https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bzLzyKnLzc
So the first thing you need to know is that TV shows come in two different types: cereals and episodics. Cereals are shows where every episode builds on the previous episode, so there’s an advancement in plot, there’s an advancement in characters, and things change as time goes on.
Whereas episodic shows, episodic shows are the shows that all of us as kids, when we watched TV, we watched these. Episodic shows are shows where there is no advancement in plot. Instead, every episode is a standalone adventure where things happen, and there’s a resolution to the plot within the episode, but nothing changes from episode to episode. So if you’re in an episode of, I don’t know, Dexter’s Laboratory, Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats, Doug, Ed, Edd, and Eddy—right? No matter what the main characters achieve in an episodic show, maybe they win the lottery, or maybe they get the girl that they’ve been seeking for the entire series.
Whatever happens in an episodic show, it has to be undone by the end. Okay? Because that’s how they work. In episodic shows, again, you’re supposed to be able to just watch them in whatever order; it doesn’t matter. So there can’t be advancement. If the character wins the lottery, he has to squander every single dollar he made. I want to say there’s an episode of Ren and Stimpy just like that, where they win the lottery and then waste all their money. Or if he gets the girl, he has to upset the girl in some way to get back to square one, to reset everything, all the progress he made.
What I want to communicate to you is that I think when you see, as a kid, all of the shows we watch—all the cartoons, all the Saturday morning cartoons—we watched were episodic. I will wager this has a massive effect on people psychologically. Oh, by the way, we’re going to be changing our biome here. Now, what I mean by that is that if you see nothing but episodic shows, it creates a couple of ideas in your brain. One of them is the idea of permanence.
Okay? So in episodic shows, obviously, nothing changes as the year goes on. Right? Ed and Eddy, they’re the same age. If you started watching Ed, Edd, and Eddy when you were eight, and then you saw them until you were eighteen, in those ten years, Ed and Eddy did not age. They didn’t move up grades. I guess they don’t really go to school in that show, but nothing happened in their life. It creates this idea that, by the same way, your life is the same way. Right? You’re going to be kind of an eternal kid. You’re going to be living the same life, doing the same things that you do now. You’re going to be doing that forever. You’re going to be in the kidult demographic.
This is where the kidult demographic comes from, where you still have grown men—quote unquote—or grown men in terms of age numbers still doing childish things. Right? Because they really, I really think part of it—not all of it, but part of it—is the fact that they have this idea of permanence to age and the universe and everything else.
But I think the even more pernicious effect of episodic shows on people’s psychology is this idea that there’s no such thing as advancement. There’s no such thing as personal progress. There’s no such thing as me overcoming an issue. Because every issue, you know, again, me getting the girl—that is, if I do that in an episodic show, it has to be undone. If, let’s say, the character is on bad terms with their parents, right? If they make up with their parents by the end of the show, it has to be undone. Right? If they accomplish something, if they do anything, it has to be undone.
When you see that non-stop as a kid, every single episode, every single show is going to have some plot, some achievement, some accomplishment, but then some way of it being annulled. And that’s all you see. That is going to put in your head this idea that, oh, well, I guess that applies to my life as well. I can’t ever go further than this. Like the struggles that I have in my life, the issues that I have, they’re not something that can be overcome. They’re something that’s just part of my personality, and I’m going to have to deal with for literally the rest of my life.
So this is what I’m talking about. I think, you know, our generation—when I’m saying our generation, I mean like everyone born within like 20 years of me, frankly. I mean, even kids now, but I mean really just people who watch TV, like episodic TV. And again, this is not entirely because of episodic TV. I think it’s really just part of the background radiation of our culture, but it’s given us this sense of future utility, the sense of I don’t go any further than this.
It also creates a weird idea for what even TV and media consumption is about. Right? So one thing I’ve talked about before, right? On my YouTube channel, I’ve done many tutorials on technology topics, and one thing that always struck me as weird—I guess maybe because I stopped watching TV early as a kid—but one thing that always struck me as weird is when people would, I would do a tutorial on something, let’s say last year, and people would want me to do the same thing over again. It’s like, dude, I already did this!
The whole reason I did it is I’m thinking more in the serial mindset. I’m thinking, okay, I’ve done this, so if I do something else, it has to build on top of it. It has to be something further. And the whole purpose of getting people to watch it is theoretically so they can achieve it and do something further. Right? That’s my whole point. I’m not here to just do the same thing over and over again like a toy monkey, like an episodic TV show, like I don’t know, the Rugrats or something like that. That’s not my goal.
But the fact that people ask for that kind of—and of course, there are reasons for me to redo stuff—stuff like, just to be clear, actually, I was going to record a video on a script today. But what I’m getting at is I think a lot of people, they look at their entertainment in terms of doing the same thing over and over again. This is what’s comfortable. This is what feels good, so I’m just going to keep doing that over and over again.
Weirdly enough, you know, there’s this concept, you know, it’s kind of like a niche and Will to Power kind of thing where humans, like they—or you know, Kaczynski and what’s he call it? What’s he call it? A power process, right? So, you know, the whole idea being that like humans in their natural state, they want to like achieve things. They want to set up problems that they can solve, and then go on further from that and keep solving and keep going on, keep exerting their influence, exerting their power, and achieving things. That’s the natural state of man.
But I think we’ve been reduced to a kind of a gerbil wheel where we want to do the same things over and over again. When we subscribe to some show or we, I don’t know, when we watch something a lot of times, we just want to see the same thing over and over again—no progress, no, I don’t know, personal change, no anything.
Okay, now this is not, mind you, me giving an endorsement of serial TV shows because frankly, I mean, you look at stuff like Game of Thrones; it’s more of a psyop than whatever psyop episodic TV is. But this is just me saying I think this has affected everyone in a very—it, and I guess it’s happened for a reason. Like people make episodic TV shows because they’re easy. They’re easy to make, just plug and play.
But I think the effects that it’s had on people, in concert with everything else in our society, I think is pretty bad. I think it’s important to be aware of it. Like if you’re doing the same stuff, if you’re on a gerbil wheel consuming the same product, doing the same stuff, wanting the same things that you’ve already experienced—if you’re one of those guys—and this has been me, I will admit this has been me. If I’m playing a video game I used to play 15 years ago, trying to feel the same enjoyment, and I just don’t feel it.
The reason you don’t feel it is because you’re not supposed to be doing that. Like you’re supposed to be better than that now. Like that’s the point.
So anyway, that’s just some stuff to think about. I don’t tell me what you think, but that’s my view. I think it’s not just TV; I think it’s a lot of things in our culture—probably other things that aren’t coming to my head now. You can say them if you think of them. But once you’re aware of it, I think that’s a good part of the problem, and you can start thinking about, okay, how can I be better than that?
All right, that’s it. See you next time.
@chuckliddell6492 - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
don't worry Luke, kids nowadays don't watch cartoons. they watch Spiderman breeding Elsa on YouTube kids.+2 tys.
@degayify - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
Fred Flintstone and his consequences have been a disaster for the human race+1,9 tys.
@TownspersonB - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
1:48 woah, that biome change was insane! It's just like Minecraft!+715
@remixisthis - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
Luke’s basically saying he’s a Shonen anime maximalist+869
@SantaClaauz - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
Luke Smith is a serialized channel. If you haven’t seen the Vim arc you won’t understand the Come-to-Jesus plotline.+815
@timsomers8820 - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
When I was young, Avatar: The Last Airbender was always my favorite show. Looking back now, it's probably because of the serial nature of the show. Actual consequences to actual events happen in the show, which properly orients children to understanding cause and effect.+609
@sprucescentedschizoid - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
I try to love everybody, but I struggle the most with people who watch 3 hour video essays on cartoon lore+848
@Knotmanstartros - 2024-06-23 16:36:55
You really overthought this one. Producers want to maximize profits and not to lose an established audience. I remember that when Seth MacFarlane took the risk to kill Brian in Family Guy, the audience reaction was so strong, that they brought him back to show. While things are certainly better with eastern media (in these regards), most popular Anime/Manga still shares some parallel problems, as major changes in the plot come very sparingly or/and things change only nominally. That's why "bad" franchise tie-ins are still so profitable, as most people prefer to watch the "same" movie wearing a different skin, rather than a new/different (and perhaps even a better) one.+14
@jamesduston9292 - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
This reminds me of a guy in my grade whose parents would not sign off on him watching the movie “Forest Gump” in class. Their rational was that the movie was incredibly dangerous; Gump, as the central gag, was a mere passenger in life. Thing just happened to him. He had no control over events and instead of acting upon the world, the world acted upon him. I think about this more often as I found myself despising all movies. It seems that every new movie has taken this gag-outlook on life while sale and seriously.+374
@noahmcgehee1244 - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
There were of course some glaring exceptions: Samurai Jack, Transformers, Dragon Ball Z, among others. I think the bigger problem was that so many kids were 'babysat' by the TV instead of parented by their actual parents.+255
@fsmoura - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
". . . and so, in episodic media there is no character advancement, nothing changes, and the viewer is thus mimetically induced into this state of existential stasis." Can confirm. In this show I watch, a Runescape character keeps walking through the woods, ranting about the internet. That's the schtick. But he never gets out of the woods, reaches town, or anything else. Next show, he's back walking in the woods, ranting. It's weirdly comforting. ( o.o)+129
@friendlylaser - 2024-06-23 16:36:55
Wow, this take is too hot to take. I never liked episodic shows as a kid. I really don't get why people love them so much. Yet, I disagree on what exactly effect they have on people. Idea that permanence in cartoons is the cause if kidults is waaaaay too overstretched. It's like the genius insights you have when you are stoned.+10
@churblefurbles - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
Its especially bad in women's shows as they are about relationships. In Gilmore Girls the single mother continuously ruins relationships for the sake of having another season.+93
@lee-fc5bu - 2024-06-23 16:36:55
Makes no sense. By this logic watching shonen anime as a kid would make you successful.+20
@trailblazingfive - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
Makes me appreciate my Montana cabin upbringing even more. No TV, no cable, no episodic brainwashing - just tinkering. Stay frosty runescape character!+585
@DeathSquared7 - 2024-06-23 16:36:55
There were far too many popular serial shows for this to be accurate+7
@nbtwall7287 - 2025-04-23 16:36:55
This is just a microcosm of a larger issue where people learn what the world is from the media they consume, rather than going out into the world and experiencing it+5
@Unc3 - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
All of this is based on the assumption that a child does nothing but watch cartoons from 8 to 18.+51
@byte-me-666 - 2025-02-23 16:36:55
My issue with cartoons when young was they never develop. They wear the same clothes, do the same stupid mistakes, their lives never improve, their relationships never build up, this is why non-American cartoons are far better. Watch something like "Romeo's Blue Skies" and see by yourself if you'll ever watch an American cartoon.+6
@chris7701 - 2023-06-23 16:36:55
Commercials for children are criminal+30
@connor3284 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Peppa Pig and Hulk sing Finger Family+141
@Assault_Butter_Knife - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Wholesome 100+66
@bag2963 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
And Youtube shorts and TIktok and such bs all that is bloody brainwashing, wake up the parents.+64
@volusian95 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
I don't even wanna know what horrific effects sweatshop cartoons are going to create in the current gen of little kids.+51
@BackwardSabotage - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Outstanding character development+18
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Morgan Allen No one's saying that the TV in the 1950s was good either. TV (or "shows" as they're now called) has just gotten way more prevalent each decade.+7
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Morgan Allen I get what you're saying, but Luke didn't actually imply this to be a change in how TV programs have historically been made. Simply that the more recent generations have been more "brought up by television" and its episodic representation of the world. If in the 1960s you had a black and white receiver with three channels aimed mostly at adults and kids spent most of their time outside or reading or playing sports, and in the 90s they could watch Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon 8 hours a day, the quality of the narrative in the shows isn't really the decisive factor in how this change affects their mental development.+10
@darz_k. - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Re: this Lookup 'Elsagate'+4
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Imagine talking to 2010s kids in 2040 that would be interesting+9
@GE0attack - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Don't worry chuck i still remember your pride debut.+4
@puhbrox - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
Nickelodeon wasn't much better. Remember ren and stimpy? Cow and chicken? Fucking weird as fuck.+7
@jackmehoff8392 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
That still exists?+2
@YouKnowMeDuh - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
My laugh was delayed, but it was a good laugh regardless!+1
@ogunsiron2 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
@puhbrox always hated that garbage and will do my best to avoid it for my kids+3
@markusmath3421 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
or they're on Omegle getting hit on by adults/groomed on discord/groomed on minecraft(happened to a girl at my high school 8 yrs ago)/coming across weird MK ultra side of youtube+5
@Otakubro6 - 2023-06-23 16:36:56
@puhbrox yet those were some awesome shows especially cow and chicken there's nothing wrong with weird cartoons i mean i enjoyed it as a kid especially courage the cowardly dog etc. now that i am an adult i can still get enjoyment out of them. adults can enjoy cartoons to this stigman of cartoons and animation etc are only for kids needs to fly a kite because animation and cartoons can appeal to all ages and cater towards kids only and adults only plus cartoons and animation lasts longer then live action because when a live action actor dies they need to recast to find a similar actor to the orginal where as in a cartoon all you need to do is find a voice actor or actriss that can pull off the voice the previous actor played and boom replaced therefore dont need to worry about aging eaither and even more so you could find away to preserve the orginal voice lines of characters when the orginal voice actors and actrises die for example audio auto tune software etc. plus i find cartoons are more enjoyable then live action as there a million more things you could do as a creator to enhance the show or movie expierence with cartoons and animation compared to animation where live action is extermely limited.+5
@Numbuh900 - 2024-06-23 16:36:56
Dude have you actually been around a kid before?+1
@littleskeleton7887 - 2024-06-23 16:36:56
@puhbrox oh god I remember cow and chicken+3
@Philopater-Phoneix - 2024-06-23 16:36:56
@volusian95 OH NOOOOOO+2
@nina_saka - 2024-06-23 16:36:56
cough cough "skibidi toilet gyatt ohio rizz" Generation Alpha is doomed at this point+2
@kormannn1 - 2024-06-23 16:36:56
@nina_saka skibidi toilet is less insane than elsagate, it's just weird gmod (or sfm) animation with mecha genre.+3
@renoclafmail - 2024-07-23 16:36:56
@belstar1128 probably the same as you with shows like fosters home for imaginary friends+1
@belstar1128 - 2024-07-23 16:36:56
@renoclafmail the cartoons I watched were similar to what older generations watched or the same+2
@lambdaRUNE - 2024-07-23 16:36:56
@kormannn1 it also has an actual plot where actions actually have consequences so in a way it's superior to most 'murican cartoons+2
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:36:56
@puhbrox It's nowhere near as bad. The people making those shows had to deal with regulation, and the content wasn't abhorrent. Youtube kids has literal fetish content.+1
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:36:56
@markusmath3421 MK Ultra side of youtube?+1
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:36:56
@Numbuh900 I've had cousins who watch youtube kids.+1
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:36:56
@renoclafmail Can't compare TV shows with a production team who has to deal with TV regulations and isn't trying to intentionally mess up children compared with sweatshop YT kids content with no regulations except in youtube steps in to ban those channels.+1
@markusmath3421 - 2024-08-23 16:36:56
@nina_saka skibidi toilet is based actually+1
@markusmath3421 - 2024-08-23 16:36:56
@AllenIverson-to5uy those weird animations that lure kids in then show some disturbing shi that stays with them for years. elsa/spiderman was just the tip of the iceberg+1
@matt25675 - 2024-09-23 16:36:56
Literally lol+1
@juanchocorleone - 2024-10-23 16:36:56
Wtf+1
@jordan3636 - 2025-02-23 16:36:56
dan schneiderstein nickelodeon is just as bad.+1
@m.j.v.4463 - 2025-05-23 16:36:56
Nah that's outdated, they binge watch skibidi toilet and AI brainrot now+1
@Meleeman011 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
god I love u degayify+14
@djokerbrfan - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
🤣🤣🤣🤣+10
@sterrshow5016 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
Topkek+14
@based_prophet - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
Welma!!!+13
@basedyeezy - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣+2
@ReviewBigCheese200 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
Miss u boo+1
@Radi0he4d1 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
Watching Wind Up Welma right after finishing Bojack made me appreciate how far we have advanced as a species+1
@ultrajorge - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
WAOW!+81
@rottweiler3619 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
This but unironically+29
@connor3284 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
@rottweiler3619 Looks like a pine plantation. They probably harvest those trees for wood and then replant (ideally they will replant, though perhaps they just leave the dead space to rot, which may be what happened to the open field Luke initially walked through) which is why it's so orderly and stark.+20
@Hopeofmen - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
WOAOWWEWOWOW!!!!!😱😱😱+23
@josh1234567892 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
I hate that this was my first thought, lol+19
@rightwingsafetysquad9872 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
Growing new trees is harsh on the soil. A field has to be left fallow for a few years before new trees are planted.+10
@alecgolas8396 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
@connor3284 it looks like that field had probably been harvested in the past two years or so. I'm wondering if they need to wait a year or two for the root structures of the previous trees to rot away? Or the pine plantation doesn't own that land.+2
@connor3284 - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
@rightwingsafetysquad9872 Makes total sense. I didn't even think of fallowing because I'm a filthy suburbanite.+4
@AverageUsernames - 2023-06-23 16:36:57
I love making brown bricks in minecrap+4
@1111Tactical - 2024-06-23 16:36:57
They made Minecraft biomes into a real thing 😮.+5
@jonathanrealman8415 - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
I remember Luke showing his F tier anime collection on some stream in the old house.+55
@Assault_Butter_Knife - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
@jonathanrealman8415 wait wait, I have to know more now. He's the last person I would have expected to have an anime collection+41
@jonathanrealman8415 - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
@Assault_Butter_Knife he used to live with a roommate/housemate and showed off how he lived and then showed his drive that he had "stuff to watch on" and I remember vividly seeing anime.+31
@MofuMuff - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
@jonathanrealman8415 Yes. I remember Hunter x Hunter was listed on the tier list.+13
@gonsonandenschinder - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
@ari-athbadminton0301 Bebop is a really solid anime tho+11
@deoxal7947 - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
Many Naruto's fillers were episodic though most anime with filler are like that too.+8
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
Ofcourse anime is based.+19
@TheSutanian - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
What a genius insult+11
@ibrahim-ob1lt - 2024-10-23 16:36:58
Most anime is the same shit on repeat. Bar few like hxh+1
@4.0.4 - 2025-06-13 16:36:58
@ibrahim-ob1lt Watch good anime then. If you're praising HxH you haven't left the tip of the iceberg. Not even saying LotGH, just like, start with Frieren or something.+1
@ibrahim-ob1lt - 2025-06-14 16:36:58
Watched hxh 10 years ago bro. I just fell off with keeping up witj anime in 2018@4.0.4+1
@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
Eastern Orthodoxy alone.+27
@lorefox201 - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
extra ecclesia nulla salus+8
@zakhoskins6404 - 2023-06-23 16:36:58
Further proving that certain arcs are better than others in most serialized content.+6
@Artefall12 - 2024-06-23 16:36:58
hahahahahahahaahahaha+2
@airknytt - 2024-11-23 16:36:58
LMAO 😭+1
@maricampari3970 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
Loved that show, I also came here to comment the same points.+44
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
Yea i was thinking about that show too. a huge leap forward compared to all the 90s cartoons i watched before.+33
@Bababoey3333 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
I think ATLA struck the perfect balance between episodic and serialized. Lots of self contained arcs and stories while having a main plot.+46
@Primatenate88 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
Same with OG teen titans and Jackie Chan adventures+22
@JellyWraith - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
@Primatenate88 Oh yeah. Teen Titans was awesome. Watched a lot of Jackie Chan Adventures, too. Then there was the anime rabbit-hole with Bleach, Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, One Piece, etc. A lot of Western media just couldn't compare back then. Worlds that can't grow or change just feel kinda stagnant. There's a place for it, but it's not what inspires me.+14
@Primatenate88 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
@JellyWraith They're cartoons lol, they're not specifically made for adults+3
@TheGreenKnight500 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
It's a great show with genuinely good messages. It's the kind of thing I'd want my own kids to watch.+12
@karimmoop9560 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
Avatar brainwashed millienals more.+2
@3ncore706 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
I had this EXACT thought while watching this video lmao+3
@miilodude_8529 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
Loved that show when i was a kid, even today i find it's plot really good, the buildup to the end is fantastic, the show ended at it's peak and was a really good experience to start to finish.+4
@3ncore706 - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
@miilodude_8529 Personally i think they shouldve never made legend of korra, shouldve just let the series end+9
@MM-op6ti - 2023-06-23 16:36:59
I would argue that Avatar is a mix of both. There is the overall looming threat of the fire lord, but every almost every episode is more or less a self contained subplot.+2
@averelldalton7964 - 2024-06-23 16:36:59
@Primatenate88 There are also cartoons for adults.+1
@themannyzaur - 2024-06-23 16:36:59
Wow This is the first show I thought of that did the opposite !+1
@apollyon9946 - 2024-06-23 16:36:59
@3ncore706 Yep, and ironically it became episodic practically since each Season was written by different writers and the plots were so disconnected. I don't see how Last Airbender warranted 3 seasons, but Korra gets 4. It should have been exclusively a 1 film idea, just like Boruto. The Boruto film is actually decent, but they made it a series which sucks.+1
@apollyon9946 - 2024-06-23 16:36:59
@MM-op6ti That's true, but very often the subplots are used later, for example Jet, Boomy, and Suki are all characters which appear for 1 episode then a season later show up to influence the main plot. I think I heard the only episode that is truly self-contained was The Great Divide. Even the random episode when Katara saved that Fire village using water bending was referred to later, because that is where they learned that the Solar Eclipse would last 8 minutes.+3
@3ncore706 - 2024-06-23 16:36:59
@apollyon9946 They get greedy and so to make more content they just end up running the show into the ground.+1
@موسى_7 - 2024-06-23 16:36:59
Newton understood cause and effect without cartoons. Also, cartoons before they appeared on television were all one-off shorts.+1
@DaturAyahuasca - 2024-06-23 16:36:59
Fanboy and chum chum was better+1
@HI1804 - 2024-08-23 16:36:59
I think you guys are only scratching the surface of how much better avatar was. It is possibly the only show let alone cartoon I have ever watched that actually promoted traditional values and spirituality, aang grows so much as a person throughout the show and all the characters are really 3 dimensional even the villains. Avatar actually helped me recover from the brainwashed state the media had put me in when I rewatched it as an adult.+3
@Th3BigBoy - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
That struggle is real.+35
@roripantsu - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
someone made a 12 hour vid of a single video game character its that bad+122
@b_delta9725 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
its interesting when it talks about history, like that video about the disney channel theme song that's like an hour and a half, but full of content and really funny. When it's some mauler type of shitty review I skip, it worries me that people watch those videos.+26
@adamsmith1813 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
I don't get it. I pretty much stopped watching cartoons when I was 9, but somehow there are adults interested in them. Lmao+22
@wileymanful - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
My friend group all know this one guy who really likes these sort of videos. Hours on top of hours long about these small things. One time we made fun of video essays in front of him and he got very weirdly offended. But it also made me think that he has never, ever been that offended for one of us, or been that protective. When one of my friends was going through a nasty breakup, he played the whole "I didn't know anything about the situation" deal when we found out he was there when she was taking a BDSM test with someone else and he said nothing about it. There's something odd and scary about that type of brain.+41
@Assault_Butter_Knife - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@roripantsu I don't find stuff like this bad by itself, it's like asking if analyzing a book you read is bad. It's just that in so many cases there was nowhere near as much thought being put into a show or a game to justify 10 hour long analysis. Like there just isn't that much to talk about. Imo besides just being dumb and wasting your time it's harmless, but I just don't see why someone would invest his time to watch or make something like that. Though as I initially said it doesn't apply to all content of this type. There definitely are good analyses and there definitely are series that bring forward a lot and can justify this kind of discussion around them+36
@namesurname4666 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@Beh Jotat i watched the one about icarly, might also watch this (probably only 1% watch the entire video)+2
@deathdog1392 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@Beh Jotat that guys whole channel is 5-10 hour cartoon and tween TV show reviews. 😳 they all have millions of views. What are people doing with their time???+9
@InfoDisco - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
Dude you hit the nail on the head, there is NOTHING on YouTube that makes me more existential than feature length video essays about fictional characters and their non existent inner-motivations. And then I feel like a moron, because I realize these people are making great money s****ng out these terrible video essays, but I value my soul too much to replicate their behavior.+17
@InfoDisco - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@iwannabethekid34xc I could move a heavy rock back and fourth for 8 hours. Would I have "worked hard?" Yes. That doesn't give the work intrinsic value. The source material dictates that there exists no sufficient depth to justify the content.+11
@SMJSmoK - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
Yes, filthy degenerates. The real men of culture watch 3 hour video essays on Elden RIng, Sekiro and Bloodborne lore.+26
@coscorrodrift - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@Beh Jotat lmfao bro has 13 hours of video content on victorious. that's got to be longer than the runtime lmao.+3
@InfoDisco - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@iwannabethekid34xc I sincerely have no clue what a "kaik" is, but it's pretty clear that my original point has gone directly over your head. Some labor is worth more than other labor, that shouldn't come as a surprise to you. I never said that it wasn't possible to make content on these subjects that people are willing to watch. People will watch all sorts of mindless dribble. My point was that these shows were written for children, meaning that even in the cases of the "deepest" kids shows, the source material itself is so simple in nature that MULTI-hour video cannot possibly be meaningfully educational or information-dense. Sure, that type of content can generate views, but views themselves aren't even an objective metric of value.+4
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
Its bad for cartoons but good for more mature franchises like the lord of the rings and the bible.+4
@GE0attack - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
Yah have recently watched ed edd eddy video essay. It was pretty good. I think it was from Jordan fringe. His ben10 essay was 3 hours long.+1
@wesrhrtjjr - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
Is it bad if I watched hours etc. for star wars lore? old republic, thousands of years, republic, comic books, roleplaying online etc.? i love star wars :3+5
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@wesrhrtjjr Star wars is not a kids show so its ok. especially before Disney bought it and turned it into a cash cow .i used to love starwars too. and i would have still loved it if George Lukas was still in charge .and making content that was more creative. and didn't retcon everything.+5
@wileymanful - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@aCopKilla You could say that. Good Lord, the things I would do to erase my mind of that entire happening+1
@1001HELL - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
Cartoon lore? Yeah 3 hours is too much. A comprehensive exploration on the messages and broad impact the show has had on society and the art of animation? Yeah. Give me that shit.+3
@Leguim15 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
@Beh Jotat i watched that bro💀+1
@asandax6 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
They aren't necessarily watching for the info they are just watching for the entertainment. I have watched videos discussing a show I have watched because there's no more content of that show so I just watch the discussion as a substitute for the show. Well I shouldn't really say watch because most of the time I just listen to the dialogue and do something else.+1
@dipanjanghosal1662 - 2023-06-23 16:37:00
People shaming others for being interested in fiction. I DoNt WaTcH CaRToOnS. I aM sO mUcH BettEr ThAn ThEm.+9
@SuperDrunkdragon - 2024-06-23 16:37:00
@belstar1128 star wars is meant for children tho. Just look at all the damn toys for it+4
@belstar1128 - 2024-06-23 16:37:00
@SuperDrunkdragon they had Rambo and Robocop and terminator toys back then too.+1
@DivestedChristian - 2024-06-23 16:37:00
@InfoDisco it's totally escapism. Cartoons, anime etc are fantasy worlds they can escape to.+4
@DivestedChristian - 2024-06-23 16:37:00
Thanks for calling me out😢. I just realized it's escapism to avoid the awful problems in society+3
@AskTorin - 2024-06-23 16:37:00
Lord have mercy+1
@Pheoniex - 2024-06-23 16:37:00
Go binge watch random vaguely interesting conspiracy theories about their favorite show they've watched a thousand times.+2
@Johnnysinsyt-vb5vd - 2024-10-23 16:37:00
You can make a compling video on cartoon in less than an hour only reason those videos exist is because atuists lack self control+2
@MonkeyDLee27 - 2025-05-23 16:37:00
We understand why they do it but what's the effect on the audience? I mean it does affect you and everyone that watches. It has too. It happened.+5
@jamesduston9292 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
I think social media feeds have this affect on people too. People are more passive. They wait and expect with the passage of time that things will happen to them and life will progress like new content popping in their feed. furthermore, and obviously social media makes people very passive and iI often children with who given the Internet sitting on the sidelines, watching events rather than partaking in them, because the have been trained to be consumers+99
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
I don't know if it's growing up in general, or just this counterculture rabbit hole each of us find ourselves in, but the older I get the more I understand pretty much every "someone's parent objecting to X" memory I have from childhood, which of course back then were the subject of mockery. Sad thing is, I'm pretty sure most of the kids (now adults) still see those events like they did when we were 8.+45
@johncasey9544 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
I have no clue what movies you're referring to.+6
@johncasey9544 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
@poika22 These parents were usually objecting for ridiculous reasons, like the ones named in the above comment.+11
@sjuvanet - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
Forrest Gump is an amazing movie. The whole point is... Ugh whatever. This comment is absurd+18
@lakeegg1331 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
I'm not sure we watched the same movie, Gump did plenty of things, he was hardly passive. It would be more accurate to say he was naive but good hearted, and perhaps the unrealistic part would be that these two traits provide an extra ordinary amount of luck for him.+34
@lakeegg1331 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
By the end of the movie Forest Gump has (whilst being born with the IQ of 75 and a curved spine): Been a star american football player, survived the Vietnam war and admitted plainly about it's brutality, become a millionaire, run a cross country marathon and raises a son.+24
@lakeegg1331 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
In spite of his standings he continually shows a naive kindness towards those around him, honoring his comrade who died in Vietnam by donating half his riches to bubba's family, helping his disabled officer (who saved previously) after the war and continually having faith in his childhood sweetheart till the end. When he first meets his estranged son his first concern is if the boy inherited any of his issues, and is relieved when told other wise. Again if there is a critique of forrest gump it's how unrealistic it is. But I think the movie serves as a strong optimistic message promoting having faith in others in spite of their actions. If anything, the real problem is people seeking to take advantage of men like forrest Gump without remorse.+22
@thebanditman5663 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
At least Forest saved lives while he was in Nam. He made decisions, just not big ones.+4
@lakeegg1331 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
@thebanditman5663 Gump lived a life far greater than many of us, the only problem is that it's a tad unrealistic+12
@dr.inkwell1070 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
If you dont play with the algorithm, the algorithm plays with you.+1
@brightlight5922 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
Oh, I recognise this take. Someone said that the feather falling and being taken in any direction the wind blows at the start of the film symbolises Forrest not having control over his life+8
@markusmath3421 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
@poika22 "I don't know if it's growing up in general, or just this counterculture rabbit hole each of us find ourselves in" I'm 22 and I fell into this kind of rabbit hole since late 2021 and now its like...I wish I could go back in time and parent myself lol. I don't know if I agree with most of those shows being a psyop, but watching TV a lot in general and then being on youtube a lot was definitely really bad for me in so many ways. I'm glad I grew up before the Elsagate stuff(still happening in different forms to this day, I saw a video covering it recently). Some of the teens have been sharing how Elsagate and other stuff on the site affected them when they were younger and it makes me want to parent my future kids in the middle of a forest or something.+2
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
@markusmath3421 You've got plenty of time. I wouldn't worry about it. Even the kids who did get good parenting mostly ignored it. That's just youth. Realizing the error of your ways in your early 20s places you well above average.+4
@kaeg.7800 - 2024-06-23 16:37:01
it's also literal US imperialist propaganda+2
@PinkManGuy - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
"Babysat by the TV" is pretty spot on, but I wish people would stop maligning parents for this. It was their only choice, a lot of people in the lower socioeconomic rungs have limited options and even less assistance. They live in dangerous parts of town and can't afford childcare, let alone extracurricular activities. For a lot of us kids, we spent out childhoods indoors in front of the TV while our parents were gone all day working. The single parent families had it even worse. Our summer and Christmas vacations consisted of Television and if we were lucky, video games. Anecdotal, but I remember nearly bringing my father to tears when I asked if I could participate in a sport, Hockey specifically. Those programs require hundreds of dollars in equipment. Then, hundreds of dollars for fees. Another hundred fifty per hockey trip. All the time needed off of work to drive me. Looking back, I realize that we couldn't afford it, even if his income doubled. Tripled. Hobby after interest after talent squandered because we couldn't afford it. After a while I stopped asking for things because it was really hard on me, knowing the answer and trying anyway. It wasn't his fault, and as much as it pains me, I'm sure it absolutely kills him inside to this day that he had to let the TV raise me while he was out for 12-15 hours a day. I'm sorry for the rant and I'm sure you're nothing like what I describe. I just hate it when people give him or other parents in similar socioeconomic situations shit for not being Doctor Manhattan and just manifesting the perfect life from NOTHING. Many parents "letting" the TV raise their kids hate themselves for it.+89
@JoeRoganVOD - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
Samurai jack was about the only real tv kid tv show I watched (thst wasn't anime)+5
@deaththekid3998 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
@PinkManGuy thank you for your testimony. I was also babysat by tv, except for the fact that my parents could afford hobbies and even tried to get me interested in some, but I was a lazy fuck as a kid, also very socially inept, so I would rather stay inside and watch tv lol 😂 thank god I started developing some intelligence in high school+10
@s.b.3275 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
I don't know about the city kids, but I'm 89 birth, country kid and I got kicked out of the house more often then not 😂, you can basically say I was raised by the outdoors😊+6
@honkhonk8009 - 2023-06-23 16:37:01
Transformers Prime and Clone Wars were goated ass shows honestly. I loved em, my 12 year old brother loves em, and my parents love em.+6
@thedarkenigma3834 - 2024-06-23 16:37:01
@PinkManGuy Except not everyone could afford a cable subscription or even a TV (unless if it was an old hand-me-down from a thrift shop or thrown out by neighbors when they got a new one).+1
@Rexhunterj - 2024-06-23 16:37:01
@thedarkenigma3834 In some countries the cost is limited to a television set as programming is made available for the public freely. Australia is one such country, where I am certain many millenials grew up with a glowing tube TV in front of them for many hours a day.+1
@OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOq - 2024-08-23 16:37:01
Exceptions from what? Is your argument that some cartoons are not episodic? Cause he never said that.+1
@senzudude - 2024-09-23 16:37:01
@PinkManGuy ❤❤❤ just gave me a massive life realisation bro. Really just lifted a mountain load of resent, confusion, guilt & regret.+2
@Johnnysinsyt-vb5vd - 2024-10-23 16:37:01
Dragon ball z and anime in general seem to represent a shift where the people who grew up with it generally aim for self improvement I have heard of many people who took up martial arts because they wanted to be like goku and I think it represents the trend that people actually want stories where the characters change through the story its why I think manga is kicking the western comic book industry's ass because superheros have to be stuck at thier most marketable so the status quo has to be maintained even after a major shake up its like carlin said we have illusion of choice but we also have illusion of change+3
@senzudude - 2024-10-23 16:37:02
@Johnmrobinson-vb5vd you just brought me back with a notification of your comment. Thanks, bro. I even have a note in my inotes to come back to this atheist once a month, cos of the HUGEE realisation u n pinkman gave me (that's the dude who commented first). Preciate you, bro. Big time. Just goes to show that EVERY THING we do affects and/OR influences people. Everything we do actually does matter. Anyway, thanks, man. You n that guy in ur comments gave me a huge realisation. Hugeee. Ripple effect, domino effect type realisation. Hugee.+3
@Johnnysinsyt-vb5vd - 2024-10-23 16:37:02
@senzudude your welcome+2
@Jason32Bourne - 2024-11-23 16:37:02
It nearly goes without saying but it's far far worse now. The phone has replaced parenting on a whole other level.+2
@toxict2277 - 2025-01-23 16:37:02
Only one of those were episodic brand that's transformers+1
@starving_autist - 2023-06-23 16:37:02
He's talking about shit like SpongeBob, not hypnosis-level nonsense like that dude+5
@nikolaykopernik9124 - 2024-06-23 16:37:02
@starving_autist my brother in Christ, you missed the joke in his comment entirely.+9
@KToll5784 - 2024-07-23 16:37:02
@starving_autist wow, most jokes go over your head, don’t they?+1
@starving_autist - 2024-07-23 16:37:02
@fsmoura Yeah I missed that one, I'll grant you that my fellow Americans+3
@acedia_14 - 2024-08-23 16:37:02
LOL underrated comment+1
@dansmemeaccount - 2025-04-23 16:37:02
@starving_autist He is joking about watching Luke Smith+2
@starving_autist - 2025-04-23 16:37:02
@danjoredd Oh fuck I see it now Holy fucking lol+1
@honkhonk8009 - 2023-06-23 16:37:02
Unrelated but bro I like that wording. "Womens shows". I hate the fact people think were androgynous and that we should act like women, or that women should act like men.+8
@user-gu9yq5sj7c - 2024-06-23 16:37:02
@honkhonk8009 Not every women like relationships, or boring, vapid, or trashy shows.+2
@saloejka - 2025-06-09 16:37:02
It does.+2
@martiniversen4898 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
Based+36
@productconsoomer6645 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
Basedpilled+18
@Daniel-ph7or - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
based and ruralpilled+26
@simonexsala - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
Based and Kaczynskipilled+20
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
Montana is one of the last free states just like Wyoming, not centralized enough for a takeover+17
@FringeWizard2 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
I spend all my time reading books or listening audiobooks and working out. I don't know shit about popular media but when I see other people excited over it or talking about it I cringe.+9
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
@FringeWizard2 and yet your pfp is still coomerbait+18
@FringeWizard2 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
@victorkreig6089 I'm not sure exactly what you mean by pfp but if you're talking about my profile picture that's the Goddess of Discord, Eris. She started the trojan war. I have been worshipping her for a decade since I got into chaos magick and because I've always wanted to see a massive depopulation event. The greeks all thought the world was overpopulated in their time and I think the population after Trojan war went from 20 million to 50 thousand or something like that. Anyways, I like to create chaos and destroy the world order as it is.+4
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
@FringeWizard2 see a therapist+20
@FringeWizard2 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
@victorkreig6089 I hate overpopulation. Also I am willing to see a therapist if it's free, otherwise I can't afford that.+2
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
@FringeWizard2 that explains so much+12
@___xyz___ - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
@Fringe Wizard You're technically right. That doesn't mean what you're saying is a good idea (either to say, suggest or exercise). Ok, say I entertain the idea that since the world is overpopulated a large scale depopulation event akin to the Trojan war wiping out 99.75% of humankind... Which 399 out of 400 people do you suppose should go, and what makes you think you are not one of them to the extend simply offing yourself wouldn't produce a free net benefit to the world? Because "oh I am a prophet and must remain to relay the message and see my mission through" is a circular argument. You can't rationally both desire the death of roughly 8 billion people and not count yourself somewhat involved in this allegedly beneficial cataclysm. It's sorta like, ok cool idea man, but I have another idea, so why is yours better than mine? Also, we can't test your idea without, you know, dying. Kinda hard to find out whether that worked or not then. Or better yet, assume a cataclysmic event spontaneously happened (solar storms, asteroid impact, massive earthquakes, volcano eruptions)... What's anyone's best chance of survival? I don't know about you, but although I consider myself plenty resourceful and have a slew real friends with some talents. None of us have casually got a deep granite cave at our disposal to survive whatever catastrophe. A bugout bag and some cup ramen ain't gonna cut it man if you wanna wipe the better part of 2000 years of human reproduction and walk off unscathed. So then the question is, who exactly is this for? Who exactly are you hoping to benefit? What have these hypothetical lucky #didntdieintheapocalypse people ever done for you? I bet whoever didn't survive on accident (right place at the right time) or by private yacht and cave, and didn't give a damn about his friends/family/neighbours, weren't the brightest, and couldn't reproduce a useful civilisation worth their salt like the egyptians anyway. Even if the survivors were warriors, I wouldn't hold my breath they had an average IQ above 100. Oh BUT MUH ANIMALS yeah fuck the animals. Why do you care? The only reason anybody cares about to animals it because we're here the care about the animals. The animals don't care about the animals. Nobody else cares about the animals. Your brain is a bloody mystery, man. It cares about arbitrary things. But even if an eastern gnome figured out how to convert care to magical valuepoints like copper pesos, doesn't actually make the care real. There's no reason to believe anything that actually mastered would ever improve simply by eliminating practically all humans, unless, of course, you were the sole autistic survivor, and could be there to appreciate the alleged betterment, which we all know you would not, and thus the whole meme is a thought experiment and a waste of our time. QED+8
@dannyhightower911 - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
What is a "runescape character"? Some occult thing?+5
@FourFourSeven - 2023-06-23 16:37:03
@victorkreig6089 What's......your deal here?+2
@tekrit3249 - 2024-06-23 16:37:03
Just commenting so I can come back and read schizo replies+1
@MustardAndFries - 2024-06-23 16:37:03
@vectorhooves7970 I mean at its core the video is just a dude walking around in the woods for 8 minutes ranting about stuff. Doesn’t have to be Socrates stuff.+11
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:37:03
Watching cartoons everyday still applies.+2
@MonkeyDLee27 - 2025-05-23 16:37:03
You would be surprised man. Single parent household, neurotic mom, crazy family.....cartoons become a hug box for kids+8
@abujessica - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
"we're changing biomes here" very minecrafty from you+60
@2357y1113 - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
Even though you did preface your idea with "this is just one factor of the phenomenon", I still think you're reaching a bit here. I think the biggest reason why -most people have stagnation in their lives is because a) it's easier to just stay in your own comfort zone and b) life in our society is so easy now that developing new skills is not really necessary. The simplest and most boring answer is often the right one. Even if the episodic nature of the aforementioned shows had an effect on people's perception of time, I don't see how that effect could be significant. But I still like your videos, they always give me some food for thought. Greetings from Germany.+63
@clintonleonard5187 - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
Appreciate the heads-up on the biome change. That's why I'm subscribed.+41
@mrseal662 - 2024-06-23 16:37:04
The genius of Phineas and Ferb (one of the only kid's shows I was allowed to watch growing up) was that it was fully aware of the limitations of an episodic format. The creators would intentionally push the envelope as far as they could in order to provide comedic commentary on the situation. Almost every single episode, the boys' inventions would 'magically' disappear at just the right moment, completely defying the odds in the face of logic. You always knew how the episode was going to end, but the real fun was in seeing how they were going to escape getting busted.+32
@10z20 - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
I really don't agree, if anything our society fetishizes progress for its own sake--think of how hegemonic our growth-oriented understanding of economics is, social progressivism, our emphasis on innovation (electric cars will save us, etc.). 90% of marketing is emphasizing more, more, more, more progress for you, more self-improvement, more money, a bigger house, better self image, etc. More than at any point in human history, we are forward-looking.+16
@fatcat500 - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
Characters that "don't make any progress" like the ones in Ed, Edd, & Eddy are also ones that typically are rascals who are taught a lesson by the end of the episode. E.g. they win the lottery but are greedy and thus lose the money the made. It can teach kids lessons in morals and moral character, depending on the show. The fact that the characters don't age doesn't matter because the children watching the show are the ones aging -- i.e. they will grow out of watching the show once they become a tween/teenager. What 15 year old in HS still watches Dexter's Laboratory? At that point they move on to more adult shows.+290
@AntiCheap - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
Youtube shorts and TikToks are basically episodic shows on steroids.+24
@iamLI3 - 2024-06-23 16:37:04
i still feel the same enjoyment replaying the games i enjoyed 15 years ago....+3
@MetallicDETHmaiden - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
I watched these shows growing up because they were funny but as a kid the lack of payoff always bothered me, I couldn't express why it made me so mad at the time but later I realized it was because of what you discussed.+154
@spicygumbo5002 - 2024-06-23 16:37:04
This entire arguement falls flat when you apply it to episodic shows like Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny shorts back in the 50's. How many Boomers are as emotionally stunted as Millenials and Zoomers?+8
@pushmongovi5179 - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
Man is so good at Minecraft he can change biomes in real life+5
@OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOq - 2024-08-23 16:37:04
Those who never grew out of childish media, and those who did, both watched kid shows growing-up. Kids Media is not the underlying factor here. The mental development of a person corresponds to the health of their mind (which is individualistic). For example: It would be silly to say Chris-Chan became the way he is, due to watching cartoons, therefore cartoons shown to kids is the root of the problem. There are man children in the world, not because of what they watch, but because of their different mental development. It's a mental problem thing, It's that simple. You're like those who blame violent video games, to explain why violent people exist. You're rationalizing up the wrong tree.+9
@LDvalley3 - 2024-06-23 16:37:04
Phineas and Ferb is an episodic series where the brothers never age, never go back to school, and never recieve consequences for recklessness. I remember the grief and sadness when the show finally decided to allow Candice to show their mom what they were making. Phinease and ferb were sent away crying to a bootcamp type of school, dull and colorless compared to the rest of the show. Many people will even say the imagery caused them to have fear or trauma over the episode. This goes to show that these shows do have an emotional impact to children.+4
@Ian-ds4zp - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
ANOTHER SLOW BURN BONE TINGLING VIDEO LUKE+22
@nijkstral - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
Luke has never watched a cartoon made from the past 12 years I Suggest "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"+11
@moviegique - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
All TV (except soap operas and teleplays) were like this from the beginning of TV until about the '80s. Prior to that, radio shows were episodic. Comic strips and books? Episodic. Pulp fiction? Episodic. (Tarzan even lampshades it, about 15 books into the series, with a fountain of youth.) Why? Because you didn't want to limit your audience to people who had been with the story from the beginning. Prior to mass media, people would sit around the fire and tell the exact same stories and sing the exact same songs their entire lives. (And if you have children,, you know they love hearing the same bedtime stories over and over.) Brainwashing, accidental and otherwise, goes on but I don't think this style of storytelling is to blame.+9
@toxiccan175 - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
Despite the repetitive serial nature of the classic cartoon series, Tom & Jerry does not breed false senses of permanence or of futility. The 103rd entry "Blue Cat Blues" (1956) starts with Tom seen sitting on train tracks, heavily depressed and waiting for an oncoming train to come and run him over, while Jerry laments at his friend's state and recalls how he ended up there. This reverse narrative portrays Tom's infatuation with a woman and how that very obsession led to his downfall. The moral is no different than Proverbs 6:25, and it teaches the audience that they must live their lives with prudence and propriety. This has had a profound positive impact on my outlook and views and has aided in my success as a young adult, as I avoided many of the pitfalls that others fell victim to. Tom & Jerry has not brainwashed me to believe in a false permanence or futility due to its repetitive serial nature. Now, if you were to ask me whether I have urges to chase mice or erect elaborate traps that include a falling anvil, that would be another matter.+5
@John-nb6ep - 2025-05-23 16:37:04
Do you even know what you're talking about? They do go to school in ed edd eddy. Cartoons didn't invent the cereal/episodic format has been going for centuries in literature. It's merely a plot device not worthy of over analyse slope.+7
@HollyTroll - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
interesting idea, havent thought about this before. looking back at my own life (also being a cartoon addicted kid) this makes alot of sense+131
@weirdo3116 - 2024-06-23 16:37:04
does luke actually care about hearing an argument/opinion that goes counter to his own? or are these rants supposed to be word of god accepted?+9
@Skitskl33 - 2023-06-23 16:37:04
I agree. Societal progress that makes life easier is infantilizing us, not watching episodic entertainment. We're in the stage of "good times create weak men" and entering the "weak men create hard times."+14
@user-cs7fg5eq9r - 2024-11-23 16:37:04
I think an additional point is that kids already inherently want to see the same thing over and over again, hence why they might ask for the same story every night which is, by this metric at least, worse then episodic shows since it's literally the same thing over and over again. I would imagine it has something to do with the desire for consistency and stability at a young age.+2
@NoahMReed1 - 2025-04-23 16:37:04
lurk moar+2
@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw - 2024-12-23 16:37:05
Mostly capitalism and consumerism+5
@krunkle5136 - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
It's less realistic however which could warp things. Take something more serialized like a shounen anime and the characters reflect on past lessons with flashbacks etc.+21
@turtleboy1188 - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
You have destroyed the whole argument+80
@Deadbeatcow - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
it's like a Dr. Seuss vs a novel series+9
@xXx_Regulus_xXx - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
@krunkle5136 I don't think realism automatically improves a story.+28
@istivanp8747 - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
I know many genZ/Millenials who still watch those shows into their late teens and 20's. I think nowadays watching cartoons is much more of a pervasive thing and it's easy to seclude into cliques which don't view it as something someone 'grows out of', and it's probably gonna be more the case for upcoming generations. This is just my observation, take it as you will.+36
@amentco8445 - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
You're supposed to grow out of it. There were some that used to not, but helicopter parenting and the internet have exasperated the behavioral problems that watching these shows would have.+10
@krunkle5136 - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
@xXx_Regulus_xXx no it doesn't, but lack of it is like lying to people.+1
@xXx_Regulus_xXx - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
@krunkle5136 do you know the story of the scorpion and the frog? do you think its intended purpose was to mislead people about the migratory patterns of arthropods and amphibians? my point is, unrealistic stories aren't automatically maladaptive and an unrealistic interaction between two animals or an implausibly large beanstalk or an unlikely sequence of events doesn't automatically make the story deceptive or bad for a kid. A lot of cartoons are still brain rot, I just think lack of realism isn't the actual problem. it's deeper than that+27
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
"What 15 year old in HS still watches Dexter's Laboratory?" You would be surprised.+29
@vrilginitymaxxer - 2023-06-23 16:37:05
Watching the Edds I feel like I learned a lot more than from many other kid's shows at the time.+9
@chrisidema - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
Yes they are taught a lesson. But the problem is they ALWAYS fail at the end and NEVER seem to grow.+9
@PinkManGuy - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
I knew and hung out with plenty of cringelords in high school who drew Sonic fanart. Some in secret, knowing shame. Other, graduating seniors would doodle their OC into people's yearbooks. It wouldn't shock me if there were a ton of sheltered 15 year olds who're obsessed with Spongebob or Ren and Stimpy.+5
@monsterofvoices - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
The 15 year olds that still watch Dexter's Laboratory are likely the ones that get an affinity for cartoons as an art. A lot of those types of people I know are into anime or regularly buy commissions of art from different cartoons. In the end you have to realize that grown people make these cartoons, so people can see the grown up technicalities in these "kid" shows.+14
@MyReMoX - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
@monsterofvoices Idk, I am 23 and would love to rewatch Dexter's Laboratory. But I am 99% sure that I wouldn't get nearly the same enjoyment out of it as when i was 8. So I don't watch it. Funnily rewatching the same show that you watched as kid is the exact same thing that Luke described here. You are doing the same thing again and again not getting anywhere.+4
@theeccentrictripper3863 - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
@MyReMoX Bruh go watch some Dexter, it's actually pretty hysterical as an adult. Compared to most modern entertainment it's pretty wholesome too, and teaches a good lesson: being smart doesn't just solve your problems, there are other variables in life. Also Monkey and Justice Friends, those bits alone should've been their own show.+15
@MyReMoX - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
@theeccentrictripper3863 will check it out+2
@CatCitySliders - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
He's an idealist, so he has to spin up novel, half-baked theories in lieu of material analysis.+7
@frankrichardsomething - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
I watched ed edd n eddy about 3 times now, once as a kid, once as a teen and once as a more mature person simply out of curiosity and because I liked the show as a kid. The goal for them was to make money and buy jawbreakers. I might have missed it, but that never happened. Even when they made money legitimately, there were external factors that denied them the jaw breakers. If anything, I find that the show teaches that in reaching your goals you can’t cheat or step over anyone, yet even if you’re righteous you might not reach your goal because of external factors that you can’t ever control. My life changed drastically between the periods of time in which I (re)watched the show… never have I tought once that I can’t achieve my goals or that my life will never really change… if anything, I know I’ll have to take in account factors that I can’t control and be ok with that (a bit of stoicism) tl;dr I personally agree with your comment Although I didn’t really watch that many cartoons as a kid, almost at all…+7
@Scarsuna - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
@poika22 Then there's the young adults who buy things like "Funko POP! Animation Dexter's Laboratory Dexter 1067" instead of tossing that extra money at their student loan debt.+1
@ladev91 - 2024-06-23 16:37:06
Yes, but the ages they are watching those shows are during their formative years where they develop most of their personality.+1
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:37:06
There's a theory that Ed, Ed & Eddy are stuck in purgatory in a cul de sac.+3
@GuavaConQueso - 2024-09-23 16:37:06
Was going to write the same thing. Shows like Hey Arnold and Doug that deal with moral and ethic issues more blatantly are even better examples. The problems they dealt with and the solutions they used to address it resonated more with me as a child than whether or not a show was episodic or serial.+3
@HighWideandHandsome - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
I watched old '60s sitcoms growing up (on DVD; I'm not a boomer). Gilligan's Island is a good example of this. Every other episode is the castaways almost getting off the island until Gilligan goofs it up somehow. I was always frustrated at that, but if they get off the island, that's the end of the show.+10
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
I watched The Simpsons religiously as a kid (90s, so the good years) and it always made me angry when they didn't do something they should've known to do based on a previous episode. It felt like I kept better track of the story than the writers (I probably did).+14
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
Yea same here in the 90s most kids shows where like that. but in the 2000s you got some kids shows with an actual story like avatar. i thought that was a massive step forwards.+10
@nevanj.medina358 - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
I was super into Spongebob as a kid but by around age 7 or 8 I felt bored of it and quit watching for a while. About a year later I came back and I found the episodes I enjoyed most were the newer ones which didn't recycle some overused plot device (i.e. Plankton attempts stealing the secret formula)+3
@femboydoja3760 - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
Yeah I like some shows with stories, not slice of life yk? Like wash repeat rinse, I like it to build up to something. Idk just my thoughts+2
@markusmath3421 - 2023-06-23 16:37:06
@nevanj.medina358 some spongebob episodes were so good even my parents would laugh. But so many were just aggressively mindless it would tick me a off a bit lol. I still think its a bit of a reach though. Being idle too much is maybe more of a problem for kids who grew up on it.+3
@Sebastian_Rabbit - 2024-07-23 16:37:06
@HighWideandHandsome Holy shit that reminded me of the D&D animated show, almost every episode the cast were close of escaping the D&D world but all of sudden some random character has to ruin it all So frustating+1
@fallencringelord7856 - 2024-06-23 16:37:06
Probably more lmao+4
@NoahMReed1 - 2025-04-23 16:37:06
many+1
@dansmemeaccount - 2025-04-23 16:37:07
Thing is, the media we consume, like it or not, is a part of our development growing up. Its not as pronounced as a parent's influence, sure, but there is still a measurable effect. Does it need to be banned from the household totally? No not really. However I do feel that kids that watch a lot of tv turn out far worse than kids that watch less of it.+1
@xXx_Regulus_xXx - 2023-06-23 16:37:07
probably did play a role, that and the purgatory that is american public school+13
@labadaba5088 - 2023-06-23 16:37:07
Huh, at least I watched the PBS shows before they went woke, early 2000s, so I learned about dinosaurs and animals (Dinosaur Train and Wild Kratts)+2
@Zero_Contradictions - 2024-12-23 16:37:07
Well, what's the counter-argument to what he said in this video?+5
@jackofalltrades6129 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
Sorry, I'm new to this channel so I don't know if this is a joke, but this is dumb. This isn't a cartoon thing, this is an entertainment thing. Live action sitcoms, comic books from way back when, that was always a thing. It never changed things any more than eating the same breakfast every day changes. Executives have status quos to ensure people have retention, afraid to take risks, because risk means potential loss of profit. There is no agenda because that implies that people a couple decades ago are trying to keep people forever kids. Adults who grew up in that way are like that because of bad parenting, a failing economy, and massive feelings of dread over the state of the world thanks to easier access to international events.+6
@Diashi1267 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
I think the allure of episodic television is the comfort given by its predictability. Like you said, even if the exact events differ, the overall structure of every episode is the same and nothing actually changes. Soap operas are a good example of this. Watching an episodic TV show reminds me of a repetitive behavior someone who suffers from OCD might engage in to assuage their feelings of anxiety. So people might enjoy watching episodic television because it helps them feel less anxious. Just a theory+40
@yttriumbagel - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
Luke "Episodic TV shows and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race" Smith+12
@minifridge8315 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
Luke I don’t think kids expect life to work just like cartoons, kids are forced to advance from one thing to another at a faster pace than adults comprehend. A lot of my memories from being a kid involve moving on and learning things and leaving old things I used to do/enjoy behind. Including friends, ways I thought about things, cartoons I used to enjoy, and silly childish behaviors like playing with the shampoo suds in the shower. This notion that cartoons are harmful because of their episodic nature is ridiculous, especially since a lot of mainstream cartoons do involve characters LEARNING from their mistakes and also overarching plots. If there’s any kids that ACTUALLY acts like their favorite annoying cartoon character in such a way that they’re actually not growing as a child then the issue has to do with no parental control. These hot takes of yours just make you sound like an smartass 80’s kid Dad (a lot like my dad) that’s trying to preach to his kid what to enjoy (while telling what you what only stupid people enjoy) without actually thinking about the experience of being a child. So Luke, just be alone in the woods and keep nagging your principals at all these little kids begging for your advice. So over this channel.+35
@rewe3536 - 2025-05-23 16:37:09
Dude went from a desert to a forest just like in Minecraft+4
@williamcase426 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
I mean, anime on Toonami was also popular around the same time which was mostly serials. E.g. DBZ and Gundam: what happened always had some consequence in the following episode, the characters were always improving, and the situation was always changing.+85
@aerialdude - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
This is why I liked Dragon Ball. Master Roshi trained those kids, and you could see how their hard work made them better over time.+44
@hoobsug - 2024-06-23 16:37:09
Skibidi toilet will teach children to fight and become stronger+10
@larswillems9886 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
The best show I watched back then, and even when I was 18, is Avatar the last airbender. That show does have progression and a great story.+56
@PastorJohnnie - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
I stumbled on this channel and it has been a rare gem.+79
@VH-ew7oq - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
My parents were good parents. Always checking in to make sure i knew fantasy from reality. So i remember as a kid always thinking how schizo the shows were but just watching them looking for the jokes to make me laugh. Makes me feel all the worse for people growing up with absent parents.+21
@OnlyThroughConflictDoWeEvolve - 2024-12-23 16:37:09
Incredible. I remember being a young kid probably middle school age thinking this. Getting up, Going to school, coming home, watching random cartoons that for all its wacky randomness seldom was funny enough to chuckle at. I also remember watching Avatar the last air bender cartoon when it aired on tv and being filled with a deep sense of inspiration. The difference being the serial and episodic type of show.+3
@nobodyinparticular8219 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
The problem wasn't the episodic TV shows, it was the parents who let their kids watch 5 hours of TV per day instead of spending time with them.+66
@dipanjanghosal1662 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
There's no shame in wanting the same enjoyment over and over again. Episodic format gives us a sense of security, that everything we love, is still there. Of course its not irl, but that's why it we want it all the more.+3
@PecanTartEnjoyer - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
>"Grown men doing childish things" Hmmmmmmmm what about those of us who post green frog in this age?+7
@starman4840 - 2025-01-23 16:37:09
my opinion, which i didn't share when this video came out, is that life isn't so serious that you should forbid yourself from things you enjoy. i agree with the general message that kids' cartoons can have a psychological effect that you don't really feel until your age of maturity, but investing times in hobbies as a whole isn't an issue just so long as they further develop your brain in some way. i.e. not getting the same enjoyment from building a house doesn't necessarily mean you're not "supposed" to enjoy it, but stopping yourself from watching children's' cartoons over and over would be beneficial to say the least+2
@thesecondhat4717 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
I actually remember having similar thoughts, even as a kid. Although not nearly as fleshed out. In particular I remember turning into a teen and thinking about how KND stayed the same. Weird being categorized into the enemy age of the show. Bit of a disconnect, really. Probably also why people flocked to AtLA, since it was a western show (although heavily influenced by anime) that actually progressed its story. I mean, how many times can you see Johnny Bravo get rejected by a girl before it gets stale to the psyche?+38
@dileepvr - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
Like Star Wars - The Disney ride. Step right up. Grab your cloak and saber. Stand in line. You too can get your turn to banish Darth Vader and save the Jedi order. Be the center of attention for a whole 15 seconds, already paid for. Please return the cloak and saber to the designated basket on you way out. Come back any time. Lord Vader will be waiting for you right where you left him.+13
@RapiBurrito - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
Thanks for sharing Luke, as a middle aged man the idea of permanence is already starting to fade and it's sad but necessary. I wonder if the mental health 'epidemic' has something to do with this, at least partly. The impermanence of real world drives our desire for alternate realities (games, movies, series, drugs) that promise at least a sense of permanence and when they eventually disappoint us we fall into the throes of depression. Having injured my back pretty badly not too long ago my belief in permanence has been shattered, constant pain will do that to you. My hope is that the pain doesn't drive me completely nuts before it heals, here's hoping. Again, thanks for the video.+15
@Rytheking2 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
A great example of how pervasive this is can be found in the communities where people can only seem to make analogies to media they enjoy. The classic “don’t you see that you’re like (bad guy faction in media) and I’m like (good guy faction in media)” whether that’s lefties who think they’re #resistance or right wingers who see themselves as various LOTR characters. It’s fun to meme about some of these things and make comparisons but I’ve met people who can only understand life through media analogies not realizing that media, even books or radio series, are idealized versions of whatever they want to represent.+98
@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw - 2024-12-23 16:37:09
And capitalism+1
@Moister356 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
Exactly. Even as a kid I knew episodic cartoons were simple and formulaic. But they were really entertaining. Always waiting to see the special resolution, but that's it. It's stupid to think this could ever affect kids mind somehow. Thing is, it has to be controlled by their parents too because obsession is another thing in a whole another level.+14
@markusmath3421 - 2023-06-23 16:37:09
It seems like so many adults forget what it was like to see things as a kid. I'm 22 so it was still really recent for me, we're not THAT redarded as kids lol. Kids just need to be encouraged to be outside way more, shouldn't get smart devices until they're teens, everything should be kept in moderation. And the kid will be fine.+10
@foolishknight - 2024-06-23 16:37:09
I feel like you misunderstood his point, honestly. He's not saying that episodic shows make kids act LIKE the characters, he's saying it instills a mindset within them that lacks in development and is stagnant. It's a well-known thing in psychology that one's childhood will instill in people certain behaviors; of course, it's not something that's set in stone and is perfectly predictable, but stuff like suffering abuse in childhood tends to make people abusive, or makes it so that they're so used to abuse that they get uncomfortable in healthy relationships and thus sabotage them. The things you go through as a child shape how you are as an adult, and if a kid watches only episodic shows where nothing has any permanence, it conceivably could affect them in the way that Luke described. I don't think he's right on the dot, but I also don't think he's doing what you're saying he's doing, arrogantly declaring his beliefs to be fact from his high horse. Honestly, I feel like you just got upset at the notion that things like cartoons being written a particular way might have an effect on children, that's how your comment reads. As if it were inconceivable, and in fact out of line to even put forth as a possibility; that's how things are, though, the things that children go through immeasurably shape them as they age, even if they or their parents don't recognize it. That's just the nature of psychology. Maybe Luke is wrong on this particular issue, and shows being episodic doesn't affect a child's ideas of permanence, but it's certainly possible. Again, it's not that kids are consciously copying the episodic format of cartoons in their day to day, but it's that the media kids consume being so devoid of change because everything within an episode has to be undone subconsciously affects their outlook on life, that's the notion being put forth by Luke.+7
@henryc7548 - 2024-06-23 16:37:09
@Moister356 pretty much everything a kid see effects their mind.+3
@salpertia - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
do you think andrew tate watched dragon ball z and hence why he thought he was invincible?+28
@dovydas4483 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@salpertia xD+5
@EdgyPuer - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@salpertia Shame he can't go super saiyan. Not having hair and all.+17
@acrez3260 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
Honestly anime taught me a lot of stuff such as I could become a stronger person if I worked on myself both mentally and physically. It definitely gets too bad of a rep in these spaces imo. I’ve definitely noticed a lot of gym people into anime as well, some good lessons to be learned+24
@dovydas4483 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@acrez3260 weeboo+7
@p4trickb4tem4n - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
good pfp+4
@Skeeter_Dee - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
and us anime chads are making it+2
@rightwingsafetysquad9872 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
Toonami was/is also on very late at night once a week (I think it used to be twice a week). SpongeBob is on 12 hours a day every day.+10
@asepsisaficionado7376 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@acrez3260 Mob Psycho 100 is a great one for that sort of lesson+5
@williamcase426 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@rightwingsafetysquad9872 the cut versions weren't on that late, I remember watching robotech, dbz, Gundam Wing and 0079 after school, although the episodic cartoons did have way more air time.+1
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
Toonami rarely got the rights to or wanted to show the majority of animu garbage. If you notice for most of it's run before it went to shit they only broadcast shows that had actual life lessons in them and didn't baby you, then 2004 nuked it all+1
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@acrez3260 These days anime definitely has a more wholesome and constructive message than Western TV, but that's mostly because Western TV just encourages moral decay and degeneration. Being better than Western TV isn't saying much. The question is really whether it's better to watch anime than not watch any TV at all. I say this as someone guilty of enjoying the occasional anime.+2
@acrez3260 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@poika22 who cares man, do what you wanna do and live your life. I tried restricting video games, anime etc and I ended up less happy. And before you say withdrawal, no, I quit video games for a year. As long as you have relationships, other passions etc I think it’s fine+2
@williamcase426 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@poika22 It's honestly like any form of "art." There's stuff with depth close to the greatest novels as well as complete garbage that is nothing but "dopamine hits."+1
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
Yea anime was ahead of its time. they wanted to make stuff that older people could enjoy too. western cartoons where too simple they didn't think the kids where smart enough to follow longer stories. in the 2000s cartoons where starting to learn things from anime. but then in the 2010s everyone in the west went woke so anime is still better.+6
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
@acrez3260 "do what you wanna do and live your life" is probably the worst life advice anyone can give.+3
@CarWavExe - 2023-06-23 16:37:10
was thinking of dragon ball the whole time as a good example of the complete opposite and what to strive for+6
@savie286 - 2024-06-23 16:37:11
This, so much this ❤+3
@IntoDeathandTheBuddahMatrix - 2024-06-23 16:37:11
Some kid who watched this shit will grow up and find the cure for cancer.+3
@maricampari3970 - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
This. I came to the comments to mention this one too, this show blew my mind and I couldn't get enough.+6
@mushroomcrepes - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
great show, definitely my all time favorite as a kid+7
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
Avatar came out when i was a teenager. when the first season came out i was still watching sponge bob and stuff like that. but by the end of it i considered myself too mature for that. but i still enjoyed avatar.+2
@larswillems9886 - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
@belstar1128 You can totally watch it as an adult aswell+9
@TheSutanian - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
Something important to acknowledge is that ATLA ran for around 3 years, which is kinda unbelievable to think about nowadays with people requesting for more versions of the same thing, with much more time. When you could probably get more value from reading a good fiction.+1
@HollyTroll - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
it is indeed+7
@MrAnsatsuken - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
He's an interesting thinker to say the least+13
@ArniesTech - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
You found a great Channel, Pastor 🙏+18
@user-pl6hc4kj1o - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
I'm gay.+3
@balala7567 - 2023-06-23 16:37:11
Came here due to linux, btw+4
@Moister356 - 2023-06-23 16:37:12
I think there is a problem if you let you kid watch shows 5 hours straight+6
@nobodyinparticular8219 - 2023-06-23 16:37:12
@Moister356 Look up how much time the average person in the West spends watching TV. 5 hours is actually not out of the ordinary at all. Nowadays TV consumption is declining, but that's just because people have shifted to netflix, social media and video games.+12
@TheGreenKnight500 - 2023-06-23 16:37:12
I remember being a little bit frustrated with episodic shows as a kid. I especially disliked stuff like Scooby-Doo where every single episode had the exact same plot with a slightly different coat of paint. I think I lot of people got sick of shows like that and it's why serialized stories have become far more popular. Technology is a big part of it too. Streaming services have also made it easier for people to keep track of serialized shows, so there's not the same worry about missing episodes.+5
@pebble5478 - 2023-06-23 16:37:12
I feel like KND kinda tried fixed the whole “all teens are the enemy” when it was revealed that some teens become secret agents who continue to work for the KND after they turn 13. I’d have to rewatch the show at some point because there is lore that’s slowly revealed throughout the show that I just don’t remember.+2
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:37:12
I went to an amusement park for the first time as an adult last year (Universal, don't ask how that happened) and I literally could not stop laughing out loud at the end of every ride when the wagies at the exit would all "congratulate you" for "defeating the sith" or Voldemort or whatever. How ridiculous.+22
@Nuhbuddys - 2023-06-23 16:37:12
It may or may not be a factor on mental health... However, the "kids show industry" and the commercials shown between, have been, and still are, assessed and skewed towards making sales to younger people, with the help of psychological interactions. Mental health practitioners can not only work in the hopes of helping but also manipulating people to make sales. Who knows what long-term damage has been done?+1
@TheMegaGamingWizard - 2023-06-23 16:37:12
As they say time goes on...+1
@MS-il3ht - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
Hyperreality+31
@connor3284 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
Uh, I'm basically like 12th Century knight William Marshal.+19
@zac2384 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I'm Walter White fr+29
@your-mom-irl - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
That's somehow related but not the same thing. LOTR and star wars have some sort of plot resolution+3
@BillWilsonBG - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I was at the gunstore and saw someone with a Starwars resist sticker and a ukr*inian flag bumper sticker, I physically cringed.+23
@zac2384 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
@BillWilsonBG that hurts me+5
@M65V19 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
It is like life of infusorias in petri dish.+1
@xXx_Regulus_xXx - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
@BillWilsonBG that's worse than the darwin fish + borderlands sticker combo I see at my grocery store+7
@longiusaescius2537 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I'm Adolf Hitler fr no cap+17
@amentco8445 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
@longiusaescius2537 I can't believe they killed adolf off then brought him back in Argentina, really killed the stakes for me+4
@oniondesu9633 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
@dylancounte1448 varg lore+3
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I am literally Ryan Gosling though.+10
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I'm literally Aragorn though.+9
@lurksnitchtongue8986 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
@reilysmith5187 Oh yeah well I'm Sam Gamgee+1
@honkhonk8009 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I do the same but with history lmfao. I got the habit out of watching the OG star trek with my dad, and talking to old people irl. People related to history much more in the past, than they do pop culture.+3
@rusi6219 - 2024-06-23 16:37:13
But I'm Ryan Gosling+1
@user-cs7fg5eq9r - 2024-11-23 16:37:13
I don't think this is that much of a problem, as stories (whatever it may be) function as a secondary language in a culture. By using the medium of a story we are able to more quickly communicate ideas to one another in a recognizable fashion. Doesn’t mean those ideas are correct but it is a means of communication. I have no doubt that ancient peoples utilized references to myths as a means of talking to one another.+1
@Rytheking2 - 2024-11-23 16:37:13
@ yeah it’s not a problem on its own but not being able to recognize the difference between slop consoomer media and reality I think is much different than mytho religious tradition that centered you in a chaotic world via an eternal return of tradition ala Mircea Eliade+1
@user-cs7fg5eq9r - 2024-11-23 16:37:13
@Rytheking2 True. It sucks because LOTR and Star Wars in their original forms are very much in that line of mythic tradition, whereas their current incarnations are genuinely the worst content to come out of Hollywood/corporations in the past two decades.+1
@petermousses - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
There is also a middle ground with this, serial shows that are generally episodic but have slow advancements that are referenced later on. The only example I can think of is Little House on the Prairie, and they don't make shows like that anymore. In this show for example, there is an "episodic" issue of one of the daughters needing glasses, and it is referenced in the next episode, and then sporadically after that, such as her putting on glasses for an exam. It also does a good job of being episodic while preserving progress by having minor characters go through changes, such as an episode where a US ranger is hunting a native, and by the end he has a change of heart and lets him off.+20
@edmundironside9435 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I think what is more common in these cartoons is that, instead of their achievements being annulled, the protagonist will find that their world undergoes some sort of crisis and they need to use their abilities to restore it to what it once was.+19
@gonootropics2.065 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
Episodic shows match up to the reality of being a child, there is no past, future or plot. It's a here and now type thing. Naturally as you get older the concept of time solidifies and you outgrow that type of media. Just imagine expecting kids to watch something that only makes sense if you saw the previous episodes+5
@hyberkonawa272 - 2024-06-23 16:37:13
7:35 "being better or not" IS NOT the issue. Being stuck with Peter pan in the NeverLand IS the real issue. This is why when I was 19 I quited watching TV not because the fake news OR very repeatable information but because is NOT real! People are not Real on TV and not even on social media. I still play videogames but I completely changed my lifestyle habit based on how I play videogames. I play less than before. Basically I studied Finance by reading a book "Rich dad and poor dad" and now I'm more interested to play videogames based on Finance as simulation to prepare me for reality instead of Fighting games, FPS and mmorpg. My whole perspective changes as I grow older plus I'm Dyslexic and I think very differently.+2
@philspaghet - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I think this is why I switched to watching anime as a kid. I was sick of how repetitive and pointless American TV shows were+5
@tripletsborn - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
Don't forget about the fast time frame in which the plot is resolved in a appealing manner. It was definitely reinforced by those around me, but I always have an urge to rush myself because that's what I think people expect. I'm sure that was influenced by this sort of media a little. I'll tell ya, it can be hard to promote growth in yourself when there's this looming feeling of needing to do it fast and perfectly.+18
@cinemint-music - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
God I hate that everyone these days talks like a cartoon character+6
@egbertst7314 - 2024-06-23 16:37:13
Roadrunner, Fred Flintstone, Jerry the Mouse are all my heroes. I turned out just fine.+4
@braiinworms - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
So if I have a kid and let him watch cartoons, they may be indolent and never advance or see themselves as able to advance as an adult… but if I let him watch series like LOTR and Star Wars, he’ll end up with a funko pop shelf in his overpriced apartment 😩+115
@YouTubeTryingToBeTwiter31581 - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I always prefer serialised cartoons be it western, eastern, or whatever origin. And there are also shows that blend the two where overarching plot is serialised but the show might as well be episodic by how much filler there is.+75
@HighWideandHandsome - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
I think there's something to this. But I also think there's a lot that runs counter to this as well. The same generation (which includes myself) has watched dozens of movies, each of which also has a self-contained plot (at least the ones not written to have sequels from the outset), which is usually about personal growth or some personal achievement. Not to mention the "You can do anything!" programming we got in public schools.+5
@happaxgamma - 2024-06-23 16:37:13
I was born in the mid 2000s, so I was growing up in an era where episodic cartoons were being slowly phased out in favor of more serialized shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gravity Falls, and Steven Universe. This was also the time cartoon critics started appearing on YouTube making episodic shows have a negative light on them, such as Fanboy & Chum Chum, Sanjay & Craig, Uncle Grandpa, and Clarence.+4
@LeastWx - 2023-06-23 16:37:13
No offense but is the 4chan lingo/thumbnails suppose to be ironic or is that still adult behavior+9
@Esnnete - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
A consequence that i've noticed by living with people who think in an episodic fashion: Not only does personal progress not exist, but personal thoughts must also not. For instance, there's no difference if i speak with them today, yesterday or tomorrow, the subjects will always remain the same: This is the most recent media i consumed, this is the latest thing in politics, "have you seen what [INSERT CELEBRITY HERE] has done?", etc. I wonder if that's why politics has such a wide reach these days, there's no thought needed to seek it out (it's thrown at your face through tv, social media, people talking, put that against reading a philosophy book) and it's easy to form an opinion about, as brain dead as it might be ("i am against war", says the westerner whose country has pillaged half the globe). My apologies for any mistakes as english is not my first language.+52
@CopeAscetic - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
Someone should forward this topic to Chris Chan+41
@thomaseubank1503 - 2024-06-23 16:37:14
"We are going to have a biome change..." I guess that is exactly your point.+4
@العقيدمعمرالقذافي-ح4ف - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
i've never taken any cartoon or show or anything beyond face value, i liked ed edd n eddy because it was hilarious, i've never thought about it in any other way, and now that i think about it, as a kid i would spend most of my free time outside, playing with other kids, i only really sat down infront of the tv when it was too dark to go out or nobody was out, i would be lucky to have the TV free to myself and have a show that i liked on at the same time..... it just sounds like you watched these cartoons literally everyday of your childhood and had no other source of information about life+3
@nickpavia9021 - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
Video games are still fun if I feel that I have done enough productive work during the day/week/month to "earn" it. If I have a To-Do List, it is hard to enjoy the game because I am constantly thinking about my responsibilities and how I should be attending to those instead.+48
@lisathepainful - 2025-01-23 16:37:14
You see, when you rewatch these "children" cartoon as an adult you understand that that thing is not precisely meant for kids (at least in my opinion, i mean, the thing was made by an adult after all) An adult can difference between fiction and reality. A kid cannot+2
@wezzuh2482 - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
My parents never allowed us to have Cartoon Network or Disney Channel growing up. Obviously I disliked this a lot as a kid, and would enjoy watching that stuff when visiting my friends houses where they had more TV-Channels, but looking back in retrospect I am really thankful for my parents for seeing those channels for the brain-poison they really are.+104
@markusmath3421 - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
My mom used to watch that show as a child. She showed it to me as a kid and I really liked it, felt cozy at the time. When I watched it as an adult I was surprised by how brutal it became after the early seasons. I almost got tired of tragedy after tragedy towards the end.+4
@MyReMoX - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
What you describe here is still programming people to keep the status quo. The character always reacts to outside forces.+3
@edmundironside9435 - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
@MyReMoX Yes, nonetheless, it requires the protagonist to take initiative and responsibility, showing the importance and value of human agency, which is much better than what Luke was suggesting and doesn't encourage passivity from the audience. Therefore, I think it was worth pointing out.+2
@marusdod3685 - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
dont let him enjoy any shows or he'll become reddit+77
@TheGrmany69 - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
Collections are much more mature that just being detached from any sense of self.+3
@GhostofTradition - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
only let him watch Luke Smith videos+29
@S.O.N.E - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
Or you can show them your favorite books from when you were a kid+5
@desktorp - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
@TheGrmany69 not if they're meaningless modern art blobs of vinyl that serve as an alternative to having any personality+8
@jack_galt - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
"him" "they" "themselves" "he" "his" Annie, our son will not be confused about his gender. Stop it.+7
@braiinworms - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
@jack_galt we’ll let fae/fem decide faer gender 🥰🥰❤️+8
@desktorp - 2023-06-23 16:37:14
@jack_galt Annie you've picked yourself a good man here. Congratulations to the two of you and best of luck raising a strong family.+2
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:15
@TheGrmany69 There is nothing "mature" about collecting mass produced plastic toys.+9
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:15
He said its ok to watch cartoons with a proper story line like avatar the last air bender. i think its best to just avoid everything made after 2010 because they are woke. but the problem is that most old cartoons are episodic. so i am not sure what's worse.+3
@lurksnitchtongue8986 - 2023-06-23 16:37:15
D.R fucking based tbh. I love modeling, especially dioramas.+1
@dipanjanghosal1662 - 2023-06-23 16:37:15
I know this is sarcasm, but let him watch whatever cartoon is being aired. Don't restrict him too much or that could actually make him worse. All these people acting like they're some macho hunks just love to blame anything and everything they themselves don't like.+5
@jordan3636 - 2024-06-23 16:37:15
A child should have diversity so they shouldnt have a dirt of cartoons and media as you see now. Anything in good measure is okay, but even then its best to be discerning. The most noticable thing for me is childrens shows that constantly put the parent and child in adversarial situations for the purpose of plot. Cause of some much oppositional defiance disorder, but no one has realized it yet. Its beneficial for capitalism too.+2
@basedcroat - 2023-06-23 16:37:15
Yeah looking back at my early childhood i always prefered cartoons like that, Avatar, TMNT, Lego ninjago, even tho when ever fiarly of parents, amazing world of gumball or spogebob were on tv id watch it anyway, today my favorite animated series is aot a very story driven series+11
@rasheedlewis1 - 2024-06-23 16:37:15
🎯+3
@Gradebmilk - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
Lately I've been thinking a lot about the idea you mentioned of personal thoughts not existing in people who live in an "episodic fashion". Probably because recently I've been putting in a big effort to stop/limit the media and entertainment I consume. I'll probably get made fun of or called an NPC in the comments, but to be honest, it really is a hard question to ask yourself "Okay, what DO I actually think about during the day when I'm not being distracted?" or "Why do I even think the way I do?" I don't think that small talk is always necessarily bad and I suppose it has its place, but sometimes it makes it hard to talk to people when you realize that most conversations are "Hey did you see this thing or that thing?"+9
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
So you complain people's lack of personal progress, but then you try to make fun of them for being against war when their grandparents used to support war? Or their great-great-great-grandparents if we're talking of "pillaging the globe".+10
@PinkManGuy - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
@poika22 Look man, I respect the troops as much as the next North American, and I'm not gonna throw insults or accusations around, but come on. The American Oil&Gas Industry and the Military Industrial Complex made hand over fist from the "War on Terror" at the expense of Afghanistan and Iraq. We didn't even see any of that money anyway, why are we the people so eager to deny it?+8
@lurksnitchtongue8986 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
Ah yes because I agree with everything my government does and am totally incapable of ever criticizing their actions or habits.+4
@marktaro - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
And like watching reruns, they will repeat some of the same conversations week after week. Watching it unfold first hand is worrying.+1
@KainiaKaria - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
"Oh lest do after the troops that did not want to fight in Vietnam and call them blood thirsty. lol"+1
@mirmarq429 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
Well we'd need to send it back in time, then somehow convince his parents that it's correct.+12
@perguto - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
@mirmarq429 Or rather, just convince his parents not to vaxx him+4
@ArniesTech - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
Yep, I work in law enforcement (Just office by now), own several real estate properties, a own business company, this channel AND I still give myself time to relax with a good dosage of Morrowind/Oblivion or Gothic 💪🙏+4
@acrez3260 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
Sounds like a miserable life+7
@volusian95 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
It's very hit or miss for me. Much of the time if I play something, my mind just starts to wander and I can't get into it. But every once in a while the planets align I can still get very immersed in a game. One thing I'd say is that my appreciation for games as an adult depends very heavily on aesthetics, I'm most likely to enjoy games that really feel like interactive artworks with lively worlds, etc.+3
@nightingale3715 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
You could spend your freetime on much more beneficial activities like reading. Video games are literally a waste of time. Very rarely do they have any benefit especially modern games+4
@Mogura87 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
@nightingale3715 Video games are pieces of media just like any other media, just that they're interactive. There's absolutely no good reason in general to say that playing video games are more of a "waste of time" than consuming any other type of media. It's more a question of the quality of media (true of games as much as books) you consume and what you get out of it personally. You might think of a soulless ghoul grinding in an MMO for 20000 hours when you hear "video games", or maybe a zit-faced kid dropping n-bombs in cawadoody multiplayer, but that's just a small part of gaming culture on the whole.+12
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
@Mogura87 Maximum cope. Video games are filled with padding. I say this as someone whose played them all his life as well, and focuses on the better indie games these days. The amount of story progression in a 2-hour movie takes a video game 20-50 hours to get to, and in the meantime you have to jump through hoops to complete reaction time and finger dexterity tests. Comparing a video game to a book or a movie is just delusional. Not to mention any artistic value in a video game in 99% of the cases will have to make way for "is it fun?". Also the level of writing in video games is at best on par with saturday morning cartoons. That's just the sad reality of it.+6
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
That is why i like runescape. just level up my wood cutting while i do work at the same time. i think one thing you can do with some games (but not runescape sadly) is learning languages.+2
@connor3284 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
Did they let you get mindkilled by Spongebob and Rugrats, though?+11
@wezzuh2482 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
The TV-Channels we did have rarely broadcast shows like rugrats and the like, though. It was the Danish state-owned channels and the TV they produced for children was a lot more wholesome, especially back then. It was less narrative-oriented and more about characters doing fun stuff like making a song, or building a woodhouse or something like that. Stuff that's encouraging towards children's creativity.+30
@longiusaescius2537 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
@Wezzuh Denmark. You have nice metros and cookies+2
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:16
Yea same here. we got nick and that was already a lot worse than the cartoons i watched before i got it. i think Disney channel was the worst one.+2
@Calzilla-yd8qg - 2024-06-23 16:37:16
Unfortunately your parents didnt beat you the moment you picked up Stirner so theyre still failed at raising you properly+2
@kpcraftster6580 - 2024-06-23 16:37:17
I would rather read the same good book every month until I know it by heart, than keep reading increasingly worse books because they are a breath of fresh air. There is a place for episodic entertainment and episodic lifestyle, but it should not be the exclusive all.+3
@thebanditman5663 - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
This is why shows like Avatar, Ben 10, OG Teen Titans, and so on, are always considered great, and memorable. I can remember individual episodes in order for them, but can't remember which season of Spongebob (good as it was) he and patrick got locked in Sandy's tree dome in winter.+4
@malvo4 - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
I have had a similar thought. As I work in the evenings, I like to put on something I have seen before so it can play in the background, and I have decided to play these episodic cartoons I have watched as a kid. But I have gathered a different perspective on them and I have often had the thought "Oh THAT is where my generation's ideas of X must come from". Honestly that is where they primed the pump for people to be anti-capitalistic. But the wider point made in this video is absolutely true. No progress, everything gets undone and what you are left with is the original character and his characteristics set in stone like how people believe in this cult of identity. You are shy, disabled, mentally ill, neurotic, messy forever because that is the character you are playing and will play for the rest of your life, and you want to keep the show of your life running and consistent forever; right? You don't want your show to be cancelled because you have changed, right?+13
@LinkEX - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
5:00 Wouldn't mere negligence of checking the search function be the most likely reason? Rather than episodic TV shows having loosened their grasp on permanence? It's true that nothing truly severe could ever happen (at least not without being undone by some other contrivance). But a self-contained story can still teach about consequences. I'd merely regard it as a medium for simpler stories that work with a interactions from a known set of character profiles. Kind of like aesop's fables, but with a franchise that can be milked for merch. That said, people wanting things to stay as they are is a side-effect of that format. On the bright side, while there are pragmatic economic reasons that lead to episodic shows, they also were build for moderation: People were not expected to see every other episode. So they were just served self-contained stories. Obviously this wouldn't stop people from watching five different shows in a row (or watching whole seasons on pre-recorded VHS tapes). But at least it is not as bad as these days, where serialization is engineered to be as engaging as ever, and entire seasons can easily be consoomed in a single day.+4
@desktorp - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
The mind control of "I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid.." is now in full effect, where the people who grew up in that era are now middle aged and still buying action figures.+30
@DylAlitY - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
I love how he's somehow always a little more out in the middle of nowhere than last time+9
@SzalonyZibuch - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
Another thing is that cartoons (especially those made by Disney) depict a fake, overly sweetened and uber positive vision of life. Which in my opinion tricks children into believing that the world is peaceful and life is comfortable, people and animals are of good nature, that good things come to those who humbly accept misfortune, that at the end justice always triumphs, evil gets defeated and mean spirited face consequences. It is quite a shock to them when they reach adulthood and realise that default state of life is suffering and that nature and society has an underbelly with the amount of darkness they have never imagined.+5
@EricMurphyxyz - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
I think this is why a lot of people get into anime. The serialized nature of (most) children's (shounen) anime is really in stark contrast to American cartoons. Of course, children's anime is meant for children, and is meant to be grown out of, but while keeping the concept of progression internalized.+47
@karambiatos - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
Isn't your entire argument also accurate for watching youtubers as whole, especially commentator youtubers?+4
@Mountainmonths - 2024-11-23 16:37:17
nice projection+6
@Etherchannel - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
Imagine owning a TV. Biggest waste of time and money.+7
@stargazerlaurent6780 - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
Lotsa names ending in -berg, -stein, and -feld in those credits…. Sailor Moon was different. When we first meet her, she’s a dumbass and a crybaby. By the end of the series, she’s a hardened soldier, wiser but still optimistic. She has friends. She has a fiance. She has a future she has to perpetually defend.+9
@tent405 - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
ReBoot, that amazing CGI cartoon some of us grew up loving, started as episodic but gradually became serial.+3
@Kurofune - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
You are my favourite vtuber, Luke-sama sensei.+14
@laosforevar - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
Garfield was a dangerous cartoon+4
@tab8803 - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
That final "Stop enjoying things because people told you so" As long as the thing is harmless (Doesn't impede in your day to day or hurt people) and you enjoy it I really don't see the harm in playing games or whatever. btw what's your max bench, squat, and deadlift?+9
@saavestro2154 - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
This explains why I thought the Covid episode was going to end soon and become a meme after few months+12
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
7:25 Having conversations about this redpilled me on this topic a few years back. So many people seem utterly shocked that the kid's show or video game they enjoyed as a child wasn't as great as they remember. If you even hint at something like "dude, it's okay to grow up" you'll immediately get called a hateful conspiracy theorist and a spoilsport.+9
@DiegoRockLoiro - 2024-06-23 16:37:17
Holly shit, I relate a lot to what you said. I have this weird thing where instead of trying to find new movies or series to watch, I rewatch the same show for dozens of times. I literaly rewatched dr house 8 times, sherlock holmes 11 times, elementary 6 times, and the list goes on... For some reason, watching something new, changing what I do bothers me a lot. And this bothering I feel extends even further: I hate when the shows advances their story. I feel a bad sensation when a I see the main character as an adult (if he or she started as a teenager/child/ young adult), but I also feel bad for any big progressions on the stories I'm watching. Let's use an easy example to make things clear: The worst thing for me, when I was still a teenager, was when naruto shippuden ended. Before the ending, even though there were some changes that bothered me, it was still acceptable. But when the anime reached the end and I saw Naruto as a hokage and saw that every other character got older, that made me feel so weird, I was really sad and annoyed. I remember thinking for weeks that I wanted the anime to just continue as it was before, without ending. Eventually I realized this idea of a never ending adventure was making my life as a whole miserable. In the last 2-3 years both of my best friends got engaged, other friends started moving out from their parent's homes, some finished college... All of this made me really depressed, all I did was to wish everything to go back as it was 4-5 years ago. I'm still trying to figure out how to get out of this mentality, but it's been very hard. I think this problem I have affects a lot of younger people that are around 20 years old like me. I hope I can get out of this situation soon.+2
@fsmoura - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
1:35 "All the shows we watch are episodic." Not me Luke. I'm a man of culture; only watch animays.+5
@galaxyanimal - 2023-06-23 16:37:17
My parents put fairly strict (around 1 hr. per day) limits on television, which were somewhat relaxed for the whole family around when I started high school, but nevertheless I still have various mental health challenges. I think for me these challenges were brought on through a combination of genetics and social awkwardness/ostracization. But at the same time, even my most mentally ill anti-capitalist friends put value on personal growth, even if their mental issues put roadblocks in their way. Also, in my estimation what primed the pump for people to be anti-capitalist was seeing capitalism failing to deliver on its core promise (that the responsible/hardworking/good rise to the top). In places I've worked I've seen that the people who get raises & promotions aren't necessarily the best suited or hardest working, but the people who the managers and decision makers like. This is in addition to the whole "the people at the top's wealth is growing while everyone else's is shrinking" argument that all the liberals like to parade around.+2
@samusaran7317 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
"My hobby is better, yack yack yack".+10
@the.littlest.toaster - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
so if a old man likes toy trains and has never seen a damn toyrus ad buys toy train that makes him a big kid? Do you actually think the adults that buy these toys are playing with them like a child? Cmon+11
@samusaran7317 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
@the.littlest.toaster 💯+2
@Blacklite2k1 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
Imagine having hobbies haha, get back to work+11
@Moister356 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
You don't need hobbies, go to work, machine, make money now+7
@markusmath3421 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
kinda based+2
@jklmnopq233 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
Yeah for a a lot of kids Naruto grew up with them+3
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
@jklmnopq233 naruto is just poorly made more weeb version of dbz and does everything it can to keep its viewers children mentally+3
@AJ-po6up - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
@victorkreig6089 Congratulations that has to be the dumbest take on Naruto I've ever heard, you're true Darwin Award winner material.+2
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
@victorkreig6089 "weeb version of dbz" you realize dbz is already a Japanese anime, right?+3
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
@poika22 you don't know what weeb means lmao+1
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
@victorkreig6089 Weeb is literally just a person with a strong interest in Japanese entertainment like anime and video games. I was there when the paddle the weeaboo meme was born, kiddo.+2
@Chico_Julio - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
But not all anime is serialized. Doraemon is episodic (at least mainly)+2
@spriggy_6117 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
Eh, I'd say it was a meme from the start.+7
@ba-a-a - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
This episodic design was to give children (and I can't stress this enough: CHILDREN) sense of stability and it's something that children need to prospect further in life. That thought would require tons of paragraphs on itself therefore I won't bother. Any book on (child) psychology would explain it better anyway. What I took from these cartoons ending on square one? It was always funny moment, something that cartoons excels at, but also shows the audience that "a goal" is not "the goal" by itself so don't just rest on your laurels. Learn from mistakes of fictional characters rather than yours. Lessons for kids should not be in serial format. They should be short, engaging and fun. That's why there is no fables and tales for children going for whole tomes when you can fit few good life lessons in 30 pages. Have a nice day!+21
@theshow946 - 2023-06-23 16:37:18
Most of the jails and prisons populations have seen Dragon Ball+6
@EugeneLorey - 2024-10-23 16:37:19
Cartoons in the 20s and 30s were "episodic" as well. But the characters were given interesting problems and situations to react to and solve. Whereas Scooby Doo is basically the same plot over & over, it lulls you.+2
@dmitryyovenko6115 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
The same applies to serialized media. We have an abnormal amount of shows with Santa barbarian length that are parasitizing on the same idea. Now we can see that years can be highlighted by some substantial tv shows. People consume more media without experiencing something new.+5
@PPAChao - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Animechads we win again+19
@landsknecht8654 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
I completely agree historically a lot of people didn't have this episodic view or thought in history especially the Europeans, you see how European society changes in their fashion, changes over time versus other cultures...+10
@aarona3144 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
A serial killer is someone progresses in more killings. An episodic killer is someone who continually kills someone that keeps coming back to life.+3
@smit17xp - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
I used to watch Discovery and Nat Geo instead of Cartoons.+12
@jcdenton2907 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
I think David Foster Wallace made a similar point about these types of shows. Gives a false sense of immortality and permanence. It creates narcissists+16
@CosineKitty - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Imagine the horror people would feel if you could travel back to the nineteenth century and tell them that their descendants would spend countless hours sitting hypnotically staring at a glowing, flickering rectangle of glass.+11
@malcolminthemetal4992 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Bro... There are so many fallacies it's crazy. Let's build off the idea that the next generation is lazy and doesn't make progress, assume it's not a big leap to take some facet of cartoons and blame them for it, then act like there's 0 value in an episodic show against a serial show. Moreover, let's act like normal TV shows never had a reset. The guy who gets the girl usually gets to keep her in the end, he gets a job and keeps it, etc. That's just bad television.+3
@donnaken15 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Hey, Ed, Edd 'n Eddy is untouchable Season 5 is almost all about them going to school and The Big Picture Show (2009 movie ending the series) did end with the Eds getting positive reputation from the kids of the Cul-De-Sac+4
@Januaryof28 - 2024-07-23 16:37:19
Art is the least of societies issues it will the first thing the government stops and blames when if they asked people what’s wrong they’d find a solution+4
@volusian95 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
I haven't had cable in years and only occasionally watch series as an adult, but I honestly don't regret watching a bunch of silly shows as a kid. I don't know what else 8 year old me would have been doing at 7pm on a cold winter night, or upon getting home tired after a school day (other than playing video games, which generally are quite the opposite of episodic and entail progression of some kind). I still had plenty of time for other things. Besides, I think kids are more receptive to the 'lesson learned in 30 minutes or less' format than to multi-season character archs. I always think of the "Hooky" episode of Spongebob, for example, as being effective. As always distinctions must be made. Like a few years ago I saw an episode of Cow & Chicken, that was truly dreadful.+6
@maricampari3970 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Avatar the last Airbender was one of the good ones that was both episodic, but also completed a higher story arc with character growth and actualization.+10
@jesuschristislord6790 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
I think society is really at a crossroads. Either continue you to work on yourself. Look at your life and find ways to improve. Or continue on the video game, porn, masturbation, only fans, social media, fast food,obese, degenerate road. I often find myself meeting the Improver type person or the Destroyer.+15
@trashviewer3521 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Good thing i watched anime which is like 99% serialized except several big children shows which no one was willing to translate due to their sheer size at the time. Tik Tok as example of other repetetive no progress things.+12
@nikitazoshchuk - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
1:48 Default runescape character leveled up and moved to different biome.+8
@rightwingsafetysquad9872 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
I think this is what made the original Avatar, Teen Titans, and DBZ so popular. There was a story that got you invested. It was rewarding to follow and remember details for years. It also helped that Dragon Ball (and DBZ) could probably be rewritten as a classical Epic. Avatar was legit Kino - I don't say this lightly, it was better than the LoTR movies. I think I lost my original point - I'm gonna go watch Avatar, sorry Uncle Luke.+14
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Rare Luke L. Ed Edd n Eddy literally did advance in grades. Also cartoons these days tend to be serialized, not episodic, like Adventure Time then Steven Universe etc. And we all mostly agree especially SU is more liberal than like, Ren and Stimpy. And Zoomers more than Millennial (Reactionary wave notwithstanding). This was kind of nonsensical or at least exaggerated.+4
@bowiethedog6285 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Children's anime cartoons in Japan are all serial.+2
@S.O.N.E - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
@bowie the dog Yeah the Doraemon World War 3 arc was brutal...+2
@ba-a-a - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
@bowiethedog6285 "all", if you exclude every gag anime, 4koma adaptations, movies and actual anime cartoons for children.+3
@bowiethedog6285 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
@ba-a-a idk, all the translated ones kids watched in my country were serial+1
@ba-a-a - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
@bowiethedog6285 in my country it was the opposite, all episodal except for pokemon, sailor moon and dragon ball.+2
@ba-a-a - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
And to be frank, most of pokemon/sailor moon episodes could be completely swapped around and noone would ever notice.+3
@turtleboy1188 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
You have figured it out+3
@volusian95 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
Don't get me wrong, it definitely is weird, and harmful for the most part, but it also kinda depends. Sometimes the way the way phone use is described cuts out the fact that there's information involved. For instance, I've had boring sit-around-and-wait jobs where my phone essentially became a book and a language-learning tool.+2
@CosineKitty - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
@volusian95 I was actually thinking of watching TV, not using phones, but the same point could hold there too. I'm not saying all TV/phone usage is bad, and I'm certainly not claiming I'm above all that myself. So much free time has been liberated by modern innovations, yet we then waste it by passively absorbing empty entertainment. This is time that could be spent walking through the woods, building meaningful relationships and community, or working on a fun and educational project. Who will ever look back on their life and be happy they spent thousands of hours staring at a screen?+6
@Dratchev241 - 2023-06-23 16:37:19
idk, when I look at society today i kinda root for all out nuclear war cause you ain't saving this society.+3
@VenomCarson02496 - 2024-06-23 16:37:20
He didn't bring enough runes for a teleportation spell, now he has to walk all the way to Varrock.+1
@rightwingsafetysquad9872 - 2024-06-23 16:37:20
@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish True. I've never read JttW, but my understanding is that it follows a single story arc. Whereas Dragonball and classical epics (like the Odyssey and Beowulf) follow multiple connected story arcs.+1
@Brutalcel - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
The illusion of permanence is truly a poison, i can't believe i fell for this+2
@BackwardSabotage - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
I don't think it applies to me. I watched episodic cartoons but also a good amount of serial ones like Avatar, DBZ, Naruto. Serial cartoons always felt more "serious" and "important" to me, as they required you to religiously sit in front of the TV everyday at a specific hour to get a cohesive story. You even feel like a connection with the characters as if you were in the adventure along, specially at that age. In contrast, episodic cartoons felt kinda goofy. They were fine to watch but I didn't think too hard about them.+6
@WillieCorley - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
2:20 This guy did not continue watching Ed, Edd n Eddy past its first four seasons.+3
@Daniel-sj2mu - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
Thank you Linux with babish. Another banger.+6
@thatanimepfpguy - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
I like how Ren&Stimpy didn't even have a "Square One." Each episode would open with an establishment shot on some different changing living domicile that got progressively more random and crazy (living in a birdhouse) Also their relationship wasn't fixed. Sometimes they'd be a married couple or friends living together or coworkers. I also really like Simpsons episode that plays with this concept where they pollute Springfield to the point that it becomes permanently unlivable so they put all the buildings on flatbed trucks and move the whole town to a new clean location exactly as it was before.+5
@TheGrmany69 - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
That's how conditioning works. You keep people hypervigilant, and may be that's what pre 70's people saw coming right in the spot. Being hypervigilant means to dissociate and make believe reality which is just oppression of free will.+21
@kledynk6591 - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
this brought to my mind this children book "A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon which according to the online community has traumatized quite a lot of people in their early childhood. the protagonist of this story starts undergoing monstrous transformations when trying to adjust to her sorroundings by meeting expectations of her family and friends. it's an innocent sounding, silly short story, but the illustrations are a real nightmare fuel. lok it up. everything in the story plays out under the pretence of staying true to yourself, which, when I thought about this, is a really demaging thing to say to a child that will experience a lot of changes when growing into an adult. perhaps I read too much into it, but the grotesque illustrations really caught my attention, and it's curious how many people were terrified by this book, to the point of having blocked it out of their memory+6
@charmsword - 2024-06-23 16:37:20
Really, Luke? Rugrats fill people with a sense of futility of their life goals and undertakings because they don't experience growing up?:)) I think, this is far fetched. One can argue whether entertainment genres like sitcoms and animated series are less culturally valuable than, for example, Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" or Alcott's "Little Women", where characters grow up, make lifelong decisions, even die sometimes. This is indeed a discussion that is raging since the rise of mass culture in the early XX c. But making direct connections between genre structure and it's influence on people is too inaccurate. There is far too many details that make Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Simpsons, Friends, Star Trek etc. very different pieces of culture. Not all of these nullify every step that characters took during the episode. Of course, this is pop culture and often quite naive... But Leo Tolstoy and Alcott and Dostoevsky have done naive moments as well;) Not a reason enough to blame society's troubles on them though. One more thing: each episode of a sitcom reaches some conclusion, has some question answered. One may actually argue that episodes are like recitations of a single myth that the series are based upon: being friends no matter what, being kind to anyone, family is number one etc. And recitation is not about returning to the same place over and over, it is about reliving certain experience, melding it with new experience in your life. Compare watching an episode of Hey, Arnold or Simpsons while you're 13 and 23 or 33.+6
@1453piotrek - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
"Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you." -Puppet Master, Ghost in the Shell (1995)+6
@nowhereman5677 - 2023-06-23 16:37:20
Modding Video games is a prime example of this I think, I played (blank) game once, then again and again, after I can no longer extract novel and pleasure from it, I change it up so I could extract pseudo-novel pleasure from doing the same comfortable things.+16
@SamuelKarani - 2025-05-23 16:37:21
Great psychological insight+3
@thomasdaka9920 - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
Gumball, Steven universe, Adventure Time, and Regular show had great structure. Their worlds moved forward ⏩ but there adventure kept happening but slowly maturing in themes+5
@pipbernadotte6707 - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
As you can see, Luke now wears a blazer in his videos to show that time has passed.+3
@borscht7743 - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
I think cartoons fall into the same conclusion as video games, making them is cool, but actually consuming them?, not really.+5
@santa173 - 2024-06-23 16:37:21
I am more in the line of Zigmunt Bauman and Byung Chull Han, which they defined the modern era as a constant obsession for productivity and advancement, an advancement which no one knows where it leads to.+2
@GameSmilexD - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
doesnt school and education train you to be gerbil in a wheel? the gerbil is the perfect worker and society member+9
@soulflare77 - 2024-06-23 16:37:21
The Simpsons is another great example. It did have a little bit of change with some characters dying and references to earlier episodes; but the residents of Springfield have been caught in a spatial loop keeping them from aging for 30 plus years.+2
@derekstevens164 - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
What is the command to format biomes?+4
@9a3eedi - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
I disagree. I think a lot of people watch stuff intended for kids mainly because many of them are good for all ages to enjoy. Many "adult" shows tend to have pornographic/drugs/cursing/problematic scenes that frankly don't add a lot to the plot and leave a bad taste. The beauty of some kids shows is that they don't have any of that yet still manage to give a good plot. A good example for me is Regular Show, vs Close Enough, which are very similar shows made by the same director. I enjoyed both, but I like Regular Show more because it doens't have any of the cursing/sex/drugs/alcohol stuff that Close Enough has. This is generally my opinion with many "adult" shows. Consequently when an "adult" show comes out that doesn't have any of the crap found in typical adult shows, or has a lot less of it, you can enjoy it more. I also don't think that just because you enjoyed something as a kid doesn't mean that you can't enjoy it as an adult. Many times a good show or a videogame you played as a kid stays good throughout time.+2
@Jeff79621 - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
I like how Luke dresses fancy just to go for a walk in the middle of nowhere 😅+16
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
Being vigilant is good. being hypervigilant is paranoia or an indication that you are in a constant threat environment in which case you need to go somewhere else+10
@charmsword - 2024-06-23 16:37:21
Also, there's such thing as carnavality. I'm taking about Simpsons' or Stumpy's attitude of "ah, screw it all..." This is, by the way, quite a postmodern spirit (known, however even in the Middle Ages) of rebelliousness. It is a way to express the non-conformity, to strike at the system: I don't care about money, career and whatever else the System deems valuable. If we discount such cultural image as a sin against self-development and growth, we should also condemn "The Fight Club", "Taxi driver", "Falling Down" as discouraging people from being responsible adults😊+2
@shaurz - 2023-06-23 16:37:21
Every few years I replay HL2. It never gets old. (probably would if I didn't leave if fallow for a few years in between)+4
@UnknownOverwatchSoldier - 2024-06-23 16:37:22
That's why I think it's a hybrid. The show looks episodic but the lore moves on if you become a fan of one of the shows.+1
@sharkquisha3407 - 2024-06-23 16:37:23
I agree partly with what you said and I can see it, however I dont see anything wrong with going back and enjoying things that you like from the past, most people do this, some shows, games, movies are just that good and timeless. There was an old friend group I use to have for a long time and i felt like I could never progress with them in my life and their own perception of me held me back. It definitely felt like I was in a tv sitcom at times until decided to leave.+3
@Vermino - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
1:48 hahah "by the way, we will be changing our biome here." Fucking wizard man+3
@porky1118 - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
I didn't really like episodic shows when I was younger. Some were fine, like Spongebob, but I always preferred continuous plots. That's probably why I liked anime so much when I was young. Digimon was really nice. And when I was a bit older, there was the Avatar cartoon. Some episodic shows are nice, where the main focus is on the episode plot, but still, things that happen, are still that way in the next episode. Maybe BoJack is a popular example for this. After the Hollywood D has been stolen, it stays stolen. Or after the cat dates the tower of children, they stay together for multiple episodes. Or if a window is broken it stays broken for a half season until it is explicitly repaired.+7
@badreddineboukheit9791 - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
Futility in the shows, and the fact that we adopt a similar mindset in our lives, is but a defensive mechanism to make us forget that life is linear, in terms of age, it's a Peter Pan syndrome of sort, and it is an extension to the Nihilism that is a natural repercussion of Capitalism and its consumerist propaganda, and Liberalism as mechanism for suppressing morals and advocating the total and unchained release of one's desires. Zygmunt Bauman has some interesting books in this subject+2
@ninjaresbg - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
"Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?" -Vaas+6
@CigEconomy - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
Damn I never thought about that. It literally happens in every episode. Something good happens and then it's totally rolled back by the end.+6
@Hypnotically_Caucasian - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
So I grew up playing Warcraft a lot. I really enjoyed the lore more than anything. You can DISTINCTLY tell between the different generations of writers (Gen X and Millennials) because Millennials have fried their prefrontal cortex with marvel movies so much with funko pops and Marvel movies they can’t even perform retcons as necessary anymore- instead they abolish the lore cannon because the writers cannot even understand that.+8
@bowiethedog6285 - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
In my country the children's cartoons were all translated Japanese animes, which were all serialized.+6
@ReekRendTest1 - 2024-06-23 16:37:23
Very very interesting theory. Is this something you concluded on your own, or have you read or seen any psychology or research on this topic ?+4
@Т1000-м1и - 2024-10-23 16:37:23
Me having such thoughts at 7 and wondering why nobody likes me:+3
@shiretsu - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
really unique insight, thinking about this is weird as hell. like the characters are kids, but they aren't written by kids and don't actually act like real kids, so I don't think they're necessarily putting us into a kid-like state. being kid-like without the kid-like wonder is the mind plague we face imo. also I wish my life was as exciting as a season of rugrats they got into some wild shit.+7
@Majinsome - 2025-01-23 16:37:23
That background is beautiful.+2
@joenathan8059 - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
I didn't even think about that,blowing my mind with these crazy ass ideas. Also its a bit sad that theres adults that watch kids shows like MLP and Steve universe+7
@PlasmaSnake369 - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
Dragon Ball z/Dragonball was serialized, the Spider-Man and X-Men cartoons I watched as a kid were serialized. The main reason for episodic TV was it was considered better for syndication. Star Trek deep space nine was the first Star Trek to start doing serialization and it actually in some ways paved the way for modern shows like game of thrones.+2
@soulflare77 - 2024-06-23 16:37:23
Some of the best entertainment out there has a pointed and well thought out beginning, middle and ending with complementary crafted character development and story arcs. The desire for too much nostalgia or “more of the same” can lead to the oversaturization of an IP and dilution of quality in it as well. Look at just about anything bought out by Disney in the last 15-20 years. Quality franchises with finely crafted and thought out stories turned into mass produced “product”. Then Injected with “The Message” to meet ESG requirements even though doing so will ensure they lose money.- but that’s a whole other can of worms there.+4
@codybrady6637 - 2024-06-23 16:37:23
This guy's next video should've been how serialized shows are addicting and a waste of your time. The fake dopamine hit you get from tuning into the next episode leaves you craving more and therefore not doing something for yourself lmao. At the end of the day it more boils down to the quality of the show regardless of if it's serialized or episodic. There's plenty of episodic shows that have very satisfying plots and there's also plenty of serials that drag on with no coherent plot or they go in circles.+3
@solk.posner7201 - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
In America it seems everyone is institutionalized for permanence, the status quo. I noticed that moving abroad to an entirelt different culture and language. Abroad I was challenged to change and adapt in a more human focus society. It was great. Everyday felt like a better day with improvement and achievements like learning the language more and more.+10
@Rubengarzajr1 - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
Mainstream media is definitely problematic. The value these show provide to our lives is questionable, but this guy acts like being creative and telling stories is deteriorating society. Maybe I'm misunderstanding but it almost sounds like you think even having a routine is somehow detrimental. Regardless, I definitely disagree with you.+3
@Kurai_69420 - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
While the world should definitely be seen in a more serialized mindset where stuff builds on everything else, sometime there are filler episodes that serve no purpose to the overall plot.+4
@callisoncaffrey - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
I don't think you are ready to fight Scorpion at all. You better get out of these woods.+3
@gnomelinux - 2023-06-23 16:37:23
Well I’m sure everyone has noticed that the old television was better written+7
@BOB-fd4lu - 2025-02-23 16:37:23
yeah but why is he wearing a blazer+1
@bigMax1337 - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
Is Luke forgetting about episodic shows that have an overarching plotline which can slowly advance. Similar to life where certain events happen that change your circumstances forever while most days are comparably inconsequential. That's most shows that i can remember.+7
@SimGunther - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
Raising little consoomers early on with the picture box. That's capitalism for you.+4
@jonetgames - 2024-06-23 16:37:24
Actually Ed, Edd and Eddy and the other kids did go back to school in the later seasons. That's when me and my friends thought the show had dipped in quality lol it wasn't as funny anymore but it was interesting to see them in school. Apparently the beginning of the show was just them on 'summer vacation' and then they had to go back to school.+2
@EclecticLove - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
I think it's both and, not either or. Goes without saying but I think it's worth noting. I can certainly see the effects of that mentally being impressed on people in subtle ways whether intentionally or otherwise. With things like video games etc it's all about moderation or even something that is rare, even more to the point you can share the interests you had as a child/young adult with your future children/cousins etc but make sure they know that life is so much more than those things ultimately🙂+14
@Gurj101 - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
I feel like you are overthinking it. In the first place who is watching ed edd and eddy from childhood till 18. Its made eposodic so you don't have to watch the whole thing and still enjoy it.+3
@justadude8716 - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
Gotta be thankful for my parents only allowing on rare occasion to watch high quality productions like older Disney movies or studio Ghibli, the good stuff.+4
@beerus6779 - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
5:55 We are truly in the kali yuga, the age of the last man.+2
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
The reason is that it is easier to keep up with into a episodic show. If you miss a single episode in a serial, you might lose all context for the events. You need to look at them at a certain time on a certain schedule. Which was the case when TV broadcasting was limited to certain times and channels. Actually, technology has changed this to a more healthy standard. You can binge-watch a show in one setting, or at your own pace. The shows are available online easier, and you can continue as you wish. You no longer have to schedule certain shows at certain times on a TV channel. Of course, this was already possible after VHS and DVD were invented, and you could buy them, but that requires a visit to the physical store, and people are lazy. You could also record shows through a digi-box if you knew you would miss them. So my opinion is that this episodic form was a transitional phase: when TV was invented, yet when the invention of streaming services and Internet libraries was not yet available, or when there were no VHS and DVD yet. It still remains, as a remainder from a former era, and some shows still fit into that former format better. But drama series have been changing to have a more coherent structure in themselves.+5
@luck22ization - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
I think about this ever since I was a child. Never could put into words that idea, but you did, ty.+3
@warecamel - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
Based and tedpilled+13
@MinuteBracelet - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
Some shows like Regular Show are episodic but have a serial backdrop to them that retains change from previous episodes.+2
@Skeeter_Dee - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
one of the most impactful shows on me as a child was FullMetal Alchemist. I wanted to do whatever the real world version of state alchemist was, made me want to pursue manufacturing and mechanical engineering.+19
@outofranger - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
You fashion style is getting better and better with every video+3
@AntiDecepticonCampaign - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
YUP!! Flint Dille is a Monster. He’s attached to a lot of 80s cartoons. G.I.Joe, Transformers, Inhumaniods. He is the guy that killed Optimus Prime. Occult infiltration of shows and toys.+17
@TheMinskyTerrorist - 2024-10-23 16:37:24
This is an interesting theory but I think people have a general understanding that cartoons are cartoons and need to keep their premise as a backdrop for wacky adventures. The more pernicious ideas are more subtle and show up in most American TV and movies in general. It's the depiction of good, quiet, polite, honest people with intact families as creepy or hiding dark secrets. Anyone attractive or popular is probably going to be an antagonist. The hero in American culture has to be some kind of underdog, so they tend to actually have a lot of negative qualities that keep them down (addiction, bitterness, family conflict, laziness, jealousy, stealing, etc.), but those are romanticized. In a lot of stories, especially Disney movies, one or both parents are dead or evil, so you rarely see a person with two loving parents. The overall effect is that people honestly believe cliches like "it's always the quiet ones." They're more worried that people in small towns are serial killers or cultists, than they are about the people around them who have already been arrested 20 times. They think it's worse to be normal and happy ("white picket fence, 2.5 kids") than to be miserable and involved in drama because that's considered more honest.+1
@MrSomethingdark - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
I had this visceral feeling of permanence setting in when EU Star Wars got retconned. It was a universe of expanded characters who lived, learned and died.+11
@Blabla-cg3ul - 2024-06-23 16:37:24
I'm afraid for the well being of people who derived their worldview from cartoons. Even kids should know that it is entertainment. I can hardly imagine that cartoons have the influence you describe. I have always looked at cartoons knowing they exist in their isolated universe of permanence as a basis for telling short stories. Like geez I wonder what shrnanigans spongebob is up to today. It had no additional value to me. I did not derive any sort of education or worldview from it. That said, the idea of permanence is not necessarily bad and not necessarily caused by cartoons. I would argue that parents are more of an example that kids erroneously think things are fixed and unchangeable. Because parents are generally fully developed. They do not show big transformations in short amounts of time. And they often maintain a weekly routine of doing the same things at the same times. I would argue that stablitiy is healthy and even necessary for the development of a child. So they have a reliable and predictable environment and can learn the value of long term gratification. I think some people had absent parents? That they literally grew up with cartoons. I can see how that is harmful. But that's more an effect of neglect, not so much inherently of cartoons. My parents supervised me when I watched tv which may have contributed to my ability to relativate those fictional universes and real life.+2
@smashSpikeMC - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
I very rarely rewatch anything or replay a game usually tend to move on to the next thing+4
@mafiousbj - 2024-10-23 16:37:24
Once I got in a stable job I just did the math of how much time it will take to reach milestones to buy things I want...I keep doing exercise and learn languages on the side as a hobby...and that´s it, no more time for anything. And since I never had big psychological problems and the ones I had I recognized them myself, so mental health wasn´t a problem. So going to therapy or "finding my inner self" wasn´t a thing to do as an adult. Days just repeat after a point (because they do) and it´s boring as hell save for holidays or some events with friends. If anything I would enjoy having more silly daily adventures those characters had but adult life it´s not just like that, and I get why it depresses many. But I guess growing up watching equal parts anime and US cartoons I took the best part from both, so I know to have silly adventures to break the routine from time to time even if nothing changes, but also that to achieve anything training and "the grind" are necessary, so I can plan ahead and not always focus on today and "having fun" every day.+2
@averesenso - 2023-06-23 16:37:24
Thanks Luke, I'll keep watching anime.+4
@fallingintime - 2024-06-23 16:37:24
Babylon 5 and ds9 were at the best when the writers leveraged both serialised and episodic writing+1
@bigMax1337 - 2024-06-23 16:37:24
@fallingintime I was more thinking about how voyager had a typical villain of the week fromat with an overarching goal with several key waypoints but that fomat is actually quite common. Probaly to get people to watch your show every week.+2
@rasheedlewis1 - 2024-06-23 16:37:24
Damn you beat me to it. Though I didn’t mind the school seasons+1
@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw - 2024-12-23 16:37:25
Will that’s because tv had become commercialized+1
@infinite1483 - 2023-06-23 16:37:25
Crigne christ+1
@MofuMuff - 2023-06-23 16:37:25
Hunter x Hunter, dude.+2
@nothanks5531 - 2023-06-23 16:37:25
I've only seen US Star Wars, is the euro version good?+2
@MrSomethingdark - 2023-06-23 16:37:25
@nothanks5531 it had better wars, in the US ones the USA aleays wins. With EU you never know! :)+2
@belstar1128 - 2023-06-23 16:37:25
Yea that was so lame. Disney bought the franchise and completely changed George Lucas's Vision. and it became a bunch of fan fiction.+1
@saucebossmossdrums - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
Haven't even watched this video yet and I know it's going to unlock some self-knowledge for me. Grew up watching at least an hour or two of cartoons every day from 4-10 before I discovered playing the drums, reading long books, and going on bike rides+2
@Projektor912 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
Luke's got the drip!+8
@OblateSpheroid - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
Thank you for your work, Mr. Smith.+3
@gunnerulrich9209 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
There's a personality theory that speculates certain types are prone to episodic or serial types of media. I won't go into the details, but I always saw myself as the former and felt initiated later in my life to create something more serial. Some comments here pointed out that episodic shows can be done in a way that's edifying to the viewers, but i think they can tamper with one. The first way is not much different from how you said. I think episodic shows can push people to not learn from their mistakes. They see their static traits less as a product of a grander purpose and more so just arbitrarily made up. They might be more inclined to think either A. they're 2D dimensional cartoon character or B. 2D dimensional template that can be anything. Anyone that says stupid stuff like "yeah, be in yourself but like you can be anything you want" is someone who watched too many episodic cartoons. And on a similar note, I think episodic media encourages people to make- how do you say it? "liberal art". Creativity is determined by all the boundaries one can break. Doing various stupid things and thinking being random is in itself meaningful or ingenious. By the way, how Game of Thrones a psyop? I know nothing about it so I can't tell.+4
@Fahodinho - 2024-06-23 16:37:26
that's def a stretch+6
@SirCatWaffel - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
You made a good point about the repetitive actions people take to achieve the same feelings over and over again. I'm at the point where I work so much, I don't have time to play video games every day. I spend Saturday doing yardwork with my homestead and Sunday night playing video games with a friend. It's always the same old games I've played over 15 years ago. Primarily rollercoaster tycoon and the Sims. Cannot tell you the last time I bought a new one. It's always the same ones.+2
@steamer2k319 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
Interesting hypothesis. There's probably an aspect there but it was also common to change the channel after a while and watch someone lock in progress through American Gladiator or Double Dare or mainstream sportsball. Or you'd see eternal vigilance in G.I. Joe, He-Man or Transformers--the war never ended but each episode would show a different battle-front and that the good guys could win if they remained resolute. After that, you'd load up your save game in Zelda or Final Fantasy and make some further progress. I wonder what habits the meta-narrative of watching YouTube might be forming in my kids.+10
@perpetualcollapse - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
The animation industry has experimented with serialized programming in recent years, however, ratings indicates a higher return on investment from the production of episodic shows. This phenomenon can be attributed to the fact that a viewer who tunes into the middle of a multi-part narrative is less likely to be invested in the story compared to one who has been following the program from its inception. Consequently, it is a logical conclusion that episodic formats are more financially viable in the current media landscape.+3
@martiniversen4898 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
My folks put the parental lock on SpongeBob until my brother and I were in our early to mid teens. by then we didn't have interest in cartoons.+5
@dark_red_blood - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
They also get out of bad situations, fight and have to make up, there's also positives+2
@dasenase - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
I love my serialized homoerotic HBO and Netflix shows!+4
@curlyfryactual - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
The most beloved animated series when I was growing up were probably Naruto and Avatar the Last Airbender. I had tons of friends religiously following the release of new episodes. I understand now that they were able to stand out from the monotony of episodic television because the characters and plot consistently strived for more, and when change came it hurt at first but things got better. This video brought up a memory. One time at a children's birthday party growing up we all gathered round to watch the Nickelodeon release of a brand new episode of Spongebob: the best day ever episode. The best day ever? Sign me up, this sounds incredible! And Nick was doing this release with no commercials. So we all huddle together, bickering and laughing, and the show comes on. All of us quiet down for the release of the episode. It comes on, has the beloved intro, and goes into some musical numbers. As the episode goes on, it becomes grimly evident that this is actually not Spongebob's best day ever, not even close. It's really catastrophe after catastrophe. The episode was a take on having expectations—which fittingly subverts itself—but as kids we didn't really understand that because we were promised essentially the best episode of Spongebob, the climax. So the episode ends clocking at about 11 minutes since there's no commercials and we all realize for the first time how staggeringly short each episode is (hence why they typically bundle 2 episodes together). By the end of this particular episode, it also dawned on me and all the other children that nothing happened. This spectacularly overpromised episode most definitely under delivered, and it did so when all our judging eyes were there to see. I still think spongebob was a good (or one of the better) shows to grow up on, and at least for seasons 1-4 there was a consistent morality established (namely, don't betray your friends for anything, and be selfless). But that episode that managed to change absolutely nothing with all its spectacle did shatter some internal illusion I had.+2
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
Fortunately I grew up watching DBZ. Ignoring the filler, it gives a great portrayal of struggle and progress. It wasn't until I was an adult that I found out about Naruto. Again a great example of personal growth & progress over several series. I feel sorry for people who are still watching the simpsons, which is what I think, the best example of the horrors of serial shows. Trapped and tortured in an eternal groundhog day, where everything is meaningless.+12
@EyEsEe-BeYoNd - 2024-06-23 16:37:26
Also, when you say it at the end, you’re not enjoying it because you’re not supposed to be doing it. That is very insightful. And true. I’m an expert head and I try for so long to keep being if I head but it was something I was hanging onto that I no longer really found joy in.+1
@jaemelancholy1684 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
For 8 minutes you literally said nothing of value.+7
@jackywackysmacky4031 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
I agree with a lot of what you say but I'm not entirely sure that SpongeBob not learning from his actions really had any effect on me cause I understood it wasn't real life and it was a cartoon where nothing mattered. Maybe I'm wrong though and it's in my subconscious, who knows.+2
@AzurBarnitzke - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
Not going to lie but the more you are on the internet or any form of entertainment which is behind screens it gets boring over time... I still don't get how people re-visit them back in hopes things would've changed while in the bigger picture, they are just the same... Sure you might be struck with nostalgia for the first few moments reminding you of those days but after that what...?+5
@jessemiller6318 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
Now I understand why I liked Dragon Ball Z over any other cartoon growing up.+3
@Yasmine91646 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
These cartoons also defiled a generation of children. I’ve always felt disturbed by these cartoons as a kid and I didn’t understand why, but now that I’m an adult and I realize that there was so much smut content in these cartoons now I know why.+4
@satisfiedconsumer649 - 2023-06-23 16:37:26
People aren't responsible for their own actions or thoughts anymore? Luckily we have a genre of music or a TV show or a work of fiction we can blame. This guy's trying to sell pills or something.+3
@Pepelepooo - 2025-06-18 16:37:26
Nah+1
@S.O.N.E - 2023-06-23 16:37:27
I am 24 years old and I think about this all the time because I would like to have kids some day. The fact that algorithms, state sponsored academic curriculums and social manipulation can have a greater hand than myself on who my kid grows up to be shatters my heart. I realize its always been somewhat like this, as in I know parents are not the only force that can influence a childs development, but the state of technology right now gives negative third parties, who are probably not even "evil" as they do what they do seeking profits, way too much power.+7
@steamer2k319 - 2023-06-23 16:37:27
@S.O.N.E Yeah, I'm reminded of a phrase I must've heard from some movie but it makes sense: "You can't protect your kids from the world, you can only prepare them for it."+4
@orthozoomer - 2023-06-23 16:37:27
For a few minutes you typed out nothing of value+6
@markusmath3421 - 2023-06-23 16:37:27
I found it annoying as a kid+3
@IPODsify - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
I mean, episodic tv has existed for the entire existence of the medium. You're kinda placing too much gravity on this one thing. I think a bigger issue is how we're expected to move on from something quicker. People watch episodic shit because it requires less investment. The same way no one wants to invest in like 50 hours of tutorials. It's kinda why schools still exist, to help discipline people. If ever there was an era of large scale desire to invest into things, schools wouldn't be making so much goddamn money. But it's not as if moving on isn't an expectation of modern society, who expects anyone to stay at their first job? Endlessly repair their first car? We just simply can't. You always see those videos of like some tiny Asian kid who's god tier at an instrument or sport, thats because he has the freedom to do so. Most of us get told to focus on our academics so we can immediately move on to supporting our family out of highschool+2
@tropicaljupiter - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
“we’re gonna be changing our biome here” (I’ve chosen to isolate a moment by quoting it in order to illustrate its value)+3
@djwormdaddy5771 - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
There's an entire YouTube channel that is a grown man talking about Thomas the Tank Engine. That's it. Not much else to say about it. It exists.+4
@Christian-jc6gf - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
Seems like a stretch, but I can understand this. How you are raised as a child will nigh-on permanently affect how you function as an adult. When I was younger, I watched Mythbusters and ended up growing up to take an interest in engineering and an education in science.+3
@Plasmawiz - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
Great line of discussion. I agree that the impermanence of plot elements in these shows does act as a primer for an anti-progress mindset. That isn't to say the shows aren't good, there are some great ones out there, but I agree with the principle. There has been a push in the current animation space for more serialised shows, thought it might be interesting to mention, but these are still more exceptions than the rule (networks love having easy to air filler).+8
@TwilightKnight9715 - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
I remember watching my shows as a 2000s kiddo being irritated at the episodic format. It is really damaging+2
@justinkennedy3004 - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
When I was very early 20's I had my first bout of prolonged dissatisfaction in life. Finally realized it was because I was subconsciously expecting life to be Saved By The Bell! Thats embarrassing for obvious reasons but I didnt even like the show! I dont know how it happened but like they say, if you think you are immune to propaganda it affects you twice as much. All mass media should be heavily restricted, the Christians of my youth were right again.+4
@AbleistSL - 2024-06-23 16:37:28
Episodic shows do have changes despite barely any changes to the status quo, characters are added and removed, characters get lovers and keep them/existing relationships end and stay that way for potentially long periods or the rest of the series, character development occurs, a character's financial situation changes for the better and references to them being poor are retired, etc.+2
@AntiDecepticonCampaign - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
This has been going on since the advent of animation. Disney for example made a peagan film way way back, should be available to view.+5
@ffffuchs - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
No sorry I'm not buying it. Interesting idea, but to say the structure of these cartoons somehow influenced whole generations just doesn't hold up with me. Correlation is not causation. I think there are more grounded reasons, economic and cultural to it. I'd rather think as societal control became very lax with little expectations, with so many traditional lifegoals no longer having a desired fixed age bracket (marriage, childbirth, house, etc.) , or not even existing anymore (no one cares if you are single all your life or dont have kids). These have various reasons, like growing irreligion, more mobility and whatnot, all essentially based, I believem in the development and nature of our economies.+3
@mossyhug - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
isn't tiktok equal to idea of episodic shows but blasted to extreme?+4
@vermin5367 - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
Does anyone else remember either parents or other people telling us the psuedo myth that movies/ TV shows with fast pace cuts from different scenes decrease attention span? It's funny as that's the reason my parents used to keep me from watching SpongeBob as a kid.+2
@StarHelix- - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
It's an interesting contrast with tv now as opposed to a couple of decades ago. People seem to prefer shows in serial style these days like Game of Thrones, or (insert anime of the week) rather than episodic stories. Maybe people in our demographic truly do just long for growth, but just satisfy that longing vicariously through fictional characters.+7
@harmonyln7 - 2024-06-23 16:37:28
Are people that dumbed down? I hated watching tv as a child, unless it was 1 or 2 programs. Even then I was like oh it's only on tv, not what's really happening so pretty pointless and stupid and wasting my time. When I was older and into teenage years I still only really found quiz shows and the news interesting. Otherwise I likely wouldn't care if tv didn't exist. Now as an adult I like watching documentaries, but know of course that almost everything you see unless it's live, is heavily edited.+3
@ArniesTech - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
My persona was formed by... Spongebob Dragonball Dragonball Z Ranma 1/2 Detective Conan Pokemon Captain Tsubasa ❤️❤️❤️🙏+4
@meanmole3212 - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
Spider-Man (1994 TV series) and Men in Black: The Series were not episodic, and those were probably one of the best and most popular cartoons of that time.+2
@violaxdarling - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
Luke, you are my internet father.+5
@thenear1send - 2024-06-23 16:37:28
While I think the premise about generations forming a counterproductive psychological impression from watching episodic cartoons a bit farfetched, I do think the underlying premise of the talk very impactful. An idea that came to mind was that of "there's always tomorrow", or "one day at a time", or other similar sorts of sayings to help motivate people to 'get through the week' so they can have fun on the weekend "working for the weekend". It's a mentality that compartmentalizes life into small units that people can grasp and understand, and if you get stuck into that loop of shortsightedness, whole days/weeks/months/years can go by without having developed on a sense of meaning of ones future. I know I fall victim to a shortsighted bias. It's something that hits so many people. Figure though, many people live just to live, so getting through this existence one day at a time and living a banal episodic life can be a good coping mechanism. If I were a victim-of-circumstance type sweatshop worker, I know I'd need to grasp onto at least some coping mechanism to help get through day to day life. I was introduced to the concept of "integral functions" in the context of day to day life, and I think it's meaningful on the context of this topic. Many things, like how much money you have, or how much muscle you have, or how knowledgeable/skilled you are, are all things that you gain slowly over time. Every day you contribute positively one of these integral functions, you get a better and better, and by the end of X duration, you could have met your goals. It takes time, and continuous/regular effort. In this case, the day to day grind can be episodic, but there needs to be that vision of the future and the vision of progress.+2
@Jalecko - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
I guess stopping with watching tv as a 12 year old was a good thing+4
@Stormedddddd - 2024-06-23 16:37:28
Luke has never once heard the word “sitcom” ever+2
@gnomelinux - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
Name of the channel I just believe seeing is believing+2
@djwormdaddy5771 - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
@gnomelinux The Unlucky Tug+1
@gnomelinux - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
@djwormdaddy5771 well now I thinkn this solidifys the idea that most of these channels are immensely helped by the algorithm I’d imagine+1
@ms-fk6eb - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
how about no TV? the whole concept is wack except maybe for live stuff+4
@Plasmawiz - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
@ms-fk6eb Agreed, TV as a format is pretty bad. If I'm gonna watch a show I do it in my time on my terms, not when some scheduling team decides.+2
@Maceta444 - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
There are more incentives now to create serialized shows because of streaming. Most shows on the days of cable TV had to be episodic for the mere fact that zappers should be able to get hooked to ANY episode that happens to be running at that moment.+5
@etlttc353 - 2023-06-23 16:37:28
what ?+1
@TheGrmany69 - 2023-06-23 16:37:29
The Snow white event. Big corp don't loose copy right, shockers.+2
@KageMinowara - 2023-06-23 16:37:29
What is a peagan film?+2
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:37:29
Nowadays people "binge-watch" a lot of these mini-series, so they are really one incredibly long movie. Watching an episode a week is long gone now. It goes without saying that while episodic shows naturally breed a kind of repetitive nihilism, most serial shows (Game of Thrones being a great example) are even more nihilistic in content and lack of thematic structure aside from their sordidness "to be realistic."---which really means to force new levels of nihilism and degeneracy on the viewers, thus making a new standard for "realistic."+15
@Extys - 2023-06-23 16:37:29
More like internet uncle for me+2
@coscorrodrift - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
Lol the Simpsons is the prime example of this. I still love the show because it's got good humor in it but it could see how what you say is true about it lol. Many of my closest friends love these shows, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad... and they get tiring lmao. They also somehow end up talking about the same scenes or referencing them in a way really often, to the point where even though for example I haven't really watched Family Guy or American Dad, just a couple eps, I've seen enough episodes plus been told the same stories over and over again so much that I know what they're talking about when they reference it and get psyoped into remembering that i actually watched it or something lol I generally don't think revisiting media you like is bad necessarily, "growing out of" stuff is probably just a cope ass statement if the things you "grow into" are as or even more retarded than these episodic TV shows (which probably is the case for many normies who would be snarky towards someone 'watching cartoons' while watching braindead reality TV, if the world's like that still, which it may not be anymore) but episodic TV shows are certainly one of the most annoying "revisitable" things. I prefer revisiting stuff that i have a connection to, maybe because it was something that i watched "out of age" so recontextualized the themes hit different, or maybe something that introduced me to a genre that i've explored more now so i can go back to it with a different perspective, or rereading a good book, stuff like that.+5
@lawrencesullivan9767 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
Robotech was an epic space opera. I am happy that I was able to watch it on TV in the mid-80s. Much better than all the garbage since then.+2
@JimboRustles - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
Sounds like pearl clutching to me.+5
@1001HELL - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
I don't think that most people believe that things must go back to the status quo because of cartoons. You are right the episodic structure is mostly just a choice of convenience for the writers and producers and not like... Anti personal growth propaganda or something. I think some people are just more passive in nature and prefer things to stay the same, even if things aren't the best for them. The fear of the unknown is worse than just suffering through. I'm definitely a more passive person myself but have learned to recognize when things need to change. I think that's just part of becoming an adult though. I do wonder if a more secular society might play into things here though. It's easy for atheists to fall into nihilism and believe things don't matter, so why bother trying to change anything. I'm an atheist myself but I have always liked the christian prayer "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference".+3
@goyonman9655 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
I like how luke smith are taking a long based path to evangelical anxieties and conspiracy theories. But through more rationalizing+4
@thisisnotok2100 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
does luke film on a tree farm?+2
@drjayteamk4531 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
You must've watched too many cartoons then.lmao+5
@Mikey_drives - 2024-08-23 16:37:30
Came here after watching how many sound effects were in the first minute of a johnny test episode. It was a blatant TSUNAMI of overstimulation. They leave no opportunity to stop paying attention. Its creepy and scary ngl. No wonder were all so screwed up now. Weve all been mentally manipulated from a very young age without even knowing it.+2
@AwkwardSegway95 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
You know what's a good exception to this (in terms of kids' shows)? My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic+7
@tacitus_ - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
Thank you for the sermon, Pastor Luke.+2
@etlttc353 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
now you're just spewing nonsense nothing you say makes any sense+4
@pr5721 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
God bless toonami and later adult swim and also my older neighbors for showing me anime shows like bebop and Evangelion had way more impact on me than american television+2
@radomane - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
By the time we got cable television I was already old enough that I wasn’t really watching cartoons. We also got the internet at the same time, so I wasn’t really interested in watching TV anymore.+3
@drumitar - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
this feels like abit of stretch imo. the reason they do this is so they can write different episodes at once by many different writers and not have to worry about continuity errors.+3
@faro_inc - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
This is the kind of content I enjoy to see here. A good woolgathering with some gold nugget to make me think about life, while compiling slackware on my old laptop.+2
@victoriap1561 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
Sports also, people achieve things through others without actually doing anything+3
@Moister356 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
I mean, even as a kid I knew serialized series were a bit dumb to cutaway to the end in some way or another loosing all the progress they build up in the way. But serialized shows were hard to watch too, had to study sometimes or doing something else while the show was running on TV. Loose an episode and you are mostly clueless the next time you watch it. I'd like a middle of the road show, were some specific episodes lead into something much bigger than a normal episode but much less contained than a whole show.+2
@blazed-space - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
I see what you’re saying — if you grew up being exposed to episodic shows specifically, you may have subconsciously been enforcing such restrictions on your own life, preventing progress at times in order to sustain a “baseline” which you have prescribed for yourself (or has been prescribed to you).+2
@Andy-si1pl - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
Ned Flanders wife really died though+2
@landsknecht8654 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
The thought process you're talking about in this video is quite interesting. As you can see reflect creativity we're so much stories and movies are just simply a repeat of the same thing and nothing new about it.+2
@Podzhagitel - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
“Sometimes, the comments on my videos just make me cringe.” - Luke Smith+21
@AwkwardSegway95 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
@Podzhagitel Cringe as much as you want, but MLP has season-long story arcs, characters achieving their goals (and then getting new goals), and even more in terms of changing the show's status quo.+1
@ryanpmcguire - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
Barney.+2
@Th3BigBoy - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
True to your namesake.+3
@AwkwardSegway95 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
@Th3BigBoy Part of the reason I chose this name (in addition to the play on words and idea for the avatar) was so that I had an "excuse" for being awkward online, lol+1
@bowiethedog6285 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
explain?+3
@etlttc353 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
@bowiethedog6285 how does "episodic format makes you lazy and shit" make any sense ? it's the biggest reach i ever heard+2
@mskiptr - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
> now > nothing decide+1
@etlttc353 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
@mskiptr both+2
@bowiethedog6285 - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
Why is it so hard to believe that watching thousands of hours of this sort of thing playing out again and again as a kid could have some effect on your psychology? You don't think it's an interesting discussion at least? Most people didn't and don't even realize that this is a thing. But when I watched these shows as a kid, it sort of pissed me off. When something good happened to the main characters, I knew something was gonna happen to screw everything up before the show ended.+8
@mskiptr - 2023-06-23 16:37:30
@etlttc353 First line strongly suggested that now (in this video) he got to a point of talking only nonsense. The second line sounds like he made no sense to begin (in any of his previous videos).+1
@namesurname4666 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
what about listening to the same song or an old song just because of nostalgia?+2
@inheritedwheel2900 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
I want to address your ideas on cereals & episodics. I believe Star Trek proves that episodic content has its place in didactic storytelling. Episodic content establishes an 'ideal' of an environment with known characters. It uses this environment to experiment with practical quandaries. It ensures that all the content necessary to enjoy the moral lesson of that episode are contained within that episode, so that it may not be misunderstood by a child with the resolution to the moral punchline in the next episode.+3
@fsmoura - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
1:46 "...oh, by the way, we're gonna be changing our biome, here." *quicksaves* ( o.o)+2
@OcteractSG - 2024-06-23 16:37:31
Yeah, I listened to this while playing a near-dead 10-year old game. I actually liked serial shows better, like Pokémon, Stargate SG1, and Dragonball. However, these shows still have episodic tendencies (not Dragonball, though).+3
@ozancanca9740 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
I actually felt this in my childhood and would gravitate towards serial things all the time+2
@CRACKBONE7317 - 2025-06-13 16:37:31
Episodic shows were initially a good thing, as television program schedules made it difficult to have an overarching narrative. They were initially to allow anyone who wanted to tune in the opportunity to enjoy the show without having to know the backstory behind every single episode. With the rise of streaming platforms, this is no longer necessary for shows that are not on traditional television.+1
@ItachiUchiha-ns1il - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
Its fine to like cartoons as a kid. I personally lives them. But people who watch children’s cartoons as an adult need to grow up.+2
@sixunity1171 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
my man dressed up like Gustavo Fring in the middle of the desert+3
@kromazomal9741 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
This is the classic Luke Smith kino that I subscribed for. I kinda got bored of your newer videos and tuned out and unsubscribed. YT just rec'd me this anyway and I wasn't disappointed. Great vid man. Love the Kaczynski, life and technology type vids+2
@nigrao - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
Excellent demonstration broscience+1
@ArtisticLayman - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
Media consumption generally, wither it be episodic are serialized, makes you complacent. As Neil Postman pointed out, "As a television show, and a good one, "Sesame Street" does not encourage children to love school or anything about school. It encourages them to love television."+1
@tzardnickolasthelitromanov - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
""When in Doubt, Blame the Bernays""+3
@waderoberts3701 - 2024-06-23 16:37:31
When I was a kid, I was always disappointed when character development and achievements didn't carry over between episodes.+1
@johndou7972 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
Johny Bravo and his consequences have been a gift for a human race+2
@chaoy22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
Came for the arch ricing, stayed for the free therapy.+2
@SpillAudio - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
The ultimate issue was feeling like I was talked down to. Even as a kid watching SpongeBob, i noticed the lack of continuity or even consistency (if I'm remembering right, things like the town layout being totally random or Krusty Krab menu switching menu). If a ~9 year old can notice this stuff, there's no excuse for the writers to fall on the lazy, "Oh who cares? It's for kids." copout One of Futurama's (a show with its own issues) best episodes was directly mocking anyone who hates to be surprised by entertainment. "Clever things make people feel stupid and unexpected things make them feel scared!" Then there's Avatar: The Last Airbender, which was confusing when it started. Wondering why there was no major conflict or resolution in the early episodes. That was the lightbulb moment, realizing it wasn't just throwaway episodes and it was what I always wanted before. Interesting then, that they did that because they were taking cues from anime, and not Western shows.+1
@saimedi2100 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
The counter point is Japanese media is always serial form with intense character arcs and development… and their failure to launch rate is very high+2
@ecmxcorp - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
This is an L take. Life has a "moving train at full speed" way to show you that the only permanent in life is change. There is no brainwashing in cartoons. Most of us lost loved ones, graduate with our peers, find sexual awakening and love at certain stages. Being a man child goes way beyond "uh Durr I loved Dexter" it's a more serious problem than that, you completely miss the point, you're just rambling for 8 minutes trying to say "hey guys I just noticed this.... Uhr duurh I'm yinius big brain(sic)"+3
@HarashiKalou - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
After spending my life jumping from woman to woman without ever leaving my comfort zone, you just gave me the courage to contemplate the next step of the Serial Path. Time has now come for me to grow and explore new horizons. Thank you Luke.+1
@EyEsEe-BeYoNd - 2024-06-23 16:37:31
Right with certain focus our whole life on this one subject but you are right awareness is important+1
@Dratchev241 - 2023-06-23 16:37:31
but can you really consider Star Trek as episodic? things that happened in season 1 are a bit part of the longer story that takes place in season 6.+1
@ordovicianscourge9520 - 2024-06-23 16:37:32
what do you define by "dead game" are you talking about a unpopulated mmo or unactive online fps?+1
@saimedi2100 - 2024-06-23 16:37:32
@@Chibi-mon07-eh7tf yeah but not like ren and stimpy+1
@ecmxcorp - 2023-06-23 16:37:32
And about viewer requests... They're as common as heck for most YouTubers. For example, this is the first (and most probably only) video I ever watch of you. But if I would have liked it, Im not gonna go through every single YouTuber feed to search for that one video of may 2020 where they tackle the difference between HDMI versions, that's ridicule of you to think that any viewer, specially new viewers are so invested in your personality that they're morons for not looking before requesting.+1
@mosqa7802 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
When is the Luke Smith Mental Outlaw crossover+2
@dat0mri - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
7:36 "you're not supposed to be doing that, like you're supposed to be better than that now" hits+1
@Chameleonardodavinci - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Sounds like a lot of conjecture... Besides it's not like kids should just be watching cartoons for that reason. Not sure I agree with everything you're saying+2
@BibAE86 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Ed Edd n Eddy is extremely guilty of the episodic no progression theme you're talking about. It's made worse by the fact that the Eds never actually achieve anything and almost always end up in a worse situation by the end of the episode. That show only had like one or two 'good' endings throughout all the episodes, and then the movie. And the only sense of progression it had was when it was rebooted for season 5 and they went to school, but it was just a setting change.+3
@arian386 - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
missing you man, upload please+1
@TheContrariann - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
Thank God I Found Your Channel ❤+1
@newperve - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
i think the desire to do new things and the desire to stay in your comfort zone are both present in human beings. On the one hand it's beneficial to have practice with new environments or circumstances. On the other it's easier to get resources and avoid risk in familiar circumstances. So evolution promotes seeking out both states of being. The amount of each drive differs by genetics, childhood experience, recent experience and the particular circumstance you find yourself in. TV shows might enhance the desire to not explore or expand, but it was always there.+3
@SupremeLeader673 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Bad take. Episodic versus Serial has its roots in books (even Game of Thrones is based on a book series...) Serial is designed to be a cash cow to keep loyal recurrent customers consooming like clockwork. Episodic is WYSIWYG. Is 30 minutes too small a medium to do something meaningful? Is reusing the same assets over and over lazy? Perhaps. That's why Cinema (or in the literary world, Novels) are a superior medium, but I think this should make it clear that Serial is a far bigger problem with how it demands loyalty from the consoomer. Video games are a superior medium by all metrics, you get permanency and progression. That's why they are more addicting.+2
@deusexmaximum8930 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
As someone who doesn't read or watch or know anything about Game of Thrones, what makes him say it's a psyop?+2
@quagmiretoiletgaming - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
i think this is kind of a stretch+2
@droopmountain6510 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Okay, but an episodic show done well gives you a catharsis in every show instead of a story that goes on and on, usually until the show gets canceled between seasons so you get NO catharsis.+1
@iridescentsea3730 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
From at least age 5 I really disliked American cartoons and was attracted to Japanese cartoons (although this was in the early 90s, and I would not learn that "anime" was as thing for another six years). Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Dragon Ball all had protagonists who faced new challenges every episode and made pretty clear progress in their goals. Compared to the scope of the worlds in anime, western animation seemed (seems) trite and insipid, which always turned me off, and I lamented how it was entirely the norm in our media. But the funny thing is that apparently my attitude is way more commonplace than any of us think, considering how cartoons like Gravity Falls and Avatar the Last Airbender, which had actual plots with a beginning, middle, and end, are some of the most revered contenders in recent history. And so maybe Luke is on target when he says that episodic tv shows are damaging--the people who shape our world would know this and use it to their advantage, while refusing to give the people what the people actually crave (continuity, growth, and progress).+3
@gabrielsherman3230 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Semantically and heuristically speaking, I think a lot of old Nick and CN cartoons from the 90s/00s were all about laying a temporal message to their audiences and boxing them in to a mindset in a completely subjective, albeit obtrusive, reality. Some of the cartoons at the time like Johnny Bravo, Avatar the Last Airbender, SpongeBob Squarepants, Teen Titans, Billy and Mandy, Danny Phantom, Kim Possible, and TCW (the 2008 version; not to be confused with the 2003 Mini-series) were all about this with ingratiating their viewers with a perspective that gave them an illusion that they never really grew out of their phase of liking them for more than what they were. Thus filtering their perspective and understanding of differentiating between fiction and reality when watching the shows irrespective of their quality or what they're trying to do or say to them. The episodic narrative of some of these series like Johnny Bravo, SpongeBob, and TCW also gave children at the time the illusion of routine; that there is a vicious cycle that repeats itself within the narrative when presented at the juncture of your TV screen. Why is it that when when watching shows like ATLA, SpongeBob, Teen Titans, Kim Possible, or TCW does your mind shift itself to thinking about what the internet feels and thinks about these shows (i.e. liking a specific character, setpiece, or peak of a show like Azula from ATLA or Ahsoka from TCW or learning that SpongeBob peaked in its 3rd season)? It's because the writers and creators purposefully create these shows in a way that cauterizes the after-effects of binging them and creates an illusion within your mind that colors your reality to that of a kaleidoscopic one, in a way for the creators see fit to dwell in your mind. In other words, Big Brother hasn't gone away. He's there in your TV screen. Only that he's gotten harder to see over the years because of it. However, all that's changed within the last couple of years due to Covid and the ever-increasing revenue of streaming services. But the reality is that the side-effects of nostalgia hasn't left the minds of people, particularly from the Millennial generation (as they were the most affected by this outcome growing up during the heydays of watching CN/Nick during their youth), so we'll never see how this has affected them until it's too late or there's a case study to be made on the psychology of youth growing up on watching cartoons during this time and age before the Internet ever became as big as it is now. Being a Zoomer myself (25), it doesn't help that I was more aware of what cartoons were doing to my generation more so than anyone else at the time of the Mid-late 00s, especially when around 2009 when CN decided to switch and add in live action shows to their lineup. But the after-effects are still especially prevalent when concerning the fact that many people nowadays, young and old, are still affected by this outcome and are even going so far to tattoo themselves with inspirations from these shows as a reminder of their "childhood pastimes."+3
@FlameSlayer1901 - 2025-06-02 16:37:33
I didn't know the term until this video, but I remember wishing as a kid that Spongebob was serial.+1
@LudovicaParziale - 2024-11-23 16:37:33
As a kid I always found episodic shows such as Dexter's Laboratory so irritating and frustrating for this reason. I wanted to see plot progression but it started from zero all over again. My favourite cartoons were always serial ones.+1
@brendanthebdog - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
I really dug Pete and Pete as a kid, it was such a surreal show to depict how surreal existence actually is. Sometimes there was no resolution to anything, sometimes you are just Artie fighting against the sea. Adulthood can drive us all to madness and varying degrees of eccentricity.+1
@pasan. - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
so kids, watch episodic anime instead of cartoons and you'll grow up to be an adult+2
@vladislavkaras491 - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
So true actually! I think many nowadays things, that are a somewhat "normal" affect us one way or another! Thanks for the video!+1
@Xetarine - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Honestly speaking, I didn't know people really act this way that much, probably because even as a small kid I never watched TV. (Also the reason why I don't get most jokes related to TV shows.)+2
@OuroborosChoked - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
Your argument is flawed. You've taken one instance of something happening and applied it in an overly-broad way... when it's actually the opposite. What I mean is that cartoons aren't the only genre of episodic content. They're not even the most popular. Sitcoms and most of broadcast television... your Law and Orders, your CSIs, your... I don't know... House MDs... are also largely episodic. The exceptions being soap operas and some dramas (your Star Treks, Breaking Bads, etc.). As for episodic content leading to a mentality of futility... you've juxtaposed a hypothesis with potential evidence but failed to link them in a meaningful way beyond simple rhetoric. It's an interesting idea, but I think you're misleading people by putting this idea out there... stating as fact "How Kids' Cartoons 'Accidentally' Brainwashed Generations..." without putting a disclaimer on it that it's just an idea worth pondering or investigating... not truth.+2
@quite1enough - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
I remember I didn't quite like and understand those wacky cartoon shows like Ren & Stimpy as a kid. And watched things like Star Trek TNG and Quantum leap, when I was like 5-8 years old.+2
@chrisidema - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
My favorite cartoons where serial. Such as Alfred J. Kwak and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. While I did enjoy episodal cartoons I always hated that everything had to go wrong in the end.+2
@frankprit3320 - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
the proletarian class , love their mindless sit-coms. its a balm to soothe the pointlessness of their existence. recently they've upped their game to tik-tok. 👍🤠+2
@ilearncode7365 - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
This is why Duck Tales is the superior media. When Bam Bam Duck joined the show, he was still there in future episodes, thus instilling the concept of object permanence and euclidian geometry.+1
@JohnSmith-ry7wh - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
My girlfriends(new) kid is 7 and he plays like Minecraft of some game like that....I know he's real excited and wants to play with me when I'm around. But he cannot watch a movie....he cannot watch a show. I tried to watch a wrestling match with him, like 15 minutes. No chance. He is doing good at school but I don't know if that means JACK SHIT(we live in CA.) She wants to homeschool him but idk. I think we will in the next year or two...I just feel he might miss out on socialization but I mean for millennia kida figured out how to be men with our public school fucking them up.+2
@fabiodx2 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
one trend that is obvious when you are an adult watching some cartoons, the conservative character learns some liberal "value", American dad most of the episodes was "STAN learns to like something liberal"+2
@fsmoura - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
1:47 "...oh, by the way, we're gonna be changing our biome, here." *braces himself* (" o.o)+2
@Cannedscourge - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
television is theater, and theater requires a well-learned mind in order to deconstruct what is being viewed without taking it as purely truth. Parents who sat there kids in front of the tv without supervision were no different from the I-pad parents of today.+1
@2718281828459045236 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
That makes so much sense! Politics has largely become episodic, too, I think! There are so many commentators on events nowadays where nothing ever happens between episodes. No depth, next time next outrage. Also, politicians' and managers' actions largely no longer have consequences at all, which has been creeping me out for years.+2
@martingeorgiev999 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
That revelation is a turning point in Luke Smith's storyline+1
@zac2384 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Bo Burnham was right. Maybe Spongebob did have side effects.+2
@aalex100 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Default Runescape character pretending his "yelling at camera in the woods" show is not episodic smh+2
@vondas1480 - 2024-12-23 16:37:33
2:23 later season had them start going to school and the movie ends with them finally befriending the rest of the cast.+1
@Johnnysinsyt-vb5vd - 2024-10-23 16:37:33
This is why i think anime has gotten more popular because most of the popular ones are serialized and actually advanced the plot+1
@thefart - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Good talk. I didn't agree at first but I think you convinced me by the end+1
@thebrickton1947 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Thsts a very insightful take, add vicarious parasocial relationships amd security in stasis+2
@hacerdemirel9833 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Luke Smith! Thank you. Oh by the way, I am from Türkiye. Two big earthquake happened here. Please just write "get well" or kinda.+1
@unchained576 - 2024-06-23 16:37:33
So how do you break free from this heavy breanwashing or conditioning? How does someone truly break free from that paradigm or mental schemas? This also reminds me of Platos Cave.+1
@hekamalutian5545 - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
Don't care. Won't stop re-watching Family Guy for the 11th time.+2
@reinoob - 2023-06-23 16:37:33
I think it's kind of a non sequitur. The problem lies into an educational system that don't teach the concept of being productive and working for something in life, which creates stupid parents and even stupider children.+2
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
This is all of American TV: Archie Bunker back in All in the Family was an even more blatant conservative foil in the boomer generation. Most TV is pure nihilism, but all "lessons" in American media are about someone symbolically "conservative" learning to be more liberal. You will never find a show about an ignorantly liberal continually getting "mugged by reality" so to speak, or overcoming his arrogance and misconceptions, even though this is the real life process that all of us actually went through as part of growing up in modern America.+7
@KevinPauli - 2025-06-12 16:37:34
I first noticed this with Gillian’s Island in the 70s+1
@jonahmorissun5166 - 2024-06-23 16:37:34
You hit the nail on the head with that gerbal wheel analogy 📌+1
@Femyoz - 2024-06-23 16:37:34
I've always found episodic shows to be very boring compared to serial shows, and my parents wonder why I never cared to watch TV as a little kid, as if being a kid somehow meant I should've wanted to watch worthless slop.+1
@slodoco - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
That's why Gilligan couldn't get off that island.+2
@ogunsiron2 - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
interesting. i watched a lot of serial cartoons as a kid and i remember caring about the atory arcs etc. I'll be taking this into account with my kids.+1
@venturelord32 - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
Thank goodness my parents had me read books as a kid.+2
@velkryn836 - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
gumball touches that topic on an episode where they achieve adolescence although its undone in the end+1
@AnotherGameDoge - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
What happen to you Luke?Another episode+3
@AngeredKabar - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
Is this the guy that those Jazz musicians meet at a crossroads in the South and think he's the Devil and sell their souls to?+2
@AcceleratingUniverse - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
luke smith proves naruto watchers were the strongest children+2
@DarkSentinel52 - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
well after doing same thing over and over again like sitting in front of my computer and wasting my life i got pissed off and i wanted to do something but i dont know what else i can do+1
@davidgalovic - 2024-06-23 16:37:34
What episode from breaking bad is this?+1
@a.whyattmann5057 - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
Whether a story is told within one episode, or 10 episodes, doesn't make a difference. All serial programs are also inherently episodic. I think most programs aren't very good, from a technical or narrative standpoint, I don't understand the autistic fixation on serial content.+3
@abenkassing - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
Minecraft's new biome transitions are so realistic 😮!+2
@ssznajder - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
Something can be detrimental merely because it takes away from something beneficial, like spending lots of time with your family. If you're watching cartoons all the time instead of playing with your siblings, helping your dad build a deck, or doing chores with your mom, that might have a negative affect on your personality, and it's totally IRRELEVANT whatever that THING that stole time IS. Cartoons are bad but mainly because they're pozzed and gay, not because they're episodic.+1
@DioRogue - 2025-06-09 16:37:34
Never thought of that before+1
@bloodborneloverrr7646 - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
Lukesmith speed running and covering 2 biomes in 1 video+1
@p0llenp0ny - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
I guess if your whole childhood was spent plopped in front of the tube watching cartoons and had no further exposure to any other art forms. As a kid I knew how ridiculous they were. The word "cartoonish" exists for a reason.+1
@Raccoonov - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
Very nice observation, Luke 👌🏼+1
@wildcoil5171 - 2023-06-23 16:37:34
Luke is spoiling us with all of this content...+1
@richmondlandersenfells2238 - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
A great example would be The Fairly odd parents! How much misery were put in the main protagonist by the end of each episode having all the achievements that could've turned his world upside down for the better be disintegrated to another season of unending misery.+1
@fsmoura - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
2:43 "You have grow men, quote unquote; grown men in terms of age numbers..." and size too (" –.–)+2
@battlebeardofcourse - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
I think you raised some interesting points and questions. One being, this may seem like a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, could the rise of ADD & ADHD seemingly out of nowhere in the mid to late 90’s- be attributed to constant short attention span drawn stimulation? If your brain is used to perpetual stimulation, emphasized on short term results, could that make the mind less active to long term commitments? The adage “we are what we absorb” really might come into effect here. Watching something constantly nihilistic as a child, can definitely be argued that it yields some type of programming.+1
@SurrogateActivities - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
this was inspired by emplemons recent upload wasnt it?+1
@hashkangaroo - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
Episodic TV shows and their consequences have been a disaster for the American people.+1
@mr.peanutbutter6969 - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
Sometimes, I think my life is a cartoon. Mostly because all of my clothes are the same, so it's like I'm wearing the same thing over and over again.+1
@demianferiy - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
Can you make a video about a PSYOP aspect in series TV shows like game of thrones? May-be with core methods used in them.+1
@eztyson - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
I’m curious , what in your opinion made Game of Thrones a psych-ops show?+2
@lakeegg1331 - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
People like comfortable routines, I mean, you are kind of in one too now no?+2
@Lucy_chan - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
Luke is an anime chad, cause anime usually has continuing plot and that is a very good thing.+2
@fijisudan7267 - 2024-11-23 16:37:35
Finally someone talking about that+1
@markd.9042 - 2024-06-23 16:37:35
There are a few notable exceptions to this pattern in episodic kids' shows. Samurai Jack is an episodic kids' show (wxcept for the last season, that's neither episodic nor for kids) that deviates from the norm. In the show, things fundamentally go back to the status quo nor because of narrative hijinks where everything has to go back to normal in the end, Jack's actions do have consequences, it's just that he is on a mission and is constantly wandering around in pursuit of it, and so until the last season, we don't get to see that impact because he's always somewhere else, doing something new. There are certainly other episodic kids' TV shows, but overall, I think it's wise to not expose your children to contemporary kids' media.+1
@shenshaw5345 - 2024-06-23 16:37:35
This is a very interesting idea+2
@ZootOfficial - 2024-07-23 16:37:35
I can see why episodic content is popular for tv shows tho. usually people wont be able to catch every episode on TV and they would be out of touch when they have missed a couple of epsiodes due to work and such. For kids, they wont be able to know when is the next episode of "x" show going to air on TV. They just hop on and watch whatever they can find interesting.+1
@superturn - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
4:00 starting- moving back and forth on a single spot in a large forest(?) . I feel like the cartoons did this too.+1
@flimflam7018 - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
You look like you’re in the south eastern part of the US+2
@BogdanTheGeek - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
Interesting point, not sure how much of is correlation and how much is causation.+2
@robt.v.8688 - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
Mystery Incorporated and Venture Bros probably my favorite because of the serial aspect of an episodic series+1
@zombiereaper2184 - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
@1:52 Wtf, how did he do that?+1
@senzudude - 2024-09-23 16:37:35
Dragonball Saga & Aang The Last Avatar are the best animation shows.+2
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
Gratuitous violence, meaningless sex and overall degeneracy. The lasts 2 seasons which pretty much reset the world and destroyed the story arch of the main character of the series, Jon Snow. I hate to think the amount of hours of humanity were wasted by watching this eventual trainwreck.+4
@poika22 - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
Didn't you know that a 120lbs woman can easily fight a 240lbs professional soldier if she just believes in herself enough?+3
@Lucy_chan - 2023-06-23 16:37:35
@TheYakkoMet it does but continuing plot is may more often in anime vs american animation.+1
@rlee1185 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
I think video games also contributed to this mindset as well. The fact that you can replay games after completing, or restart after you die in the game, gives this false sense of being able to finish something in a better way at a later time. It gives this sense of mastery over time without the urgency, which just leads to procrastination or low effort. I will say, however, that X-Men, Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Doug, any many many others often had long-running plots that took a while to resolve and showed consequences for actions, but those were probably the minority, based on what you've pointed out.+1
@rcpaskus83 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
This is a stretch.+2
@batemanboi9672 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
Teen Titans had plot advancement+2
@J-Wolf17FTW - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
There are plenty of shows that start out episodic, but become more serialized as time goes on.+1
@joshpisawesome - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
Might not be some conspiracy, it's just that kids haven't matured enough for abstractions into the future and maintain attention for a long time in a series.+1
@profilename1337 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
Thank you dad+1
@Metro8k - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
The new version of serialized cartoons are those feature length video “essays” about the most inconsequential of topics. People go nuts for those videos these days.+1
@bogdanlulelaru858 - 2024-11-23 16:37:36
Episodic shows left a scar across our collective soul 😂+1
@demr04 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
In the first minutes of this I thought it would going to be anime chad vs cartoon virgin video essay+1
@littletimmythefifth29 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
Here at 11,769 views. Luke Smith something upload... I don't even know anymore.+1
@1982pokemon - 2024-07-23 16:37:36
Seems like a stretch. There are plenty of episodic cartoons that were big in "your" day, and plenty of serial cartoons that are big now.+1
@pipbernadotte6707 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
I like your latin quote at the end of the description. I'm stealing that.+1
@newperve - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
There's no progress, but there's also no significant negative consequences. If someone behaves badly they will generally suffer consequences, but these consequences will be over by the start of the next episode. Do you think that has an effect as well?+1
@Arc_hive - 2024-06-23 16:37:36
Episodic shows and it’s consequences have been a disaster to human race+1
@trev890 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
Don't care I loved those shows growing up+3
@McFly. - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
well episodic's are very similar to life itself. after death, your progress is undone. the house you own or the girl you got is not yours anymore.+2
@MathewRenfro - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
Basically it's people who like Dragon Ball Z vs people who like The Simpsons .+1
@arielalejandro6900 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
great, since of course I watch no tv, now I have more speech to say when somebody wants to suggest me "why don't you watch this, you should watch this other....blahh blahh" "how could you not like netflix?" now I only need one more and I'm Chad consumer fighter... What do you think about people compulsively booking for flying tickets and that thirst to always run away from their reality ?+1
@seetheious9879 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
So Luke, when are you making a tiktok channel?+1
@breadmoth6443 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
i'll assume that is the case, but also isn't it just a show in the end? does nostalgia mean nothing? I admit I do have boxset DVDs /bluray of 90s animated shows, such as Animaniacs, and Batman The Animated series - and if you look at earlier cartoons , they weren't so PC to be honest. also how does this apply to say , music - per that 'gerbel wheel' ?+1
@batemanboi9672 - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
Still I understand your point and agree that particularly between 1985-2000s what your saying was generally true, but there were also many character building shows. Episodic was more so to deal with the fact that people could hop in, watch an episode with no background information, enjoy it, and then forget about it. Where as serials require a dedication to entertainment. Which is worse?+1
@gnomelinux - 2023-06-23 16:37:36
Don’t make fun of video essays on fighting games their very education I think I learned something from them I’ll have to think for a sec but I’m sure I learned something+2
@punishedkid - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Didn't expect Luke Smith to endorse Evangelion this episode.+1
@unknowninfinium4353 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Primary culprit is the way kids were raised. Boomers lived in a time of economic prosperity. They acted in all political spectrum. Left when they were young to get what they want and right when they were older to keep what they want. When you are talling about a generation that had the best life life has to offer and move away from the traditions of their parents how do you think this will end up when they babe kids? Boomers lived a episodic life where the good times never end. Sadly, good times for them are still going with their massive wealth, respect (which they still get) and importance (just cause they are old they are excused). How do you think they will or has raised children?+1
@DarkCloudGather - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
I would like to hear further expansion as to why Game of Thrones are a psyop.+1
@jmurillo106 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Right, TV shows to learn not to advance, buy everithing and stop who is advancing.+1
@thenear1send - 2024-06-23 16:37:37
Just before watching this video I caved to a summer video game sale and bought some video games I used to play 15 years ago. Age of Empires and War Craft 3. I haven't played games in a few months so I really don't know why I did this, other than to get a hit, even if brief, of what it felt like back then... ahh, I know better.+1
@yakhalheart - 2024-08-23 16:37:37
Imagine kids watching cartoons grow up and learn other things by default?+1
@heavyglamrocker1987 - 2024-10-23 16:37:37
"I agree Lois, like for instance if you're watching a certain TV show and decide to take your values from that, you're an idiot." - Peter Griffin+1
@vornamenachname594 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Getting boomers being mad at satanic ego shooters vibes here. That said I am quite sick of episodic shows and rehashes and constant reboots myself. I am sure the Origins of Superman talk by Don Jolly inspired this video.+2
@Gabriel-mf7wh - 2024-06-23 16:37:37
Both episodic and serial shows have their place+1
@riccardoman7620 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Looking back I would say I agree. The only exception would be The Simpsons, because the episodic format is part of the foundation of the show, which is profound cynicism+1
@anyonymouscube - 2024-06-23 16:37:37
maybe all information is a kind of learning for the brain and maybe it assumes that if you watch one information or a similiar group of information again and again it prioritize the information and it becomes you.+1
@uverpro3598 - 2024-06-23 16:37:37
Interesting theory but I don’t think so. I think it’s the opposite. TV chars don’t change or evolve bc the consistency is comforting. And it allows maximum number of episodes. There are about 6 or 7 stories told in infinitely different ways.+1
@attichen4749 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Okay but what about all the cereals? I only watched those growing up+1
@A_Box - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
I'd like to hear your perspective on Game of Thrones. Never watched, don't find it appealing but people around wouldn't shut up about it.+1
@elendil354 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
God bless "little house on the prarie."+2
@sjuvanet - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
i respect luke but the fact that he decided to make this video as if it revealed anything new to anyone who'd be watching is insane. TV is bad for you kids...! Yes, everyone knew this xD+2
@WomannequinReviews - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Pokémonchads...we won!+2
@GE0attack - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
I see that's why we see more adults visit to Disney and buy their merch than kids because they are still kid in head they are "adult" because they grow up.+1
@MADSLAYER47 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
bought a car, had fun car related things like long drive through lines and traffic jams, lost it at the end of the episode.+1
@Theo-qo7ov - 2024-08-23 16:37:37
Yes. This is the same as hacking any computer system, which I used to fix modern computers+1
@albertpiekarski4569 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
You're basically rambling dude. One could fairly easily talk like that about cartoons in superlatives. And I'm saying it as a person who watched very little cartoons as a kid. I mean, maybe there's some truth to it, but with entertainment it's mostly a matter of laziness caused by it. You don't have to seek stimulus, don't have to think, thus why some of us don't develop. Tho I think that western animation truly has something annoying about it compared to anime for ex. idk+2
@wendy-wf8ij - 2024-06-23 16:37:37
I work in child/human development …. This is a fascinating idea+1
@Klayperson - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
He walked from one biome right into another one just like in Minecraft+1
@supergobgoblin424 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Japanese anime is more based, even Pokémon that is more kid oriented, you get him to become a world champion and even compare its achievement in a timeline similar to Messi+1
@jesperhustad - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
I’m always depressed and I use media to get away. Screw the «power process».+1
@LedoCool1 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
I guess me seeing a hobo in the street puts an idea in my head "oh it also applies to my life as well" too.+1
@ratsalaad - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Fantastic video+1
@luckybaringo - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
very good insight+1
@millieschmidt5338 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
I would go even further. I thought about childhood cartoons recently, and first of all, have you noticed the drawing style of all those shows you mentioned? It's all so grotesque! The people seem twisted, and the scenery as well, there's no beauty in those cartoons at all. I tried watching "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters", found it on Youtube, and I was disgusted within two seconds by the way the pavement looked. It had all those cracks and stuff, and I didn't get why everything seems so crooked on these shows. Why aren't there any beauty? So, let's continue this process and say this: it's not only that these shows cause a sense of permanence, they are also very very depressing just by the look of them. So they are probably the reason why everyone is so depressed, too. You grow up with this shit.+1
@TheSutanian - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
At least Ctrl+Alt+Delete portrayed the despair of Loss+1
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
That's a nice jacket Luke, it looks great on you.+1
@inspectorjels767 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Ed edd and Eddy start selling nfts+2
@TheGiantMidget - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
I don't think you can say game of thrones was a psyop since the show was based on a book+1
@chickenbonelives - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Power Rangers eventually get too old to be Power Rangers and have to be replaced with a new generation. Tommy got a redemption arc. Billy gained confidence learning karate. Triny died. Plus practical effects are dope af.+1
@gelmibson883 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Food I watched Aeon Flux, Grind Brothers and B&B only.+2
@blue_shiner - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
I don't think this was an organized psyop, but its definitely the consequence of reckless storytelling. The stories we hear throughout life determines our values unlike most anything other than our parents. In fact, stories could be considered a third "cultural" parent. So when this is what you get in constant from such a young age - its no shock when the people you get are maligned by what they saw - reckless, nhilistic, and childish.+1
@Snoopydoop - 2024-08-23 16:37:37
Cartoon network is like harvard compared to the sh*t kids watch on youtube.+1
@AtacamaHumanoid - 2024-10-23 16:37:37
I don't think so. Most people advance in life and overcome their obstacles. As far as the sort of habitual problems that everyone struggles with, that didn't begin with episodic tv at all. That's the whole concept Buddhism was talking about thousands of years ago (regardless of whether there was an actual Siddhartha Buddha person who said all those things or not, it was written down in painstaking detail—so much so, it's often called the "religion of lists").+1
@atomiswave2 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Ren and Stimpy is a masterpiece. How dare you sir+1
@lachlank.8270 - 2023-06-23 16:37:37
Dear Luke, there is a wonderful old episode of Ren & Stimpy where Stimpy metamorphoses into a Teenage Adult (via a cocoon made out of porno mags and bodily fluids). Ren is actually overjoyed at this in the end, tho sadly as this video emphasises the status quo is restored in later programmes. It would please me greatly if you are able to somehow incorporate this cartoon plot metaphor into a subsequent video essay related to arrested development and modern culture et al Best regards, A Fan+1
@giridharpavan1592 - 2024-10-23 16:37:38
is he a white version of mental outlaw?+3
@LabiaLicker - 2024-06-23 16:37:38
interesting take+2
@40dollhairs - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
Gee I wonder what group could be doing that. Who runs the media exactly?+1
@SuperBlueMoonWA - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
I'm serial, yall are episodic af+2
@DyerClips - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
sooo true 🙏🙏+2
@recoverhealth2062 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
That's why I watched Pokémon, life is a long journey where you eventually grow, achieve, grow old, and then die. Anime is godtier for child development. I know several people that became teachers because of Great Teacher Onizuka.+1
@ladybookworms - 2024-07-23 16:37:38
I s probably why more people watch anime now instead of BS American TV+1
@peterbertelsen1707 - 2024-11-23 16:37:38
Nah i was watching dbz as a kid 🗣️🔥🔥🔥+2
@hanes2 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
the biggest joke of them all.. pokemon... Ash is still 10 xD+3
@jacklame7003 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
Could someone explain how certain serial TV shows are psyops?+1
@vladimirtatarsky9928 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
I am still playing CS 1.6 sometimes, just like I dunno, 15-20 years ago... should I feel bad about it?+1
@Sedric93 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
That's a lot to thing about. Frankly, it sounds like nietzschean Eternal Recurrence on a small scale. Like a producing vicious cycle inside of a vicious cycle.+1
@ministerofjoy - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
You fail to enyoy what you repeately play or already saw is bc your brain asumes you had already had the whole of the expereince, here the salience( the remark or importance) is low. when in reality everything has the potential to offer more, its the salience of each detail what can lead us to find new insight on past experiences. Admitelly, its of great importance re-read more than read it all.+1
@yoshiguy35 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
I'm glad I didn't have cable growing up. But I love watching the serialized anime ONE PIECE, THE ONE PIECE IS REAL.+2
@TheTISEOMan - 2024-06-23 16:37:38
>tmw when Luke Smith is saying Skibidi Toilet has more artist/ic/ merit than most kids shows from the early 2000's later 90's+1
@makingtechfriendly - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
That has been a hard thing for me to express too. I want to do a computer course for the most simpelton audience in India and everyone is like, make it small make it short, but I want to make it serial. And this is also the reason why I can't teach. I can make educational videos because I only have to do it once.+1
@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
episodic tv content and it's consequences have been a disaster for the new generation.+1
@proper_noun436 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
What do you do when you reach 99 woodcutting?+1
@glass7923 - 2025-06-11 16:37:38
Beavis and Butthead grew up.+1
@rushmonk3545 - 2023-06-23 16:37:38
My favorite osrs bot exposing more psyops. If someone out there can make text bots for osrs please start rolling these scripts at the GE.+1
@mistahsusan2650 - 2024-11-23 16:37:38
i'm convinced that they're at least half brothers+1
@eruikagartner - 2025-01-23 16:37:38
its black version+1
@gnomelinux - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
Nah+1
@lnnm1638 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
Also kids are brought up by Tv instead of their parents.+1
@jonathanrealman8415 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
Idk Luke, if you look at Norse or Greek mythology say the Greek epics or the stories about Thor, they are also episodic. It doesn't necessarily go back to square one but they don't build on one another often. I don't think you're on to something here.+3
@manutebol956 - 2024-06-23 16:37:39
Phineas and Ferb was a masterpiece though+1
@SM-qo9gr - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
Somebody Agent Smith, hes close to the Area51+1
@triumphant39 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
Interesting concept, though it seems like you'd have to assume people directly emulate or embody things they watch (for this concept to be true).+1
@soso-chan5075 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
And here I thought my aversion to change was because of autism and nothing else! But fr, I was surprised by this video, it gave me something to think about+1
@chrisrosenkreuz23 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
who plants woods like that, just look how neat they are, wtf+1
@雀-t6c - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
I got so fed up with episodic shows that I became a weeb+1
@Adrikei - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
Mind blowing+2
@Visleaf - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
EEnE do go to school in later seasons, and the big picture show movie is the designated moment of closure for the viewers.+1
@3mar00ss6 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
always hated episodic shows as a kid+1
@LightCyrus - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
This logic rings relevant but incomplete. Seems more likely that it is the effect of and not the cause of. Dopamine addiction and low bars of expectation from parents cause the infantilization of younger generations as well as the shortening of attention span. Humans are always getting better at providing instant gratification experiences. The more our dopamine gets used to these experiences the more we want until an even better source of instant gratification is created. In the age of one minute videos many people say they can't even watch a full length movie anymore. It's almost like we've evolved from apex predators into funny cats darting after the next shiny thing.+1
@tildoyagins7931 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
You should speak with sam vaknin. This thesis reminds me of his analysis of loser self states where the mind and information gathering mechanisms of a person are geared only to reinforcing the self truth and the self narrative that the person is a loser.+1
@georgerogers1166 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
X-Men TAS is serialized.+3
@ViciousTheDesolate - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
My man wearing a suit jacket in the woods and he's going to talk about kidults???+1
@bironjames9948 - 2024-11-23 16:37:39
It frustrated me so bad when they counldt get that damn jaw breaker real depressing stuff for a kid to watch really subliminally show a kid no matter what you do you wont achieve anything given the programming worked on some kids+1
@ManAdam712 - 2024-06-23 16:37:39
This was really interesting... I wonder if that's why I really liked The Simpsons, (and eventually) South Park and Family Guy - because they turned the episodic structure into a joke.+1
@l1ght608 - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
I guess looney tunes and three stooges is to blame for politicians. lol+2
@ThatViralVideo - 2024-06-23 16:37:39
This is a weird episode of Rugrats+1
@thechadbuddha - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
heidi? not even once!+2
@MofuMuff - 2023-06-23 16:37:39
Spider-Man TAS too.+1
@vondas1480 - 2024-12-23 16:37:40
The movie did end with them befriending the other kids and presumably getting jaw breakers at some point (and they definitely got some at a few points in the series).+1
@one_step_sideways - 2024-06-23 16:37:40
Ah, but oh mr. White, you did not realize that you have just created an episodic video in your YouTube show that does not advance the plot any further and is confined to a single video. Sometimes my genius frightens me+1
@ropersonline - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
Okay, to tell you what I think as prompted: It's not all bad, and there are a bunch of aspects you omitted or maybe didn't think about: Escapism and decompression have their place. There are many people, kids included, whose lives are relatively bad, stressful, and with too little permanence, so regular relaxation that isn't another demanding personal growth challenge (with the implicit accusation that it's your fault if you fail) can be a stabilising influence. Statistically, things have been getting worse for most people in America, and the odds are it's substantially not their fault, and more bootstrap pull-up exhortations at every turn can be more distressing than helpful. Also, even when the content of serials doesn't matter, it can be stressful for kids to have to wait A WHOLE WEEK to find out what happens next. That's why kids and today's adults are binge-watching when they can. Also, even educational and instructional content can be episodic if it's self-contained, though admittedly, that limits what you can convey in terms of complexity. Notably, a bunch of arguably partly educational episodic shows are kids' TV. However, think about Adrian's Digital Basement or Louis Rossmann's board repair videos. Is it trivial content? Is it for kids? Does it matter what order you watch their videos in?+2
@pinkllama8839 - 2024-10-23 16:37:40
Sorry but you're completely wrong, people who were young in the 2000s did not grew up watching episodic cartoons, the more popular kid shows of this time were anime and more serialized cartoons like Samurai Jack, Ben 10 and Avatar: The Last Airbender the last one being almost required to watch in order to better understand the themes and story. And the ones who were kids on the 2010s grew up watching cartoons that were neither episodic nor serialized cartoons like Adventure time, My little pony and Gravity falls. I don't know why these trends happened especially the last one of finding ways to make the show serialized but still trying to be episodic but i doubt that this influenced much the children development but anyway be more perceptive of what is going on before being so certain.+1
@nicolasderra3888 - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
Luke would make an awesome Far Cry villian+1
@WizardofGargalondese - 2024-09-23 16:37:40
What is your evidence for the causal effect of these shows on kids behavior?+1
@thepoeet - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
i thought he was going to start with talking about Courage the Cowardly Dog...+1
@TheAudreyduh - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
I was cereal now+1
@whiteguardist - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
TMNT weren't episodic, Yugi Oh! wasn't either. Only CN shows.+1
@lolekpllolekpl7560 - 2024-06-23 16:37:40
I grew up playing roblox, garry's mod, Tf2 so It didn't affect me+1
@maksrambe3812 - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
Since so much of these shows are set in America, I always just assumed that this was the cultural norm over there, along with always using weird paper money and those big neighbourhoods. Now that you mention it I realise I was mostly correct.+1
@deoxal7947 - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
Old man yells at sky+2
@dave_di - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
1:48 Changing Biome in 3...2....1...+1
@manners7483 - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
Ae you thinking what I'm thinking Pinky? I think so Brain but we're already but we're already naked...+1
@Incredible_Mister_J - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
I have always preferred watching movies than shows because movies are concise in their time limit. And some I go back to. The devotion to seasonal shows is just to much of a hassle. I'm glad I never had hbo and avoided the game of thrones hype train. One of the best shows I like is Farscape and Cowboy Bebop though. I would even add Monk and Psyche.+2
@SmokieRobinson10 - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
This is why Seinfeld is the episodic GOAT, animated or real life. storyline fit the narrative perfectively to a show about the day-to-day monotony, had you feeling the reality of that shit lol+1
@uppishcub1617 - 2024-07-23 16:37:40
I didn't really like episodic shows when I was a kid. All my favorite shows were serialized, or at least didn't do that annoying "undo everything by the end of the episode" bit. Teen Titans, The Clone Wars, DBZ, Samurai Jack, even comedy shows like King of The Hill (though they wrre forced to become episodic in the last couple seasons by the network). That being said, my life really is more like an episodic format. Its the same thing day in day out, year in year out. And I like it that way. I want to be living in the same place doing the same things 15 years from now, with the only caveat being that I'm doing them better. Change just repulses me.+1
@chuckcrizer - 2025-05-23 16:37:40
Huh? Speed Racer, Macross+1
@MrJoseklon - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
How you find yourself in a literal desert with a blazer in Georgia?+1
@mannypardo1080 - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
Here we go.+1
@TheLomsor - 2023-06-23 16:37:40
Eh. Maybe for some people, these aspects had some influence, but I don't feel like the connection is that strong there. In general, TV has a big influence, like most things have when taking up a big chunk of one's time, but the world-view you mentioned and criticized is so broad that pinning its origin to episodic shows is extremely oversimplifying it. A fun thought for a walk, but that's all in my oppinion.+1
@turtleboy1188 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
Finally someone understands+3
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
Hobbies are a way better form of escapism rather than mindlessly consuming content.+2
@ropersonline - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
@TravisHi_YT Among the worst things of what's been happening to most people over the past decades are the condescending insights from the holier-than-thou industry and its acolytes. It's literally victim-blaming masquerading as life advice.+2
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
@ropersonline You're right, it's much easier to just eat the corn syrup rather than buy fresh ingredients and make the food yourself. How silly of me. Carry on consuming.+2
@KBALIAS - 2024-09-23 16:37:41
There is none.+2
@moussaadem7933 - 2024-10-23 16:37:41
It's speculation, doesn't seem ridiculous tho+3
@mistahsusan2650 - 2024-11-23 16:37:41
it's not so much the shows and their contents, but the way that habitual media consumption can both be a symptom and a cause for greater social alienation and social/communal disintegrity. young/impressionable people will learn social cues from the contents of media formats rather than the people they live near.+1
@NovaInquisicaoGN315 - 2025-06-02 16:37:41
1:42 Nowadays, I can see the messages of the cartoons, many of them are like woke, even 15 years ago+1
@sillysad3198 - 2024-06-23 16:37:41
i bet the cult of superheroes had much bigger effect: LEARNED HELPLESSNESS. this is why (and how) a well armed nation of libertarians turned into this obedient mass.+1
@nc956 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
When it comes to entertainment it's true - people just do the same things over and over. (EDIT. I don't know if it is greatly detrimental to our attitudes toward life. We do a lot of things over and over again.) But I don't think it's as grave as you said to kids though. If so - it's extremely marginal and facilitated by more serious problems. xD+1
@watertower1 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
its not that deep bro, cartoons dont effect peoples life except of course I do live in a pineapple under the sea along with my pet snail and my neighbors are patrick and squid+2
@mememan9890 - 2024-06-23 16:37:41
NGL this video feels extremely reaching.+2
@garrethmayham6576 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
Post-modern and social circle, area around, and comfortable zone of youth. Before 30.After 30 inertia and apathy.+1
@alexhichamk6630 - 2024-10-23 16:37:41
Where is this guy nowadays, why isn't he uploading vids+1
@jg1946ify - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
"accidentally" that's a very naive point of view lol+1
@abdullah-yt25 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
I guess watching anime was not a mistake after all+1
@krunkle5136 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
The little communist in my brain says it's due to the profit motive in capitalism that there's more incentive to keep having shows with no real character growth or ending, but then I really think, judging from the anime industry, that it's a matter of competition and craving for novelty. There are more studios that themselves produce dozens of shows a year that usually have one season, on top of things like Comiket which have literally tens of thousands of creators with their own ideas/concepts that can be fodder for a season of anime. No the problem is America doesn't have an industry of multiple studios that are at each other's throats all the time and is overall creatively bankrupt. America has Comicon which is a mostly consumer oriented event.+1
@DanielToubul - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
luke uploading so many videos is a bit sus+2
@nvm7047 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
"Accidentally"+1
@kiriikp - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
Someone didn't like Star Trek: Voyager+1
@masonsmith9619 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
Do an episode on GOT being a psyop lmao+2
@bibr2393 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
Dam videogames and repeating the same action I'm looking at you farming simulator+2
@PhilipJFry-qh2jg - 2024-10-23 16:37:41
So like... Gilligan's Island?+1
@medleysa - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
I disagree. People are man-children (or kidults, I like that) because they weren’t pressured or incentivized to grow up. It wasn’t the cartoons; it was the culture that tolerated (or even celebrated) second-rate performance with pariticipation awards, not hurting feelings, and excusing bad behavior as “stages” in life rather than a lack of developed discipline.+1
@topercaker2646 - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
Well that was contrasted with anime as a kid.+1
@jiffonbuffo - 2024-06-23 16:37:41
Good thing anime characters age as the show goes on.+1
@devonallie - 2023-06-23 16:37:41
Joseph Campbell is cringing.+1
@moussaadem7933 - 2024-10-23 16:37:42
He always alluded to that, he doesn't want to be a YouTuber / Influencer, he said what he wanted to say+1
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:37:42
Yep, Disney's acquisition of star wars is a prime example. Profits have to be extracted no matter the cultural damage.+1
@krunkle5136 - 2023-06-23 16:37:42
@TravisHi_YT or Fox+2
@chairshoe81 - 2023-06-23 16:37:42
how is it+1
@masonsmith9619 - 2023-06-23 16:37:42
@chairshoe81 those were his words not mine but it looks like he already has done that video+1
@theinsivibleman5309 - 2023-06-23 16:37:42
@masonsmith9619 talk about eating a shoe...+1
@ratsalaad - 2023-06-23 16:37:42
Anime has the worst effect on children out of any form of media besides pornography.+3
@nojuanatall3281 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Primal is an amazing serial cartoon.+1
@star_duck - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Midia induced alienation+1
@brunojesus5444 - 2025-06-02 16:37:43
Oh my god, they killed Kenny!+1
@karenwang313 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Episodic tv Imo is just lazy writing. There are plenty of shows like avatar or Battlestar Galactica that can actually balance having standalone episodes with having a story with characters that change for them to have any excuse.+1
@mardavox - 2024-12-23 16:37:43
It's working for ADD/ADHD.+1
@mikeMakhno - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Comic books and strips are like that too. Look at Archie comics. Damn kids have been in High School since the Eisenhower administration,+1
@vicariousgamer2871 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Accidentally ?+1
@logic_mage - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
I think your argument only really makes sense if you're willing to boil the average kids' cartoon down to the basic skeleton you present it as here. For instance, in a show you mentioned like Ed, Edd, and Eddy, typically a character's undoing is the result of their vice - for example, Ed's greed - and their ultimate undoing is usually trying to present a moral, which I'd argue creates a good, digestible format for younger viewers.+1
@floydthegreat - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
South Park went from being episodic to having an over-arching plot line for its respective season. Ever since the SP team transitioned to the semi-serialized story telling model, the quality of the show improved significantly. I remember the season prior to the huge change. It was dreadfully bad, fusing parodies of Wacky Racers with Inception; not funny at all. Over course the SP team lost their grove and started churning out stinker episodes. Karen references in 2022, really Matt and Trey? Of course it doesn't change SP's pro establishment propaganda masquerading as B&R - shit that bug people eat up.+1
@jamesalles139 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Where were the Internet 'KaReNs' created? Care Bears is an animated television series...+1
@sillymesilly - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Not an accident+2
@theulysses7236 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
This Andrew Tate guy seems nothing like the youtube shorts…+2
@kulldox - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
I get what you are trying to say, but if you focus only on the moveis, I think episodic shows are better in the sense that I don't have to spend time to specifically watch the show in a certain order. Gives me the option to watch an episode anytime I feel like it without being worried what happend before. It is basically just like watching a different movie any time you want to, thus you don't care what happened before, just that the characters are the same. I'm sick of all these serials everywhere. I don't want to waste time to watch seasons, I just want to watch a 2h movie, that's it. And it is getting harder these days :)+1
@Caligula138 - 2024-09-23 16:37:43
Just watch Tom and Jerry+2
@perfectelectrics - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
and thats why i watch legend of the galactic heroes+1
@netsaosa4973 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Pretty patties rule+1
@yash1152 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
luke is looking sooo handsome here+1
@epix4300 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
great video+1
@cabezadepija7318 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
i think that the logic and reasoning module wasn't installed properly on this npc... it babbles and babbles and at the same time says nothing+1
@wesrhrtjjr - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
go to a real forest in the next vid. With real I mean natural, these trees are all in one line, natural forests are more beautiful! you should go to europe as a tourist, I welcome you in my country! Nature very awesome in russia and south germany!+2
@christianz8020 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
...And then came dragon ball z and later Naruto.+1
@babunjalo - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
I wrote you an email about your trip to Montenegro or/and Serbia(It is absolutely possible to enter from *Kosovo) I would love to help.+3
@slunkmiester - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Futility+1
@keithqueen352 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
You can have regrets, but don't you DARE mess with Dexter's Laboratory and Ed, Edd and Eddie!!!🤣 In all seriousness, I would say that a show like Samurai Jack would be the antithesis of these shows. Also, I must say thank you, as I have never thought about this concept in this way.+1
@RunElevate - 2024-10-23 16:37:43
Content diet is important+1
@thechadbuddha - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
anime was a mistake+3
@tylersingleton9284 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
I preliminaraly screen my son's TV with some basic tests. Is there a laugh track or do the characters laugh after every joke? How many fingers do the characters have? If it has 4 fingered 'ugly' animation style and any sort of cue for laughter, I just write it off as a demoralization and cultural degradation device.+1
@georgioarmani4021 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Doctor you hit it right in the head,no pun intended.This reminds me of the Peter Pan syndrome+1
@sprtwlf9314 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Interesting stuff.+1
@marccamp6376 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
1:47 You cant fool us Luke... all of this video was so you could play minecraft in real life huh? ;D I got you there...+1
@amillennialpause - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Luke, the word you're looking for is "ecotone."+1
@DemiSamaKun - 2024-07-23 16:37:43
I never enjoyed episodic shows after 7years old till 13 years, after that I understood the formats purpose. It's to have creative freedoms of a totally fantasy world. Im able to enjoy those shows now because it's not ment to reflect life or to be emulated. A lesson learned when I was 7 as well. I also read a lot of manga and anime which are most season based. Episodic manga from upcoming manga artista pop up in the back of the manga or articles. After moving I saw western TV shows and didn't like them. Often ugly and mutated people and bad themes. The shows often spoon fed lesson and ideologies I don't care for.+1
@haroentmimi - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
fancily dressed runescape character talks about based topics in nature+1
@hezuikn - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
i think i felt like that trying to watch to love ru+1
@sarundayo - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
TIL I'm a cartoon character+1
@tomaAlex2001 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
is this an actual problem people actually have in the real world lmao+2
@edgarrolandocosajaycampos6112 - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
this does not happen in naruto+1
@mouwersor - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Sure some of these things are purposeful psy-ops, but most of these things are just done because it's easy to do. It's easy to repeat current dominant ideology in your shows, it's easy to stick to the same format each episode, it's easy to not throw in some deeper symbolism, etc.+1
@ChucksSEADnDEAD - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Kickass 2 ripped off the Karate Kid 2 "girl cheats on main character" plot contrivance to nullify the first movie. Lazy as all hell.+1
@vaxrvaxr - 2023-06-23 16:37:43
Hot take, Luke.+1
@bhaddash - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Have you screened shinchan?+1
@Babbler49 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Uncle Luke is now doing psycho-sociological analysis via children's cartoons, just like how Jordan Peterson once did. What next, you're going to release you self-help book while arguing with pseudonymous Tweeters and getting hooked on benzos?+1
@i.e.monroe9048 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Luke Weeb Smith confirmed?+1
@postmanpalmer5898 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
I have to comment early without watching the video so Like sees me+2
@akrosi8650 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
I think you're missing something though: most of the "good" childrens' cartoons today are pretty serial. Adventure Time comes to mind as a classic that I grew up with, and things definitely change throughout the plot to a rather significant degree. While it has its share of... issues, Steven Universe is another example, as it has a very coherent arc that is progressed through over the course of five seasons. The Netflix She-Ra remake also has a solid plot.+2
@dark_sunset - 2024-06-23 16:37:44
Good thoughts+1
@Oscarbasedhead - 2024-09-23 16:37:44
Can you be sinless I’ve always seen it as just try to be better and better each day+1
@Maverick-xz5oi - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
The Simpson, Family Guy are perfect examples of this.+1
@curbcobain - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Well, it's all fine. But i will play DOOM until the day i die!!!+1
@Se7enth351 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Exactly as humans we should be improving our skills all the time; construction, woodcutting, agility, firemaking etc etc+2
@opshredderytp - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Turns out Pokémon IS satanic after all The prots were right all along, but for the wrong reasons+1
@ArilandoArilando - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
This is why anime is better. Anime is mostly serial.+1
@sebleblan - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
All this time! And it was the cartoons!!!+1
@Little.R - 2025-06-17 16:37:44
lmao, can we get a synopsis of why you think GoT is a psyop? Please?+1
@trevor_mounts_music - 2025-06-10 16:37:44
you are crashing out these days 😂+1
@dkpat23 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
i just started one piece i am on episode 56 i feel like i am growing up with luffy+1
@joepowerhouse2371 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
I think there was an ed edd, and eddy spinoff where they went to school, same with rugrats. the problem was that the shows sucked lol.+1
@hexisXz - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
If you want a good cartoon that actually has progression, story and some actually good adult jokes/memes then watch the amazing world of gumball it's actually pretty good.+1
@victorprokop9343 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Yuo mens CEREALS are laden with artificial colorings, sugar and seed oils right luke?+1
@anonanon7822 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Luke, aren’t that a Christian thing? I mean Heaven is basically an eternity, and eternity(at least as far as i understand it) is absence of time(at least in a sense that we understand a time here in this world) and as time is a unit of change it literally means no change(at least in a way we understand it here on earth)+1
@regbot4432 - 2023-06-23 16:37:44
Nice green screen+1
@catgode - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Progression? In Gumball?? Also Luke would hate the adult jokes. At least that's my assumption.+2
@hexisXz - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
@catgode lol its kinda funny+2
@anonanon7822 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
And that’s probably applies to our lives as well, i guess? From dust you came and to dust you will return?(or smth like that, dont remember that verse correctly).+1
@bowiethedog6285 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Yeah, in heaven. But we're not in heaven yet. Eastern religions are about everything being cyclical and nothing changing.+1
@anonanon7822 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
@bowiethedog6285 Makes sense+1
@ahmedyusuf1000 - 2024-06-23 16:37:45
I hear you, but i feel like this is a reach tbh.+1
@alexeytelepnev9582 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
blog posts are better then videos+1
@realgoku09 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Real G's watched Dragonball Z+1
@soljaism - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Bruh what you be high on?+1
@ulugbeglu - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Yeah but luke, youre just describing mundane life. Thats been a thing for thousands of years, I dont think cartoons are that old.+1
@SantanaBanana47 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Changing biome lol+2
@alpacacomentadora413 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Those tv shows are for CHILDREN nor for adults....stop watching children´s tv+1
@paulallen1931 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
not related luke, not related+1
@tv-pp - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
so steven universe is a good show then+1
@houseofosborne1173 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Bro, you said "thang" like 100 times, you must have moved South lol no problem though, I'm from Dixie+1
@shaharbest5752 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
just say that digimon superior to pokemon+1
@Nicolas-qc3jf - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
i missed the schizo rants+1
@jordanm2984 - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Johnny can't read, not because Johnny is illiterate. Johnny can't read because Johnny can't conceptualize long-term goals.+1
@n3oAlex - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Totally agree. Recently I experienced the same thing with old video games etc. There is many things like that I feel. For example in the time span of human civilization, religion is one of these things that we've had fun with and should probably move on from. Sadly people feel really nostalgic about it and keep bringing back all the old memes from it :/+1
@JohnDoe-ef3wo - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Somewhat plausible I suppose..+1
@Jalecko - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Looks like someone likes to watch avatar TLOK and gravity falls+1
@owenisgoing - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
Based+2
@sebastianhama5624 - 2024-06-23 16:37:45
this is why deep space 9 is better than TNG ^__^+1
@WolfrostWasTaken - 2023-06-23 16:37:45
I think Luke just keeps walking between videos and never stops. He's at the 16th recorded video and reached the other coast of US+1
@Mary-dk7mc - 2024-06-23 16:37:45
wow.+1
@mskiptr - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
> avatar TLOK You' missing a comma right there or actually meant to exclude ATLA?+1
@Jalecko - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
@mskiptr o ye i forgot that abreviation that one too they are both serial+1
@Jalecko - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
@mskiptr Never in my life excluding ATLA+1
@deathdog1392 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
No offense, but I do think it's a little odd to go on a nature walk in a Suit, but hey I'm sure you look alot snazzier than I do when on a walk. 😂 👍+1
@gamezoid1234 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Lol, I think you might want to speak for yourself in this one Luke. You're right that a good amount of shows are in this episodic style, but I can think of just and many (and these being far more impactful and culturally relevant) examples that cut the other way. Does like Avatar the last Airbender, gravity falls, and basically all anime are soaked, and character development is a huge part of these shows. I can understand your perspective though. Pretty much all the shows you mentioned were massive for millennials. Zoomers got it better thankfully.+1
@danni222 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
heckin based!+1
@ryandeboer9584 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Do over+1
@nachosNæpples - 2024-06-23 16:37:46
call of duty+1
@nextfangtechlead6239 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Deedeeee noooooooooooooooooooo....🤯🤕🤒+1
@WowAndle - 2024-12-23 16:37:46
Ed edd and eddy was masterpiece comedy tho. I definitely agree with your thesis.+2
@redaxxx - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Make moar podcasts+1
@urbanumbra6170 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Luke, I am your father+1
@stigcc - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Environmentalist+1
@codegenprime3362 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Based+2
@TheStamos - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Holy based+1
@susufrernlp93 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
ngl, i like you, but this is a bit of an extrapolation.+1
@MrZzdannyzz - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Yeah good thing we had anime as well so we just have this associated with y'all western peoples+1
@kobab4270 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
Good thing I grew up on anime instead lol+1
@Skulll9000 - 2024-06-23 16:37:46
1:47+1
@SerobZeromintis - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
league of legends+1
@cunningham.s_law - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
anime+1
@aayushnp5430 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
nice+1
@rorynolan4426 - 2023-06-23 16:37:46
i was always deeply disturbed by the demographic of adult men who still watch their childhood cartoons.+1
@improvisedchaos8904 - 2023-06-23 16:37:47
Gravity falls makes kids act as stupid as the characters are.+1
@gamezoid1234 - 2023-06-23 16:37:47
@improvisedchaos8904 it was very popular back in my middle/high school days. I don't think I or any of my peers would have experience a jump in intelligence if it wasn't.+1
@improvisedchaos8904 - 2023-06-23 16:37:47
@gamezoid1234 "would have experience a jump in intelligence" You think it made you smarter? Lmaoo+1
@gamezoid1234 - 2023-06-23 16:37:47
@improvisedchaos8904 read what I said again and get back to me.+1
@gamezoid1234 - 2023-06-23 16:37:47
@improvisedchaos8904 dunno if YouTube won't show the last reply you made, or if you realized what I was saying and deleted it. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and go with the former. My point was that myself and my peers were pretty dumb, because we were kids, and in a world where gravity falls was never made, I don't think we would have been that much smarter.+1
@urbanumbra6170 - 2023-06-23 16:37:47
@GospodinStanoje nerd!!!+1
@kobab4270 - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
@@TheYakkoMet water is wet. I know but most anime we were exposed to growing up was not, that’s the point. No one said all anime was non-episodic+1
@transberg - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
Y+1
@Being_Joe - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.+1
@isambo400 - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
Idk, the new Scooby Doo is pretty good+1
@lucs0091 - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
Awful shows+1
@Goblin-ee4og - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
I haven't really thought about cartoons since I was a kid and when I did watch them they where just cartoons. I don't live an escapist life or a life full of repeating myself without the understanding of consequence. It's just cartoons man. For most people it's nowhere near this deep. Also I've traveled all over the world been to 3 continents and every person I meet has a different approach to life. Stop painting with a broad brush.+1
@werethless12 - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
Jumping the shark dude.+2
@scatchef - 2024-11-23 16:37:48
I ❤ the way you say Ed, Edd'n'Eddy+1
@silentnight3192 - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
Game of thrones is a psy-op how?+1
@Coldpizza-aa - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
gg+1
@gelmibson883 - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
Reeeeeee!+1
@bdinh3130 - 2023-06-23 16:37:48
True millenial outing. Naming all the classics. Really, if you are a grown man watching childrens cartoons you have far more issues than "Cow and Chicken" not having an orverarching plot. This idea permanence more is tied to the material and economic conditions more than anything else. The culture produced our current conditions aren't facilitating the desire for change in the sense of development by way passions, hobbies, interests, etc. Is it because of the diminishing leisure time of the working class? Possibly for some but mostly it is the pacifying effect of stimuli and reward on demand. Why do something to feel fulfilled when you can watch and feel fulfilled vicariously? Teens skateboarding for tiktok now not really knowing how to skateboard but doing it just for appearance sake. The idea that they are seen as skateboarders alone is enough for them by way of social media clout. Ask any average millenial woman what she does on her free time and the answer will almost always be browsing social media and tiktok in bed. People don't want to engage because products now do all the engagement for us. If we're gonna do psychoanalytical takes I would say episodic shows if anything were a manifestation, if not just a symptom, of the shortening of attention spans. But hey, there is an art to episodic shows. Things resolving within a episode requires a baseline approach to story telling. There was at least that versus what we have now which is 15 second clips of nonsense requiring you to be constantly plugged in if you don't want to be behind on the every evolving context of the garbage that is mainstream meme culture. I will blame SpongeBob for giving me ADHD though.+1
@mistahsusan2650 - 2023-06-23 16:37:49
if you have to even question that assertion then you know that the psyop worked on you ...+3
@silentnight3192 - 2023-06-23 16:37:49
@mistahsusan2650 I haven't watched a single episode+1
@Eddengarthian - 2024-06-23 16:37:49
Because it's cynical under the pretense of "realism" basically+1