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within the last couple of years I
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seriously don't think there have been
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two shows that have blown up more in
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polar opposite directions than hasbin
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hotel and smiling friends seriously
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before IID even heard of hasbin hotel's
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premise all I saw online was why I
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should hate the show with an entire Army
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of commenters talking about how cringe
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it was and that also includes the
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comments that were by pollings many of
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you just outright said the show was dog
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but before I knew it I'd found myself
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listening to the songs and memes video
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edits and just outright Clips online
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fine and I will lie I could totally see
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why this both picked up in popularity
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and in IR I was both tapping my feet to
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the songs like loser while
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simultaneously questioning the strange
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designs of the show's characters like
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why does this girl have an ex on her eye
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that Clips over her hair H how come all
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the Devils look like cartoonishly
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similar to one another with little to no
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alteration and why are all the Angels
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literally just the same design but
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they're laad well well there's no
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question that the show has a distinctive
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look reminiscent of something you'd see
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at a Hot Topic in the early 2000s and as
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a 30-year-old Boomer myself that isn't
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much of a slight against it however most
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of the criticism that has been directed
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at the show goes beyond its aesthetic as
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its crater seems mired in controversy is
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any of that controversy legitimate or is
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it just drummed up internet Buzz before
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Mr Boon gets into the thick of it please
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consider clicking that like button
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subscribing and dinging the bell for
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more spicy content on television and
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film now let's get back to that nasy
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chap who can't afford a mic battery
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since it keeps slowly dying on a mid
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recording session one clear difference
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between the two shows is that while Zack
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hael and Michael kuszak are incredibly
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self-aware even going as far as to call
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their show stupid we we the PO the point
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of the show was just to not make anybody
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even think or or or feel anything but
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just maybe a laugh or or or fear you
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know one of the case of the that was on
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purpose that was intentional to just get
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a something as close to a genuine
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reaction as we could pop seems to lack
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this self-awareness that is key to a
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Show's survival online unfortunately as
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you'll come to see she simply cannot
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help herself from responding to every
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criticism thrown her way even the ones
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clearly baiting her into a rage yeah
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remember the old anage don't feed the
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troll well she kind of just throws
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everything at the troll wen't for the
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fact that she's clearly very very very
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rich off the show and many other shows
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she's done she would likely become
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another LOL cowl online but yeah if
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you've been on the internet for long
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enough you'll know that one way to
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absolutely derail any level of Goodwill
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coming your way is by being defensive in
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response to criticism or feeding the
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trolls I really think there should be a
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case study one day just on how two shows
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can be so vastly different in terms of
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how they're perceived online as your
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standard Dingus I hardly even knew about
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this Vivy poop character or her show but
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I was exposed to so much of the hate
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briting that I didn't even have a chance
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to think if I liked it or not to be
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honest I have watched quite a bit of it
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and and it's not entirely for me but I'm
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not here to bash its fan base see we can
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all have different tastes and things and
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you know not bully others in their
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tastes unless you don't like pineapple
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pizza Nickelback or candy corn come the
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[ __ ] on man don't be that Reddit in life
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that said has been clearly has its
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dedicated fan base that loves the show
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or else it wouldn't even be as famous as
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it is if not for its fans it would
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likely blip out of existence faster than
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that Mr burum show that literally no one
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likes not even the people they made it
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for so yeah that leads me to asking what
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is it that makes everyone hate the show
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so much and love smiling friends you
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couldn't escape any corner of the
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internet that didn't have wimbly memes
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when hasb been Hotel released you
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couldn't avoid a single meme that wasn't
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bashing the show or its fan base for
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just existing well to begin with from
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what I could find we're smiling friends
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is a show that very clearly wears its
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heart on his sleeve for independent
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voice actors artists and the like has
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been otel while starting with humble
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internet Beginnings decided to replace
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its lesser known voice actors for a cast
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with well-known celebrities and while I
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personally applaud the inclusion of the
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Arbiter and Dr failer because holy I
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don't think loser would hit as hard as
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it does without his bars it is a bit
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sussy that Vivy poop really dropped all
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the talented voice actors that were a
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part of the show previously so this is
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an easy mark on the show for being a
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little bit off outside of recasting
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voice actors what else makes the show so
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grading for some well one other thing I
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noticed right right away is definitely
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the over Alliance on the use of swear
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words love putting my name on the best
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watch your profan and well I'm not an
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anti-wear person I can certainly see why
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this would annoy some even the most
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unbiased reviews like my own that I'd
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watched on the show had the same common
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critique well yes a show like smiling
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friends isn't afraid to throw an F bom
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once in a while it's not something
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that's used as frivolously as hasb been
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otel for every swear word that hasb been
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spams smiling friends makes a strategic
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use of the swears each time the swear
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isn't heavily emphasized like they are
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and has been and often reflect a
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realistic fear or annoyance the
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character
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has how many people killed this guy but
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even then while it was aired on
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television smiling friends actually
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censored each word which arguably in my
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opinion made the scenes a whole lot
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funnier the effort they called again
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except for that instance because he
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didn't actually swear and that actually
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made it kind of more funny that it was
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bleeped out God bless Mr your boss
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whereas smiling friends uses the swear
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words in the show sparsely hasbin
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Creator will constantly defend that this
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is a realistic way that the characters
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should talk and while yes of course
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everybody in our day-to-day life swears
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when you're watching a show it does come
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off as a bit too much at times that's
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just the magic of TV and movies you
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don't always have to be applying realism
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to everything cuz it just doesn't work
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that way I mean it certainly doesn't
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make the show funnier if I'm being
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honest what if the writer is a
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attempting to create a story where
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nothing much happens where characters
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swear every 2 seconds it's just like
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reality you just say all the time and
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why the are you wasting my two precious
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hours with your
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movie I don't have any use for it to
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many including myself it just comes off
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as trying far too hard to be mature by
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substituting actual mature character
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writing for swear wordss which just
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doesn't work and while I'm sure there
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are numerous occasions in which the show
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is pretty mature in a way those moments
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are somewhat negated by just how
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over-the-top the writing can be at times
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this is actually much more a symptom of
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a greater issue with many adult animated
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series these days but that's a topic for
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another time and hey if you want to hear
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me yamp about that some other time by
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all means let me know in the comments
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below from what I can tell hasbin hotel
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is a series that squarely falls into
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that niche of shows that many love and
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many love to hate it's the kind of show
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that has all the makings of a great
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series solid animations interesting
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perhaps overly cluttered designs and
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some damn fun musical set pieces but
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what ultimately holds it back is its
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creator and her incessant need to
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respond to criticism making her an easy
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target online in conjunction with this
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the show is made for a highly specific
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demographic which certainly is not the
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majority of the internet smiling friends
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however is a show that's reverence for
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internet culture and understanding of
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its audience propelled it to becoming a
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show some say is the new Rick and Morty
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killer I mean if we're being honest here
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Rick and Morty itself is really the only
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Rick and Morty killer of itself but oh
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well and though Zach and Michael have
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had their share of edgy content Creation
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in the past like Vivy pop has they've
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since matured and shown that they can
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handle people's criticism online Vivy
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poop herself has various allegations
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thrown her way and while none of them
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truly stuck she certainly doesn't help
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her case by being so vocal online
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whereas Zach and Michael remain reserved
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when a dressing comments online and
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remain within the Public's good graces
