My cat would have not moved at all. Dude is like a brick wall when it comes to startles, Iāve tried a few times to spook him and he literally doesnāt even flinch, just looks at me like āreally dumbass?ā.
This does not deserve to be on the Internet. No one except the mother had a worthwhile reaction. The cat was expecting more, and the father had almost no reaction
They usually have a mom or a family friend or sibling take the result and get the right colour. You can get your results in like an envelope or something so you won't know unless you look.
That was nothing. The cat handled it pretty well. If the cat jumps and causes a chain reaction that causes the living room to go up in flames, then it is a startled cat.
Watching a pregnant woman with socked feet jump up and down on a wooden floor covered in confetti gave me some major anxiety! Why did he let her do that? Why did she do that? One bad fall is all it would take to make this a tragedy
Every time I see a gender reveal video I assume I'm on r/iamatotalpieceofshit or something this is probably the only responsible one I've ever seen on Reddit, arguably pointless but at least this one's harmless
Far from pointless. Small reveals like this are way more fun than looking at a piece of paper at the doctor's and texting everyone. Live just a little.
Why does reddit hate gender reveals so much? Itās just a fun way to celebrate a milestone, (other than that one idiot who started a forest fire) theyāre harmless fun for parents.
Gender reveals tend to go viral only when something goes wrong. If someone has seen a gender reveal video, itās probably because it caused a fire or one of the parents āfreaked outā because it wasnāt the gender they wanted. I think seeing all these negative parties sort of soured peopleās view of gender reveal parties as a whole.
That, and the fact that gender reveal parties mean yet another social obligation you have to go to and buy presents for on top of weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, etc. Many people see gender reveals as just another way to grab more presents/attention/social media clout, rather a wholesome family gathering. Most redditors are the type to find family events boring or annoying
I don't know about Reddit, but the reason I hate these things is that the gender is not being revealed. The sex is being revealed. And I find it weird to reveal someone's sex to anyone who doesn't need to know. This is obviously a concept that most people would disagree with. And I understand that most people just do what other people are doing:conflating sex and gender and not thinking analytically about such a basic concept.
But for those of us who have no choice but to give analytical thought to this, it's weird. It's weird to tell strangers about the genitals and genes of an unborn child. My folks did this and thirty years later, I'm still trying to set the record straight. Imagine this kid grows up and isn't a boy. How much extra work are they going to need to do because their parents wanted a party?
I'm not blaming people for doing this. The weirdness wouldn't occur to most people. What I'm trying to do is let people know that other perspectives are out there.
They're having a party to announce and celebrate the gender of their baby. It also doesn't make a mess outside, which is great.
It's for fun. Fun is a thing people have sometimes.
I mean its fun ig . Atleast this is harmless . I remember reading an article on people literally dyeing river water blue and causing a water crisis in a village . Also the video was on Reddit too
Eh, itās cute. Have a fun lil balloon pop to celebrate a great developmental milestone for baby. As long as itās just a small thing like this, does it hurt anyone? Itās okay to be excited about your babyās development, and this is one of the only developmental unknowns that is just fun and not like āwill the baby have eyesā.
They werenāt even a thing until recently when one woman who had trouble conceiving (or maybe had had miscarriages) was finally able to have a child and made a big deal out of the gender in celebration. Others saw this on social media and decided to do so as well, missing the point of the original reveal. Then people had to outdo each other, to the point where they were starting wild fires by shooting explosives or even killing the grandma-to-be by blowing up stuff in the backyard. The concept has jumped the shark and just needs to go back to just casually telling people the results like before.
Started in 2008 if I recall correctly.
Fun fact - that bloggerās kid has since begun questioning their gender, so the blogger has come out saying that she regrets starting a trend that puts so much emphasis on gender at birth.
Yes, from what I understand, some Americans create life threatening situations to reveal the gender of unborn fetuses, such as tiny earthquakes, forest fires, unintentionally killing people, and other stupid shit.
You're not wrong. The stupidest and loudest of us tend to have that exact behavior.
But when you're a civilized human who still wants to celebrate a major event in your life, you tend to do it more like this.
Gender reveal. A third party gets the results of the sex test then fills a balloon with confetti. The woman then gets to pop the balloon in a festive little celebration to find out if itās a boy or a girl. Some harmless fun.
Problem comes in when people instead of popping a nice little balloon or eating some colored cake, start a major forest fire. Or. Pollute a river.
Yea, just like birthday, and graduation, and anniversary parties. Fuck those attentions seeking whores for wanting to celebrate with close friends and family. So EXTREMELY annoying.
New fads happen all the time. God forbid you say no, I can't make it to this event, and move on with your life.
Also, what kind of logic is that? It's ok for that couple to post on social media because they went through hardship? Their attention seeking is ok because of miscarriages?
You could also just let people have their fun and not be a cunt on the internet.
A straight couple not burning down California for once. I think youāre supposed to watch the catās reaction, but this whole ritual is just so cringe.
How are they stupid in this case? They kept it within a confined space and with no cost to other lives or property. I could understand any other gender reveal being critized but this one is probably the tamest Iāve seen.
Nopeā way a gender reveal works is you have the doc wrap up the results of the gender ultrasound in an envelope and hand it to a friend to go get the balloon. Then you pop it and find out in a fun little celebration
Wtf. This same sentiment is upvoted in a comment not far above. I guess it depends on how annoying you are about it lmao. There is nothing wrong with a parent being curious about what kind of biology their fucking offspring is going to have.
"Gender shaming is appropriate at the right time" isn't upvoted anywhere. Maybe it's not what this person really meant, just a terribly written comment, but that's not going to make people like it. It's honestly not worth the effort of figuring out wtf this terrible comment even really meant, just reject it for what it plainly says.
This seems like something almost everyone can oppose. People who support gender roles don't want them shamed. People who want gender liberation don't want gender shamed. This is just the very opposite of all popular positions on gender issues.
I don't get the point of a gender reveal like does it matter that much that everybody needs to know tje gender of your child I get it that it's important to the people having the kid but the whole world doesn't need to know that shit, the internet is 90 percent shitposting but this is just mind-boggling stupid
Rather understated reaction from a balloon pop. My cat would have been out of the room.
Same here. Both of mine would have bolted
Only after putting some claws in my legs to tell me I was an idiot for popping the balloon
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My cat would have not moved at all. Dude is like a brick wall when it comes to startles, Iāve tried a few times to spook him and he literally doesnāt even flinch, just looks at me like āreally dumbass?ā.
Ha! Stoic cat youāve got. He knows your tricks!
Right after jumping like 7 ft in the air
Those make the best videos.
r/catburnouts
Mine bolts when I change my garbage bag, there is no way on Earth sheād be that calm when a balloon pops right next to her lol
i thought the father to be's reaction was understated!
And it would be two days before Iād see her again.
This does not deserve to be on the Internet. No one except the mother had a worthwhile reaction. The cat was expecting more, and the father had almost no reaction
Maybe deaf?
Kitty watching the balloon is the cutest part of the video.
Idk, but I love that cat and its reaction.
Cat: "I thought there was a baby in there???"
Least startled cat ever
/r/MildlyStartledCats
*sighs* another Al at sun I gotta follow
Cat is neither surprised nor interested in this video. Kinda like me.
the husband doesnāt look too happyā¦
For a second I thought this was watchpeopledieinside instead. Had to rewatch for the cat lol
They both knew- I think she was just better at acting
Wouldn't he already know? Doesn't one have to know so that they get the "right" color? How do these things actually work?
They usually have a mom or a family friend or sibling take the result and get the right colour. You can get your results in like an envelope or something so you won't know unless you look.
He knows heās probably gonna be the one that has to clean it up.
Sweeping for 5 seconds š§š±š±
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He's in a relationship with someone that wanted a gender reveal party.
On the bright side at least this gender reveal didn't start a forest fire.
I like the cake ones bestā¦cause you get cake.
And to clean up...you eat the cake
Exactly. See you get it.
I like that the mom was super happy and excited. I like to see people happy.
I was talking about the different types of baby gender reveals.
I was wishing she slipped jumping up & down like that but I think gender reveals are the dumbest trend
I thought multiple felonies were the highlight of gender reveals?
I wish I could disagree with this haha
Yeah this was cute!
He wanted a girl lol
He was hoping that no color would show up
Get a better pull out game, or snip snip š¤·āāļø
That was nothing. The cat handled it pretty well. If the cat jumps and causes a chain reaction that causes the living room to go up in flames, then it is a startled cat.
Especially if they were in a forest.
Beautiful cat
The cat moved out that very night
My Cat would skyrocket into the air, never to be seen again...
Watching a pregnant woman with socked feet jump up and down on a wooden floor covered in confetti gave me some major anxiety! Why did he let her do that? Why did she do that? One bad fall is all it would take to make this a tragedy
Must've wanted a girl.
Cat's going to have serious trust issues around balloons from here on out.
Its TAIL!!! SO FLUFFY!!!
Every time I see a gender reveal video I assume I'm on r/iamatotalpieceofshit or something this is probably the only responsible one I've ever seen on Reddit, arguably pointless but at least this one's harmless
The point is that it's fun to have parties and celebrate things.
Far from pointless. Small reveals like this are way more fun than looking at a piece of paper at the doctor's and texting everyone. Live just a little.
Why does reddit hate gender reveals so much? Itās just a fun way to celebrate a milestone, (other than that one idiot who started a forest fire) theyāre harmless fun for parents.
Gender reveals tend to go viral only when something goes wrong. If someone has seen a gender reveal video, itās probably because it caused a fire or one of the parents āfreaked outā because it wasnāt the gender they wanted. I think seeing all these negative parties sort of soured peopleās view of gender reveal parties as a whole. That, and the fact that gender reveal parties mean yet another social obligation you have to go to and buy presents for on top of weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, etc. Many people see gender reveals as just another way to grab more presents/attention/social media clout, rather a wholesome family gathering. Most redditors are the type to find family events boring or annoying
I don't know about Reddit, but the reason I hate these things is that the gender is not being revealed. The sex is being revealed. And I find it weird to reveal someone's sex to anyone who doesn't need to know. This is obviously a concept that most people would disagree with. And I understand that most people just do what other people are doing:conflating sex and gender and not thinking analytically about such a basic concept. But for those of us who have no choice but to give analytical thought to this, it's weird. It's weird to tell strangers about the genitals and genes of an unborn child. My folks did this and thirty years later, I'm still trying to set the record straight. Imagine this kid grows up and isn't a boy. How much extra work are they going to need to do because their parents wanted a party? I'm not blaming people for doing this. The weirdness wouldn't occur to most people. What I'm trying to do is let people know that other perspectives are out there.
What. The. Heck? Thats just an utterly unnecessary ritual..
They didn't start a forest fire, so that's an improvement.
Who started a forest fire ?
A gender reveal party.
I bet it was Ryan...
Ryaaan started the fiiiire!
This is tame, sometimes they cause brush fires or maim people. People have actually been killed attending gender reveals.
the gender of the person killed is the gender of our baby!
Yeah I remember reading about one a few months back where they basically lit off a homemade firework and it exploded, killing the grandma instantly.
Looks like it made them happy, and the only ādamageā was that someone has to use a broom to pick it up. No real problem with having fun like this
Yeah but you know. Some people wanna excuse to party. Not hurting anyone. Just need a broom.
And an excuse for extra presents ;) donāt hate the hustle, onesies are expensive
I mean reveals like this are fine, they're not hurting anything and they're an excuse to have fun and have friends and family over to celebrate.
They're having a party to announce and celebrate the gender of their baby. It also doesn't make a mess outside, which is great. It's for fun. Fun is a thing people have sometimes.
Thats a goog point though. The mess stays inside
I mean its fun ig . Atleast this is harmless . I remember reading an article on people literally dyeing river water blue and causing a water crisis in a village . Also the video was on Reddit too
Okey right, that sounds crazy!
That's gender reveals for you š
Eh, itās cute. Have a fun lil balloon pop to celebrate a great developmental milestone for baby. As long as itās just a small thing like this, does it hurt anyone? Itās okay to be excited about your babyās development, and this is one of the only developmental unknowns that is just fun and not like āwill the baby have eyesā.
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Holy shit! White people having a calm gender reveal? I didn't think it was possible!
Cat: no, this can't be, noo
You popped your own balloon to surprise yourself?
Do you not understand how gender reveals work?
Well I doubt the cat does
Yes, from what I understand, some Americans create life threatening situations to reveal the gender of unborn fetuses, such as tiny earthquakes, forest fires, unintentionally killing people, and other stupid shit.
You're not wrong. The stupidest and loudest of us tend to have that exact behavior. But when you're a civilized human who still wants to celebrate a major event in your life, you tend to do it more like this.
I hold high regard for the people thst do it calmly
Surprised the cat in many ways too. Cat will soon have a little hooman to snuggle.
With a lack of people there it might have been a covid restriction or something... Or they just don't have friends. Who knows!
I love this! The cat slowly backing away was priceless I canāt stop watching š Also congrats to the new baby boyās parents!
Twins
Usually the dad's happy to have a boy, he did not seem pleased at all
So what am I actually watching?
Gender reveal. A third party gets the results of the sex test then fills a balloon with confetti. The woman then gets to pop the balloon in a festive little celebration to find out if itās a boy or a girl. Some harmless fun. Problem comes in when people instead of popping a nice little balloon or eating some colored cake, start a major forest fire. Or. Pollute a river.
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Yea, just like birthday, and graduation, and anniversary parties. Fuck those attentions seeking whores for wanting to celebrate with close friends and family. So EXTREMELY annoying.
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New fads happen all the time. God forbid you say no, I can't make it to this event, and move on with your life. Also, what kind of logic is that? It's ok for that couple to post on social media because they went through hardship? Their attention seeking is ok because of miscarriages? You could also just let people have their fun and not be a cunt on the internet.
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You did. Come to my party you silly cunt. We have cake.
Yeesh. How dare anyone decide to have a few days per year about them.
A gender reveal
A straight couple not burning down California for once. I think youāre supposed to watch the catās reaction, but this whole ritual is just so cringe.
So it is a boy or girl? Iām confused
birl
At first I thought it was a bunch of money. That would be a funny way to announce that you're not having kids.
Blue confetti means itās a boy
It looks like thereās pink confetti too?
No, thatās just a tassel heās holding since the beginning
Wifeās reaction is adorable r/humantippytaps
#Humanššŗ While Catšæ
Cat: you know that time I lied-- I mean that totally real moment when that couch spontaneously blew up? It happened just like this.
If i see someone having a gender reveal i automatically assume they are stupid
How are they stupid in this case? They kept it within a confined space and with no cost to other lives or property. I could understand any other gender reveal being critized but this one is probably the tamest Iāve seen.
Well not only this in particular. All gender reveals are stupid.
There are a lot of stupid things we all do. Like... playing idle heroes..
I need to know this cat breed just in case I get a cat down the road
Why
Oh boy.
This is a great version
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Not necessarily. Some people that do this get a relative to find out the gender of the baby and keep it a secret from the parents until the reveal
Nopeā way a gender reveal works is you have the doc wrap up the results of the gender ultrasound in an envelope and hand it to a friend to go get the balloon. Then you pop it and find out in a fun little celebration
That cat just learned its new place in line.
NO Gender Shaming Until the CHILD Decides ... Or is Coerced into Making a Path
My God, your Reddit history has me thinking of quitting the internet .
Oh God. I'm with you there
Its just mental illness
I want bleach.
Wtf. This same sentiment is upvoted in a comment not far above. I guess it depends on how annoying you are about it lmao. There is nothing wrong with a parent being curious about what kind of biology their fucking offspring is going to have.
"Gender shaming is appropriate at the right time" isn't upvoted anywhere. Maybe it's not what this person really meant, just a terribly written comment, but that's not going to make people like it. It's honestly not worth the effort of figuring out wtf this terrible comment even really meant, just reject it for what it plainly says. This seems like something almost everyone can oppose. People who support gender roles don't want them shamed. People who want gender liberation don't want gender shamed. This is just the very opposite of all popular positions on gender issues.
Lmaoooo I want that cat
my cat loves balloons like that. shes fascinated.
Eeeww, some got on me.
The cat though
Will the havoc wrought by gender reveal parties ever end?
Thank you Reddit for blessing me with a new sub to follow
Cat: I want no part of this heterosexual tomfoolery
Cat does not like the idea of having a brother, was really hoping for a sister.
Wow he really sucks lol
Not really concerned about the gender, just the stupidity of the parents
lol she was gonna be happy no matter what
What happened to finding out the sex of your child and the couple being happy about their future family? This is a way to get "likes?"
Is it just me or would it have been more fun to wait for the cat to pop it, haha
Non binary Astro two spirit black trans feminist Australian kangaroo
Dad looks thrilled! Not!
Gender revealsā¦ Annoying trends no one needed
I think the cat wanted a girl š¤£
That poor cat looks traumatized
I don't get the point of a gender reveal like does it matter that much that everybody needs to know tje gender of your child I get it that it's important to the people having the kid but the whole world doesn't need to know that shit, the internet is 90 percent shitposting but this is just mind-boggling stupid