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[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Newgrounds and flash animation in general.

Shock humour.

Also the intersection of these two, these flash games with jumpscares that were all the rage for a while there in the mid 2000's. Fucking hated that shit and it got to the point that I started telling people I had a heart condition to guilt trip them into not doing that kind of shit to me (I don't, but I detest jumpscares with a passion)

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Oh man, loved me some Exmortis though

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[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm so glad I had enough insight to avoid the more awful animations/ games featuring characters from my childhood.

Some things were good like Final Fantasy A+, but a lot was weird fanfiction at best and really disturbing at worst.

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Flash animation? What's wrong with Flash animation? I like Flash animation! ...Hey that owl's talkin' about me!

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[–] CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I always found that part weird. Like they threw in masons randomly just so the audience could have a "plausibly vanilla whitey" to relate to. Surely the fascists of the mid century didn't actually target free masons.... Surely clueless

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is that clueless emoji supposed to indicate that you actually are aware that mid-century fascists targeted Freemasons?

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[–] CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

No I'm actually unaware, I thought that was made up

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Freemasons have been the subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories ever since the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, so Freemasons did face some amount of persecution in Nazi Germany and other fascist regimes as supposed "agents of the Jewish conspiracy"

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[–] CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Huh, okay good to know B )

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago

Shock humour.

On the one hand thank god morons like Dan Cook and Carlos Mencia are gone. But on the other hand I feel like general right-wing chuddery has replaced them.

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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Sitcoms, fuck "Two and a Half Men".

I feel like sitcoms are still around - Abbott Elementary is pretty popular right now. Stuff like bazinga and Schitt's Creek were also huge.

I would say "maybe they're marginally better", but I'm not really into the genre to speak on it

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[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Abbott is pretty good

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[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

I can't feel nostalgic for Newgrounds at all despite using it occasionally as a teenager. Most of the content was garbage and there was a horrible site culture of racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, etc. That site always sucked.