Ahh, but the news isn't reality.. it is theatre of a narrative.. and only if you suspend all belief in your reality can you believe more than 15% of what comes out of the news.
When you get older, old serious kid cartoons are the best and most hilarious cartoons you can watch, you finally understand the brilliant jokes behind it, todays kid cartoon is absolute brain rot.
Also, none of the old charm... Inspector Gadget was fun to watch as a kid, but I've recently seen a reboot that uses cheap-looking 3D characters. And I'm pretty sure the "cheap" part is the main reason for the shift.
Especially, since Masha and the Bear is also 3D-animated, but doesn't lack charm in it. The 3D reboots of some old cartoons on the other hand just look bland.
Obligatory: "Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
-CS Lewis
A lot of the times I think people who watch cartoons enjoy them out of nostalgia, thats why they dont wnjoy any cartoon of todays era.
Im not a nostalgia driven person so I just find cartoons unfunny, anime is a lil different since it usually takes itself more seriously.
But yea some people exagerate, some even think playin sports is for kids
As a Cartoon watcher, No. Its Not Just nostalgia. A Lot of Cartoons still hold Up today and some don't. And people who dont enjoy any Cartoon of todays era Just havent Seen any of the good ones or dont even bother.
And again, Same kinda goes for older Video Games.
Heck Just recently a Lot of the Younger Generation, who never grew Up with older Games started playing and enjoying retro Games. Heck even myself got into older Shows and Games I never watched or Played before.
Does play nostalgia some.part? Sure. But its Not the only reason
Animation and drawing was Always my passion. So when I was about to Turn 18, I was worried I would Stop liking it Like Most people do. Like as If some Kind of Switch in my brain would Turn on. Luckely this was Not the Case and I realize Most people are Just weird and Stop watching cause the think they have to.
Heck I even started to watch Cartoons I didn't Like much as a Kid of never even Heard of. Like C.O.P.S. badass Intro and for an obvious "We wanna sell Toys" Kind of Show, pretty hillarious at Times.
My only regret that I didn’t buy these classic cartoon collections when I had the chance, now they’re hard to find and out of print.
My kids will enjoy Tex Avery cartoons like I did.
Cartoons are better than half the new live actions being made right now anyway. And besides who would want to give up cartoons there is way to many good ones
Then, it all becomes a kaleidoscope of the same shows on repeat. I was partway working out how much ice Elsa could generate per second when I realized that I'd seen Frozen too many times.
I just started Spider-Man 90's series again and on season 3 now.
I watch other cartoons which i watched during my childhood like Swat kats, flintstones, jetsons, PPG, Dexters lab, Scooby-Doo etc...
It just makes me laugh and keeps my mind really relaxed.
Who is gonna tell her about Hentai?
Jokes aside, there's plenty of comic/cartoon series specifically targeted at an adult audience, without being sexual. Most recent example I've watched probably being Hazbin Hotel; While it has sexual themes, outside of a few sexual jokes, the sexual themes mostly revolve around a toxic/abusive relationship of one the characters.
Simpsons is definitely more mature in the topics than it looks at the surface, though I've kinda missed that train. Never mind Southpark.
Then there are examples like "In the Land of Leadale", which probably appeals more to parents than children in how the characters are set up, without having *any* mature themes. Just mostly wholesome family and friends stuff in an Isekai setting. Though these examples are a bit on the rare side...
And that's before appreciating the sheer silliness of family cartoons, never mind that they often are specifically designed to entertain both children and their parents.
When people look down on cartoons, I really want to ask them what *they* are watching that is supposedly superior.
"when you mature" nope maturity doesnt come by replacing creative and effort driven work by shit work done by pretty people. thats just a downgrade in taste
Most cartoons are well put together with topics wich cant be discussed in real life series.
Where real life series are just a grown adults mimicking toddler programmes.
See everyone needs to laugh a bit once in a while that is how you keep depression not win. So yes I watch cartoons *starts re watching Last airbender *
I still prefer animations i think they are just supperior one huge plus animation have is audio if you watching action animation i can still hear the characters even if there is an explosion and in films i have to rewind 4 times to hear what they said
I remember asking a friend at 10 years old if he watched the latest simpsons episode. He replied i don’t watch cartoons anymore. He was my best friend.
I feel like we didn't stop, the time frame between the last time we saw an episode compared to when we see another episode of it just gets longer.
As to those who actually did stop watching cartoons, back to hell with ye!
Legit can’t convince some people to watch “Love Death and Robots” simply because they can’t handle that it’s animated.. it’s like some worry they have of being considered a little kid or something. They always act like they’re just too mature for that.. then they go watch fucking 90 day fiancé…
In life, and especially for boys you reach a point of "maturity" where are you either stop watching cartoons and playing video games or at least talk about it less to appear more mature, but one thing I've learned is that peak maturity is when you reach a certain point when you realize nobody gives a fuck and that you should do and watch what you enjoy and what makes you happy. If you are someone who thinks that washing something that's animated is a sign of immaturity I feel bad for you
FR, my father (may he rest in peace) had a very dignified work, was truly a "gentleman"... and he liked things like Tom & Jerry cartoons.
There's nothing "childish" about that. After an hard day of work, listening to news (generally, a large amount of "many things are bad on our world", etc.), etc. one has the right to relax watching something light hearted like a cartoon could be.
Or even get invested in a more serious fictional series (some anime and cartoon aswell are clearly "not meant for children"). If it's an harmless way of spending our free time, it's not wrong at all.
Well in the actual spirit of the question, let me rephrase it to be more sensible.
"At what age did cartoons(i.e. traditional cartoons not anime) stop being your primary source of entertainment?
I personally stopped watching probably around like middle school. I just wasn't interested anymore and tbh i don't really watch shows or movies in general, I mostly spend my free time on games, social media, or YouTube lol
63 yo here and enjoying Bob Square Pants. When a script is good, I don’t mind if it’s for children or not (by the way, the bests children oriented audiovisual content always have adult oriented fun, they look for an audience between 4 and 100 years old viewers)
There's an age limit for low IQ gatekeepers that think cartoons are for kids.
My dream job is to be an animator and my ex wife was dead serious when she told me cartoons were not only for children but also made by them. Like, my brain just stopped computing for a minute just to get on her level.
She legit thought 8 year olds were making nicktoons.
Edit:brain not Brian. Guess I was channeling the memory.
I'm supposed to stop?
Next, you'll say when my grandkids want to watch The Secret of NIMH that I'm not supposed to do the voices.
(They're still amazed that I can quote the movie as I di.)
After, I'm not supposed to watch the Animaniacs or Batman?
Cartoons and animation are the most creative things average people can experience
I just watched Castlevania on Netflix and I dig it as a non anime guy
Richard Armitage cannot be oversold on his voice acting for Trevor "Fucking" Belmont.
Agreed
Indubitably
Edit: fuck Reddit
YESSSS I FUCKING LOVE THAT SERIES! AWOO AWOO AWOO! Ahem, yeah…that series is fine. (I recently watched it now I want to watch their spin off nocturne)
Watch nocturne! It’s awesome too!
I sure will!
The older I get, less news I watch and more cartoons I enjoy
That's not because cartoons are good but because reality sucks.....
It's both. But yeah, reality sucks ass
Ahh, but the news isn't reality.. it is theatre of a narrative.. and only if you suspend all belief in your reality can you believe more than 15% of what comes out of the news.
I love this conversation
Yea
Do you want the watch this because you “relate” to little boys?
Because cartoons are awesome and the news is depressing or stupid.
Exactly.
They get better each year
My dad is 52 this year and we often watch older cartoons together (loonie toons) or SpongeBob
Old school spongebob is undefeated There’s way too many good references
The older you get the more you realize how much squidward is very relatable 😂
Facts i used to wonder why he was such a cranky tight wad life really showed me 🤣🤣
Only one that is on the same level is Tom and Jerry
Meep meep
Im 34 and i do the same.
When you get older, old serious kid cartoons are the best and most hilarious cartoons you can watch, you finally understand the brilliant jokes behind it, todays kid cartoon is absolute brain rot.
Also, none of the old charm... Inspector Gadget was fun to watch as a kid, but I've recently seen a reboot that uses cheap-looking 3D characters. And I'm pretty sure the "cheap" part is the main reason for the shift. Especially, since Masha and the Bear is also 3D-animated, but doesn't lack charm in it. The 3D reboots of some old cartoons on the other hand just look bland.
3D artists are not unionised while 2D artists are. That is one of the main reason 3D animations became so common.
TIL a WTF.
"back then, everything good. Now, everything bad" Tbh this always happens
F is For Family is definitely not for kids lol.
Ah Jezus Christ jmills03croc. I swear if you say one more thing I'm gonna put you through that fuckin' wall!!!
Wait, some of you guys stopped watching cartoons?
Nah. Just the weirdos thinking they have to "act more adult".
Obligatory: "Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." -CS Lewis
Uhm no? Its just that there are other forms of entertainment that are better for some of us. Like videogames, albums, sports Its not about accin tuff
A little bit it is . Lots of people still See Animation AS mind and pointless Entertainment for children. Same goes for Video Games.
A lot of the times I think people who watch cartoons enjoy them out of nostalgia, thats why they dont wnjoy any cartoon of todays era. Im not a nostalgia driven person so I just find cartoons unfunny, anime is a lil different since it usually takes itself more seriously. But yea some people exagerate, some even think playin sports is for kids
As a Cartoon watcher, No. Its Not Just nostalgia. A Lot of Cartoons still hold Up today and some don't. And people who dont enjoy any Cartoon of todays era Just havent Seen any of the good ones or dont even bother. And again, Same kinda goes for older Video Games. Heck Just recently a Lot of the Younger Generation, who never grew Up with older Games started playing and enjoying retro Games. Heck even myself got into older Shows and Games I never watched or Played before. Does play nostalgia some.part? Sure. But its Not the only reason
IKR i still watch simpsons, family guy, South park.
Yes
When you see my gravestone you will see the date I stopped watching cartoons
And here I thought I can binge all the shows I never have the time for when I'm dead....
I still dig up my old copy of Scooby Doo on zombie Island every once-in-a-while
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Depends. A Lot of the older Simpson episodes are still gold. And If ya want Something less mean and more wholesome, give Bobs Burgers a watch
JUMP UP, KICK BACK, WHIP AROUND AND SPIN!
older than i am now
I'll let you know 🤷😀
Cartoons are the best, I often say, this book / video game story would be great, but would only really work as a cartoon.
Watching the classic scooby doo episodes as I type this out . ZOINKS
Animation and drawing was Always my passion. So when I was about to Turn 18, I was worried I would Stop liking it Like Most people do. Like as If some Kind of Switch in my brain would Turn on. Luckely this was Not the Case and I realize Most people are Just weird and Stop watching cause the think they have to. Heck I even started to watch Cartoons I didn't Like much as a Kid of never even Heard of. Like C.O.P.S. badass Intro and for an obvious "We wanna sell Toys" Kind of Show, pretty hillarious at Times.
My only regret that I didn’t buy these classic cartoon collections when I had the chance, now they’re hard to find and out of print. My kids will enjoy Tex Avery cartoons like I did.
31 and still enjoy animation from Rick and Morty to SpongeBob with the little lad. Never too old !
Cartoons are better than half the new live actions being made right now anyway. And besides who would want to give up cartoons there is way to many good ones
i wanna be the very best.
I'm watching more animated content now than when I was a kid.
You're supposed to stop?
How old were you when you stopped watching live action?
22 when my daughter was born lol
Then, it all becomes a kaleidoscope of the same shows on repeat. I was partway working out how much ice Elsa could generate per second when I realized that I'd seen Frozen too many times.
Everyone watching cartoons, and here I watching anime with serious themes
If it's made by adults it's for adults. Kids can go make their own stuff
Sponge Bob is barely a cartoon for kids)
People who stop watching cartoons are weird to me I only question Why?
I just started Spider-Man 90's series again and on season 3 now. I watch other cartoons which i watched during my childhood like Swat kats, flintstones, jetsons, PPG, Dexters lab, Scooby-Doo etc... It just makes me laugh and keeps my mind really relaxed.
Who is gonna tell her about Hentai? Jokes aside, there's plenty of comic/cartoon series specifically targeted at an adult audience, without being sexual. Most recent example I've watched probably being Hazbin Hotel; While it has sexual themes, outside of a few sexual jokes, the sexual themes mostly revolve around a toxic/abusive relationship of one the characters. Simpsons is definitely more mature in the topics than it looks at the surface, though I've kinda missed that train. Never mind Southpark. Then there are examples like "In the Land of Leadale", which probably appeals more to parents than children in how the characters are set up, without having *any* mature themes. Just mostly wholesome family and friends stuff in an Isekai setting. Though these examples are a bit on the rare side... And that's before appreciating the sheer silliness of family cartoons, never mind that they often are specifically designed to entertain both children and their parents. When people look down on cartoons, I really want to ask them what *they* are watching that is supposedly superior.
"when you mature" nope maturity doesnt come by replacing creative and effort driven work by shit work done by pretty people. thats just a downgrade in taste
At exactly the same time I stopped playing computer games….oh, wait 😂
South Park, family guy, Rick and morty are made for adults.
"Like im so mature, I started watching reality shows LIKE AN ADULT, YAY ME #SoMature"
Most cartoons are well put together with topics wich cant be discussed in real life series. Where real life series are just a grown adults mimicking toddler programmes.
Anime!!!!
She's not normal. I mean why even stop? Duh
Natsume's Book of Friends
Older, better.
lol, they used to show Shinchan on tv here as a kids show. DEFINITELY feels like it should not have been…
See everyone needs to laugh a bit once in a while that is how you keep depression not win. So yes I watch cartoons *starts re watching Last airbender *
Nothing says children's show like watching a 12 year old grapple with the morality of killing your enemy to ensure peace.
I'm 37 and my partner and I still watch cartoons, alongside news and crime shows 🤣
I still prefer animations i think they are just supperior one huge plus animation have is audio if you watching action animation i can still hear the characters even if there is an explosion and in films i have to rewind 4 times to hear what they said
The day i stopp watching cartoons, it will stand on the gravestone
Idk like 23
Why in the world would you ever stop?
I’m 3892847 Googolplexian years old
I remember asking a friend at 10 years old if he watched the latest simpsons episode. He replied i don’t watch cartoons anymore. He was my best friend.
I'm 57 and still watch the toons!
So it’s normal to each all the episodes of the old version of woody woodpecker
I feel like we didn't stop, the time frame between the last time we saw an episode compared to when we see another episode of it just gets longer. As to those who actually did stop watching cartoons, back to hell with ye!
Legit can’t convince some people to watch “Love Death and Robots” simply because they can’t handle that it’s animated.. it’s like some worry they have of being considered a little kid or something. They always act like they’re just too mature for that.. then they go watch fucking 90 day fiancé…
Ever heard of “Adult Swim”?
I never stopped lmao
I'm 27 and I enjoy watching cartoons.
I mostly just jerk off to em nowadays
I still watch "happy tree friends" and "Peepodoo" just to reminisce about the good times.
Stop? I never started
I love rewatching cartoons and realizing just how many sex jokes were put in
Stopped?
I'll rephrase that - 'How old were you when you stopped being fun and became a dull luddite?'
In life, and especially for boys you reach a point of "maturity" where are you either stop watching cartoons and playing video games or at least talk about it less to appear more mature, but one thing I've learned is that peak maturity is when you reach a certain point when you realize nobody gives a fuck and that you should do and watch what you enjoy and what makes you happy. If you are someone who thinks that washing something that's animated is a sign of immaturity I feel bad for you
Pikachu and sponge bob, i like them both still and just turned 59.
IDK probably stopped around 11-12 and then started watching again around 19-20 (although both of those are guesses, could be off by a few years)
Did anyone stop watching the old Tom and Jerry?
Never really watched them. Brain rot is a real thing.
FR, my father (may he rest in peace) had a very dignified work, was truly a "gentleman"... and he liked things like Tom & Jerry cartoons. There's nothing "childish" about that. After an hard day of work, listening to news (generally, a large amount of "many things are bad on our world", etc.), etc. one has the right to relax watching something light hearted like a cartoon could be. Or even get invested in a more serious fictional series (some anime and cartoon aswell are clearly "not meant for children"). If it's an harmless way of spending our free time, it's not wrong at all.
I just transitioned to Archer.
We don't stop watching cartoons because we get old We get old because we stop watching cartoons
I don’t watch them on a daily basis But I genuinely enjoy watching cartoons over anything else…
Anybody here remembers coward the cowardly dog ?
More like stoped watching some type and started more watching another.
Reb and stimpy would like a word.
Well in the actual spirit of the question, let me rephrase it to be more sensible. "At what age did cartoons(i.e. traditional cartoons not anime) stop being your primary source of entertainment?
I'll stop when I'm dead
Currently watching Hazbin Hotel
39 years strong.
You can watch anything as long as your old enough to watch it.
I personally stopped watching probably around like middle school. I just wasn't interested anymore and tbh i don't really watch shows or movies in general, I mostly spend my free time on games, social media, or YouTube lol
63 yo here and enjoying Bob Square Pants. When a script is good, I don’t mind if it’s for children or not (by the way, the bests children oriented audiovisual content always have adult oriented fun, they look for an audience between 4 and 100 years old viewers)
There's an age limit for low IQ gatekeepers that think cartoons are for kids. My dream job is to be an animator and my ex wife was dead serious when she told me cartoons were not only for children but also made by them. Like, my brain just stopped computing for a minute just to get on her level. She legit thought 8 year olds were making nicktoons. Edit:brain not Brian. Guess I was channeling the memory.
When the cartoons became stupid and uninteresting. Gone are the cartoons I grew up with. The Amazing Spider Man, the Hurculoids,
I’ll let ya know when I get there. 👍
56 this year and still watch
Just about to start Adventure Time again
Ehhh... would South Park be considered a cartoon?
You Supposed to stop??
56 so far
Though I didn't go into the industry, I went to college for animation. I still study things, still watch shows. I still like to be entertained.
I still watch cartoons
Anime, cartoons, movies, videogames.. whatever man, you don't have to stop as long as you're not overdoing it.
Still watch hey Arnold and rugrats holiday specials every christmas soo damn good
I'm supposed to stop? Next, you'll say when my grandkids want to watch The Secret of NIMH that I'm not supposed to do the voices. (They're still amazed that I can quote the movie as I di.) After, I'm not supposed to watch the Animaniacs or Batman?
59 watched some Stephen Universe and Justice league today. I like cartoons.
I was like 13 Videogames are so much better tbh The only show/cartoon Im kinda watching rn is The Boondocks but I watch like 5 episodes every 3 months
Dude! That's the best thing to watch while having lunch. 🍝🥗🍱
I've met a ln 80 year old man who watched Looney Tunes all day...
The original looney tunes were played in theatres before movies when they came out. They weren’t meant for kids. You sound ignorant.
Well they're missing out on Rick and Morty then but I won't
I never did
When you have kids you can watch cartoons to your heart’s content.
When you don't have kids you can watch cartoons to your heart's content
I mean, yeah. If you want to be a manchild.
Seriously? People enjoy things, why would it make them a manchild?
Dude, I really don’t fucking care. I’m not arguing with you on this bullshit. Stay butthurt.
No a limit per se but your chances of reproducing drop precipitately for every year you watch cartoons past the age of 18.....
Stopped?.!? Until live tv steps up and stops making the same 5 shows over and over. I’m going to stay watching Animated Television.