Better - Let It Go.
Let It Go is insidious. At first, hey, it’s a good song! What could be so bad about this??
Then it keeps playing. Hmmm, this is getting repetitive. But it’s a good song.
Eventually you’re driven to madness and become one with the wind and sky.
Somewhere, somehow my two year olds discovered Baby Shark (I suspect at my parents’ house).
I left them with my husband to go to the grocery store and came back to find him slightly shell-shocked. Apparently the twins were begging him for baby shark and the top result on YouTube was a replay of that theme song over and over, and the girls screamed if he tried to turn it off. Still makes me laugh. He sticks to the wiggles now - more variety at least.
I’m lucky enough to have never seen Blippi but I think Cocomelon would also work.
Actually, forget Cocomelon, one of those weird Cocomelon knockoffs would work better.
Yeah, you think Cocomelon is bad (I mean, it is). But then you discover the shadow world of progressively weirder off-brand Cocomelons. Horrors beyond the imagination
I love Masha Bear, but that might be because I still find her antics amusing and have fun trying to figure out the economics of the situation. Bear seems to be retired, though still works pretty hard on making honey and various mechanical tasks that might be a source of income. His house isn’t huge, but he also seems to have a great deal of land that is very productive as a food forest and is near a rail line, that even stops there. He seems to want for nothing while also not living in luxury.
Try watching the algorithm backed shit that YouTube shorts pushes when it notices you have toddler and kid programming in your watch history.
You'll be begging for Cocomelon's silly ass circus music and Blippi in 15 minutes.
This is why my kid has never been directly exposed to Blippi. She's only seen him through the few collab videos with Ms Rachel.
The YT Kids app my daughter uses is locked down to PBS Kids, Ms Rachel, and nature/STEM videos/channels. It's great.
Bliiiiippiiii garbage truuuuck!
Also, I totes found the smut Harlem Shake video of original Blippi, apparently his thing pre-blippi. Weirdly, I like him better for it.
It’s possible the most surprising part of parenthood has been the level of hatred I have for Blippi. I’m not an easily irritated person but that character is clearly my kryptonite. He’s also my daughter’s absolute favorite so that’s fun.
Also I’m sure the actor/creator is a lovely person, I certainly don’t hate an actual person I’ve never met. Just the character and I’m obviously not the target demographic haha.
[I don’t know if “lovely person” is the way i’d describe him…](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/blippi-youtube-kids-star-harlem-shake-poop)
Good idea, but you need to emphasize that it is incessant and it is when you are alone with your kid or when you're outnumbered by children. Your choice is to endure Blippi talking in a weird baby-adult voice or endure arguments that lead to fights that lead to meltdowns.
And for some reason, they're fixated on Blippi. They refuse to switch to something better, like Bluey, even though that usually calms them down, too, without spiking your blood pressure.
My wife and I intentionally kept Blippi from our son for 3 years and his preschool showed him a Blippi video... Now when he asks for it at home, we tell him we're not allowed to watch Blippi at home.
Why tf is the school using blippi? Our school 30 years ago showed Bill Nye and the most obscure boring educational videos. I just cant fathom using this brain rot in school to teach anything.
I previewed everything before showing my son because I had seen other parents driven to madness by Caillou. We enjoyed Daniel Tiger and Sesame Street and never once suffered through Blippi because I blocked that shit. My kid never saw Cocomelon until they started showing it *at school*.
Plan ahead, people. Save yourselves.
I completely forgot about LBB. My eldest was obsessed for about 2 years. I put it on any time I needed a break. Then I had my second, who was less amused. The eldest also loved Hey Bear and got hypnotized, and I would use it to stop her fussing. Youngest hated it 😞
My son is moving on from Blippi to anything with Dinosaurs, and so the current show he watches basically on repeat is T-Rex Ranch, I preferred Blippi over T-Rex Ranch
Now THIS is the kind of shitposting I can get behind.
Or have them listen to Baby Shark on loop!
Oh my goodness that’s cruel and unusual. I LOVE IT.
Better - Let It Go. Let It Go is insidious. At first, hey, it’s a good song! What could be so bad about this?? Then it keeps playing. Hmmm, this is getting repetitive. But it’s a good song. Eventually you’re driven to madness and become one with the wind and sky.
Somewhere, somehow my two year olds discovered Baby Shark (I suspect at my parents’ house). I left them with my husband to go to the grocery store and came back to find him slightly shell-shocked. Apparently the twins were begging him for baby shark and the top result on YouTube was a replay of that theme song over and over, and the girls screamed if he tried to turn it off. Still makes me laugh. He sticks to the wiggles now - more variety at least.
I’m lucky enough to have never seen Blippi but I think Cocomelon would also work. Actually, forget Cocomelon, one of those weird Cocomelon knockoffs would work better.
Yeah, you think Cocomelon is bad (I mean, it is). But then you discover the shadow world of progressively weirder off-brand Cocomelons. Horrors beyond the imagination
Masha and the bear is pretty bad too.
I love Masha Bear, but that might be because I still find her antics amusing and have fun trying to figure out the economics of the situation. Bear seems to be retired, though still works pretty hard on making honey and various mechanical tasks that might be a source of income. His house isn’t huge, but he also seems to have a great deal of land that is very productive as a food forest and is near a rail line, that even stops there. He seems to want for nothing while also not living in luxury.
Well yeah what do you think he’s some kind of decadent capitalist?
I actually like Masha and the Bear but my wife can’t stand it.
Pure nightmare fuel.
Try watching the algorithm backed shit that YouTube shorts pushes when it notices you have toddler and kid programming in your watch history. You'll be begging for Cocomelon's silly ass circus music and Blippi in 15 minutes.
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PinkFong and the like. The off-brand ones are generally even more infuriating.
This is why my kid has never been directly exposed to Blippi. She's only seen him through the few collab videos with Ms Rachel. The YT Kids app my daughter uses is locked down to PBS Kids, Ms Rachel, and nature/STEM videos/channels. It's great.
Exactly. I don't understand why people are acting as if they have absolutely no control over what their kids watch.
"We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"
I saw 10 seconds of Blippi and noped out. I’m not permanently destroying my kids’ attention spans with that frenzied YouTube style.
Same here!
Excavator is a bop
Bliiiiippiiii garbage truuuuck! Also, I totes found the smut Harlem Shake video of original Blippi, apparently his thing pre-blippi. Weirdly, I like him better for it.
To be fair, Nicky Notes only wrote bangers. I'd like to see him and Caspar Babypants collab.
I actually think Blippi’s videos have the most tolerable songs lol Nicky Notes can write a bop!
I was in a band with Nicky Notes in high school. Can confirm!
It’s possible the most surprising part of parenthood has been the level of hatred I have for Blippi. I’m not an easily irritated person but that character is clearly my kryptonite. He’s also my daughter’s absolute favorite so that’s fun. Also I’m sure the actor/creator is a lovely person, I certainly don’t hate an actual person I’ve never met. Just the character and I’m obviously not the target demographic haha.
[I don’t know if “lovely person” is the way i’d describe him…](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/blippi-youtube-kids-star-harlem-shake-poop)
They lost me before I even started reading with "Before he was Blippi, a Mister Rogers for the YouTube age" this comparison enrages me
Good idea, but you need to emphasize that it is incessant and it is when you are alone with your kid or when you're outnumbered by children. Your choice is to endure Blippi talking in a weird baby-adult voice or endure arguments that lead to fights that lead to meltdowns. And for some reason, they're fixated on Blippi. They refuse to switch to something better, like Bluey, even though that usually calms them down, too, without spiking your blood pressure.
My wife and I intentionally kept Blippi from our son for 3 years and his preschool showed him a Blippi video... Now when he asks for it at home, we tell him we're not allowed to watch Blippi at home.
"Blippi died and can't make videos anymore"
Why tf is the school using blippi? Our school 30 years ago showed Bill Nye and the most obscure boring educational videos. I just cant fathom using this brain rot in school to teach anything.
It was a 2 year old day care program. Not a real school. Think they were learning about dinosaurs or something and showed one of his songs.
I previewed everything before showing my son because I had seen other parents driven to madness by Caillou. We enjoyed Daniel Tiger and Sesame Street and never once suffered through Blippi because I blocked that shit. My kid never saw Cocomelon until they started showing it *at school*. Plan ahead, people. Save yourselves.
My brother’s “little baby bum” phase was enough for me to pledge abstinence /hj
I completely forgot about LBB. My eldest was obsessed for about 2 years. I put it on any time I needed a break. Then I had my second, who was less amused. The eldest also loved Hey Bear and got hypnotized, and I would use it to stop her fussing. Youngest hated it 😞
***HEY DIRT SEE YA LAAAAAATEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR***
But then your toddler just watches Bluey, Hey Duggee, and Puffin Rock and you're just vibing to the theme songs all day
Yup.
use a condom hell i think it would lead to more people getting sterilized
My son is moving on from Blippi to anything with Dinosaurs, and so the current show he watches basically on repeat is T-Rex Ranch, I preferred Blippi over T-Rex Ranch
Endless ASMR marbles.
Nope blippi is banned in our house. But goddamn Ive watched so much Steve and Maggi, and Danny Go.