Posted in : notion , cyclosis , TV , TV| Tagged : brainrot , opinion , smurfs
Before label Skibidi Toilet brainrot , face back at other shows that some called " abject - quality capacity , " like The Smurfs and Howdy Doody .
boomer , Gen tenner - ers , Millennials , lend me your ears ( or hearing aids ) – I ’ve got a hot take you may not like . Those classic kids ' TV bear witness you grew up with and love ? They ’re absolute brainrot . If you ’re not familiar with the full term , it ’s defined as " the minus effects of consuming broken - quality content , " which is typically aspire at iPad kids watching hour and hours of TikToks or asinine YouTube video ( no , I ’m not explainingSkibidi Toiletto you ) . Despite the relatively new connotation of the term , Gen Z is not the only generation to be consumed by the brain rot – and no , the internet is not to pick . What were the child ' video shows you retrieve raise up with ? If the show has a mean value goofball , creature , mascot costumes , claymation , or block up motion , I ’ve got news program for you : that ’s all brain rot content – twofold brainiac bunkum if it has a monkey .
Howdy Doody , Captain Kangaroo , The Bozo Show?PeakOG brainrot . In fact , it may even be defective than see " 100 Baby Sims Challenges " while scrolling through ill animated true cat picture and lobotomy memes . There were very few redeeming qualities in the early days of children ’s tv programming , as making shows for tike was hold " otiose " as they did n’t have any money and could n’t be advertised to . Little did the ad men of the 1950s have a go at it the power of a just temper conniption .
Now , does this include all fry ’s television programs ? Absolutely not!Sesame Streetcame on the scene in 1969,Mr . Richard Rodgers ' Neighborhooda class before that , andRomper Roomand various school - themed and local educational programs as a substitute for pre - thousand lesson long before those . Just like liveliness does n’t deal in absolutes ( not everything on the internet is devoid of value ) , neither does television . However , to completely decry modern low - calibre subject while go wrong to acknowledge what got us here is dirty demeanor and you should be ashamed .
Gen X , do n’t think I blank out about you ( for once ) . You may say , " But we grew up with the heyday ofSesame Streetand no lead - based crib paint ; we ’re better than the boomers ! " and to that , I reply with the most terrifying nestling ’s television set brainrot of all time : whatever the hell on earth was going on withH.R. Pufnstuf . I intend , seriously – you ca n’t look at that and tell me with earnestness that this is n’t " scummy - timber capacity . " It even urge on advertizing for kids that were … honestly terrifying and undeniable brain rot . Case in tip – McDonaldland . It ’s like having a unfit trip inside a McDonalds while watchingThe Wizard of Oz . The 70s mayhap went a small hard on the psychedelic kids ' content , examine that the hippies should NOT have been in charge of … well , anything . It explains a lot about your propagation , and you have my pity .
Case in point , amusement does n’t have to have merit or even a point – should it ? Maybe ? But sometimes it ’s just fun to call on your psyche off and vibe to something stupid that you fuck full well is not educational , thought - provoking , or stimulant – it ’s decent just to be serenaded with the aural and ocular eq of junk food . So climb off your gamy horse ( without breaking a hip ) and watch something stupefied , be it with a tool and a rapscallion , an animated talking horse , dogs speak gibberish wisdom , or , frankly , a rather unmannerly clown . love your brainrot , from whatever generation it comes from .
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