@patloller: I’m sure a generation of boomer parents would have handled that PERFECTLY #storytime #bigbird #funny #darkesttimeline #space #launch #challenger
canonically big bird would have had to die because children all over the world would have literally seen that happen.
2021-07-26 17:51:04
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Jaxon :
but what about the children in the Concord high halls on /1/28/86 watching Mrs McAuliffe explode into bits and die on the challenger before she ever got to space "but at least it wasn't big bird"-
2025-03-15 01:32:50
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Alex Hogg :
sweet Christmas. I watched the launch on TV in school.
2021-07-29 00:04:47
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Celeste :
There’s a timeline where big bird did 9/11
2021-07-26 17:54:45
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Kade Ansel :
Whichever time traveler stopped this, thank you.
2021-07-26 17:40:45
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Emily :
The challenger explosion happens on my dads birthday and my birthday is 9/11 😌
2021-07-26 18:01:58
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Sal Crypps :
You ever flip through TikTok concerned about the world, then this vet with PTSD shows up and you think “it’s all ok”? I have no idea why……
2021-07-26 17:51:59
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Dr. Theron Sherman :
Gonna do a video about this one, but SCP-4481 is based on this Big Bird Challenger Timeline scenario 😂
2021-07-26 18:07:55
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Cthuchutrain :
I watched that shuttle explode on tv. In class.
2021-08-15 12:20:48
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user3013068361294 :
maybe the outcome would have been different If big bird had been on the challenger
2021-07-26 17:56:08
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bettyblues95 :
it was dark enough. 😂 Seeing the TV roll in to the room was less exciting after that.
2021-07-26 17:12:18
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Grownass Person :
I was in kindergarten and they recorded it and just as we were about to watch my mom came screeching into parking lot yelling “NOOOOOO”. 😳
2021-07-26 17:33:19
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sassykristen1515 :
I knew the actor. I am so glad he was too tall because he was a great man. Big bird is one thing, but he was more important.
2021-07-26 17:56:10
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Tanya B. :
I was in 4th grade when the challenger exploded. My art teacher applied to be the teacher that went. I was in her class when we watched it explode.
2021-07-26 17:31:14
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T. Dubs :
so there’s also a timeline where big bird is on board and the launch goes perfectly. the purest alabaster timeline
2021-08-20 03:07:43
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Jeff :
it's not the darkest, but it might be the dumbest
2021-09-10 05:15:55
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Max :
I knew that’s what you were gonna talk about
2025-01-04 05:45:35
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Jamthe_osvani :
So in another timeline big bird did go on there?
2024-12-24 05:16:22
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Pat Loller :
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2021-07-26 17:45:33
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magandsons :
yep. when i heard this i realized i could have trauma from things that might have happened. i watched the challenger blow up, in class at school.
2021-07-26 17:14:49
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desecrated_wasteland13 🍉 :
so the idea was shot down before it had the chance to blow up...?
2021-07-26 17:26:09
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user811382190599 :
I mean, we watched 3,000 ppl die on live tv, then a year and a half later we watched Columbia explode.
2021-07-26 17:56:07
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CMFVoices :
oh god. my dad was in a plane flying past the launch when it exploded. the pilot came on and was like "you can see a space ship launch out the window!
2021-07-26 18:49:26
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Dr Kirsten Banks :
😳
2021-07-26 22:02:51
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matt … :
“hi, I’m big bird! and this is an alternate reality where I was in the challenger disaster!”
2021-07-26 21:28:11
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Afishinawaterbed :
Maybe Big Bird caused the disaster ....
2021-07-26 17:54:53
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Slow_mazda3 :
Oh god
2021-07-26 17:10:27
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The Bearded IT Guy :
My main takeaway from this is Big Bird is six?!?!?
2021-07-26 21:01:37
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MCVillaseca :
I watched live in college. My dad was at NASA. 🥺🥺🥺 Thank God they didn’t send him!!! 😳😳😳
2021-07-26 20:00:21
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Kerri :
How have I never heard this??
2021-07-26 17:16:26
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Gia :
This literally made cry at the thought of big bird dying. 🥺😳
2021-07-26 19:39:05
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Katiebell_11 :
I will absolutely never stop saying "This is the Darkest Timeline", in honor of Community, one of the best comedies ever. 😂
2021-07-26 17:13:50
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Willow 🌹 :
wtf, he's 6? I thought he was one of few adult puppet characters. 💀 that's how I saw him growing up. 😂
2021-07-26 18:09:56
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Katastrophe :
FL 80s kid here (about 30 miles from launch site). Launches were outdoor school assemblies . Challeneger was special and uber hyped b/c we all...
2021-07-26 18:21:08
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DeadPixelsಠ_ಠ :
second near miss.
seth mcfarlane was going to be on one of the 9/11 flights.
imagine the timeline where both these things happened.
2021-07-26 17:52:37
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d.is.for.dead.inside :
It was traumatic enough. I would've needed much more therapy if my favorite character had been on board. That's DEFINITELY the darkest timeline!
2021-07-26 17:55:01
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lil1inblue :
And they think GenX is dark now….
2021-07-26 17:17:14
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My Life With MS :
I remember seeing it on tv in school.
substitute teacher thought it would be neat to watch in the library.
2021-07-26 20:13:15
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Kitubus :
in Australia some people stole the big bird costume and then returned it w/ the note "sorry for being a birden"
2021-07-26 20:26:58
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AveryB :
Would’ve been big Phoenix
2021-07-26 17:23:59
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tori_camargos :
Imagine this but with garibaldo(Brazilian’s blue big bird half brother who is also a devil child)
2021-07-26 20:05:56
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joni ★ :
my mom had a teacher who applied to be on the challenger. he was devistated when he didn’t make it and even more so when he saw the challenger explode
2021-07-26 17:36:03
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Dawnofthedead :
It was already bad enough for me 😅. I was in 1st grade-very small town school. 3rd grade teacher (only 2 of them for entire school) applied for (1)
2021-07-26 20:31:48
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Racoony :
Are you f***in kidding me. I'm so old, y'all are counting s*** from my childhood as unknown news 😳😳😳
2021-07-26 21:09:03
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BigChiefSMASH :
For those that don’t understand… 😅 the challenger exploded in the sky.
2021-07-26 21:19:45
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JippyTheGiant :
The way you said “anything” sounded like you were biting an apple.
2021-07-26 20:34:31
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The Kin in the North :
Oh this is the context for that one Smosh try not to laugh video!
2021-07-26 21:14:37
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Sara Thomas195 :
could have been worse. they could have subbed in Mr. Rogers or Levar Burton
2021-07-26 17:54:04
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Lauren Scharf :
but maybe big bird would've stopped the explosion
2021-07-26 21:59:37
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Pirate Artisans :
I wonder, in that timeline, is just American big bird dead? So the non-US big birds all have to grieve the loss? Do they replace him? QUESTIONS
2021-07-26 18:06:22
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m.c.monty :
It should've been Big Bird
2021-07-26 22:17:25
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nerdyfarmwitch :
"Oh. Well I didn't have enough time to prepare for that." 😳
2021-07-26 21:50:35
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rachel ✨ :
Related: after 9/11 I thought that all the characters on Sesame Street had been unalived ✨
2021-07-26 17:54:00
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