Posted on 09/03/2025 10:44:10 AM PDT by equaviator
Think buying a photo of someone else’s unborn baby is weird? That’s because it is — but it was recently possible on the marketplace app from Japanese e-commerce company, Mercari.
Now, Mercari has pulled the plug on selling ultrasound shots (which once sold online for around $14, according to X users), bowing to those worried about how strangers were snapping up prenatal pics.
The ban hit after a viral X post exposed Mercari listings hawking ultrasound images and photos of positive pregnancy tests.
User @Awakend_Citizen blasted the bizarre trend, writing, “Why are things like pregnancy ultrasound photos or positive pregnancy tests being listed on Mercari???” Fellow concerned X users weighed in, with some speculating that the photos would be used for sinister and manipulative reasons. “It seems like they’re gonna use it for some shady stuff,” one theorized, adding, “Like, “I’m pregnant with your child’ type of thing, y’know.” Someone else replied, “Is it for threatening my boyfriend?” Another appalled person noted, “That’s creepy. Using it for scams or for getting a divorce, how f—g rock-bottom of an idea is that.”
One other asked, clearly before the ban of selling these images was enacted, “This kind of thing should be subject to regulation, right?” According to a Reddit post in r/offbeat, one user explained that the idea of a woman committing “pregnancy fraud” in Japan is called “ninshin sagi.” In the recent post, they further clarified that this is “the act of a woman pretending to be pregnant in order to extort money from a man they had sex with.”
Plenty on X and Reddit are betting that the selling of these ultrasound snaps and positive-test pics were just for a scam cash grab —
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There are already hundreds (thousands?) of baby ultrasound images all over the internet.
Scammers and creeps are going to scam and creep.
Once again, El Rush-Bo comes to mind. As far as avoiding pregnancy, he would often state that “abstinence works every time it is tried.”
Agreed. This story is yet another example that doing things God’s way is the best way.
“abstinence works every time it is tried.”
Actually, there’s a pretty well documented instance that abstinence did NOT work, and it was a divine miracle when it didn’t work.
Simple DNA swab and *poof* the real dad is either discovered or it’s ‘’not my kid!’’.
We have pregnancy scams in the USA too. They are called “family courts”
“MPs have called for a ban on a new testing kit to check a child’s paternity.”
- BBC UK.
For some guys the “fear of God” comes when they’re about to hear the judge’s decision. Who knew that “God” would be wearing a black robe?
When I saw the title of this threat, at first I thought it meant liberals are still pushing the crazy idea that men can become pregnant.
Y’mean that’s not true?!? What a relief... 😁
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