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Bluey is a good kids show. It has moments that are funny and poignant for adults. It's also pretty fucking cishetero-normative. Plus the recent conflicts in West Asia still exist in the Bluey universe, so probably the best recent episode "Cricket" is tainted by the fact Rusty's dad was probably murdering Afghan hounds and planting weapons on them

Enjoying kids media as an adult is fine.

Adults who almost exclusively enjoy kids media sus me the fuck out.

lol with cloudflare taking twitter down we had to make up guys to be mad at

I've never seen Bluey, not because I'm against cartoons, but because I'm skeptical that anything Australian can be good

Reading through these comments makes me think that "parent" is one of the least represented minorities on the site.

my girl loves bluey and i will leave that shit on all day every day forever if it means i can avoid cocomelon

Friend who keeps telling me to watch Steven Universe

Enjoying Your Inner Child is Healthy; Living in It is Not.

There's a significant difference between maintaining a healthy connection to the media you loved as a kid and allowing it to completely define your adult worldview.

The Balanced Approach: Keeping "kids' stuff" like video games, animated films, or comics as a hobby is not only acceptable but can be a wonderful source of joy and nostalgia. It’s a part of your life, not your entire identity.

The Unbalanced Approach: The issue arises when this becomes a core part of your identity to the exclusion of all else. An adult who only engages with children's media, and filters complex, real-world issues through a simplistic, fictional lens, risks remaining in a state of arrested development.

I place myself firmly in the first category. I still enjoy playing Super Smash Bros. with friends. However, I know several people in their mid-twenties who exemplify the second. While I care for them, it's challenging to have a serious conversation. Their entire world revolves around Marvel and Disney; it's all they watch, discuss, and breathe. Consequently, they often view the world through a distorted, childish lens, leading them to unrealistic and simplistic conclusions about how life and society work.

username makes it pretty obvious where I fall on this lol

rules especially starting in like S5.

to be clear though it is the only kids show I watch.

Its not ok to watch shows that normalise being Australi*n

What is with the “adult bluey fan” discourse bc I’ve been seeing it in a few places

It's actually like really deep and written for adults, but in a way so that kids can understand it!

The look of panic when I tell them we don’t watch Bluey, we watch Blue’s Clues instead.