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[–]TheHFIC 44 points45 points ago

They look like extras from the Garbage Pail Kids movie back in the day

[–]rooklaw 10 points11 points ago

Speaking of ruining childhoods, that movie did a pretty good job of it.

[–]Heyblinken 3 points4 points ago

you mean these fuckers? Do a simple google image search. My favorite is Hole in Juan...How did they get away with this?

[–]coiclaypool 3 points4 points ago

the girl kinda looks like Sam Kinison

[–]thekenzo[!] 0 points1 point ago

It's streaming on Netflix right now, I believe.

[–]M80IW 53 points54 points ago

Bert looks like Dave Hester from Storage Wars.

[–]iDuckie 15 points16 points ago

Id like to punch him in the throat.

[–]atrociousxcracka -1 points0 points ago

[–]t4d 21 points22 points ago

YUUUUUUUUUUP!

[–]uhmerikin 6 points7 points ago

Ugh... Even seeing you say that makes me hate that guy even more.

[–]t4d 2 points3 points ago

I think its safe to say that everyone hates him......but that show isnt half as good without him

[–]andyhenault 0 points1 point ago

YUUP!

[–]Deracination 102 points103 points ago

These comments are terrible.

[–]ForgettableUsername 6 points7 points ago

Well, then trade them in for some better ones.

[–]larsao3 15 points16 points ago

Best I can do is mildy amusing.

[–]DisapprovingSeal 3 points4 points ago

[–]WeGotOpportunity 19 points20 points ago

Welcome to reddit, enjoy your stay!

[–]The_Nigger_General 5 points6 points ago

Oh shut up, you sad little bitch.

[–]theycallmealex 4 points5 points ago

Oh, General? Do you think you're in charge here? Well..

[–]myfriendjeremy 4 points5 points ago

I agree, I just looked to see if someone had some kind of back story to the picture. I was horribly disappointed.

[–]notsurewhatiam 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, if this was stand up comedy, they'd get heckled to shit.

[–]WereDaWiteWimminAt 212 points213 points ago

This didn't affect my childhood whatsoever.

[–]t4d 20 points21 points ago

Agreed. Why are these pics or vids supposed to "ruin" anything

[–]smasherson 99 points100 points ago

Warning: dont take titles too seriously. This isnt a college math aptitude test, just a funny picture. Shit. Its not supposed to ruin anything man, its just a figure of speech. Youve obviously been online too long today, why dont we both hold hands and go frolic in the daisies for a little bit?

[–]glenlikespie 23 points24 points ago

What's that smell?

Oh, it's fresh air with a hint of reason. Somebody must have cracked open the basement window.

[–]MDef255 7 points8 points ago

It's because people get up their own ass about the shit they post. It's like whenever someone finds an old picture in their grandparents attic and wants someone to touch it up because it's scratched. Fine. But titling it "Look at this amazingly beautiful picture I exhumed from the dust-ravaged recesses of my ancestor's dwelling!" Stfu. It's an old picture of your grandma sitting on a stoop in 19-dickety-2. Fine, it means something to you. Just don't shove it down our throats.

[–]SapperInTexas 34 points35 points ago

Grandma died the following summer in the Flood of Dickety-Three. Have some respect.

[–]MDef255 10 points11 points ago

Lol, dammit.

[–]ashnayde 1 point2 points ago

But she had an onion tied to her belt, as was the style of the time.

[–]newreaderaccount 0 points1 point ago

Shit, what is that from?

[–]QuelFara 0 points1 point ago

Grandpa Simpsons ramblings.

[–]newreaderaccount 0 points1 point ago

Thanks!

[–]dumfuq 1 point2 points ago

It's just annoying that people are constantly putting that in their titles. It doesn't make sense. Seeing a picture isn't ruining anything.

[–]banebot 6 points7 points ago

It's a hyperbole. A rhetorical device. If someone said to you "this bag weighs a ton" do you think they're being literal, too?

Hyperbole is used a lot in titles because titles are shaped to grab attention. Hyperboles help with that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole

[–]thatoneguy889 1 point2 points ago

I understand that there are cases it is used as hyperbole, but in some (Star Wars is the first that comes to mind) it really seems like people are dead serious.

[–]vincentrevelations 0 points1 point ago

If every title is shaped to grab attention, it loses its meaning. You might argue that because of this, the titles have to use hyperbolas to even be able to compete, but they all use the same hyperbolas. It's bullshit.

The only hyperbolas I see on Reddit are either taken from the article or memes.

[–]MartinOWood 2 points3 points ago

If we're taking everything literally, please explain how we are going to frolic together. Where do we meet? Is it today? Does this happen in a week? God damn now I have anxiety.

[–]l34512 0 points1 point ago

Which kind of "Frolicking"? I'm fine with either.

[–]TerryArchi -5 points-4 points ago

No, when a title says: it may ruin your childhood, it usually means rule 34 or macabre realism. This is a costume/cosplay, so the title here is misleading.

[–]Reesch 12 points13 points ago

I think we can qualify this as rule 34. I fapped.

[–]ForgettableUsername -2 points-1 points ago

You don't find them ruining?

[–]heywhyteboy 1 point2 points ago

No, not ruining, just creepy as fuck.

[–]ForgettableUsername -3 points-2 points ago

So the creeps don't ruin, 'eh?

[–]heywhyteboy 0 points1 point ago

Between the places I've lived, and the subreddits I've browsed, this is near the bottom of my list of things that would ruin my childhood.

But, I've always thought Bert and Ernie were a little creepy, so this is like icing on the cake.

[–]ForgettableUsername -2 points-1 points ago

What would ruin your childhood? What's at the top of that list?

[–]heywhyteboy -1 points0 points ago

I dunno, my mother used to hit me with a leather whip when I was young so...I guess something worse than that is having been molested or having had a homicidal father. Those would probably be at the top.

[–]7Snakes 0 points1 point ago

Does somebody wanna sit in my lap and play driving on the bumpy road?

[–]AllMustSuffer 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, cuz I'm, like, 35 years old. No childhood left here. :P

[–]Void23 1 point2 points ago

If they were fucking then MAYBE

[–]adnamaxo 7 points8 points ago

If anyone wants a legitimate backstory.... Bert is my best friend's boyfriend. He makes pharmaceutical models for a living. They were basically showcasing their talent at Dragon*Con.

[–]CptMurphy -1 points0 points ago

Nope, legitimacy was not needed thank you.

[–]ISwearThisIsOriginal 57 points58 points ago

[–]Serbaayuu 4 points5 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/vItg0.gif

Smoother version without the logo, for those who care.

[–]PyroSign 0 points1 point ago

They should recreate that shot with the costumes.

[–]chickenplucka 18 points19 points ago

Bert has a disappointing lack of monobrow

[–]wookielad 7 points8 points ago

Someone call Dick Tracy and tell him there's been a prison breakout.

[–]mike808hawaii 11 points12 points ago

Were they pantsless with hands stuck up their butts?

[–]vidrenz 12 points13 points ago

They look gorgeous.

[–]Carnifax66 6 points7 points ago

I knew I saw this. This is from DragonCon. One of the people (either Bert or Ernie) tweeted Steve Yeun aka Glen from The Walking Dead earlier.

https://twitter.com/steveyeun/status/242352015353712640

[–]CPUWiz 0 points1 point ago

I saw these two at Dragon*Con also.

[–]mrawesomesuperhero 1 point2 points ago

I went to DragonCon and didn't see them.

[–]drabe1 11 points12 points ago

look like inbreds from wrong turn

[–]sleepdeprivedtechie 9 points10 points ago

Saw these guys in the parade! They were creepy and very well done!

[–]photo 1 point2 points ago

NOOOO

[–]Maledocling 2 points3 points ago

this is from dragoncon

[–]sonofobadiah 4 points5 points ago

This is from Dragon Con convention, in Atlanta - and yes they were creepy as fuck

[–]amyhunger 1 point2 points ago

[–]McBlaster 1 point2 points ago

Their hands look so young. It must be all that lotion from fapping.

[–]HammerAttack 1 point2 points ago

They went through all that makeup, but then didn't get the exactly right shirts? ... and they can't even get a real Rubber Ducky?! Fuck these guys forever.

[–]withbeard 1 point2 points ago

Quick, get them some drums! A-one and a-two and a-chicka booma chick!

[–]Knifey_McShanker 0 points1 point ago

Why did I watch the whole thing...

[–]avenlanzer 0 points1 point ago

Aww.. they make such a cute couple.

[–]avenlanzer 0 points1 point ago

but ugly as sin.

[–]All_Witty_Taken 0 points1 point ago

I'm sure there was a petition going to get Bert and Ernie married. I mean, they already share a bed.

[–]s1ack 1 point2 points ago

Looks like Stallone's mother and Martin Scorsese.

[–]IamTooDamHigh 0 points1 point ago

Ouch, right in the childhood.

[–]ichillax -2 points-1 points ago

NSFC (not safe for childhood)

[–]thisismyredditacct 0 points1 point ago

This is what the internet is for.

[–]HatefulImp -1 points0 points ago

I.

Am.

Creeped.

Out!

[–]ChocChipWaffles 0 points1 point ago

[–]TakebeSogu 0 points1 point ago

That rubber ducky is the most repulsive looking thing on the face of the Earth.

[–]agorby00 0 points1 point ago

So much time spent on details, and yet Bert does not have his paperclip collection. sigh

[–]SiddTheNayak 0 points1 point ago

I think I need to hang myself.

[–]JTrumbule 0 points1 point ago

I want to unsee this so bad

[–]lizardwizardboy97 -1 points0 points ago

this extra very much big mistake problem....... why am make this enter??? suck..BAD.......BAD

[–]trog21 2 points3 points ago

those are two college friends of mine, they made those prostectics.

[–]RickRussellTX 1 point2 points ago

That's an awful lot of effort to go to, and screw up Ernie's shirt so badly.

[–]Tannon34 0 points1 point ago

I can feel my childhood dying....

[–]vivvav -1 points0 points ago

Weird.

[–]etx313 0 points1 point ago

Can't unsee. :(

[–]baby_cakes12 -1 points0 points ago

It looks like Sloth with glasses.... HEY YOU GUYS!!!

[–]smooth80 0 points1 point ago

Anyone else so turned on right now? anyone,anyone?

[–]Meany_McJerkface 0 points1 point ago

KILL IT WITH FIRE!

[–]no1basebal 0 points1 point ago

I talked to them at dragon con. They were really chill and didn't say much

[–]nhlcyclesophist -2 points-1 points ago

Still the ugliest gay couple ever.

[–]RzK 0 points1 point ago

How can it ruin my childhood if my childhood already happened!?

[–]Peekee 0 points1 point ago

aaaaannnnnd it did.

[–]AlchemiXXI 1 point2 points ago

This didn't ruin my childhood, but it'll fuel my nightmares for the next year or so.

[–]Marceline523 0 points1 point ago

This isn't that bad, I've seen a much worse one of ernie

[–]vjab0420 0 points1 point ago

Why does Ernie have some sort of Glasgow Smile going on?

[–]onlynickleft 0 points1 point ago

Why are they wearing costumes made of human flesh?

[–]kent_eh 0 points1 point ago

Bert looks more like Zippy

[–]TheMartinConan 0 points1 point ago

Why do people say that things "ruin" their childhood? It can't be tainted unless your childhood was a lie.

[–]chrunchy 0 points1 point ago

At least they weren't fucking.

[–]mixgenio 0 points1 point ago

Bert, you're shouting again...

[–]writerat 1 point2 points ago

[–]StompClapMike 0 points1 point ago

Oh snap! I know those guys.

[–]udders 0 points1 point ago

This may be the most fucked up thing I've seen all day, and I looked at the pictures of the guy who tripped in the sauna.

[–]tropicSupreme 0 points1 point ago

That is a fucking nightmare.

[–]palalab 0 points1 point ago

[–]myjobsux7 0 points1 point ago

Damn bert and ernie are old as fuckk

[–]ColonelDredd 0 points1 point ago

How did they make those? Is that a mask or some sort of pancake makeup application?

[–]Yolosucks15 0 points1 point ago

I cannot unsee what i just saw

[–]BuddyCo 0 points1 point ago

As long as they wait until the lights are out and we're at commercial to make out, nothing ruined today.

[–]sebaz 0 points1 point ago

...directed by Tim Burton.

[–]bobaa 0 points1 point ago

Only one thing truly frightening here. What the fuck happened to Ernie's ducky?

[–]Librarina86 0 points1 point ago

Sat across from them on MARTA this weekend. DragonCon decimated my childhood...

[–]int3rwebz3 0 points1 point ago

What the dick?

[–]OccamsCat 0 points1 point ago

Ernie looks like he has Joker scars.

[–]rectus_dominus 0 points1 point ago

It's a shame that in 2012 these guys were still never able to get married.

[–]Wolligepoes 0 points1 point ago

Hey Brt! Hey Brt! There's a banana in my ars! Neau Ernie, Thats me.

[–]TheTalkingCamelAnus 0 points1 point ago

I immediately thought this would be a gay sex thing. Relieved.

[–]dbtoppers 0 points1 point ago

[–]momster 0 points1 point ago

My original Bert and Ernie

[–]spink00 0 points1 point ago

Aaaaand it's gone.

[–]juhesihcaaa 1 point2 points ago

This isn't really WTF. I think it's pretty badass. The make up work is amazing.

[–]TheBoy88 1 point2 points ago

How can that be the real Bert, when he's right here!?

[–]avenlanzer 0 points1 point ago

That's just an old picture of his younger years.

[–]feor1300 1 point2 points ago

They did not age well.

Though I think Adam Savage should talk Jamie into getting a hold of these costumes and joining him for AdamIncognito next Comicon. :)

[–]dankability 1 point2 points ago

I think the guy dressed as Bert might be the creepy old dude from the Six Flags commercials.

[–]PLPintheNYC -1 points0 points ago

:O

[–]Horse-Badorties 0 points1 point ago

Bert's unibrow has undergone mitosis.

[–]amp138 -2 points-1 points ago

I am so over this

[–]HammerOfJustice -3 points-2 points ago

Were they naked from the waist down? That would have ben worse.

[–]ARedFez 0 points1 point ago

Tom Baker?

[–]Aspirations49 0 points1 point ago

I was expecting porn.

[–]jonbowen -2 points-1 points ago

I knew they were gay!

[–]spameggsspamandspam -2 points-1 points ago

That's not their real hair.

[–]Exctmonk -2 points-1 points ago

Do they start making out in the rest of the set?

[–]RavenSekhmet 0 points1 point ago

I see op was at dragoncon

[–]DawnOfTheTruth -2 points-1 points ago

Why did this remind me of Cheech and Chong?

[–]PaladinSato -2 points-1 points ago

If I saw them in real life I would grab my kids and go far away.

[–]confirmed44 -2 points-1 points ago

Are these actual people or are they wearing makeup?

[–]MT_Flesch 0 points1 point ago

masks

[–]babums -2 points-1 points ago

They look like they live in Halloweentown.

[–]inmate655321 -2 points-1 points ago

[–]inmate655321 0 points1 point ago

Thanks much.

[–]LudwigVanLobster 1 point2 points ago

Wow, that's even worse than this...

[–]nuggetbarrel -2 points-1 points ago

Why are they really old looking?

[–]avenlanzer 0 points1 point ago

because they are both pushing seventy?

[–]nuggetbarrel 0 points1 point ago

But puppets don't age.

[–]avenlanzer 0 points1 point ago

But this is the flesh version, so they would.

[–]boids -2 points-1 points ago

dude fuck yea those look like some cool as neighbors

[–]aftermath966 -1 points0 points ago

They look like burn victims.

[–]R3M_X -1 points0 points ago

Reminded me of jackass.

[–]xActaAD -3 points-2 points ago

I was expecting an Asian person...

[–]Nico00 -1 points0 points ago

why didn't they just get a normal rubber duck?

[–]actinonn -1 points0 points ago

Ernie is Matt Smith?

[–]mowin1 0 points1 point ago

These guys did an awesome job. Their names are Jay Maloney (Ernie) and Joe Daft (Bert).

[–]writerat 0 points1 point ago

[–]talixx -4 points-3 points ago

they look like villains you might find in Gotham

[–]TheSweetPicklesBus 1 point2 points ago

Or Dick Tracy!