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Paranoid. And boring. Lol.
They screamed it was rotting brains, but rewatching the first season as an adult? It was so clever with the word play and jokes and scenarios.
Now we have actual brain rot, and some of the same kind of parents of the new generations just sit their kids in front of it without watching themselves or doing any research because the title says educational to get clicks, while the content is oftentimes AI slop, or just content farmed garbage with no actual value.
This popular kid in elementary school (we were like 9 probably?) was OBSESSED with SpongeBob; his whole room was themed it, and his school supplies, shirts. But his parents didn't let him watch it, because, direct quote, "they say it rots your brain". Saddest story ever. I wonder when he was old enough to exercise free will what he thought about the show.