Social The Social Thread 3.2.2 - Switch 2 Hype Time!

[TheMightyP]

Shoutouts to Noipoi for this awesome commission I comm'd for the spooky season.

Noipoi text

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Mario Wonder did not tell me to place dancing and thrusting Piranha Plants into my 2023 bingo card

 

[TheMightyP]

So...

How is life treating everyone?

 

[Pink Yoshi]

So...

How is life treating everyone?

Well, I still have all four of my limbs and I'm still obsessed with Disventure Camp, so I say life is treating me pretty normal

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

So...

How is life treating everyone?

No

 

[TheMightyP]

Well, I still have all four of my limbs and I'm still obsessed with Disventure Camp, so I say life is treating me pretty normal

That's good

No

Even better!

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I kinda wish I knew what I was worth so I could even entertain the idea of Commisions for art

 

[Wario Bros.]

I hope that the "in-game purchases" note for Super Mario Bros. Wonder leads to something good.

 

[Shroob]

So...

How is life treating everyone?

Going alright. Slowly getting better at PLA. Fought Liligant an hour or so ago and needed to charge my Switch.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Oh no


Snake's playing League of Legends



Your Honor, Leag----

Death

Actually never touched it. This comes from years of liking fighting games but never getting into the tournament scene.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I hope that the "in-game purchases" note for Super Mario Bros. Wonder leads to something good.

Probably the online needed for the online festure

 

[TheMightyP]

she wonders on my super until i mario bros

 

[Shroob]

she wonders on my super until i mario bros

Bottom Z

 

[Cutie Gwen]

So...

How is life treating everyone?

Honestly? It feels like I'm able to be alive against instead of having to crawl through hell, last year I lost so much and had the genuine fear of homelessness due to a LOT of stuff happening but I've got my own place for half a year now and have started being able to take better care of myself. My cat's still happy with me too which makes me glad cause I was scared of having to abandon him

 

[SnakeFighter64]

So...

How is life treating everyone?

I finally dug up my old Dr. Seuss book collection from the basement and it turns out i'm missing a bunch I was certain I owned. I'm wondering what happened.

I have all six banned ones though so that's something.

 

[Shroob]

I finally dug up my old Dr. Seuss book collection from the basement and it turns out i'm missing a bunch I was certain I owned. I'm wondering what happened.

I have all six banned ones though so that's something.

Your bounty starts at 500$

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Your bounty starts at 500$

They weren't actually banned. The publisher just stopped printing them. We just used banned as shorthand because the reason they decided to stop printing them is because they had racist imagery in them. But they're not illegal. Just, you know... terrible.

 

[Shroob]

They weren't actually banned. The publisher just stopped printing them. We just used banned as shorthand because the reason they decided to stop printing them is because they had racist imagery in them. But they're not illegal. Just, you know... terrible.

"Huh, I've never seen these books before. I wonder why they're ba----"

Oh nooooooooo

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Noipoi text

can’t believe Vince stole Shane’s theme song again

 

[SnakeFighter64]

"Huh, I've never seen these books before. I wonder why they're ba----"

Oh nooooooooo

To be fair, only "And To Think That I Saw it On Mulberry Street", "If I Ran the Zoo", and "McElligot's Pool" are like, eyeball bulgingly, yelling at squidwardly bad. The other three (especially "Scrambled Egg Super" and "On Beyond Zebra!") are kind of tame and feel like they were pulled "just in case" rather than "oh we can't keep showing these to kids any more". The one in "The Cat's Quizzer" in particular doesn't even make grammatical sense.

 

[TheMightyP]

"Huh, I've never seen these books before. I wonder why they're ba----"

Oh nooooooooo

"I do not like them here or there
I do not like them ANYWHERE!"
- Dr Seuss

 

[Noipoi]

So...

How is life treating everyone?

Been kinda bummed out recently. Mario's been a bright spot for me.

 

[SuperSonicFlyer]

"I do not like them here or there
I do not like them ANYWHERE!"
- Dr Seuss

Not that this is toward just you, but did you all know, that the writer known as Dr. Seuss went by that name because in college, he did something bad and as punishment, they ended up not letting him write, which is something he liked doing? He seemingly bypassed this by going with the name, Dr. Seuss.

 

[Shroob]

"I do not like them here or there
I do not like them ANYWHERE!"
- Dr Seuss

Dr.Seuss when discussing minorities.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Datamined files in the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection includes references to MGS4, MGS5, and Peace Walker

The MGS4 part better be 100% true. It should not be PlayStation 3 exclusive forever.

 

[TheMightyP]

Something to note is that Green Eggs and Ham did get a tv series. I thought it was supposed to be for little kids, kinda like Dr. Seuss other adaptations.

The second season is straight up a war arc.

Don't remember that in the story.

 

[Zinith]

They're just jealous that he was one of the only authors ever to get racism allegories right

 

[TheMightyP]

But real talk if you looked at Dr. Seuss's other work it was very apparent that he hated Asians. Like full on hated them.

It was WWII times so that more than likely played a factor but yeah not surprised they banned some of his books

 

[SnakeFighter64]

To be fair, only "And To Think That I Saw it On Mulberry Street", "If I Ran the Zoo", and "McElligot's Pool" are like, eyeball bulgingly, yelling at squidwardly bad. The other three (especially "Scrambled Egg Super" and "On Beyond Zebra!") are kind of tame and feel like they were pulled "just in case" rather than "oh we can't keep showing these to kids any more". The one in "The Cat's Quizzer" in particular doesn't even make grammatical sense.

And like, to be clear, when I say that these particular books are "not as bad" i mean that like... there are episodes of freaking DuckTales you can still watch on Disney+ that are just as bad, if not worse, and have like... content warnings on them for "racially charged problematic imagery".

I don't think kids should be exposed to these images still, for any of the six books. My only real concern is adult fans who want to have a complete collection having six that are not being printed any more and are suddenly much harder to find (and are also being de-listed from sites like ebay now).

 

[Shroob]

But real talk if you looked at Dr. Seuss's other work it was very apparent that he hated Asians. Like full on hated them.

It was WWII times so that more than likely played a factor but yeah not surprised they banned some of his books

Honestly, that's not even surprising.


As someone who likes mystery stories and whatnot, I've always heard about the "Knox Rules" or however it's described in how to write a mystery, but they always preface it with "Rule 4# is ignored."


Come to find out that Rule 4# was basically just the author hating Asian people and saying they were never allowed to be in a mystery story.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

But real talk if you looked at Dr. Seuss's other work it was very apparent that he hated Asians. Like full on hated them.

It was WWII times so that more than likely played a factor but yeah not surprised they banned some of his books

I just ready this quote on the wikipedia page about Horton Hears a Who today actually

Spoiler

Geisel began work on Horton Hears a Who! in the fall of 1953. It is his second book to feature Horton the Elephant with the first being Horton Hatches the Egg. The Whos would later reappear in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. The book's main theme, "a person's a person no matter how small", was Geisel's reaction to his visit to Japan, where the importance of the individual was an exciting new concept.[5] Geisel, who had harbored strong anti-Japan sentiments before and during World War II, changed his views dramatically after the war and used this book as an allegory for the American post-war occupation of the country.[6] His comparison of the Whos and the Japanese was a way for him to express his willingness for companionship. Geisel strived to relay the message that the Japanese should be valued equally, especially in a stressful post-war era.[7] He dedicated the book to a Japanese friend.[8]

I left in the sources they cited so you can fact check the paragraph

Edit: ok so two of the sources are books but.... idk man people change over time and if he really did visit japan AFTER the war... after what we did, i don't know how that couldn't humble even biggest assholes of all time

Edit two: also just checked my own copy. It is dedicated to a "Mitsugi Nakamura of Kyoto, Japan".

 

[TheMightyP]

Honestly, that's not even surprising.


As someone who likes mystery stories and whatnot, I've always heard about the "Knox Rules" or however it's described in how to write a mystery, but they always preface it with "Rule 4# is ignored."


Come to find out that Rule 4# was basically just the author hating Asian people and saying they were never allowed to be in a mystery story.

It's actually rule 5

I just ready this quote on the wikipedia page about Horton Hears a Who today actually

Spoiler

Geisel began work on Horton Hears a Who! in the fall of 1953. It is his second book to feature Horton the Elephant with the first being Horton Hatches the Egg. The Whos would later reappear in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. The book's main theme, "a person's a person no matter how small", was Geisel's reaction to his visit to Japan, where the importance of the individual was an exciting new concept.[5] Geisel, who had harbored strong anti-Japan sentiments before and during World War II, changed his views dramatically after the war and used this book as an allegory for the American post-war occupation of the country.[6] His comparison of the Whos and the Japanese was a way for him to express his willingness for companionship. Geisel strived to relay the message that the Japanese should be valued equally, especially in a stressful post-war era.[7] He dedicated the book to a Japanese friend.[8]

I left in the sources they cited so you can fact check the paragraph

Edit: ok so two of the sources are books but.... idk man people change over time and if he really did visit japan AFTER the war... after what we did, i don't know how that couldn't humble even biggest assholes of all time

Dr. Seuss:

Spoiler

And then writes 2 more banned books afterwards

 

[TMNTSSB4]

So...

How is life treating everyone?

beating Spider-Man 2 was hype (but one of the side missions emotionally broke me), and I now obtained the Vine badge in Mario…which means Spider-Daisy is here for me

therefore life has treated me well today

 

[Shroob]

So, anyone doing anything fun for Heckoween?


I'm gonna watch this Mickey Mouse cartoon that was recently discovered, I'm sure it's going to be a swell watch.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

It's actually rule 5


Dr. Seuss:
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Spoiler

And then writes 2 more banned books afterwards
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I don't want to turn this into a racism debate. But I will say that the two that came after were the two that my earlier post about DuckTales applies too. Like, one shows a vaguely middle-eastern character from a fictional country riding a completely made up animal on one page. It's not great. But it's not any worse than Aladdin IMO. And the other one, The cat's quizzer, has a single illustration on a single page that has a waving man in a gray shirt and pants wearing a Kasa hat with the question "How old do you have to be to be a Japanese?". Like, that doesn't even make sense. Clearly there was a shift in his mindset after that time and this kind of content did completely disappear from his work after a certain point. The banned stuff is all mostly before the war and before his trip to japan so like... i don't know... context.

They're just jealous that he was one of the only authors ever to get racism allegories right

Ehhh.... not quite. I'm not a racial scholar but I've seen more than one article say that the book oversimplifies things and that color-blindness is more problematic than you'd think. But that's a bit beyond my reach cause I can't find the articles I read again.

 

[SneakyLink]

Forgot to mention this last night but I decided to watch the second live action Monster High movie.

I expected High School Musical, but with monsters.

I got that, plus the near extinction of vampires by witches, and monsters being afraid of the “HuMon” (Half Human Half Monster… it was a major plot point of the first one that got expanded here.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

So, anyone doing anything fun for Heckoween?


I'm gonna watch this Mickey Mouse cartoon that was recently discovered, I'm sure it's going to be a swell watch.

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I kegit have no plans for halloween. My friends have all eather moved, died, or are living their life so im im kinda stuck in my house watching youtube or playing games

 

[Shroob]

I kegit have no plans for halloween. My friends have all eather moved, died, or are living their life so im im kinda stuck in my house watching youtube or playing games

Honestly same. That's basically what I'm gonna do.

 

[TheMightyP]

I don't want to turn this into a racism debate. But I will say that the two that came after were the two that my earlier post about DuckTales applies too. Like, one shows a vaguely middle-eastern character from a fictional country riding a completely made up animal on one page. It's not great. But it's not any worse than Aladdin IMO. And the other one, The cat's quizzer, has a single illustration on a single page that has a waving man in a gray shirt and pants wearing a Kasa hat with the question "How old do you have to be to be a Japanese?". Like, that doesn't even make sense. Clearly there was a shift in his mindset after that time and this kind of content did completely disappear from his work after a certain point. The banned stuff is all mostly before the war and before his trip to japan so like... i don't know... context.

I mean I was just making a el oh el mee mee so we really don't gotta have a racism debate (You wouldn't have a chance, I am a true racist)

 

[SnakeFighter64]

So, anyone doing anything fun for Heckoween?

At most I'm gonna watch the Grinch Halloween Special and listen to Pumpkin Hill