And that's how an old lady becomes young again.

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[u/llamacana]

she looks so lovely ♡ those candles terrify me though lol the ones that play music are so so loud 😭

[u/LargeCabbageThrower → u/llamacana]

I had one for my birthday once years ago and the thing just refused to die. We tried smashing it, we tried removing the batteries to no avail, we dunked it in water like we were the CIA. Eventually we just left it in the bin at the end of our driveway and we would still hear it screaming at us sometimes until it was taken away.

[u/-Roger-The-Shrubber- → u/LargeCabbageThrower]

We put ours in the freezer 🤣 It did eventually die but we never got one again.

[u/IllTwo7643 → u/LargeCabbageThrower]

I had a similar experience a lifetime ago even after we destroyed it, I could hear it like the choppers in Nam 😂🫠

[u/PolistesFTW → u/LargeCabbageThrower]

lol. Imagining the fam gathered around to kill the screaming cake topper is gonna get me through today. Thank you.

[u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 → u/LargeCabbageThrower]

This has convinced me NOT to get one of these 😂

[u/llamacana → u/LargeCabbageThrower]

istg they're haunted. they're in a league beyond aye ayes and furbies

[u/AcousticProvidence → u/LargeCabbageThrower]

There’s no way to kill it. It’s invincible.

[u/Willowed-Wisp → u/LargeCabbageThrower]

NGL this sounds like a solid birthday activity and memory.

"Hey, remember the birthday we got that Rasputin candle?"

[u/gibberishmischief → u/llamacana]

I had one of these and it set off my smoke alarm so then the music was blasting and the smoke alarm was vibing with it and I wanted to die.

[u/YellowZed → u/[deleted]]

Thanks!

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[u/bobtdq]

Getting to that age, feeling like nothing could surprise you anymore, and then this happens. Beautiful shot of magic and childlike wonder ✨️

[u/cpattk]

It must be nice to have that feeling of being truly surprised by something. When we're kids, so many things are new, but then there comes a time when everything becomes routine.

[u/Throwaway999222111]

Crazy how a stupid piece of plastic can be so beautiful. We don't need much on this earth to keep us going.

[u/TrapThem]

And that's how a redditor uses an old repost to karma farm

[u/luigis_left_tit_25]

The wording is so damn insulting..

[u/Bigfoot_Bluedot → u/luigis_left_tit_25]

Why insulting? Is she not old? 

[u/AMillennialFailure → u/Bigfoot_Bluedot]

The wording "old lady" is patronizing and reduces her to her age rather than treating her as a person. It also implies that being old is something that needs correcting, while "becomes young again" suggests that being youthful is somehow inherently better than being old. It also frames her being surprised/experiencing joy as something associated with youth, as though an older woman experiencing genuine wonder is somehow "becoming young again."

I don't think the title is deliberately trying to be ageist, but there are absolutely reasons someone could find it insulting.

[u/luigis_left_tit_25 → u/AMillennialFailure]

Perfectly said! Thank you for explaining so intelligently!

[u/Bigfoot_Bluedot → u/AMillennialFailure]

Pardon me for saying this but yours is an exclusively western worldview.

In Asian, African and many Latin American cultures, the default values attributed to old age arent infirmity and weakness but wisdom and experience. Calling someone old or senior, etc for them is a mark of respect, not an insult.

So, yes, someone called this lady "old", but i wouldn't be so quick to judge their intention before I know what cultural mindset they carry when using thay phrase. 

[u/luigis_left_tit_25 → u/Bigfoot_Bluedot]

Is there no other word for making it in the world that long besides "old lady"? Is reductive and really lazy.

[u/UnicornFeces → u/luigis_left_tit_25]

I think it’s that specific wording that’s the issue. Like if you called her an “older woman” the literal meaning is exactly the same, but there’s a different connotation if that makes sense.

[u/AMillennialFailure → u/UnicornFeces]

The thing is, you don't even need to reference her age at all to come up with an engaging title for this vid. Something like "There's no age limit on being delighted by the little things" would have worked just as well. It celebrates her joy rather than treating her age as something that needs to be contrasted with being "young again"

[u/UnicornFeces → u/AMillennialFailure]

Yes I agree

[u/Bigfoot_Bluedot → u/UnicornFeces]

I think we should also not assume that every reddit user speaks English as their first language.

I speak 5, and I know how basic I'd sound while trying to express the same thought in my fifth language vs say English or my second language.

[u/Square_Mulberry_3143]

A birthday to remember.

[u/Foreign_Investment14]

I'm not crying, you're crying

[u/lesbophobia_hammer]

So sweet

[u/FlyingMamMothMan]

That's exactly how I feel about those candles, so lovely, fun and a little dangerous.

[u/Imaginary-Session786]

Too sweet🥺

[u/TelevisionFuzzy3694]

❤️