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Barbarella wrote:


good morning

Anachronism wrote:
I'm bumping a dead thread my bad

how do you feel about Spongebob? I ask because I'm 6 months your junior, and I feel the thoughts of people who grew up on it says a lot about them as people. That shit literally raised me. I have vivid memories of watching promos for the premiere. It was the first show I watched every new episode of in full as it was happening. Out of everything I grew up with it ignites the most nostalgia in me.  I realized my hatred of everything post-movie was because I was getting older and wasn't entirely "cuz the show sux now." 

Every generation has their thing that literally shaped them and defined their culture as youths. The thing that was like nothing else at the time. Older millennials have The Ren and Stimpy Show. Core Gen Z was blessed with Adventure Time. I'm jealous of both but they'll never know what it was like to be the perfect age to grow up with Spongebob when it was fresh and burgeoning. I'm proud that was my thing. 

Yes, I'm very passionate about a silly sea sponge. The Spongebob Squarepants Movie tee-shirt that poptarts was promoting in '04 that my mom gave me (she got it from a girl at a bar) is my one of my most prized possessions and as a childfree person I rewatch the first 3 seasons at least once a year. thanks 4 coming 2 my ted talk

Anachronism wrote:
more qs 4 u:

1) do you plan to have children in the future?

2) how do you get over the fear of being too old to accomplish your goals and dreams? of feeling like you've wasted your life, you can't do something because of your age, that it's too late, time is running out, ect? Like I really regret not getting into freelance writing when I was younger. Or submitting any writing at all. Because I've entertained the idea of mental health blogging as a side hustle but like shit I'm almost 28, I've never had any experience with publishing articles or having popular blogs and stuff, like is it too late and a waste of time to even try? you know, stuff like that. i think why I like you is you don't seem to stress about your age and kinda embrace it. It's my biggest insecurity. 

3)  Do you feel like a millennial? I feel on the cusp of milleninal and gen z but my 20 y/o coworker doesn't agree I'm too old to be a cusper HAHAHA

MissLondon wrote:
Does your family have any nicknames for you and if so
what are they?

What do you like most about yourself?

If you had to cut off all communication with 1 family member 
for 5 years, who would it be and why?

What’s your favorite joke?

What has happened to you that made
you a stronger person?

apologies if you’ve been asked these before 
too lazy to scroll up/check

Barbarella wrote:
If you had asked me 23 years ago when Spongebob aired if I thought it was going to become one of the most memorable pieces of media that represented my entire generation, I wouldn't have even entertained the idea. Hah.
That being said, I grew up just super obnoxiously oppositional to anything pop culture so I acted like I didn't like spongebob, but if it was on I'd watch it - though I wouldn't go out of my way to catch it. But I've really come to appreciate it as an adult, it's incredibly unique, well written, and clever, at least early on. I don't remember when I stopped watching new episodes. But chances are you hated it post-movie because after that movie, most of the original writers left. 

but yeah spongebob is great but I was definitely more of one of the really annoying invader zim hot topic kids

Claire wrote:
ill tell you this about spongebob- fuckin gen xers never saw it. it's the hardest thing about my age gap relationship i have with doug is he never watched fuckin spongebob and im constantly making references he dont understand. every now and then i sit him down and force him to watch an episode so that we can understand each other better. like dont date a dude who is forty two if u cant handle that missing peice of cultural context. 

Claire wrote:
i think me and anachronism and barbarella woulda sat at the same lunch table if we was in high school together

Barbarella wrote:
either that or we'd all have been equally intimidated by each other and never spoken while all wishing we were friends
lol

Claire wrote:
ill tell you this about spongebob- fuckin gen xers never saw it. it's the hardest thing about my age gap relationship i have with doug is he never watched fuckin spongebob and im constantly making references he dont understand. every now and then i sit him down and force him to watch an episode so that we can understand each other better. like dont date a dude who is forty two if u cant handle that missing peice of cultural context. 

Anachronism wrote:
I was hooked from day one. There really was nothing like it at the time. You can see the ren and stimpy and rocko moderns life influences for sure, but as you said it was unique. Most surrealist kids shows were mean spirited and dark. spongebob was so good natured as a contrast. 

I can tell who is late millenial and who is gen z based on their view of post movie episodes. My sister (gen z) is forgiving of seasons four and five.


Also I came to invader zim late. I watched it until dark harvest, which swore me off the show cuz it terrified 7 year old me. It wasnt until my 7th grade scene phase that I got into it and I appreciate it now. So like opposite experiences