As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new?

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• Aeri@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I want children’s television shows sometimes because when I was a kid I was basically deprived of this joy. We didn’t have cable until I was basically already a teenager and even then my dad had this obnoxious habit of shaming me for it if I ever dared to watch the cable weed were literally paying for.

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• massive_bereavement@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  An adult is a kid with bills to pay.

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  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    …and on the plus side, can buy booze!

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  • bigbangdangler@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I love this. Hit me in the right spot. Thanks.

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• Godnroc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There is a terrible misconception that there must be a point at which you stop enjoying things because it is improper, but at a certain point fuck the haters and enjoy the ride because none of us get out alive.

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  • vrek@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Depends on the show…some of them, no it’s not because it’s improper it’s because they are super annoying to watch as an adult. I’m thinking stuff like team Umizoomi, Dougie and such.

    Stuff for early teens is typically ok, like Steven universe or teen titans or adventure time. But when you go down to shows for the under 7 crowd…yeah the shows are horrible.

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And if someone still enjoys those “horrible” shows at 87, it’s okay for them to watch them. That’s the point.

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• adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “still watch”? i never stopped.

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s what it means to still [do something]

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    • HeHoXa@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And it’s the top comment. I’m dying 😂🤣

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• MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  BLUEY!

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  • boaratio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I have kids, but I would absolutely watch bluey even if I didn’t. I own several bluey shirts.

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    • lobut@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You know how much Blippi, Wiggles, Brain rot Minecraft/Roblox, Ryan’s World I had to go through before we finally watched some Bluey?

      Oh my goodness, Bluey is actually good too, it’s wild.

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  • ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Best part of visiting families with kids is sneaking in a bluey episode without shame!

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    • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I have zero shame. If I’ve had a bad day I watch a couple of episodes to get back on track.

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• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not sure. I often hear Bluey and Phineas & Ferb referred to as kids cartoons, but I find the humor surprisingly mature.

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  • adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    the best ones usually do sneak a little something in for the grown-ups “stuck” watching them.

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    • albbi@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And there are episodes that are just beautiful works of art. The S3E18 episode of Bingo playing in the rain is just heartfelt to me.

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• theedqueen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A good show is a good show. Doesn’t matter the style or the intended demographic.

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• timhayes1991@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I will forever love Looney Tunes. It’s a classic.

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  • qwertyasdf@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Meep meep

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• Toes@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Excluding anime (which I watch regularly) the newest cartoon I watched was Star vs. the Forces of Evil. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone looking to get back into cartoons.

  But the best cartoon I’ve ever watched was avatar the last airbender. Not many rise to that level of quality so its unfair to set the bar there.

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  • 48954246@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you haven’t already I would also recommend the other kids shows in the same demographic as Star.

    Gravity falls, Amphibia and the Owl House

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    • Toes@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’ve seen some gravity falls, really liked the characters.

      Haven’t watched the other two, how are they?

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  • Monster96@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’ve been wanting to rewatch Star vs. The Forces of Evil. I love that show. What do you think of it so far?

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• sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I still watch/watched a few as an adult and really enjoyed them.

  Avatar: The Last Airbender The Legend of Korra The Dragon Prince She-Ra (the new one) Tron: Identity

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• Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My girlfriend and I watch My Little Pony while we eat dinner sometimes. I also occasionally put cartoons on as background noise, like SpongeBob, Regular Show, Adventure Time, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed Edd and Eddy, etc.

  My Plex homepage is pretty funny because the continue watching section is The Boys, My Little Pony, Better Call Saul, etc. Pretty big discrepancy there lol

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• MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well, you’d have to define what a kids show is and what a mature show is.

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• kingblaaak@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  bruh, I’m currently adding all my favourites to my NAS, then watching them in order.

  Saturday mornings have been clutch now

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• qkall@friendica.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  @Vader it's all we really watch... life is real enough....

  there is a sprinkling in some cheap reality tv like chopped or bar rescue... oh and some comedies... but nothing super serious.

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  • akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This answer is so relatable. 😓🩵

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• fairyfuzz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m re-watching Gravity Falls right now

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  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I never stopped watching it

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• berty@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I do like Spongebob!

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• Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Watching adventure time right now lol

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  • Aneb@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I rewatch adventure time all the time. Also the future episodes are good but too short. I also watch Fionna and Cake but that is basically made for the fans of the og show not really kids.

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    • Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Will probably watch that next it sounds kinda similar to bee and puppycat which I LOVE

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• Tedesche@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I definitely watch some content meant for children, because much of that content works with multiple age ranges. For example, Ponyo. That shit makes me cry like a bitch. Fantastic film.

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• cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As an adult, it’s only sad dramas and dreary procedurals for me. No time for fun what with taxes, job, and housework. I’m afraid it’s all very serious, adulting. I’m gonna sing the doom song.

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  • Abyssian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I miss you, cupcake.

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• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yes, I just finished watching all of Phineas and Ferb with my 32-yo daughter. Also Hey Arnold until it got taken off whatever we were watching it on.

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• TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I watched The Owl House, if that counts! I feel I don’t watch enough stuff to say what I do ‘in general’, lol

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  • Bazoogle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Owl House was a good watch, and I only watched it as an adult. Gravity Falls is great as well, and stars Alex Hirsch as well.

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• Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Invader zim is still fun, as is clone high. Or anything from Studio Ghibili

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  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Studio ghibli films are child friendly (mostly) but not for children explicitly

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• BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  yes. i watched 4 or 5 episodes of Earthworm Jim yesterday. i rewatch Gravity Falls once a year or so. spongebob, pinky and the brain, and many others are all in my lineup

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  • El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh man, I gotta rewatch some Earthworm Jim! That shit was funny.

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    • BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      it’s over the top absurdity and I love it

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• Soulifix@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not as much, mainly because there’s an unwritten rule with watching cartoons you grew up with. That being, don’t watch some cartoons if you want to preserve the memory of how fond of the cartoon you were as a kid. Because not all cartoons are going to land the same as an adult than it did as a kid. So, there’s some shows I avoid myself to not have that feeling. There’s others like the old Transformers stuff I’d watch because that was a little before my time and I heard it was good, as well as the other series.

  But revisiting things like old Nick cartoons or even a lot of Saturday morning level of cartoons because, I enjoyed those more as a kid than I probably do as an adult.

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  • Bazoogle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    don’t watch some cartoons if you want to preserve the memory of how fond of the cartoon you were as a kid

    I think the best shows are the ones that are just as good as an adult. Avatar the Last Airbender, Gravity Falls, Spongebob before the first movie, Owl House, Phineas and Ferb, and plenty others. If anything, rewatching them as an adult helps you get jokes that went over your head as a kid. Some of those I only watched as an adult, and they were still good.

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• moakley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have kids, so yes, I watch kids’ cartoons. Today it was DuckTales.

  Without kids, I probably wouldn’t watch any tv except what my wife wants to watch. I’d always rather be playing a video game.

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• watson387@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Fuck yeah. You can pry my cartoons out of my cold, dead fingers.

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• BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Like Saturday morning cartoons then no, I tried watching some old cartoons I grew up on like chip and dales recently on Disney+ and it made me realize how much they simplified the plots and dialogues for the kids, it was too boring for me. I do watch adult animation though and sadly so many people still think anything animated is just cartons for kids because of companies like Disney and Hana Barbera pushing that dynamic for all these years

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  • dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I bought every episode of darkwing duck because it was on sale and I definitely see where I got my love of puns from

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• Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes, but: I’m a parent.

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• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yup. I also watch Power Rangers and Super Sentai.

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Absolutely! Did you think I take the kids to Pixar movies because THEY want to see them?

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