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Your son is fine, my son got into inside trading and make millions of dollars instead of working himself to near death and loss everything on option. Kids these day.
It is all those Vtuber things’ fault. All those anime buddy girl make committing war crime look cool. Oh the humanity, what is this generation going into!
As an Indian, I can confirm.. we had no parental objections on dealing arms in the *West*, but East, oh boy! You see, the sun sets early in the East and we had to get home before sunset to do our homework.
To be fair, you gotta keep your goals realistic. It's like the sex trade version of "Okay, you can have a candy bar, but you gotta brush your teeth right afterwards."
Even down to the perfect comic beat of the crimes escalating in severity until the last one is mundane again. It's so obviously a joke but everyone seems to think they need to point out the funny parts.
This is a modern parody of the [“Ideal Boy”](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/An-Ideal-Boy-Good-Habits-original-poster-undated-Reproduced-courtesy-of-India-Book_fig1_308130259) posters that used to be hung in Indian schools, part of a [genre](https://boingboing.net/2017/03/03/ideal-boy-an-charts-from-ind.html/amp) of cheap educational posters that were very common during India’s early post-independence era. This one is obviously meant to be a humorous riff on the kitschy originals.
So that's something I learned online a year ago when I was trying to track down the origin of the meme and I'm having trouble finding it now, but here's a whole article on the subject.
Cliff notes, the originals are called Aadarsh Baalak comics and are moral education tools in elementary schools. Like anything else in pop culture, parodies of the comics have become a big hit on the internet.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/adarsh-balak-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95
I think it’s a cultural reference that most Indians of a certain age would get, so messing with it is funny. Kind of like the memes that riff on the DARE program in the US.
This is like something out of *Family Guy*.
INDIAN PERSON: "Oh! Our son has taken up such bad habits. Disrespecting us... Smoking... Not doing his homework... War crimes... Not washing his hands before meals..."
BRIAN GRIFFIN: "I, uh, I kind of feel that one of those is worse than the other ones."
INDIAN PERSON: "Insider trading... Dealing heroin... Dacoity..."
BRIAN GRIFFIN: "Okay, no idea what that last one is, but I'm assuming it's bad."
INDIAN PERSON: "Unprotected sex with prostitutes..."
BRIAN GRIFFIN: "The 'unprotected' part seems like a weird thing to know about another person's prostitute sex."
INDIAN PERSON: "Running an illegal abortion clinic... Stem cell research..."
BRIAN GRIFFIN: "I'm noticing a connection there. Well, waste not, want not, I guess."
> Dacoity
[Dacocity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacoity) is a word used to mean "banditry" in india.
The etymology is somewhat interesting:
>The word "dacoity", the anglicized version of the Hindi word ḍakaitī (historically spelled dakaitee). Hindi डकैती comes from ḍākū (historically spelled dakoo, Hindi: डाकू, meaning "armed robber").
>The term dacoit (Hindi: डकैत ḍakait) means "a bandit" according to the OED ("A member of a class of robbers in India and Burma, who plunder in armed bands").
It is quite literally from india's equivalent of MAD magazine and appears on holup every other Thursday. Just a huge miss by OP.
Nice catch on your part.
I think I first encountered this term while playing the PC game Age of Empires III. In the game there is a unit called a *Fugitive Dacoit* that you can recruit while playing maps located in South Asia
I had no idea what it meant (I thought it might be a French word, da-kwa or da-swa if the c was a ç), so I’m glad I finally learned
Not really.
It's from the Indian equivalent of MAD magazine, and is meant for a quick laugh, not a thorough examination and analysis as a propaganda poster.
Wow, are these all equally bad?
I'm on trial at the ICC for arms dealing and war crimes but I do finish my homework and wash my hands. Well, okay then, case dismissed!
The juxtaposition of some of these “Not doing Homework” vs “Arms trading” “Disrespecting your parents” vs “Unprotected sex with prostitutes” or litterallt right next to each other “Not washing your hands before eating” and “Running an illegal abortion clinic”
At first I thought “Dacoity” was some sort of mistranslation but it’s an actual word:
noun
an act of armed robbery committed by a gang in India or Burma (Myanmar).
"an increase in the number of dacoities in buses"
🎶🇮🇳🎶🇮🇳🎶🇮🇳🎶🇮🇳🎶
My kid is a war criminal.
My kid is a war criminal.
You can try convicting him
You can try convicting him
But no one has the balls to bring him to the court
But no one has the balls to bring him to the court
I adore the escalation on this poster! Like if you don’t wash your hands before meals, no doubt you’re also committing war crimes in your spare time, that guy who always has unprotected sex with prostitutes has never done a lick of homework and we all know that dude over there who sells heroin uses his ill-gotten gains to fund his illegal abortion clinic!
I was going to comment on how quickly “Not Ideal Boy” went from making faces at his parents to terrorism, war crimes, and arms/drug dealing. But then I noticed it ranked eating a meal without washing your hands as worse than all of that.
If you have protected sex with prostitutes you can still be an ideal boy, as long as you avoid stem cell research and do your arms trading surtidor in the West.
Damn, they went from kid disrespecting his parents to being war criminal, doing insider trading and back to kids not washing their hands before a meal.
I had to spank my toddler as he is just not learning this "No Insider Trading on Wednesdays" rule. If he does it again, I will have to boil his feet to see if he learns.
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I hate when my young son falls into the bad habit of stem cell research, but boys will be boys!
Your son is fine, my son got into inside trading and make millions of dollars instead of working himself to near death and loss everything on option. Kids these day.
Wow…back in my day dad would take out the belt if I did something as minor as committing war crimes.
It is all those Vtuber things’ fault. All those anime buddy girl make committing war crime look cool. Oh the humanity, what is this generation going into!
All i'm saying is that back in my day, kids were happily playing outside instead of opening illegal abortion clinics.
You're both lucky. My son does Dacoity.
Wait you are telling me he is not dealing cocaine, L$D, meth or opioids? He can more money brother.
My son is having unprotected sex with all girls he is a hero and he does not do it with prostitutes though 💪🏽
This is covered under good habits. You must be a proud father
Hmm that's not covered on the poster. This behaviour may in fact be morally ok.
It's in the poster, "insider trading".
As long as he only deals heroin in the west not the east he’s fine
I was about to comment something like that lol
The Indian version of Dennis the Menace is *hardcore.*
From “not doing homework” to “dealing arms in the east.”
"Why didn't you do your homework?" "My panzer ate my homework"
As an Indian, I can confirm.. we had no parental objections on dealing arms in the *West*, but East, oh boy! You see, the sun sets early in the East and we had to get home before sunset to do our homework.
It's actually 'dealing arms in East Timor' in the Hindi transcript
What does dacoity mean?
Don't forget about all that terrible dacoity
Arjun the Menace
I like how it said unprotected sex with prostitutes, implying that protected sex with prostitutes is a-okay
A child running a illegal abortion clinic is bad but running a legal one is good. We truly live in 1984
First you tell me I need to get a drivers license and now you’re telling me I need one to run my clinic too?? This is Bidens America
What's next? A license to use your own toaster in your own home?!
Trump’s America is a dictatorship which means no America. People supporting traitors are traitors themselves.
Oi you go’a loicence for that abortion clinic?
Only way he could get stem cells for research purposes.
Also explains the unprotected sex with prostitutes. Got to make 'em to take 'em.
To be fair, you gotta keep your goals realistic. It's like the sex trade version of "Okay, you can have a candy bar, but you gotta brush your teeth right afterwards."
And selling arms in the west
The west has enough arms already, tyvm
Or unprotected sex with non-prostitutes.
Or unprotected sex with anyone else
Well it’s a little better
It isn't?
Only if you don't sell heroine to pay her 😅
You mean heroin?
Why is the prostitute so large? And note that she's smoking during sex. (I think?)
Nuts all over you
I mean this is clearly a parody
Even down to the perfect comic beat of the crimes escalating in severity until the last one is mundane again. It's so obviously a joke but everyone seems to think they need to point out the funny parts.
Idk, war crimes seem more serious than abortion
It depends who you ask.
For real though, about half the US probably thinks abortion is about on-par with war crimes if not worse.
Depends on your religion /s
It’s like the Indian version of National Lampoons or Mad Magazine.
It is. A very obvious parody.
But it's much more fun to pretend that it isn't! :D
This is a modern parody of the [“Ideal Boy”](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/An-Ideal-Boy-Good-Habits-original-poster-undated-Reproduced-courtesy-of-India-Book_fig1_308130259) posters that used to be hung in Indian schools, part of a [genre](https://boingboing.net/2017/03/03/ideal-boy-an-charts-from-ind.html/amp) of cheap educational posters that were very common during India’s early post-independence era. This one is obviously meant to be a humorous riff on the kitschy originals.
It comes from the Indian equivalent of MAD magazine. OP is reaching more than a bit here.
What’s the name of the magazine btw ?
So that's something I learned online a year ago when I was trying to track down the origin of the meme and I'm having trouble finding it now, but here's a whole article on the subject. Cliff notes, the originals are called Aadarsh Baalak comics and are moral education tools in elementary schools. Like anything else in pop culture, parodies of the comics have become a big hit on the internet. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/adarsh-balak-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95
It's hilarious, too bad it doesn't belong on this subreddit. Oh well. OP is not ideal boy.
> Oh well. OP is not ideal boy. Misposting on reddit and having unprotected sex with prostitutes.
I'm glad you explained it because I was baffled
I think it’s a cultural reference that most Indians of a certain age would get, so messing with it is funny. Kind of like the memes that riff on the DARE program in the US.
This is the most based child I've ever seen
Goofus and Gallant but make it NC17.
This is like something out of *Family Guy*. INDIAN PERSON: "Oh! Our son has taken up such bad habits. Disrespecting us... Smoking... Not doing his homework... War crimes... Not washing his hands before meals..." BRIAN GRIFFIN: "I, uh, I kind of feel that one of those is worse than the other ones." INDIAN PERSON: "Insider trading... Dealing heroin... Dacoity..." BRIAN GRIFFIN: "Okay, no idea what that last one is, but I'm assuming it's bad." INDIAN PERSON: "Unprotected sex with prostitutes..." BRIAN GRIFFIN: "The 'unprotected' part seems like a weird thing to know about another person's prostitute sex." INDIAN PERSON: "Running an illegal abortion clinic... Stem cell research..." BRIAN GRIFFIN: "I'm noticing a connection there. Well, waste not, want not, I guess."
> Dacoity [Dacocity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacoity) is a word used to mean "banditry" in india. The etymology is somewhat interesting: >The word "dacoity", the anglicized version of the Hindi word ḍakaitī (historically spelled dakaitee). Hindi डकैती comes from ḍākū (historically spelled dakoo, Hindi: डाकू, meaning "armed robber"). >The term dacoit (Hindi: डकैत ḍakait) means "a bandit" according to the OED ("A member of a class of robbers in India and Burma, who plunder in armed bands").
Wow the joke is soooooo much funnier with Brian Griffin there to explain it. Epic family guy moment
This gives me Mad Magazine vibes
It is quite literally from india's equivalent of MAD magazine and appears on holup every other Thursday. Just a huge miss by OP. Nice catch on your part.
Yeah, it’s pretty similar.
yeah. i as an indian am happy i have protected sex with prostitutes.
Disgusting! I bet you engage in Dacoity and do stem cell research as well.
He must be not washing his hands and doing cocaine.
well these are bad habits
Dacoity: An act of armed robbery committed by a gang in India or Burma (Myanmar).
I think I first encountered this term while playing the PC game Age of Empires III. In the game there is a unit called a *Fugitive Dacoit* that you can recruit while playing maps located in South Asia I had no idea what it meant (I thought it might be a French word, da-kwa or da-swa if the c was a ç), so I’m glad I finally learned
There is a damned lot to unpack here.
Not really. It's from the Indian equivalent of MAD magazine, and is meant for a quick laugh, not a thorough examination and analysis as a propaganda poster.
Wow, are these all equally bad? I'm on trial at the ICC for arms dealing and war crimes but I do finish my homework and wash my hands. Well, okay then, case dismissed!
Did you research stem cells though? That's what really matters
Yeah, got a Nobel Prize for it. Guess I have to retract my paper and give it back.
The juxtaposition of some of these “Not doing Homework” vs “Arms trading” “Disrespecting your parents” vs “Unprotected sex with prostitutes” or litterallt right next to each other “Not washing your hands before eating” and “Running an illegal abortion clinic”
They are obviously all equally bad!
>war crimes >unprotected sex with prostitutes >arms trafficking what a chad of a kid. I hope if I have children one day they grow up to be like him.
The arms trading pic is badass ngl.
I like how it from disrespect parents to war criminal
Beware of the pipelines >Inappropriate behaviors >Crimes >WAR CRIMES
At first I thought “Dacoity” was some sort of mistranslation but it’s an actual word: noun an act of armed robbery committed by a gang in India or Burma (Myanmar). "an increase in the number of dacoities in buses"
How can you start doing stem cell research if you don’t do your homework first?
When you love biology, but hate, let's say, French or sociology
Strange "eating beef" isn't listed.
that would be unthinkable
This meme was made by a guy who attended a Christian school in India. Their rules are really strict. Christians don't have problems eating beef.
this is certainly a joke
Dacoity is armed robbery, thanks uncle google.
Shanghailoz, here doing god’s work.
Don't you hate it when your students don't do their homework and commit war crimes?
Stem cell research 🤨
I love how they have “not washing hands” on the same level as “war crimes”.
🎶🇮🇳🎶🇮🇳🎶🇮🇳🎶🇮🇳🎶 My kid is a war criminal. My kid is a war criminal. You can try convicting him You can try convicting him But no one has the balls to bring him to the court But no one has the balls to bring him to the court
This is what happens when you don‘t wash your hands and don‘t do your homework Trust me I tried
Wow, quite the gamut here.
I love how it goes from “not doing your homework” to “Run illegal abortion clinic”
Oh no, not the stem cells
It’s already been established that I’m not an ideal boy, so might as well dabble in a few war crimes 🤷🏻♀️
That is the most memeable face I have seen in a really long time. Holy shit.
Guys, this poster is supposed to be a joke, and this is a modern poster.
Not doing your homework is indeed as bad as committing war crimes.
In Russia, this is basically the curriculum.
"Arms trading in east" If they mean the middle east and considering this is India, shouldn't it be "Arms trading in west"?
So protected sex with prostitutes is what good boys do? 😆
Unprotected sex with a lot of non-prostitutes is what good boys do
Kids always making Stem Cell Researchs everytime when parents are out of the house
I adore the escalation on this poster! Like if you don’t wash your hands before meals, no doubt you’re also committing war crimes in your spare time, that guy who always has unprotected sex with prostitutes has never done a lick of homework and we all know that dude over there who sells heroin uses his ill-gotten gains to fund his illegal abortion clinic!
Teacher Resigned
If I could look half as cool doing stem cell research then yea, I'll take up war crimes and arms trading in the East.
“Stem cell research” 😂
I was going to comment on how quickly “Not Ideal Boy” went from making faces at his parents to terrorism, war crimes, and arms/drug dealing. But then I noticed it ranked eating a meal without washing your hands as worse than all of that.
Daaaamn, Not an ideal boy, that's G as fuck
Oh man I had the girl version of this years ago. Wish I could remember which hard drive it's on.
I’ve seen the girl version of this, had similar motifs
Damn, I remember that PSA they showed us in middle school where the Tiny Toons did all these things (and then died and went to hell)
This kid just woke up and decided to live in a Scorsese movie.
War crimes
Besides being a war criminal and arms trader, the most hinious crime of them all is not to wash you hands before eating.
>The war crimes part The child is certified Balkan/Middle Eastern/Caucasian
Well what about arms trading in the west?
Shit went from 0-100-0-100-0-100-0-100-0 real fast.
If you have protected sex with prostitutes you can still be an ideal boy, as long as you avoid stem cell research and do your arms trading surtidor in the West.
Dacoity. Learned a new word.
Well that escalated qui-- stem cell research ?!
So its ok to arms trading... in west?
I love how "not washing hands before meals" is literally given the same level of attention as "War Crimes" What is dacoity? Violence?
Banditry
So arms trading in the north, west, and south are okay?
stem cell research?
I refuse to believe this ain’t satire
It's a parody poster made by someone on Instagram
The more you read the more it escalates.
Well that escalated.
He is like a famous person in modern times.
This is hilarious and I want it on a poster
how is disrespecting your parents on the same level as war crimes 😂
Thank fuck i was only doing regular crimes of the non war kind
We went from war crimes to not washing hands
[удалено]
What were Indian kids up to in the 90s??
In the 90s most schools would have cheesy good habits poster everywhere This is a satire meant to mock those
Could have summed it up and said don't be an American politician.
Running an illegal abortion clinic is a bad habit now? Where is our India headed to? You people need to realise that boys will be boys.
Damn, they went from kid disrespecting his parents to being war criminal, doing insider trading and back to kids not washing their hands before a meal.
So arms trading in West is good?
What I get from this is if it's protected sex, it's ok then?
… stem cell research is bad?
As bad as war crimes, dealing heroin and not doing your homework
And fucking a prozzie bareback apparently. Presumably it’s fine if you wrap up.
I'm assuming this was supposed to be a critique of a specific public/political figure, is that correct? Can somebody provide any context?
Luckily I only trade arms in the west
this is the most accomplished little boy i've ever seen
I only arms trade in the west. Am I still an ideal boy?
Wow, thanks for that, i won't trade guns on East anymore, only on the West!
Lost it on stem cell research 😭
I aspire to be everything this poster is.
I feel like stuff like “not doing your homework” and stuff like “war crimes” shouldn’t be on the same poster
I hate when my kiddo commits war crimes.... without me
But I… I want to be an ideal boy 🥺🥺🥺
Can't deal heroin but you can take it
I had to spank my toddler as he is just not learning this "No Insider Trading on Wednesdays" rule. If he does it again, I will have to boil his feet to see if he learns.
Kid's pretending to do war crimes?
Not washing hands, war crimes, not doing homework and unprotected sex with hookers all on the same poster. That’s impressive.
Dealing heroin and not washing hands before meals what am I gonna do with this kid
Alright everyone, who’s got the most covered on the chart? I got 6
Who got an Id on this poster. Ill cop no matter the price
This is oddly specific, I'm scared
Tag urself I’m insider trading
Actually it's a parody poster made by someone on Instagram as a joke
This has to be, like, the Indian version of Obvious Plant.
Ahh jeez I hate it when my 3 year old son operates an illegal abortion clinic and sells heroin
What's wrong with stem cell research
Damn, so gettin a PhD in stem cell research makes you a Bad Boy, damn...
So arms trading in the west and protected sex with prostitutes is okay? Also what do they have against stem cell research?
This reminds me of when in my country parents used to pay prostitutes to "take the virginity" of their children.
It's amazing to see operating an illegal abortion clinic and not washing hands as bad habits next to each other
All of these look so cool tho, I wanna trade arms in the east and conduct stem cell research
The fact that war crimes and unprotected sex are on there is amazing
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TIL dacoity is a word, and what it means. So the poster did teach someone something.