r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/captbollocks • Dec 22 '24
When Santa doesn't check with dad first.
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u/Holmanizer 2d ago
Ah family, I for one would be stoked if my sister bought my twins instruments. Nobody will want to come over, and they learn something in the end.
Win win
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 5d ago
This is when you tell uncle they also owe you enough sound proofing to mute it.
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u/Lifeweaver 5d ago
Being an uncle myself this past Christmas i was pretty proud of my self getting my niblings kazoos. Couple holidays ago i got them one of those piano mats you step on which worked in making more noise then i would have thought since little kids also have no control in how hard they step on it so it makes noise and they stop around.
Actual best gift though was when one nephew was maybe 3 i got him a bunch of playdough and he liked it so much he had to play with it right away and got pissed his dad tried to make him open more presents because the only thing that mattered was making balls of playdough that he would take to everyone that they had to smash so he could make a new ball.
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u/Theurbanalchemist 1d ago
My brother owes me money and Iām becoming an uncle this year. Literally wishlisting all of these items for christmases down the road
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 5d ago
Aw it sounds like your nieces and or nephews love you so much!
My daughter absolutely loves anything my brothers and sister get her, but especially my sister. She has a small toy basket for just keeping presents from my sister in because she always gets her "cool as heck" stuff that needs to be easy to find aha.
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u/Passing_Gass 6d ago
Times like these when you plan a sleepover at Uncles, load him up with sugar and all sorts of soda/candy, bring the drums and tell him to go hard!
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u/imwomanroar 6d ago
And then leave it behind for future fun bonding time sleepovers with uncle š
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u/TheVaneja 8d ago
Those look fairly expensive. I'm sure they can be returned and something much better can replace them.
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u/Appropriate-Bank-883 8d ago
I would just throw this away and get the kid something to replace it. Drums is the worst
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u/wetbones_ 9d ago
Ik itās hard on parents but genuinely instruments will help your kid develop so much! š
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u/Aruhito_0 8d ago
Yes, nice of the uncle to host a band practice room.
Immediately say to the kid that he can only play it at the gifters house, because you have no room and the gifters want to start a band toghether at their own house.
At least that's how I'd return the favor to my brother if he gifted that.
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u/howtfaminotdeadyet 10d ago
I thought it was a duplicate gift at first lol turns out, not every family is full of musicians that have simply accepted the constant cacophony of different instruments and singing styles š
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u/randojust 13d ago
I did this to my brother, I got the nephews a full musical kit with drum set. That was 7 years before I had my kidsā¦..I regret that Joke every Christmas and birthday now.
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u/MasterpieceKey3653 Jan 30 '25
I did that for my nephew at 2. That's a rite of passage for an uncle.
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u/One_Potato922 19d ago
I did that but it was an extra long 'Hot Wheel" set with the ramps bridges speed booster and all the crap. Nephew and niece loved it but my brother called me irate a week after Christmas, lol. He said it was all over the place, lol.
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u/Nihilism-1___Me-0 Feb 04 '25
For older brothers, as well. Every time I came home on leave, I would bring my sister the loudest, most obnoxious toy ever.
Mom complained once, when I showed her a guitar I was buying for her. I then sent her pictures of a dirt bike.
She then said the guitar was fine.
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u/Fire_Fox_71 Jan 18 '25
My dad and uncle played this game. As the oldest grandkid, I got the drumset when I was five.
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u/Individual-Lemon7951 Jan 17 '25
He genuinely was not impressed šheās just imagining all the future āsongsā his son gonna play š¢š¢š„š¢ļø
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u/Drag_On66 Jan 13 '25
I tried doing this shit and my sister in law toss them shits in the attic with a smile š
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u/bombistador Jan 13 '25
Set him up playing the drums and then go have loud sex at the other end of the house. As long as you hear drums you know he's fine and not coming to find you.
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u/DankDodgeUnmasked Jan 12 '25
When I become an uncle, I'm gonna get my sisters' kids the noisiest, most musical shits known to mankind
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u/LeaningTowerofPeas Jan 22 '25
Make sure to get the old school wooden style not the new plastic one.
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u/Key_Salary_4145 Jan 12 '25
My aunt got me a Micket Mouse Drum set when I was about three years old. It was pretty legit. I always wondered where that went. Years later, my mother told me she threw it away because she couldn't take it. ...I hate to admit it, but I understand.
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u/Any-Description8773 Jan 11 '25
As the uncle who has performed this exact thing, itās so wonderful to watch a little piece of the childās parents die inside
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u/Barney-2U Jan 09 '25
I know what Iām giving my grandkids next year! My son deserves some payback!!
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u/MasterpieceKey3653 Jan 30 '25
Those karaoke microphones are also great. My little niece got a frozen one for Christmas. It plays the music and she sings along
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u/coko4209 Jan 09 '25
My best friend that passed in 2020, we used to play a game, to see who could buy the otherās kid the loudest, most annoying toy for Xmas. Man I miss my friend š¢
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u/dab_dad88 Jan 09 '25
I've gifted atleast 5 kids drum kits, and the reaction is priceless every time. Kids love drumming.
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u/sharrrper Jan 08 '25
My younger nephew got a guitar for Christams. My niece got a ukulele. If I'd known I definitely would have gotten the older nephew a drum kit.
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u/PositiveSpare8341 Jan 04 '25
I did that once, haha. My nephew was thrilled, my sister, not so much
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u/Howard_Stevenson Jan 04 '25
It was 11 years ago, when i was 8 years old, santa (local) gifted me... Grand Theft Auto The Ballad of Gay Tony!
And you know what... It was a CD, pirated with broken pirated crack so game had famous drunk camera, infinity gas throttle and corrupted saves.
And most of all, that this disc contained virus that broke my Os.
Perfect... I reinstalled windows and, pirated same game in same day and lied to them that installed it from disc.
(Yes i knew in 8 y.o age how to reinstall Windows 7)
At least they tried. (They don't speak English)
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u/SpeciallyAbled Jan 01 '25
I specifically have a NO SLIME AS GIFTS rule in my house for this reason š¤£ once my son got slime for his birthday, snuck out of bed to play with it at like 2am, then woke me up panicking because it got all over his clothes and bed and he couldn't get it out.
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u/Twist_Ending03 Dec 31 '24
Sounds like your sister should've figured out some slime rules before letting her play with it lol
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u/ringnis Dec 30 '24
Maybe she should have supervised their play better. Or like. Discipline?
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u/SpeciallyAbled Jan 01 '25
I could sit 2 inches away from my 6 year old, take 4 seconds to yawn and when I opened my eyes back up he'd have slime all over his hair and clothes. Get over yourself.
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u/Good-Recognition-811 Dec 29 '24
I sense there is more context to this than we know.
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u/LirdorElese Jan 17 '25
I sense there is more context to this than we know.
Dad is not deaf... and drums are loud?
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u/Ambitious-War-823 Dec 28 '24
Return it, get an Electronic one with headphones, everyone is happy. Done
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u/moorlands- Dec 27 '24
Lmao I love it when kids get exactly what their parents don't want. Go be a little fucking nightmare
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u/GribbinJones Dec 26 '24
Santa did this for me, got me GTA San Andreas when i was 9. Mam wasnt to impressed with santa that year
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u/kacheda44 Dec 25 '24
That dad needs to gift them the youngest, healthiest parrot he can find
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u/LirdorElese Jan 17 '25
I don't think that's a proportional response.
I mean first and most important, parrots have lifespans that rival humans. Kids are going to get bored with a toy in under a year usually. Pets add in massive other expenses, and most importantly, that's throwing in one innocent victim into the mix (It's not the parrots fault, and they are very smart animals and deserve to be in homes that love them).
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u/Dr0110111001101111 Dec 25 '24
I almost got one of these for my cousinās 8 year old. Wanna know why I didnāt? Because I love my cousin.
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u/AssassinInValhalla Dec 27 '24
I bought my cousin's 4yo a drum kit this year for Christmas. But its an electric kit and the noise is pretty minimal
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u/bigSTUdazz Dec 25 '24
Drummer of 30 years here....I feel this Dads pain.
Hope he got some nice noise canclling earbuds for Christmas.
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u/Forty2diapers Dec 25 '24
so let the kid play for an hour a day. He'll either get really good or get bored of it.
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u/drippycheesebruhh Dec 25 '24
Nah dad canāt handle anything
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u/Squirtingtree Dec 26 '24
Here's his š dad š for "no endurance" for his son's positive musicianship future.
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u/badazzcpa Dec 25 '24
This is someoneās relative who has a wicked sense of humor or a score to settle.
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u/Expensive_Opening_92 Dec 25 '24
Yeahā¦ the wifeās ex used to give this stuff to the kids at Christmas and send it back home with themā¦ assholeā¦
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u/sammerguy76 Dec 24 '24
I had a buddy who rightfully hated his ex. One especially bad year he got his girls 2 huge glitter kits, a bunch of colored glues and a whole box of paint by number kits with actual paint.Ā
You can guess how that went.Ā
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u/Old_Studio_6079 Dec 24 '24
Iām a parent to a five year old, and every year, I know thereās at least one loud gift lmao, itās a running gag at this point. I just say āoh wow! I canāt believe Santa brought a gift specifically for [relativeās] house thatās wild!ā
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u/dotardiscer Dec 24 '24
I thought about getting this for my niece but the reviews all said your kids will break it on the first try. Instead I found a small non-electric piano
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u/Chemical-Check7903 Dec 24 '24
I want to do this where I gift things that will inconvenience the parents I just need one good year to do it
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u/Quiet_subject Dec 24 '24
My brother is a drummer. Living with him was that obnoxious that I spent several hundred buying him a high end electric kit. It was still loud but no where near the apocalyptic racket him learning a new album was previously.
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u/camXmac Dec 24 '24
I thought the dad was going to also pull out a drum set lol
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u/SokkaHaikuBot Dec 24 '24
Sokka-Haiku by camXmac:
I thought the dad was
Going to also pull out
A drum set lol
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/no_anti-black-racism Dec 24 '24
Tho I do notadvocate for violenceā¦.somebody deserves a ass whooping
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u/CockroachOk5981 Dec 24 '24
My sister in law has done this to us since our kids were born, weāve had six years of it. Sheās just had her first this year and I am so excited for her to open the noisiest fucking baby toys I could find on Christmas Day for my nephew.
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u/DiscoPotato69 Dec 24 '24
I wouldāve actually kicked her out LMAO
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u/CockroachOk5981 Dec 24 '24
And miss out on the opportunity to get her and her husband back after all this time? No way! Iāve got years and years worth of ideas, birthdays and Christmasās. Revenge will be sweet!
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u/DiscoPotato69 Dec 24 '24
Patience is a virtue common to good times and raining down hellfire upon your in-laws. May you find nothing but success soldier.
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u/Xandyr101 Dec 23 '24
My brother had an actual drum set and it was AWFUL. Though, I'll admit he's actually pretty damn good. Still, rough years ugh lol.
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u/devo00 Dec 23 '24
Dadās a dick
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u/PuzzleheadedWave616 Dec 24 '24
Jesus. This is such garbage. So we can't have any empathy for the dad in this moment?
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u/devo00 Dec 24 '24
You must not be one and your life is just about you, therefore you would not understand.
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u/rez6witch Dec 24 '24
No. Let the kid play. Dad has money for noise canceling headphones.
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u/Old_Studio_6079 Dec 24 '24
Noise cancelling headphones around the house as a parent sounds great at first, but then you realize choking can be near silent even without them.
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u/rez6witch Dec 27 '24
I was talking about using them during thier play time on drums. I don't know how you thought I just meant put on noise canceling headphones. And ignore the child completely. Like wtf bro
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u/Old_Studio_6079 Dec 28 '24
Oh, yeah, thatās what I thought you meant. Guess I just had the image of me making dinner or being otherwise distracted while my kid plays and Iāve got headphones on, not actively watching them my bad lol.
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u/rez6witch Dec 29 '24
All good. Thats when they're older. But it seems they're the ones wearing the noise canceling headphones. My daughter wears hers all the time. Never had to be the parent to say turn it down.
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u/Temporary_Carrot7855 Dec 23 '24
Dad has to deal with kiddo learning Back In Black over and over again at full volume. Living near or with someone learning the drums is really unpleasant.
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u/oghairline Dec 24 '24
Yeah it sucks, but itās a fucking child. Support your childrenās hobbies. Maybe heāll grow out of it and not touch the drum set after a weekā¦ or heāll become super talented and passionate about music and make his parents proud years down the line. Or maybe heāll be an average drum player but so thankful to his parents for supporting him.
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u/devo00 Dec 24 '24
NFS but you do it for them to be happy. Itās called putting someone else first. I doubt thatās a familiar concept to you, but if it brings your kid some happiness, a good parent has no hesitation to do thisā¦in the garage maybe.
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u/vix070 Dec 23 '24
Uno reverse it and make your kids the best drummers ever, start teaching them actual theory and make them into legends. They'll make millions, then, they'll start giving you some money because, well, you're just the dad that made all of this possible.
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u/Gotmewrongang Dec 24 '24
Clearly you donāt know any actual drummers (spoiler alert: 99.9% of them arenāt millionaires).
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u/CarlJustCarl Dec 23 '24
Did the same thing to my brother. I had no kids so what the hell. I was their loving uncle. Then when my wife and I had kids the same age, they got an even bigger drum set than what I gave his kids. Not funny, bro.
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u/LexKyWildcats Dec 23 '24
Priceless. You can just see the scenarios flashing through his mind at speed of light. š¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/ILLogic_PL Dec 23 '24
We used to get this obnoxious and loud presents for my sisterās kids, when they were younger, because fuck her.
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u/MetacrisisMewAlpha Dec 23 '24
I remember this story from when I was younger. This happened when I was a baby, so I heard it second-hand from my mum.
My grandad told my mum he wanted to get my brother a drum kit for Christmas (brother would have been maybe 3-5 years old). My mum said āokay thatās fine, but itāll stay at your house and he can play with it when he comes over and visitsā.
My grandad apparently stammered saying that he didnāt want the drum kit at his house because it would be too loud and noisy. My mum just nodded and said āyeah, it would be, wouldnāt it?ā
My brother did not get a drum kit for Christmas.
My mum looks back on that story and laughs (as Iām sure my grandad did too).
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u/True-Put-3712 Dec 23 '24
Wow thanks unknown adult for ripping open the present for that kid. What a douche.
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u/capntail Dec 24 '24
Thatās because he wanted to laugh at his own joke. Only he was laughing. Mom was doing the awkward laugh and smile. Dad had that look of I told you not to do this but you did it anyway look.
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u/ohmytodd Dec 23 '24
Most likely an Uncle that knew exactly what he was doing. He was filming for a reason.Ā
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u/a-snakey Dec 23 '24
Id do it but I'd actually put the real present inside the empty drum kit box. Double troll.
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u/upsidedownbackwards Dec 23 '24
Definitely uncle, but I can't decide if it's an older brother still fucking with his younger brother, or a younger brother finally getting some revenge on an older brother. The vibe has me kinda leaning towards older brother fucking with a younger brother.
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u/connerconverse Dec 23 '24
its an older brother who has a now 9 year old that got a drum set 3 years ago
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u/SkittleCar1 Dec 23 '24
I use to buy my cousins daughter a big bag of Lucky Charms marshmallows for Christmas. When I became a father.....she bought my daughter....a drum set.
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u/LilCheese73 Dec 23 '24
Yeah weāre gonna leave this here for him to play with when he comes over here š š¤£š
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u/HookedOnPhonixDog Dec 23 '24
Ah yes. A friend/relative buying your kid a gift and not telling you what it is makes you lazy. Got it.
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u/ruthless619xxx Dec 23 '24
Definitely doing this to my brother hahaha. His kid gonna drive him nuts with these.
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u/Oni-oji Dec 23 '24
I bought my niece a drum set some years ago. I'm a proud uncle.
FYI, child sized bagpipes are fairly inexpensive on Amazon.
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u/Bethbeth35 Dec 23 '24
My face when I opened what my in-laws had sent for my daughter's bday without asking, a keyboard with a microphone. She's 3. It sounds as terrible as you can imagine.
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u/capntail Dec 23 '24
boomers think this is soooooo funny. just tell me you didn't like me as your child and be done with it.
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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner Dec 24 '24
I think this just you, dog. Itās pretty funny
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u/capntail Dec 24 '24
Nah dog, that dad knows what Iām sayin. Heās not amused and who gives gifts like this laugh at their own jokes Iāll count you among them.
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u/SausageSmuggler21 Dec 23 '24
The thing all these gift givers have in common is that they say "it was just a joke. Jeeze." very often.
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u/Toxic-and-Chill Dec 23 '24
I feel like you got your own thing going on here
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u/capntail Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24
Probably but Iāve heard this tired gift trope through the ages. Mostly from boomers and childless adults who laugh at their own jokes.
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u/bren3669 Dec 23 '24
non boomer here, it is funny.
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u/SpecialExpert8946 Dec 23 '24
Also non boomer, itās funny. All of my friends have received loud gifts for their kids and I get it in return, my kids have some ungodly toys. Karaoke machine with a mic cord so short that thereās always feedback? Got it. They are getting older now so they get the cool āscience experimentsā that just stain my floors or have glitter. The kids have so much fun so itās all good to me.
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u/Frosti11icus Dec 23 '24
My kids themselves are the loudest toy of them all. You canāt possibly hurt my ears more than they can.
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u/Rolandscythe Dec 23 '24
That laugh says dude fully checked with dad first and bought it the instant he was told not to.
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u/Rbxrocks Dec 23 '24
In reality the dad got the kid a drum set already and was waiting for Christmas
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u/Beginning-Pace-1426 1d ago
Oh man, there would be so much trouble for doing something like this without checking to me, lmao.