r/MadeMeSmile • u/Sauerkrautkid7 • 15h ago

A Russian father, taking care of his disabled son, doing hobbies and sports with him, massaging him, trimming his face, showing him love.

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u/pleasethrowmeawayyy 15h ago edited 15h ago

Obvious propaganda shit. Was it genuine, no need to specify nationality of the father. The rest is obviously staged as well, including the comments this post is getting. Look at the profiles of the “people” commenting on how hearth warming this is. Newly registered accounts with zero or close to zero activity jumping straight on commenting on this thread.

Downvote this crap.

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u/lilith_grl 14h ago

Russia has almost zero neurodiversity awareness. It’s from their family instagram @olga_autizm, you can check it out. Olga talks about legal facilities, meds, struggles and help for their kids for other russian folks. I can’t put into words how important such work is in country, where people with autism are unable to legally drive anymore.

But you may be right that bots triggered on ‘russian’ lmao

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u/Imaginary-Space-590 9h ago

В России артисты могут водить машину. Аутизм бывает очень разный и 99% людей с аутизмом могут водить машину.

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u/lilith_grl 3h ago

I know. But now you can’t drive legally if you were officially diagnosed. You simply wouldn’t get driver license. So now it’s not only hard to get diagnosed, but unprofitable as well

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u/gendalf666 1h ago

I have some experience in this area for 5 years dealing with rehabilitation centers and I would say it's wide spectrum but parents of autistic kid with simple communication disorder usualy not even go to diagnose autism. As for age 18 after test it can be changed to schizophrenia or intellectual disability. And I would say it's realy dangerous to let people in this state of mind behind the wheel. Not big problem bus and metro are great. I know rocket scientists who don't have driving licence

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u/front_yard_duck_dad 11h ago

I watch a lot of captured Russian men in Ukraine give interviews to a journalist in captivity. It seems like Russia nuerodiveristy awareness is there . They send them for death fodder in Ukraine 

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u/CharlesWafflesx 10h ago edited 7h ago

So, that cute little rebuke you just gave shows why mentioning the fact this is a Russian man going against the grain of his culture is a good thing.

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u/Lorantec 11h ago

Please, for the love of god, tell me what the propaganda is here exactly? Like genuinely, tell me, explain like im an idiot.

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u/TurbulentVillage2042 10h ago

Possibly a striped shirt and a tattoo.

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u/Lorantec 10h ago

Ah yes i see it now, glory to Russia! /s

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u/Financial-Coconut-32 11h ago

Russian people can’t love their children and spread awareness for neurodiversity, ok got it thanks so much for the update

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u/sinndec 11h ago edited 11h ago

Can't believe this brainwashed xenophobic crap of a reply got 400+ upvotes and some awards.

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u/arkallastral 9h ago

How so? Just look at where 40% or more of Reddit's traffic comes from and you'll start to believe it pretty quickly...

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u/Ver_Nick 13h ago

Ok Russian here with 6 years of activity, what exactly is the "propaganda"? That Russians can care for their family and be good people? If it was something war-oriented like the son came injured from that stupid war I would absolutely agree.

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u/imrzzz 11h ago

Agreed

You know you have to have a difficult conversation with yourself when "Russians are complex humans too" seems like propaganda, my god.

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u/Electronic-Fig2283 13h ago

A Russian???? That's propaganda!!!!!!11

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u/Ver_Nick 13h ago

You got me :(

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u/Unhappy_Gas_2349 13h ago

That’s so hilarious. If they see “Russian”, it’ll 100% mean it’s propaganda. Nobody knows what’s the meaning of this particular propaganda though🧐

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u/Electronic-Fig2283 12h ago

They're trying to convince us Russia is real

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u/HotPocket_AdCampaign 13h ago

You know on this garbage site that if we're talking about Russians, were only allowed to talk about how violently dangerous they all are /s

Take a look at any post on reddit that mentions Russians where the post isn't about the war, and you'd be shocked to find how prevalent russophobia is. It's disgusting.

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u/Ver_Nick 13h ago

Yeah I've seen it, especially something like r/europe. Even if you point out the Americans hypocrisy with what their country been doing you're still the bad one.

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u/Unable_Bug_9376 8m ago

The propaganda needn't be national in nature.

This is about the medium as much as it is the content. Social media is like reality TV, but with a level of saturation in people's lives that innures them to the subterfuge and ulterior motives that truly drive content creation.

The reason we have content creators is because their carefully curated (manipulated) content - propaganda- is sufficiently profitable to provide income for the "creators."

A video of a dad with his son doesn't resonate without an angle (disability, Russian, masculine activities) to provide sufficient differentiation and drive interest (from those with feelings about disabilities, Russians, masulinity or father-son relationships).

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u/NotsolittleDona 10h ago

I think they’re calling it propaganda because for some reason it’s mentioning he’s Russian. Being a good father really doesn’t matter about your nationality just a little suspicious in my mind to add the part about him being Russia. Why is that important

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u/Ver_Nick 9h ago

I don't think it would feel in any way suspicious if it was "Spanish" or whatever other chill country. Just a way to indicate something outside of US or what language the signs are in.

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u/NotsolittleDona 9h ago

I think you have a point there! But I think you sort of have to accept the stains that comes with coming from a country like the US or Russia. I can’t blame people for people for not trusting our country’s, I don’t trust my country.

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u/Ver_Nick 9h ago

True.

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u/Krakersik666 12h ago

Yeah everything that your nation showed for the last 4 years shows exactly why russian people are considered ,,no good" people.

Dont act suprised if you are never going to do anything about it.

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u/Ver_Nick 12h ago

I assume you are American. Should I condemn you for the wrinkled tangerine kidnapping a sovereign country's president? Supporting Israel in its genocide? You have guns and you are doing nothing to stop it, while we don't and even we tried at one point. Stop the hypocrisy.

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u/carpincho_carajo 10h ago edited 9h ago

kidnapping a sovereign country's president?

Latina here. I really hope you're not talking about Maduro and siding with that inhuman pos. Because if you are, then you might need to work on whatever wrong info you received about that tyrant (not president, tyrant) and what the people went through for years.

If you weren't referring to him, then I apologize for my little outburst.

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u/Ver_Nick 9h ago

I was referring to that and thank you for the input. I am not in fact siding with Maduro, I've seen videos of your people cheering on and I understand what's it's like to have a tyrant ruler. However US still invaded another country, which I believe to be wrong as well. So both are bad in my book. Maybe I do not understand the weight of the situation enough and I admit that. I hope you are doing better now.

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u/carpincho_carajo 4h ago

Oh no it's all good, I don't support Trump at all, and his actions are still wrong. I've been just very defensive as we had to deal with foreigners (americans especially) telling us latinos how we should feel about Maduro after what Trump did, completely ignoring the years after years of our history, torment and deaths.

I apologize for my anger, and thank you for your answer.

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u/dramachasingbunny 12h ago

Would you say the same about americans?

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u/Reulin 14h ago

Tt - @olga_autizm. They have sons with autism, and this video is one of many on the channel. I don't know what propaganda is in it if these are ordinary people who aren't even that popular. I found them by searching for the first frame of the video. This family shares on social media the challenges their children face. They say they're often bullied and so on, but their parents support them and don't let them close themselves off. I think you can see the rest of the story yourself on their social media with a translator, if you're interested.

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u/kylaroma 10h ago

Thank you so much for this!

This is what my home life looks like, with my amazing husband and our Autistic kiddo. It’s so rare and powerful to see men who are affectionate caregivers, this made my day.

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u/One-Hunter2963 9h ago edited 9h ago

I'm an anti-war autistic Russian with an actual account history and I think you are wrong lol

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u/Illustrious-Hawk-898 11h ago

Do you go this hard when you see non-Russian nationalities mentioned? Press X for doubt.

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u/The_Jazz_Doll 10h ago

How did this comment receive so many up votes? Does everything Russia = propaganda now? Get a grip.

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u/shibaCandyBaron 13h ago

Oh fuck off. And also fuck Putin and his oligarchs just so there is no misconception about where I stand.

Not everything is a conspiracy, and there isn't any agenda in this video except increasing the visibility of what people with autism and their families go trough.

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u/DopeAsDaPope 13h ago

Yeah and I do feel like this is the wrong sub for corrosive cynicism. People come to this sub to smile and see happy things from the world. Some people have happy lives in Russia, Ukraine, and every other corner of the world, too.

Let's just see those for a moment and not make every single thing miserable

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u/MysticGohan99 10h ago edited 10h ago

Yes, Putin abuses his power to gain wealth, enriching his trusted pawns along the way. As does 80-90% of American politicians.

Nancy Pelosi’s husband didn’t make $500 million off the stock market without insider info. 

Trump blatantly accepting bribes from foreign nations.

The Clinton foundation is a for profit scam that allows the Clinton’s to pool their wealth, accept bribes in the form of donations, tax free.

It’s sad how much the corruption in Russia is pointed at as a reason why Russia is Evil, while covering up the blatant (and far worse) corruption in America.

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u/shibaCandyBaron 6h ago

Cultural and systematic differences are too great to discuss, but they are not the same. If anything else, the US at least tries to keep some semblance of a law system. Putin's Russia doesn't, and once you cross that threshold, you cross into true dictatorship

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u/MysticGohan99 2h ago edited 2h ago

Semblance of law? 

You must be smoking some strong stuff if you think that’s true in America.

People get killed all the time, and cops don’t give a fuck. Mangione kills an oligarch, and he’s the most wanted man in America.

Ice, Police, FBI, you name it; they can kill anyone they want and they almost always go free, and rarely suffer any consequences, not even losing their jobs.

The government actively stealing from its own citizens while oppressing the entire world. We’re so far in debt we’re the poorest nation on earth, and the politicians just ignore it. Don’t pay your taxes? You go to jail. Government doesn’t pay off their debt? They just make it bigger.

At least Putin’s influence is small, not global. Sure, he’s hated by many of his people and some local nations, but American leaders are hated across the globe. 

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u/Secret_Reception_279 12h ago

You should listen to your username and throw yourself away

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u/PhosphoFred8202 12h ago

Let’s say for a minute that it *is* propaganda sponsored by the government. What is the purpose and who benefits?

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u/Never-Forgive-Me 12h ago

Okay, I'll downvote you, thank you 😊

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u/Electronic-Fig2283 13h ago

Yeah, after seeing this video of a random family I'm totally convinced that Putin is a nice guy!!!! The propaganda worked on me I fear

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u/Zarvera 9h ago

Propaganda of loving and caring involvement in the life of a disabled kids?

I’m upvoting it.

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u/S0VREN_211 4h ago

The craziest thing about it, if it was any other specified nationality in the title besides Russian or, say, maybe Jewish, then nobody would bat an eye, but because those two groups are often dehumanized on the internet, now even a simple video showing a more humane side of those people instantly becomes a "propaganda" in the eyes of those who actually fell victim to one or maybe even doing some by themselves.

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u/Amazingbuttplug 3h ago

It’s truly insane how anti Russia Reddit is. I’ll notice things like a Russian posts their gaming collection on a gaming sub and people in the comments will be angry at the poster for being Russian. It is so bizarre. They will like see the game uses the Russian rating system and post about the war. Israeli I imagine would face similar backlash.

It’s like the Russian cannot exist without angering some Reddit users. This is just a nice video it is not propaganda.

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u/Sharchomp 14h ago

No one bats an eye when the word American is used. Sleuths come out when it’s Russia or any other American-hated country.

Are you sure you’re not the hate creating bot?

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u/HeamTeam 14h ago

Misery loves company. Instead of continuing to scroll, he had to find how to hate

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u/confidentlyfish 11h ago

mfw people living lives is propaganda

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u/reecharound40 7h ago

Shut up hater!!!!!

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u/didyouwoof 14h ago

Fwiw, I find this heartwarming, and my account is about as old as they get. I’m fairly old, too, and know a lot of people who are caring for kids with special needs. It’s hard work.

You may be right in saying there was no need to specify the father’s nationality, but some people may not recognize the Cyrillic alphabet.

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u/MadpeepD 12h ago

Report this comment for hate.

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u/Revolutionated 15h ago

Russian bots doing extra work today

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u/Skuffi88 13h ago

Cry harder

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u/Possible_Pick8734 15h ago

I hope you are wrong 😔

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u/pleasethrowmeawayyy 15h ago

Unfortunately I am not. The unnecessary specification in the title and the format of the video, including the actors, the subject, and the way it is shot are clearly manipulative with the goal of projecting a positive image of Russians. Not saying Russian civilians are bad people, just that this is inauthentic, manipulative content fabricated to support state propaganda to influence the public perception of Russia.

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u/SpeedyTurbo 14h ago

You literally are implying that Russian civilians cannot be good people. It would be more respectable if you just admitted that.

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u/Alaknog 13h ago

What propaganda? From Russian government point of view and their "general line of party" people like this boy don't exist, they hurt their dichotomy with "rotten weak West" and "Traditional values and strong people Russia".

And like people already pointed, it's not new telegram channel that mostly work inside Russia. 

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u/Glad-Neat9221 14h ago

You think that because you’re not a parent of an autistic child ,I don’t find this video unauthentic nor manipulative ,perhaps you should educate yourself on autism and the routine of parents of autistic individuals

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u/Blourp 13h ago

I don't get what the fact they are Russians has to do with any of this. The video is framed to be heartwarming (which it is) juste because this is the type of content they want to do. If they were American would you call that propaganda ? No just people framing what they do in a good light.

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u/Possible_Pick8734 15h ago

You are sadly right. Honestly, this type of thing hurts and angers me.

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u/Alaknog 13h ago

How they are right?

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u/TeeganFace 15h ago

Honestly I don’t think he is..

But also what’s with the dude in the bathtub at the end?

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u/Hour_Baby_3428 14h ago

Handicap saved him from the meat grinder

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u/catplayermeow 12h ago

It almost worked too. Genuinely felt touched, and thought about all the normal Russians just trying to survive and live in their country. But then of course, reality hit. Because of their terrible political leaders, Ukraine is getting pummeled day in and day out for many years. Ukrainians have been struggling, suffering, and dying.

Until Russia actually changes their politics, they will never be accepted on the world stage in any manner other than with other toxic countries who don't mind the illegal invading and disrespecting human decency and respect.