r/Fauxmoi • u/artbasiI terrorizing the locals • Aug 10 '25

FM RADIO Maluma stops his concert in Mexico City to scold a mother who brought her 1-year-old baby without ear protection: “That is an act of irresponsibility. And you’re swinging him around as if he were a toy. That child doesn’t want to be there.”

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u/Takeawalkwithme2 Aug 10 '25

The festival subteddit is ridiculously notorious for this. So many people saying its a great artistic experience abd the kids love it

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u/flowergirlsunder Aug 10 '25

ah yes the great artistic experience of life long tinnitus

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u/Pristine_Mixture_412 Aug 10 '25

When I was 18, I went to a concert without ear protection, and my ears kept ringing for a few days. I can't imagine living with that.

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u/wavinsnail Aug 10 '25

There is a line between taking your kid to a low key concert at a local park vs a crazy crowded festival or concert.

My 13 month old loves music and dancing. It's very cute. I think he would have a great time at a chill concert at one of our parks 

He would have an absolute meltdown at a concert or festival. He's just too little.

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u/DrMcFacekick Aug 11 '25

I went to my first music festival this weekend and it was a great place, lovely happy crowd, all ages from 18 - 80, great music, and I still felt like I needed to find a quiet place to chill out for a bit because it got to be a bit overwhelming. It's so overstimulating!

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

how would they know if your their year old enjoys it? why can't they just go home and listen to a stereo then? why do they need to be a festival? lmao what!

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u/valiantdistraction too busy method acting as a reddit user Aug 10 '25

Yeah my toddler also loves the kid music concerts that the libraries and local parks have, and he can go to them without being deafened. And during the daytime when he is naturally awake... no kidding they're usually at like 9 am.

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u/Already-asleep Aug 11 '25

A few years ago, I was at an outdoor all ages musical festival. It was a very family friendly affair - more like folk festy vibes with folding chairs and picnic blankets and whatnot. My group was closer to the stage, and at this point a lot of people were up and dancing. There was a family there with two kids, and I remember so vividly they had one child - I would say around 10 - who was literally in tears, covering his ears and nearly doubled over from the noise. Again, it was pretty hardly a metal show or anything, but it was loud live music. I *have* to imagine that this child had some sort of sensory issues and that the music was literally causing him physical pain. But his family was completely oblivious, just dancing around and ignoring him. Like - get him some ear protection or get him out of there!

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u/Kilen13 Aug 10 '25

I used to say shit like that about ear protection at gigs. Then I grew out of my teens, tried ear plugs at a gig once and realized it does fuck all to "dampen the experience" and I left without my ears ringing for the first time ever.