#Gummy Bear and Crazy Frog were both 3d animated music characters who sang music mocking pop music of the time

[ax3-e0ns]

I always find it both disapointing and interesting whenever this sorta thing comes up.

Because frankly, as a gen z with a gen alpha sibling I tend to think about it from a different angle. Especially since the millenials and gen z parents that said sibling are around actually are proactive with ensuring their kids aren't given blind continuous online use; and frankly considering the sorta stuff I saw online as a young kid, I say good for them.

Like friendly reminder for when I was in elementary to middleschool: I watched sonic the hedgehog inflation videos not realizing that I was watching fetish content. I binge watched a bunch of happy tree friends videos when I was too young to do so. I was one of those middle schoolers who shipped myself with multiple creepypasta characters. I watched Fred thinking he was the peak of comedy. I listened to both I'm a Gummy Bear and Crazy Frog repeatedly to an obnoxious degree. I remember staying up late at night watching Mullet Mike's Creepy Gaming series throughout middle school. I watched videos of people roleplaying as plushie versions of various characters.

The core of what Im getting at is: bare minimum Gen Z has no room to judge considering the kinda shit we were fully able to access whenever back in the day.

watching gen z and millennials make fun of gen alpha has been torturous. "But they're actually stupid" 1. theyre middle schoolers 2. isn't that what older gens said about us? don't you remember being 11?

it truly is just "impulse reaction to cringe <- has not yet unlearned shame"

the cycle continues let me out of here

guys. guys I think we should kill cringe culture