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My favorite headlines: "Video: ‘Homophobic’ 6-Week-Old Baby Cries After Gay Dad Tells Him ‘There Is No Mama’" "UK Approves Bills To Remove Criminal Penalties

by troped2 6mo ago

My favorite headlines: "Video: ‘Homophobic’ 6-Week-Old Baby Cries After Gay Dad Tells Him ‘There Is No Mama’" "UK Approves Bills To Remove Criminal Penalties For Women Who Commit Their Own Abortions" "Nigerian Photographed Killing Cat And Trying To Cook It In Front Of Children’s Playground In Italy"

nslsm 6mo ago
I don’t see what’s so funny about them, especially the last one.
- deleted 6mo ago
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- hibberl6 6mo ago
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troped2 6mo ago
"Afghani Arrested On Suspicion Of Raping Goats In France" "Trump Anticipates Chinese Leader “Will Give Me A Big, Fat Hug”" "Photos Of A Cucumber & Ron Paul Playing Baseball Massively Ratio Netanyahu & Mark Levin On X"
- GaryBluto 6mo ago
  > "Trump Anticipates Chinese Leader “Will Give Me A Big, Fat Hug”" To be fair, he did.
at-fates-hands 6mo ago
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- bot403 6mo ago
  They are indeed cringe worthy. Even my four year old cries when his spoon is the wrong kind of spoon. This does not make him spoon-phobic. It means he is a kid who has no control of his emotions. A baby has even less understanding. Everyone who is debating the homophobia of the baby is projecting.
  - like_any_other 6mo ago
    I believe they call it "humour".
    - bcrosby95 6mo ago
      Unfortunately many people are humourphobic.
  - at-fates-hands 6mo ago
    >> Everyone who is debating the homophobia of the baby is projecting. The gay men in the video were saying this about the baby. If its a joke? Then its a really sad one when people are filming their cringeworthy interactions with a newborn and then posting for the entire internet to view in order to get attention. Welcome to the severe, rapid decline of Western Civilization.
- Bengalilol 6mo ago
  Now, what would you think of a website with such headlines?
  - at-fates-hands 6mo ago
    Considering its all over the internet? It would seem the issue is not with the website per se then is it?
- striking 6mo ago
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- like_any_other 6mo ago
  Do you think learning that 3/3 stories they thought were so ridiculous they were obviously fake, were in fact real, will cause them to reconsider their view of the world in any way?
- malicka 6mo ago
  I think it’s pretty obvious that the cringe-worthy part is the story-selection. To refer to anoyher headline, do they run a story every time some Englishman fucks a goat? No, of course not; it’s only newsworthy if it’s [minority you should hate]. That’s cringeworthy.
  - dijksterhuis 6mo ago
    wait, hang on, someone did what to a goat...?
    - ChoGGi 6mo ago
      Why do Scotsmen wear kilts?
logifail 6mo ago
> 6-Week-Old Baby I appreciate this story appears to be all about the rage-bate headlines, but I don't believe that either six-week old babies say "Mama" (with purpose) or that a baby that age would be capable of responding in the way described to an adult saying "there is no Mama". It doesn't work like that at that age. [Source: have three kids]
- like_any_other 6mo ago
  Source: the video: https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2045335697893269640 https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2045335697893269640 Edit: but it is likely the baby is older than 6 weeks in that video - this seems to be the source of confusion (read carefully - the 6-week-old video was a different, older video): In December, when Texson was 6 weeks old, he shared a video with the text overlay “6 week old homophobic baby,” which was viewed more than 36 million times. In that video, Texson smiles in response to being told he has a sister, a brother and puppies but frowns when McAnally says that he has two dads. In the most recent video McAnally has shared, Texson laughs and says the sound “ma ma ma,” when asked if he wants “dada or pop.” Later on, in the video, he cries and looks frustrated." - https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/shane-mcanally-video-baby-mama-backlash-11845739 https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/shane-mcanally-video-... Of course, getting stuck on if they got the age of the baby wrong is throwing out the baby with the bathwater - the main thrust of the story is true.
  - logifail 6mo ago
    "6-Week-Old" babies don't have the muscle strength to hold their heads horizontally like that (and IMHO it would be foolhardy to wave them around like that)... Pronounced social smiling (as in the video) already by six weeks would also pretty unusual.
    - FireBeyond 6mo ago
      Hah yes, many years I got into a debate with someone here or was it Reddit about the "intuitiveness of iOS" and someone claiming "I've handed my iPad to my 3 month old and they are able to swipe and navigate"... No, your baby typically needs to be propped up to sit at that age. They simply don't have that fine motor control and coordination, let alone the comprehension of whatever app you put in front of them.
arrowsmith 6mo ago
I'm not sure what point you're making but there's nothing satirical about the second headline. The UK really did just legislate to decriminalise abortion up to the point of birth. I don't see how that's a laughing matter.
- kuerbel 6mo ago
  That is simply not true. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/27/misleading-headlines-claim-uk-legalised-abortion-until-birth https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/27/misleading-hea...
  - DoctorOetker 6mo ago
    TLDR: not legalised in the wider sense that any doctors or institutions involved with the abortion can perform the abortion until arbitrary late, but DOES remove liability from the pregnant women. So in case her abortion is aided or abetted those people are still criminally liable, but if she does it on her own somehow, then it is in fact legalised by the recent change. So, it depends on the situation, and if the mother is the sole actor or not. If she is the sole actor, it seems abortion has been arbitrarily legalized according to kuerbels' link. This also makes it important that people like kuerbel disseminate such a correction: the platitude that all abortions are now legalized would send the wrong message / legal advice to any accomplices in the abortion, even if the mother can do this with impunity, if you aid or abet her in it you can be held liable!
    - defrost 6mo ago
      > So in case her abortion is aided or abetted those people are still criminally liable, but if she does it on her own somehow, then it is in fact legalised by the recent change. So, it depends on the situation, and if the mother is the sole actor or not. Wheter acting solo or with aid of others, the mother is no longer liable for criminal charges. Full Stop. See, much better articles that address the actual ammended bill and passing into law rather than focussing on the confusion spread by various media sources. eg: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-women-convicted-abortions-passes-uk-parliament https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-wom... This is a change that would have impacted a total of 20 woman in the entire 100 years of the 19th Century and almost the same number of woman from the last two decades.
Anthony-G 6mo ago
Also: > Trump Responds To Controversial Image Of Himself As Jesus, Says It Actually Depicted Him As A Doctor & Slams “Fake News” For The Misinterpretation Had I not already heard this story via the mainstream media on this side of the Atlantic, this could easily be another satirical headline. With Trump as President, Poe’s law now covers reporting on facts – not just expressions of opinion.
pcf 6mo ago
Did you believe they are fake? Or what's your point here? Number two is real: - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-women-convicted-abortions-passes-uk-parliament https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-wom... - https://catholicreview.org/uk-church-leaders-pro-life-advocates-say-britain-now-has-most-extreme-abortion-legislation/ https://catholicreview.org/uk-church-leaders-pro-life-advoca... Number three is real: - https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2196712/horror-migrant-kills-cat-tries-to-cook-it-children-s-playground https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2196712/horror-migrant-... - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38880851/migrant-kills-tries-cook-cat-playground/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38880851/migrant-kills-tries-c... - https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/world-news/migrant-cooks-a-cat-at-childrens-playground-in-italy/ https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/world-news/migrant-cooks-a-cat...

by troped2 6mo ago

nslsm 6mo ago

I don’t see what’s so funny about them, especially the last one.

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hibberl6 6mo ago
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troped2 6mo ago

"Afghani Arrested On Suspicion Of Raping Goats In France" "Trump Anticipates Chinese Leader “Will Give Me A Big, Fat Hug”" "Photos Of A Cucumber & Ron Paul Playing Baseball Massively Ratio Netanyahu & Mark Levin On X"

GaryBluto 6mo ago
> "Trump Anticipates Chinese Leader “Will Give Me A Big, Fat Hug”" To be fair, he did.

at-fates-hands 6mo ago

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bot403 6mo ago
They are indeed cringe worthy. Even my four year old cries when his spoon is the wrong kind of spoon. This does not make him spoon-phobic. It means he is a kid who has no control of his emotions. A baby has even less understanding. Everyone who is debating the homophobia of the baby is projecting.
- like_any_other 6mo ago
  I believe they call it "humour".
  - bcrosby95 6mo ago
    Unfortunately many people are humourphobic.
- at-fates-hands 6mo ago
  >> Everyone who is debating the homophobia of the baby is projecting. The gay men in the video were saying this about the baby. If its a joke? Then its a really sad one when people are filming their cringeworthy interactions with a newborn and then posting for the entire internet to view in order to get attention. Welcome to the severe, rapid decline of Western Civilization.
Bengalilol 6mo ago
Now, what would you think of a website with such headlines?
- at-fates-hands 6mo ago
  Considering its all over the internet? It would seem the issue is not with the website per se then is it?
striking 6mo ago
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like_any_other 6mo ago
Do you think learning that 3/3 stories they thought were so ridiculous they were obviously fake, were in fact real, will cause them to reconsider their view of the world in any way?
malicka 6mo ago
I think it’s pretty obvious that the cringe-worthy part is the story-selection. To refer to anoyher headline, do they run a story every time some Englishman fucks a goat? No, of course not; it’s only newsworthy if it’s [minority you should hate]. That’s cringeworthy.
- dijksterhuis 6mo ago
  wait, hang on, someone did what to a goat...?
  - ChoGGi 6mo ago
    Why do Scotsmen wear kilts?

logifail 6mo ago

> 6-Week-Old Baby I appreciate this story appears to be all about the rage-bate headlines, but I don't believe that either six-week old babies say "Mama" (with purpose) or that a baby that age would be capable of responding in the way described to an adult saying "there is no Mama". It doesn't work like that at that age. [Source: have three kids]

like_any_other 6mo ago
Source: the video: https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2045335697893269640 https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2045335697893269640 Edit: but it is likely the baby is older than 6 weeks in that video - this seems to be the source of confusion (read carefully - the 6-week-old video was a different, older video): In December, when Texson was 6 weeks old, he shared a video with the text overlay “6 week old homophobic baby,” which was viewed more than 36 million times. In that video, Texson smiles in response to being told he has a sister, a brother and puppies but frowns when McAnally says that he has two dads. In the most recent video McAnally has shared, Texson laughs and says the sound “ma ma ma,” when asked if he wants “dada or pop.” Later on, in the video, he cries and looks frustrated." - https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/shane-mcanally-video-baby-mama-backlash-11845739 https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/shane-mcanally-video-... Of course, getting stuck on if they got the age of the baby wrong is throwing out the baby with the bathwater - the main thrust of the story is true.
- logifail 6mo ago
  "6-Week-Old" babies don't have the muscle strength to hold their heads horizontally like that (and IMHO it would be foolhardy to wave them around like that)... Pronounced social smiling (as in the video) already by six weeks would also pretty unusual.
  - FireBeyond 6mo ago
    Hah yes, many years I got into a debate with someone here or was it Reddit about the "intuitiveness of iOS" and someone claiming "I've handed my iPad to my 3 month old and they are able to swipe and navigate"... No, your baby typically needs to be propped up to sit at that age. They simply don't have that fine motor control and coordination, let alone the comprehension of whatever app you put in front of them.

arrowsmith 6mo ago

I'm not sure what point you're making but there's nothing satirical about the second headline. The UK really did just legislate to decriminalise abortion up to the point of birth. I don't see how that's a laughing matter.

kuerbel 6mo ago
That is simply not true. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/27/misleading-headlines-claim-uk-legalised-abortion-until-birth https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/27/misleading-hea...
- DoctorOetker 6mo ago
  TLDR: not legalised in the wider sense that any doctors or institutions involved with the abortion can perform the abortion until arbitrary late, but DOES remove liability from the pregnant women. So in case her abortion is aided or abetted those people are still criminally liable, but if she does it on her own somehow, then it is in fact legalised by the recent change. So, it depends on the situation, and if the mother is the sole actor or not. If she is the sole actor, it seems abortion has been arbitrarily legalized according to kuerbels' link. This also makes it important that people like kuerbel disseminate such a correction: the platitude that all abortions are now legalized would send the wrong message / legal advice to any accomplices in the abortion, even if the mother can do this with impunity, if you aid or abet her in it you can be held liable!
  - defrost 6mo ago
    > So in case her abortion is aided or abetted those people are still criminally liable, but if she does it on her own somehow, then it is in fact legalised by the recent change. So, it depends on the situation, and if the mother is the sole actor or not. Wheter acting solo or with aid of others, the mother is no longer liable for criminal charges. Full Stop. See, much better articles that address the actual ammended bill and passing into law rather than focussing on the confusion spread by various media sources. eg: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-women-convicted-abortions-passes-uk-parliament https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-wom... This is a change that would have impacted a total of 20 woman in the entire 100 years of the 19th Century and almost the same number of woman from the last two decades.

Anthony-G 6mo ago

Also: > Trump Responds To Controversial Image Of Himself As Jesus, Says It Actually Depicted Him As A Doctor & Slams “Fake News” For The Misinterpretation Had I not already heard this story via the mainstream media on this side of the Atlantic, this could easily be another satirical headline. With Trump as President, Poe’s law now covers reporting on facts – not just expressions of opinion.

pcf 6mo ago

Did you believe they are fake? Or what's your point here? Number two is real: - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-women-convicted-abortions-passes-uk-parliament https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-wom... - https://catholicreview.org/uk-church-leaders-pro-life-advocates-say-britain-now-has-most-extreme-abortion-legislation/ https://catholicreview.org/uk-church-leaders-pro-life-advoca... Number three is real: - https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2196712/horror-migrant-kills-cat-tries-to-cook-it-children-s-playground https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2196712/horror-migrant-... - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38880851/migrant-kills-tries-cook-cat-playground/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38880851/migrant-kills-tries-c... - https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/world-news/migrant-cooks-a-cat-at-childrens-playground-in-italy/ https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/world-news/migrant-cooks-a-cat...