Susan in KY Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 (edited) It shows an absolutely horrid image and my kids and I were all terribly disturbed by it. I wish I knew how to report a thread to the administrators, because I would if I could. It is the thread that says, Maze see how far you can get by Gamom3. Edited October 29, 2008 by Susan in KY Adding info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylk in tx Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 i HATE those things.... my bil sent a tic tac toe one last night and i've vowed to kill him the next time he comes to texas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 OH come on, I love love love those things. Last year I hid a camera while my kids did it one by one, so I got all of em! Course, they loved it too, and couldn't wait to see the videos of themselves falling backwards out of their chairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I did it while my dd was standing next to me at the computer, but I didn't realize at the time that I still had the headphones plugged in. So the sudden and startling sound was reduced to a faint and distant screech, and it just didn't have quite the same impact! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I'm sorry you and the kids were so negatively impacted by something meant to be fun. Maybe a pm asking the original poster to put a warning in the post would be better than tattling on someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshinkevich Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 OH come on, I love love love those things. Last year I hid a camera while my kids did it one by one, so I got all of em! Course, they loved it too, and couldn't wait to see the videos of themselves falling backwards out of their chairs. LOL - I love them too, and said last time I wish I had a camera set up :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apiphobic Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I think it's fair to warn with something like "not for kids" or "PG-13" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I'm sorry that happened to you and your children. Some of the things that people on this board find enjoyable are just cruel and hateful. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I'm sorry that happened to you and your children. Some of the things that people on this board find enjoyable are just cruel and hateful. :grouphug: That's a little harsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I don't find laughing at children crying and being upset as something people should find amusing. Maybe it's just me. Between adults, it's fine, but it should have had a warning label. And to then say "Aww..it's just all in good fun" is just .. low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 As usual I prefer to assume a positive intent ;) I am sure the person who posted the link meant it in fun. In the future, I would definitely appreciate a warning if something contains sensitive images or materials. I am extremely visual, and graphic images tend to stick with me - never mind my children :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I am fully willing to admit that I am overly sensitive to this sort of thing. I have an autistic son. One year, we were out trick or treating and we went up to a house with a very scary motif set up and he didn't want to go to the house. I told him that he didn't have to do so; we could go to the next house. The adults standing in the yard saw him hesitating and said, "Awww..come on up! It'll be fun! We won't scare you!" My son looked up at me and then walked slowly up to the house. They had another adult jump out of a coffin and yell at him..and then they proceeded to laugh hysterically as my son screamed and cried so much that I had to take him home. He was four years old. He refused to trick or treat for 3 years after that, until we moved to another neighborhood. I don't understand why adults would find humor in terrifying children. To me, it's cruel and it's hateful....not that the original poster is cruel and hateful. (I hope that makes sense) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBlueLobsters Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 My oldest son has awful nightmares. If I want sleep, I can't show him things like that. Things like that stick with him for EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 The adults standing in the yard saw him hesitating and said, "Awww..come on up! It'll be fun! We won't scare you!" My son looked up at me and then walked slowly up to the house. They had another adult jump out of a coffin and yell at him..and then they proceeded to laugh hysterically as my son screamed and cried so much that I had to take him home. He was four years old. He refused to trick or treat for 3 years after that, until we moved to another neighborhood. I don't understand why adults would find humor in terrifying children. To me, it's cruel and it's hateful....not that the original poster is cruel and hateful. (I hope that makes sense) Perfectly. I am angry just reading your story. I am so sorry that happened to you. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Perfectly. I am angry just reading your story. I am so sorry that happened to you. :grouphug: Thanks, beansprouts. 10 years later, it still brings me to tears just talking about it. :grouphug: back at ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariSarah Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 The adults standing in the yard saw him hesitating and said, "Awww..come on up! It'll be fun! We won't scare you!" Even if they couldn't tell that your son had special needs, it's mean-spirited for an adult to lie to a kid like that, just to get to scare him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 As usual I prefer to assume a positive intent ;) I am sure the person who posted the link meant it in fun. In the future, I would definitely appreciate a warning if something contains sensitive images or materials. I am extremely visual, and graphic images tend to stick with me - never mind my children :tongue_smilie: :iagree: Last year the local grocer set up two mannequins in the store by the check-out lines. They were about 6-feet tall and when you walked by they would become animated and make ghoulish sounds. My then 5 and 2-yos sent up wails of terror and clung to me. I had a full cart of groceries so bailing wasn't really an option. They screamed all the way through the check-out process and I couldn't go back there with them until mid-November. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jugglin'5 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I think Remudamom's kids are teenagers - not quite the same thing. A warning would be appropriate, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Even if they couldn't tell that your son had special needs, it's mean-spirited for an adult to lie to a kid like that, just to get to scare him! Exactly. That's what was so upsetting. The fact that they KNEW what they were going to do and purposely planned on scaring him. I honestly and sincerely believed them when they said it was okay to come up! I thought, no one in their right mind would scare a small child on purpose. I was so livid, but I couldn't even tell them off because I had to take him straight home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I think Remudamom's kids are teenagers - not quite the same thing. A warning would be appropriate' date=' though.[/quote'] I agree completely! If you know your children would scream, and then laugh about it later, that's one thing. Or if they're teenagers. Or if you know your kids aren't going to have nightmares, as MyBlueLobster's mentioned that her child would have, and you want to show it to them...go for it. But you need to put a warning label on posts like that for those who do have small children or sensitive children or if they don't like to be scared themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in KY Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm sorry you and the kids were so negatively impacted by something meant to be fun. Maybe a pm asking the original poster to put a warning in the post would be better than tattling on someone. I am still irritated by the whole affair, though not as upset as I was when I first posted. Bear in mind I had two small kids screaming and crying in fright when I posted. First in my mind was warning the rest of the board so the same thing wouldn't happen to anyone else's dc. Nonetheless, I take strong exception to the tattling remark. It was a lousy prank, imo, and should be flagged—period. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiCO Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 It shows an absolutely horrid image and my kids and I were all terribly disturbed by it. I wish I knew how to report a thread to the administrators, because I would if I could. It is the thread that says, Maze see how far you can get by Gamom3. The post does state in the title, "Adults only." I took that warning to mean don't let children see or hear while you do it. That said, I think a lot of posts should contain stronger warnings. I no longer watch YouTube videos that don't have a brief explanation of what the video is about. "You need to watch this!" is not ample explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 She has posted an apology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 That said, I think a lot of posts should contain stronger warnings. I no longer watch YouTube videos that don't have a brief explanation of what the video is about. "You need to watch this!" is not ample explanation. :iagree: I don't click on a Youtube link unless I know exactly what I am getting myself into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm sorry you and the kids were so negatively impacted by something meant to be fun. Maybe a pm asking the original poster to put a warning in the post would be better than tattling on someone. I totally agree. Let's try to be grown-ups, a simple PM would have sufficed. And I would never watch a link, where the content was unknown to me, in front of my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I am still irritated by the whole affair, though not as upset as I was when I first posted. Bear in mind I had two small kids screaming and crying in fright when I posted. First in my mind was warning the rest of the board so the same thing wouldn't happen to anyone else's dc. Nonetheless, I take strong exception to the tattling remark. It was a lousy prank, imo, and should be flagged—period. Susan It wasn't a lousy prank, she clearly meant it to be fun. Gamom3 would not be so cruel as to post links for the sole purpose of scaring children.:001_rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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