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  • I like this so much better than all the bitching about how surreal and unfamiliar gen alpha’s shit is.

    Something that’s really novel when you’re a kid is taking a strange premise that seems like a one-off gag and making a whole narrative about it. It’s why we had flash cartoons built around the premise of “what if Mario met Sonic using DBZ rules” or why some of us watched hour-long amateur movies about the Nostalgia Critic. I’m not saying those things were good, but it’s really subversive when you first encounter it, and it’s emotionally satisfying to explore the potential of something you liked instead of letting it be a flash in the pan.

    So basically, when the kids try to tell me about the Skibidi Toilet’s ability to turn even the bleakest situation around, even though I have no idea what the FUCK they’re talking about, I understand why it’s so riveting to them.























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    You quoted the part where they said most people, but you’re replying as if they said most parents.

    Anyway, you’d hope people who don’t know all that would learn better after the kid comes out, but I know some people don’t. I can name two off the top of my head.







  • I think the absurdity is part of the joke, but you sound like me in that you enjoy your fiction in an incredibly literal way. I remember being into cartoons as a kid and needing grounded explanations for everything even though the characters’ lives essentially reset every 30 minutes.