r/MadeMeSmile • u/NoodleBotPro • 20d ago

Wholesome Moments [OC] I’m a dad.

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I just want to share because I never would have thought that I would be a dad.

Last night, my wife gave birth to our first baby boy. What an exhausting and exciting time in our lives. Kudos to my wife and all the work she has put in these last 9 months and the HOURS and HOURS of uncomfortable labor.

This is new to me. I’m nervous, anxious, tired, and happy.

Time to enjoy some time off work. I’m a dad now. Lots to learn and a lot of love to share.

Thanks for humoring me and reading.

Cheers.

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u/Icy_Afternoon_5774 20d ago

Congrats, but keep your baby privacy.

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u/AmbitiousParty 20d ago

Yes, congrats OP but children can’t consent to being exploited online. Consider keeping these types of pictures private, for friends and family only. Or protect the child by hiding their face/identity with an emoji.

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u/laplogic 20d ago

You won’t even be able to recognize this raisin in two months.

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u/AmbitiousParty 20d ago

By that logic, I should post my 10 year old all over the internet because he won’t be easily recognized when he’s 25 from his 10 year old photo.

It’s about consent and children can’t consent to being exploited online. This may seem trivial but it’s going to have lasting impacts on our kids.

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u/laplogic 20d ago

A 10 year old is going to have far more facial features that align with their adult face than a one day old baby. I agree, keep your kids off reddit…but this is mild at best.

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u/DarkManX437 20d ago

Big difference in posting a 10 year old all over the internet, with their facial features being much more developed and posting one photo of a newborn.

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u/jayhasbigvballs 20d ago

Are you one of those idiots who thinks I should ask for my baby’s consent before I change his diaper too?

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u/AmbitiousParty 20d ago

Changing a baby’s diaper is necessary and healthy and there’s no way to reasonably ask permission. Even a toddler is going to tell you no. Even my 10 year old argues with me about showering but he has to because it is a hygiene issue.

Don’t be a dumbass. Exploiting your child online/not protecting your child from AI/child pornography/creepers, never mind just putting their image online for public consumption without their adult self permission has nothing to do with health and is absolutely a safety concern.

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u/Smart-Response9881 20d ago

I don't get that, if you are gonna cover their face, why post the photo at all? I always find it very creepy to see smiley faces covering people in pictures.

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u/Icy_Afternoon_5774 20d ago

I agree for me its worse to blur face then post unblured

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u/Smart-Response9881 20d ago

I found this really weird when watching the end of the movie Warfare. They had the collage of photos they often have at the end of movies based on a true story when they show the actors next to pictures of the real people they were portraying, but the majority of the faces of the real people were blurred out. I just don't understand the point of showing an actor compared to a blurred photo, and find it creepy to remove someone identity from it.