Animated Atrocities 183 || The Goode Family is Not Good(e)

For what it's worth...

[@davisthegamelord]

Fun fact: just before the civil war one senator beat the hell out of another senator with a cane in the senate building. After that alot of senators started carrying guns with them during meetings

[@amesstarline5482]

Ah, the Brooks-Sumner affair. Such a strange yet relevant event.

[@galacticknight55544]

I think Mr. Enter knew that. The reference to it was most likely intentional.

[@NeverLookBackOnce]

Isn't fighting a common occurrence in governments with parliaments and senates?

[@pokemonmanic3595]

Hmm, I can’t find anything about caning a political opponent, but it says here I’m not allowed to wear women’s underwear. *uh ohhhh*

[@NeverLookBackOnce]

@@pokemonmanic3595 Hmmm... Curious.

[@seanobrien3301]

“There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.” - Mr. Garrison

[@purpledogg2073]

Yep

[@eymed2023]

Truer words were never said.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

A vegan dog sounds pretty much a pale imitation of the tofu eating lion joke from classic Futurama

[@yeager1957]

The difference between King of the Hill and Goode Family is simple, KotH has characters that are exaggerations of real people, the Goodes are literally just twitter users

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

Twitter and Tiktok users, yes.

[@slashbash1347]

Figuratively twitter users. I don't even think Twitter existed back then.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@slashbash1347 Twitter was made in 2006, so Twitter was already around when The Goode Family was airing in 2009. I'll give you this - TGF had predicted the insanity of American Politics on Twitter.

[@alexgomez6723]

@@AnimeArchaeologist Not really, people like that have always existed, it’s just now they have been given a bigger platform and microphone to speak on.

[@quinntondraper2951]

Hell, that's pretty much why there hasn't been a new Grand Theft Auto game in a hot minute. It's kinda hard to exaggerate a culture which has gone insane beyond parody.

[@Dafawfulizer]

If you ask me, I think the message of a show like the Goode Family should be how to do the most good and making sure you're doing good for the right reasons. Like you said, one of the main problems with the Goods is that they only really do good things for self-indulgent reasons and are often ineffective at it, and that's arguably the biggest problem with the left these days. Performative activism that ultimately changers nothing. I think a show that examined what causes liberals should and shouldn't fight for in the same way King of the Hill examined what traditions conservatives should and shouldn't cling to would have a lot of potential. But sadly, we don't really have a show like this. Sure South Park makes fun of liberals, but it only really covers the obvious stuff, like cancelling people and neutering comedy being obnoxious.

[@Takisan111]

That actually sounds like it would be a much better show. Performative activism genuinely pisses me off because there are some absolutely great causes that need to be supported but far too often the people that get big in these groups are virtue signaling or just straight up hypocrites. While most of my personal beliefs have stayed the same over the years, I do try to be open to new ideas and the possibility that something I previously believed was wrong. I feel the world could be better if more people would try to do that too. And yet far too many people who usually claim to have the same personal philosophy usually are only doing it for attention. This is why people on different sides have a hard time trusting the others. Honesty is important and sometimes having an open mind really does mean that sometimes the one with the real problem is you. We can only hope that someday more people will learn to understand this. Having that be the message of The Goode Family would have been pretty cool.

[@SitaraAleu]

That's why I'm an Independent. Both sides are difficult to stand by anymore. The right are too aggressive and zealous about all the wrong issues and the left are too spineless and meek to push any of the good issues they actually stand for so we end up in this bizarre stalemate.

[@TomyDayos]

@@SitaraAleu Odd, people on the right see it the opposite way. With the left being agressive and zealoss in the wrong issues and the right as meek and spiniless to push the good stuff that they stand for. I guess its all a matter of persperctive.

[@TomyDayos]

@@SitaraAleu You know... Both left and right believe themselves to be the good guys, and the guys on the other side to be the bad guys. All that the left do is talk about how bad the right is. All that the right do is talk about how bad the left is. And argument between both is based on accusations and bring up bad things made by the other side, where both guys doing argument try to bring up the worst possible intention behind the opposition argument while talking the best possible intention on his own side. Arguments are useless, they never change someones mind. The "other" is always the demon, and nobody want to side with the demon. No matter what side the "other" is, he still a demon.

[@Personmr]

Liberals are in the center. Leftists and liberals are different.

[@sladikk]

the thing is king of the hill is actually really critical of a lot of conservative ideas, it's Judge looking inward and analyzing his own culture goode family is just mocking liberal archetypes which isnt necessarily hard, it's just not what Judge is talented at

[@ddjsoyenby]

agreed.

[@MaoRatto]

Indeed. Though it's very true now days. The political divide just gets worse. Liberals are more of a problem within the USA than the conservatives. Coming from... Someone who saw both sides, but don't like either party due to being very much pro-authority. One wants to tell people what to do in their bed, the other wants to lecture people on "they're a better person", waste public tax dollars on "education", but turn around get caught with critical race theory ( or hell renames ), still believes in shitty economics rather than getting rid of a monopoly ( aka socialism or corporatism ). Conservatives and "liberals" get on my nerves due these things. Both parties are evil, you only vote, to vote against the other side, rather than actually believing in the person you are voting for. It's voting for lesser evil scenarios, rather than true voting. Judge should written it before 2010. As it would be a lot more fair and understandable. Though he would get cancelled. Liberals to me come off super fucking bigoted as they virtue signal about caring about X group, but doesn't try to engage with X group or interact with foreign media.

[@bforthigh1617]

@@MaoRatto you're 100 percent right wing.

[@mattc2306]

@@bforthigh1617 Maybe so, maybe not. I for one, think that the left is very annoying and do nothing but tell me how much of a bad person I am for disagreeing with their opinion, all because of a movie I don't like. But in all seriousness, part of the reason why I don't like the left is abuse, as in the abuse of children and animals. Now granted, I'm not saying the right isn't completely innocent. But I personally draw the line of turning dogs vegan, exploiting underage children into becoming trans/drag for LGBT brownie points, or whatever people were going for with Cuties. I also don't like how instead of improving the economy those "evil conservatives" on insignificant crap, yet waste their time and money on nonsense like CRT and gender studies groups. Maybe I'm a little jaded to listen to what those people have to say, but I really don't care. People are annoying, regardless of if they stand with the left or right.

[@spencergreen9415]

@@mattc2306 You know CRT isn't and never was taught in anything other than college right?

[@NoName-fg1eu]

It's a shame because I think this concept could work with reverse King of the Hill logic. Rather then have a person who wants to keep a status quo in a changing world but it has to learn to change or fight for his values, you could have it reversed and have a group that always wants change for the better but needs to know when to hit the brakes or when even change is not good. Off the top of my head I can think of an episode that has to deal with green energy, in particular solar energy. The Goode's realize in the beginning that their house is being powered by a coal fire power plant which will make them want to instantly invest in solar energy and go off the grid. They think that this is a pure net positive but ignore the downsides like Extremely expensive Unreliable And the equipment last only a few years before they need to be replaced and cannot be recycled. As the episode goes through they run into some of these issues but stick with it until the worst case scenario happens (like maybe one of the safety features don't kick on and too much energy starts flowing through the house causing light bulbs to burst and such) Eventually they realize that this isn't working so they go back to the grid. They are bummed about this until they open their electric bill next month and find that the electric company is paying THEM because their house is feeding energy into the grid with the solar panels. This is an excellent compromise and works to the king of the hills method very well showing that while they couldn't go full blast with the change they wanted, they at least are contributing in reducing what they feel is harmful. You can easily do some thing like that was the dog trying to make it go vegan one episode only to realize how much harm they are doing to their dog... Instead of torturing it every episode. Just a badly missed opportunity I say.

[@nitrosherbert888]

Hey kinda reminds me of Fraser actually in natural fraziers always overthinking them and his dad is just like you need to come back down and get back to reality.

[@jibrijibri4548]

This is a very good example!

[@lugbzurg8987]

The thing with the dog ought to have been the first episode, so the show can have a status quo of the dog actually being treated properly.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

This is kind of something that has bothered me in TV for awhile now. Character wants thing, gets thing and it's good at first, but then thing does something wrong, character never wants it again. Is it so hard to get a plot where after a character gets a thing they want that they can keep it even though something went wrong, and their lesson is: "I need to be more careful with thing," instead of: "I should've never had thing to begin with."? It just feels so unsatisfying and disappointing for them to get something cool only to never wish it existed just because they got careless or it got out of control all the time.

[@lugbzurg8987]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 A common version of this trope is when someone becomes more financially-successful, and they just magically become snobs, and then the story returns them back to status quo later, giving a poorly-written "money doesn't buy happiness" message. Some examples of this are an episode of Jimmy Neutron where Jimmy goes back in time to convince his father to invest in something that will make him rich. in the rewritten present timeline, Jimmy's parents are spoiled snobs, so he goes back in time to undo it. There's also an episode of Kill la Kill where Mako and her family have been living in poverty throughout the show. Then, she starts getting promoted, which gets her family in better and better living conditions. Then, one day, out of the blue, Mako and every other member of her family abruptly become spoiled brats all at the exact same time. eventually, Mako gets demoted back to her old job, and she and her family jarringly return to their original personalities and horrible living conditions while acting like nothing happened.

[@johngalas1081]

You did a great job with the previous review of "The Goode Family>". You talked about a lot of important points relevant to the review. You bring about a lot of great points that deep down really hit the point. This review, you really up the bar. Great job as always.

[@e4000isreal]

He didn't do a great job, he did a Good(e) job i'm not sorry

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@e4000isreal Enter had become based, indeed.

[@stephenheffren4324]

@@e4000isreal I'm now sad.

[@frankielovejoy9928]

@TheRapper10000 Yeah, I think that was the main issue. He used the show more as a vehicle to discuss issues with the left and right and how they are presented in the show rather than talking about the show itself.

[@niccagepolling7837]

Hank Hill is a great character and King of the Hill was a great show, Hank wasn't a partisan party line voter, in fact he respected Jimmy Carter and Ann Richards(2 Democrats) and didn't have any prejudice against them and treated them like equals(Something I know is out the window now a days as we Have people following senator's into bathrooms and getting Boohed at speeches, Both incidents were party infighting aswell) and Hank Voted for Al Gore iirc because he didn't like Bush's hand shake. And King of the Hill had no bias as they would play into both sides, like in one episode Hank didn't let Bobby participate in a fashion show so he didn't get bullied, Bobby did it anyway and was about to get bullied until Hank stoped him.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Hank actually accepted and helped Bobby temporarily become a cheerleader.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Oh, I just remembered, a Powderpuff Girl

[@BloodWired]

Something that helped KotH was that personality and literal politics didn’t necessarily sync together so much until somewhere near the end of Pres. Obama’s term and the Trump/Hillary campaign. My mother was always “left” leaning personality wise yet voted conservative or whatever was best at the time. Hank didn’t have to follow conservatism dogmatically to have a conservative personality, and that really works for character development.

[@DanaiHamit]

​@@BloodWired the problem is that many writers nowadays struggle to write characters, especially when it comes to their political affiliations liberals are either really obnoxious and conservatives are always backwards and sexists they're barely trying to write good characters anymore...

[@DonniedrakoE]

Definitely like how this new enter is improving on past work in a more critical and calm way is a big glow up honestly

[@fortynights1513]

He didn’t sound particularly angry in that review. But I see what you mean

[@TAGanimation]

"Bobby, vegetarians can't be trusted. Just last week we caught one siphoning gas out of a company truck." -Hank Hill From King of the Hill, another show by Mike Judge.

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

*Other Reviewers:* "This is so bad, I may actually _die_ from it!" *Post-Covid Mr. Enter:* _"Please God, let this be enough to kill me..."_

[@zebra7648]

For some reason, I want Enter to talk about HBO Max's Santa Inc. He never really does animated atrocities on stop motion shows.

[@eatatjoes6751]

Everyone has already attacked it.

[@SomeHarbourBastard]

He did _Dr. Martin D.D.S._

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

@@SomeHarbourBastard he also did a movie called doggy poo which was stop motion

[@DanaiHamit]

​@@eatatjoes6751 that's what happens when you let Seth Rogen, the same guy who said it's ok for your car to be stolen, direct a show .. dude is a delusional prick

[@DanaiHamit]

​@@eatatjoes6751just a reminder that Seth Rogen made fun of someone's cancer on Twitter and he borderline-harassed the actor of young sheldon Seth is a massive creep and a weirdo

[@jlev1028]

I've always thought the Dixie Chicks changing their name was bizarre. Yes, the word "dixie" originated from a black minstrel show, but it's mainly associated with the South in itself. There's no harm in the word compared to "antebellum". It's just as headscratching as people canceling "Jingle Bells" or "Turkey in the Straw".

[@mosura2695]

Saying that the word’s origin comes from minstrel shows is enough to disassociate from it. A huge problem with “Southern Culture” is how much it tries to whitewash the history of American Slavery and the Civil War and glorifies it. Like, seriously, is there nothing to like about the southern USA other than it’s history of bigotry and violence and that being dragged into the modern day, considering that the Republican Party has such a stranglehold of the region? I’m pretty sure there is more to like about it and say you’re proud to be from the South without waving a specific confederate battle flag associated with one of the founding fathers of the KKK or even CARVING THEM ON THE SIDE OF STONE MOUNTAIN, GA?????

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

The Dixie Chicks and Lady Antebellum changing their names to me reeked of virtue signaling. In the case of Lady Antebellum, just change it to Lady Ann or Lady Belle perhaps.

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

@@Thomasmemoryscentral or even Lady Annabelle, which is a cool name

[@Mars_over_seer]

I feel like these characters can be good, and they do have some funny moments few and far between. However, shows featuring these type of characters are typically side characters. So they don’t over stay their welcome or annoy the audience as much.

[@TheLitterboxCritic]

I know he already said this in his first video, but why couldn't The Goode family be the neighbours of the main characters? And have the main characters be less exaggerated.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"If he had a better understanding of the left, Goode Family wouldn't be such a shit show." Yes, understanding the material is critical to good satire. It's why political pundits make terrible comedians.

[@munromister777]

That's why every single Trump or Bush show failed. The people making those shows just wanted to mock, but just made the same tired and surface level jokes.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@munromister777 It gets worse because the Orange Man Bad thing is just a modern rehash of the same old "Dubya is evil Nazi" schtick.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

@@munromister777 It's not just that they wanted to mock something. South Park basically just wants to mock stuff. This shit just wants to validate it's own opinion in the laziest way possible.

[@munromister777]

South Park mocks everyone equally, which sets it apart from most other political cartoons nowadays. South Park thinks everyone is equally stupid, while these other shows want to seem superior.

[@GodOfOrphans]

@@munromister777 I think a better way to phrase it would be they just wanted to bash rather than mock, mockery can be used constructively, bashing is more or less exclusively negative destructive criticism fueled by anger and little else.

[@laurenbonner2393]

I'm just bringing this up about the episode you originally reviewed. In that episode, from what I gather, Bliss does not want to be sexually active. Her mother is concerned that her teenage daughter has no interest in sex. Let me rephrase that: Helen is upset because her TEENAGE DAUGHTER wants to be ABSTINENT, and NOT SEXUALLY ACTIVE. What parent in their right mind would WANT their child to be sexually active, which poses the risk of them getting pregnant at a young age or contracting an STD? I'm sorry, I just found that a tad disturbing. I mean, if she doesn't wanna have sex, don't make her have sex! Edit: BTW, I'm not offended by the word "chick". Edit 2: That conclusion kicked ass! As did the post-credits scene. Keep up the good work! Edit 3: I did not expect all these likes and replies.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

I have seen so many parents (almost always single moms) who want their kids (and even grandkids) to be sexually active. This is especially true on Instagram.

[@willhiggins9563]

Best I can tell, that story line was meant to Satire “Sex positive parenting”. A approach to sexual education centered around a open and honest dialogue about sex between parent and child. The joke is she isn’t a ‘parent in her right mind’. In real life, a sex position parent focuses on information about contraception, making sure their child ‘has all the tools to safely explore their sexuality’ and their child saw them as a trust worthy source for advice on the topic. Some parents find it preferable to not telling their children anything, and some them learning from worse places.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@willhiggins9563 And then we have those parents that I've mentioned earlier.

[@wakawakatakeover]

Welllll. Someone didn't grow up asexual...

[@seanobrien3301]

The characters’ beliefs in this show constantly contradict their actions.

[@daniellemaguire2013]

You’ve had a rough time I know, but you definitely deserve happiness and the chance to move forward. I hope you can continue to grow as a person, past all the bullshit, and reach the success you deserve.

[@highfivers5062]

I couldn't have said it better, myself.

[@Elvusmiw]

Hes gotten alot better at reviewing

[@bunnyfrosting1744]

What is this in reference to??

​@@bunnyfrosting1744perhaps 2020?

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

5:03 The lesbians' designs are just...wow. Those are the kind of stereotypes Drawn Together would use-*as insincere comedy.*

[@RasmusVJS]

@@RoninCatholic There's a reason why butch lesbian is a term after all.

[@thecabbageman1]

@@RoninCatholic I know this is a controversial take but I think that the LGBT community itself is perpetuating the stereotype problems(the butch lesbian and flamboyant gay man stereotypes spesifically) because they have been thrown at them so much that they ended up adopting them in an attempt to own them and take their power

[@thecabbageman1]

@@RoninCatholic That's an interesting perspective I never considered. It does beg the question though in how it applies in situations where only one part of a couple expresses the patern(like for example a lesbian relationship where only one takes the butch pattern)

[@thecabbageman1]

@@RoninCatholic I feel like this is the kind of observation that would get a sociologist cancelled these days

[@thecabbageman1]

@@RoninCatholic could you elaborate on that correlation between pornography and gender identity struggles? It sounds interesting

[@kieravermeal9127]

I actually thought of a premise for a show right now: There are two families+ one conservative, one liberal. Structurally they're the same, but wildly different in their beliefs. Both families stereotype each other in the worst ways ("That conservative family are a bunch of bigots!" "That liberal family are too sensitive!") But the way they're actually potrayed in the show is more nuanced. Maybe they could even have one kid that's the opposite. Either way, one of the kids from each family start a friendship and actually learn about each other as *people*, not stereotypes. Maybe the families even start to get to know each other as people. So it's both satire and heartwarming.

[@patriciomejia1114]

That sounds pretty interesting.

[@theanachronist9125]

Like a political Romeo and Juliet

[@kieravermeal9127]

@@theanachronist9125 It doesn't even have to be romantic! The relationship between those kids could be romantic or platonic. I'm leaving that to the person who would want to make this.

[@theanachronist9125]

@@kieravermeal9127 oh yeah, the romance aspect is incidental; I'm getting more at the "2 households whose rivalry stems from time immemorial, to such a degree that neither truly knows why either is an enemy anymore"

[@kieravermeal9127]

@@theanachronist9125 Oooooh. Oki doki

[@dylanbuchanan6511]

“And vote for us not to forgive student loan debt that we told you to get!” Dang, Enter’s roast game was taken up a notch.

[@jstevinik3261]

Yet Enter is unaware that the people who want debt forgiveness are mostly the same people who want to subsodoze univeristy to prevent loaning in the first place.

[@GodOfOrphans]

@@jstevinik3261 Government backing is what caused the problem of student debt to absolutely balloon out of control in the first place and the last thing universities need is even more State involvement especially subsidizing which involves stealing money from the public to fund a dying and rotting mafia racket like Universities.

[@jstevinik3261]

@@GodOfOrphans The issue that caused the issue was to do with using loans, in which institutions increase tuition to pay back loans, instead of actual subsidization (which could require limits on administration costs and "racket" behaviors", as leverage).

[@GodOfOrphans]

@@jstevinik3261 Subsidization requires money and that means either higher taxes or printing money which means inflation, so bad idea. The best way to handle this would be to impoze mandatory fixed interest (no going up the longer it goes unpaid, the amount that needs to be paid back is set in stone one the loan is made just in case it wasn't clear what I meant) for the student loans, the fact that the government is backing them means the risk is as low as it can possibly go for the lenders so there's no reason for them to be charging as much interest as they do. Adding onto that existing loans should be semi grandfathered in, so whatever is still owed becomes fixed and won't keep racking up but accumulated debt doesn't get absolved. Government intervention has also artificially driven up demand for degrees even for those interested in careers where they are absolutely superfluous which is the other half of the reason why the prices have been going up. The lie that university is the only way to success needs to die because it's enabling price gouging and the workforce can't really absorb all the people with useless degrees properly. Not to mention all the indoctrination that occurs in uni, that's what keeps pumping out all these wokescold cultists and was the primary vector for this disease that has destroyed public discourse among other things and threatens to rip society apart, more than it already has.

[@mutalord]

this show is the cartoon form of "I'm not racists, I have a black friend"

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

So my grandma?

[@generalzeta7000]

"Own up to your 10%" One of the biggest thing modern politics needs to learn.

[@jstevinik3261]

10% of what?

[@generalzeta7000]

@@jstevinik3261 of your fault.

[@generalzeta7000]

@@jstevinik3261 Own up to the 10% of the problem you caused.

[@MidnightMuffin]

Mr.Enter: "You can't make a series this bad in just 13 episodes." Me: *has flashbacks to Adult Party Cartoon which only had 6 episodes, technically 3*

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Committed, The Promised Neverland Season 2, Danganronpa the Animation, etc.

[@MidnightMuffin]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 I've never seen any of those, fortunately.

[@thecabbageman1]

A lot of people in the left paint Enter as an anti SJW alt right troll, but if he was that this review would just have been "LOL look at how this show calls out those crazies". The fact that he understands communication and compromise between both sides is needed and not just one upping the other, already puts him leagues above those people no matter what he votes(which shouldn't be anyone's business but his)

[@theletterm1787]

He comes off more as an "enlightened centrist" type

[@thecabbageman1]

@@theletterm1787 Yeah and honestly I don't see what's wrong with that. Being in a place where you can see right and wrong on both perspectives is better than being on one edge of things Centrists are often overlooked as selfish passive assholes that never impact any meaningful change, but just because we don't shout at one side that doesn't mean we don't try to improve things our own way

[@ryanweeks6118]

@@thecabbageman1 the (extreme) left will call you phobic of something if you don’t 100% agree on something. And the (extreme) right calls you a libtard for suggesting people matter more than just how “useful” they are

[@thecabbageman1]

@@ryanweeks6118 And if someone is in the middle like Enter they'll eventually be hated by both

[@jstevinik3261]

@@thecabbageman1 Enlightened centrism has a appeal to balance fallacy as its foundation.

[@Mars_over_seer]

4:40 Peter stuffing Stewie down his pants somehow makes more sense then this.

[@lordkaijux5262]

-All because of a one-sided dick measuring contest.-

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@lordkaijux5262 Is that the one where Peter is jealous that Chris has a bigger peepee than him?

[@Nameless82284]

@@AnimeArchaeologist Yes, it makes more sense than this

[@catholiccontriversy]

The Goode family could have worked really well, even if Mike didn't understand liberals that well. Basically, don't make everything about them Virtue signaling. Like the lesbians episode; give the setup like all conservative parodies of "we became friends over mutual interests, and after the friendship is well established find out you're homosexual," but then instead of ruining the friendship because "I just don't understand why a (wo)man would be attracted to another (wo)man, don't they realize how great (wo)men are?" it's because they celebrate it too much and other them because "you suffered so much othering, and I just want you to know I accept you even though you're different." Like, I've seen that happen in my liberal high school and college, where the gay kid stayed in the closet because of militant acceptance. The setup for the rebellious teen is also rather easy, have the daughter be cool because her parents let her get away with everything, and she's an entitled brat because of it. Like, the episode starts out with her going to school with a "bra with sleeves" shirt that is fashionable but most parents would say "no, you need to put a real shirt on," and that has other kids saying "throw a party and have your parents buy us beer," and they have some concerns because "that's more than just letting her discover the world, it's illegal," but ultimately do and then they have to deal with hosting a party with underage drinking. The concept is good, almost writes itself, and could have been king of the hill 2, but they just were too mean about it.

[@saiyancartoonwarrior9922]

It's oddly refreshing to see Mr. Enter just review a bad cartoon again. Sad reality of our political climate aside.

[@Enter_the_Toshiverse_1996]

Talk about a blast from the past! I remember watching his first review of the Goode Family...and secretly being relieved that I never watched that show because it's a flaming bag of garbage! 😯😖😖😑

[@BugsyFoga]

The Mike Judge cartoon people would like to forget.

[@imyourdaddy5822]

Or the Mike Judge cartoon people already forgot

[@BugsyFoga]

@@imyourdaddy5822 exactly

[@nazishhussain2712]

agreed

[@austin_the_brimstone]

I always thought your original review of this show was one of the smartest and most interesting political discussions on youtube. Again every point you made was articulated very well and makes me wonder...where has common sense has gone? Animation, like all modern media, has become part of a political culture war that continues to divides us all. In reality, animation should provide great escapism into fantastical worlds. Even a realistic show like King Hill brought us great characters in a fun fictional setting. It wasn't blatant political messaging.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

Indeed, it's getting tiresome on how everything is being dragged into this culture hyperwar in America.

[@austin_the_brimstone]

@TheRapper10000 At least Lisa is on an island. She is usually contrasted with other equally bombastic and eccentric characters. Now there’s shows where every character acts like a Lisa Simpson.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

That Lady Antebellum/A story had me snickering louder the longer it went. Who knew the sweet vocals of Need You now belonged to such fucking assholes.

[@ddjsoyenby]

talented musicians terrible people.

[@vinyldash2333]

Good(e) to see you re-visiting this one. The original review was decent, in my opinion, but this show definitely deserves another look with the hindsight we have now.

[@laurenfirewhisper349]

"there is nothing more sad in this world than a punk who starts raging for the machine" you didn't have to slaughter green day like that---

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Green Day slaughtered tons of people in Rome

[@hookedonphoenix3112]

That Lady Antebellum story is really funny. I’ll have to bring it up to them next time they play my county fair.

[@unusualusername8847]

I've made a effort for over two years to understand the extremist persona online and the opinions given paint a negative picture. The main prevailing theme was a sense of justification for horrible things. They wanted bad things to happen to others and felt justified because they viewed the opposition as evil. But there were others who solely wanted bad things to happen to others because they derived enjoyment from it. A desire for power, freedom of consequence, suppression of opposing views and rather vocal opinions on race, sex and identity is what I viewed from extremist on both sides. The groups targeted were different but they were for the same reasons.

[@jimbo3227]

“Would you surprised if a politician beat another one up with a cane?” I see what you did there, Enter

[@karlmbeal]

*I'd only be surprised because modern canes would suck for combat as opposed to old timey walking canes

[@IsabellaCataldo]

I notice that most bad modern political commentary suffers from the exact same three problems: 1. It usually only goes after one side (usually the side the author hates) rather than making fun of everyone. 2. It's about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the face. 3. It often cares more about shoving opinions in your face rather than actually making you _think_ about the issue. There definitely is some good social commentary on TV if you know where to look, but it's pretty bad when I can watch an episode of Star Trek from 50 years ago and its themes hold up better than something made today.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

Anime handles social commentary better. Let that sink in.

[@thesparduck117]

It’s why South Park is the only adult cartoon that works.

[@jstevinik3261]

@@thesparduck117 Though Bernievidz made a video on politics in South Park.

[@foxymetroid]

@@AnimeArchaeologist Maybe the stuff they felt was good enough to justify the time and cost involved in localization and export. There's probably a lot of anime they decided was too embarrassingly bad to localize and export.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@foxymetroid Obscure anime do get fansubs.

[@Luchabul]

I will say this much, the Chicks did their homework before the name change. They found a duo in New Zealand also used the name, got in touch with them, and got their blessing.

[@ddjsoyenby]

agreed unlike lady antebellum who tried to get brownie points.

[@blakebellamy41]

I Always enjoy it when you talk politics. Unlike some people out there you actually have something interesting to say about the topic

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

I would really love it if Mysterious Mr Enter would cover capitalism vs communism vs socialism, workers' rights, classism, police force, performance activism (aka slacktivism), are riots justified or not?, the military-industrial complex, and the prison system. Especially since most of these topics are trending right now. (Hopefully my reply won't start a flame war)

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Also I would really love it if Mysterious Mr Enter did a review on a Proud Family episodes that handled the message that Cuties was trying to convey, but a lot better. Unfortunately I forgot the episode name, I'll come back at edit my comment if I can find the episode name.

[@eatatjoes6751]

Yuh-huh. Also, we're at Santa Inc. levels of understanding.

[@Radman1889]

Judge: Let's take King of the Hill, make every character unrelateable, make it over the top, and strawman the Liberal movement. Sound fun? Hank Hill: No way! No gotdang way!

[@scorchedatom]

I didn't expect to hear anyone talk about Amazing Atheist nowadays, especially a cartoon reviewer, but it was a welcome surprise. Great video!

[@aquelgamermexicano]

I'll argue that the show doesn't provide a message of "Don't be you", but rather the opposite of "Don't be disingenuos". I've seen this show, and yes it's insufferable, especially now more than back when you reviewed it (which is when i went to see it). Again, you just described how almost everybody in the Goode Family does things "To prevent be looked as offensive" or "To look progressive", instead of ACTUALLY wanting to do these things. I get that it's hard to really get into this show without thinking since unlike King of The Hill, the first season to be on equal level, showed that Hank learned his lesson of how his perception of the world isn't 100% right, they would paint him as wrong when he's wrong and right when he's right. Because we don't get that here, it comes off as akward, consistently, which again, is the point when the whole attitude of the characters is to be right instead of being genuine.

[@ddjsoyenby]

agreed hank for his faults at least tried to do the right thing and was shown to care about people.

[@animefanlt01]

17:24 believe me there were and still are plenty of people on the left that are just as equally revolted by Cuties as anyone from the right and anyone else.

[@Kenzirs]

Arrested Development and Archer. Two shows with very little in common except the voice actors. Another thing is that the characters are pretty shitty people. Yet you can't help but love all of them.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

I think we should just get rid of political parties all together. 🙃

[@rexventura4603]

We should’ve just done what George Washington said when he stepped down, and not split into parties.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

@@rexventura4603 exactly! But no, Hamilton and Jefferson had to ruin everything!

[@dislike_button33]

@@Shadamyfan-rs8xc But we have to worship Hamilton! There was a musical!

[@RasmusVJS]

Direct democracy?

[@jlev1028]

@@RasmusVJS More just vote for individual politicians who represent your ideals, not for their party affiliation. It worked in Rome for centuries.

[@purplehaze2358]

When you listed Mike Judge’s careers and included “Psychic”, I instantly thought “Oh cool, he’s a scam artist.”

[@generalzeta7000]

At this point I may be more willing to trust you then him. And I've seen THAT LIST!!! That CRAZY long list of what you are NOT allowed to do.

[@ArtieArchives]

@@generalzeta7000 I agree, and I'll defend Mike Judge.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

He is a psychic, but not the one that you're thinking of. He did predict the American left with The Goode Family.

[@andykishore]

0:58

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@@generalzeta7000 I remember reading that list, it's insane.

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

The art design always threw me off with this show, especially the design of Helen. Something was always off with her design and I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.

[@gmandub5190]

You make valid points. “The Good family” might as well be called “the Bad family.” As for my thoughts of this world, it’s pretty the same with a bitter taste.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

Honestly, the aggressive politics of current year is why I left politics in general; from political leaning to civil rights (my family won't shut up about how "oppressed" we are and basically tried to guilt me into voting when I planned on skipping) to this new social justice and representation upheaval. As a result, I retreat further and further into my escapes, just trying to pretend all this stuff isn't happening and waiting for it to blow over. I may be a minority in terms of race, mental facilities, and sexuality, but all this stuff doesn't make me feel better. If anything, I just feel embarrassed at best, pandered to at most.

[@jstevinik3261]

So you are embarrassed for voting for politicians who vote on politicians who vote on policies that come marginally close to address issues facing minorities, as opposed to nothing?

[@SaiyanGamer95]

@@jstevinik3261 I'm not embarrassed about voting for politicians. I'm just annoyed and upset that politics have become so aggressive and hostile. As in "If you're left/right, you're wrong and you're a terrible person". Basically that.

[@eatatjoes6751]

Oh, my family does that too.

[@jstevinik3261]

@@SaiyanGamer95 It is annoying when, on the international scale of all existing popitical thought, differences are exaggerated on economics.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

And people wonder why my political views are the way that they are.

[@bluestreaker9242]

I concur with pretty much all points across the board. I lean more left on the political spectrum and even I get physically repulsed by shit like this. It's a pissing contest, that's all this has devolved to: "I'm better than you" "No, I'm better than you." I feel like the dad from that one Family Guy cutaway clip, "Children, children...you're both just terrible." I feel the need to point out the nationally-recognized symbol for the U.S. is a bald eagle, which is...ah...an endangered species; is that not an ill omen or am I just crazy? If not, then someone please fill me in on how an eagle can fly with only ONE of its wings, because erm...I don't think it's physically possible... Just saying if you're going to hate someone, can it not be your neighbor? Can we seriously just try to be fucking decent human beings for once in our lives? I don't care which side of the political spectrum you lean, just be a nice person and stop hurting people who are different from you! Why/how is this so difficult for people!? I'm tired of all the fighting, I'm tired of the mud-slinging, I'm tired of all the senseless bickering...I'm just over it all. I want the world to stop sucking... >.>

[@davidanthonymercado7064]

Hey man. I just wanted to tell you that I’m so sorry for everything you are going through. But I can promise you that you still have me and several others for emotional support.

[@VenomSnake00]

Growing up in an extremely liberal neighborhood has made it so I can’t stomach an episode of this show. In one way it’s a brilliant look into the utter hypocrisy of the left, but the satire is so strong that it’s blurs the line between real and parody. I have met hundreds of people that live just like these characters do, it’s disturbing.

[@eatatjoes6751]

Growing up with Democratic parents and the internet, this kind of humor doesn't phase me anymore.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

I've seen people like that even in my country, and it's the Philippines of all places!

[@snintendog]

all you need to do is look at old Babylon bee and onion articles that satirize the left. When real life is worse than the worst stereotype we could give the left and can apply to every single one of them. You should really take a step away from the shit your Left leaning politics tell you to do and really ask yourself "is this truly helping anyone?"

[@Personmr]

Liberals are not on the left. Leftists don't support capitalism; liberals do. Liberals at most want to regulate capitalism. Even politicians like Bernie Sanders and AOC are liberals. Liberals are in the center and there are many people in the Republican party who are liberals.

[@RasmusVJS]

@@Personmr Bernie is definitely the most leftist a US politician can get, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's hiding some of his power level because actual leftism would never get you elected in the US.

[@zacharygilmore1075]

Lately, I’ve stopped thinking about political sides, since they’re basically the same. In the U.S. at least, the left isn’t much different than the right: claiming to make things better while making sure that nothing actually gets better. Two years ago, I might have been offended by Enter mocking the people who think “it’s the other side’s fault while my side is fighting the good fight.” Now, I agree with him on that.

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

This show had so much potential, in my opinion at least. It could've been like king of the hill, but instead of centering around a conservative cast, center around a liberal one. But they fucked up, and in the end, we got this. End of story

[@torstenscholz6243]

Yeah, the show could have worked fine if done well, meaning that it had actual characters, like KotH did, not just a potpourri of bland stereotypes. Ironically, if done right, the show would even have been way ahead of its time, because it's hard to believe, but this show came out in 2009, so way before the far left went as crazy as it is today and way before terms like sjw, snowflake or cancel culture became popular.

[@retrogamer6403]

This show suffers in the same way many left-wing shows suffer from. Focus on the extreme, or what they deem as an extreme, and never focus on actual conservatives/liberal talking point so it's just one side talking themselves while the other side has already left the building.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

It's essentially just a Chick Tract but with leftism instead of Evangelical Christianity.

[@foxymetroid]

@@AnimeArchaeologist Nah. Chick Tracts tried to glorify Evangelicalism by exaggerating the "evils" of the "others" (atheists, gays, Catholics, etc.) and portraying his extreme version of Christianity as "sane" and the only way to avoid eternal damnation. This is basically a show that focuses on how he viewed "leftists" (vain, dumb, only try to be good for entirely selfish and/or misguided reasons, etc.).

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@foxymetroid I'm talking about how left-leaning shows are just Chick Tracts for leftism.

[@Personmr]

Liberals are not on the left; liberals are centrist capitalists. Communists, Socialists, and Anarchists are leftists. Democrats and a fair portion of Republicans are liberals.

[@baylordiamond8819]

@@Personmr liberals and leftists are both on the left they are just two different sides of the left. Just like how on the right some are farther rightwingers than others

[@greg2016]

It's pretty strange that Mike Judge was able to create two shows that are so wildly different from each other. King of the Hill was a show told through a conservative lens that actually had (and still does to this day have) a funny and smart way of satirizing American culture. Because of that, it managed to stay on the air from 1997 until 2010 and is regarded as one of the best animated sitcoms of all time; The Goode Family, meanwhile, was a show that was more inclined to just mercilessly mock (and yet still expect the audience to root for) liberals and their views on certain topics. Because of that, this show only got 13 episodes and doesn't really have all that much to offer, entertainment nor present-day social commentary-wise. While TGF is indeed terrible, its existence should still serve as an example for how you could go about telling these types of stories incorrectly (the same ones that Judge oftentimes got right with KOTH incidentally enough).

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

You wanna know something? TGF managed to predict American Politics Twitter.

[@willhiggins9563]

The trick is a certain level of understanding with the target of your mockery. Judge knew the culture of places like Arlene Taxes, and knew people like Hank Hill, he knew how to write him to be endearing, even while in the wrong, and treated his stories with enough care at allow for character growth while keeping his character consistent. But he seems to fall short when applying that technique to the other side. Fair enough, no one is perfect. At least we have some examples of what not to do now.

[@willhiggins9563]

@@AnimeArchaeologist Twitter didn’t create anything, if just gave it a platform.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@willhiggins9563 That's true. And TGF just did predict the insanity of American politics especially on Twitter.

[@andykishore]

Agreed. Like when I watch King of the Hill, I don't think of Beavis and Butt-Head. That's how different they are.

[@slashbash1347]

It'd be so much better if the Goode family were realistic liberals. Genuinely good and compassionate but have a habit of pushing their views on people. They feed their dog meat but they hate that they have to. Maybe, just as Hank has to deal with people who are far more right-wing than him (like Cotton), the Goode family, as normal liberals, have to deal with crazy SJWs. Judge already wrote a character like that in Peggy Hill. Despite her marriage to Hank, she always seemed more liberal than him. Arrogant and cares too much about she looks to others but is also more open to new things than her husband.

[@anasevi9456]

I am a leftist, and people like the Goode Family and Peggy Hill exist for certain, and have for decades. My mum for one was quite open about her holier than thou political views, and a certain Mayor I worked for [used to run to get publicity photos with african migrants after citizenship ceremonies, while very terse and avoidant of European migrants]. But yeah. Most people on the left are not like that, that's today's twitter crazies.

[@snintendog]

@@anasevi9456 in my experience i have yet to find a leftist that is genuine if anything you sound centrist after all you disagree with your mother and dont tow the party line.

[@flaminfetus]

babe wake up new mysteriousmrenter just dropped

[@HorrorBorealis]

There's nothing sadder than a punk who starts raging for the machine, you're so right

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

What about raging AGAINST the machine?

[@mattc2306]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 Kinda hard to "Rage Against The Machine" when you act like an irrelevant boomer that lectures people on Twitter. Or when you open up as being far less cool than what you originally paint yourself to be, such as Kevin Smith or Seth Rogen.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@mattc2306 I don't know what you're talking about, but I was making a band reference.

[@zachtonight75]

When I first saw The Goode Family, my first response was... "BWAAH!" (Obvious Hank Hill impression, you're welcome!)

[@DementedDuskull]

The gag from Futurama where the hippies talk about feeding a lion tofu was every joke with the dog in a nutshell, but with less padding

[@tayloredwards4968]

Please do an animated atrocity on high guardian spice

[@Black_Revue]

It might be a Waste but I'd watch his Review

[@Jack1999n]

When you made the joke about the Dixie chick's turning from the chick's to the the and suing any band named the the, funny enough there's a band actually named the the in real life, just something I found funny

[@markguyton2868]

At the rate we are going, I think both sides actually do want to talk, it's just that we keep letting the wrong people get a hold of the microphone...

[@Lemoncakelover678]

Agreed. Think we should do a test for people who wanna hold that microphone for those reasons

[@songweretson]

A little known fact is that, before the civil war, there was a congressman who got so mad at another that he smacked him over the head with his cane. So hard that the cane broke. So your senators with cane example feels... On the nose

[@pikminman13]

What I find makes a political piece of media bad is when it’s used to push the message before the passion behind its creation. I’m willing to give something a shot if I don’t necessarily agree with it as long as I can see some heart. But when a show’s sole purpose is “haha look it’s the first blah blah blah character protagonist now give us your money so we can appease our corporate overlords” it doesn’t even do what it’s trying to do correctly and inadvertently makes a mockery of the thing it’s attempting to promote because it’s that poorly written. Anime isn’t perfect, but at least 95% of the time the problem is either being a cash grab on a genre (isekai) or something else that isn’t politically motivated. I’m watching fiction to not engage with the real world, so at least try if you’re going to bring politics in.

[@KazeShikamaru]

I love Enter redoing some old videos.

[@Clonekiller66]

Say with me internet. "I should not be ashamed or afraid of my own political opinions"

[@jstevinik3261]

Unless these opinions are reprehensible, i.e. etho-stste simping, UN-defined genocide denial, sociopathy, etc.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

And this is why I'm not ashamed of being a monarchist.

[@jstevinik3261]

@@AnimeArchaeologist At least you are honest.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

@@jstevinik3261 It would be better for my country (the Philippines) to be ruled by the von Habsburg family instead of the political class.

[@rowdy8683]

Let me tell ya right now; that this episode and the show Itself Isn't as "Goode" as they seems. Happy Holidays/Happy New Years!

[@renamon5658]

I fear what 2030 will be like. Edit only 6 more years till 2030. And trump has a high chance to be president again. And the 2024 election is a remake of the 2016 election

[@Wiimeiser]

The Glowing Sea from Fallout 4. Enough said.

[@thecreatorofthedark]

I think it could have been alot better for the family to be added as one of Hanks new neighbors. And force Hank (a concervitive) to actually reexamine his own values.

[@wesleythomas7125]

"Trying to be apart of nature by standing above it." Yup, makes sense. Apart of nature. Seperated from it. Perfect.

[@Rex133TV]

On a related note - the part about America needing to *talk* to each other again - I find it insane how the concept of an American civil war 2 - Electric Boogaloo - went from being straight up unthinkable to "I genuinely think this could happen in my lifetime" in the span of, what, two years? America's politics have always been whack, but it's like someone put it into overdrive straight off a cliff, and because any trend America sets, the world follows, we out here are being affected by a culture war that has no bearing on us at all, and the internet at large suffers too because it's impossible to escape from on any major website. I would laugh if this shit didn't actually have real consequences...

[@eatatjoes6751]

Amazing, right? And here I am trying to find a job so that I can move out before World War III happens.

[@Wiimeiser]

@@eatatjoes6751 You're too late, Putin's started it.

[@Pundit07]

Yeah, especially over the past 2 years, things have certainly gotten more whack in this country. I’m really not trying to be a downer, but I am very concerned and disappointed at the same time.

[@BigEWR]

The problem with inserting politics in film and television is that whoever's idea this was does it either too much or when it isn't appropriate. I personally don't know what it would require to stop this from growing. Even if we get a red wave by the end of next year (which I would prefer), it isn't going to stop this entertainment pandemic that's been going on for nearly five years at this point.

[@ArieSchwartz]

20 straight minutes of missing the joke:

[@Adamguy2003]

Next December, you should do an Animated Atrocities about Santa Inc. Not even counting the controversy surrounding it, I've heard that the actual show itself was just a colossal crap chute in a lot of different ways.

[@alvin8737]

Glad to see you post buddy. God bless you. Been watching your content for 7+ years now.

[@austinmorrison6953]

Ironically if done right, a show about people desperate to be seen as open-minded and politically correct but are bad at it could be hilarious.

[@TommyPezMaster]

Arn't we glad we have F is For Family, It's everything The Goode Family should've been.

[@joshhacker8503]

I was just wondering if you would come back to this show. Crazy timing!

[@MxCartney_Lou]

This show seems like a fever dream……I remember seeing a few clips when I was 8 in 2009, because my mom is a big Mike Judge fan….But I can’t remember what episode it was

[@pundertalefan4391]

I'm so sorry about your mom and grandma. Rest in peace.

[@Brotherofthe4thCompany]

Do an Animated Atrocity of SantaInc

[@SkyAllStars]

The dog is suffering in the cartoon because of exaggeration. Dogs CAN be vegan; it's CATS that cannot. Cats are obligate carnivores because they can't produce certain proteins in their bodies. Dogs and humans can produce these proteins, and therefore can be vegan. Some dogs are put on vegan diets to help with health issues, such as kidney problems. The only issue is that you have to tailor the diet VERY carefully to ensure dogs and humans get all the required nutrients. Always discuss pet diets with a vet!

[@birthdayfruitecake8158]

Thanks for making this video. I know that it must have taken a lot out of you, but it's a good video. And thanks to Kota, too, also for that mood lifter. : )

[@thefreelich4875]

Oh shit, the sequel!

[@Reptile2107]

If there was a cartoon made for That Vegan Teacher this would be it.

[@jeremyneil1125]

17:35 There was a person that blocked me because I liked Mr. Enter and agreed with him on some stuff. This person said he is, in their own words, “a rly shitty person”, because a guy against child porn being used to teach sex ed to kids is a shitty person. This is the world we live in now 🙄

[@willhiggins9563]

I think the issues with Enter wasn’t his opinions on child porn or sex Ed. His reaction to criticisms, or how he talking about the creators of certain shows was probably more too do with it.

[@jeremyneil1125]

@@willhiggins9563 This person blocked me in June, sometime after Enter posted his PSA video, which obviously got some people on Twitter fired up. I’m only bringing up what Enter said at 17:35 to prove that he’s not that shitty. These people act like he’s a Trump supporter

[@willhiggins9563]

@@jeremyneil1125 Opposing child porn is a weirdly low bar for being a OK person. I like Enter to, but I never shy away from saying when I disagree with him.

[@jeremyneil1125]

@@willhiggins9563 Neither do I, he has said stuff that I disagree with, but again, people act like he’s worse than he is, and that’s my main point

[@jstevinik3261]

@@jeremyneil1125 Well, most of his COVID, BLM, and healthcare takes are cringe tough to the point he is barely politically literate. Seriously, I considered making a vid on them, but he deleted his DeviantArt posts and his vid on healthcare while others, i.e. Suris on healthcare, responsded to him.

[@Coldsummer91]

I REALLY hope the world calms down soon. I'm worried about what may occur.

[@Showtunediva]

Me too

[@OptimusPhillip]

_Technically_ a dog can be raised on a vegan diet and still thrive. That said, it's incredibly difficult even for veterinary experts, so it's a _really bad idea._ This is not true of cats, however. They are obligate carnivores, they are _incapable_ of deriving nutrition from plant matter. You should _never_ try to raise a vegan cat.

[@jlev1028]

Yeah, and I think the fact that all cats have prey drives and most dogs don't also helps make the distinction.

[@maloydonedidit2903]

For the record Gerald sounds exactly like Mr. Van Driesen from Beavis and Butthead.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

Blame Mike Judge for that.

[@DavidRagan3134]

I actually think this show would have worked better if the Goode Family weren't ultra-liberal. They could still poke fun at the left, while still having strong characters. Then having a teenager daughter actually Gros more conservative could be an interesting concept.

[@iaminvincible5421]

“Would anyone be surprised if a senator beat another one with a cane over a disagreement” Wait till he finds out about The Caning of Charles Sumner in 1856

[@slashbash1347]

17:40 Wait, he seriously did? I stopped following him after the riots of 2020 (where he lamented that compassion wasn't more valued in our society while cheering as businesses and homes burned down) and I thought he lost the plot then. I think this is where the life of a hedonist ends up if they live long enough. Also, it feels weird hearing you talk about him since you both exist in different corners of KZbin.

[@CoolExcite]

Yes, essentially every leftist e-celeb betrayed all of their principles in response to covid

[@Silver-Kaitou]

Politics are dumb and confusing. I say we just ignored them and just treat people with respect.

[@Lechgang]

No idea how this is such a tall order for a lot of people.

[@Silver-Kaitou]

@@Lechgang Right?!

[@skabogatoXVIII]

Intriguing. And with the benefit of hindsight I can genuinely agree with you that MMXVI was definitely a different world

[@torstenscholz6243]

Oh boy, it really tells a lot how crazy our world went within the past few years when we now already feel nostalgic for a time that's only six years ago but indeed feels like another world: No Trump, no cancel culture, no Covid, no Ukraine War.

[@APoleYouKnow]

The sequel nobody asked for, but we all wanted anyway. Have a Happy New Year Mr.Enter!

[@ShadowWolfRising]

I couldn't understand what you said the difference between Masters of the Universe and High Guardian Spice was. Also Dear Lord we need a 3rd party already.

[@SuperGoker64]

He said that one (HGS) starts with an H, whereas the other (MotU:R) _should have_ started with an H, as in "He-Man". Then again, since that one focuses more on Teela than it does He-Man, is it really that surprising? Technically, there are third parties in the U.S., with the three largest right now being the Libertarian, Green and Constitution Parties. With that said, all three of them are dwarfed by the Democrat and Republican Parties, to the point where the only time any of the three got any electoral votes for Presidency was for the Libertarian Party in 1972, and even then, it was only a single vote. Some states don't do a winner-take-all system when doling out electoral votes.

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

While I’d argue I’m more liberal in my beliefs, I’ve always believed in not giving yourself a political label because what’s the point of a government where both major groups hate each other?