A couple of years ago I watched a few episodes of bluey with my nieces while I was visiting my sister, what it reminded me most of was actually fraggle rock in the way it teaches how to accept each others differences and find ways to work together and how it deals with serious topics but does it in a thoughtful gentle manner that kids can easily understand. It's clearly made by people who really do care about teaching kids to be genuinely good human beings by treating its intended audience like intellectual beings who are growing and learning as opposed too talking down to them or jangling keys in their faces the way a lot of modern kids shows do. 6:30 I actually remember playing one of the leisure suit larry games on the family computer at my babysitters house when I was 8-9 years old, I was just old enough to get some of the situational jokes and enjoyed the creative wordplay based jokes (it's always been a thing I've found funny), so I guess its no surprise that I started watching red dwarf, blackadder and the red green show around then too.
I know someone who is very much so a "right makes might" conservative Christian. I can recall numerous conversations I've had with him where he goes on tangents about how awful certain people are (cheaters, sex criminals, racists, etc) and while I am in 100% agreement that people like that are terrible, it's become obvious to me that he just likes having someone to look down on, especially because it's debatable if he is even a good person in his own right. To me, there's a clear-cut moral bankruptcy in someone who lives that way, who allows that sort of thinking to dictate their mindset day in and day out. I'm not saying faithful spouses deserve a cookie or anything, but from the way he talks about this sort of stuff, you'd think he'd prefer to have an unfaithful wife so he'd have an excuse to berate someone. I've been getting interested in American history lately, and while I am heavily opposed to the right-wing, my favorite inauguration speech of any president so far is from George HW Bush of all people. One line from his speech stands out to me- "What do we want the men and women who work with us to say when we are no longer there? That we were more driven to succeed than anyone around us? Or that we stopped to ask if a sick child had gotten better, and stayed a moment there to trade a word of friendship?" I'm not a Christian, but I feel that Christ would see more worth in exchanging those words of friendship than condemning Bluey's Dad for being emotionally present. (Also, I apologize for this comment being so long.)
I'd like to hear you talk more about your theology. Very interesting to me. Not a perspective that I get a lot of. Just like your politics, it occupies a space in between a lot of positions that I hear. Refreshing. 30:42
Yeah, i remember the cuphead controversy. It seems like both sides have that contingent of extremism that seems to believe that anything that might give anyone even a little bit of joy is a bad thing.
I've never seen the show, and honestly, it's online popularity makes me care even less about it. Hey, maybe its as good as the Steve era of 'Blue's Clues', but I honestly just don't care. It never looked appealing to me, nor did it look that unique, and I seriously used to think it was a 'show within a show' from the 2017 'Ducktales' reboot
A couple of years ago I watched a few episodes of bluey with my nieces while I was visiting my sister, what it reminded me most of was actually fraggle rock in the way it teaches how to accept each others differences and find ways to work together and how it deals with serious topics but does it in a thoughtful gentle manner that kids can easily understand.
It's clearly made by people who really do care about teaching kids to be genuinely good human beings by treating its intended audience like intellectual beings who are growing and learning as opposed too talking down to them or jangling keys in their faces the way a lot of modern kids shows do.
6:30
I actually remember playing one of the leisure suit larry games on the family computer at my babysitters house when I was 8-9 years old, I was just old enough to get some of the situational jokes and enjoyed the creative wordplay based jokes (it's always been a thing I've found funny), so I guess its no surprise that I started watching red dwarf, blackadder and the red green show around then too.
I know someone who is very much so a "right makes might" conservative Christian. I can recall numerous conversations I've had with him where he goes on tangents about how awful certain people are (cheaters, sex criminals, racists, etc) and while I am in 100% agreement that people like that are terrible, it's become obvious to me that he just likes having someone to look down on, especially because it's debatable if he is even a good person in his own right. To me, there's a clear-cut moral bankruptcy in someone who lives that way, who allows that sort of thinking to dictate their mindset day in and day out. I'm not saying faithful spouses deserve a cookie or anything, but from the way he talks about this sort of stuff, you'd think he'd prefer to have an unfaithful wife so he'd have an excuse to berate someone.
I've been getting interested in American history lately, and while I am heavily opposed to the right-wing, my favorite inauguration speech of any president so far is from George HW Bush of all people. One line from his speech stands out to me- "What do we want the men and women who work with us to say when we are no longer there? That we were more driven to succeed than anyone around us? Or that we stopped to ask if a sick child had gotten better, and stayed a moment there to trade a word of friendship?" I'm not a Christian, but I feel that Christ would see more worth in exchanging those words of friendship than condemning Bluey's Dad for being emotionally present. (Also, I apologize for this comment being so long.)
I'd like to hear you talk more about your theology. Very interesting to me. Not a perspective that I get a lot of. Just like your politics, it occupies a space in between a lot of positions that I hear. Refreshing. 30:42
Never seen Bluey, but I do appreciate your commentary thus far.
Check it out- it will heal your inner child.
I live within driving distance of Bluey's house. 😊 It's almost literally on the other side of town.
Yeah, i remember the cuphead controversy. It seems like both sides have that contingent of extremism that seems to believe that anything that might give anyone even a little bit of joy is a bad thing.
I've never seen the show, and honestly, it's online popularity makes me care even less about it. Hey, maybe its as good as the Steve era of 'Blue's Clues', but I honestly just don't care.
It never looked appealing to me, nor did it look that unique, and I seriously used to think it was a 'show within a show' from the 2017 'Ducktales' reboot
Am I a bad Australian cuz I haven't watched Bluey yet?
Huh I always thought it was breadtubers that disliked bluey
I don’t make enough at this to qualify as a breadtuber.
@@jordanowen42 I was more referring to the dislike of the show than you
I always said that all kids show parents should be like Clay and Bloberta Puppington...