[troped2]

My favorite headlines:

"Video: ‘Homophobic’ 6-Week-Old Baby Cries After Gay Dad Tells Him ‘There Is No Mama’"

"UK Approves Bills To Remove Criminal Penalties For Women Who Commit Their Own Abortions"

"Nigerian Photographed Killing Cat And Trying To Cook It In Front Of Children’s Playground In Italy"

[logifail]

> 6-Week-Old Baby

I appreciate this story appears to be all about the rage-bate headlines, but I don't believe that either six-week old babies say "Mama" (with purpose) or that a baby that age would be capable of responding in the way described to an adult saying "there is no Mama". It doesn't work like that at that age.

[Source: have three kids]

[like_any_other]

Source: the video: https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2045335697893269640

Edit: but it is likely the baby is older than 6 weeks in that video - this seems to be the source of confusion (read carefully - the 6-week-old video was a different, older video):

In December, when Texson was 6 weeks old, he shared a video with the text overlay “6 week old homophobic baby,” which was viewed more than 36 million times. In that video, Texson smiles in response to being told he has a sister, a brother and puppies but frowns when McAnally says that he has two dads. In the most recent video McAnally has shared, Texson laughs and says the sound “ma ma ma,” when asked if he wants “dada or pop.” Later on, in the video, he cries and looks frustrated." - https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/shane-mcanally-video-...

Of course, getting stuck on if they got the age of the baby wrong is throwing out the baby with the bathwater - the main thrust of the story is true.

[logifail]

> In that video, Texson smiles in response to being told he has a sister, a brother and puppies but frowns when McAnally says that he has two dads

[Apologies for being somewhat absolutist about this, but...] babies do not (typically) understand the literal meaning of words - or indeed understand language generally - at 6 weeks. They may understand tone, but not words.

Again, rage bait headlines and all that.

> Of course, getting stuck on if they got the age of the baby wrong

Was hoping to provide useful data for any readers who may be here to "gratify their intellectual curiosity"* that certain claims referenced in this thread are ... implausible ... and that's putting it mildly.

* this is HN ;)

[logifail]

"6-Week-Old" babies don't have the muscle strength to hold their heads horizontally like that (and IMHO it would be foolhardy to wave them around like that)...

Pronounced social smiling (as in the video) already by six weeks would also pretty unusual.

[FireBeyond]

Hah yes, many years I got into a debate with someone here or was it Reddit about the "intuitiveness of iOS" and someone claiming "I've handed my iPad to my 3 month old and they are able to swipe and navigate"...

No, your baby typically needs to be propped up to sit at that age. They simply don't have that fine motor control and coordination, let alone the comprehension of whatever app you put in front of them.

[abustamam]

My 7-month old likes to play with my android watch. It's locked so she just futzes with the lock screen. But she doesn't know how to swipe or navigate, she just likes that it's shiny and does something interesting when she touches is.

That said, for me, having only ever used android phones, I always find myself wondering "how do you go back" when I help my mom with her iPhone. No back button! So I guess I'm not as intuitive as a 3 month old on reddit :)

[Throaway8675456]

So a Mr. McAnally told his son he has two dads? Sounds beleivable.

[arrowsmith]

I'm not sure what point you're making but there's nothing satirical about the second headline. The UK really did just legislate to decriminalise abortion up to the point of birth.

I don't see how that's a laughing matter.

[kuerbel]

That is simply not true. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/27/misleading-hea...

[DoctorOetker]

TLDR: not legalised in the wider sense that any doctors or institutions involved with the abortion can perform the abortion until arbitrary late, but DOES remove liability from the pregnant women. So in case her abortion is aided or abetted those people are still criminally liable, but if she does it on her own somehow, then it is in fact legalised by the recent change. So, it depends on the situation, and if the mother is the sole actor or not. If she is the sole actor, it seems abortion has been arbitrarily legalized according to kuerbels' link. This also makes it important that people like kuerbel disseminate such a correction: the platitude that all abortions are now legalized would send the wrong message / legal advice to any accomplices in the abortion, even if the mother can do this with impunity, if you aid or abet her in it you can be held liable!

[defrost]

> So in case her abortion is aided or abetted those people are still criminally liable, but if she does it on her own somehow, then it is in fact legalised by the recent change. So, it depends on the situation, and if the mother is the sole actor or not.

Wheter acting solo or with aid of others, the mother is no longer liable for criminal charges. Full Stop.

See, much better articles that address the actual ammended bill and passing into law rather than focussing on the confusion spread by various media sources.

eg: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-wom...

This is a change that would have impacted a total of 20 woman in the entire 100 years of the 19th Century and almost the same number of woman from the last two decades.

[rexpop]

I agree! Not at all a laughing matter; rather, a critical landmark in the preservation of individual rights.

[Dig1t]

“Up to the date of birth”

This is not an issue I care about at all, but even I can recognize that a voluntary abortion the day before a healthy birth would occur is truly a radical extreme that most people would object to.

[Denkel]

Do you really think that someone will willingly go through 9 months of pregnancy to abort "the day before" just because??? If someone is aborting the day before they ate due after dealing with everything for 9 months, you can believe that it was the best decision no matter how you look at it. Most -if not all- late term abortions are carried by people that WANT the baby but learn that is better (for the baby, the life of the mother...) to not carry it to the full end.

[defrost]

You can likely also realise that the UK expunging prosecution and conviction of women convicted of back street abortions isn't equivilant to legalising abortion the day before birth .. however much the hand wringing click bait press try and spin it.

[rexpop]

How can you not care at all about the government forcing people to sacrifice their bodies in the most intimate way possible? To put one's sex organs to use against one's will? Disgusting.

[pcf]

Did you believe they are fake? Or what's your point here?

Number two is real:

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-wom...

- https://catholicreview.org/uk-church-leaders-pro-life-advoca...

Number three is real:

- https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2196712/horror-migrant-...

- https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38880851/migrant-kills-tries-c...

- https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/world-news/migrant-cooks-a-cat...

[Anthony-G]

Also:

> Trump Responds To Controversial Image Of Himself As Jesus, Says It Actually Depicted Him As A Doctor & Slams “Fake News” For The Misinterpretation

Had I not already heard this story via the mainstream media on this side of the Atlantic, this could easily be another satirical headline. With Trump as President, Poe’s law now covers reporting on facts – not just expressions of opinion.

[troped2]

"Afghani Arrested On Suspicion Of Raping Goats In France"

"Trump Anticipates Chinese Leader “Will Give Me A Big, Fat Hug”"

"Photos Of A Cucumber & Ron Paul Playing Baseball Massively Ratio Netanyahu & Mark Levin On X"

[GaryBluto]

> "Trump Anticipates Chinese Leader “Will Give Me A Big, Fat Hug”"

To be fair, he did.

[nslsm]

I don’t see what’s so funny about them, especially the last one.