And this is no different. It also seems that I ritualistically watch some TV series non-stop during finals week.
Well, I've had Cartoon Network's website up and I'm streaming through the first season of Pokemon. This surely has something to do with my current obsession with Crystal version. Not sure why I've gone Poke-crazy recently... I haven't played a game in years.
In 2009 I watched Invader Zim.
In 2008 I watched The Simpsons.
I also just realized that it's always a cartoon from my childhood...
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Currently Playing: Super Mario Galaxy, Pokemon Crystal
Currently Reading: Han Solo's Revenge
I envy you! I have an AP U.S. History exam on Friday, and I'm nervous as hell... I'm shooting for at least a 3; however, my multiple choice practice isn't that great... The writing will probably end up saving me... It's not that I'm bad at History... They ask really dumb questions <_<.
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I'm done with my classes and I laugh at you for not having finished yours.
I got a 4 on the APUSH exam.
Also: this is a fun little gem from the Pokemon episode "The School of Hard Knocks". When the kid shows the gang the picture of Giselle, Ash and Brock comment on how attractive she is.
Brock says: "She can violate my rights!"
Of course I never caught that as a 10 year old, but DAMN that was hilarious as a 22 year old.
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Currently Playing: Super Mario Galaxy, Pokemon Crystal
Currently Reading: Han Solo's Revenge
Also... there's straight up knockers in "Hypno's Nap Time" when the lady runs at Ash. In fact... all you see is her chest.
So... much dirtier than when I was 11.
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Currently Playing: Super Mario Galaxy, Pokemon Crystal
Currently Reading: Han Solo's Revenge
Yeah, I find a lot of the older cartoons were dirty. In Rocko's Modern Life they had a restaurant called "Chokey Chicken."
I'd rather them be dirty and have the kids not get it than what cartoons seem to be doing now days which is getting really disgusting. Seriously. Just watch a new episode of Sponge Bob sometime. It is nothing like what it used to be and there's usually something disgusting in it.
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Holy **** we're in the Matrix? - Willis
^ I'm pretty sure that all new "kids" shows are based solely on sex and the desire to be an adult. They're all about fame and glory (mostly due to this new music popstar obsession that Nickelodeon and Disney have) and being beautiful. And they use words like "sexy", "sucks", "Oh my God", and so on. I don't remember that in MY childhood. Now, I use those words in my everyday vernacular... but I dunno if I'd want my 9 year old using it.
Anyways, point is that TV was better when I was a kid. I'll take Hey Arnold!, The Angry Beavers, Pokemon, KaBlam!, and Invader ZIM over Spongebob Squarepants, iCarly, Hannah Montana, and whatever else the networks slop out these days.
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"A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." - George Lucas
From: Pooty Boy | Posted: 5/5/2010 8:20:40 AM | #007
…but I dunno if I'd want my 9 year old using it.
Didn't you use "sucks" and "oh my God" freely as a nine-year-old? What's the sense in having double standards for children versus adults? And why do you think that keeping these phrases out of children's television would keep them out of children's tongues? Do you suppose children aren't listening when grown-ups say these things?
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The Albino Formerly Known as Mimir
^ No, I didn't. I actually had a pretty clean childhood and I think I turned out pretty well because of it. I think kids these days try to grow up too fast and the media only facilitates this. Look at someone like Miley Cyrus. She's what... 17 or so now? When she was 15 the media wanted her to act 21 and be "sexy".
To me there's just something wrong there.
I'm not sure if there is a double standard though. Children and adults are quite different. Let kids be kids I say. If not, we could possibly see the number of pregnant 12 year olds skyrocket over the next few decades.
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"A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." - George Lucas
I guess I'll have to take your word for it about the cleanliness of your language as a nine-year-old.
I agree that the sexual objectification of fifteen-year-olds is reprehensible, although I find the sexual objectification of adults no less reprehensible.
From: Pooty Boy | Posted: 5/5/2010 8:58:49 AM | #009
Let kids be kids I say. If not, we could possibly see the number of pregnant 12 year olds skyrocket over the next few decades.
How would saying "sucks" and "oh my God" make a twelve-year-old less likely to use contraception?
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The Albino Formerly Known as Mimir
^ That was more so a shot at the sexual desires that are thrown at children at a younger and younger age. Kids should not be having sex at that age - PERIOD. I don't care if you have contraception. Please AT LEAST be in close to the age of 18 before you start having sex. I get that 16 and 17 year olds are gonna do it. But to me there's a huge difference between a 16 year old and even a 14 year old.
As far as the language goes I just feel that it's a bit inappropriate. But that's just a personal factor.
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"A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." - George Lucas
Okay, for a moment there I thought you believed there was slippery slope from foul language to sex. I'm glad you don't. If you feel that children saying "oh my God" is only "a bit inappropriate", I guess I shouldn't give you a hard time about it. We all have our own arbitrary tastes. Instead, I'll give you a hard time about "Kids should not be having sex at that age - PERIOD." How do you justify that, while still believing that sex among adults is perfectly acceptable? I can see some justification for full-fledged sex-positivity, and I am myself antisexual, but I don't see a happy medium here.
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The Albino Formerly Known as Mimir
I believe again I may only be able to give you a biased answer. Other than the fact that it is "socially" unacceptable, I think that kids of that age aren't ready. It's a game of "what ifs". What if you get pregnant? Can a 14 year old girl successfully mother a child in today's society? Probably not. I mean yeah there are some successful cases, but more than likely it is a disaster.
I again think it's just a personally immoral subject. I'm no saint - I'm not saying wait until marriage. I don't care. But at least be an "adult" first. To me it is an adult act so one must BE an adult to perform it.
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"A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." - George Lucas