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Friday Fun Thread for August 2, 2024

Be advised: this thread is not for serious in-depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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So are you saying you were watching MLP as a kid? Or are you one of the very weird people in that Wired article who is watching it as an adult? I watched the Disney afternoon lineup you mentioned, as a child home from school. I didn't turn it into a weird adult fandom with Baloo the bear fucking his sidekick Kit in Tailspin.

I’m your peer in age, approximately, but I never saw a reason to “grow out” of watching cartoons; I still enjoy them for their fun and fantasy. So do Lauren Faust, her husband Craig McCracken, their frequent collaborators Genndy Tartakovski and Rob Renzetti, and lots of other GenX and Millennial cartoon creators whose skill in the storytelling medium of 2D animation carry forward a century of tradition.

I found the MLP show when I was in deep depression, and because I still watched cartoons, I had the joy of watching the show and discussing it online to help me overcome some major difficulties in my life.

(As for “why furries,” I’ll wait for a less sneering phrasing with fewer bundled implications.)