For me it's Dragon Ball Z, that was a pretty fucked up show tbh.

Like holy shit, all the characters are terrible people except maybe Gohan and Trunks.

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
    hexbear
    50
    9 months ago

    Stickdeath.com, although I was already a teenager at that point. Stuff like ”Crackhouse Clean-Up” where the bad guy green stickmen were obviously supposed to be black stereotypes, but back then I didn't know enough about joker-amerikkklap racial politics to realize.

    After 9/11, the guy started doing cartoons of racist Middle Eastern caricatures being killed by US soldiers while Korn played and racist caricatures being tortured in Gitmo, and the fucked up messaging was no longer hidden what-the-hell

    • Slaanesh [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      40
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      You're awakening years of newgrounds and flash memories. So much overly racist shit post 9/11. But hey it also brought me into furry shit so..... yeah fucked me up.

    • stevatoo [they/them, she/her]
      hexbear
      18
      9 months ago

      I still remember when my elementary school friend did the classic "I made all of these animations." posturing. He ended up becoming a neo-nazi so now I find it believable

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
        hexbear
        17
        9 months ago

        This is unlocking elementary school memories where I too did stick figure animations. I did like, skateboard stuff and sorta looney tunes style things. Later I figured out i could import images and used video game sprites, got backgrounds in and figured out how to shrink and grow things in pace of the framrate to fake 3d. Good times

        • Awoo [she/her]
          hexbear
          17
          9 months ago

          and used video game sprites

          90% of the videogame sprite websites have disappeared now and I feel like something incredible was lost with them all as a resource for kids making animation.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
            hexbear
            12
            9 months ago

            They had a beta version that could import images and backgrounds. I made a 3d version of the first level of super Mario bros. Shit was tight

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
      hexbear
      15
      9 months ago

      Anyone remember thst program Pivot that was basically just animating stick men and had the same kind look with the pre-built stuff? Cause that's how I got into animation