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mathdegree-striptease:

newwavefeminism:

yungcrybby-anonymousbosch:

potashium:

theroguefeminist:

ohmygil:

thewhitefoxdevil:

sizvideos:

Watch the full video

Holy shit, this experiment is so exploitative of low-income children.

But ultimately this is hardly a positive lesson, tearjerker though it may be, nor is it some grand insight into children’s decision making processes. It’s an advertisement with a very pointed, clear message. As Becca Day-Preston wrote at The Debrief, where she called the video “Christmas poverty clickbait,” it’s cruel to impart such a choice on children in the name of exploiting their supposed kindheartedness. As Day-Preston put it, “…it doesn’t matter that the kids got to keep both gifts in the end. In the second that they thought they wouldn’t, when they were made to make a Santa’s Choice, they would have felt a combination of emotions I wouldn’t wish on anyone. All for the sake of going viral with a heartwarming tale of Christmas spirit.

@salon‘s story, which you can read here.

what the actual fuck

I’m so angry about this

It becomes clear how fucked up this is when you realize it would never work with rich kids. A wealthier kid would know that, whichever choice they made, either they or their family members would probably get what they wanted at some point. This only works by exploiting the anxiety poorer people feel when they are forced to make choices with limited means. Also just think about how much power the people giving the kids gifts have compared to how much power the kids have. The people doing these ads have the resources to give these kids meals and gifts year round in all probability. So now they are just using these kids for a few minutes like guinea pigs for a social experiment. It’s just nasty. Why not ask rich kids to give up gifts they got for Christmas to poorer kids they meet? And try to teach THEM a lesson in gratitude and Christmas giving?

And the idea that kids are selfish and would pick their own present only makes sense if you think kids never work to support their families. Or have never given up things because they know bills need to be paid. Kids recognising their parents deserve gifts is normal when you’ve watched your parents scrimp and save and work 7 days a week to make ends meet.

let’s experiment on poor people for some sort of poor people altruism porn.

Forcing poor children to prove their virtue on camera so everyone else can have a feel good moment. As if it’s a video about cute animals

ew wtf? ESPECIALLY for the kid wanting a laptop that would be an excellent tool for their education as well as be able to help the whole family.

No doubt the mother would have wanted them to get the laptop over some jewelry for herself. The kid probably knew that the laptop was the smarter choice too. They also knew they were being filmed and there was an answer they were supposed to give + a christmas narrative to follow.

I hate this. As a person who has had to deal with horrible busted-ass laptops during my education and the stress they bring that piece especially pisses me off in this whole nonsense thing.

gregxb:

mazerin:

There’s the “I believe in Jesus” Christian and then there’s the “Dinosaurs never existed and Pokemon is evil” Christians.

This is an important distinction and I don’t think the former should be given crap because the latter are kooks.

infjconfessions:

swampgallows:

shakeyourmanetmaker:

theproblematicblogger:

growinglittlebooger:

mariposa-mama:

thegingerdementor:

I’ve never thought about this before. What does everyone else think?

Couldn’t agree more.

So important. I never understood why Santa gave all my friends these huge, expensive things when he’d give us modest necessities.

Santa isn’t real

Yes, don’t buy your kids really nice luxury items because some people can’t afford them. Do you understand how selfish that is?

They’re just saying not to label them as “from Santa”. You can give your kids luxuries, just let them know they came from the parents and not Santa. Santa might have told the parents “so and so wants a PS4”, but when one kid gets a PS4 “from Santa” and the other kid at school gets socks “from Santa”, socks kid is gonna suffer some kind of moral crisis thinking he wasn’t “good enough” to get what he wanted rather than the fact that his parents are most likely fettered by the shackles of capitalism etc etc

I’ve literally seen little kids think that Santa likes rich kids more because they’re ‘better’. It’s easier for children (especially disadvantaged children) to think that they have shortcomings than to think THE WHOLE WORLD is lying, no matter how logical it might seem as an adult. And often times, Santa is one of the few happy beliefs they have so even shedding the fantasy is not a nice option. Take this into consideration. Gift your kid all you want, just make sure that he knows he’s getting it because YOU as the parent can buy it. Your kid will be as happy, and it’ll save many little ones from heartbreak if their parents might not be able to get them much.

lordstark:

lordstark:

shout out to people on tumblr with no squads or group chats with weird names or people who just don’t get messages. the internet is a strange place i hope you can all still enjoy yourselves & if not u are not alone!

and you know what, shout out to people who don’t have any good friends irl either. i know it seems lonely right now but it won’t be forever there is a friend out there for you! i believe in you!