The show Teletubbies first aired in 1997.
It followed the adventures of Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po—four creatures with televisions in their stomachs.
They used those televisions to watch human children from their brightly-colored utopia ... which human children then watched on TV.
If you didn't watch it, or didn't have a sibling/child that watched it, we probably just made it sound like a horrific Inception sort of deal.
Not our fault. The plot is what it is.
Other characters regularly appeared on the show, but none as frequently as the Sun Baby.
Sun Baby showed up every episode to giggle and coo her way through the day as she watched over the Teletubbies.
The show initially went off the air in 2001, but new episodes started happening earlier this year. With those new episodes came renewed interest in what the original cast was up to.
The only real face that people got to know was Sun Baby. So she's the one people checked in on, of course.
That curiosity lead to this tweet and image going viral.
Sun Baby grew up!
The teletubbies sun baby has a baby. https://t.co/z7P3vMKVCW— thatUnkoolKid👀 (@thatUnkoolKid👀)1563654445.0
It's been twenty-two years since we first saw her face, but still the image of her as an adult had quite a few people feeling their age.
And not exactly loving it.
This has made me feel 800 years old https://t.co/8KJx1Y8tiq— Greg James (@Greg James)1563783085.0
@Lu_Lams_ Now I'm old for real.— Pick (@Pick)1563816772.0
@gregjames Imagine how the sun feels— Ali Plumb (@Ali Plumb)1563788047.0
@shyne_brav @Lu_Lams_ Me too :(— komang astra (@komang astra)1563786416.0
@gregjames completely unnecessary, now I'm having a quarter-life crisis and I'm not even 25— 🧡 Ines Tabilidad 💚 (@🧡 Ines Tabilidad 💚)1563785198.0
@Lu_Lams_ We've been alive for so long— Hellen of Troy (@Hellen of Troy)1563784740.0
@gregjames https://t.co/pYN67wSMc4— Cat Chambers (@Cat Chambers)1563787857.0
The idea of Sun Baby making a Sun Baby had a lot of people facing some serious quarter-life crisis issues, but there was a problem.
While original Sun Baby, Jess Smith, was now an adult woman and more than capable of having a baby, the child in the image is not hers.
Teletubbies stepped in to clear things up.
.@gregjames This is the original Sun Baby, Jess Smith, with our new Sun Baby, Berry! Seeing Jess all grown up makes… https://t.co/d6yXK4Ih0j— Teletubbies (@Teletubbies)1563788375.0
As we mentioned before, new episodes came back this year. OG Sun Baby can't rule forever—particularly since she hasn't been a baby in a long, long time.
A new celestial ruler had to be crowned and now we have Sun Baby Berry.
But people aren't sure if that's better or worse...
@gregjames @TeletubbiesHQ So... ...The kid is not her sun...?— Albert Latham (@Albert Latham)1563815181.0
@gregjames @TeletubbiesHQ Still, she's still old enough people readily believed it, so i still feel old 😫— Meg-a Queer (@Meg-a Queer)1563820672.0
@TeletubbiesHQ @gregjames I feel older again now knowing that there's a NEW sun baby 😭😲— olivia 🌹 (@olivia 🌹)1563815848.0
AH! It’s not quite true... The @TeletubbiesHQ have tweeted me (!!!) It’s the ORIGINAL sun baby with the NEW sun b… https://t.co/hDKf5I0PZK— Greg James (@Greg James)1563789751.0
@TeletubbiesHQ @gregjames ?! How old am I 😳— 𝓶𝓲𝓴𝓪𝔂𝓵𝓪 (@𝓶𝓲𝓴𝓪𝔂𝓵𝓪)1563821074.0
@gregjames @TeletubbiesHQ God dammit Twitter trending makeup your mind did she have a baby or not I can't deal with this type of stress— unexpected idea (@unexpected idea)1563826256.0
@gregjames @TeletubbiesHQ Well, I wish they would have cleared this up sooner. It would have quelled my existential… https://t.co/yMxPBtSNV2— Becca (@Becca)1563850104.0
So does knowing there is a new Sun Baby make you feel old? Would it make you feel worse to know there are new Teletubbies also?
Yup, the 2019 version of the show features toddler Teletubbies called "tiddlytubbies."
Happy #NationalSiblingsDay! Did you know the Teletubbies and Tiddlytubbies are actually siblings? Big Hugs! 💜💚💛❤️ https://t.co/IzZTEyDzm6— Teletubbies (@Teletubbies)1554912640.0
Enjoy that quarter-life crisis!
If you have someone in your life at just the right age for the Teletubbies, you can help them learn to love books with this Teletubbies board book set available here.
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In fact, some mistakes are so astronomical that they're remembered for decades afterwards, leaving the one who made the mistake a legacy of being a dumba**. Here are a few of them!!!
U/ronjans24 asked: What was the biggest mistake in human history?
Some may argue that the existence of the Universe was a mistake. I disagree. It was clearly Zayn leaving One Direction. But these next few were pretty bad too.
If you do the math, this is also the reason why Hentai exists.
I'll say the wrong turn Franz Ferdinand's driver made that went right in front of Gavrilo Princip.
EDIT: yes I'm aware war may still have broken out even if Franz Ferdinand wasn't assassinated
Imagine you're Gavrilo Princip. The assassination plot you and your friends had been cooking up for about the last year or so has been a complete and total disaster, just a monumental f*ck-up of the highest degree. You're staked out at this deli thinking maybe, just maybe the car will pass by, and by some stroke of sheer luck, it does.
If you're Princip, this is nothing short of serendipity.
Petition to return to the ocean.
Ocean Surf GIFGiphy"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans."
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams
This was, in fact, a monumental mistake.
Sears not beating Amazon to the punch.
Blockbuster not buying Netflix.
You thought THOSE were bad? Well gear up for their next few, because they are 100% accurate. Except the one about Cats, that movie slaps.
I don’t know sports, but sure.
Seahawks not running it.
I used to wear a Seahawks jersey whenever I took a test because I knew I would pass when I shouldn't.
CATS is great, y'all are just boring.
GiphyThe Emoji Movie.
That live action movie about Cats is also up there.
Very fair point.
Social Media.
Humans are not wired to have that many social interactions and maintain that many relationships. Plus the echochambers it allows people to create for themselves, no matter how conspiratorial or vile their beliefs, means that stupid/evil people are no longer shunned into changing their mind.
Not sure it was worth being able to see what a celebrity had for lunch or what new "dance" your younger cousin and her tween friends are doing.
But in all seriousness, some horrible things may now have happened if the right thing was halted at the right time.
Washington called it.
George Washington Disney GIF by Hamilton: An American MusicalGiphyVoting for people based on what side of the political spectrum they're on. George Washington himself advised against political parties because he thought they would cause too much division in this country. Unfortunately for everyone, he was right.
Big oops on that one.
Barack Obama mocking Donald Trump at the Correspondents Dinner might have led directly to his 2016 run....
"Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald," Obama said. "And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter — like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?"
Then he turned serious: "But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. For example — no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of 'Celebrity Apprentice' — at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil Jon or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir. Well handled."
This is the best Star Wars and no one can change my mind.
I'll take 'Star Wars Christmas Special' for $100.
That atrocious pile of manure gave us Boba Fett, so without the Christmas Special there won't be The Mandalorian.
Wow, in this article, I openly admitted my love for Cats AND The Star Wars Holiday Special. So maybe my existence was the biggest mistake of all.
ANYWAY, I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you all feel a little bit better about yourself. Because when push comes to shove, at least you didn't accidentally start World War I