Once a Year, a Nightmarish King Cake Baby Roams New Orleans (atlasobscura.com) 8 points by Slansitartop 8y ago ↗ HN
[–] phyzome 8y ago ↗ I think part of what makes it creepy is the disproportionately "small" arms; the body of the costume is chubby like a baby, so in comparison the normal-size adult arms look spindly. People don't seem to like spindly. [–] IntronExon 8y ago ↗ Plus it has the eyes of someone who's been on a meth binge!
[–] trevyn 8y ago ↗ Is this of particular interest to hackers? Did I miss something? [–] fluxic 8y ago ↗ Don't diss King Cake Baby [–] davesque 8y ago ↗ Maybe not specifically but it was Mardi Gras two days ago. [–] code_duck 8y ago ↗ I thought it might turn out to be somewhat interesting, and then it just turned out to be basically a sports mascot?
[–] code_duck 8y ago ↗ I thought it might turn out to be somewhat interesting, and then it just turned out to be basically a sports mascot?
[–] egypturnash 8y ago ↗ “...the King Cake baby bestows good luck upon its recipient, who, according to tradition, must bring the cake to the party the following year.”In modern practice the next party is more like “next week”. Or earlier; see this graph: https://dirtycoast.com/products/king-cake-consumption-print?...
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 30.8 ms ] threadIn modern practice the next party is more like “next week”. Or earlier; see this graph: https://dirtycoast.com/products/king-cake-consumption-print?...