Awestruck babies going through a car wash for the first time

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/15/awestruck-babies-going-through.html

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The car wash used to scare the hell out of me when I was a kid. I was convinced that the jiggly curtain was eating cars.

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Came here looking for this. Not disappointed.

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I used to be very afraid of anything where you went in on a conveyor and you couldn’t see the other side when you started. Anything could happen in there. Other things I was afraid of:

  • Bridges
  • The second floor of malls
  • Power lines
  • Cars passing on the street while I was on foot
  • Unexpected tornados
  • Invisible, odorless poison gas everywhere

Of fuck, I’m still afraid of all of that stuff, all the time.

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What the-
Holy-
THERE’S A GIANT MONSTER OUT THERE!!

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You know you have a baby’s full attention when it doesn’t blink for 45 seconds… :slight_smile:

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Now that’s me in a car wash! Only I’m freaking out because I swear that I hear scratching… YIKES!

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I saw that and my brain first read it as “unexpected tomatoes”… tornadoes make more sense, tho.

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I guess it depends just how unexpected.

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Yep, those would be unexpected!

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Do you remember that had a cartoon of that?

And there was a spin off cartoon of the Toxic Avenger, too:

I wonder if either of those are on DVD?

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it fascinates me as well–

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That’s called oxygen. It’s also pretty damn corrosive!

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I dunno, I was pretty terrified the first time I went thru one, according to a story my mother enjoys recounting 50 years later…

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The sounds and visuals must be very confusing…:thinking:

[Babies see bubbles outside]
Yay - it’s bath time! Wow, you used way too much soap though.
[Babies realize they are still dry]
Wait, why am I not in the bubbles?
[Brushes pass by the windows]
What the…Snuffy, is that you?
[Rinse begins]
Is it raining now? Where did my bubbles go?
[Dryer starts]
Is that the vacuum cleaner? This is not fun!

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Baby: “That’s not right.”

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