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‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by bag_boy »

grepfru_it wrote: post #57
op00to wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He also normalizes farting in your kids’ faces. More seriously, Bluey is so enjoyable because the characters have dimensions and seem way more real than just about anything else on TV.. at least that you’d watch with kids.

The dad is who you want to aspire to be when you see his relationship with his kids. Definitely sighup’d my idea of parenting after watching a few episodes

Absolutely.

Bandit is a fantastic role model and I have learned a lot from this pretend dog dad lol.

My father is deceased. I feel like a lot of the advice he would have given me, I picked up from watching Bluey.

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Post by light_triad »

resource_waste wrote: post #2

>“The parents were so relatable and mirrored the parent I wanted to be,” Ooof fiction teaching Idealism. From Nietzsche to Plato, its agreed, fiction corrupts. One day the floury idealism will be seen not to work, and the damage will have already been done. I've seen Bluey, it was funny, it taught some general concepts... but if my kids are going to watch TV, why not Bill Nye the Science Guy or similar? Remember that…

Nietzsche and Plato were some of the best fiction writers ever produced.

Storytelling, allegory, dramatic dialogue, compelling narratives, and 'myth making' can have different goals - sometimes it's to teach the glory of science. Other times it's about social relationships and how to be a functional human.

Bluey works so well because the combination of kids' entertainment with adult themes and storylines portraying positive role models feels unforced - some folks may not enjoy it, that's fine.

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Post by jamiek88 »

jjulius wrote: post #7
resource_waste wrote: post #2

>“The parents were so relatable and mirrored the parent I wanted to be,” Ooof fiction teaching Idealism. From Nietzsche to Plato, its agreed, fiction corrupts. One day the floury idealism will be seen not to work, and the damage will have already been done. I've seen Bluey, it was funny, it taught some general concepts... but if my kids are going to watch TV, why not Bill Nye the Science Guy or similar? Remember that…

>... but if my kids are going to watch TV, why not Bill Nye the Science Guy or similar? This comparison almost makes me wonder if you have kids.

Right? Completely different shows, ages, approach, intentions etc.

Might as well have said ‘watch masterchef instead’.

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Post by fma »

Can we get a discussion going on where other parents are finding high quality media for kids to consume? YouTube Kids is a definite no. YT Kids feels like it's intentionally made to brainwash your child and having unsuspecting parents let their guard down with the "Kids" in the app name. From my experimentation it is far worse than regular YouTube.

YouTube, need to watch them carefully and catch the YT algorithm trying to insert bad videos.

I have been mainly relying on Epic & PBS Kids - but feel an expansion is needed.

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Post by doctorpangloss »

From the article:

> “How you going, Bingo? I can feel my sausages burning,” Bandit implores. Bingo replies, “I started just doing a wee, and now it turned into poo.”

> “I’d never seen a children’s show talk about real life like that,” says Kay. “I thought, ‘This is charming, funny and real.’”

From https://theonion.com/next-episode-of-girls-to-feature-lena-d... Next Episode Of 'Girls' To Feature Lena Dunham Shitting Herself During Gyno Exam While Eating A Burrito

> “When a naked Hannah dribbled hot sauce all over herself in front of the doctor, shit in every corner of the office, cried, became angry with the doctor, had sex with the doctor, finished her burrito, had sex with the doctor again, shit herself again, and then realized who she was really angry at and sexually attracted to was Adam, I just closed my eyes and said, ‘Thank you.’ These are real girls with real bodies doing things that real girls do.”

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Post by geodel »

mmmlinux wrote: post #55

Am I the only one that thinks it's crazy that an extremely popular children's show, with all kinds of merch and what not. is only worth 2B. When websites are getting sold in the 10s of B range.

You may be only one. Because businesses that deal in pure software/vaporware have been priced much higher for long time compare to businesses that deal with lot of people / physical products.

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Post by [deleted] »

fma wrote: post #84

Can we get a discussion going on where other parents are finding high quality media for kids to consume? YouTube Kids is a definite no. YT Kids feels like it's intentionally made to brainwash your child and having unsuspecting parents let their guard down with the "Kids" in the app name. From my experimentation it is far worse than regular YouTube. YouTube, need to watch them carefully and catch the YT algorithm tryi…

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Post by jamesliudotcc »

bag_boy wrote: post #81
grepfru_it wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The dad is who you want to aspire to be when you see his relationship with his kids. Definitely sighup’d my idea of parenting after watching a few episodes

Absolutely. Bandit is a fantastic role model and I have learned a lot from this pretend dog dad lol. My father is deceased. I feel like a lot of the advice he would have given me, I picked up from watching Bluey.

In the Flatpak episode, he rolls his eyes and states, "I'm not taking advice from a cartoon dog!" The episode is mostly about how Bluey takes after the parents in a game where she's raising Bingo through adulthood while they also go from fishes through dinosaurs to modern humans, er, dogs.

This show is so good on so many levels.

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Post by hnlmorg »

alberth wrote: post #41

Bluey is like Seinfeld. It's timeless, everyone gets a laugh (including parents) and is a "show about nothing" (just the daily lives of family dynamics). As a parent, I really appreciate the show and no other show can compare. (For those who haven't seen it, it's more akin to a family sitcom than a traditional kids show/cartoon)

> For those who haven't seen it, it's more akin to a family sitcom than a traditional kids show/cartoon

That’s a really good way of describing it.

It really does have that kind of vibe to it.

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Post by clickitongue »

fma wrote: post #84

Can we get a discussion going on where other parents are finding high quality media for kids to consume? YouTube Kids is a definite no. YT Kids feels like it's intentionally made to brainwash your child and having unsuspecting parents let their guard down with the "Kids" in the app name. From my experimentation it is far worse than regular YouTube. YouTube, need to watch them carefully and catch the YT algorithm tryi…

I'd like to put a good word in for Trash Truck. We all love it. I guess it can't quite compete with Bluey in the life lessons department - they're more simple, maybe better for younger kids. But it's definitely lovely and friendly and fun.
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