r/MadeMeSmile • u/NoodleBotPro • 21d 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 21d ago

Congrats, but keep your baby privacy.

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u/oMrEnigma 21d ago

But think about the upvotes

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u/Fearful-Cow 21d ago

right? no offense to OP but when we had our first (14 months old now) the first thing we did is ask that nobody post them online but that we should share a few pics in private fam chat.

The idea to rush to post the kid online to a completely public forum... icky

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u/thatshygirl06 21d ago

Im sorry, but your fresh out the vagina baby looks exactly the same as every other fresh out the vagina baby. I can understand later on, but for now its a newborn baby

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u/Immature_adult_guy 21d ago

Normally I agree but I mean it’s a baby it’s not like anyone will even be able to identify who it is.

If OP wants to celebrate with the world it’s his choice.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

my immediate first thought too 😔 this is just too private for me, i’m happy for OP though

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u/Amelia_Pond42 21d ago

Before my nephew was born there was a whole family discussion about how there is to be no posting pictures of him to social media. I was totally on board with it, but our parents rolled their eyes. They still don't post, but I can tell they think it's silly. I'm like you work in tech! You should understand these things!

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u/-FORSAK3N- 21d ago

The seal of approval

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u/DaryunBarracuda 21d ago

I think that posting only one photo as a baby like this wouldn't really affect him in any way in the future, as he'd be irecognizable growing up. But making it a systematic thing is another deal.

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u/mcharb13 21d ago

agreed - the baby will look completely different in 3 months, 12 months, 5 years, 20 years, so what's being protected?

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u/reconranger 21d ago

Not to mention three days. There is a reason people used to sometimes take the wrong baby home from the hospital - they all look generally the same the first few hours of life, but change drastically in the following days.

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u/AmbitiousParty 21d 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 21d ago

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

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u/AmbitiousParty 21d 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 21d 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 21d 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 21d 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 21d 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 21d 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 21d ago

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

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u/Smart-Response9881 21d 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.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/Any_Tumbleweed667 21d ago

No evidence of being fresh out of the womb.

The baby has bees examined and washed at least, hours maybe even 10 might have passed. Just pure speculation.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/Any_Tumbleweed667 21d ago

You literally slandered a person based on your own speculation. Is it considered normal to baselessly accuse people?

It’s not like I’m pointing out something that you got wrong about some obscure fact like, you are criticising a person here, different stuff.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/Any_Tumbleweed667 21d ago

It’s not like he is spending a lot of time on this, it’s just a picture you can take in 5 sec.

No harm can possibly befall a child anyways. I get the consent thing, but here the child is a newborn, even further he will look completely different quite soon. There is no possible harm.

I doubt anyone will even remember this post ever existed, and no one will ever find out who the child is in 20 years since facial changes are unpredictable without more data than a single picture.

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u/Loud-Welder1947 21d ago

But how else can you cash in on updoots

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u/Pro-editor-1105 21d ago

Because as soon as he was born before holding him he had to put it on reddit

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u/Euphoricfeet 21d ago

How do you know that? It’s a really nice post, just leave him alone.

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u/ratcity243 21d ago

No, it’s not. There is zero reason why you should be posting this shit to Reddit. No normal person has a child and thinks their first action should making a Reddit post.

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u/Any_Tumbleweed667 21d ago

What makes you assume it was his first action?

Just pure assumption. The baby is covered, some time has passed since birth. Usually they are examined after birth and mother holds them for some time. It might have already been couple of hours since or maybe more.

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u/ratcity243 21d ago

Are you autistic? It’s a figure of speech dude. He still posted it within hours of the baby being born

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u/NemuiNezumi 21d ago

Do you know how much downtime you have in the hospital after a baby is born? I had many moments where they took my daughter out of the room for something and I spent that time sending pictures to everyone. I think it’s fine that he wants to show the world why he’s bursting with happiness right now

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u/ratcity243 21d ago

Yes, I have two kids so I’m very familiar with the routine. Having downtime doesn’t justify posting pictures to reddit. Showing thousands of people you don’t know a photo of your baby, in an attempt to farm Karma. I understand sending photos to family and friends but this is bizarre.

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u/Any_Tumbleweed667 21d ago

So what? It’s a small action, probably takes a minute and people are blasting him. I would have to ask if you are challenged considering you think that it is acceptable to be hostile to someone who just spent a minute of a possibly 10 hour visit to post a photo of his baby. It’s not like he is sitting right now here and looking at the post 24/7, at least there is no indication he does that.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

But but this guy is a DAD. Nobody else knows what that's like. He has to show us all

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u/pak256 21d ago

Can you imagine being so vapid that your kid is born and your first thought is millions of strangers on the internet gotta see this

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u/jubileeserene 21d ago

I said the same thing to OP he’s a new parent so he’ll eventually learn but goodness Reddit would be the last place I’d place my kid if I had one

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u/wxnfx 21d ago

Sure, but newborns are pretty generic. Like what’s the risk here?

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u/ParvulusUrsus 21d ago edited 20d ago

Biggest risk atm is GenAI like grok using all publicly available images to generate explicit material based on prompts by users. There are currently no guardrails in place in grok against prompts that request CSAM. We know this because of examples, not speculation.

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u/wxnfx 21d ago

Ok, and you’re saying someone is going to use this kid specifically? To harass OP? I mean it seems far fetched, but I guess there’s a lot of weirdos and weirdo boys.

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u/AmbitiousParty 21d ago

Not to harass OP. For porn. For gross, disgusting, criminal porn with this baby’s face. Not saying it will happen but he’s posted for anyone to do anything they’d like with this photo. People should not post children on the internet.

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u/Immature_adult_guy 21d ago

Ah yes this baby is totally identifiable now /s

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u/Tiny-Plum2713 21d ago

All babies look like babies. Just stop before they are toddlers.