Once again, Gen X is ignored/forgotten.
We had better things to do than watch TV. We were all being beaten and molested by relatives.
Who chased us around with rolling pins trying to bake us into pies
Also the silent generation, since Tom & Jerry came out in 1940.
They can speak up for themselves!
::crickets::
You guys kinda are responsible for the internet, and that kinda ruined society, so…
The internet that we invented was a good internet. It’s only later on it became a place for misinformation and adverts.
We see corporations fuck up this world more and more every day and yet the powers that be just let it happen. I dunno man. This capitalist democracy thing just ain’t working. Maybe it’s time to try something else.
Yeah… I’m on the older side of Gen X and I think I was 8 when the internet came out
What are you counting as Internet I’m a younger x and I remember bulletin boards till maybe mid to late 90s
The internet didn’t ruin society. It was the algorithms used to manipulate news feeds to drive profit on the internet that really hurt society. The internet was invented by the baby boomers, this was like inventing the modern printing press that allowed people to share information. GenX made Web 2.0 and basic social media… now we have a bunch of user generated content, which isn’t great, but also isn’t terrible. Millennials used the algorithms to manipulate the feeds, drive profit… this is where things started going bad. Now the Millennials and GenZ are going to turn that up to 11 with more AI. The gamification of websites and idea that keeping people angry would keep them on the site longer were both horrible for society.
Gen X skipped, again. As usual.
As a fellow gen-xer…whatever
We had Eek the Cat. Superior in every way!
Certainly had a metal intro.
Aaaaaahhh!
I made the mistake of watching the new Tom and Jerry. Let’s just say, I’d advise you forget it even exists. There is no new Tom and Jerry.
…I didn’t know there was a new one.
Please continue doing so
As long as a copyright makes money, there’ll always be reboots.
100% boomer humor. The jokes are so dated, they literally changed the housekeepers voice to sound less racist than the original version.
The best jokes are the ones that don’t need the voice though
That’s just slapstick humor, something all cartoons back then had.
We know Tom and Jerry because it holds up and is funny now. Look at the other cartoons and see the quality difference. They are unfunny by today’s standards and probably not great when they were released.
Yeah there was a lot of racism, at least in the beginning. e.g.
Wow I thought Jerry dressed up in blackface was the shocking part, then it showed the actual islanders… they didnt even look human 😨
Were they supposed to be human? Tom and Jerry typically never showed human faces.
They’re cannibal cats.
Jerry got chased by a cannibal mouse at the end.
That’s just it, I think the show creators saw those people as “sub-humans” or whatever. Truly disgusting.
I think the other person who replied to me got it right. Tom was chased by cannibal cats, and Jerry was chased by a cannibal mouse. There weren’t human or trying to be human.
wow
We must’ve watched different shows then.
There are literally two versions of the OG cartoons.
Because as we all know, you can identify racists by the sound of their voice.
No, the voice was a racist depiction of a black housekeeper. Read up on it, or find the old versions.
Humor based on pain will always be timeless.
Based disclaimer
Entirely rejected by GenX
Wholesome.
Tom and Jerry have changed quite a bit over the years.
Humor never changes. Only the setting.
Mid 80’s. Dial up.
