Not really sure. I'm middle aged so maybe that's a factor? Funny thing is I've never actually seen either of those movies. I guess I have a fairly good memory for useless trivia.
NO THEY ARE NOT ANTEATERS DONE EVOLVED MORE TIMESES gang up on him all y'all different anteaterses
they are the crabs of the land. dude even looks scuttley
edit you know what i was going to edit it out but my hill folk heritage comes out in times of passion deal with it
Marc Brown in conjunction with PBS inspired 4 generations of children to learn tolerance, respect, and community. The good this man has done is arguably more far-reaching than Mr Rogers himself
You are probably on to something here. We shouldn’t have tolerated everything. We shouldn’t have entertained their conspiracy theories or gave them a seat at the table at all.
To be fair, that wasn't the final change to his appearance. His design jumped around a lot. This is very clearly a multi-verse situation. The Arthur-verse.
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chisel@piefed.social · 97 pts · 139d
I can't believe Arthur, my favorite celebrity, gave in to corruption and became a sellout. Now I'm questioning everything. Is the library even fun?
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 139d
He should have stuck with being an English alcoholic socialite in New York City.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 139d
Arthur... Bach? Is that the reference?
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 139d
Yup.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 139d
I had to dig really hard to find this one. Why is he so well known to you?
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 138d
I mean it's a movie with the exact same title as the show everyone is talking about? Doesn't seem like that much of a deep cut
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 138d
whats the movie?
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 138d
...Arthur, from 1981. Like I said, it has the same title as the show? Am I being trolled?
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
Not really sure. I'm middle aged so maybe that's a factor? Funny thing is I've never actually seen either of those movies. I guess I have a fairly good memory for useless trivia.
Morphite88@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 139d
Or you're a Christopher Cross fan?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 139d
Yes the library is fun!
Ask Mychal Threets!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/reading-rainbow-reboot-coming-tv-streaming-sony-deal-pbs-1236512533/
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 139d
Not if you don't have a library card
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 138d
The literary OF girls never seemed to need cards
becausechemistry@piefed.social · 5 pts · 139d
I have a library card. But I still find it difficult to have fun sometimes. Was it all lies?!
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 139d
Do you think someone would actually do that? Just go on the Internet and tell lies?
toxicbubble@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 139d
also made him lighter skinned 🤔
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 139d
Arthur is supposed to be an anteater??!?
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 139d
Aardvark
A a rd v-a-r-k
captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 64 pts · 139d
YOU DONE MESEED UP AY-AY-RDVARK!
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 138d
perfect
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 139d
Aardvarks are much better than anteaters, if we sort them lexicographically by name.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 139d
NO THEY ARE NOT ANTEATERS DONE EVOLVED MORE TIMESES gang up on him all y'all different anteaterses
they are the crabs of the land. dude even looks scuttley
edit you know what i was going to edit it out but my hill folk heritage comes out in times of passion deal with it
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 139d
They covered this in song.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
My first artichoke plant was named Arthur. Then a bastard cultist murdered it. I think that's about all i can go into it though.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 139d
That's actually very accurate modern day's double standards.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 34 pts · 139d
Marc Brown in conjunction with PBS inspired 4 generations of children to learn tolerance, respect, and community. The good this man has done is arguably more far-reaching than Mr Rogers himself
cornshark@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 139d
gestures at America if he's been at it for 4 generations then what's all this?
tetris11@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 139d
He got 2 in 3 of us. The other 1/3rd I'd rather not talk about
Wataba@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 138d
1 in 3. A third decided to be bystanders in the fact of abject bigotry.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 138d
Well that's a fine example of your "tolerance, respect, and community"
tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 138d
Perfect is the enemy of good
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 139d
For four generations we've been associating tolerance, respect and community with childish cartoon characters; something to be outgrown.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 138d
I got about as much tolerance left as Bugs Bunny.
xxam925@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 139d
You are probably on to something here. We shouldn’t have tolerated everything. We shouldn’t have entertained their conspiracy theories or gave them a seat at the table at all.
We will have to figure out a way to do better.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 139d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
Maybe the presence or size of the opposition is, in part, due to shit like that.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 138d
But think of the memes!
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 138d
Them’s fightin words dissin’ Mr R like that tho.
deadcream@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 139d
Making him perfect one step at a time
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 138d
huquad@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 139d
There's absolutely nothing wrong with your nose, but if you ever want to change that hideous thing on your face, give me a call
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 138d
He's a fucking aardvark?! 🤦♂️
Arrkk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 138d
"🎶A-A-R-D-VARK!🎶"
oozynozh@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 138d
something was, in fact, wrong with Arthur's nose
entwine@programming.dev · 13 pts · 138d
Arthur's first book was nothing but beta cope, but once he took looksmaxxing seriously he ascended to become a celebrity and cultural icon.
Take notes, children.
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 11 pts · 139d
His shirt also went from rad as hell to swirly bait
MrNobody@quokk.au · 9 pts · 139d
He traded his nose for some minor sight defects.
brownsugga@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 139d
Just like all the body positivity ppl once a shot could make you skinny
you_are_dust@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 138d
To be fair, that wasn't the final change to his appearance. His design jumped around a lot. This is very clearly a multi-verse situation. The Arthur-verse.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 6 pts · 138d
So I went and looked: aardvark means "earth pig" or "ground pig" in afrikaner
Also, this is Arthur's reaction
BrambinagStoneboots@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 138d
Erdferkel in German. Earth-Piglet.
jeffep@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 138d
Looks like they just shortened his face, the nose is the same