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YouTube "pranksters" Daddyofive deny abuse (Up: mom gets custody of two youngest)
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jack_package_200
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I wonder what part of the US they live in.
Judging by the hick accent, I am going to guess somewhere in the south.
God this is such a horrible situation. I saw the Defranco video where he adressed other allegations against Martin. Jesus fucking Christ.
Judging by the hick accent, I am going to guess somewhere in the south.
God this is such a horrible situation. I saw the Defranco video where he adressed other allegations against Martin. Jesus fucking Christ.
Vital Tundra
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Thats straight up disgusting. And they literally got them conditioned for this abusive shit.
Wow. That video is vicious. I think prank is a major understatement. Only youtube video for kids I applaud is Ryan ToysReview I know some many people who love that channel.
dc3k
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Maryland
Count Dookkake
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I don't know why the mom is so scared and crying about allegedly being run off the road.
It's just a prank.
It's just a prank.
The Silver
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Seeing them talk about Cody being crazy and not normal....oh man.....get that kid outta there.
Steeped in a Sea of Games
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Just looking at those other kids, you can tell how they've been conditioned to respond to this shit. I'm not going to say it's too late for them, but they are already little assholes because they're basically punished if they don't act that way. That poor little kid is trying to hang on, but the entire family has targeted him. How many kids have committed suicide over social ostracism, let alone egged on by their parents?
Everything about this is perverse.
Everything about this is perverse.
jack_package_200
Banned
I'll take that L.
I think she knows the writing is on the wall and she is getting paranoid. I am willing to bet no one did try to run her off the road.
They will probably lose the kids and probably face other consequences.
JonnyDBrit
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Watched DeFranco's video, and just...
The bit where the mother tells Cody he's 'the only one who can't take a joke', combined with the fact that he is clearly the target of choice in the family, make me wonder if he's on the spectrum or something. You know, enough to seem 'weird' to his family, and thus an acceptable punchline for their 'pranks'. Meanwhile, he sees through the bullshit as he doesn't implicitly buy into the premise, but is punished for doing so.
Fuck those parents. Gonna hug mine extra hard tomorrow for not even thinking to treat my condition like that.
The bit where the mother tells Cody he's 'the only one who can't take a joke', combined with the fact that he is clearly the target of choice in the family, make me wonder if he's on the spectrum or something. You know, enough to seem 'weird' to his family, and thus an acceptable punchline for their 'pranks'. Meanwhile, he sees through the bullshit as he doesn't implicitly buy into the premise, but is punished for doing so.
Fuck those parents. Gonna hug mine extra hard tomorrow for not even thinking to treat my condition like that.
Man.
Sooo i hate remembering this but a few years ago at a past job I defended the physical discipline my dad used on me and my siblings to some old coworkers who were saying they'd never lay a hand on their children.
Now I see a therapist and know I have issues stemming from the aspect of my childhood.
Of course the kids are gonna defend their dad. He's their dad. But man the screaming and hitting and fighting and anger in that video... People think punching and mutilating their children when they hear "abuse" but I think it's far easier to affect your kids' development than that.
Sooo i hate remembering this but a few years ago at a past job I defended the physical discipline my dad used on me and my siblings to some old coworkers who were saying they'd never lay a hand on their children.
Now I see a therapist and know I have issues stemming from the aspect of my childhood.
Of course the kids are gonna defend their dad. He's their dad. But man the screaming and hitting and fighting and anger in that video... People think punching and mutilating their children when they hear "abuse" but I think it's far easier to affect your kids' development than that.
I mean if they put the ink on the floor for the prank and acted shocked or whatever it could have been harmless but when you're yelling at your kids to "Get the fuck up here now" and "I know you both are fucking lying again" then you're pretty much a piece of shit. I'm sorry but you don't talk to your young kids like that.
StrangeRoboMemory
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I like the part in the "apology" video where the mom says that the "haters" and the ones causing "drama" and messing up the kids. Lady, if you didn't make these videos that exploit the hell out of your children and constantly expose them to the world in vulnerable and abusive situations, no one would say a word about your horrible parenting skills or anything else about your uninteresting lives. Take responsibility for your own awfulness.
Watch the third video. There's a potential other reason why Cody gets treated worse than the other kids.
The mothers screams would frighten the fuck out of me to be honest. I saw the ink video and she sounded like a demon. That's the only video I watched but they definitely took it too far, and it's 100% for exploitative purposes to make money on YouTube.
I'll check the DeFranco videos when I get home later.
I'll check the DeFranco videos when I get home later.
Lord Fagan
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Watched the video.
I was expecting Dave Chappelle to pop out and tell them they got Zapped.
I mean, if the kids are cool with it, they're cool with being accessories to tasteless jokes. In that sense, this is low-rent Here Comes Honey Boo Boo in a lame sketch format. And I say that knowing full well that Honey Boo Boo aimed for the lowest common denominator.
Some people don't ask themselves what their kids will think of them after they've grown up and are incapable of success in the modern era.
I was expecting Dave Chappelle to pop out and tell them they got Zapped.
I mean, if the kids are cool with it, they're cool with being accessories to tasteless jokes. In that sense, this is low-rent Here Comes Honey Boo Boo in a lame sketch format. And I say that knowing full well that Honey Boo Boo aimed for the lowest common denominator.
Some people don't ask themselves what their kids will think of them after they've grown up and are incapable of success in the modern era.
JonnyDBrit
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That's the most damning aspect of it. It's not that they mislead the kids, and then coyly reveal the truth - they try to make them truly frightened and scared, then dismiss doing so under the auspices of a joke.
I ain't fucking laughing.
jack_package_200
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How do they have almost 800,000 subs?
WHO WATCHES THIS
WHO WATCHES THIS
And their defense its just "fake" "exaggerated" "scripted out"
Your best defense is that you are faking child abuse, that you are exaggerating child abuse, that you are scripting out child abuse.
Your best defense is that you have a FUCKING CHANNEL DEDICATED TO MAKING IT LOOK LIKE YOU ABUSE YOUR KIDS.
FUCK.
Humanity was a god damned mistake.
Your best defense is that you are faking child abuse, that you are exaggerating child abuse, that you are scripting out child abuse.
Your best defense is that you have a FUCKING CHANNEL DEDICATED TO MAKING IT LOOK LIKE YOU ABUSE YOUR KIDS.
FUCK.
Humanity was a god damned mistake.
JonnyDBrit
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Oh.
Oh.
Cody needs to be gotten out of there ASAP.
Edit: Reached the end of the video. Oh joy, potentially stolen kids too.
Even looking at more clips in the DeFranco video, they make it look like one of the kids are breaking in and he comes down with a loaded gun screaming and yelling like what the hell is going through their head. I feel bad for Cody, he is seriously gonna grow up and have behavioral problems or worse if they keep up with this stuff, he is obviously not alright with any of it.
Littlefang
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In all likelihood, they probably don't know when their parents are making a video and when they are actually angry about something. And the stuff like the kids hitting each other and the dad casually punching his kid are basically happening outside of the pranks. I mean when you have a video of your kids playing a game where they hit each other, well that's not really a prank is it? Even if the kids are tolerant of the pranks, the violence is very real and should absolutely not be considered okay.
And the way the stepmom talks about how Cody has major issues and then the parents talk about how Cody's reactions are "sometimes" 100% real is just all kinds of messed up. I mean if you know your kid is having such an extreme reaction to your pranks and you're still doing them, well that's just incredibly fucked up.
Arby 'n' the Chief
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watching this compilation of Cody's abuse made my blood boil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqD6YoiHJ1k&feature=youtu.be
just what the fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqD6YoiHJ1k&feature=youtu.be
just what the fuck
You can tell what kind of people they are way sooner, this sort of thing only works if their "discipline" is already like that
Je-sus. Fuck.
He needs to get out of that house ASAP.
He's going to need counseling. This is sustained horrible abuse. No one should have to go through this.
And no telling the hell he catches at school
ChimpBottle
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Oh my God. They just berated their young child on camera for like 10 minutes while he was trying to clean his room. Why would you do that? You can just tell he would give anything for that horrible moment to end but it just went on. If you've ever been teased or humiliated in front of everyone, you might agree that the worst part is how the bully just won't fucking go away.
I really hope CPS makes their decision like... today. This needs to stop immediately.
unknownhero
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There isn't a hell hot enough for these assholes. I hope the kids get out but I fear the damage has been done.
SirClinksAlot
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Jesus these parents are scum.
depths20XX
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It's clearly not fake. If so Cody deserves a goddamn Oscar.
Phil had a great point. Their friends probably watch these videos.
adamsappel
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I don't even like Kimmel's Halloween candy videos (they're funny, yes, but I don't like pranks or practical jokes that make kids unhappy). These seem to be straight-up abuse. There's no reason to yell and curse at your child or hurt them physically.
Parts of Maryland can be as redneck as anything in the deep south. We are below the Mason-Dixon Line, anyway.
Parts of Maryland can be as redneck as anything in the deep south. We are below the Mason-Dixon Line, anyway.
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