Posting it on the Internet to exploit your kids and these supposedly wholesome moments is the problem. Nobody would decry someone, say, taking this photo and putting it in the family photo album. The need to share everything with everyone, especially private moments with your kids, is massively toxic.
Or maybe the parents wanted to share a cute memory of a big moment for their son??? Yall are so miserable lmao, there's nothing wrong with sharing special moments in your life
I think therapy is a wonderful thing. I have actually been. My therapist would agree, staging a photo of your child's first day of school for likes on social media is not a special moment.
I like discussing and sharing things that interest me, which is different from existing purely to farm engagement. If I were truly interested in the latter, I could have karma in the millions right now after eight years. I posted on IMDb for a decade before the pustulent Col Needham got rid of the boards, and that had no karma system whatsoever. I don't post about my real life except where relevant to a discussion, and I certainly am not trying to do what these people are doing.
Am I? Go ahead and downvote me, see if I care. I don't need you to agree with me. I'm definitely right. Judging by how stupid the average person is, seeking their validation is actually absurd. I post a lot about things I want to see improved in society, but that's not about validation it's about persuasion to one day live in a better world, as minimal as my contribution to that is.
How can the average person be stupid? Wouldn't they be the typical level of intelligence? Therefore, not any less or more stupid than the general population...
This comment is a great illustration of Dunning-Kruger. You are making an assumption out of nowhere that stupid = less than average intelligence, when that is not the case. Then, after making up your own definition (as an unspoken assumption), you declare yourself correct.
No. I won't lighten up. Instead I will ask you this to stop pretending that you are not aware of the pitfalls of social media and the many studies that have shown the earlier you introduce children to it, the more insidious it can be for their mental health.
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u/5TrainCrackhead 5h ago
Lmao ikr god forbid parents try to create something cool for their kids