# Jimmy Kimmel, you suck. (Making kids cry for yuks.) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 9, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489 "2013-11-09T05:46:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/101 "2013-11-11T18:26:03Z")
You’re about 12, right? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/102 "2013-11-11T18:33:26Z")
That’s a good one, **Maeglin**. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/103 "2013-11-11T19:30:45Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Yeah, kids have a ridiculously low threshold for crying. Let’s put this into perspective shall we? > [Reasonsmysoniscrying.com](http://www.reasonsmysoniscrying.com/) > > (It has both genders despite its cite name. That seems beside the point to me - kids are pretty resilient and rubbery and heal quickly, but that doesn’t mean that you should trip them and make them fall down just for the hell of it. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/104 "2013-11-11T21:02:10Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > To this day, I can definitely remember every single time I cried before age 8 and who was responsible. Because if you can’t remember it, that must mean it never happened, right? Can you tell us about the time you cried as you exited your mother’s womb and entered the world? Having that memory must be quite traumatic. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/105 "2013-11-11T21:23:53Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Can you tell us about the time you cried as you exited your mother’s womb and entered the world? Having that memory must be quite traumatic. Especially when afterward she forced her tit into his mouth! Sexual assault! Child abuse! CHILD ABUSE! [AUGH!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czmb6tEwFE8) ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/106 "2013-11-11T21:28:20Z")
It’s one thing to teasingly say “oh no, I ate all your candy, No no, I didn’t it’s all right here” and quite another to make them actually believe it to the point of crying and getting mad. Particularly since they were so little. It isn’t cute or funny, it’s mean. Will it scar them for life (if, with luck, their parents are otherwise good ones?) no. But I’ll bet dollars to donuts it puts a real crimp in the level of trust they have in their parents for a while. Like someone else (several someone else’s said) upthread. It would be totally different if these were older kids, and if it hadn’t gone to the point of making sure they got upset and cried. Bottom line, pull a trick on a small kid, keep it going until the kid cries, and film it for the dubious amusement of strangers on a TV show. Classy. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/107 "2013-11-11T21:29:28Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Well then how about trolling your kids for less than a minute, filming it, and sending the results in to be shown on national TV? Same. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I used the word “bully,” but in reference to a hypothetical person who kept doing this stuff time after time when a kid was clearly not enjoying it. > > If you weren’t talking about me, then never mind. I don’t have the energy to scroll back through the previous page to see who else said it, if anyone. I don’t remember who said it, and am also too lazy to scroll back, but it was something along the lines of “This is bullying, cut and dried” which I find to be insane. I just don’t find anything wrong in general with pranks or broadcasting the results on TV for the chuckles. Whole television shows have been predicated ont his entire idea. Which no, isn’t to say something is fine just because it’s been done before, I’m just saying. Most people seem to be good sports once they find it was all a ruse, and even some of these perturbed children showed visible relief when they realized their candy had gone unharmed. Yeah, like someone said earlier, a prank that goes “Your grandma/dog/best friend died… JK!” is mean and might be amusing if you’re a sadist, but “We ate your candy… JK!” is worth nothing more than a shrug of the shoulders out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/108 "2013-11-11T22:01:07Z")
Wouldn’t do this to my kids. Jimmy Kimmel seems to be relying a lot on viewer material. Is he running out of ideas? ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/109 "2013-11-11T22:17:51Z")
He showcases some cool bands, but then again he mocked Chumbawamba’s breakup, apparently proud of his ignorance of the band’s decades of dedicated musical activism. My first reaction to this kind of humor isn’t positive either. I didn’t like being mocked while I was a kid, and come to think of it, I think it had some negative after-effects. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/110 "2013-11-11T22:39:24Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I don’t remember who said it, and am also too lazy to scroll back, but it was something along the lines of “This is bullying, cut and dried” which I find to be insane. Maybe not bullying, but I honestly don’t think it’s any less sadistic than pulling the “your mom/dog/friend died…j/k” bit on an adult. Because honestly, the difference between those pranks isn’t kind, but degree. You’re telling someone that something they’re emotionally attached to is taken away forever because their pain and emotional turmoil is amusing to you. It’s pretty fucking twisted. And with the kid version, you’re telling them their loss is because _you deliberately chose to take that thing away from them_–it’s more akin to telling an adult “I ran over your dog and then backed up and ran over him again…j/k.” It’s just that with kids you can get the reaction with something that’s very small in the grand scheme of things, because their worlds are smaller and little things matter more to them. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/111 "2013-11-11T23:04:35Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Did I ever tell you about the April Fools Day one of my sons, when he was 12, nailed both my wife and I :eek: WAY beyond a prank. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/112 "2013-11-11T23:16:12Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > :eek: WAY beyond a prank. Getting [sprayed](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63NshayS3Bs) in the face with some [cold](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL50PkDoeFE) water on April Fools Day is [“WAY beyond a prank”?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWTEtI5MDNM)😕 ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/113 "2013-11-11T23:21:23Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > To this day, I can definitely remember every single time I cried before age 8 and who was responsible. You got bigger issues than Jimmy Kimmel, thats for sure. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/114 "2013-11-11T23:59:42Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Getting [sprayed](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63NshayS3Bs) in the face with some [cold](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL50PkDoeFE) water on April Fools Day is [“WAY beyond a prank”?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWTEtI5MDNM)😕 You’re not very good at the internet. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/115 "2013-11-12T00:06:28Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > You’re not very good at the internet. Actually I am. I’m just subtly trying to get **Left Hand** to break the 11th Commandment. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/116 "2013-11-12T00:10:19Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Actually I am. I’m just subtly trying to get **Left Hand** to break the 11th Commandment. What? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/117 "2013-11-12T00:16:48Z")
Thou shalt not explain thy jokes? Thou shalt not nail thy mom and dad? WHAT??? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/118 "2013-11-12T00:54:31Z")
Perhaps “nail” is not slang \*\*pkbites \*\*is familiar with? That’s all I can come up with. As Sherlock Holmes would say, “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/119 "2013-11-12T01:49:21Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Thou shalt not explain thy jokes? Thou shalt not nail thy mom and dad? WHAT??? That shalt not explain how you were just joking about nailing thy mom and dad. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489/120 "2013-11-12T02:08:55Z")
When we left for school, my mother would say she’d throw away all our toys. Well, she _says_ she said it; some decades later I have no direct recollection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489.md?page=7)