this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 78 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The idea that this post is a meme is a meme. The idea that this post is not a meme is also a meme.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Yes and so is yours

[–] joyjoy 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/[Popular Social Media] is a meme now I guess.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Do not post pictures of humans online who cannot consent to you doing so.

I'm so happy my parents never got into social media before my adulthood. There was some overlap there where they could have plastered images of me all over their facebook feeds without my understanding what that meant.

It's fucking revolting to me to see how normal some people seem to think it is for a parent to do that. IMO it should be straight up illegal and a violation of a child's right to privacy.

[–] TheCannonball 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My wife and I are being very careful about this with our son. I only ever post a monthly growth update and have made sure that the extended family isn't posting anything without permission.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Sharing your life, and thereby sometimes the lifes of your children, with friends and family, only makes sense.

My concern is with parents who make no distinction between that, and posting something fully publicly. The latter means the post can go viral, or get screenshotted by a stranger and reposted as a meme somewhere with a huge audience. Or get dug up by anyone, even years later.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

100%

Having your entire infancy and childhood just out there is going to be hell for some kids. Probably already is. Imagine your parents uploading a video of you doing something dumb, but cute, something they and family find adorable. The same video which a couple years later is the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to you when it goes through a viral wave of spreading throughout your local school.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Completely agree. They regularly ask us at daycare if we consent to our child being in such and such photos that are gonna get posted who knows where and used for who knows what. I'm sure a lot of parents agree without a second thought.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Good thing the OP posted it publicly themselves.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I tried to click on the X in the top right to close the picture...

[–] PP_BOY_ 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd palm that baby and dunk him through the hoop like a basket ball

[–] Nurse_Robot 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a good thing no one wants to make a baby with PP boy

[–] PP_BOY_ 2 points 8 months ago

I will admit, it's been hard for me since your mother passed away

[–] XbSuper 3 points 8 months ago

This isn't the place for your baby pics.

[–] qarbone 2 points 8 months ago

Nah, that baby got super scoliosis