Cartoons of the Now
Ever since satellite TV became the new norm for both kids and grown-ups in the noughties, nostalgia started to take a different toll as time goes on. Cartoons take the cake when it comes to the affect of imported media on both kids and adults.

Wether it be shows like Ed, Edd n Eddy or Fairly Odd Parents, they were really something for everyone (even if nobody knows them). And that's why there's an image challenge for it.

Hard mode: Try not to Photoshop something that is pretty much a really popular thing, or if it's only popular in the British world.
(unhinged seagull had too much pasta bake the other day..., Sun 2 Apr 2023, 15:18, 15 replies, latest was 2 years ago)

what?

(ticklepricks link in bio ❤️🌟❤️, Mon 3 Apr 2023, 8:42, Reply)

French Boast must have a new login

(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Tue 4 Apr 2023, 9:41, Reply)

Weather

( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Wed 5 Apr 2023, 12:05, Reply)

Cartoons of the Now, always take the Wether with yow

(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Wed 5 Apr 2023, 12:11, Reply)

Remember when you watched children's programmes this side of the year 2000?
I think the OP has underestimated the average user's age here
( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 7 Apr 2023, 20:39, Reply)

Hard mode: interpret this image challenge brief.

(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Mon 10 Apr 2023, 9:27, Reply)

here's an example since there's confusion going on right now
b3ta.com/board/11390894
see? it's not that hard.
(unhinged seagull had too much pasta bake the other day..., Mon 10 Apr 2023, 10:22, Reply)

Satellite TV became a norm?
I have never owned a satellite TV. I would never willingly send money to Rupert Murdoch.

Ed, Edd & Eddy was on terrestrial TV. I think Fairly Odd Parents was too.

I think I knew 2 people with Sky at school/college. I had cable TV after that, but gave it up when my TV viewing reduced to zero.

I reject the premise of your question.

You mean effect, not affect.

Do you not deny that "Try not to Photoshop something that isn't a really popular thing" isn't the least easiest sentence not to misunderstand?
( brb Learn Ukrainian and prepare for a referendum, Mon 10 Apr 2023, 14:54, Reply)

response so far has been a little strange

(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Mon 10 Apr 2023, 15:15, Reply)

Now my cartoons

( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Mon 10 Apr 2023, 15:40, Reply)

That "isn't a really popular thing" part, I fucked up badly with that one and didn't realize that til now
apologies
(unhinged seagull had too much pasta bake the other day..., Mon 10 Apr 2023, 15:58, Reply)

All I just want to see from this site is something different for once, and all I get is negativity and ignorance for it
clearly these people would rather expose their kids to a crappy hairdryer looking drawing of a "pig" rather than having them see actual quality children's TV that takes so long to produce. Sad face.
(unhinged seagull had too much pasta bake the other day..., Tue 11 Apr 2023, 9:51, Reply)

clearly, that's the only possible conclusion to draw from all of this.

(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Tue 11 Apr 2023, 10:52, Reply)

Peppa Pig first aired nearly 20 years ago, within the same five year period as your two examples.
And it was aimed at a much younger audience.
( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 11 Apr 2023, 12:57, Reply)

that's the problem
literally 90% of children's programmes that are made in this shithole of a country and are also popular there tend to be aimed at a "younger audience". I swear the only shows I can think of that are currently popular with older kids here are either Dennis or Henry (and they're both shows about fucking troublesome little shits).

What I'm trying to say here is that almost everyone in this nation we're living in is so demented that they only want to give toddlers a lot more attention rather than literal 9 year olds. Look at the United States, 80% of the time you don't see them doing this crap (at least back then).
(unhinged seagull had too much pasta bake the other day..., Tue 11 Apr 2023, 13:16, Reply)

These days they're all on their Tick Tocks and X Stations by the time they're 5 anyway, not watching cartoons.

( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 11 Apr 2023, 14:05, Reply)

it's not just this time period
it also applies to the couple previous generations before all this corporate internet chaos occurred, it happened since Anne Wood single-handedly murdered television (mostly children's television) for everyone almost 40 and a half years ago.

It's gotten far worse ever since.
(unhinged seagull had too much pasta bake the other day..., Tue 11 Apr 2023, 14:18, Reply)

NEW IMAGE CHALLENGE: Have you noticed how everything is shit now, compared to when you were too young to realise it?

( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 11 Apr 2023, 15:02, Reply)

...
*sigh* done.
(unhinged seagull had too much pasta bake the other day..., Tue 11 Apr 2023, 15:16, Reply)

Seriously though, rose-tinted nostalgia is very tempting.
But every generation has both quality media and utter dross. The more the suits lean on you to make it "mass market", the more you have to dumb it down. And decent things often end up sinking into a sea of crap.
( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 11 Apr 2023, 15:58, Reply)

You seem to be quite upset about this whole thing.
Have you considered not caring?
(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Tue 11 Apr 2023, 15:58, Reply)

here's my attempt, hope I got it right
b3ta.com/board/11390977
it wasn't that hard.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Tue 11 Apr 2023, 9:27, Reply)

yffect

(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Wed 5 Apr 2023, 12:26, Reply)