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EWWW! |
I can forgive a lot of gross images, but only to an extent. I just don't find any humor watching cartoons that are too gross or immature. Even as a child, I found gross images to be a manipulative way to make children laugh and distract them from a obviously bad story or episode.
A lot of people will respond as "Who cares? It's just a fart joke." or "It's funny, not serious." Just to be clear, I'm OK with some gross humor but only if it's part of the story. For example the Treehouse of Horrors from the Simpsons have a lot of gross images, but it's fits into the story or they use it as a clever running joke.
The gross imagery in these types of shows is only used to "enhance" the comedy not "as a mean". Cartoons like Happy Tree Friends, Ren and Stimpy, Super Jail or South Park focus the story and comedy on how gross they can make each situation and each character to become. Sorry, that is not entertaining. I don't mind a clip, but a whole thirty minutes of non-stop potty humor can lower one's IQ.
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We should really encourage our kids to go outside to play. |
In conclusion, using gross humor as a means for comedy is just a lazy and manipulative way to make a child laugh. So unless you cartoons makes a proper use of a potty joke, just do everyone a favor and leave it out.
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Just let the potty jokes go down the hole. |