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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Puppets don’t age at the same rate as people. Look at Elmo, he first appeared in 1980, he’s like 43 years old but still a child. Ernie’s girlfriend may only be 3 years old, but she could be a MILF puppet.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago

I thought Ernie's girlfriend was Bert...

[–] wldmr@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

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[–] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude, your logic means that ernies girlfriend is around 0.5 years old...

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By “age differently”, I mean “don’t age at all”. Muppets are essentially vampires who are stuck at whatever age they are made at. So Elmo will be a forever-child, even if he lives to a 1000 years old. So it would be weirder if Elmo ever got a significant other, but Ernie having a 3 year old Muppet girlfriend may just mean she was made as a 40 year old fully formed adult and that’s what she will always be.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it's like the anime thing where the 12 year old appearing girl is actually 1000 years old, so sexualizing her is okay.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Sexualizing Elmo is ok too, because he’s a 43 year old.

[–] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

It was a joke :)

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Man, those verb tenses are all fucked up.

[–] twei@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

what's wrong with them?

[–] Nuklia 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I didn't notice, this is just stole from reddit half a year ago

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing English isn't your first language. Past Perfect Continuous tense is a bit of a hard one.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What? No motherfucker, its happily helped prepare, or happily helping prepare.

[–] cindylouwhovian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

https://youtu.be/WKglzI7oiJM?feature=shared

I just want the magic oven that spits out a fully decorated cake.