If that wasn’t abstract enough … there was Ren & Stimpy.
At least they gave us Rocko to let us know what adulting would be like before we got there.
Blew my mind when I learned Rocko was a sex phone line operator.
Laundry day is indeed a very dangerous day.
But Ren & Stimpy was never meant for kids afaik.
It was on Nickelodeon before they had like 7 different channels tailored to each demographic.
And the creator is a creepy groomer (allegedly)
Every episode of that show was like a fucking fever dream.
How about cow and chicken?
It was and still is an amazing cartoon and it would still teach a lesson to the average incel in 2023.
Cartoon Network Exec: Woah, momma!
Also he's ripped af, probably on steroids and uses sunglasses all the time
Wait what’s wrong with wearing sunglasses ?
He probably stoned AF
He also talks like Elvis? But he’s blonde and also it’s never actually addressed.
Pretty sure Johnny was canonically 19 - it's still cringey if it were real life but WAY less weird.
I agree with exec
Catdog was even stranger
As a youngling I have always wondered how do they poop, and even today that question haunts me.
Seems like old cat dog have mastered the three day poop challenge huh?
That 30 years old guy was already 30 years old 20 years ago. He should be about 50 years old now.
Cartoons used to be hillarious. Now they're just... boring if you ask me. I stopped watching CN after Steven Universe started, that was the last straw, I just couldn't watch any more of that BS.
Have you ever watched any of The Amazing World of Gumball?
OMG, I forgot about that one, lol 😂. Yeah, from these new shows, that is one is most defintely worth it, love Gumball ☺️.
I thought Rick & Morty was amazing for the first season and then I saw the man behind the curtain. They had no idea what they were doing, huh.
Steven Universe started out seeming goofy, but turned out to be a fantastic coming of age story though; Genuinely one of my favorite cartoons of all time. Excellent world building and does a great job of handling complicated emotional topics without infantilizing the viewer.
If you only saw the first couple of episodes, you should definitely give it a proper watch. If nothing else, give the song "Here Comes a Thought" a listen, I assure you it's worth the time investment
I just don't like it, too serious for my taste, not enough humor, and the little humor it does have, it's borderline funny. The main reson I don't like it is exactly that, it's like a self help show. I wanna be entertained, not drown in depression elaborating emotions. My wife does that, I have enough of that in my life, don't need a show to do that as well.
Basically, I want humor in cartoons. IMO, they're made to entertain, period. Some of the old shows may not have had adequate humor for children, granted (though I think it depends on the child, I've watched most of those shows while growing up and IMO they were all great), but that doesn't mean they weren't funny. They were hillarious. Cartoons nowadays are too serious, always mixing emotions and how to deal with them. My guess is that parrents noways wanna leave this educational aspect of the child to the TV too, so my guess is that kids watch these things cuz they don't get any input from their parrents regarding these complicated subjects.
One of my all time favourite cartoons. That and ed edd and eddy
Fucking loved Ed, Edd, and Eddy. All time favorite as a kid.
Not wild, just good.
Was it really for kids? It was a cartoon yes, but so was Ren and Stimpy
Ren & Stimpy was for teenagers.
pretty sure it was just foreshadowing for redditor's
Fuck yeaahhh dude
I mean even Spongebob sounds like a wild acid trip written down like that: "A sponge and his best friend, a sea star, have adventures with a squirrel underwater."
