Couple Uses Toxic Cloud of Blue Smoke for Baby Gender Reveal & People Are So Over It

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Not that long ago when a woman became pregnant, she had to wait a long time before finding out if her baby was a boy or a girl. There was no such thing as a gender reveal party, and some people might tell you that life was a lot simpler, and maybe even better, way back then.

But as gender reveals have become more and more popular, they have also gotten pretty intense. We have all seen the videos of cakes, balloon releases, and older siblings in cute pink or blue shirts. We have also seen tragedies such as things catching fire, kids choking, and disappointed parents utterly losing their minds.

A Redditor posted an image in the f—cars subreddit of a couple standing next to an old car with a giant plume of blue smoke that has some people wondering, "Why?"

Finding out whether you are expecting a boy or a girl is fun.

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No one will tell you it isn't exciting when you finally know if you are adding a son or daughter to your family. Whether you find out ahead of time or in the delivery room, it is a moment parents never forget.

But the image on Reddit was a lot for some people. It isn't just a little smoke; it looks like some intense air pollution, and people noticed.

It seemed really environmentally unfriendly to some people.

This was not a green way of doing things. Someone wrote, "Waste of fuel, pollution of air soil and water, hearing damage, promoting cars and burnouts as 'cool.'"

Another person agreed, writing, "Damage to the environment, annoying the neighbours."

But hey, there was a bright side. "[At] least they didnt start a wild fire f—," someone pointed out.

Even people who are really into cars didn't get this one.

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"Just when I thought I couldn't hate gender reveal parties with any more fire in my heart, they have gone and added an automobile component," someone wrote.

Another person shared that they would just flat-out not do it. "I'm glad such parties are not a thing where I live. I'd rather [chew] my own balls then to participate in such an event," the person wrote.

But there were some congratulations, too. "The reveal is: it's gonna be carbrain! Congrats to the happy couple!" one comment reads.

This also screamed 'American' to some people.

This seemed like the kind of thing that only Americans would do, some people seemed to think.

"Also, as carbrained as Germany can get, be prepared for a lawsuit if you do a burnout as this in front of a pregnant woman or children," someone pointed out.

"This is the most American thing I've ever seen," another Redditor groaned.

And, of course, people thought it was just super unhealthy.

One person wrote, "Now, in 10 years, they can reveal they gave their child cancer!"

And this: "It's a lung cancer!!!!"

Is the gender reveal trend dying?

No, probably not. But the woman credited with creating the gender reveal said she kind of wished she hadn't.

Jenna and Niko Karvunidis had a gender reveal in 2008, when they found out they were pregnant after years of pregnancy struggles. She posted on her Facebook page in 2019 that looking back, she doesn't love it all, and in the end, the baby's gender really didn't mean much.

"Anyway, I've felt a lot of mixed feelings about my random contribution to the culture. It just exploded into crazy after that. Literally – guns firing, forest fires, more emphasis on gender than has ever been necessary for a baby. Who cares what gender the baby is?" she wrote.

"I did at the time because we didn't live in 2019 and didn't know what we know now – that assigning focus on gender at birth leaves out so much of their potential and talents that have nothing to do with what's between their legs."

She added, "PLOT TWIST, the world's first gender-reveal party baby is a girl who wears suits!"