Curious Hair wrote:
denisdman wrote:
BigW72 wrote:
Curious Hair wrote:
I think everyone at least kinda likes Disney World. It's fun. But yeah, never thought you were, like, knee-deep in Oliver and Company lore.
I kind of hate Disney...and it has nothing to do with then being woke or anything political, just have no use for it.
Hate would be a strong word, but that South Park episode opened my eyes. We went on a Disney cruise, and that episode made a ton of sense.
I've talked before about how it seems at times as if we've been in a continuation of the '90s ever since, and I think in a lot of ways we have. But one thing that really differentiates the Gen-X-led '90s from the Millennial/Zoomer-led present is the attitude toward the Walt Disney Company. It used to be that it was cool to hate Disney, just absolutely hate the family-friendliness, the overexpansion, but most of all how litigious they were toward everyone who might even try to poke gentle fun at them. Michael Eisner was like the devil. But today, no one loathes them. They own the intellectual property we all love so much. They let gay people act at theme parks and write musicals. What's not to love?
Was there a cool to hate period for Disney? I've really never given this a ton of thought. Disney and all that is great for kids. I watched and enjoyed Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc... as a yount adult. Most of those I saw as a result from dates....fine. But that's about it for me.
When the day comes I finally get grandkids, I will absolutely take them to Disney. I won't love doing it for me, but I get the whole magical experience for kids.
The whole adult Disney junkie thing is what weirds me out and makes me kind of hate Disney. It's just creepy. All the places in the world to travel, see, and experience and there's people that would rather go obsess over a cartoon mouse. That makes it cultish in a way.
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