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Odradek

That Rankin Bass Rudolph gets a lot of guff for people's minds being changed when Rudolph's deviation from the norm turns out to be useful, but really, the fact that it took that happening for them to get over their moronic prejudice against non-conforming individuals feels more real than if they just randomly decided to stop being shit

Herbie wanted to be a dentist, which is obviously a useful thing to have around, but they didn't realize it until Rudolph got famous because they were stupid and short-sighted

Salix Babylonika

I think the rankin-bass "noncomformity will be punished unless it can be exploited" thing is just like a meme, ya know

Section42L

I’m glad that I’m not the only one bothered by the ripping on that special going around recently.