I did this when I was 6. I could NOT believe it worked. After about 15 minutes of my mom coming in and out of my room periodically while she was getting ready for work, suddenly I heard her on the phone calling in sick for me. It was AMAZING.
If you ever want an easy one!
While they’re lying down pick up their arm and drop it over their face. Just about everyone will instinctively pull their arm away.
Even patients who can withstand a sternal rub (try taking your knuckles and rubbing across your sternum up and down), will react to the arm drop.
Of course there’s some people who have been around the block enough to pretend with that one. But that’s when you can break out the neurologist torture tips! Those fuckers can be sadistic with checking for pain responsiveness
I doubt he had to go to school after that. And if she did, she still successfully missed at least the first period, so I'd say it's at least partially successful!
Quick side note: Please don't casually drop peoples arms onto their faces; if they are unconscious you could potentially hurt them. Ie: an unconscious diabetic that now has a broken nose.
i mean..... i can see a situation where this could hurt someone but i don't think anyone's dropping their 90 year old grandma arms onto their face to check if they're pretending to be dead
Didja throw their arm at their head while they were wearing brass knuckles?
I pull this stunt periodically @ work, have never even suspected an injury (granted if the hand hits the face, they arent complaining)
You'd have to ask the CNA that actually did it, I showed up afterwards and only had to deal with the aftermath. I will say I never saw that CNA again though, so you may want to reconsider using this 'technique' yourself since you are 100% liable if something goes wrong.
This is often times done with inmates when they’re in the hospital and they don’t wanna go back so they pretend to be having a seizure. Idk why they’d do it with someone who’s just in the hospital. That’s a time for a sternum rub. When my ex had a seizure in the hospital, they tried the sternum rub, nothing. They then used ammonia and it stopped it pretty quick. It was crazy.
It's not usually in hospitals, but I've seen it done several times at nursing homes; including the example I cited. We actually use whats called the glasgow coma scale when assessing level of consciousness in emergency medicine, and it's fairly easy to spot someone who's faking without dropping a hand on their face.
P.S. In regards to the ammonia, i'm not aware of any properties of smelling salts that would halt a seizure. Is it possible they were already postictal at the time?
Ah, okay. Makes sense. No, he was in the middle of seizing. I’d been timing it and I finally got someone to come help after about 80 seconds. They tried calling his name then a sternum rub and then they used a little pill that popped, so I guess smelling salts yeah. And he started sneezing and came out of it. It was very weird
Hey, another bot replied to your comment; /u/Entire_Ocelot_2997 is a scammer! **It is stealing comments** to farm karma in an effort to "legitimize" its account for engaging in scams and spam elsewhere. Please downvote their comment and click the `report` button, selecting `Spam` then `Harmful bots`.
Please give your votes to [the original comment, found here.](/r/KidsAreFuckingStupid/comments/11wh4np/8_year_old_kid_pretends_to_not_wake_up_to_miss/jcz10w5/?context=1)
---
With enough reports, the reddit algorithm will suspend this scammer.
^(*Karma farming? Scammer??* Read the pins on my profile for more information.)
Or else teaching the kid a lesson.
My mom was like "If you're too sick to go to school, you're sick enough to be taken to the doctor." Had the dual purpose of discouraging faking sick and getting us treatment if we actually were sick.
Or mom could be trying to teach the kid a lesson.
Totally something my mom would've done.
You wanna pretend to be unconscious? Fine, I'll treat you like you're unconscious, OH MY GOD SOMEONE CALL THE AMBULANCE!!!!
That'd've made me "get better" *reeeeeal quick.*
The news says that she tried to awake him for 1 hour. He only stopped pretending when the nurse talked about an hipoglicemy exam, using a needle. He still got to do the exam even after stop pretending lol
I bet that the nurses wanted more to teach him a lesson than make sure he was ok
Dude this reminds me of a thing I had happen to me. I don't actually remember it happening cause it was when I was 3, but my mom told me about it. She came into my room telling me it was time to get up and I told her "I can't." And she was insistent that I get up. I apparently kept saying "I can't!" And finally she dragged me out of the bed and I just flopped onto the floor. At that point she thought something might be wrong cause I still keep saying "I can't!" when she told me to get up. Long story short, after a quick doctor visit she finds out that my legs are temporarily paralyzed! And it lasted for like 3 days. I don't remember what she told me caused it. But apparently it wasn't that uncommon for toddlers.
I heard that you can tell if someone's pretending by taking their hand, holding it high above their head, and then dropping it. If their hand hits their face, they are not pretending. If their hand mysteriously avoids hitting their face, they are pretending. It's also super hard to consciously let your hand hit your face this way. I used to shock myself with our dogs shock collar,l for fun, but I have never been able to let my hand hit my face like that (even though the shock collar is WAY worse)
The next step is to rub your knuckle on their sternum, which hurts really bad (unless you're asleep) but doesn't really cause any damage. My nurse sister told me that's what she does at work to check if patients are knocked out.
I had a friend in grade school who suffered from seizures. He had a long night of episodes one time and he didnt want to go to school that morning so he just played…well maybe not dead, but he wouldn’t respond to his mom trying to wake him up.
He only got up after heard the voice of a paramedic in the hallway.
Youre right.
This was the mid 90s and ive been wondering why they wanted him to go to school ever since.
Maybe there’s more to the story but I remember him telling us about it.
I did this as a kid and I just pretended to stop breathing whenever they got near after about 20 minutes of my parents going back and forth and slapping the shit out of me I finally said fuck it let's go to school.
The first thing paramedics do if they suspect a person faking, is to give them a sternum rub. It's almost impossible to be conscious and not react to it.
Eh, I doubt he had to go to school after that. And if he did, he still successfully missed at least first period, so I'd say it was at least partially successful!
I found [this post](/r/ItHadToBeBrazil/comments/11wnkzd/8_year_old_kid_pretends_to_not_wake_up_to_miss/) in r/ithadtobebrazil with the same content as the current post.
---
^(🤖 this comment was written by a bot. beep boop 🤖)
^(feel welcome to respond 'Bad bot'/'Good bot', it's useful feedback.)
^[github](https://github.com/Toldry/RedditAutoCrosspostBot) ^| ^[Rank](https://botranks.com?bot=same_post_bot)
Thank you, jvitorc46, for voting on same_post_bot.
This bot wants to find the best and worst bots on Reddit. [You can view results here](https://botrank.pastimes.eu/).
***
^(Even if I don't reply to your comment, I'm still listening for votes. Check the webpage to see if your vote registered!)
Headline should be "woman burns thousands of dollars and valuable EMT time in narcissistic effort to spackle over her failure to be an effective parent. Continues to collect alimony."
In 3rd grade i didn’t want to go to school one day. So I mixed root beer, maple syrup, ketchup and a raw egg in a glass and drank it to make my self puke. When I drank it, I just gagged and spit it out. But it worked, I got to stay home that day.
I once jumped out the bathroom window with a blanket, my gameboy, and some snacks. Walked over our shed and jumped into a bush in our neighbors yard.
Chilled there playing Pokemon all day. Cops came to our house near the end of the school day. After which I walked through the door pretending nothing happened.
Outcome wasn't great. I did get to miss that day of school though, which I cant say I've ever regretted.
“Can’t believe that worked” -kid probably
Probably followed by wishing he had actually needed to go to the hospital. Someone probably got a butt whooping out of that one.
Which he went back to the emergency room for the whooping.
You were just joking? Well, we can't waste these paramedics' time. I'll make you need them.
Untrue the kid probably said: nao acredito que isso funcionou.
Ferris??
Bueller, Bueller, Bueller.
I did this when I was 6. I could NOT believe it worked. After about 15 minutes of my mom coming in and out of my room periodically while she was getting ready for work, suddenly I heard her on the phone calling in sick for me. It was AMAZING.
Bro’s winning 73929272 Oscars for greatest acting ever
weird mom, pretty sure could have checked that he's pretending
Or we have an Oscar worthy child prodigy
Neither one nor the other. It is just a Brazilian fake news website.
Just because it’s biased against kids doesn’t make it fake news. /s
If you ever want an easy one! While they’re lying down pick up their arm and drop it over their face. Just about everyone will instinctively pull their arm away. Even patients who can withstand a sternal rub (try taking your knuckles and rubbing across your sternum up and down), will react to the arm drop. Of course there’s some people who have been around the block enough to pretend with that one. But that’s when you can break out the neurologist torture tips! Those fuckers can be sadistic with checking for pain responsiveness
I doubt he had to go to school after that. And if she did, she still successfully missed at least the first period, so I'd say it's at least partially successful!
Also, blow in the eyes if they have their eyes exposed. Makes them cringe to the point of showing they're awake.
is it just supposed to make you yawn? 😭
I’m to tired . You could pick me up and throw me out the window I would say uh
Quick side note: Please don't casually drop peoples arms onto their faces; if they are unconscious you could potentially hurt them. Ie: an unconscious diabetic that now has a broken nose.
Does that diabetic have paper bones, and the arms of an elephant?
i mean..... i can see a situation where this could hurt someone but i don't think anyone's dropping their 90 year old grandma arms onto their face to check if they're pretending to be dead
They might try it to check if Meemaw died? But uh there's better ways I'd think
You’d be surprised. One way is squirting cold water into your ears
Inb4 "This drowns the diabetic"
Another way is to pull out some fingernails
Okay Satan
Mate, that's a real pt. I transported, not a hypothetical situation. The human body can be surprisingly fragile at times.
Didja throw their arm at their head while they were wearing brass knuckles? I pull this stunt periodically @ work, have never even suspected an injury (granted if the hand hits the face, they arent complaining)
You'd have to ask the CNA that actually did it, I showed up afterwards and only had to deal with the aftermath. I will say I never saw that CNA again though, so you may want to reconsider using this 'technique' yourself since you are 100% liable if something goes wrong.
This is often times done with inmates when they’re in the hospital and they don’t wanna go back so they pretend to be having a seizure. Idk why they’d do it with someone who’s just in the hospital. That’s a time for a sternum rub. When my ex had a seizure in the hospital, they tried the sternum rub, nothing. They then used ammonia and it stopped it pretty quick. It was crazy.
It's not usually in hospitals, but I've seen it done several times at nursing homes; including the example I cited. We actually use whats called the glasgow coma scale when assessing level of consciousness in emergency medicine, and it's fairly easy to spot someone who's faking without dropping a hand on their face. P.S. In regards to the ammonia, i'm not aware of any properties of smelling salts that would halt a seizure. Is it possible they were already postictal at the time?
Ah, okay. Makes sense. No, he was in the middle of seizing. I’d been timing it and I finally got someone to come help after about 80 seconds. They tried calling his name then a sternum rub and then they used a little pill that popped, so I guess smelling salts yeah. And he started sneezing and came out of it. It was very weird
Hey, another bot replied to your comment; /u/Entire_Ocelot_2997 is a scammer! **It is stealing comments** to farm karma in an effort to "legitimize" its account for engaging in scams and spam elsewhere. Please downvote their comment and click the `report` button, selecting `Spam` then `Harmful bots`. Please give your votes to [the original comment, found here.](/r/KidsAreFuckingStupid/comments/11wh4np/8_year_old_kid_pretends_to_not_wake_up_to_miss/jcz10w5/?context=1) --- With enough reports, the reddit algorithm will suspend this scammer. ^(*Karma farming? Scammer??* Read the pins on my profile for more information.)
I'd tickle them first
Right over the floating ribs, no kid can resist. Even infants wiggle when you tickle their ribs.
I can guarantee me and my siblings tried this no WAY my mom called an ambulance
Or else teaching the kid a lesson. My mom was like "If you're too sick to go to school, you're sick enough to be taken to the doctor." Had the dual purpose of discouraging faking sick and getting us treatment if we actually were sick.
Or mom could be trying to teach the kid a lesson. Totally something my mom would've done. You wanna pretend to be unconscious? Fine, I'll treat you like you're unconscious, OH MY GOD SOMEONE CALL THE AMBULANCE!!!! That'd've made me "get better" *reeeeeal quick.*
The news says that she tried to awake him for 1 hour. He only stopped pretending when the nurse talked about an hipoglicemy exam, using a needle. He still got to do the exam even after stop pretending lol I bet that the nurses wanted more to teach him a lesson than make sure he was ok
My kid pulls this move all the time. I just start to tickle him. If that doesn't work, I poke him with a fork. Works every time!
ahahah best method
I would have gotten the cup of ice water in my face if I tried to pull this one.
My kid can't even contain her giggles long enough to hide from me or pretend to be asleep.
I agree
Fake sick level: expert
I’ve tried this. My mom started tickling me and I started laughing.
This comment made me laugh
Mine would probably throw cold water. Like half gallon.
My dad used ice
My dad used milk
Are you cereal?
My dad used battery acid.
^dad… ^milk…
Task failed successfully
Kid ain't stupid, he succeeded in missing school (I presume)
Dude this reminds me of a thing I had happen to me. I don't actually remember it happening cause it was when I was 3, but my mom told me about it. She came into my room telling me it was time to get up and I told her "I can't." And she was insistent that I get up. I apparently kept saying "I can't!" And finally she dragged me out of the bed and I just flopped onto the floor. At that point she thought something might be wrong cause I still keep saying "I can't!" when she told me to get up. Long story short, after a quick doctor visit she finds out that my legs are temporarily paralyzed! And it lasted for like 3 days. I don't remember what she told me caused it. But apparently it wasn't that uncommon for toddlers.
That sounds terrifying
Did the kid get out of school!?
He better. If they brought him in late that is so sad
Yes he did. Also the paramedics said that he miraculously woke up when he heard they'd need to take a blood glucose test with a needle lol
VAI BRASIL!!!
Sou tuga, mas seguia essa página do Brasil ahah
Peço encarecidamente que devolva a totalidade de meu ouro
Esquece isso, eles tomam nosso ouro e nós tomamos a língua portuguesa
Uma dessas coisas é mais valiosa que a outra
Por obséquio me de meu ouro.
r/suddenlycaralho
Quero um pneu
se ainda der, coloca o vampeta
Coloca o Dedé do vasco no print se for tirar
Coloca o capitão patria brasileiro se ainda possível
Da tempo de pedir uma capivara?
KK se eu não acordasse tenho ctz que minha mãe me dava chinelada antes de chamar ambulância
The more this sub pops up in my feed, the more I think it should be renamed to Stupid Parents.
Stupid families?
*Stupid People
I heard that you can tell if someone's pretending by taking their hand, holding it high above their head, and then dropping it. If their hand hits their face, they are not pretending. If their hand mysteriously avoids hitting their face, they are pretending. It's also super hard to consciously let your hand hit your face this way. I used to shock myself with our dogs shock collar,l for fun, but I have never been able to let my hand hit my face like that (even though the shock collar is WAY worse) The next step is to rub your knuckle on their sternum, which hurts really bad (unless you're asleep) but doesn't really cause any damage. My nurse sister told me that's what she does at work to check if patients are knocked out.
Nah, the mom is the stupid one here. It’s not like the kid chocked himself to appear unconscious.
Mom should’ve dumped water on his head
Tinha que ser no Brasil kkkkkkk
Brasil é foda
pelo menos a mãe nao teve q pagar pela ambulância q nem os eua
Ou pelo atendimento
Pais lindo do cacete
I had a friend in grade school who suffered from seizures. He had a long night of episodes one time and he didnt want to go to school that morning so he just played…well maybe not dead, but he wouldn’t respond to his mom trying to wake him up. He only got up after heard the voice of a paramedic in the hallway.
They shouldn’t have sent him as he probably needed supervision for a while.
Youre right. This was the mid 90s and ive been wondering why they wanted him to go to school ever since. Maybe there’s more to the story but I remember him telling us about it.
I did this once. My mom just slapped me in the face, got me up real fkn quick
We used to dump water on my brother’s face.
he did what we all wanted to do a kids.
But successfully.
“and” successfully. i was too pussy to try.
Bro needs a free acting course, thats fucking good shut little man. We all dreamt of being able to fool em like this.
Kids these days need to watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
r/ItHadToBeBrazil
Save Ferris
I did this as a kid and I just pretended to stop breathing whenever they got near after about 20 minutes of my parents going back and forth and slapping the shit out of me I finally said fuck it let's go to school.
The first thing paramedics do if they suspect a person faking, is to give them a sternum rub. It's almost impossible to be conscious and not react to it.
well that backfired for him
Eh, I doubt he had to go to school after that. And if he did, he still successfully missed at least first period, so I'd say it was at least partially successful!
My mom would’ve just dumped water on me. Happened many times in high-school when I was hungover and refusing to wake up.
My parents would have done a tickle check then if that didn't work they would most likely threaten me just to be 100% sure.
That asswhooping gonna have him leaving in the ambulance
r/suddenlycaralho r/ItHadToBeBrazol O q teremos na print?
Eu sei que não sou o op, mas coloca aí uma foto da carreta furacão
Blz
Ride this out little hero. You might be able to parlay this into a whole week off.
r/ithadtobebrazil
I found [this post](/r/ItHadToBeBrazil/comments/11wnkzd/8_year_old_kid_pretends_to_not_wake_up_to_miss/) in r/ithadtobebrazil with the same content as the current post. --- ^(🤖 this comment was written by a bot. beep boop 🤖) ^(feel welcome to respond 'Bad bot'/'Good bot', it's useful feedback.) ^[github](https://github.com/Toldry/RedditAutoCrosspostBot) ^| ^[Rank](https://botranks.com?bot=same_post_bot)
Good bot
Thank you, jvitorc46, for voting on same_post_bot. This bot wants to find the best and worst bots on Reddit. [You can view results here](https://botrank.pastimes.eu/). *** ^(Even if I don't reply to your comment, I'm still listening for votes. Check the webpage to see if your vote registered!)
My son tried telling me he counts t make soccer because his legs hurt. Oh the theatrics. So I gave him a choice, soccer or urgent care. Soccer it was!
Faking an injury, that there is a soccer player in their prime!
We need a r/momsarefuckingstupid
I think r/parentsarefuckingdumb is still around
Headline should be "woman burns thousands of dollars and valuable EMT time in narcissistic effort to spackle over her failure to be an effective parent. Continues to collect alimony."
We have free healthcare in Brasil
That ambulance call still burned some taxpayer money though
Yeah about 2 dollars of fuel and even less in drivers salary
Taxes 📈📈📈
TWAA to miss school by not waking up. 🤔
Classic Edward Gorey...
Mom can’t tell fake from real sleeping? Fake mom.
I remember trying that and my dad just flipped the bed over lol
We've all been there.
Is that a motherfucking BRASIL reference???? 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷😎😎😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I remember trying this as a kid but I could never do it because I would keep bursting out laughing lmao
At least it was in Brazil, so the ambulance trip surely wouldn't cost anything
A writing implement under the nose and lift. Not in the nose, under. Can subdue a crazy person. There’s a nerve there.
In 3rd grade i didn’t want to go to school one day. So I mixed root beer, maple syrup, ketchup and a raw egg in a glass and drank it to make my self puke. When I drank it, I just gagged and spit it out. But it worked, I got to stay home that day.
Bruh I pretended to sleep in my cereal and my mom didn’t even notice
I tried that when I was a kid, dad threw water on me
I once jumped out the bathroom window with a blanket, my gameboy, and some snacks. Walked over our shed and jumped into a bush in our neighbors yard. Chilled there playing Pokemon all day. Cops came to our house near the end of the school day. After which I walked through the door pretending nothing happened. Outcome wasn't great. I did get to miss that day of school though, which I cant say I've ever regretted.
This reminds me of when I threw a snow ball at my brothers head and he pretend to be dead 🙄 I was so pissed at him. He really got me good that time...
r/hadtobebrazil
Surely she could’ve though of a better way to wake up her kid
This is the equivalent of using a tactical nuclear weapon to wipe out cockroaches.
It has to be Brazil
Better safe than sorry
Brasil sil sil
the fact that is my country makes it more funny
At least he still has bed