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> baby with a giant deformed head in some kind of medical setting, unable to tell if that baby is real -- if it is, then it's not a good situation for that baby

> baby with a giant deformed head in some kind of medical setting, unable to tell if that baby is real -- if it is, then it's not a good situation for that baby I think I know which baby you’re referring to. If it’s a mom tending to the baby, then that baby is fine. I agree it’s shock value, and in fact is so shocking that I took a screenshot of it: https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1512778289676496902?s=21&t=ayb0X3fQ9UQcdG0uh5lvxg https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1512778289676496902?s=2... But the truth is that the baby is profoundly disabled and is barely responsive. Using them for social media attention at least gives you some money to better tend to them. (There are lots of examples in that thread which illustrate your overall point. Tiktok can be quite the carnival.)

etblg 4y ago
Close, in the same genre at least. The one I had in mind was this one with a much bigger head: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegorrilagang/video/7127232583808683306?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7127232583808683306 https://www.tiktok.com/@thegorrilagang/video/712723258380868... Disclaimer: severe medical deformity, may not want to click this.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  Welp. Thank you for adding to my collection. It’s so interesting that tiktok managed to revitalize this… genre.
  - nwienert 4y ago
    Sideshows continue to be gross even in the rare cases where there’s plausible consent.
    - mr_toad 4y ago
      A lot of social media these days does resemble a travelling circus. And a lot of influencers give off a P. T. Barnum vibe.
collegeburner 4y ago
the one i'm thinking of is a full grown (i think) brasilian guy who has his head bent like full backwards and just sits there rocking back and forth and saying "please i need help guys" or sum.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  This fellow :) https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1512778314083094528?s=21&t=WL8tw25fsI_AUSUHWSY6AQ https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1512778314083094528?s=2...
PicassoCTs 4y ago
They do not better care for them. In many parts of the world, deformed or mutilated children are just tools for strangers, who traded them in, to improve begging results. When you donate to these gangs, you are supporting child trafficking and worser things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEnN_Bqu14s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEnN_Bqu14s If you want to help, donate to certified organizations with a proofen track record of helping the poor.
- odysseus 4y ago
  Yikes. Makes me think of certain scenes in Slumdog Millionaire.
dillondoyle 4y ago
oofff course they are 'warnock warriors'

etblg 4y ago

Close, in the same genre at least. The one I had in mind was this one with a much bigger head: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegorrilagang/video/7127232583808683306?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7127232583808683306 https://www.tiktok.com/@thegorrilagang/video/712723258380868... Disclaimer: severe medical deformity, may not want to click this.

sillysaurusx 4y ago
Welp. Thank you for adding to my collection. It’s so interesting that tiktok managed to revitalize this… genre.
- nwienert 4y ago
  Sideshows continue to be gross even in the rare cases where there’s plausible consent.
  - mr_toad 4y ago
    A lot of social media these days does resemble a travelling circus. And a lot of influencers give off a P. T. Barnum vibe.

collegeburner 4y ago

the one i'm thinking of is a full grown (i think) brasilian guy who has his head bent like full backwards and just sits there rocking back and forth and saying "please i need help guys" or sum.

sillysaurusx 4y ago
This fellow :) https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1512778314083094528?s=21&t=WL8tw25fsI_AUSUHWSY6AQ https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1512778314083094528?s=2...

PicassoCTs 4y ago

They do not better care for them. In many parts of the world, deformed or mutilated children are just tools for strangers, who traded them in, to improve begging results. When you donate to these gangs, you are supporting child trafficking and worser things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEnN_Bqu14s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEnN_Bqu14s If you want to help, donate to certified organizations with a proofen track record of helping the poor.

odysseus 4y ago
Yikes. Makes me think of certain scenes in Slumdog Millionaire.

dillondoyle 4y ago

oofff course they are 'warnock warriors'