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CU Medallion [64837]
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Momo
Feb 28, 2019, 10:00 AM
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Anybody with kids heard of this thing?
Well I hadn't until yesterday. Wife texts me from work a picture of "Momo" and asked me to show it to my 6 year old daughter and 7 year old son. Being the obedient husband that I am, I showed them while we were eating dinner at a Mexican restaurant.
Daughter says, "oh yeah, that's from youtube. It's supposed to be scary, but I think it just looks dumb and fake.".
Son turns white as a sheet and starts crying. He is totally freaked out and won't talk about it. VERY uncharacteristic for him.
Apparently this thing tells you that if you tell your parents about it, bad stuff will happen...
I can't convince him that it's fake. Daughter, on the other hand, shrugged it off and pays it no attention.
It's crazy how two siblings can be so different. Also, this thing looks freaky as crap.
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CU Medallion [54758]
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yeah...it's some "challenge" type thing
Feb 28, 2019, 10:03 AM
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and those challenges keep getting riskier and riskier, so that you can 'meet momo'...to the point of nearing suicide (I think there actually might have been some, but not sure)
makes me wanna prohibit the kids from ever leaving the house
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All-In [46675]
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Honestly if your kid is that gullible
Feb 28, 2019, 10:04 AM
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it's just a matter of time anyways
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CU Medallion [64837]
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The boy isn't very street savy.
Feb 28, 2019, 10:06 AM
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Daughter could live on her own right now and be fine.
whattayagonnado?
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CU Medallion [54758]
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yeah, my son's an moran***
Feb 28, 2019, 10:07 AM
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Oculus Spirit [97386]
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My 10yo isn't. Not worried. 5yo is technology challenged
Feb 28, 2019, 11:13 AM
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thankfully. 1yo not an issue.
Still, made it my usericon just because it's so freaking creepy.
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CU Medallion [54758]
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also, i have no clue if my kids have every seen/heard of it
Feb 28, 2019, 10:04 AM
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However, it'd be great if I could just get my daughter to stop asking for a Musicly/Tik-Tok account...
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All-In [31784]
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bad thing is...allegedly...this thing is hacked into...
Feb 28, 2019, 10:07 AM
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normal videos, etc...
I keep an eye on what my kids access and watch on you tube, but if it's mixed into a video about making slime (daughter-of loves making slime), htf am i going to pick that up?!?
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CU Medallion [64837]
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Same here.
Feb 28, 2019, 10:13 AM
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Son just watches gaming videos which are fairly benign.
Daughter watches slime videos, product reviews for candy and dumb stuff like that and "how to" videos for common household chores. She's strange.
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All-TigerNet [11144]
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Glad my son's not the only one watching others play games
Feb 28, 2019, 1:34 PM
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Me: Whatcha watchin'? Sonof: Fortnite videos Me: Videos of other people playing Fortnite? Sonof: Yeah. Me: That's dumb. *shrugs and walks out*
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CU Medallion [64837]
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Its so stupid.... but whatever floats his boat.***
Feb 28, 2019, 2:14 PM
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I watch videos of people watching videos of people playing
Feb 28, 2019, 3:37 PM
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Fartnite.
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Heisman Winner [135116]
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Those ads pop up quite frequently.
Feb 28, 2019, 10:16 AM
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It does seem like that's the freshman pr0n Cam girl 101 course.
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Oculus Spirit [80692]
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Oculus Spirit [78975]
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I have not. Also:
Feb 28, 2019, 10:05 AM
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Heisman Winner [137202]
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My 6 year old has had nightmares a couple times over the
Feb 28, 2019, 10:07 AM
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past few weeks. Reckon I'll ask her about this when I pick them up. Saw somebody else post about it on buddybook, assumed it was fake/negligible, but since you're a totally real person with a totally real son who is freaked out, it now has credibility.
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All-In [31784]
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samsies, but yesterday another mom at mom's group....
Feb 28, 2019, 10:08 AM
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wife-of goes to said her son saw it and got all freaked out.
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Heisman Winner [105138]
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Saw a BBC (lulz) article this morning stating that the whole
Feb 28, 2019, 10:12 AM
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thing is fake and these news outlets keep reporting on it and it keeps getting more and more traction, but it isn't real. Most likely your kids have not seen it EXCEPT from news reports.
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CU Medallion [64837]
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I doubt it.
Feb 28, 2019, 10:14 AM
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Like I said, I flashed it in front of my daughter and she said, "oh yea, I've seen that thing in Youtube videos".
She doesn't get on facebook or read BBC, as far as I know.
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CU Medallion [54758]
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you NEVER know about your kids' BBC infatuation
Feb 28, 2019, 11:23 AM
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until it's too late
there's apparently no going back, according to the news
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Oculus Spirit [97386]
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Yep. I read about it and failed to comprehend how
Feb 28, 2019, 11:04 AM
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a kid could fall for that. Then I thought well maybe a very young kid. Then I relaxed realizing my 10yo doesn't even have a cell phone, pad, and has a PC with no chatting. Second, he's excellent at spotting BS. 5yo can't work the TV remote, so we're good. This may be a problem for all the parents who buy their 10yo or 6yo a pad or phone and leaves them playing it hours a day alone.
Side note - That's one of the creepiest pics I've ever seen on the internet. Wife sent me that at 10pm last night, right before bed.
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Here's my question, if this keeps appearing in youtube
Feb 28, 2019, 1:18 PM
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videos, where are the youtube videos it appears in?
All of the news articles I keep seeing might have a screenshot, or just the picture you posted, but where are the videos?
Not saying it's not a thing, but for something that's supposedly so widespread, you'd think there'd be more evidence.
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Rock Defender [52]
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OK so we're up to 1 video uploaded yesterday
Feb 28, 2019, 2:47 PM
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with the title clearly describing what the video is about.
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seems it is embedded into other videos***
Feb 28, 2019, 4:33 PM
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Rock Defender [52]
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But where are those videos?***
Mar 1, 2019, 2:56 PM
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Oculus Spirit [97386]
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I've always worried about downloading movie torrents
Feb 28, 2019, 3:29 PM
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and getting one for the kids that had like 5 seconds of hardcore #### stuck in there somewhere.
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CU Medallion [54758]
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and now I am, too
Feb 28, 2019, 3:46 PM
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thx for ruining what was a perfectly good (albeit, illegal) thing
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All-In [35541]
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Can we get a celebrity deathmatch between momo
Feb 28, 2019, 2:42 PM
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and slenderman?
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Here's the history of it...
Feb 28, 2019, 3:32 PM
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https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/momo
I could have sworn hearing about it years ago, but apparently it's just from last year? It's similar to the slenderman meme that messed with kids a few years back, I think.
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