Comments on: Jimmy Kimmel Reveals the Rules of Gift Giving

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:54:00 +0000

Since we don’t think it is a joke, we are obviously not saying anyone is “too stupid to get it.”

Get it now?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:49:00 +0000

Not everyone defines “loving” as you do. As for your sympathy, since you have none for these kids, no thanks.

By: e h

e h — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:30:00 +0000

And many of us DO consider it a joke. Just because you don’t does not mean that there is no one who does, mentally handicapped adults included.

By: e h

e h — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:28:00 +0000

I know plenty of loving parents who WOULD do this. They are people who can laugh at themselves when they do something funny and absurd, and they are teaching their children the same thing. If you think this is abusive, I feel sorry for you.

By: VMD

VMD — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:27:00 +0000

Especially since his language is rewarded by laughter…

By: Origami_isopod

Origami_isopod — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:50:00 +0000

How dare people say mean things about pweshus chyldrun.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:48:00 +0000

oh well! I’m sure I was. and you know what.. instead of throwing sympathy towards that.. my mother told me why that behavior was unfavorable. still no pity points.
so will I recant.? nope.

By: none

none — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:15:00 +0000

My father was terribly emotionally abusive. When I was a kid, he thought it would be a funny prank to wake my sister and I up in the morning by telling us our bunk bed was going to collapse and we had to get out of it right away. We were really confused and when my sister figured out we were being tricked, she burst into tears. You know why? Because we did not trust him, and this joke was not funny, it was weird, it was him being mean, as he was always being mean. And of course his standard response was, “Oh come on, it’s just a little joke.”

That’s what I think of when I look at this video.

By: eduardo

eduardo — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:23:00 +0000

It’s incredible how entitled and disrespectful some of those kids are. I wouldn’t dare to speak to my parents like that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:19:00 +0000

“You basically seem to be suggesting that they are too stupid to get a joke…”

Again, many of us don’t consider this activity to be a “joke.” If it makes a child cry, it is not a joke.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:01:00 +0000

“you do not have enough information about these peoples’ lives to be able to distinguish which one each parent is doing.”

The video provides enough information.

Most of the kids (not all) are very upset, in tears, etc. Therefore, the parents are not playing the prank “out of love.” A LOVING parent doesn’t video an upset, crying child and submit it to a national TV show to be laughed at by millions. That should be obvious.

By: Reasons for Future Therapy |

Reasons for Future Therapy | — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:34:35 +0000

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By: e h

e h — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:28:00 +0000

Kids are not always aware of, or capable of conforming with, social norms. I bet you were no better at their age and it is actually quite rude of you to be calling them ‘brats’.

By: e h

e h — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:23:00 +0000

Maybe to you, but not everyone is you. I come from an emotionally abusive family, and I also know a lot of people who play jokes on and laugh at their kids. There is a big difference between parents like mine who “played jokes” out of spite and those that play jokes with love, and you do not have enough information about these peoples’ lives to be able to distinguish which one each parent is doing.

By: e h

e h — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:15:00 +0000

Yes, if those adults would have the kind of sense of humor that allows one to laugh at a silly thing like this, I would still think it was funny.

In fact, I think it’s rather insulting of you to suggest that adults with mental handicaps don’t have the capacity or sense of humor to be able to laugh at practical jokes. You basically seem to be suggesting that they are too stupid to get a joke…?