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Husband Screams Watching Raccoon Washing Cotton Candy Viral Video

This image is a screenshot of a social media text post. The post author shares a short funny anecdote: they heard their husband scream "NOOOOOO!" loudly from another area of their home, rushed to check if he was hurt or in trouble, and found he was emotionally reacting to a famous viral video of a raccoon that tries to wash its cotton candy, only to be visibly upset when the treat fully dissolves in the water. The poster's username is redacted with black bars, and their profile picture is a cartoon headshot of Rajah the tiger from Disney's Aladdin.
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Heard my husband scream "NOOOOOO!" from across the house, ran to see if he was okay, then discovered him watching that video of the raccoon who tries to "wash" his cotton candy and then appear visibly upset when it dissolves in the water.

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This image is a screenshot of a social media text post. The post author shares a short funny anecdote: they heard their husband scream "NOOOOOO!" loudly from another area of their home, rushed to check if he was hurt or in trouble, and found he was emotionally reacting to a famous viral video of a raccoon that tries to wash its cotton candy, only to be visibly upset when the treat fully dissolves in the water. The poster's username is redacted with black bars, and their profile picture is a cartoon headshot of Rajah the tiger from Disney's Aladdin.

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This post is sourced from the RSS feed of Reddit's r/Meme subreddit, with the original post title asking viewers if they remember the referenced viral raccoon video. The video of the raccoon washing cotton candy first went viral across social media platforms in the mid-2010s, and is a widely referenced piece of internet culture known for being surprisingly emotionally affecting to viewers. The original author's username is censored in the shared screenshot.

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