Lizardizzle

Announcer: “The Yogi’s ostrich is literally burning up the track!“

Me: “Um… no, it definitely isn’t. I guess the animators were too lazy to animate it catching fire.”

Announcer: “The Rottens’ ostrich is ahead by a dozen necklengths!”

Me: “Yeah, no, it’s barely more than 3, I measured. 

Haha! Oh, you silly cartoon-makers, and your silly, lighthearted mistakes–”

Cindy Bear: “Boy, I sure hope you get revitalized soon, so the south can rise again!”

Me: *mouth hangs open in utter shock and confusion*

Ok, I know it was the ‘70s, but… seriously? They just decided to randomly throw in a vaguely-Confederate-supporting phrase? In a kids show? To be said by a cartoon bear riding an ostrich? 

Like, I can only imagine how this went down.

Paul the Writer: “Well, shoot, I think we’ve used up all the stereotypical phrases for the designated ‘southern’ character to use.”

Tim the Writer: “Crap, that’s no good! At this rate, we’ll have to create characters with unique, original personality traits!”

Paul the Writer: “I know, I know, it’s terrible! What do we do?”

Tim the Writer: “Uh… uh… oh! What if we shoehorned something in about the South rising again? That’s a phrase, right?”

Paul the Writer: “…isn’t that sometimes associated with racism, and disliking the outcome of the Civil War?”

Tim the Writer: “Maybe… but it’s ok if a cartoon bear says it, right?”

did this anime waifu just tear down the edgy pretentious pseudointellectual facades we construct for ourselves as an obfuscating substitute for actual worth of character and accuse us of being so wrapped up in our own insular self-validating atrophied emotional comfort zones that we can only relate to others through pop culture allusions and mental dominance contests instead of a genuine emotional connection between two human beings

This made me tear up because of how BEAUTIFULLY executed the VA AND the scene was.