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Washington Dad Trolls His Daughter: Re-Creates ‘Sexy Selfies’ To Tone Her Social Media Posts

By Abdul Kuddus
Published on: 08:15 PST, Jul 1, 2016

Like most parents, Washington dad Chris Martin was anxious about his teenage daughter posting selfies online. So he decided to get even with her. Instead of reprimanding 19-year-old Cassie Martin directly, he began a creative prankster-style selfie war with his teenage daughter to teach her a lesson.

Reportedly, Martin was annoyed because of some comments made about his daughter after she posted her racy photos on social media.

“So my daughter has been posting sexy selfies of herself and instead of telling her to stop, well, I thought of something better.” the Spokane, Washington-based comedian wrote on Instagram.

CNN quoted the Washington selfie dad saying, “I did it because she posted something and the guys in the comment section were too much. So to put water on the fire, I posted one like it and said, ‘What about me, guys?’ and that did it.”

Armed with the intent to embarrass her on social media, Martin mimicked his daughter’s poses and outfits to the minutest of detail and posted the pictures on Facebook and Instagram.

The selfies are exceptionally precise to the minutest detail, starting from the provisional tattoo imitation and charm necklace. The ‘not-to-be-missed’ part is the tangle of leaves that Martin put on to imitate Cassie’s flower crown. It looks like Martin put in every effort to match his daughter’s ‘racy’ selfies, pose for pose.

According to Cassie’s Twitter feed, the experience was embarrassing for her.

She posted a tweet saying, “My father harasses me on social media.” Seemingly, she expressed the same anxiety and panic that teenagers usually experience when their parents follow them on social media.

According to People, “Accustomed to her dad’s quirky sense of humor, Cassie wasn’t offended to see her father imitating her post in a short T-shirt and gaudy shorts, and had a good laugh.”

People quoted Cassie Williams on her father.

“I know he didn’t mean it in a bad way – it’s just the kind of dad he is. When he kept doing it, my friends thought it was hilarious. They were like, ‘Wow, check out your dad!'”

An enthusiastic Martin even attempted to imitate Cassie’s smoky-eyed makeup and appeared particularly pleased as he added #nailedit and #baddad to his Instagram caption.

Meanwhile, news outlets were quick to discuss the hilarious ‘selfie-war’ between an anxious father and his teenage daughter.

Reportedly, Cassie is thrilled that people are liking and sharing her dad’s photos. And, it is not clear whether Martin’s strategy worked to convince his teenage daughter against excessive social media presence. Reportedly, Cassie responded by sharing the father-daughter selfies on her Facebook timeline.

Since then, the news of Washington dad trolling his daughter has gone viral with social media users around the world sharing their opinion on Martin’s selfie strategy using the hashtag #SelfieDad

A user on Twitter commented.

In an age of increasing social media participation, Martin’s is one of many parents across the world who are keen to discipline their children’s behavior online.

Reportedly, the selfie dad is not the only one who has used humor as a parenting strategy online. According to CNN, in 2013, Utah dad Scott Mackintosh donned super-short shorts and posted his photos online in a bid to discourage his daughter Myley to wear shorts shorter than what he approved of.

Martin’s selfies seemingly narrate the tension between teenagers and parents about obsessive social media participation. Seemingly, for teenagers, social media and parents are two things they would rather not mix. Meanwhile, this episode shows parents across the world are thinking of creative ways like Washington’s selfie dad, Martin, to tame their internet-obsessed teenagers.

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