Doom Metal Alchemist Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) Ugh, let's try this again. TL;DR in red at the bottom. Boo's recent T-Rex with boxing gloves vs Barney the dinosaur posts got me thinking yesterday... When Barney came out, I was already outside of his target demographic age wise, but I was still a kid, so I hated him right out of the gate. What surprised me though was even a lot of parents hated Barney. My exposure to Barney was just very small clips of him doing his laugh and the "I love you... you love me..." song. I figured that Barney was probably wholesome, so the parents of the kids who watched Barney would "like" Barney just because he was wholesome TV for the kids. I also wonder what Barney has done for nurturing or hindering children's interests in learning about dinosaurs. I fucking loved dinosaurs as a kid. And I think that's why I found Barney so offensive. Dinosaurs are cool! T-Rexes are vicious and bad-ass! Barney is none of these things! I wonder if people who loved Barney as children, when they outgrew Barney, they outgrow dinosaurs in general too? Because Barney is "for babies" so they associate dinosaurs with being for babies.... Or did loving Barney as a little tyke lead to loving dinosaurs even MORE once you left Barney behind? Another thing that interests me.... I don't care to google which came first, but I think Jurassic Park and Barney came out around the same time.... do you think that if Jurassic Park didn't become the cultural phenomenon that it was, the cutesey loveable purple guy would've been what everyone thought of when they thought of dinosaurs? We may have been lucky that Jurassic Park's tremendous success keeps people aware of how badass dinosaurs are, and we can just ignore that singing purple thing. Without Jurassic Park, Barney may be what everyone thinks of when they think of dinosaurs, and then no one would like dinosaurs when they grew out of being toddlers. So.... Was Barney around when you were young enough to be in his demographic? Did you like him? Why or why not? Do you think Barney helped shape your interest or lack thereof in dinosaurs as you got older? Parents.... does / did any of your children watch Barney? What do you think of the show as a parent? Edited December 17, 2018 by Doom Metal Alchemist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Tl;dr i grew up with lamb chop...and I think parents hated that fucker a bit more than that purple tampon... THIS IS THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS, YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND, SOME PEOPLE STARRRRTED SINGIN IT, NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS, AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGIN IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE, THIS IS THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS, ..... ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanatos Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I am never ever ever reading all of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnmjy Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Tic tac toe, Three in a row, Barney got shot by G.I. Joe. Momma called the doctor, And the doctor said, "Oops, Barney 's dead!" "Shot in the head!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Alright, edited for TL;DR. Let's try this again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 alright by the time that was a thing I was a young adult. I have no actual opinion about it in any capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I think I was at the tail end of the demographic....but when I was that age we didn’t have cable at my house...I only could watch it at my grandmothers house.... i don’t remember liking it nor disliking it....it was an inbetween show from lamb chop to...this painter show....hold on lemme look that up...HOLY SHIT YEAH...it was pappyland.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Ehh ... I don't remember Barney teaching anything. I just remember there was Barney, a girl dinosaur .... and like .... a yellow one? I dont think it had any input into my interests in dinosaurs because dinosaurs are obviously just cool in general. I haven't seen Barney as an adult ... now if you wanna talk about my adult opinions on Sesame street thats a different story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Just now, Vamped said: now if you wanna talk about my adult opinions on Sesame street thats a different story Sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/16/2018 at 11:44 AM, Still Me said: Tl;dr i grew up with lamb chop...and I think parents hated that fucker a bit more than that purple tampon... THIS IS THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS, YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND, SOME PEOPLE STARRRRTED SINGIN IT, NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS, AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGIN IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE, THIS IS THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS, ..... ..... I fucking loved Lamp Chop! The episode when she had to get glasses .... I felt that in my soul Lambchop has been delegated to dog toys now though I see them all the time in Walmart and Petco, and I'm just like .... damn .... you deserve better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said: Sure! They need to get rid of that Fairy Flying School. That shit is annoying as fuck. I like Abby ... but as a puppet, not animated. Also I really like the segment when Murray and his lamb go to school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, Vamped said: They need to get rid of that Fairy Flying School. That shit is annoying as fuck. I like Abby ... but as a puppet, not animated. Also I really like the segment when Murray and his lamb go to school. I.... don't know what any of that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 My youngest sister watched Barney, and since I took care of her a lot I saw it too. I remember it as trying to teach morals with little other substance. Be nice and make friends and everyone is happy! Which I suppose is fine when you're two. I think most grown humans see that simplistic message and react negatively out of an awareness of life's complexities. Like people that are asses no matter how nice you are, or the ones that will see your friendliness as weakness. Or maybe I'm looking at it too hard and that stupid song is an annoying earworm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 37 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said: I.... don't know what any of that is. then why did you agree to accept my opinions on Sesame Street?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Just now, Vamped said: then why did you agree to accept my opinions on Sesame Street?! I was expecting like, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, The Count, Elmo, Cookie Monster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Just now, Doom Metal Alchemist said: I was expecting like, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, The Count, Elmo, Cookie Monster... Okay well .... they're the same. The Count has a wife and Elmo has parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 6 hours ago, Vamped said: I fucking loved Lamp Chop! The episode when she had to get glasses .... I felt that in my soul Lambchop has been delegated to dog toys now though I see them all the time in Walmart and Petco, and I'm just like .... damn .... you deserve better Yeah...it’s kinda sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggstop Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I remember being too old but still watching barney. And i fucking loved lampchop...i remember it being pretty funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 12/16/2018 at 9:14 AM, Doom Metal Alchemist said: Ugh, let's try this again. TL;DR in red at the bottom. Boo's recent T-Rex with boxing gloves vs Barney the dinosaur posts got me thinking yesterday... When Barney came out, I was already outside of his target demographic age wise, but I was still a kid, so I hated him right out of the gate. What surprised me though was even a lot of parents hated Barney. My exposure to Barney was just very small clips of him doing his laugh and the "I love you... you love me..." song. I figured that Barney was probably wholesome, so the parents of the kids who watched Barney would "like" Barney just because he was wholesome TV for the kids. I also wonder what Barney has done for nurturing or hindering children's interests in learning about dinosaurs. I fucking loved dinosaurs as a kid. And I think that's why I found Barney so offensive. Dinosaurs are cool! T-Rexes are vicious and bad-ass! Barney is none of these things! I wonder if people who loved Barney as children, when they outgrew Barney, they outgrow dinosaurs in general too? Because Barney is "for babies" so they associate dinosaurs with being for babies.... Or did loving Barney as a little tyke lead to loving dinosaurs even MORE once you left Barney behind? Another thing that interests me.... I don't care to google which came first, but I think Jurassic Park and Barney came out around the same time.... do you think that if Jurassic Park didn't become the cultural phenomenon that it was, the cutesey loveable purple guy would've been what everyone thought of when they thought of dinosaurs? We may have been lucky that Jurassic Park's tremendous success keeps people aware of how badass dinosaurs are, and we can just ignore that singing purple thing. Without Jurassic Park, Barney may be what everyone thinks of when they think of dinosaurs, and then no one would like dinosaurs when they grew out of being toddlers. So.... Was Barney around when you were young enough to be in his demographic? Did you like him? Why or why not? Do you think Barney helped shape your interest or lack thereof in dinosaurs as you got older? Parents.... does / did any of your children watch Barney? What do you think of the show as a parent? I think I was 5 or so and I couldn't stand it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Barney scared the fuck out of me when I was little. The only thing worse was the teletubbies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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