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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

The animation, which ran for two seasons in 2022, is centred around 17-year-old gay and transgender boy Barney Guttman (Zach Barack) who starts working at a paranormal theme park alongside his pal Norma Khan (Kody Kavitha) and talking pug, Pugsley (Alex Brightman). The trio “team up to battle demons at a haunted theme park — and maybe even save the world from a supernatural apocalypse,”

Ngl, that sounds pretty badass and/or delightfully silly with or without the bonus of positive trans representation.

This, along with the fact that the show was already cancelled over two years ago, really shows how unhinged these fascist troglodytes are 🤦

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 days ago

Netflix should sue him and force him to subscribe, just like he was going to sue advertisers for not advertising on X.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 26 points 2 days ago

That opening paragraph is a thing of savage beauty

X boss and free speech stalwart Elon Musk has cancelled his Netflix account amid a right-wing backlash to a trans-inclusive show that was cancelled more than two years ago

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I honestly can't imagine hating my kid that much. Like, idk if the father that disowned me for being trans hates trans people that much

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 162 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Why does he keep broadcasting he's got the emotional intelligence of a 13yo with both regular & reverse daddy-issues

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 33 points 4 days ago

He wants to seem relatable to the other Nazis.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 114 points 4 days ago (4 children)

You may be the richest man on earth, but your Netflix subscription is still the same price as everyone elses. So I'm sure Netflix doesn't really give a shit.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 42 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Perhaps he thinks that people give a shit about his opinions. He burned his bridges with conservatives by accepting huge government contracts and shitting on trump. He burned his bridges with liberals with is DOGE fiasco and by allying himself with trump.

The few disaffected people that hung on after those can't be happy with Elon throwing himself in Ketamine trance on a regular basis. Musks has zero credibility with anyone now except his hand picked board members of Tesla Inc.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

He still has a sizeable tech bro/temporarily embarrassed millionaire following filled with politically-apathetic/"right leaning for the tax breaks" people. But I can't imagine they're opinionated enough to take his opinion as a call to cancel their own convenient Netflix subscription so your point still stands

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[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Canceling Disney subscriptions: because fascists tried to silence criticism against the idiocy that is the trump regime.

Canceling Netflix subscriptions: because conservatives hate trans people…. who could have seen this coming

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 73 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Their very first show, Orange is the New Black had a trans character. Why is this an issue now?

[–] railway692@piefed.zip 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The mistake is assuming this decision was based on anything resembling principles or values.

[–] jason@discuss.online 15 points 3 days ago
[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Conservatives saw how successful the Disney boycott was, and want to have an equivalent threat.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Nah, it’s because they’re all sheep who need to be told their opinions

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't understand how a trans-inclusive show hurts conservatives. Just don't watch it?

Wait, I feel like I just summarized the entire problem..

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

They genuinely think they’re boycotting for the same reason other people boycott Nazi run business. The difference is that they’re dumb as rocks and will believe whatever the angry men on TV tell them.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 63 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cancelling netflix wont bring back your daughter elon

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[–] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Dead End: Paranormal Park

Generally positive reviews, including from the Republicans that hate it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_End:_Paranormal_Park

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He’s got time for Netflix?

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

All he seems to do is watch TV and tweet.

That is between ketamine shots.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wish I was wealthy enough to have people simp for me and work like slaves for me. Just so I can fuck off and buy elections.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Don't we all.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Who cares. Wake me up when he finally ODs on something.

[–] Part4@infosec.pub 13 points 3 days ago

Is this news?

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Take your pick:

Note: These are directed at PinkNews, rather than OP. The point I'm trying to make is that, at least in my opinion, it's ridiculous to report on everything this vaguely humanoid turd says and does when it's as inconsequential as this. "Elon Does Nazi Salute" is newsworthy; "Elon Cancels Netflix Subscription" is not.

And now, on with the memes...

[–] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 38 points 4 days ago

The show was from years ago. These people need to get a life.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago

What a snowflake

[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Remember when LibsOfTiktok was just targeted harassment of social minorities and not a mainstream culture war propagandist?

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's weird that people keep propagating their posts. Just block it and let it disappear into obscurity... Nobody should give a fuck about what they post, it's all negative IQ garbage.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is one of the things I don't get. One of the big reasons Trump got such a huge boost in polls was because every time he did anything ridiculous and godawful, every news outlet reported on it. Putting his name on everyone's tongue. And every single one of these fuckers does the same thing. They do ridiculous outrageous awful things, everyone reports on it, and so they get more of the news cycle than anything else.

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[–] DNS@discuss.online 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Good reminder Elon Musk got gender affirming care to which it failed his already limp grotesque dick

[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Whenever he's transphobic I always think of his daughter Vivian and feel like it must hurt her a lot. It's sad

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

My pet theory is that he’s transphobic because Vivian destroyed his dream of having only sons. He (in)famously uses IVF so he can selectively only have male embryos implanted. And Vivian flies in the face of that plan. Vivian is living proof that even with all of the modern scientific marvels of IVF and all the money in the world, he still can’t accomplish his goal of only having boys.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 5 points 3 days ago

I don't know about those specifics, but I too think that Elmu's reaction to Vivian's transition is a large part of his transphobia. I'm pretty sure he'd be a POS anyway, but society not letting him control his progeny really gets him worked up.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago

His top (of head) surgery was also gender-affirming healthcare.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Not enough nazi's?

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Does Netflix have a Nazi Entertainment category?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 15 points 3 days ago

Musk is scum and I'm eagerly awaiting the day he's no longer shitting up the world.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I cancelled Netflix years ago and never looked back when they released Cuties, because I don’t want to see (or support) 11 year olds shaking their asses.

Some of these fuckers would probably sign up just for that content.

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[–] Shamber@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

How's this SOB still a thing to write about...just hearing his name makes me nauseous 🤢

[–] kbal@fedia.io 14 points 4 days ago

Imagine using the same streaming service as people who aren't cis het rich white male Christian conservatives. That's the bizarre dystopian future the radical woke left wants to force on our children.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Whoooo fucking cares

[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Show is "Dead End: Paranormal Park" in case anyone else bases their media consumption on the "Bigot snowflakes hate it so it should" premise.

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