Warning: Do NOT be drinking anything when watching this video!

[greybeta]

Am I a terrible person for laughing at this? And watching it five times in succession everytime I view it?

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[stella-x3x3.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

Heh, this was also my reaction.

[stella-x3x3.livejournal.com]

So good... the remix was better.

[purplkat.livejournal.com]

I put my hands over my mouth and did that little gasping scream that people sometimes make. I could maybe see a little bit of nervous laughter afterward, but that kid might have been seriously hurt.

IOW, yes you are.

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

I admit that I feel bad for the kid...but I mean, where were the parents? Part of the reason I'm laughing is the ludicrousness of the situation. You know, the whole "I can't keep my eye off you for even one second" adage proved so ridicilously true it was hilarious. Great, I'm laughing just thinking about it now...

(May the good Lord forgive me...)

[iceofpluto.livejournal.com]

I did the same thing. I knew it was going to happen and then it did, and yet... I watched it two more times, and i gotta admit... it's kinda cool to see the kid do a flip in the air. At the same time, my baby sister is that size, and well, it's easier than you think for the little ones to get away. The kid was on the screen for mere seconds before it happened.... I honestly don't blame the parents for anything cause you see mom running on screen when it happens, and it looks like the kid was actually listening to someone and stopped so I assume mom had been yelling to get back over there. Just my thoughts.

[purplkat.livejournal.com]

That's what I said to Sam (my fiance) after he grumbled about 'where are the damn parents?' after seeing the video. Little kids slip away. Once, when I was a kid, I got very excited about going to the zoo, and darted across a busy street against the stoplight without warning. My mother was very attentive, but she had NO IDEA what I was going to do, and little kids are FAST. Plus, they can push through crowds easier than adults. If there had been YouTube when I was a kid, I have no doubt that, had someone made a video of my mad dash, everyone would have pointed at my terrible, neglectful mother.

The video potentially gives potential for a sort of tragicomic humor, I suppose. Mother not paying attention. Kid gets kicked, but is fine. Everyone learns a valuable lesson. Mother learns to pay attention, kid learns to stay closer to mommy.

But it also gives potential for flat-out tragedy: Kid darts out to look at the dancer without warning. Mother follows as fast as she can, but not before the child is struck. Hospitalization, swelling of the brain, and death follow.

Both scenarios are within the realm of possibility. The truth is probably in the middle -- if that were my kid, an emergency room trip would be in our future, no matter how "fine" she looked, and I'm betting that a whalloping like that is going to have some kind of long-term consequenses for the child. But it's worth bearing in mind that the video cuts off before it's clear that the child is okay.

I just can't imagine anyone thinking that the video is funny.

[visgoth.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are.

Welcome aboard, sir.

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

At ease, good sir!