Maybe it’s my fear of not being believed but I literally can’t do comedy where the other person isn’t being believed. Straight up, at first I would get stressed when the Human Centipede clip was going around. Like, do you know how terrifying it is to be in a wild ass date where you think you’re in danger and the waiter notices but has they have to open their mouth so now you have lie. Or the Elmo Rocko memes like, OF COURSE ELMO’S DISTRESSED! I WOULD BE TOO! LIKE EVERYONE IS TELLING YOU THIS ROCK IS REAL WHEN IT’S NOT(and like yah I’m sure there’s nuance to the situation but like COME ON).

Or Bibi from La Familia Peluche, I remember liking the show as kid and I still do but like, fuck man, the borderline emotional abuse than girl goes through IS WILD. LIKE EVERYONE FUCKING TELLING YOU THAT YOU’RE NOT NORMAL AND FEELING LIKE YOU’RE GOING CRAZY. I remember rewatching La Familia Peluche in Highschool and like fuck man, that period episode. Or to this day I remember the scene where they were serving food and she started to eat first and her family chastised her so she stops but then they make her feel back cause she already started so now she just continue to eat it and like I’ve literally been in a similar situation. And for those who haven’t watched the show, the whole shitck is that this is an absurd world where everyone works on a different level and Bibi’s the only who reacts normally to our eyes(the comedic straight man to alot of the jokes), which leads to the iconic line “Bibi porque no eres una niña normal”(Bibi why aren’t you a normal girl) that is said in every episode. Which from a dramatic irony perspective that we the audience know she’s the only normal person, makes it a funny joke, but if you think about it too hard, it’s so fucking sad, I just can’t help but not fully enjoy the show cause I just constantly feel bad for her.

Fuck even watching HALF LIFE VR BUT THE AI IS SELF AWARE FUCKS WITH ME! Like yes I very much enjoy the series! But, most of the time I’m just feeling bad for Gordon, like fuck man, I’d react the same way, wouldn’t you. Like ESPECIALLY BENRY! MAN DID HE STRESS ME OUT! I genuinely felt so bad for Gordon!

And then this slides into how I can’t enjoy alot of comedy(especially cringe humor) cause even though I understand the joke and think it funny on paper, I just end up feeling too bad for the character to actually enjoy. And it’s awful because I’ll STILL watch the shows because I’m invested in the characters not the humor if that makes sense??? (Oh, Community/The Office, the hate love relationship I have with you).

Anyway, yes I’m so fun to watch comedy with, I literally can’t be in the same room from some scenes. And yes, all my favorite characters follow the Only Sane Man trope, why’d you ask?

You got beef with...a rock

guys it’s Elmo’s birthday

Sounds about right

Bonus Survey

I can feel my brain slowly deteriorating. For the past three days i haven’t been able to stop myself from doing an Elmo impression every single time i open my mouth. It just comes out.

....hello daefina (derogatory)

SESAME STREET | Elmo vs. Rocko

MCE The Jaw Droppers #5: Even Elmo can get gaslit by Rocco.

My theory, and this is one that I've seen before is that all of the adults on Sesame Street treat Rocko as if he's not Zoe's imaginary friend, but actually alive because way back when, everyone thought Snuffelupagus was Big Bird's imaginary friend. Everyone was shocked and felt bad about how they had acted towards Big Bird about Snuffy after finding out he was actually real. This remains in all of the Sesame Street adult's minds with other "imaginary friends" while they are all pretty sure Rocko is just a rock, they don't want a repeat of the Snuffy situation.

While I believe all of this to be true, the way that everyone puts the needs of a rock, above the needs of monsters, specifically Elmo, is disgusting to me. Someone needs to sit down with Zoe and tell her that even though Rocko is her friend that she needs to make some compromises because, even as a three year old, she needs to learn that emotional manipulation of her friends isn't okay.

All of the adults are trying to do their best while taking care of Zoe's needs, but they need to do something to help Elmo and take care of his needs. Zoe and Elmo are both three years old and need to learn that other people have feelings and needs. Zoe knows that she can use Rock to get what she wants while also hurting Elmo, and she takes full advantage of that. The adults have a responsibility to teach Zoe that she is hurting Elmo because Sesame Street as a program has the responsibility to teach children that it is not okay to ignore the autonomy, needs, or feelings of another person.

Autistics understand both sides of the rivalry between Elmo and Rocko.

Ppl be like "gems know if you st/o/le it and it permanently hurts the energy" bruh the rock doesn't care how you aquired it.

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Crazy that elmo's just a fucking racist

Just want to say, that Flint at Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 had more compassion for Berry the strawberry when he was afraid of them, then Elmo has for Rocko in any episode that Rocko was on (I watched them all).