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Parents be like: teaching baby to say Dada

This is a minimalist black-and-white stick figure single-panel comic. A father holding a young baby prompts the baby to speak, saying 'Say "Dada"'. The baby unexpectedly first responds with the exasperated phrase 'oh my god.' before finally complying and saying 'DADA'. The joke plays on relatable parenting experiences, humorously subverting the expectation of a baby's limited early vocabulary, implying the parent has asked the baby to say 'Dada' so many times that the baby is already annoyed by the request.
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Say "Dada"
oh my god.
DADA

Overview

This is a minimalist black-and-white stick figure single-panel comic. A father holding a young baby prompts the baby to speak, saying 'Say "Dada"'. The baby unexpectedly first responds with the exasperated phrase 'oh my god.' before finally complying and saying 'DADA'. The joke plays on relatable parenting experiences, humorously subverting the expectation of a baby's limited early vocabulary, implying the parent has asked the baby to say 'Dada' so many times that the baby is already annoyed by the request.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit, originally shared under the title 'Parents be like', as part of relatable parenting and family humor content circulating on the platform and later shared across other social media sites.

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