▲ 112 ▼ What's something you used to like as a kid that you now, as an adult, realize had some pretty fucked up messaging? (hexbear.net) submitted 3 years ago* by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net 344 comments fedilink hide all child comments For me it's Dragon Ball Z, that was a pretty fucked up show tbh. Like holy shit, all the characters are terrible people except maybe Gohan and Trunks.
[+] eatmyass@hexbear.net 21 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 16 points 3 years ago* I have real and visceral anger towards South Park and also Family Guy and Call of Duty, which was the unholy trinity of what middle school boys were into when I was in middle school. This resonates with me so much. The first I ever learned of climate change was through my friends telling me it wasn't real because that's what they heard on South Park and then showing me the Al Gore manbearpig clip. I don't think society has yet had a reckoning with how damaging those shows were. To this day there's still that persistent belief (largely derived from South Park consumers themselves) that they aren't influenced by the entertainment they consume while parroting what the entertainment taught them anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 16 points 3 years ago* I have real and visceral anger towards South Park and also Family Guy and Call of Duty, which was the unholy trinity of what middle school boys were into when I was in middle school. This resonates with me so much. The first I ever learned of climate change was through my friends telling me it wasn't real because that's what they heard on South Park and then showing me the Al Gore manbearpig clip. I don't think society has yet had a reckoning with how damaging those shows were. To this day there's still that persistent belief (largely derived from South Park consumers themselves) that they aren't influenced by the entertainment they consume while parroting what the entertainment taught them anyway. permalink fedilink source parent