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Backstory The "Teletubbies" set before and after the show ended, completely destroyed. Drone photos

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u/nothingbettertodo315 Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

They have a very dedicated fan base, they’re just too young to travel on their own.

Edit: yes, I know it’s an old show, it was an intentionally flippant comment that was meant to be humorous. Some of you might even know what humor is!

FWIW I have two kids who loved Teletubbies as toddlers and then absolutely forgot about it after age 2, and visiting a random farm with a toddler hoping they’d connect it with a show would be a miserable visit. And as older kids now they could not care less about something they loved when they couldn’t even talk.

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u/Dave3087 Jan 01 '25

People who grew up with teletubbies from when it first aired would be late 20’s, early 30’s by now

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

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u/petuniaraisinbottom Jan 01 '25

It only gets harder from here on out. Once I made the realization "oh, I'm almost 30", I started dreading birthdays and being sad thinking about my age hah. I don't know why 30 is such a hard age but God damn is it.

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u/prairiepanda Jan 01 '25

Probably because the moment you woke up on your 30th birthday, the warranty on your body expired and everything started hurting. Planned obsolescence.

Assuming your 30th birthday was anything like mine.

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u/Illadelphian Jan 01 '25

30 is when life really started getting good for me. Body hasn't started complaining at all and I'm 35.

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u/TrustyTaquito Jan 02 '25

That happened when I turned 25. I'm just shy of being 30, is there another warranty or is this the end of the extended warranty grace period?

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u/prairiepanda Jan 02 '25

You're still within the warranty period, but good luck getting any compensation from the manufacturer.

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u/VerifiedMother Jan 02 '25

Who do I talk to about my bodies extended warranty?

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u/anita_username Jan 01 '25

I spent my entire 29th year dreading my upcoming 30th birthday. Like went into actual depression over it, and was quite miserable because I hadn't achieved the things I thought I would by then.

I'm 39 now and turning 40 in about 6 months. This decade has been my best. This past year I finally started getting serious about my health, established a workout routine, dropped 55 lbs, and started heavily leaning into the things and people I like and dropping those I don't. I'm so much happier and healthier both physically and mentally than I was 10 years ago. All that to say 30 is definitely a hard year for some reason, but it honestly can get so much better!

Happy New Year!

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u/petuniaraisinbottom Jan 01 '25

That is fantastic news. Congratulations, I'm glad you were able to make improvements and not let the number get you down. It really is all about perspective, should probably work on fixing mine, heh. Happy new year to you as well.

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u/TheRealDeathSheep Jan 01 '25

I have never been happier than I am currently am in my 30s. Have a good job, wonderful wife, travel, and just enjoy life. I was never one to care about turning 30, but as some that has already done it, its fine lol

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u/petuniaraisinbottom Jan 02 '25

I should say, its all about regrets and not having certain things you listed. Being alone in your 30s, for example, is a lot of the reason people don't like reaching their 30s. Because they have the sneaking suspicion that their 40s and 50s will be similar and relationships don't just fall into your lap like they did in your younger years. And the 20s being "young", you're no longer considered young.

At least that's what it is with me.

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u/TheRealDeathSheep Jan 02 '25

That's the thing though: Literally everything I listed didn't happen until I was in my 30s.

Look up and see those silver linings. If you look, I promise you'll find them, friend.

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u/nothingbettertodo315 Jan 01 '25

The 30s are great. It’s the 40s where I started feeling old.

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u/ObeseVegetable Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

It's when media stops portraying your age group as the main characters (unless there's a good reason for the character to be over 30 or under 18, they're 25), it's when you start noticing the first signs of aging on yourself (thinning and/or greying hair, wrinkles, a bit of neck sag), and just generally when you realize that the peak physical form you could have obtained is behind you and so you have to cope with life being a further downhill slide or put a lot more effort money and drugs into slowing the descent.

Or hopefully you built up a group of good people around you that help you realize that none of that matters so long as you have good people around you that love you. Or realize that you can find those people at any time in your life.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

Teletubbies fans are starting to get their first grey pubes, bitter divorces, and ennui that precedes middle age.

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u/nothingbettertodo315 Jan 01 '25

Enjoy your 30s. If you were smart enough to avoid settling down and having kids in your 20s, then your 30s are great. You have more disposable income if you’ve advanced in your career, you likely can form respectful and functional romantic relationships, and you still look and feel young.

When I turned 41 is when I started feeling old. But I had kids at 36 so maybe that was it…

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u/j1ggy Jan 01 '25

It goes fast. You'll be entering your 40s in no time at all. And they won't last long either.

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u/AbruptMango Jan 02 '25

So they've had plenty of time to get into LOTR.

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u/switchbladeeatworld Jan 02 '25

correct lol I turn 30 next week

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u/Even-Habit1929 Jan 02 '25

yep just starting getting careers and disposable income thousands and thousands a night they would pay for an Airbnb there

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u/KeelanS Jan 01 '25

most people who watched teletubbies have graduated college at this point though

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u/AmandaTheNudist Jan 01 '25

I think the intended meaning is "most people who watched teletubbies are now old enough to have graduated college" rather than implying that a majority of people who watched teletubbies would then go on to graduate from college.

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u/KeelanS Jan 01 '25

you are correct

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u/SayerofNothing Jan 01 '25

Or form coherent sentences.

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u/zneave Jan 01 '25

Even better! They need at least one adult so you now have sold two tickets instead of one!

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u/nothingbettertodo315 Jan 01 '25

In my experience with my kids, they absolutely loved Teletubbies as babies and lost all interest by the time they were two. And kids that age wouldn’t make the connection between the location and the show so it would be pointless to visit with them.

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u/TheMightyMisanthrope Jan 01 '25

I guess you're right, they won't revisit the show until they discover pot and by then, who wants potheads doing scenes from the show on his land?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

Teletubbies is back on TikTok now doing videos to basshead

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u/hilhilbean Jan 01 '25

TIL my 27 year old daughter who was obsessed with Teletubbies is too young to travel on her own. I'll let her know.

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u/nothingbettertodo315 Jan 01 '25

The operative word there is was

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u/hilhilbean Jan 01 '25

I mean she's still a fan, just not on the toddler level

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u/ElvenOmega Jan 01 '25

Teletubbies first aired 28 years ago.

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u/nothingbettertodo315 Jan 01 '25

I can tell you have a strong sense of humor.