There are also like five hundred people with picrew avatars in the replies saying it's the best episode of the show because in the end of it the psychiatrist lady explains the toxic fans that the epic scientist guy is a bad person. Incredibly baffling.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Too many of those zany adventures were child abuse (or sexual assault on children) presented as "funny." And when they weren't, the usual gag was Morty caring about something, but Rick (and the plot rails) condemning him for caring because apathy is cool and smart. Sure, there's exceptions, but that's the gist of "zany" on the episodes I was forced to watch because friends kept insisting that this one will change my mind.

    • Anemasta [any]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, a lot of the ideology and its implications are embarrassing, so it's something you ignore to enjoy the show. Thing is, once the same showrunners (who I'm being told are horrible brainwormed people) try using the show to figure their shit out, it becomes even more embarrassing and too big of a part to ignore.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        so it’s something you ignore to enjoy the show

        There's some things that I can't personally ignore. It's a subjective thing, perhaps, but "haha child sex abuse is funny haha" (and the rest of Roiland's horrible anti-union pro-techbro ideology) makes it hard for me to really enjoy the rest.

        it becomes even more embarrassing

        If anything would be entertaining to me after what I already saw of the show, it would be seeing the le edgy selfish :reddit-logo: science man getting called out and dunked on. I already checked out and am not coming back, but still.

        • Anemasta [any]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          To each his own, I guess. Than against it's been like ten years since I've seen the show. Maybe it didn't age well.