Ok so here we go. I was watching the old superfriends cartoon last night, and noticing the quality of animation and the thought put into story line. Granted the stories were a lot simpler then, but we also were an easier sell. We didn't have google to look up anything with. Cosmic rays were a good enough reason for why whatever superman and his friends were dealing with had happened. Then i started thinking about how each cartoon I watched as a kid had some sort of moral message included in the episode, followed by the hero of said cartoon pointing out the moral message at the end for the kids who were too special to get it on their own.
Now, these morals were the same ones our parents were trying to instill in our stubborn little heads, but mom and dad didn't have the same level of clout that say He Man, G.I. Joe, She Ra, Liono, or any of our other childhood heroes did. So for our heroes we listened, we were honest, fair, compassionate. We studied hard. Got good grades. Did the right thing. We are also the last generation with any kind of sense.
We understand that good things come from hard work. We get the concepts of respect for others, good manners, taking care of those with less than you, helping those in need, and in general just not being a shit.
We pull our pants up to where they belong. We oopen doors for elderly people, women, and anyone with their hands full. We say please and thank you, yes ma'am and no ma'am.
Children today have Spongebob, Bratz, and Barney for role models. They have graduation ceremonies for kindergarten. They win awards for participation. What the fuck? We start teaching them young to be idiots.
We are fucking ourselves. BADLY. Any parents reading this. Buy or download some old cartoons for your kids and make them watch them. I bet they start emulating those heroes and acting like they have more sense. Try it. For the good of our futures.
Here endeth the rant.
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