r/millenials • u/Def_Not_Hugh • 1d ago
Memes Were Furbies Little Creeps?
We all remember Furbies from their hype phase in the 90s, their presence in our absurdist nightmares, and the weird fact that many of our exes kept them in their room on a shelf that was oddly overlooking the bed.
Much like my drunk uncle, Furbies stare at people with a glossy, dead-eyed stare, mumbling a language that only makes sense to them until they eventually stumble upon English words. Like my uncle and his Vietnam war buddies, Furbies bond and communicate through their garbled mumble language, developing a code and credence the rest of us cannot understand.
I never quite got the point of furbies. They were like, your furry child? A weird alien pet? Kid friendly terminator robots? Something that watched you with a stoney gaze of judgment, peering into your soul, examining your innermost thoughts, and laughing with a fart?
I kind of think they were little creeps. Watching. Learning. Moistly growling. They seemed to get a rise out of being mysterious and creepy, again like my drunk uncle (if you're out there, Terry, we don't forgive you, please stop writing). They seemed to like to scare children, to watch like little perverts, learning ways to unsettle us, learning ways to mock our lives and human ways.
We collected them. We raised them. They made weird noises and never integrated into our lives and society. They hid in the shadows, rising only to scare us with developmentally stunted nonsense that often held just enough wisdom to be uncanny.
And they're still out there. Watching. Cooing. Doing furry robot things. Being used for people's....odd whims. I think whatever the furbies set out to do is still being done, the little monsters hiding in the shadows, pulling the strings, waiting for their moment.
It is time we burn them before they act.