Winnie the Pooh

February 6, 2010 Leave a comment

Winnie the Pooh is strange

Winnie the Pooh is strange

Many parents like Winnie the Pooh and like it when their kids watch it.  I think that that is strange, because all the characters in the Winnie the Pooh universe or the “100 Acre Wood” are really messed up. 

  1. First you have Winnie the Pooh or Pooh Bear.  Pooh Bear has an obvious substance abuse problem.  The reason Pooh Bear talks so slow, is that he is in a constant state of a sugar crash.
  2. Eeyore is constantly depressed.  Winning the lottery and Paxil would not pull this character out of his deep depressive state.    
  3. Rabbit is the token republican of the 100 Acre Wood who just looks after his garden.  He also watches to make sure that Pooh Bear and the rest of the miscreants in the 100 Acre Wood are living with proper values. 
  4. Tigger is a bad relationship role model for kids because he shows kids that you can have fun playing with your tail all day long.    
  5. Piglet is the only normal guy in the forest, but he has no self confidence.  Who can blame him though, you would be insecure too if you where a guy who had to wear pink all day long.

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Some people think Americans are too materialistic

February 6, 2010 Leave a comment

Board games teach materialism

Board games teach materialism

 

Some people think that Americans are too materialist.  I think that it is just the way we were raised.  When we were kids we played a lot of board games that taught us to be materialistic.  In Monopoly, there is a community chest card that says, “you have won second prize in a beauty contest, collect $10.”  The community chest card didn’t say how winning second place in a beauty contest makes you feel good or how it is good for your self esteem.  In Monopoly all that matters is money.   

Or in the board game LIFE, when you got married, all you do is put a little peg in your car.  And of course it is your car and not you and your peg’s car.  The only way the game LIFE could make marriage anymore lifeless, is if the pegs didn’t have little round heads.   

Or in the board game Shoots and Ladders, you are only allowed to move forward or backward, and it is against the rules to be happy and content with where you are.

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