If a TV show for kids does better with a different demo then intended (like a barbie show catches on with boys 6-11 or whatever). They just cancel the show, they don't embrace it. This is from tumblr but its just screenshots, I dunno its market segmentation.
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Another point to show that capitalism can also be illogical quite frequently, also jesus fuck I hate toy and cartoon companies so much
So many toys today seem like they have to crank up the gender coding to 11
had literal muscles on it
I find this kind of hilarious because I grew up with He-Man muscled everything, and all of our boomer dads feared that it WOULD turn us all gay.
hehe ........ wait
:thinking-about-it:
Every toy just seemed overly aggressive and bought specifically to signal MY SON IS NOT GAAAAYYY!
swear to god, there was a toy fire engine that had literal muscles on it
Jokes on them, their gay son is gonna commission some truly weird fire engine art in about twenty years
I'd pick up one of the cars and say "These toys are fascistic. Sorry to spoil your 'fun'." But I don't have kids so can't do that joke yet without getting ostracized.
Yup, toys are weird, parents are freaks, doctors delivering babies that are obsessed with their genitalia are freaks. I was in the bluey section of target with my daughter. Another dad and daughter were there shopping for the daughter's friend's birthday. She was like, "oh, we can get her a bluey toy." and the dad said no that's a boy's toy. The daughter went on to explain that both Bluey and Bingo are girls, and still the dad said it was a boys show.
Sorry for the anecdote, but it was recent and very weird. Still thinking about it.
Rectangular character = boy, I guess?!?
Pondering the inherent masculinity of the rectangle
How are conservatives still this oblivious to gay gym rat and bear culture? Big, beefy dudes getting it on is the most maculine thing there is :shrug-outta-hecks:
there was a toy fire engine that had literal muscles on it
That's fucked up, in the 90s only toys of normal things like sharks had muscles
May I suggest ... trains?
That's the beauty of original Thomas, it was a bunch of bitchy male trains