I only got really into The Simpsons as I got older.
Granted I saw reruns of episodes that originally aired when I was an infant because for a long time the show was omnipresent in syndication (and it might still be: no TV so I don't really know).
Now whether someone would want to watch enough Simpsons to be able to understand a joke predicated on knowing what Rabbi Krustofsky sounds like, that is a different question entirely.
Also I've seen literally one episode of Spongebob in my entire life and still largely find memes of it at least amusing.
i'm slightly confused because as i remember it Spongebob was mostly silly gags about Spongebob being annoying and Squidward being a stick in the mud, and slapstick humour
whereas Steven Universe is notably dramatic, even in relation to most action series, in that it's heavy on the continuity and has a lot of focus on the lives of and relationships between the recurring characters, how they feel about themselves and understand their places in the world, etc. This combined with a mix of comedy, action, horror and music. Even if that doesn't do anything for you, surely it's not 'puzzling' that this would be popular?
I'll admit the love for Steven Universe kind of puzzles me. The show just irritates me for some reason in a lot of the same ways Spongebob did. But people aren't obnoxious about it so...meh.
Yeah if someone just said they didn't like the show I wouldn't say anything, I just thought that spongebob in particular was a really weird thing to compare it to.
Yeah I don't understand that connection in my head either. I guess it's like when you hear a song that reminds you of a different one even though they're really nothing alike.
this is what it's like when people fill a thread with references to Homestuck or Steven Universe or something
to me
lol 40% of the threads around here are like this to me
also spongebob's own jokes are silly in a stupid way but IMO it really shines as a YTP source because it goes from being nonsense slapstick of characters i don't know in a setting i don't care about, to breaking the shit out of the first, second, and third walls, and sometimes the fourth as well
I was around when Simpsons first started, and Bartmania was in full effect. That was a weird time, since for a while me and my brothers weren't allowed to watch (since one of my younger brothers was apparently trying to imitate Bart).
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whereas Steven Universe is notably dramatic, even in relation to most action series, in that it's heavy on the continuity and has a lot of focus on the lives of and relationships between the recurring characters, how they feel about themselves and understand their places in the world, etc. This combined with a mix of comedy, action, horror and music. Even if that doesn't do anything for you, surely it's not 'puzzling' that this would be popular?
Bee can dislike it, that's fine
i am a bit confused by the comparison though
not that i said anything about it
also spongebob's own jokes are silly in a stupid way but IMO it really shines as a YTP source because it goes from being nonsense slapstick of characters i don't know in a setting i don't care about, to breaking the shit out of the first, second, and third walls, and sometimes the fourth as well
knowing what Krusty's dad sounds like may not require knowing what Krusty's dad sounds like
because Krusty's dad sounds like Krusty's dad
so therefore one can know that Krusty's dad sounds like Krusty's dad, which means one need not know what Krusty's dad sounds like
unless Krusty's dad is treated as a person rather than an object, in which case we know who Krusty's dad sounds like, but not what
The show has a lot to answer for