Slow-motion video baby's laughter

I enjoyed this video of an adorable baby laughing in slow motion, especially the creepy low-pitched laughter. Link (Thanks, Chris!)

[#1 posted by Brett Burton , June 17, 2008 10:20 AM]

Damn, that's amazing. How'd they get that baby to laugh in slow motion like that? Must be a pretty smart baby.

[#2 posted by strider_mt2k , June 17, 2008 10:24 AM]

Stop...can't...breathe...laughing...

[#3 posted by Mecharius , June 17, 2008 10:33 AM]

I just had horrifying visions of being a toy for a god-like toddler and hearing that creepy laugh as it pulled my arm off...

[#4 posted by lava , June 17, 2008 10:36 AM]

Well that's a damn credible super villain laugh.

I'll destroy the world unless you give me... One Milly-yon Dollars..(cue baby..)

[#5 posted by ZippySpincycle , June 17, 2008 10:46 AM]

No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to burp me.

[#6 posted by Giovanni , June 17, 2008 11:31 AM]

I didn't laugh because that was the creepiest thing Ive ever seen.

[#7 posted by Jelf , June 17, 2008 11:45 AM]

It doesn't sound like it's laughing, it sounds like it's dying.

[#8 posted by macisaguy , June 17, 2008 12:00 PM]

well that was incredibly disturbing.

[#9 posted by Ned613 , June 17, 2008 12:18 PM]

I'd like to hear it at double the normal rate. Now that would be cute!

[#10 posted by Sethum , June 17, 2008 12:31 PM]

Something about the laugh makes me wonder if it isn't some guy dubbing his own laugh over the clip's audio.
Either way, frickin' hilarious.

[#11 posted by Tenn , June 17, 2008 1:02 PM]

It doesn't sound like it's laughing, it sounds like it's dying.

Right! I thought it was an old man coughing/clearing his throat (when it finally loaded in my background tab).

[#12 posted by Robbo , June 17, 2008 2:05 PM]

That is SO Bert Lahr!!!

ZOMG!

[#13 posted by DCE , June 17, 2008 2:58 PM]

This was - inexplicably - profoundly funny to me. Everyone in my office turned to stare as I cracked up. Even now, I'm wiping tears from my eyes it was so funny.

But why? What is it that's so funny to those of us who "get" it?

My theory is that this is somehow tapping into some primordial parenting instinct or an ancient simian signal for socializing in a friendly way. Can we get Oliver Sacks or the Radio Lab guys to look into it?

[#14 posted by padster123 , June 17, 2008 3:09 PM]

freaky. Fascinating. But what is REALLY scary is the idiotic comments on the linked page (No - not here, on the video page). My god, the world is full of complete morons.

[#15 posted by MaximusNYC , June 17, 2008 4:56 PM]

Positively Lynchian.

[#16 posted by ndollak , June 17, 2008 5:33 PM]

Love it! I used to play around with recording equipment --- still love to do so --- and that reminds me of the fun we'd have playing tapes fast, slow, backward. Playing tapes on a Walkman with a dying battery can be pretty funny too at times.

One person's comment (on the linked page) cracked me up: "Sounds like Satan took acid, then got drunk..."

It also reminds me of a time I hit the "pause" button on the VCR during a commercial for a sandwich spread. The shot was of an adorable little happily eating her sandwich. But the frozen image on the screen made it look as though she'd just realized she'd bitten into a sandwich full of poo or something!

[#17 posted by Amphigorey , June 17, 2008 10:02 PM]

Gross.

God, what is it with all the pro-baby stuff on boingboing lately? Is it because Cory just sprogged?

[#18 posted by Antinous , June 17, 2008 10:24 PM]

Amphigorey,

Some people think that children are Wonderful Things. I'm sorry if your life experience doesn't reflect that.

[#19 posted by oliver dyas , June 18, 2008 6:31 AM]

Vladimir Harkonnen.

[#20 posted by Amphigorey , June 18, 2008 6:12 PM]

Some people do. Not everyone does. Your children are not necessarily Wonderful Things to anybody but you. In fact, lots of people think they're irritating, ugly, and unappealing.

[#21 posted by Takuan , June 18, 2008 6:31 PM]

then take the advice given to steampunk haters and go away from what annoys you

[#22 posted by Agent 86 , June 19, 2008 2:07 AM]

Come on, you can't say that baby's first lemon party isn't a Wonderful Thing.