'The darkest timeline imaginable': Gen Alpha toddler horrifies internet by browsing 4chan on iPad

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
May 17, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

Perhaps the biggest difference between a kid born today and one born thirty years ago is the relationship that they have with screens. While there's no denying that most adults are addicted to their phones, they have nothing on the iPad kids who seem to have been glued to a tablet since the day that they were born. 

As a result, it's a pretty common occurrence to see people hand-wringing over the fate of Gen Alpha. Their apparent inability to go thirty seconds without YouTube can be a cause for concern. This discourse was recently kicked up a notch after a video surfaced of a toddler-aged child who seemed to be browsing a selection of Soyjaks on 4Chan. Although some viewers were ready with the jokes, many others pondered what the thought process of the parents was to allow their kid to do such a thing. Get this child watching Bluey, stat.

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    Shibes Follow @ShibesOnTwit This generation is COOKED jesus christ its so over
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    hey @davvewavve 2d Replying to @ShibesOnTwit Children casually browsing on 4chan is the darkest timeline imaginable
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    Smug @winkeybunion . 2d Replying to @ShibesOnTwit Why is that kid on 4chan?
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    Matthew Richards @thegadgetdoc Replying to @ShibesOnTwit Follow I'm sad when I see a young kid playing on a tablet. Lazy parenting leads to a high likelihood of a bad outcome. Why do tech titans have agreements with their nannies to keep their kids away from screen time? It's bad for their development.
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    that joe over there @thejoephase . 1d Replying to @ShibesOnTwit Slacker parents
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    Throwaway Zoomer ◆ @throwaway2949 Replying to @ShibesOnTwit Bro said start them young Follow
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    jesus - sub to noyahf... @CheboinkyBoink Replying to @ShibesOnTwit oldest 4chan user Follow
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    gem posting @soyjakpost 3d . Replying to @ShibesOnTwit teachin them YOUNG A
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    Enio @EnioHates ⚫2d Replying to @ShibesOnTwit since when do toddlers browse 4chan IT'S OVER
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    Mighty 39 @Mighty_Trash39.3d Replying to @ShibesOnTwit This is scary
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    loygee @Loygee2.2d Replying to @ShibesOnTwit This is the first time I've seen someone actually use 4chan outside a screenshot
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    1+1 @fa86983.1d Please don't give your children iPads. One of my nieces, a 7-year-old who has never been outside of the Caucasus, began speaking Tagalog. We couldn't converse with her. I went through her YouTube history and it turned out she'd been watching a 16+ Filipino vampire drama series.
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    dille @nescartridges • 12h Adobe Flash's death was insurmountably a disaster for children's spaces on the internet
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    doomer @uncledoomer ⚫ 2d if youre a new parent with a small child, you can raise your kid to be what amounts to a genius level ubermensch compared to their peers by simply never letting them touch an ipad
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    @_twinkbreaker -1d mika its crazy how you could be the best parent feasibly possible, but if your child spends a minute on the wrong side of the internet its all over and you can't do about it
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    phöss @phoss2k 2d ROBLOX YOU DONT UNDERSTAND IM ONLY 9 9 IS YOUNG! ✓ ✓ wasted years M rimoce
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    serendipity @alphaserendipi ⚫ 1h Hey, hey, remember when commercials for kids products always used to have "ask your parents before going online" disclaimers? Yeah, that was like 2 decades ago and look at where in God's blue we are now. Scrolling one of the most toxic sites on the 'Net.AND FILMING IT.
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    Audrey! @AudreySP.9h whoever let their child do this is probably a bad parent but I wouldn't be lying when I say that there is something really funny about letting your 2 year old look at soyjaks on 4chan
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    Gabriel L. Silveira @gabriel_linf. 17h The quote retweets prove that generational shame is very much a real thing. "Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." -George Orwell
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    • Optimus @SubToOptimus 18h Toddlers casually scrolling 4chan is a wildly dark timeline to see unfolding. This kid is gonna have every slur in the playbook memorized by preschool
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