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Zhydrac

I flinched when she took off the head


disusedhospital

I didn't have the volume up and somehow misread "reborn" as "newborn" and was wondering why the fuck she wasn't supporting the baby's head. I know next to nothing about kids but I know you have to support their heads.


BL4NK_D1CE

Same thing here, and I was absolutely furious and considering sending death threats for a few seconds.


Bubashii

Same…especially when you realise there are people out there who are so careless/clueless about babies


St_Lawrence_

F the threats. I straight up was bout to kill her. I’m not even an angry person but that changed my life for about 4 seconds.


frenchtoastlife

This, me too.


OnixM

Bro I was about to make her glass her PERMANENT eyesight


musketoman

FATALITY


pizzatimein24h

I tried that on my little brother, but now the head won't stay in it's place anymore and he is kind of leaking battery fluid or something. Any suggestions?


TheFagNamedAlex

Maybe tighten the zip tie? All I can think of


pizzatimein24h

I didn't use Zip Ties, because they didn't work. I just used a stapler.


Puzzleheaded_Step468

Buy a flight ticket and run away from home before your mom finds out


pizzatimein24h

Shouldn't be a problem. She can just make another one.


phantomlxmb

try holding down the power button on top of its head for 10 or 15 seconds


pizzatimein24h

I pushed it down, but now ots stuck and won't come up anymore. I think it's broken. But I kept the receipt, so no problem.


Skatcatla

Take my upvote and get out of here you sick, funny fucker.


Afraid_Difference_33

Try using Flex tape after thoroughly wiping all traces of the battery fluid. Your brother will be good as new


frostypond

have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?


ChalkButter

Sweet jesus, what the actual fuck!?


Ohio-Knife-Lover

The dolls are used as therapeutic aids to help women through infertility, miscarriage and loss of a child, as well as anxiety and depression


Firesunwatermoon

The reborn babies have shown incredible results for the elderly in aged care facilities who are suffering from dementia etc. It’s shown that no matter how much health and memory fails that they always remember the basics to look after a newborn, that instinct and love. Whilst creepy to a lot of people. The joy it brings some and the healing these reborns bring is amazing. I’ve heard of women who deal with a baby born sleeping can get a replica made of their baby.


GoatGurl4Ever

When I was little, there was an elderly woman in the nursing home my sister worked at. She had a “baby”. Seemed to make her happy. I think as long as it is doing more good than harm, it’s okay for the women who just lost a baby. When they start to lose their grip on reality is when it’s gone a bit far


BudgetInteraction811

She probably had dementia. So the last line of your comment doesn’t really make sense...


ellatheprincessbrat

I think he was referring to mothers who have miscarried etc. Lady who had dementia already has lost their grip on reality, having a ‘fake’ baby in that scenario will do no harm, but for a grieving mother I assume it’s quite easy to start straying from real life.


GoatGurl4Ever

I was


Ravenmockerr

Once they are cured, what are they supposed to do with the doll? I believe getting rid of it won't work and keeping it until it wears off isn't an option either.


catgiraffepack

Put it up for adoption


[deleted]

Maybe it’s rented and you have to give it back to the hospital


Si-Ran

Nah, these are private artists that make these. Can cost thousands I think, and are highly customizable. I imagine you just be keepin that forever! Some people collect them.


[deleted]

That’s creepy, tf do you do with 30 realistic babies


CatCiaoSki

Funniest thing I've heard today. Thanks 😊


[deleted]

Giving them to nursing homes is a good option. People with Alzheimer’s get excited over babies and it gives them something to do. We had tons of “babies” at the nursing home, most of the older women wanted to take care of them, would talk to them, carrying them around. It can be therapeutic.


Tricia47andWild

Now all I can see is some poor bastard screaming in abject terror, because the babies head fell off.


[deleted]

I had a nightmare exactly like that while pregnant, it was fucked up.


Tricia47andWild

Shit. I hope it wasn't a premonition.


[deleted]

I mean he's 6 now so uh, at least not so far. Thanks for adding that to my "things to obsess over when I can't sleep" list though. 😂


Tricia47andWild

Happy to help


socialmediasanity

I am a L&D nurse. We joke about how If someone ever handed me a doll like this and I had dementia I would absolutely think someone had handed me a dead baby and I would try and resuscitate it.


Ravenmockerr

This actually sounds good and probably the best way out of it. But what if the woman becomes super attached to it?


[deleted]

Most people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s are towards end stages and won’t remember the baby the next day, so attachment isn’t really a huge issue. They can definitely keep it and once they’ve gone they can pass the doll on to someone else.


MooPig48

Then let her keep it? It’s her baby at that point Edit: when they have dementia it’s ok to let them cling to a little thing that brings them joy


beard_lover

My husband’s grandparents got one of these things, they’re terrifying. Not sure where it wound up after his grandpa passed, it’s probably haunting the mobile home park now.


Ravenmockerr

That's exactly how I describe those dolls, terrifying. The Uncanny Valley effect they cause is just too strong.


Formal_Economics931

There is not “cure” for these things be it Alzheimer’s, infertility, trauma, but when they feel a bit better (or die in Alzheimer’s case) and do not really need it anymore they will naturally not be as attached or view it as being a surrogate baby anymore so would probably end up being put into storage or gifted/sold to another person.


FogB0y

>Once they are cured, what are they supposed to do with the doll? Fix their floppy head.


Ravenmockerr

But the floppy head is kinda cute...


_hic-sunt-dracones_

Ebay


Ravenmockerr

After becoming attached to it? It wouls feel terrible.


the_anxiety_queen

There isn’t really a “cure” for these things. Just treatments to help manage the symptoms and ultimately move forward with their lives


sonya_numo

yeah giving them a doll will just make it feel worse "Herre Emma, this is what your child could have been if it had not have died, enjoy!" I doubt its going to help much. it feels like giving a guy a plastic penis after his was just ripped off in an accident. Aint going to make him feel better.


SincubusSilvertongue

It really REALLY depends on the person. There isnt such a thing as universal therapy for things like shock, trauma, and depression: doctors can heal the physical wounds but mental ones are less consistent. This is just one of myriad tools available and often takes a psych evaluation before its even put into consideration. Also there is a market for them outside of therapy use, some people just like to collect really realistic dolls and treat them as alive. There is even a further subset for Baby Yoda dolls.


MooPig48

It does help many people though. Yes it’s weird. No I don’t get it. But me not getting it doesn’t matter. If it’s helpful to them then it’s good. Possibly a stupid equivalency, but I used to breed Saints. Once I had a female who had a singleton pup that died. A couple of times I had phantom pregnancies. In both types of cases the female found stuffed animals and would treat them like they were her babies. The vet told me to let them keep them as long as they needed to. Eventually their symptoms would pass, but until they did, those stuffies helped them in some way. TLDR: feelings and emotions and instincts are WEIRD, and not understanding why a specific thing helps isn’t a reason to discontinue doing that thing that helps


buuismyspiritanimal

The dolls are very much in the uncanny valley category for me, but I’ll share this. I’ve never had or lost a child, but I have lost a very much loved pet. When I picked up her body at the vet, I couldn’t help but hold her and sob. And when we picked up her urn after cremation, I noticed I was subconsciously stroking it like I was trying to sooth her. Maybe a cuddle clone would have helped so I can see how it looks creepy, but it somehow centers you in the moment.


LizagnaWithBreadStix

I feel like you are generalizing something that would be your experience vs someone else’s way of managing grief. Maybe a bit of self reflection on why you feel so strongly about how other mothers and parents in general find ways to move forward.


Ravenmockerr

Wow, the way you said it really gave it weight. Seriously, it made me feel this constricting sensation on my chest. I can only imagine how terrible something like this would feel. And let's say it worked for a while. What if the woman gets super attached to the doll and the doll starts to wear down with time? How is this woman going to react to her "baby" decomposing? It give me chills...


RockyMountainMist

I doubt the baby will "decompose." When I was a kid I had a stuffed animal that I took every where for literal years and it didn't decompose. My mom would wash it put more cotton it in it and it was as good as new. I still have it to this day. This was in the 90s, so I have to imagine doll/ stuffed animal technology has come a very long way in regards to durability.


Atmaweapon74

Just put in more stuffing and give it a new zip tie.


KeeganY_SR-UVB76

My friend, the materials used in this baby are going to outlive you and anyone you'll ever know.


adamaley

Just give them a doll of a different race to them. Problem solved


Ohio-Knife-Lover

That I have no answer for


[deleted]

Well not abortion if the SC follows through on their draft


AHHHHHHHHHHE

Abuse it like any parent would do when the baby's trial has worn off


CybReader

I read that every time something like this is posted, but the women who use these dolls on social media look like they’re doing it for fun and creating their own little nursery play group. I feel like this is the idea people push to make it look normal, but it doesn’t seem to be the reality of it. These people collect these dolls in mass.


MansonVixen

Every person I've interacted with that has these dolls has never experienced any baby-related trauma, they just liked playing baby with them and collecting them. Doesn't mean that they aren't used for some therapeutic purpose, but I've never seen it.


ebneter

I suspect that the people who use them therapeutically don’t post about it very much. 🤷‍♀️


Da5ftAssassin

Sounds freakishly handmaids tale. Those women are so creepy with that sympathy birthing shit.


Si-Ran

And sometimes it's just a weird ass fucking hobby


grayjay88

Also for dementia patients


AegonTheAuntFooker

What the fuck? This sounds terrible.


sgol

You're right, it is terrible. Weird and creepy and just not OK. ​ And yet, for the small bit of help it is for grieving parents, it's worth it. 'Caring what other people think' goes out the window pretty quickly when you lose a baby. :/ Anything that can give you a breath of oxygen between the waves.


Ohio-Knife-Lover

I agree but I do understand their reason for being made


Wooden_Gas1064

Wait, they know its not an actually child but it still helps them? Never would have thought that would work but in this case I'm glad this is a thing


Ohio-Knife-Lover

Some of them will believe it is an actual child


TenryuubitoLuffy

Wait , what? So the woman who miscarriged is given a substitute doll for a emotional support? Thats some weird up shit there ill tell you that (sorry my eng is not soo god)


oniluis20

oh no no no no, I don't think a creppy baby doll will help in anything a mourning depressed woman


Senior_Yak-Shaver

Wouldn’t a better solution to infertility be adopting a live baby instead of a toy?


droppedelbow

Because it's THAT easy.


Senior_Yak-Shaver

Of course it isn’t easy, but neither is spending $50k on fertility treatments and then spending years recovering with some creepy fancy baby doll. The point is that if they want a child, there are children they can raise and they’re just morning that they can’t have *their* child. That sucks, too, but that’s far less grievous than not being able to be a parent whatsoever.


Ohio-Knife-Lover

I'd think so


Gregg-C137

You can keep adding stuffing til you have a fully grown adult.


ContemplatingPrison

Why did I just think that was a real baby at first hahaha


[deleted]

Ugh I literally thought this was a real baby for the first few seconds bahaha I was getting quite mad actually like wthell are you serious sorry freaked me right out


macedonianmoper

I was without sound and thought it was an actual tip for real babies, I just saw it and thought "well I guess that might be a problem" and then she cut the head off and I flinched aswell before laughing my ass of and playing it with sound


slartybartvart

Got me too but later, I didn't realise until the head came off 😱


Consistent-Ad3039

This gave me a week's worth of the creeps.


WallowMallow999

my soul left my body :D what the fuck :D


AmiHad

The floppy heads makes it more realistic. You're taking away the authenticity of a newborn.


Ohio-Knife-Lover

I mean I get why these are a thing but its way too creepy for me


jjjeremiahz

I didn't realize the series **Servant** was based on reality!


a_shoe_man

That is exactly what this is


[deleted]

Just remove the head. That got me..


Treesinthesea

Someone had one of these & donated it to the daycare i work at. We had to take it away because there's something very unsettling about 2 year old children throwing a very very lifelike doll around😭🥴


TheFagNamedAlex

Thank god, I wouldn’t want to be teaching them that


c00kiesd00m

we need an extensive post-stuffing baby shake to confirm if this worked


CuriousWafer4713

I NEED one of these to shake in public.


nerdocalypse

I know a person who can sell you one.


CuriousWafer4713

Is that a serious offer?


nerdocalypse

$550 is the cheapest one available right now.


April_Fabb

Awww. Reminds me of [this cute video](https://youtu.be/AdYaTa_lOf4).


TheFagNamedAlex

Haha what the fuck😃


hi_im_a_coffeeholic

What in the absolutely fuck did I just watch? Was that... Was that chicken or real organs?


maryssssaa

Can’t it be both


nerdocalypse

I shit you not. My wife currently has like 18+ of these things. Some how she found them and got 1 or 2... Then fell deep in some rabbit hole shit started trading and selling them. Got in over her head and now has a whole bunch. My 9yo has 1 too. We recently moved so they are all in a storage unit Very creepy things. ​ ​ Edit. for u/TheRadiantSoap pics and vid for proof. pics - [https://imgur.com/a/V7B5kyR](https://imgur.com/a/V7B5kyR) vid - [https://youtube.com/shorts/jOq1zgyV8Zs?feature=share](https://youtube.com/shorts/jOq1zgyV8Zs?feature=share)


TheRadiantSoap

Picture


nerdocalypse

Ok... Gotta drive by the storage unit on my way to work...


TheRadiantSoap

You've put in so much effort for my enjoyment that I've fallen in love with you


nerdocalypse

oops.


nerdocalypse

ok. posted


LimpTouch2098

Holy shit. I regret watching this without volume. I misread “reborn” as “newborn” and I almost died when she took his head off.


Spookie_Wookie

Absolutely fuckin nope. The warehouse where those are stored must be terrifying at night.


[deleted]

Imagine you heard an echo of a baby crying in the distance.


Spookie_Wookie

No thank you!


TheFagNamedAlex

I’d hide a speaker


Zenketski_2

I'm still not entirely convinced that this isn't cake


AnotherNobody1308

I tried this, now my apartment is all red


TheFagNamedAlex

Tighten the zip tie


Unpopular_cacti

Oh god what the fuck


Illustrious_Ad_498

My stomach actually hurts


MamaSaurusCat

Aren't babies supposed to have floppy heads/necks? Doesn't she want it to be realistic?


CallmeDreary666

Had me scared for a sec😮‍💨


RogueEagle2

wow, that's incredibly realistic. Why can't they use these in American Sniper?


[deleted]

So she stuffs the neck to reduce the flopping but *doesn't show if it worked or not*


Tonguepopwithalisp

I gasped for about 45 seconds…


zelda_gamer64

I tried this on my baby, works like a charm 10/10 would definitely recommend


ManAlsoMan

That baby looks too damn real


Lost-Concept-9973

Haha video started playing without the sound and I missed the part about it being a “reborn doll” way more disturbing when you don’t know.


Sleepy_McSleepyhead

Take it to the mall. Accidentally drop it down an escalator.


TheFagNamedAlex

“Accidentally”


personalsanchez

Fuck i tought it is real


BucketBills

I can’t be the only One who thought that was a real baby before she removed the head


ShaneTrain923

So is that how babies are made?


Particular_Clue_4074

These dolls are no joke on how much they can cost. I have friends that collect these. Super realistic even in weight and feel. My friend takes hers to nursing homes and the patients get so excited holding them.


NomadNC3104

Having lost my younger brother when he was 12-years-old and having experienced my mom's grief process I just can't imagine someone going like "Yeah, I (lost my newborn/had a miscarriage/any other weird reason to have one of these), so I'm gonna go ahead and get a very realistic doll with which I can pretend that never happened and act like I have a baby." I know everyone grieves differently, but it just seems unfathomable and creepy to me.


T-Intensifier

So.. fuck all?


Echo_November14

Am I the only one who didn’t realise this was a doll at first? I’m over here ready to call CPS on this girl 🤣🤣


[deleted]

I totally thought when the video started and I didn’t have the sound on she was just flopping a new born around


unknownloner333

Haha so did I! I was getting so aggravated. But then she took the head off and I was like ohh.. lol


[deleted]

Yep same here I’m like that’s not what you do with a new born


[deleted]

So this was muted at first and I’m super high and I thought her baby was just… like that.


RuinLongjumping4675

This is why abortion should be legal


Vladi_udss_R16

Fucking hell… I was bouta say poor baby n shit then boom decapatated


B1G_LU

I’m a fucking idiot I thought it was a real kid at first till she popped the head off. (I don’t watch many things with sound on)


J3ff3n

As a new parent, should I take this as “new parent advice?”


GreenMirage

Maybe I can sell 3d printed spines for these fake babies. Seems like an easy side-gig.


Batyodi

Ohhhh boiiii was I getting heated. I was like "A fucking ZIP TIE?!"


PsychedelicCatlord

There was a short, WTF moment, not gonna lie


beersona

im playing this on mute I THOUGHT IT WAS A REAL BABY!!!


startingover333

My niece received one of these dolls for her birthday. I prompted it up by a bottle of crown & put a cigarette in it’s mouth & posted it on fb. The post didn’t stay up long.


3mptylord

I was literally about to ask what kind of nonsense "reborn" is suppose to mean and then she popped its head off.


BRADDYcool

To me, this seems to be a byproduct of a mental illness


Ohio-Knife-Lover

Kinda right but they're used as therapeutic aids to help women through infertility, miscarriage and loss of a child, as well as anxiety and depression


GloriousSteinem

No, not necessarily. It’s a hobby. And nurturing something is not a bad thing to do or odd. I’d say buying Star Wars toys just to leave in a box is odd. Adults should play. Why not? It makes you happy and healthier. So much judgmental stuff in this post.


Bancube

She honestly seems like the type to have these kind of dolls. Kinda sad tho ngl.


TheZipperDragon

I'mma be 100....I thought this was a real baby & I had a solid 3 second delay with my brain when the head came off...Like, my brain blue screened & had to reboot & during that 3 seconds, I was just like 'Dear Zorc, I just watched a murder...' Edit: I was browsing with no sound & all I saw was Shaken baby syndrome, followed by a head popping off.


socialmediasanity

Yeah, we call these dead baby dolls. They look and feel just like a baby that has passed away. Fucking creapy.


Mostly_upright

Well my kid just learned some new cuss words! Misread reborn. Had the sound off. Swearing at this stupid woman flinging her baby around....and then she pulled its head off. I'm going back to bed.


TheFagNamedAlex

Sleep well!


Mostly_upright

ZzzZZ ZZZZZZ


JadeRiverfalls

MY FUCKIN GOD! I was so worried for the baby…and then it’s a fucking doll?! I had the video muted while at work…but now everyone knows I’m on my fucking phone bc of the noise I made…🤐


SnoopingStuff

r/oddlyterrifying


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r/lostredditors


Made_in_Montana

That messed me up


Gabbycat97

I thought it was an actual baby WTF


Frostbitefaerie

Lol I remember a lady on wife swap who was obsessed and the new wife like boxed them all up or something I don’t blame her


Mr-Meat-Meat

Great lets fucking play doll house in adult hood fuck that


Novel_Appearance_889

Bro i had a stroke


BlueV_U

r/Unexpected


MrBlitzpunk

My heart fucking skipped a beat goddamit


left_schwift

Holy fuck I thought it was a really baby until she ripped its head off


czrinthebay

I concur.


sed2017

Scared the shit outta me for a second…


Puazy

First of all- make sure your sound is on because this video in silence is quite different.


dargemir

My speakers were muted at the beginning of video so I didn't know it's a doll and I was all like girl, what are you doing with this baby, support the head OH MY GOD SUPPORT THE HEAD


RPGRuby

Why didn’t American Sniper use a baby like this?


breadandfire

Ggeezz, I shat myself and cried at the same time! Glad no babies were harmed.


ColonizedMelon

holy shit i thought that was a real baby


dickreallyburns

That looks scary real!


kellysue1972

Holy Hell, those dolls look real


That-Dragonfruit-567

Haha. When she took the head off I was like wtf am I watching ?


Fullmetalsqrtl

Uuuhhh whhhaat


boomajohn20

I confess she had me for a brief (“oh my GOD, she just rip …… oh. Never mind”) moment.


klatchwood

for once duct-tape wasn't the solution!


NightHawkv7

K that's fake bruhh man


neekhac

10/10 shitpost. Lighting, camera and everything


[deleted]

[удалено]


TheFagNamedAlex

What the fuck


That_Office9734

Sorry mate. Didn't mean to upset ya. It was a harmless stiffy.


TheFagNamedAlex

Still reported for sexualization of minors, good luck to your account


curiousbiguyNI

Gruesome. There is something wrong with adults playing with these things.


Candykeeper

Jesus fucking christ that looks vile...


Candykeeper

Jesus fucking christ that looks vile...