Simpsons: For Kids or Adults?

JacobZeier1992 said:
Yes and I'm proud to do so.
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Then why should anyone take your posts seriously then? If you're just going to make copy and paste something you've already said (and has likely been argued against in the past), then you shouldn't be surprised that people aren't very interested in critiquing the points you make.


Anyways, I think the Simpsons is a family show. One thing I think the show does really well is that there are things everyone can laugh at, regardless of age. Sure there are things that probably only children find hysterical, and there are moments where an Adult will understand a joke that a child can't. But at the end of the day there are many jokes that I think everyone can find funny.
 
It was originally intended to be for adults, but kids enjoyed watching it too. So, as a result, a significant part of the fanbase are kids.
 
Financial Panther said:
@JacobZeier1992 please don’t bump threads by posting the exact message you already posted. Also, please don’t insult people; the best thing to do is ignore their remarks and perhaps widen your array of posting topics. Finally, if you just hit “reply” on multiple posts, you can respond to all them in one post and don’t have to post separately for each one.
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To be fair, the person he told to "fuck off" is a troll.
 
Financial Panther said:
@JacobZeier1992 please don’t bump threads by posting the exact message you already posted. Also, please don’t insult people; the best thing to do is ignore their remarks and perhaps widen your array of posting topics. Finally, if you just hit “reply” on multiple posts, you can respond to all them in one post and don’t have to post separately for each one.
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Ok. But they were insulting me first.
 
BuyMyCereal said:
No guys, Jacob is right. I was allowed to watch The Simpsons at a young age and I saw some shit that traumatized me for life. That shit is just as bad as porn which I'm also against. You can find my crusade at wemuststoppornandthesimpsons.com
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I never said The Simpsons is adults-only and therefore porn. To say so would be outrageous! All I said was it is PRIMARILY for adults as Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, American Dad, and King Of The Hill is. To me they are all basically R-rated, including The Simpsons. Neither one of those franchises should be exposed to children because it may not be safe for them. I personally define children as people below the age of 13; 12 and under. I also said The Simpsons is good therefore I like it but some people think it's bad therefore don't like it. And the reason why some people have a negative opinion on The Simpsons is because of its adult/offensive content, such as sexuality/borderline porn, drug use, callas jokes, bloody violence, and bad language. The Simpsons is NOT for everyone. As a Simpsons fan, I can understand Simpsons haters point of view pretty well.
 
John Smith 1882 said:
It was originally intended to be for adults, but kids enjoyed watching it too. So, as a result, a significant part of the fanbase are kids.
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Tragically, yes. I still don't think it's a good idea; it's wrong. Of course, we should accept the Simpsons young fandom as something that happens. Hell, I was exposed to it at a young age but in retrospect I feel it is a poor choice. All I'm saying is I feel children should be discouraged from their fandom of The Simpsons because they might complain about its (content) rating containing elements that contradict the supposedly "family-friendly" reputation it has gotten in over a decade. I was one of those kids. It takes a mature, stable and sensible person to watch the show. Nobody should be a Simpsons fan until they are of age to handle its adult content. Obviously, The Simpsons ain't porn but it's far from being child-friendly.

Children (and adults) should be fans of something like Rugrats, Looney Tunes, SpongeBob SquarePants, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, and Disney instead. Those are more kid-friendly, at least in my opinion.
 
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TheNewestMoron said:
Then why should anyone take your posts seriously then? If you're just going to make copy and paste something you've already said (and has likely been argued against in the past), then you shouldn't be surprised that people aren't very interested in critiquing the points you make.


Anyways, I think the Simpsons is a family show. One thing I think the show does really well is that there are things everyone can laugh at, regardless of age. Sure there are things that probably only children find hysterical, and there are moments where an Adult will understand a joke that a child can't. But at the end of the day there are many jokes that I think everyone can find funny.
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To each their own but I still say it's an adult show and kids should not be watching it or having anything to do with it until they are of age. 😠 It was always for adults and always will be. Besides it's not for everyone, neither for children nor for easily offended adults. Yes, kids can literally do whatever they want but it doesn't make it right for them. I find the idea of kids watching the Simpsons immensely depressing.
 
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Appropriate for all ages. Aimed at families, gets the most enjoyment out of late-teens/young adults.
When I was younger, I would just go like "Haha, Homer is being funny because he got hurt." now I laugh at my ass off at all of the Smithers is gay jokes, the implications, Homer randomly being able to speak formal, proper, intelligent english out of no where...

I think growing up with the Simpsons then hitting a point of being able to realise all of the extra jokes you missed as a kid is the best way to go for it, imho
 
John Smith 1882 said:
To be fair, the person he told to "fuck off" is a troll.
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No I'm not. well at least not in this instance.

The dude is all about rallying against censorship, and then the last chunk of the post is ranting about how the show isn't appropriate for kids and they shouldn't be watching it and it's too much for a child's sensitive pallet to comprehend. I know at the time in the early 90s it was a popular target from conservative sources, but the truth has always been The Simpsons is among the most innocuous shows outside of actual children's programming for kids to view.

"kids shouldnt be watching it until they are of appropriate age". what is this arbitrary age hmm

"Besides it's not for everyone, neither for children nor for easily offended adults." or like this lol. "easily offended adults". again where is this arbitrary line in your mind

and this was the guy ranting about elitist dogma or whatever, not that I need to be yet another person pointing out that hypocrisy
 
comeau said:
No I'm not. well at least not in this instance.

The dude is all about rallying against censorship, and then the last chunk of the post is ranting about how the show isn't appropriate for kids and they shouldn't be watching it and it's too much for a child's sensitive pallet to comprehend. I know at the time in the early 90s it was a popular target from conservative sources, but the truth has always been The Simpsons is among the most innocuous shows outside of actual children's programming for kids to view.

"kids shouldnt be watching it until they are of appropriate age". what is this arbitrary age hmm

"Besides it's not for everyone, neither for children nor for easily offended adults." or like this lol. "easily offended adults". again where is this arbitrary line in your mind

and this was the guy ranting about elitist dogma or whatever, not that I need to be yet another person pointing out that hypocrisy
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I'd just like to point out also that the Simpsons (at least in the UK) is shown constantly during the day on Sky1, at 6PM on Channel4 and Channel4 shows like 4-6 episodes at ~10AM-ish on the Weekends. All times Kids are awake, all times kids are able to grab a TV remote and watch.

The Simpsons is for all ages. I have no idea what this guys problem is, and he's probably going to get himself banned sometime soon if he continues to be rude to people who don't echo his own thoughts back to him.
 
When I was a young kid and started watching The Simpsons other super popular shows that were on TV at the time were Roseanne and Married With Children, both shows that I also watched. Are any of these kids shows? No. Do all of them have topics and jokes that aren’t “appropriate” for kids, or are things kids wouldn’t pick up on? Yeah sure. But overall all three of these shows are innocuous enough that the average child could watch it and not be negatively affected by it, or at least not any more negatively affected by them than from actual childrens shows of the same era like Ninja Turtles or something. Shoot I was watching movies like Eastwood’s Unforgiven (via my father) around the same time I was watching Three Men and a Comic Book.

It’s completely baseless and frankly prudish thinking.

And you can like use actual examples from early examples in the show itself. The Itchy and Scratchy v Marge ep, or the monologue in Bart the Daredevil.
 
JacobZeier1992 said:
Children (and adults) should be fans of something like Rugrats, Looney Tunes, SpongeBob SquarePants, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, and Disney instead. Those are more kid-friendly, at least in my opinion.
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also this is ridiculous and further weakens your point. The original Looney Tunes weren't made for kids either and were littered with adult jokes and references(hence why watching them as a kid numerous jokes and references to 30s and 40s popular culture flew way over kids heads; also also something something the racism prevalent in many of the shorts something something). Too many uses of alcohol and tobacco(and perhaps other illicit substances) to count, countless examples of sexual innuendos and even outright nudity in some cases, suicide jokes, anti authoritarian messages, you could go on and on why the original Warner cartoons aren't "appropriate" for children.

All the rest of what you mention are infamous for containing thinly veiled adult jokes and references, particularly Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, and SpongeBob, which all did it in pretty much every episode. None of them are all that different humor wise than the classic episodes of The Simpsons, hell the biggest difference between something like The Simpsons and Animaniacs is Animaniacs couldn't get away with outright saying words like "hell" and "damn" and "bitch", instead had to resort to clever disguises.

And I need not mention the very sizable adult fanbases all of these things have had and continue to have.
 
AnythingSlim said:
Appropriate for all ages. Aimed at families, gets the most enjoyment out of late-teens/young adults.
When I was younger, I would just go like "Haha, Homer is being funny because he got hurt." now I laugh at my ass off at all of the Smithers is gay jokes, the implications, Homer randomly being able to speak formal, proper, intelligent english out of no where...

I think growing up with the Simpsons then hitting a point of being able to realise all of the extra jokes you missed as a kid is the best way to go for it, imho
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Believe what you want. I can and will argue that it's geared towards adults til the cows come home. If kids watch it, I feel sorry for them and their parents. I still say it's for adults and shouldn't be associated with children. And yes it is "for families" but so is Family Guy, American Dad, and Bob's Burgers but it's best if the parents keep the DVDs in their bedroom shelf and pop in the DVDs to watch the episodes on the living room TV whenever they watch it with their kids. Although the kids can watch it with their parents, they (the kids) should not bring it up or draw the characters if they're in school (particularly elementary or middle) or church (if Christian), other places is OK. But nobody should be fans of the Simpsons until they are at least 13 years old or, better yet, 18 or 21, which is if they graduate from high school.
AnythingSlim said:
I'd just like to point out also that the Simpsons (at least in the UK) is shown constantly during the day on Sky1, at 6PM on Channel4 and Channel4 shows like 4-6 episodes at ~10AM-ish on the Weekends. All times Kids are awake, all times kids are able to grab a TV remote and watch.

The Simpsons is for all ages. I have no idea what this guys problem is, and he's probably going to get himself banned sometime soon if he continues to be rude to people who don't echo his own thoughts back to him.
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No! The Simpsons is NOT for all ages! It is for adults, at least those who are stable enough to handle it's potentially offensive content.
 
JacobZeier1992 said:
But nobody should be fans of the Simpsons until they are at least 13 years old or, better yet, 18 or 21, which is if they graduate from high school.
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I’m sorry this is freakin bonkers. You should only be allowed to watch The Simpsons at the same age you are allowed to die for your god forsaken country, but only if you graduated high school!

are you freaking serious
 
"Although the kids can watch it with their parents, they (the kids) should not bring it up or draw the characters if they're in school (particularly elementary or middle) or church (if Christian), other places is OK."

Oh sure, because demanding kids not to draw characters from a show they enjoy just for fun is totally treating them with respect and isn't a dogmatic attitude at all. If the parents are there watching it with them, what's the problem? Just like everything else you've rambled on about, this argument doesn't make a lick of sense.
 
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cuckold bart said:
How can people say it’s appropriate for kids to watch the Simpsons when it leads them to post on the NHC
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Ha ha ha you're funny. 😆 But in all seriousness though, this fight as to whether it's for adults or kids/families could go on until the cows come home.

I for one had clearly stated in earlier posts that The Simpsons is not for younger viewers, least of all little kids, like, say, 7 year olds. The Simpsons is definitely not for little kids. 7 year olds should be fans of shows like Animaniacs (both the 90s series and the 20s one), SpongeBob, Rugrats (both the 90s series and 10s one), Tiny Toons, and Ren and Stimpy (the kid-friendly version and NOT the Mad Adult Party one) instead.
 
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