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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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How do animals in the Peppa Pig universe work? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m being currently subjected to a Peppa Pig marathon as I watch my nephew. They are visiting the zoo.

Some kinds of animals are clearly “people” - like Peppa and the zookeepers. But other animals are non speaking - animals. They showed non talking penguins eating fish - are fish not “people” either?

The zookeeper is a lion who confuses the teacher - some sort of gazelle - with a wildebeest as a running joke, which seems to suggest that he thinks of her as food.

Some of the jokes in this show seem targeted to adults, which makes no sense, as absolutely nothing in this show is watchable to anyone above the age of 4.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So you're trying to apply logic to an animated kids show. My advice is: stop. It doesn't matter. Cookie monster never eats a cookie either.

I like to imagine that all creators of kids shows were high as a kite when they came up with the premise. [Takes a massive hit] "Duuuude, they're like a team of first responder dogs but they can fly helicopters and one is a cop. They're like the Village People but dogs." [Takes another hit] "And they can talk!" And thus Paw Patrol was born.

[Lights up spliff] "Oy, mate. 'ere's the thing. She's a cheeky one, this Peppa. And she's a pig. 'Er 'ead's always sideways. She's always mucking about." [Inhales deeply] "And all the other muppets are animals too. But get this: there are other animals." [Exhales] "But they can't talk."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

"Let's make a show about monster trucks!"

"Yeahhhh dude! But the main character needs a tagline, what should it be?"

/lighting a fat one "Hehehehe... how about 'let's blaze!'?"

"Hehehe... duuuuude... hehuehuehehe..."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Paw Patrol right on the money! 😆