*promote some goodness.

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 8:55pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter bareboards2.

Just gonna go on record and say, calmly,

WHAT THE FUCK THAT'S FUCKING DISGUSTING HOW COULD YOU ALLOW YOUR DAUGHTER(?) TO FUCKING PLAY WITH A DEAD SQUIRREL? IT WAS POTENTIALLY DISEASE-RIDDEN WHEN IT WAS ALIVE.

ok I feel better.

I want one

Most unlikely combination of channels ever.

In some states this would be considered child pornography.

Here's a fun fact... views on YouTube when I first posted this.... 250.

Four hours later? 46,000.

This, my friends, is viral in action.

I'll bet this vid gets pulled soon. Watch while you can.

I sincerely hope that child is well inoculated.

LOL adorable yet SOOOO WRONG

Wow, way to show your daughter the value of animal life. Fucking hick family.

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What do you work for PETA? It's a fucking squirrel. A dead tasty squirrel. >> ^schlub:

Wow, way to show your daughter the value of animal life. Fucking hick family.

Seeing this vid prompted this story from my dad -- He grew up on a dirt farm in Oklahoma during the depths of the Depression. One of their sources of food was my dad's ability to kill squirrels for the stew pot.

He was 15-16 years old, out hunting. Saw a squirrel in the crook of a tree, just its head popping up. He got it with one shot, picked up the body and stuffed it in the back pocket of his overalls and started walking home.

Halfway home.... his pocket started wriggling. He had just creased its head, grazing the hair right between its ears. Knocked it unconscious but otherwise it was fine.

He says he built a cage for it, where it lived for months before escaping. Took up residence in the roof, until it eventually disappeared.

I was surprised it didn't end up in the cooking pot, but as dad says, they weren't poor. The folks living in a cave in the riverbank were poor.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY III - Fall 2011

>> ^schlub:

Wow, way to show your daughter the value of animal life. Fucking hick family.


Maybe not, but they sure showed the value of animal death.

I would pay to see that little girls reaction when they show her this footage in 10 years.

And I'd pay to see that little girl's reaction when someone kills her dog and goes "Tee-hee-hee, a dead dog! tee-hee!". Yeah, hysterical.
>> ^Mekanikal:

I would pay to see that little girls reaction when they show her this footage in 10 years.

I want Lyme disease too. Please Daddy can I play with a dead thing????

Do you have children? Do you know how very young this girl is?

She doesn't know what "death" is -- it is a word.

What I see is a little girl who her WHOLE LIFE has wanted to play with a fluffy tailed squirrel, but could never get close to one. Now she finally got her hands on one -- SHE LOVES THIS SQUIRREL. She loves its fluffy tail and its soft fur.

This is innocent joy you are seeing.

She'll find out about death soon enough. Sorrow is for later.

Enjoy the joy, my friend.

>> ^schlub:

And I'd pay to see that little girl's reaction when someone kills her dog and goes "Tee-hee-hee, a dead dog! tee-hee!". Yeah, hysterical.
>> ^Mekanikal:
I would pay to see that little girls reaction when they show her this footage in 10 years.

I said this to someone in discussing this vid, why I liked it so much:

The utter limpness of death in the oblivious hands of joy.

Yes, an unlikely combination.


>> ^Pprt:

Most unlikely combination of channels ever.

I have to say, I first upvoted just because the title might be the best idea for an album title I have ever heard.

Yes, I do. And I wouldn't hesitate for a second to tell them what they are doing is wrong. You don't let kids do things simply because they like it. You have to draw a line somewhere.
>> ^bareboards2:

Do you have children?

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>> ^bareboards2:

Seeing this vid prompted this story from my dad -- He grew up on a dirt farm in Oklahoma during the depths of the Depression. One of their sources of food was my dad's ability to kill squirrels for the stew pot.
He was 15-16 years old, out hunting. Saw a squirrel in the crook of a tree, just its head popping up. He got it with one shot, picked up the body and stuffed it in the back pocket of his overalls and started walking home.
Halfway home.... his pocket started wriggling. He had just creased its head, grazing the hair right between its ears. Knocked it unconscious but otherwise it was fine.
He says he built a cage for it, where it lived for months before escaping. Took up residence in the roof, until it eventually disappeared.
I was surprised it didn't end up in the cooking pot, but as dad says, they weren't poor. The folks living in a cave in the riverbank were poor.


I'm guessing that if he could afford guns and ammo (even if it was just a .22), then you weren't that poor.

ewwww

And a couple of weeks later as she succumbs to hantavirus she learns the true meaning of death

I hope she had rabies shots

What does killing her dog and seeing a video of yourself playing with a dead squirrel like a stuffed animal have to do with each other? That wasn't someones pet squirrel and she didn't kill it.

>> ^schlub:

And I'd pay to see that little girl's reaction when someone kills her dog and goes "Tee-hee-hee, a dead dog! tee-hee!". Yeah, hysterical.
>> ^Mekanikal:
I would pay to see that little girls reaction when they show her this footage in 10 years.

A dead squirrel ain't shit. I used to shoot these things with a bb gun when I was a kid. Some people get paid to kill them. My grandfather was paid to kill a cute fluffy bunny infestation while my aunt (then 6) waited in the car watching. My girlfriend's father was paid to kill cat infestations when he lived in Vietnam. The internet simultaneously made everyone smart and stupid as fuck. (I love animals, but I also devour their flesh with no sympathy. Have you ever watched your cat kill a bird? Now that's cruelty.)

Bath time? I would have hosed her down outside with cold water and scrubbed her with soap before letting her back in the house.

Our cat would kill squirrels, thankfully he was selfish enough to eat them himself rather than bring them back home.

Yea, draw the line somewhere. I have a 2-year old, and if it doesn't require a trip to the hospital, I let him play. If he found a dead squirrel, he'd be allowed to investigate it for awhile, but then that'd be it. The line is between allowing your kid to discover the world for themselves and boxing them in with your pussy helicopter parenting. Constantly (and falsely) threatening them with how dangerous everything is will produce a useless, scared sack of shit for a kid who has no confidence. Keep telling them "NO" and he/she will be living with you into their 30s. Enjoy!

Now I feel better.

So do I.

Thanks!!!!!!!!


>> ^nach0s:

Yea, draw the line somewhere. I have a 2-year old, and if it doesn't require a trip to the hospital, I let him play. If he found a dead squirrel, he'd be allowed to investigate it for awhile, but then that'd be it. The line is between allowing your kid to discover the world for themselves and boxing them in with your pussy helicopter parenting. Constantly (and falsely) threatening them with how dangerous everything is will produce a useless, scared sack of shit for a kid who has no confidence. Keep telling them "NO" and he/she will be living with you into their 30s. Enjoy!
Now I feel better.

I have a 3 year old and my reaction wouldn't be TOO dissimilar from this if he showed up holding a dead squirrel. The parents were clearly a bit shocked, but at the same time, what are you going to do? Sometimes you just have to stand back and marvel at how ridiculous life can be. And then go take a bath.

Yes, the squirrel could have diseases, but so could many things outside or inside your house. Rabies is not a particular concern with squirrels. Lyme disease is a concern, but presumably they're checking for ticks during bath time. Hantavirus is scary, but it is orders of magnitude rarer than Lyme disease.

To everyone crying out "OMGOMGOGM, DISEASE GERMS OMG NO!!!", do you have any idea of the type of shit a child will put in his/her mouth during that period in life? Something tells she'll survive this 'ordeal'. I liked the mom's remark about her turning out to be vegetarian, actually, if anything, I imagine this will prove to have a positive impact on her perception and acceptance of death as she grows up.

What I want to know is, how is what she did "wrong"?

I can't think of any moral reason why a girl, so young that she doesn't even conceive of death, holding a dead squirrel is wrong... unless you ascribe to the belief that all life is somehow sacred, in which case if you aren't a Jain or a vegan then you are a hypocrite.

There might be some cleanliness issues that might make you consider it "wrong" but she wasn't licking it or anything (not something I would be surprised about, considering her age) so if her parents clean her up she will likely be fine.

The people who clean up roadkill use a shovel to scrape a body off the road and into the back of a truck so it can be dumped in a hole in another location. Is what they do "wrong"?

I saw a girl, with no notion of death beyond a word her parents used, holding a squirrel she loved and wanted to keep so she could pet it and play with it. I don't see what's wrong with that.
>> ^schlub:

Yes, I do. And I wouldn't hesitate for a second to tell them what they are doing is wrong. You don't let kids do things simply because they like it. You have to draw a line somewhere.
>> ^bareboards2:
Do you have children?

>> ^NinjaInHeat:

To everyone crying out "OMGOMGOGM, DISEASE GERMS OMG NO!!!", do you have any idea of the type of shit a child will put in his/her mouth during that period in life? Something tells she'll survive this 'ordeal'. I liked the mom's remark about her turning out to be vegetarian, actually, if anything, I imagine this will prove to have a positive impact on her perception and acceptance of death as she grows up.


>> ^Skeeve:

What I want to know is, how is what she did "wrong"?
There might be some cleanliness issues that might make you consider it "wrong" but she wasn't licking it or anything (not something I would be surprised about, considering her age) so if her parents clean her up she will likely be fine.



It's a risk thing. Yes children are routinely exposed to many pathogens, but they are also immunized against the worst of them. Odds are this child will be just fine after this episode, and odds are she will also be fine unrestrained in the back seat of a car. A responsible parent should limit unnecessary risks to their child, and exposing her to zoonotic diseases is a bad move.

What a bunch of cement dust encrusted city dwelling yuppies most of you sound like.

>> ^BoneRemake:

What a bunch of cement dust encrusted city dwelling yuppies most of you sound like.


Well, if we want to sound snarky and condescending, we'll know who to turn to =P

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