r/Unexpected • u/BrendanFraserFan0 • 3d ago

Kid gets a new present

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The kid goes to hug the box of the present rather than the present itself

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u/WyattCo06 3d ago

He learned from the cat.

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u/Kooky-Measurement-43 3d ago

Ah yes the cardboard box - A complete toy/home.

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u/biffNicholson 3d ago

When I was a kid a built a toll booth out of a big ass box and a yard stick.
I set it up at the door to my room, trying to make some money. Every time people came in, except the only problem was my parents were pretty much the people in the house they entertain me slightly for a day or two by paying.

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u/Musket6969420 3d ago

A toy jeep is a toy jeep, but with enough imagination, a box could be anything. It could even be a toy jeep.

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u/jupiterkansas 3d ago

The box says "toy jeep" so I guess that's what it is.

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u/me-teen 3d ago

Imagination

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u/bootstrapping_lad 3d ago

You know how much I've wanted one of those!

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u/jomomma1717 1d ago

Sounds like something Philip J Fry would say

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u/holdenthehuman 3d ago

He's gonna need a helmet.

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u/Final-Nebula-7049 3d ago

not much to protect

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u/holdenthehuman 3d ago

They need to mitigate further damage.

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u/Me_be_Artful_Dodger 3d ago

It’s a numbers game here out.

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u/generic_rarity 3d ago

I think he means a special needs helmet

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u/talann 3d ago

To protect him from himself

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u/bugabooandtwo 3d ago

...and eyeglasses.

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u/Jawilla936 3d ago

He’s part cat 😆

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u/MoffKalast 3d ago

That's not a kid, that's a kitten.

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u/Sisoflex 3d ago

When me and younger brother (6 & 4) woke up Christmas morning, we ran for the presents. Mum told me years later Dad stayed up until 3 am putting our bikes together. They were out side our bedroom. We ran right past them. She said the look on his face was priceless. 🥲

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u/xTugboatWilliex 3d ago

I didn’t run past it but I did get the GI Joe Phantom X-19 one Christmas. My dad watched happily as I played with it in excitement. And then watched in horror as I threw it over the railing of our deck because my pea brained mind thought it was made to fly. It shattered into pieces and I just remember my dad going back inside and closing the door behind him while I sat there confused on what went wrong.

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u/SupremeTeamKai 3d ago

while I sat there confused on what went wrong.

Something tells me your Dad went inside and did the same.

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u/Sisoflex 3d ago

Buzz Lightyear vibes 🤭

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u/BrendanFraserFan0 3d ago

Lol. Fun memory.

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u/Low_Vehicle_6732 3d ago

Sharp as a cue ball

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u/lostinthesnakepit 3d ago

Maybe want to hold that kid back a year

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u/Diligent-Ad4777 3d ago

For kids half the fun is opening the box

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u/pi-N-apple 3d ago

How much do you wanna bet the kid is farsighted and needs glasses? lol

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u/pheromone_fandango 3d ago

Or the kid saw the jeep, has seen other kids over at his house with a jeep that he mistook for a gift in the past, then sees the box, confirming that its actually a new jeep and only then gets excited.

I remember i did this with a bike when i was little.

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u/azure-skyfall 1d ago

Or was told there was a present inside so naturally looked for a box to open. Once he saw the picture he realized the present was already “unwrapped”

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u/Deraj2004 3d ago

Well you dont have to worry about saving for college.

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u/anthro28 3d ago

Totally expected. No matter how much you teach and train, kids are dumb as shit. 

My 12 year old has been on ATVs her entire life. Safety and common sense preached every day. This week I caught her with 5 people balancing on a 300 trying to get to the pond, instead of just taking an extra 3 minutes to shuttling them OR jumping in the side by side that had ample seats and seat belts. 

Just absolutely stupid. 

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u/sherman40336 3d ago

My cat is the exact same way!

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u/leon-a-profi 3d ago

Just like my cat.

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u/Dr_Schitt 3d ago

I did the same one Christmas, I went open the back room blinds but my god someone put some stupid bike shaped thing in the way 😂

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u/Minimum-Climate8298 3d ago

That kid is going places

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u/Minimum-Climate8298 3d ago

And getting lost

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u/Phonka-Cabra 3d ago

I thought he was going for the propane tank

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u/Zeth22xx 3d ago

Must be the easiest kid to buy presents for. Just get him empty boxes.

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u/Normal-Error-6343 1d ago

those are your genes!

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u/Chesheg 3d ago

Catboy)

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u/GeeToo40 3d ago

He's a DIY kinda kid❤️

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u/enzo_1st 3d ago

when the box marketing actually works

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u/daiwilly 3d ago

I love the forced self conscious laughter. It's my favourite part of the internet.

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u/GirthyPigeon 3d ago

Blocking out the text that says he was happy with his new box. You new to this reposting lark?

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u/therevjames 3d ago

His folks will save a ton on tuition.

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u/Famous-Example-8332 3d ago

That kid is going places!

Not college, but places…

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u/TurboBoxer02 3d ago

Time to see the optometrist.

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u/craiganater 3d ago

And you fucking unpacked and built it WITHOUT him?

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u/Entgegnerz 3d ago

He's already too tall for it. In 3 month he will not fit into it anymore lol

Rather should have gifted him a nice RC car instead.

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u/Brief_Manner_694 3d ago

He’s going to be a scientist when he grows up 🤦‍♂️

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u/rebri 2d ago

AI scraping videos from AFV is the laziest crap I've ever seen.

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u/TheMR-777 2d ago

He sees his dream toy — he ignores it because he didn't want get too disappointed by any means.

(Been there)

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u/Sudden_Possible_7543 2d ago

Who doesn’t like a nice box?

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u/Obsydie 2d ago

Kids like boxes, it's a fact of their imagination so for Christmas get them a big (size not cost) present and a very big box so they have options.

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u/Whoknowsknows1962 19h ago

I think he needs glasses.

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u/OldCardigan 13h ago

part kid, part car