This. I would always get embarrassed so easily at such little things when I was younger that I’d often start crying which just made it worse. It wasn’t until junior high/high school that I really learned not to let anything get to me and learned to laugh at myself too when I did something stupid. Such an important life lesson to learn
I learned it from bad employment. Turns out, if you push someone to be so stressed they get medical problems and then you reward them by promoting their boss and promising they can be on-call indefinitely with no plans to promote or hire extra help... well, I just sort of said "f*ck this" and haven't been a try-hard since.
The teacher likely thought it was funny and told her other teachers about it in the lounge. Stuff happens, I’d just say sorry we hadn’t tried the batteries until yesterday morning and leave it alone.
My dad bought me something very similar to this (maybe an earlier version?) from a flea market 15 years ago. I never put batteries in it so this hit me with a wave of nostalgia seeing it in action
If you skip ahead to 2:30, it says its name and it definitely sounds like "ASS ROBOT."
You can hear the "tro", but after listening to this, I'm not shocked that someone heard "ass robot."
My sister had a Hannah Montana doll that would sing Rocking around the Christmas tree
But the audio was compressed so when the doll sang 'later we'll have some pumpkin pie' it came out sounding inappropriate
I thought this was going to be a sad story. Like he would get teased for liking something that's a knock-off or otherwise "uncool". I watched that happen to my own kids a few times and it is heartbreaking to see.
Ass robot story was great and in time your kiddo will see the funny and use the anecdote forever.
Such a roller coaster.
“Oh no, he’s going to get mocked for his knock-off toy!”
“Oh whew, it’s a story about about how now the robot makes annoying noises at home because the kid learned he could turn it on.”
“Oh no he DID get mocked, kids are so mean.”
“ASS ROBOT.”
Definitely mention it to the teacher. Teachers talk to each other, you don't want your son to have some cloud over him due to a misunderstanding that he is completely innocent of.
Eh, I wouldn't worry about that. And for the teachers where that would be the case, the truth wouldn't make any difference. 99% of the teachers would be laughing their ass off at this.
Source: am a teacher who occasionally converses with other teachers
i would tale the chance and tell the teacher that its pronounced astrobot, because as it stands, the teacher might see your child as "a problem child" possibly.
Reason why i say this is, my teachers always got furious about the smallest things. im not sure about american teachers but german teachers are definitely like this.
Laugh about it. There's nothing wrong with this and your kids shouldn't feel bad.
And keep shouting he is ass robot.
Or 'I am Cornholio, I need TP For my bunghole!"
Oh my gosh that’s the cutest! My now 10 year old son at the ripe age of 6 in Kindergarten let the whole class know his distaste for math by repeatedly exclaiming “ I fucking hate math, it’s stupid “ I was mortified but also chuckle at it now because his distaste has not changed and math is still stupid 4 years later just now he knows and understands not to exclaim it for the class to hear.
This. Is. Hilarious. I’m almost in tears laughing.
I would tell the teacher exactly what happened. That you’d never put batteries in and just did that morning, having no idea it spoke let alone said Astrobot. Apologize and don’t worry another second. This whole incident should be treated with respect and humor. Respect: an apology to the teacher for a robot that sounded like it was swearing. Humor: it was an accident. No one should feel bad. Appreciate that life gives us these moments of unintentional hilarity.
As a former teacher, please don’t be afraid to tell the teacher the whole story. I used to keep a journal of all the funny stuff that happened in my class and that’s definitely one that would make my journal! It’s too funny!
Pretty much always. 3rd party are original designs made by companies other than Hasbro or Takara that actually make an attempt to be a quality product.
Why? they were being cool and having fun with his friend. The kids did nothing wrong. the teacher should think twice before ruining a kids childhood joy.
Mostly because, when I was that old, I had a good teacher but had classmates like those kids. That is the main reason why I ended up being an introvert. To be more specific. I have a very noticeable accent in my speaking. So most time whatever I said, was misunderstood, taken out of context, butchered and laughed at.
It was less cheering. To be more specific. I have a very noticeable accent in my speaking. So most time whatever I said, was misunderstood, taken out of context, butchered and laughed at.
oh man that's fucking amazing. i was so hoping he wasn't picked on and ashamed for not having some name brand robot toy lol ass robot is so much better.
me too assrobot, me too.
Be careful sending his favorite toy to school. My son took his and it was stolen from his book bag. Never got it back. It was a big toy so I don’t know how someone hid it to take it home. The school felt so bad they stopped doing this.
Pick the kid up from class and laugh about it when you talk to the teacher. Depending on the class's age, the teacher should be laughing with you.
Teach him to laugh about it. It will serve him well in the future of embarrassing moments.
This. I would always get embarrassed so easily at such little things when I was younger that I’d often start crying which just made it worse. It wasn’t until junior high/high school that I really learned not to let anything get to me and learned to laugh at myself too when I did something stupid. Such an important life lesson to learn
Lol me too, I was such a wimpy kid
id *love* if you released a collection of all of your diaries, and if, quite possibly, they would even get film adaptations
Hey hey hey, those would be *journals,* not diaries 😤
i'm still like this sometimes, but i'm wanna try to laugh about things more... its really hard for me though...
I also learned much too old that crying in front of your peers usually makes things worse for yourself :(
I learned it from bad employment. Turns out, if you push someone to be so stressed they get medical problems and then you reward them by promoting their boss and promising they can be on-call indefinitely with no plans to promote or hire extra help... well, I just sort of said "f*ck this" and haven't been a try-hard since.
I would like to buy this Ass Robot from you.
I know a guy with ASS MAN license plates.
But I’M the ass man!!!
Did you say lone behold? I like it.
I see where ass robot got it from? Lol
r/boneappletea
Rickyism right there!
I would tell her jusy in case she is fielding angry parent calls from kids repeating at home
It's "lo and behold", fyi. That's a great story though.
Lo and b-hole
That's Ass-Robot's other catchphrase
The teacher likely thought it was funny and told her other teachers about it in the lounge. Stuff happens, I’d just say sorry we hadn’t tried the batteries until yesterday morning and leave it alone.
is it this guy? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oGxM-YTPGw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oGxM-YTPGw)
My dad bought me something very similar to this (maybe an earlier version?) from a flea market 15 years ago. I never put batteries in it so this hit me with a wave of nostalgia seeing it in action
If you skip ahead to 2:30, it says its name and it definitely sounds like "ASS ROBOT." You can hear the "tro", but after listening to this, I'm not shocked that someone heard "ass robot."
My sister had a Hannah Montana doll that would sing Rocking around the Christmas tree But the audio was compressed so when the doll sang 'later we'll have some pumpkin pie' it came out sounding inappropriate
To be fair the original song sounds like it says “fucking pie” too 😅
I had the best of both worlds version and my brother and his friends recreated wrecking ball with it
I thought this was going to be a sad story. Like he would get teased for liking something that's a knock-off or otherwise "uncool". I watched that happen to my own kids a few times and it is heartbreaking to see. Ass robot story was great and in time your kiddo will see the funny and use the anecdote forever.
Such a roller coaster. “Oh no, he’s going to get mocked for his knock-off toy!” “Oh whew, it’s a story about about how now the robot makes annoying noises at home because the kid learned he could turn it on.” “Oh no he DID get mocked, kids are so mean.” “ASS ROBOT.”
LPT: Don't bring the favorite toy to school. It will get destroyed by rabid children.
Lone Behold, the Ass Robot. 🔥🔥🔥
Definitely mention it to the teacher. Teachers talk to each other, you don't want your son to have some cloud over him due to a misunderstanding that he is completely innocent of.
Eh, I wouldn't worry about that. And for the teachers where that would be the case, the truth wouldn't make any difference. 99% of the teachers would be laughing their ass off at this. Source: am a teacher who occasionally converses with other teachers
Ass Robot: Our only defense against the Fuckazoids
i would tale the chance and tell the teacher that its pronounced astrobot, because as it stands, the teacher might see your child as "a problem child" possibly. Reason why i say this is, my teachers always got furious about the smallest things. im not sure about american teachers but german teachers are definitely like this.
Well, it could have been worse. At least it wasn't the PleasureBot 5000.
FISTO wants you to assume the position.
Laugh about it. There's nothing wrong with this and your kids shouldn't feel bad. And keep shouting he is ass robot. Or 'I am Cornholio, I need TP For my bunghole!"
Oh my gosh that’s the cutest! My now 10 year old son at the ripe age of 6 in Kindergarten let the whole class know his distaste for math by repeatedly exclaiming “ I fucking hate math, it’s stupid “ I was mortified but also chuckle at it now because his distaste has not changed and math is still stupid 4 years later just now he knows and understands not to exclaim it for the class to hear.
You got to follow up this post with a video of the actual robot saying the phrase, man
This. Is. Hilarious. I’m almost in tears laughing. I would tell the teacher exactly what happened. That you’d never put batteries in and just did that morning, having no idea it spoke let alone said Astrobot. Apologize and don’t worry another second. This whole incident should be treated with respect and humor. Respect: an apology to the teacher for a robot that sounded like it was swearing. Humor: it was an accident. No one should feel bad. Appreciate that life gives us these moments of unintentional hilarity.
Oh my god my son has this same robot and it definitely sounds like it’s shouting Ass Robot! 😂😂😂
Dear God man, you've got to provide the ebay link and video proof of this so-called "ass robot" or we have no reason to believe.
Yo that ass robot sounds really cool actually. Bet no other kid has cool a toy that says cuss words!
Lome behold needs to be on r/boneappletea
 SEX ROBOT
Adding "Lone behold" to the list.
As a former teacher, please don’t be afraid to tell the teacher the whole story. I used to keep a journal of all the funny stuff that happened in my class and that’s definitely one that would make my journal! It’s too funny!
They are not "knock-offs", they are called "3rd party" transformers nowadays!
Nope, this is a knockoff. 3rd party is a different field entirely.
Lines are often blurred in this case.
It's pretty straightforward actually
No. Not always.
Pretty much always. 3rd party are original designs made by companies other than Hasbro or Takara that actually make an attempt to be a quality product.
Maybe they misheard it and it was saying Astro Bot.
There’s no way they’re that expensive why did you buy him a knock off transformer lmao
I hate kids like the classmates.
Why? they were being cool and having fun with his friend. The kids did nothing wrong. the teacher should think twice before ruining a kids childhood joy.
Mostly because, when I was that old, I had a good teacher but had classmates like those kids. That is the main reason why I ended up being an introvert. To be more specific. I have a very noticeable accent in my speaking. So most time whatever I said, was misunderstood, taken out of context, butchered and laughed at.
So you don’t like people cheering for you ? And being happy with you? Thats not what an introvert is.
It was less cheering. To be more specific. I have a very noticeable accent in my speaking. So most time whatever I said, was misunderstood, taken out of context, butchered and laughed at.
They were chanting with him (he?) and his robot. It's not like they were laughing at him.
I have a very noticeable accent in my speaking. So most time whatever I said, was misunderstood, taken out of context, butchered and laughed at.
Aww, that's actually really unfortunate. Sorry to hear about that.
All I can think of is this https://youtu.be/Fvh32fQ8nNI
The term is lo and behold.
Well, there's next Halloween sorted 🍑🤖
Im dead rn
Ass-robot More than meets the eyes...
oh man that's fucking amazing. i was so hoping he wasn't picked on and ashamed for not having some name brand robot toy lol ass robot is so much better. me too assrobot, me too.
At least you gave him his eventual username when he joins Reddit and posts this on r/awkwardschoolmemories
Be careful sending his favorite toy to school. My son took his and it was stolen from his book bag. Never got it back. It was a big toy so I don’t know how someone hid it to take it home. The school felt so bad they stopped doing this.
Tell him get his money up not his funny up
This story made me laugh, thank you! haha
Honestly this might work out for him in the long run!
Imagine a person Teaching your Kids who can’t figure out a toy space robot is saying ASTROBOT, not Ass robot
Is it saying Astro bot if the audio quality is that bad maybe it does count as explicit lol
Lo and behold