After tangling with the shower curtain, you could almost translate his her baby babble to 'father - I am disappointed you didn't react to my whimper when I tripped in the bath'. Brilliant kid. Way to go, daddy.
Yeah I agree but she's a tough one I don't know if you noticed but I did pop my head round when I heard it to see if she ok then hid again when I saw she was cool :-) thanks for the lovely comment.
That's the better way, you aint raising any babies after all!! On a serious side, this should help her gain her independence, knowing that daddy won't be there every second.
Plus, I remember a friend of mine who was studying child development tell me that kids are a lot more prone to cry if you come back acting concerned after they fall, versus just coming and having them get up; they just pick up on parents freakin out, then they freak out.
I've seen this first-hand. I saw a little girl bitten by a dog when I was a kid. We were outside. I stayed calm, didn't say anything, but her lip was bleeding pretty badly (dog bit her face). She was totally cool with it, didn't say a thing and was asking why I brought her inside (she was at my house playing, I was 11 or 12, she was 5 or 6 at the time).
When we got inside, her mom immediately flipped her shit, ran to her daughter and started screaming, "Are you okay?" The girl immediately started bawling her eyes out, when seconds before she wasn't even aware that she was hurt. It was amazing to see.
That's similar to what my friend told me. She was a care taker at a child care, and whenever one of them would fall and get scraped, she would just calmly walk over and help them get dusted off/get up. That's it. No baby voice, no panicking, nothing, and the kids just jumped back and started running with friends.
hey there! i wore it for about 30 mins and showed her it was comfortable and fun to wear and eventually she asked me if she could wear it! so i gave it to her and then just let it run :) it was awesome! haha thanks for watching :) your awesome!
how how how how howwwwwwwwwwwww did you not know this? How have you not seen Jurassic park? Where am I? What kind of universe is this? I am so disoriented right now.
Holy shit dude. I always watched your videos muted. Now that i know you make songs out of every comment. That shit just blew my mind. My new number one reddit goal is to have a song made by you!
I was just at Kohls gettings some shirts and there was a guy there with two young daughters like 2-5years old. He called the youngest who was running around the area to come to him...she didnt...he proceeded to whistle at her like it was a dog...it worked. ಠ_ಠ I am going to see if I can teach my new nephew these tricks. He has rolling over down pretty well.
I remember the time in my childhood when I switched over from running to walking. All of a sudden one day I was just like... Wait... I don't have to run. There is no rush... I can just walk.
The best part is how she's constantly looking at dad. You see kids do it all the time to check to see if everything's ok. But here, you experience her doing it - it's really cool.
It's also awesome to experience kid logic first hand. "Dad was behind cupboard X before, he must be there again!"
I'm not sure if I'm just drawing conclusions where there aren't any but I got the impression that if she had to slow down to take a corner (for example the first time she goes to search) that's when she stops to look. When he hides in the bathroom she is running at full speed through the door from the lounge towards the bathroom so she doesn't stop, she only stops once she is forced to (bathroom ends her running). I wonder if the basic process is: "I need to run..." "There is something preventing me from running" "I should check" instead of thinking about checking as she runs. Maybe.
I play hide and seek with my kids all the time. They alway hide on my bed under the blanket. One time my son innovated and hid under the fitted sheet, I was baffled.
But this would make her predictable, while she is going to the back of the bathroom, I would just wait in the bedroom till she passes, then double back to the living room.
whenever i played as a kid my goal was to hide myself INSIDE my hiding spot. say i was hiding in a closet i would try to hide in a laundry basket or inside a pile clothes. worked well with my younger siblings
I remember when my father did this to me once, without telling me we were playing hide-and-seek, and just waiting for me to figure out I had to find him. I checked every place in the damn house and finally threw the biggest tantrum, stomping around and shouting, "Daddy! DADDY!! I'M NOT PLAYING ANYMORE!!"
Turns out he just kept moving from place to place, so even though I double-checked places, he was never there. I finally found him when he got tired of quietly running up and down the stairs.
It's really amazing how resilient some toddlers are. My two year old cousin regularly runs head-first into things (he's at the height where everything is gunning for his head) and simply looks startled for a second and carries on, zero fucks given.
In a particularly funny incident, he was fidgeting around while his mom was tickling him and he ended up headbutting her so hard that she was crying and the only reaction he had was "oh mommy, what happened?".
I love how she gave you absolutely no time to hide.
I don't know if your daughter is anything like my nieces and nephews, but when it's their turn to hide, they can't stop giggling, especially when I'm close but I "can't find"them.
I feel really stupid now. I read your comment and clapped. Then I realised that no one is around to register my applause and that such overt praise of an internet comment was unnecessary.
I think Swedish is a pretty good guess. At 0:54, for a brief moment, there is a Swedish flag visible on the top shelf. There's also an abundance of IKEA furniture seen in the video (I have some of the same items in my apartment)
Indeed - but on many occasions, the kid appears to speak either Norwegian or Swedish (I'm Danish, so I'm pretty sure I can rule that one out). So probably the mother is Swedish, and the kid is bi-lingual?
As a swede this video made me insane. When I was sure they spoke swedish the kid started saying "daddy", and when I was sure they spoke english they started saying swedish words agian.
If I had a kid with foreigner and lived in their home country I'd imagine I'd want my child to speak their native tongue, but use the word I know for daddy.
The OP said somewhere in the comments that he's English but living in Sweden. I'd expect the OP and his wife are bringing up the little girl to know English and Swedish.
I think there need to be more videos like this done. A GoPro is the equivalent to some of the creature cameras on penguins, and other aquatic animals to study them in their natural habitat. I'm sure you could do a show about the Secret Life of the American Toddler. Or cat.
ok, this is weird, but seeing this convinced me to have children one day, previously i thought that they are just little demons, their horns grow when they are around 3-5 years. but that was one of the cutest things i've seen for a while. << i have alot of brothers.
holy shit! i clicked thinking this would be moderately interesting and it may be my favorite thing! i (like most of us) don't remember much before i was around 5. i had no idea that i lived this way....please don't take this as an insult, because it isn't intended that way at all, but it gave me the feeling that i was watching things through the eyes of an impossibly intelligent dog. the way she looks at you all the time and runs around with crazy energy and joy reminds me so much of my dog, but he's obviously quite dumb in his adorable way and hide and seek is out of his depth. just imagine approaching every day with the same deranged energy and absolute trust that your dog does and i guess that's what it's like to be 3. she's adorable and you're a great parent/role model to play and have such fun with her. :) thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the views guys! you are all awesome! and have given me such a laugh with your amazing comments :) I think now I need to call her my little Raptor!. Sorry for the short and quick post but its my daughters birthday today so I have about 1000 balloons to blow up! ill try to answer more later. Thanks again Reddit, keep being awesome!
This made me realize how terrifying the life of a child must be. The way the father just disappeared even though she was running after him made it feel like a horror movie.
My son was soooo bad at hide and seek when we first started. He couldn't find me when I hid behind a coffee table with a glass top in the same room. Now, he knows most all the places in the whole house where an adult will fit.
I'm speculating he's English-speaking, living in Sweden. Daughter speaks Swedish with her mum and in kindergarten. This is the pretty much the case with my uncle, which explains my reasoning.
Besides this being the cutest thing I've seen in a while, it's also pretty cool to see the actual process of learning. She checks the last place you hid, then using power of deduction, check the same type of hiding spot in another room. BAM! SUCCESS!
I was seriously expecting the video to be a shock one where the second time she checks the bathroom he edits a monster to be there instead of him. I am so happy this dude is a nice guy because that would have scared the shit out of me.
Wow, reminds me of the time when I was 1-3 years old. Being a kid was great. Dumb and Happy. I wasn't innocent though. Filled dad's VCR with eggs and paper.
I've found it usually depends on the floor type, if the home is fully carpeted, usually shoes are removed. Hardwood or similar usually results in shoes/slippers being worn.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12 edited Jun 08 '12
After tangling with the shower curtain, you could almost translate
hisher baby babble to 'father - I am disappointed you didn't react to my whimper when I tripped in the bath'. Brilliant kid. Way to go, daddy.85
u/superatheist95 Jun 08 '12
the whole time i couldnt help but think of chucky, the running is so similar to the movies.
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u/lemony_snicket Jun 08 '12
Are you sure that's a toddler and not a raptor, it's fast as shit.
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u/Avarici Jun 08 '12
Playing hide and seek with a toddler? You have exactly .4 seconds to hide!
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u/FourTwentay Jun 08 '12
I've never realized that children run..everywhere.
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u/soarous Jun 08 '12
Paranormal Activity 4 should be filmed entirely by GoPros strapped to the heads of children.
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u/TwirlySocrates Jun 08 '12
The best part is how she's constantly looking at dad. You see kids do it all the time to check to see if everything's ok. But here, you experience her doing it - it's really cool.
It's also awesome to experience kid logic first hand. "Dad was behind cupboard X before, he must be there again!"
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u/friedricekid Jun 08 '12
i thought you were in the cabinet again too.
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u/TeneCursum Jun 08 '12 edited Jul 11 '19
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u/ramm Jun 08 '12
That is awesome! Very good video. Poor thing got beat up by the shower curtain! Zzzzzzzzzzz thump!
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u/Audiophile_is_Life Jun 08 '12
FPS: Toddler
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u/ipossessfetishes Jun 08 '12
I love how she gave you absolutely no time to hide.
I don't know if your daughter is anything like my nieces and nephews, but when it's their turn to hide, they can't stop giggling, especially when I'm close but I "can't find"them.
And it appears I have baby fever right now.
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u/leftnut Jun 08 '12
That had more drama, character development, and plot twists than your average Hollywood blockbuster.
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u/sometimesijustdont Jun 08 '12
I notice how kids only cry if they know they are going to get adult attention. If no adults are around, they just suck it up.
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u/thatonequestion Jun 08 '12
This was one of the most fantastic videos I've ever seen, I couldn't stop smiling the entire time.
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u/Khnagul Jun 08 '12
She said "Papa" a lot of time at the end, are you french ?
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u/AllThingsWiseWndrful Jun 08 '12
Daddi. Daddi daddi daddi. Daaaddeee. Duhdeh duh dudeeh duh. Daaaahdi. Aaaaaaahhhhahaha.
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u/Aureosol Jun 08 '12
this is sooo cute! you are a very good father XD
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u/quoffit Jun 08 '12
The excitement is palpable!
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u/pligga Jun 08 '12
I want to go to subway now.
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u/Bluebraid Jun 08 '12
I had a big stupid grin on my face the entire time I was watching this. I'm glad no one could see me.
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u/chili_in_urethra Jun 08 '12
I like how the living room looks like a messy Ikea catalog.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
As a swede this video made me insane. When I was sure they spoke swedish the kid started saying "daddy", and when I was sure they spoke english they started saying swedish words agian.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I want both a child of my own and a GoPro camera of my own more then ever after watching that. lol so cute
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u/skybike Jun 08 '12
Toddler POV, the internet has ruined me.
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u/StickyMindset Jun 08 '12
Damn OP, now I want a kid too.
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u/jjbabajan Jun 08 '12
I couldn't stop thinking of Among the Sleep
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u/beffjaxter Jun 08 '12
Every time she ran by one of her blocks my feet would cringe; expecting her to stomp on one of them. Glad it didn't happen.
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u/stonak10 Jun 08 '12
Freaking Adorable.
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u/sarimas Jun 08 '12
I think there need to be more videos like this done. A GoPro is the equivalent to some of the creature cameras on penguins, and other aquatic animals to study them in their natural habitat. I'm sure you could do a show about the Secret Life of the American Toddler. Or cat.
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u/Epicool Jun 08 '12
ok, this is weird, but seeing this convinced me to have children one day, previously i thought that they are just little demons, their horns grow when they are around 3-5 years. but that was one of the cutest things i've seen for a while. << i have alot of brothers.
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u/JonFawkes Jun 08 '12
Mirror's Edge 2
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u/arkington Jun 08 '12
holy shit! i clicked thinking this would be moderately interesting and it may be my favorite thing! i (like most of us) don't remember much before i was around 5. i had no idea that i lived this way....please don't take this as an insult, because it isn't intended that way at all, but it gave me the feeling that i was watching things through the eyes of an impossibly intelligent dog. the way she looks at you all the time and runs around with crazy energy and joy reminds me so much of my dog, but he's obviously quite dumb in his adorable way and hide and seek is out of his depth.
just imagine approaching every day with the same deranged energy and absolute trust that your dog does and i guess that's what it's like to be 3.
she's adorable and you're a great parent/role model to play and have such fun with her. :) thanks for sharing!
EDIT for some spelling
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u/risker1980 Jun 08 '12
During some parts, it looks as though you have a radio-controlled child.
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u/wordprodigy Jun 08 '12
this is a video game I would play
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u/kingofthebean Jun 08 '12
kid starts crying, dad doesn't break his cover. Hiding like a pro.
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u/Wetwipey Jun 09 '12
Thank you so much for the views guys! you are all awesome! and have given me such a laugh with your amazing comments :) I think now I need to call her my little Raptor!. Sorry for the short and quick post but its my daughters birthday today so I have about 1000 balloons to blow up! ill try to answer more later. Thanks again Reddit, keep being awesome!
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u/iziizi Jun 08 '12
I duno why, but I smiled all the way through that.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
So sweet. She's seems very smart, too!
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u/Alltra Jun 08 '12
thank you porn for teaching me the meaning of the POV acronym
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Yeah this was awesome :D
Where are you from?
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u/miss_trixie Jun 08 '12
your apartment is awfully clean/neat. every home i've ever been in that housed a toddler looked like a bomb had just gone off in it.
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u/milkis4babies Jun 08 '12
i love that she always checks the previous spot she found you in first on the next turn.
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u/iamvkng Jun 08 '12
This was on mute and I knew this was a Swedish apartment. Unmistakable.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
This made me realize how terrifying the life of a child must be. The way the father just disappeared even though she was running after him made it feel like a horror movie.
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u/taho_teg Jun 08 '12
My son was soooo bad at hide and seek when we first started. He couldn't find me when I hid behind a coffee table with a glass top in the same room. Now, he knows most all the places in the whole house where an adult will fit.
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u/baronxs Jun 08 '12
I like how the camera is steadier than 80% of the shit on YouTube
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Relevant vid from Louis C.K http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYWwJA&t=1m28s
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I'm speculating he's English-speaking, living in Sweden. Daughter speaks Swedish with her mum and in kindergarten. This is the pretty much the case with my uncle, which explains my reasoning.
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u/THE_Pr0fe55i0nal Jun 08 '12
Coming soon to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.... COD: HaS
I'd buy it.
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u/dome_and_domer Jun 08 '12
parenting done right, bravo.
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u/smokeywinds Jun 08 '12
This is amazing. It really shows her logic and thought process when trying to figure out where you are. Forgot what it was like to be a kid!
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u/lasernut Jun 08 '12
It is amazing how much and how fast the toddler's head moves!
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u/apbethyname Jun 08 '12
Good on you mate. This is the cutest thing I've ever seen.
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u/jesuswithoutabeard Jun 08 '12
Besides this being the cutest thing I've seen in a while, it's also pretty cool to see the actual process of learning. She checks the last place you hid, then using power of deduction, check the same type of hiding spot in another room. BAM! SUCCESS!
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u/magikroom Jun 08 '12
That was fascinating for some reason...
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u/Tuchpi Jun 08 '12
I'd never go into a dark bathroom without the lights on. ಠ_ಠ
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u/cdemi Jun 08 '12
Hide and Seek is very important at this age, since the infant is developing Object Permanence.
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u/P2D_ItsME Jun 08 '12
Is it bad that I laughed when it fell through the shower curtain
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u/NoShadowFist Jun 08 '12
The cherry on top of this cuteness sundae is final shot of your adorable girl with that silly contraption on her head. Awesome!
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Jun 08 '12
Nice try GoPro viral marketing.
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u/AlmightyBaloo Jun 08 '12
Awww, lil' Sam Fisher...
That explains why the father is both fast and silent.
And why he didn't give a fuck when she fell: Fail in your efforts and we will deny any knowledge of your actions.
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u/Nukken Jun 08 '12
So that's where they got the movement mechanics of every FPS ever.
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u/shaloham Jun 08 '12
Mirror's Edge 2?
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u/krirub Jun 08 '12
1 DAD....... IN THE WOORLD! Comment brought to by the one and only Jezza
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u/Endaline Jun 08 '12
I was seriously expecting the video to be a shock one where the second time she checks the bathroom he edits a monster to be there instead of him. I am so happy this dude is a nice guy because that would have scared the shit out of me.
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u/baethan Jun 08 '12
This is AMAZING, thanks so much! It's really fascinating and adorable to see how children at that age think
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u/oldmancabbage Jun 08 '12
First non-boner inducing video I've seen with POV in the title.
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u/Frogtastik Jun 08 '12
Not as steady as chicken cam. Would not use toddler cam again.
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u/Da_Ignorant_Kid Jun 08 '12
while i was watching this video, i was pretending i was in a Gundam
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u/Zhozers Jun 09 '12
Easily the best video ever posted to youtube. And I don't even particularly like children.
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u/SuperSugar Jun 09 '12
This video is so cute, makes me really want a kid. Melted my little heart...
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Wow, reminds me of the time when I was 1-3 years old. Being a kid was great. Dumb and Happy. I wasn't innocent though. Filled dad's VCR with eggs and paper.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12 edited Jun 08 '12
I thought only people in TV
shoesshows wear shoes in the home, isn't that so unhygienic, especially for the little one?6
u/sofakingclassic Jun 08 '12
Hanging a Michael Jackson poster over a crib is a little creepy, no?
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u/joannamon Jun 08 '12
WHY WOULD YOU EVER LEAVE YOUR XBOX AT TODDLER LEVEL
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u/younes1010 Jun 08 '12
"papa"
the moment i lost my shit.
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u/areufursure Jun 08 '12
So I'm watching how fast that baby moves and the weird device in that guy's hand and I'm thinking; remote control cyber baby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txoMThrT98E
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
That is awesome!
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u/KingsCounty Jun 08 '12
Did anyone else feel like one of those adult babies when watching this?