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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wonder Showzen was truly a gift

[–] Jerkface 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kids on the street! Kids on the beat!

[–] NielsBohron 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Jerkface 5 points 1 year ago

That's all I needed to hear.

puts on boxing gloves

[–] humorlessrepost 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It taught me patience. And far too much about the letter N.

[–] negativeyoda 2 points 1 year ago

The show just went to another level when they ran out of fucks.

I need to re watch the episode where mother nature gets gender reassignment surgery and all the flowers die

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've only ever seen the pilot, which was made a few years before the rest of the show and it was just called Kids Show. It became the first episode of the show. I don't know why I've never gotten around to seeing the others. The pilot had me on the floor.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is tremendous news my friend, because that means you get to have the gift of watching Wonder Showzen for the first time! You don't yet realize the blessing before you!

If you're 420-friendly, I highly recommending pairing consumption with the show ✌️

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll get to it one day. I have a big list of things I missed out on because of parenthood.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A valid reason, to be sure. But as an added bonus, the satire of kid's shows will probably hit you even harder due to your closer proximity to kid's media, whenever you do get around to it ✌️

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually was working on a kids show at the time, so I don't think it would hit as hard now actually. But I will get to it eventually for sure.

[–] AllonzeeLV 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] DigitalTraveler42 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"So we've tried to occupy wall St, but how about we just burn it down instead?"

(But actually what would work is burning the rich's homes down with them inside instead.)

[–] feedum_sneedson 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let's stick to the guillotine, no need to be unnecessarily cruel.

[–] SuckMyWang 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I disagree with all forms of violence though I will point out that the rich are unnecessarily cruel to the general population.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I used to think that too but at least historicaly, if the problem is the system itself then there are no ways to solve the problem from within the system. see French revolution. The problems of feudalism couldn't have been solved by following the law. I am not calling for violence or anything like that. Just pointing out it hasn't been that simple, just categorically opposing any form of violence, throughout history. If the current system continues on its trajectory, soon there won't be anything legal left for the masses to do. So not "it should happen" but "it will inevitably happen", it being violent revolution.

social democracies are trying to slowly adapt the situation, let's hope it will be enough.

[–] Aceticon 2 points 1 year ago

There's a wall already in Wall Street, so just line them against the wall.

Why overcomplicate?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you suppose burning down Swiss banks would help? I believe it would

[–] iAvicenna 1 points 1 year ago

or space billionaires for that matter

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I find it very funny to hear people talk about eating the rich and all that because honestly, it's political right that's closest to a "new French Revolution", the left is way too peaceful to do anything like it these days... In North America anyway.

[–] some_designer_dude 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Step One is to help both sides realize that “left” nor “right” are worthwhile distinctions. It’s haves and have-nots. Everything else is distraction to pit us against each other.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah but when you rebuild you still have to deal with the political opinion of the people who are have nots but still believe in capitalism.

[–] LesserAbe 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We're still saying "what are you running from??" when we see a person running

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

From my own mortality, I suppose.

[–] HipHoboHarold 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I still quote this and "but let's discuss the contradiction"

Also, my name is Tyler, so my old roommate used to sing the song from this

I miss this show

[–] rabiddolphin 10 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ah, Wonder Showzen! This was a great off-the-wall comedy sketch bit from people who were probably huffing paint in the writers' room. I don't know if it lasted more than one season and I can't be bothered to check. It has a real The State or Mr Show vibe in that it was uncomfortably ahead of its time. The State was a lot less uncomfortable. Mr Show was uncomfortable for less offensive reasons. But I'd call them all completely original. (Nothing is original, I know…)

[–] iAvicenna 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

space, because space billionaires

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm going to the ONE place that hasn't been corrupted by communism ...

SPAHEACES!

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