younger than me and still believes in Santa. You can be creative with it. She could’ve said something like: Santa brought some of his gifts so that more children could get them.

[@yeetlydeet8282]

In the official Elf on the Shelf movie the elves are packaged into boxes in the North Pole and sent to retail stores to help distribute them for Santa! Just show the kid the movie!

[@tsundae_9906]

The whole "begging for consoles" for christmas gifts is so stingy. The only exception I can think of is putting it on your list and not *expecting* someone to get it. Consoles are EXPENSIVE! My mom and siblings (I recently moved out) were chosen as an Angel Tree family, and asked for dolls, a bookshelf, curtains, and *jokingly* asked for a Quest 2. They made it clear it was a joke, and that they could probably get it on their own, but they ended up *getting* the quest, as well as $300 worth of bus passes. We don't know who the family was, but they shocked and blessed us. Again, we made it clear it was just a silly request, but they pulled through.

[@kellydavis3219]

The haggling people should be met with the Fred and George Weasley response "How much is this?" "Five galleons." "How much for ME?" "...Five galleons." "But I'm your brother!" "...TEN galleons!"

[@shadowman21282]

The "my son has cancer" one reminded me of when I was selling a heap of DVDs (literally a collection of over 1000 movies and tv shows) on FB marketplace. They were all $1-2 or $5 if it was a box set, the listing said the price was firm but a lot of people who came to buy a couple of movies would end up filling a bag and if they were friendly I'd knock a bit off the total. Like, you came to spend $5 ended up with $100 total, I'll knock it down to $75. I'm disabled and on a pension, and selling them because I needed the money but I was happy to be able to do that when I could. One woman contacted me about them and the first paragraph of her message was all about how she has cancer and while she wants to buy some DVDs from me at $1-2 each, they were too expensive and I needed to sell them to her for cheaper because she has cancer. There was no hello, it wasn't a "would you consider?", it was a "you have to do this".

[@Siilikeiju]

Nothing has been as irritating for me to sell as something I put up for sale for 1 euro (cost at the store around 12 euros). First person to contact me literally went "Can I get it for free if I come collect it now? :)". LADY. IT'S ONE EFFING EURO.

[@theunseeliemperoress]

My church does a toy drive and one of the things they won't accept is electronics (like x boxes and play-stations) because some people receiving the gifts may not even have a TV and there's no way to play test them anyway (at this toy drive they sort the toys by age and gender and put them into bags so every kid gets a random assortment instead of picking them out)

[@radschele1815]

27:37 No no. Wait. If she got a car gifted, for which she has to pay taxes and all the gas, she probably can't afford, it is actually a shitty gift. It's not that uncommon, really! There are these house renovations, where TV channels redo or gift houses for poor people. But they have either poor insulation. Or it's just heated and cooled by electricity. And the family can't afford to live in the house, as the cost for the electricity and water is WAY over their heads. It's wild

[@fluffymoth87]

A while ago, some woman tried to claim that my cat was her kid's pregnant cat. She ran away when my dad came out. My cat was male (RIP). I later learned she didn't even have a kid.

[@BlueTressym]

Yikes!

[@betsyapples23]

First story: there are SO many reasons to never buy from Walmart! So many GOOD, justified, ethical, & serious reasons to NOT buy from Walmart! Their displays of “elf on the shelf” dolls, is- & I cannot be more emphatic about this- NOT ONE OF THOSE REASONS!🤯

[@lostinmymind8147]

9:41 „👹THIS IS MY DAUGHTERS DREAMS PLEASE I‘M A SINGLE MOTHER👹“ oh… „✨💕🥰I‘m a single mother✨💕🥰“

[@unicornglitzer]

Omg i was laughing so much at this😭🤣

[@feuerling]

She was just a bit congested 😂

[@gjmottet]

I do a bit of math tutoring for pocket change. I have an MS in physics and applied math and can make far more than I charge but enjoy working with high schoolers although am not willing to work for free. The number of times I have been asked by parents to tutor their kids for free is awful.

[@kristinakostic2388]

As a person who learned how to play piano as a kid, I started off on two keyboards: one smaller, basically a toy, the next one was gifted to me by a neighbor and had four more scales than the first. I went to a music school and my teachers said that, soon enough, I won't have enough scales to correctly play the pieces I was learning. I was in my third year of music school when we bought a used piano for 400 euros (+120 for tunning). I got through music school and play it to this day just fine. And now that I've re-developed an interest to learn the violin (a childhood dream of mine that even got me into applying for a music school until I fell in love with a concert piano at first sight), I bought a cheap but good quality 4/4 violin for only 100 euros. You don't need expensive instruments to learn to play or to play well. Only professional musicians buy the really good shit 😂

[@yaboye3791]

I wonder how many of those karens that whinge about "NOT BEING ABLE TO BUY SHID FOR KIDZ THIS CHRIZDMAZ" also go on a rant abt "muh personal responsibility" or "hard work" when ppl complain about them not being able to afford rent.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

My thoughts exactly. Something aobut this "you own me a huge discount because single mom" just screams the sort of person who yells at homeless people for asking for a buck.

[@themadkingatmey]

Man, it's always annoying when people try to "haggle" completely unreasonably. It's like "I'm offering this thing for 500 dollars, no haggling on it." And they're like "I'll give you 50." "No, 500." "55." "No, 500." "60, and that's me doing you a favor." "No." "Okay, fuck you." Like, I don't know what some people expect. Haggling generally requires you to have at least some kind of common ground, not just low balling everything you see to a ridiculous degree.

[@waffles3629]

Fr. At the ripe old age of like 11 I almost had two parents start a fistfight at our garage sale **while I was literally standing between them*!!!* We were selling off the old playground we'd outgrown, someone had already bought it, but had to go borrow a vehicle to pick it up because they came in a tiny car. I was walking out with a marker to write "sold" on it when two adults pull up and freaking SPRINT for it. Both of them were overjoyed that they finally found a playground, and of course both were claiming to have gotten there first so therefore it "had" to go to them. This is happening just as I get to the playground and start writing sold over the price tag. Cue banshee screaming about how I wasn't allowed to sell it to the other person because they got there first. When I told them that it wasn't available anymore because it had already been sold, one of them asked if I was looking for a fight. Uh no, hell no, I'm running back to the garage. I was 11 and an adult tried to fight me over a playground I didn't even own.

[@birdieblue812]

I am a qualified swimming teacher, and I am amazed anyone is nice enough to do it for free. It is very stressful and physically demanding. We also have to have insurance, equipment and pool costs that need to be covered.

[@Mollyarty]

so, for anyone who doesn't know, Jiffy Lube is a chain of car maintenance places through the US and Canada. They do oil changes, swap tries, basic tune ups, that kind of thing

[@izy2weird]

The walmart mom wanted them to remove the elf on the shelf display since she was inconvenienced by her kid asking questions. I once had a mom do this when she was informed her kid couldn't ride bikes in the store because the bikes came assembled.

[@HadriansSquish]

The thing about the game system is all on the parent. It’s not a store worker’s job to parent your child for you. On the kid’s part, I was there. I worked hard to earn money for a gameboy then I worked hard to earn each game. $20 back then fed my entire family for almost a week, so saving for one game went between making sure my younger siblings had food. I understand how excited you get as a kid when you reach that big goal…but yeah, if you need to learn the lesson of checking for games first, then you’ll remember to do it first. I wanted tor secure my console first as it was my biggest hurdle.

[@daltong1261]

The parent should have had a talk about the cost of games. It was very irresponsible. Don't blame the kid.

[@HadriansSquish]

@ well, it doesn’t say at what age they were. At 10, I knew I wanted the pokemon, Mario/Yoshi and Kirby games. I’d check prices as I was scraping up money. If I wanted it, I had to earn it all on my own and track sales. Most of what I earned though I spent on making sure my two baby siblings had the special foods they needed, they had a lot of things they couldn’t have and their formula was nearly three times as much as the ones based off lactose and almost twice as much as soy based, which they also couldn’t have. Mind you, I’m mentally handicapped, so this is why I fully blame the parent and a tiny bit of blame can go to the kid. I fully understand being excited and stuff and even now I get really sad if a game I’m excited for isn’t on the console I have. I can’t afford all the latest systems. I have but one. Lol. If you’re not hyper focused on it, yeah it’s a hard lesson to learn after saving up for your console as a kid, but it’s a lesson you never forget. I only feel sorry for the kid that they had to discover things the hard way. Shame on mom for expecting store employees to parent her kid and for expecting them to magically know this wasn’t an informed purchase.

[@radschele1815]

You paid for feeding your siblings?

[@HadriansSquish]

@ yes. The…one who was supposed to be our parent wasn’t very good. I had to quit school to care for my siblings and work to feed them while doing homeschool. I’m grateful we lived in farm country where it was normal for kids to ask for work. I never told them the extent of why. I ate mostly crap line macaroni, hotdogs and ramen so I could feed them right.

[@radschele1815]

@HadriansSquish that sucks. I hope you and your siblings are doing better now? You probably needed so much strength. I feel angry for you, but I hope it's not too intrusive. I'm sorry if it is.

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

I'm childfree - so I may not be able to relate - but I cannot understand why this is so prevalent. You agreed to be a parent. You are taking the responsibility of providing to your child and giving them what they need. If you can't do that, or you refuse to find a way to make it work, then you are unfit to be a parent. It's not everyone else's responsibility to parent your child just because you don’t feel like it.

[@rentheseer190]

I remember doing volunteer work on an equestrian ranch, and they had other animals, pigs, chicken, little cute goats, a school of children were visiting and they wanted to see the pen to the goats. One of this kids said aloud “Look! The goat is trying to get a piggy-back ride!” I paused as I looked and quickly said “That’s **exactly** what they’re doing.” Truth was… they weren’t… exactly

[@thelittlestpika]

I think it's so funny when people decide to say a seller is making the kid cry. Like, this person doesn't know your kid. Why would they care if a random child is crying?

[@robertmills8640]

That $250 babysitting demand was probably a scammer that wanted the money in advance. I've had that attempted on me from someone from FB who I had never met in person yet.

[@jzpowell2108]

I hate when people use their military partner’s status as a weapon to co-opt people into doing sh*t for them… stop people… just stop

[@TheSelfCareWitch]

Click, in the US it isn't uncommon for Military Spouses to be left without money because their Military member takes all the month with them overseas during deployment. But that lady asking for a ride was ridiculous!!!

[@elaexplorer]

Also, they're often stationed far away from family. So no family to help with kids. I was stationed in Florida and my mom had to fly all the way from California to get my new born (2 months) when I was got emergency surgery.

[@tomlxyz]

And I thought the US military had good monetary incentives to join

[@mistake6426]

What even is military spouse though? Just a housewife who married an army guy? It's weird i only ever hear this term from Americans like it's suppose to be something special

[@MaidMirawyn]

It’s also very common that military families have no family nearby. They often move every two to five years and do not choose where they are assigned. Remember, the US is about the size of Europe. Imagine a family from Dublin being stationed in Helsinki or Bucharest. That doesn’t mean you can exploit your fellow military families, who also don’t have family nearby.

[@M_M_ODonnell]

@@mistake6426 It's a sort of American cultural praetorianism -- certain people (spouses of miliary members have a reputation for being the worst, but it's definitely not just them) expect _absolute_ deference towards anyone involved in the military by anyone who isn't. Up to and including veiled (or sometimes open) threats of retaliation if members of the military and their families aren't treated like royalty.

[@RonanDahlman-ci1ql]

“Er mer gerd, I will never come back to this establishment again!” “Aight, Au revoir.”

[@samuelbarber6177]

To quote Willy Wonka: “Stop. Don’t. Come back.”

[@Siilikeiju]

"Oh, thank you! That's wonderful!"

[@ttintagel]

"Is that a promise?"

[@mariadobos5277]

I wish that when you realize too late that the gender of the parent is not what you originally imagined, you would just continue with the original voice you gave them.

[@zigzagperson]

Hope Click sees this 😊

[@Rose-kj7rz]

There are women with gravelly voices.

[@mariadobos5277]

@ Exactly! Although it would be a lie if I said that it wouldn't be kinda funny still

[@94DeathAngel]

Like "oh, oops, well whatever I already started to with this voice" 😂

[@Agagnier]

Its funnier if he switches mid sentence lol

[@AragornElessar]

The parent demanding a white kitten sounds like someone who abandons their cat when it's an adult. Because it stops being cute or no one wants to clean the litterbox.

[@missharry5727]

Some white cats are deaf. If you fancy a white cat, make sure you check and can trust the person you're getting it from.

[@Thornsawawa]

@@missharry5727 white cats with blue eyes specifically are very prone to being deaf

[@BlueTressym]

Agreed. The people who treat living, feeling creatures like accessories or objects fail at basic decency.

[@chocolate_flora]

when my brother was born my mother got my a baby doll. specifically one with correct anatomy for a boy. freaking out over nudity to children only makes things a bigger deal than they are

[@seagantaylor7470]

You can adopt a horse from a horse rescue for $500 or buy a horse from a sale for about that little, but that definitely doesn’t include the land and the years of hay and feed and hoof trimming and barn and fencing and very expensive vet care and so many other details that cost money and many of which don’t stop costing money until you don’t have a horse anymore. If you can’t afford the land and can’t afford the years and years of horse care, then you shouldn’t get a horse even if you can get a horse for $500 or less. I once even thought of choosing between car or horse, but still had to choose car instead of getting a horse, because a horse can’t run as fast as a car and definitely can’t travel as far at that speed… so even using your pet horse as also your main transportation in the US isn’t really an option anymore. So, yeah, horses are more expensive to maintain/keep/care for than however little you might pay to get them. Cars are similar to horses in that way. (But not similar enough to be able to choose horse instead of car unfortunately)

[@BlueThunderO7]

This entire video is proof that yes Click, some people are not meant to have children. Ever.

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

Yes. This is right up there with a stroll through Walmart as proof.

[@CryptoTonight9393]

29:14 the whole genitals always equals sex thing is ridiculous. People clutch their pearls at the mere mention of a normal body part on something that isnt even human. There is nothing traumatizing teaching kids about nature if done at an age appropriate level.

[@meluvgiraffes]

Does anyone remember when there was that unspoken internet rule that discussions must cease one someone mentions the not-sees? It’s horrific how they’ve fully reentered the zeitgeist because there is an increasing need to bluntly call-out their increasingly blatant dog whistles to the wilfully apathetic.

[@iantaakalla8180]

To be fair, that law is about people being up that group unprompted. When we live in times that are actually comparable to periods that group was in, yeah, Godwin’s Law does not apply, and in fact the citing of Godwin’s Law is also just as likely to disrupt communication as well.

[@kat-dot]

People forget “it can’t hurt to ask” is like NICELY asking for someone to honor a coupon that’s a day expired, not for designer purses for free

[@champ1ontryymegaming304]

Around 19:15 Family was at the zoo. Monkey area. My 5 year old asked, "what's that monkey doing to the other monkey?" and pointed. I looked and was shocked to see that one monkey was performing oral on a female monkey. You know what I did? I made up a fake story of what was happening and acted like it was nothing special to discuss and the 5 year old bought it (can't say the same for the 16 year old because he burst out laughing but at least he corroborated my story). You know what I DIDN'T do? Get mad at the zoo, staff, or monkeys because of NATURE!!

[@samholdsworth420]

Bonobo chimps?

[@kelticowl9400]

The asking about what houses give out the "good candy" feels like asking ... "Hey what houses/neighbourhoods are the best to break into?" Could 100% see it as a proxy for B&E's

[@meepmoopiethe3rd]

I have a 1980s model truck I'm trying to sell, and this lady shot me an offer of $500 and followed that up with, "I know it's not much, but you get the satisfaction of knowing you helped a single mother, which is more than any cash value." And it took everything in me to not slap her through her own phone. Instead, I said, "Sorry, that's a ridiculous thing to ask of me. You chose to have kids, not me, and I'm too broke to get paid in the satisfaction of letting someone have a truck I'm trying to sell for 4 grand for 1/8 of that." And she called me all kinds of names then said she'd pray for my soul, if I still had one. Like. How do people like that not realize they're annoying and dumb?

[@BlueTressym]

I think you answered your own question there.

[@patriciahamel5674]

“The elves are disguised as toys during the day, and being in stores makes sure that they can get to everyone’s home before the Christmas season.” - Easy way to explain it that the kids will accept. That said, it definitely wasn’t a wise idea for Walmart to put up a huge display. Then again, as often as the poor retail staff has to deal with Karens like that, I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t at least partially intended to upset some kids.

[@MadeOfQuestions]

31:01 These people who do this on every flight because they're cheap are ruining it for people in that situation. It does come up where emergency flights and whatnots only have spread out seats, but it's become so common, and people are so intitled that you just have to say no anymore.

[@stevebonk8995]

For me it would depend, I always choose isle seats since I have a lot of stomach issues and often need the bathroom. If it was any other aisle seat I would switch with someone to sit with their family.

[@ttintagel]

Personally, I think there should be a rule that they can't sell the cheapest seats, the ones where you can't choose where you sit, to groups containing minors. They should be like the single rider line on a roller coaster; paying less is your reward for filling up the cabin.

[@elaineb7065]

Giving children presents, if you're not their parent, is 100% voluntary. If somebody wants to do a cute wee thing (like me crocheting mini sharks & a pal knitting mini ladybirds for a children's group), then wonderful. But parents can't expect anything from others, especially those who aren't related to them

[@ThingMaBobJimmy]

My friend's kid is four, obviously was super excited for Christmas, so we took him out for a Santa's village trip the week before chrimbo. Stopped at a shopping centre for to get some stuff, and there was another Santa there. Kid was confused how there could be two santas. Friend immediately said that Santa can't eve everywhere at once, so he grants special santa powers to certain people so they can help spread cheer to the kids. My friend's kid is a smart cookie, but he bought the explanation hook, line and sinker. Only fallout was that the kid asked both his grandpas if they had special santa powers, and they both played along anyway. Literally all you had to do was come up with a story on the fly. Santa sends the elves to Walmart so people know where to find them. Whatever. They'd have bought it. Lady in the first story is mad because she fumbled the ball.

[@_Risa1992_]

Everytime they say "we are not coming back", everyone in retail prays they hold their word.

[@ellim1585]

We need to normalize saying “your kids are your responsibility, and ONLY your responsibility”. You’d think it would be obvious, and yet…

[@ttintagel]

Yeah, I notice how it's "It takes a village!" when they want money but it's "Mind your own business!" when you suggest that maybe they shouldn't let their kids play on the floor of a barroom.

[@nkymomof02]

People are unhinged. If people are really like this, no wonder I've been called too nice just offering the bare minimum of human kindness.

[@MuddyPawsStudios]

Don’t elves on the shelves come with storybooks to explain why their in stores to kids?

[@dogouchu4356]

I would tell the kid Santa collabs with Walmart cause that’s what I assumed as a kid and told my little sister

[@Nakia11798]

Most expensive birthday I had was $80 for the building rental, and then like $20 of dollar store decorations, $15 cake, maybe $40 for pizzas.

[@janemiettinen5176]

Im a 70s kid, to me even building rentals and decorations sounds decadent. We were at our house, with just snacks, ice cream and cake, possibly in slightly better clothing. Still had very much fun :)

[@ookamiblade6318]

My first memorable birthday party my mom made carrot cake…. I soon realized that was not popular among my peers and restricted all future b-days to 1-3 people and we just hung out to watch a movie and skipped the cake….I don’t think any of my childhood bdays went over 30-40$.

[@Undead_Hare]

My most expensive ones are trips the whole family goes on, ie. A zoo trip, going to the beach, etc. I don’t have any local friends so spending it with family is enough for me!

[@dannileander4869]

17:00 I went to a school where lots of "rich kids" went. Later I became a teacher. Never have I seen parents or kids in designer clothes. Usually it's those trying to fit in. I never understood designer brands. You're paying for the privelege to wear a brand? 😅

[@missharry5727]

That in part is why most British schools have uniforms and organise hand-me-downs as children grow, so nobody is shamed for what they wear.

[@andreehobrak1425]

26:50 I think is spot on. Most of those people are item flippers. They want it cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if they repost som of the items over asking price.

[@Barsoom1913]

This is absolutely what happens. It’s a common scam tactic. Buy something way below asking price and then resell on various sell sites. Most of the time there’s no kid at all they just trying to manipulate

[@macdieter23558]

Reminds me of the time a good friend, father of three kids, had totaled his Ford Focus station wagon on an icy street. My friend had lost traction on the icy road and a lamp post had distorted the car into an L-form. As I said, totaled. I just had got my christmas gratification, not too much but with that my money wasn´t dangerously tight! So we drove to a used car dealer a town over to have a look. They found a nice car, low mileage, in perfect condition and I payed for it, making it a christmas gift, including all fees for registration and so on. Later I heard they bitched around they would have preferred their station wagon. They were even angry with me that this car was not what they wanted.

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

No good deed goes unpunished. Dayum!

[@WarpigA23]

Not such a good friend, I'd say. (Them, I mean. You're awesome.)

[@leanderdato4764]

as someone who actually grew up poor with a single mother and siblings, it's really not that hard for a child to understand "we can't afford this" and be happy with whatever you get.

[@Fawriel]

I desperately need more of these posts to come with reactions from the original context, I REFUSE to believe that anyone reads “Walmart needs to stop selling Christmas stuff because they forced me to tell my child that Santa is not real” and is on the author’s side on this, I NEED to see other moms laugh at her.

[@keepdancingmaria]

I was thinking this, too. "I really want to know the reply!" kept running through my head.

[@NightlyRavens]

anyone who is concerned about the elf on the shelf at walmart, I tell my daughter that those are just decorative elfs for adults who dont have a real one visit them anymore... like all the toy santa's her grandmother has around the house during christmas. -professional liar mom

[@matthewprier4340]

The poor swimming instructor. To be clear, it sounds like she is volunteering her free time to teach children to swim, which is something she loves and wants to share. I wonder how many of these parents it takes to destroy that feeling and make one less person willing to volunteer to make the world better. Hopefully she is able to let it slide, realize this person needs personal growth and is not representing us all.

[@debbiedingens5893]

I am a single mom myself and I WOULD NEVER EVER EVER think, that the world owes my anything. I pay my bills, I put food on the table and I love my kiddos to the moon and beyond. They are my responsibility and I would rather bite off my tongue than ask strangers for whatsoever.

[@Perrcoco]

Ideas like this need to be known more. I’m so sick of scumbags pretending to be something for attention/profit, and causing the real people to be unfairly hated.

[@multifandomCass]

I didn't know that there was a sub reddit called "think of the children" and so while im not very far in it ill share something recent that someone was thinking of the children (or at least people much younger than them) which might help anyone who may be feeling a bit down recently. My grandma came into where i work recently which is normal i work in a resteraunt and she comes in there frequent enough as well. My mom came in back to ask me what i had left since grandma wanted to talk to me. Its not unusual for my mom to come tell me when grandma comes in to visit but its the first time she told me that she wanted to talk to me and i didn't have much left so i went and sat down to talk with her. My grandma bless her soul, she talked to me about how she was worried about me with everything going on right now in the states. She told me that she loves me no matter what but to also stay safe since where we live is a more conservative area and to not wear my rainbow stuff (i tend to wear more lowkey stuff and some more explict things when pride comes around). But it just felt so nice to have someone who is in an older age range to tell me to stay safe and no matter what that they love me and are worried for me. She's worried for all her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. Some people really do think about the children in some of the most wholesome ways. ❤

[@dirano09]

Hi Click! Just a note on USA military bases: the answer to having in-laws or something drive her is a no. Majority of the time, they are nowhere near. It's not uncommon to be moved from base to base every 3 to 5 years. My family was lucky to be at the same base for 16 years, but even with that, we lived in five different houses in that time, including one of our own that we bought off base trying to avoid moving so much. I've lived on three bases (in three different states) and 8 different houses while a dependent in the military.

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

Knew where the elephant story was going. Had a friend who just told her kid and his classmates the truth. “Honey, that’s his penis.” End of story. Never over explain but always use the correct name for any body part.

[@DaeTheGaeFae]

I'm gonna say that the service dog story is real...because I had something similar happen to me. Lol. Back when I could still work, I was standing where we took tickets at the movie theater and this family walked up to me. I was barely able to stand because it was a bad pain day (for that time period. Lol. I'm in my wheelchair more often than not nowadays), so I was leaning on my cane and the metal pole that we put tickets into while trying to keep my legs from buckling. Among the group was an old guy and he saw my cane and said, "are you a veteran?". I said, "no?". That's when he told me that I should let him use my cane because he forgot his at home and he deserves it more (because he is a veteran). I just kinda half chuckled and said, "but if I give it to you, I'll fall". His family didn't say anything to stop him or help me, they just told him they needed to get into the movie. He just glared at me as he walked up the steps and down the hall...something I literally wasn't able to do at the moment...even with my cane. The audacity and entitlement of some people is off the charts. Lol.

[@glassyworld_]

Click, idk if youll ever see this but during the beginning of quarantine when i was just coming to terms w my transness you and OneTopic really helped and cheered me up thru the low points of then. The more recent points as well. You reminded me that theres zero wrong w me and being trans, and that the fact i am doesnt take away from any other part of me, and in fact adds to it because it is a part of who i am

[@RurikDankil]

I would take the call just to tell the kid their dad lied to them, and that he wouldn't have done that if he loved them at all. And the later bit with the people seeking a "nanny" for 100 a week. I can get more than that donating plasma.

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

Nice! Love those!

[@Hiho6172]

6:35 tbf I can understand the frustration with unopened items that aren't hygenic risk procducts only being store credit. They like to stay silent about it too, so when you ask them "Hey if I didn't open it, can I bring it back? Do you do returns?" they will say yes, and will purposely neglect the fact that the return is store credit only. And sometimes they will say it's store credit only, when it isn't and it says so on their page that they give you back your cash. So businesses do be shady like that. - source: I worked in shops like this.

[@TheSolidMidgetOfficial]

When someone says they're a Military wife. I assume they spend most of their time telling people that, like it's their whole personality trait.

[@lucyannethrope7569]

😅 I have a zoo story conserning my oldest kid (she's an adult now and she have given me permission to share this story). Any how....we where visiting a zoo and in the "savanna"-enclosure my then 5 yo daughter saw that one of the male giraffes was "venting" his pee-pee....she looked at it with big eyes and then said to me in a very serious voice: "Mum! That thing is way bigger than dads pee pee, isn't it?!?" 😂

[@creacher00]

“Tired of dating broke men” I’m tired of entitled broke parents who put themselves before their kids & their needs