Video: Merry Christmas, here’s your Xbox box
posted at 6:30 pm on March 1, 2008 by Allahpundit
It’s the derisive laughter in the background that really makes it, you know?
Per the YouTube sidebar info, our story ends happily. But … it can’t be real. Can it?
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And the kid was so ticked, he went to live with Matthias and The Family, then came back later to kill them all.
(five points to whoever gets that)
splink on March 2, 2008 at 7:24 AM
why do i have a feeling that the Dumbs will use this in an ad showing how cruel the GOP is to children?
madmonkphotog on March 2, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Sorry folks, this isn’t just a prank, it’s psychological abuse. Some of the comparisons that have floated in the comments here would qualify as genuine jokes; having several wrapped presents for a child, and one of them is something silly like broccoli. Or wrapping up a small present in a big box. But that’s not what happened here. They made this gift look like a specific thing — a thing which most kids desperately want and is often hard to get — and then made it the worst gift they could think of. They made it look like he was getting the best gift of his life, and then took it away and laughed in his face. That’s not funny, it’s cruel. If you think he’s going to get over this soon or laugh about it next year, I really hope you’re right; but I’m placing my bet on the opposite side.
JS on March 2, 2008 at 9:57 AM
JS on March 2, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Good points JS. Posters laughing this off as a “prank” are also missing the obvious major component: youtube. Punking your child in this manner is reprehensible, but then posting this idiocy on youtube goes beyond the pale. Projecting your dysfunction out for the whole world to see and laugh at goes into parent of the year territory. It makes me warm and fuzzy to know that there are some that can so readily dismiss this and draw on similar comparisons in their own festivities. BTW, for the post calling me and other link-minded people LIBERAL: please enlighten. Is it conservative to jerk your kids around for the holidays? Is it conservative to piss yourself laughing while your child sits in stunned silence? Is it conservative to post your cinematographic feat on a viral media website? I’m not calling for government regulation, control, definition, or anything like it. I’m weighing in on the court of public opinion. This isn’t a legal or governmental discussion, this is a morality discussion.
Cold Steel on March 2, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Close, but I don’t think that kid’s name is Richie.
ScottMcC on March 2, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Omega Man – With Charlton Heston! Where’s my 5 points? And a pony.
traderdfw on March 2, 2008 at 12:22 PM
This reminds me so much of the left: they never deliver what they promise, they always package their message in nice sounding boxes and they can’t afford what they say they’ll be giving us because WE can’t afford to pay for the gifts.
But unlike this child, the American public keeps opening Xbox box after Xbox box believing the left will finally deliver on THIS Xbox box. Lucy and her promises, a football, and Charlie Brown.
And it’s been going on for over 90 years and five generations of voters.
Amendment X on March 2, 2008 at 12:46 PM
The sad part is someone actually posted this on the internet. And then someone else linked to it. I watched the video hoping that the Xbox would eventually be revealed. I’m ashamed of all parties involved in the perpetration of the act recorded on this video as well as all those involved in its production and distribution. This whole thing just sickens me. There is claim that he eventually received the Xbox, but video evidence to that end.
Its being the victim of insensitive acts such as this that motivated at least one young man to leave home at 18. Then only visit his “family” less than 10 times over the next 30 years. Would not let his children come in contact with them until they were teenagers.
Zaire67 on March 2, 2008 at 3:01 PM
And when was it exactly you realized you were born into a completely messed up family?
Note to self: never use a box for a thing that’s cooler than the gift put in it.
bour3 on March 2, 2008 at 3:11 PM
That was cold blooded!
Damn near made me cry.
I wish I could adopt that kid.
TheSitRep on March 2, 2008 at 7:08 PM
It’s sick. Why put his “winter clothes” in THAT box? The only reason was to torture. I thought Dems were against torture. Horrible parenting. I’m a dad of two that would never do this to a child. The only reason was to get a good laugh at the little boy’s expense. What misery.
kerrhome on March 3, 2008 at 9:45 AM
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