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My mother didn’t let me watch anything but Thomas and Friends. She said after watching Rugrats or Spongebob i would turn into a disobedient brat, but after watc
by rjromero 9y ago
My mother didn’t let me watch anything but Thomas and Friends. She said after watching Rugrats or Spongebob i would turn into a disobedient brat, but after watching Thomas I was apparently well mannered and well behaved.
I ended up becoming a soft well mannered programmer. Fuck you Thomas!
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- littlegreenb18 9y agoYou’re a really useful engineer
- alexilliamson 9y agoI thought I was the only one who wasn't allowed to watch rugrats! For the same reason!
- peteretep 9y agoWe should stop teaching little boys about dinosaurs too. Those T-Rexs are _terrible_ role models!
- pygy_ 9y agoI don't show Thomas to my kids for that reason (and because of the show's racism)[1], but I can totally see where your mother came from. I avoid showing Fireman Sam to my 4yo son because otherwise he channels Nicholas—the self-centered, boastful troublemaker—so much that he's not manageable. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15363728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15363728
- falsedan 9y ago> Nicholas—the self-centered, boastful troublemaker Norman Price? He always gets his comeuppance + a fire safety tip. Maybe have a chat after an episode to talk about what happened to Norman & what about his behaviour got him in trouble.
- pygy_ 9y agoYes, he's Norman in English. I used to watch episodes with my son (and comment immediately when Norman behaves like an idiot), but I can't watch every episode with him, and the fact that Norman gets comeuppance doesn't prevent my son from adopting his worse traits. Also, IIRC even if the situation doesn't turn right for him, the chraracter rarely regrets anything beside getting caught.