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Eight month birthday

::: spoiler Transcript A tweet by Ivanka Trump @ivankatrump saying "I cannot believe that Theodore is eight months old today! Happy birthday little teddy bear!" with an admittedly cute picture of a child smiling. It has a reply from @blacknmild saying "this isn't how birthdays work" :::

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lemm.ee

The entire family is dumb as rocks.
It'd be hilarious if daddy dumb dumb wasnt a cult leader with so much power.

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dohpaz42reply
lemmy.world

Teddy may have turned 8mo in that meme, but you sir/madam turned 1yo today (on Lemmy). So happy cake day to you!

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Confidence will get you very far in many fields. Unfortunately, more intelligent people are aware there are things they do not know and rarely have the confidence levels comparable to that of a dimwit.

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sh.itjust.works

I was hoping Barron would turn out somewhat less psycho, but by all accounts that apple hasn’t fallen very far from the tree at all

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I imagine he’s older now and becoming a fairer target, however.

He hasn't put himself in the spotlight much, at least as far as I can tell. If he steps up, though, he's fair game to be knocked down.

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lemmy.world

Yeah and let's note that he's clearly been on HGH, gender affirming care, since he was a teen.

You can literally ask any AI if being 6'7" at his age (or any of his heights/ages following the years where they started HGH) is normal, and it will voluntarily tell you while it can possibly be normal, in general no, it's a sign of excess growth hormone and the person should be screened for acromegaly or Marfan's. Per Trump, Barron has no diseases (yes, he's been asked about this before because his son is so tall), he is just that tall.

If Barron was as many standard deviations short as he is tall, he'd be 4'7".

He was not only given HGH, but so much of it that it potentially risks his heart and could be part of why he has alleged mental/brain issues.

Every fucking accusation is a confession with Trump - can't give trans kids puberty blockers, that's abuse, but you can accelerate their aging with excess HGH ig

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Warl0k3reply
lemmy.world

This seems... Is there any actual evidence for this, or is this just kinda a wishful conspiracy? Because I'm all for calling out their hypocrisy, but not only does this family have a history of lying about their height, tall people.... exist. Approaching your full height at 19 isn't exactly uncommon.

(Ask an AI? Am I being wooshed?)

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skulblakareply
sh.itjust.works

The "evidence" here is pretty sketchy, but I believe it, for two reasons.

  1. It's extremely on brand for a Trump to do this. Decrying [X] publicly while getting it for yourself is basically all he has ever done. Look to the covid vaccines for a convenient example. In addition, Trump thinks being tall = being important (just look at the six inch lifts he wears in his shoes) and I have no problem at all believing that he doped up his son with a bunch of drugs to try and turn him into some kind of superhuman.

  2. They've been making up stories about everyone else for their entire lives. So even if this one is completely made up, what does it matter? What goes around comes around. They're lucky it's something as relatively legal and safe as HGH. If we were really going tit for tat on Trump misinformation, we should have mainstream media telling everyone that Barron Trump was raised on an IV drip feed of stem cells, crack cocaine and blended up white babies. That would be closer to actually tasting some of their own medicine.

Alas(?) lefties don't really want to play that game. They generally find misinformation to be distasteful. Which I don't blame anyone for. I'm just tired of one "team" being bound by rules and one "team" just doing whatever the fuck they want constantly with zero oversight. If we aren't going to implement oversight then we'll both end up in the mud together.

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They generally find misinformation to be distasteful.

Alt right: “There’s a secret video of Hilary Clinton ripping a child’s face off as part of a sex ritual!”

Leftist: “There’s probably a video of Donald Trump getting pissed on by Russian prostitutes.”

Centrists: “Both sides are the same!”

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And while many might now know how Barron got to be so tall, Donald explains that it came from his mother-in-law's cooking. Amalia Knavs, Melania's mother, was known to cook regularly for the family, which the 47th President of the United States believes contributed to Barron's growth spurt.

(Amalia died a year ago at 78 in January 2024, the same age DT is now - he credited her with this in November 2024 after she had died, imo possibly not naturally).

"That's how he got so tall; he only ate her food," he said. "I said you're gonna be a basketball player. He said, well, 'I like soccer, Dad,' actually. I thought... at your height, I like basketball better, but you can't talk them into everything.'"

https://www.irishstar.com/sport/nba/barron-trump-height-nba-basketball-34535350Q

A 2019 book by Michael Wolff contained an anecdote about Trump being jealous of his son at 12 for already being so tall.

(He was jealous bc they had started doping him, imo)

The earliest reports of his height being 6-foot-7 may have come from the New York Post all the way back in 2021. It’s an uncommon height for any age, but it must be said, it’s really tall for 15.

When asked about Barron’s bout with COVID-19 in 2020, Trump reportedly said, “My Barron. My tall Barron. He’s very tall. My beautiful Barron.”

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/barron-trump-ever-stop-growing-185331104.html

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lemmy.world

Read what I said again - if he was as many standard deviations short as he is tall, he'd be 4'7". It is an ANOMALOUS height difference by a LOT. He is indeed that height when you look at him next to his family. Earliest reports of him being 6'7" is in 2021 when he was 15.... thats extremely unusual. Have you EVER met a 15 year old at or over 6'7"?? And he could be much taller these days, they havent disclosed any kind of accurate height. It's so anomalous that Michael Rappaport calls him "Big Body Trump."

There's nothing to say he is at his full height yet. And also, the anomalous height stuff started around 12 for him (he was relatively average height before that - v unusual). Also, being on whatever hormones, it'll take longer for his long bones to finish growing/growth plates to harden, he will continue to grow in his 20s past when everyone else stops. My genuine guess is that he will be near or over 7ft tall by 25 and stop growing then. He will likely have permanent, lifelong heart issues from this.

It's so obvious that it's growth hormone (exogenous or endogenous), that even AI can detect it.

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Warl0k3reply
lemmy.world

Have you EVER met a 15 year old at or over 6'7"

Yes. Plus I asked an AI and they said this is just an absurd conspiracy theory (of such tenuous feasibility that the flat earthers all enthusiastically started supporting it), so I'm pretty sure thats conclusive.

My genuine guess

Is this performance art? Am I being whooshed right now?


No seriously, you think its more likely they're giving him growth hormones to make him taller vs. he's got tall parents and he is himself tall? Or that they're lying about him having a growth disorder?

Attack them for the thousands of legit reasons we already have, you don't need to make stuff up to justify it.

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I specifically said to ask AI if it's normal for a 15 year old to be 6'7", or a 18 year old to be 6'9". Go ahead.

Flat earthers are overwhelmingly MAGA types? They wouldnt like this idea, which is based in literal evidence you can see. Can't hide doping.

Yes, since it isn't the future and we dint know Barron's height at 25, since he isnt 25, I have to GUESS what height he will be, as done anyone. You're genuinely very dumb, huh?

Yes, if you understood what a standard deviation was, you'd understand that his height difference is significant even with tall parents. Again, so much so it is MEDICALLY RELEVANT and can INDICATE A BRAIN TUMOR (acromegaly). They know it's not a brain tumor because they've been dosing him.

Yes, I think Trump and Melania lie. Lol.

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lemmy.world

"now remember, you have a chance to go against your family, be disowned, lose all your possessions and shortcuts in life, but do something positive in life"

"I'll weigh my options and give it some consideration"

and other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself

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lemmy.world

Calm down, this is a general statement. And the exception is not the rule.

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TrickDacyreply
lemmy.world

You're missing my point. I would rather they'd not have bred. I'm not saying to harm or judge the kids as babies...

I sense you're one of those people who argues with people who prefer not to have children, telling them they're lacking any purpose in life because they didn't breed. Hope that's wrong but this comment gives off similar vibes.

Edit: looks like the downvoters are exactly the type I described

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TrickDacyreply
lemmy.world

What I'm talking about is that you got butthurt about the innocuous thing I said, as though it were directed at a child when it very fucking obviously wasn't

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TrickDacyreply
lemmy.world

Lol what a weird set of individuals in this thread .

I will always think that shitty people shouldn't breed. Because they shouldn't. And anyone who wants to confront me about that is a fucking moron

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lemmy.sdf.org

So you're fine calling others trolls after one comment but when that happens to you your feelings are hurt? How much of a crying snowflake can you be, idiot?

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lemmy.world

"You're the reason Trump was elected" is most definitely a troll. His accusation was pretty accurate from where I'm sitting. All he said was "it's not cool to pick on kids" and you flew off the handle.

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lemmy.world

Nah, you can't pick who your ancestors are. But once he's a thinking human and chooses to act like an entitled little prick like the rest of the family, then I'll judge him.

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Sure, but I will bet real money you've never talked to someone as rich as that kid will be once he's an adult. And seen how they think.

That makes anyone who gives them the benefit of the doubt naïve.

Why the fuck do you think Dauphins were killed during the reign of terror in France, it's because they can't be fucking left alone. France turned out socialist as hell thanks to killing off those dregs.

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lemmy.sdf.org

Nope, you are. People like you give anyone the benefit of the doubt. You probably thought Biden was doing an ok job too. Fucking lunatic.

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lemmy.sdf.org

For someone who calls themselves LandedGentry that vision sure checks out, how's the view from up on that high horse?

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lemm.ee

Anniversary comes from annum, which means year, so you could have a monthversary maybe

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Szylerreply
lemmy.world

How can you be so sexist that you exclude women by celebrating men only?! /s

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I think they get a mensesversary instead, though I don't think many of them celebrate that one (unless there's a pregnancy scare)

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jonreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

To be slightly absurd: Every day is a day you are one year older than the same day the previous year

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We have "årsdag" in Swedish too, but it's a general term used for stuff other than birthdays ("födelsedag")

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programming.dev

Maybe due to all of the accomplishments of the Cheeto king's administration life expectancy will be measured in months to hide the fact that our collective life expectancy has been drastically reduced. When you got studies coming out saying that the poorest European lives about as long as the richest American, well you know you got a problem.

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If 8 months equals a birthday, which used to be 12 months

And that's reflective of shortened life spans

Then life expectancy is 2/3 of what it was (8/12 = 2/3)

And I only expected to live to at most 60 before (obesity)

But I turn 40 this year...

Well, it's been nice knowing you all o7

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lemmy.world

Wth? That's a birth week. That's not how normal people celebrate.

I'm coming over tomorrow to show you how to properly do birthdays. Also, do you know a place where I can find 14,000+ candles for your cake?

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No, no. You see, the time period indicates how often you celebrate. This is why it's perfectly normal for OP to celebrate the baby's every month. (Why are we doing this? Oh, right facepalm)

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World might be a better place if everyone treated their birthdays like the Sabbath and celebrated and relaxed once a week

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Maalusreply
lemmy.world

Ted. People tend to have longer names that then get shortened for everyday use.

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lemmy.ml

I think it's rather common around me to throw a tiny celebration each months on the first year. A treat and a small message to the family never hurts 🤷

Plus, 8 months is super round, it's a power of two and 2/3 of a year ☝️🤓

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Yeah, we didn't celebrate but we were very aware of each month passing in the first year of our children. Especially since it is a time where they develop very fast. A five month old baby is very different to a eight month old baby. The first year felt like reinventing the whole family routines every couple of weeks.

So, yeah. There are things to make fun of and ridicule about the Trumps, but beeing happy that a person you love and have a conection to is getting older and changing is not one of them for me. Regardless of who is doing it.

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sopuli.xyz

It's kind of normal for families to celebrate month-birthdays of babies.

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lemmy.world

That's stupid and makes no sense.

I celebrate every occasion that the child's age doubles, starting from the first second.

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lemmy.ca

Curiosity triggered. Ignoring leap years because it only changes the days a little at the end:

  • Second doublings (6): 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s
  • Minute doublings (6): 1:04, 2:08, 4:16, 8:32, 17:04, 34:08
  • Hour doublings (5): 1:08:16, 2:16:32, 4:33:04, 9:06:08, 18:12:16

Day doublings (8):

  • 1d 12:24:32
  • 3d 00:49:04
  • 6d 01:38:08
  • 12d 03:16:16
  • 24d 06:32:32
  • 48d 13:05:04
  • 97d 02:10:08
  • 194d 04:20:16

⬆️ 27 celebrations in first year of life | up to 7 celebrations past first year ⬇️

  • 1y 23d 08:40:32
  • 2y 46d 17:21:04
  • 4y 93d 10:42:08
  • 8y 186d 21:24:16
  • 17y 8d 18:48:32
  • 34y 17d 13:37:04
  • 68y 35d 03:14:08
  • definitely dead
  • 136y 70d 06:28:16
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lemmy.world

See? Much more sensible. You get loads of front-loaded precious moments, and then some very relevant milestones later on in life, only requiring about one third of the overall celebrations!

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Honestly? Yeah. I feel slightly bad for some of the earlier childhood years (under 13 or so) that don't get one. Otherwise, 100% agreement.

My wife, who tends to try to milk her entire "birthday month", would disagree. A "birthday month" is whichever is most convenient from: the month leading up to, calendar month of, or month leading after her actual birthday.

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Those actually line up surprisingly well with real life milestones. I think an argument could be made to celebrate half-doublings after 8y..., but that would lose some of the elegance of this system. Although I guess you just have to calculate the first one (roughly 12y 280d 7h) and then just double those as well (so the others would be 25y 195d 14h, 51y 26d 4h, 102y 52d 8h).

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1 month old, 6 months old, 3 or 9 months old, maybe.. but eight? nah, mate. that ain't a thing.

take your every-month picture for the scrapbook. but 'celebrate' or party or to whore-out on social for fake likes? nope.

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Look, I know you've been given enough downvotes so I won't add to them but this is just not true.

I have what most people would consider a metric fuck tonne of kids and I love the ever loving shit out of every one of them but never once have we celebrated their 8th month of existence.

None of my friends or family have ever done anything so utterly weird either.

It's just weird. So weird that I question the validity of the original post.

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lemmy.world

Yeah, we took photos of the kids in the same chair each month in the first year. It wasn't like we had parties, but this is normal new baby stuff. Plenty of legitimate reasons to hate the Trumps. Dogpiling on them for shit like this is petty and reinforces the right-wing narrative that the attacks are personal.

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Yes, which is a good reason to hate them. Posting baby pictures is not a good reason to hate them.

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Did you ever say “happy birthday” to them on those months?

I honestly don't remember, but it's entirely possible we said "Happy 8 month birthday!" I didn't tweet about it, but I didn't tweet at all.

Otherwise, I agree with you completely, I just think when we're sending American children to death camps, the first (third?) family's social media habits aren't on the list of hills to die upon.

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lemmy.world

That's true regardless, but when they say "Look how absurd the left is being," it's better when they don't have examples like this to point at.

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lemmy.world

I got plenty of personal attacks for them.

If I speak up too loudly my wife and son have to flee the country.

How's that? Have I earned it? DO YOU MFERS HEAR ME

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That's a valid reason to attack them. Like, physically. Not that I'm suggesting or condoning violence, but they are coming for our freedom. They aren't doing it in tweets of baby pictures.

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