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I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for u tho. Or sorry that happened.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Is there something you'd like to get off your chest?

OP thinks anyone read this 🤣

We get it, Mindy, you can write essays. Still not going to watch your show.

My post about Velma would be "Not interested, didn't watch, amused at the reactions from both directions."

But shit, that's not much of a post. And I don't feel like whipping out the thesaurus to cobble together enough words to express that sentence in a novella.

Dear Facebook

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For anyone who gave up after the first paragraph. OP's post isn't about having a different opinion about the tv show Velma. Instead it's about the people disliking the show. OP claims that everyone who doesn't like the show is a racist misogynist. It's one of those posts where the spit is drooling from the screen.

I don't understand why OP wrote it. He clearly states he has no intention reading any of the reactions or revisiting his post ever again. It's almost a literal version of 'old man yells at cloud'.

Person who doesn’t understand paragraphs is trying to lecture. 🤣

TL;DR Velma is cringe but so were old Scooby Doo cartoons. Velma is relatable. The hate is unfounded. Velma is not bad.

> I really don't care and have already turned off any notifications for this thread as I really don't want to respond or interact with all of the haters.

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so that was a lie

Ok, Mindy

He clearly has interest in reading the reactions is the irony

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>Because a 16 yo being interested in his/her own sex and body and discovering that stuff - which many doctors / psychologist / sexologist would consider a natural and healthy thing

Yeah that's totally the same as a room full of adult writers and animators sexualizing 15 year old girls

>I'm white, straight, atheist middle age man

well that explains it.

Downvoting this waste of time

Dude... if you hate my take on Velma, sure... you do you, but don't try smart ass yourself out of the fact you don't even know what a spacebar does. You tried to write a clever line that I "discovered a spacebar" for paragraphs - which is literally not the key for paragraphs* - and now you're trying to backpedal on this.

* you aren't actually one of those people who when they write a document in word for example insert like 150 spaces to go to the next line are you? Damn... that would explain the dumb mistake. Next time just use Enter. Might be a shocking experience for you the first few times but you'll get used to it.

I read your entire comment, and this is my effort to engage with you earnestly: condensing all the criticism of the show into just 'racists and misogynists' eliminates the nuance that you're trying to defend the show with. Putting all the 'culture war' BS aside, it's just not a well constructed show. The jokes miss far more than they land, it's too genuine in it's mediocrity for it to be satire, and the characters are about as deep as a four second elevator pitch blurb.

Back on to the topic of racism - you've specifically used that word to describe the humor of the show, so you agree it's based around the idea of mocking, humiliating, and shaming someone for their skin color. You'd have to go pretty far back to find a show where the main characters are gleefully mocking someone's race, and expecting the audience to agree and laugh with them. Why is that suddenly acceptable in 2023?

It's not even shock comedy, it's just reprehensible behaviour from someone that clearly thinks the next step after equality is "my turn now".

I skipped to the PS (always read the PS first) and confirmed none of it was worth reading.

The "I've turned off replies b/c you're all poopyheads" said it all, that the OP would be furiously refreshing the thread to see new comments.

I'm just happy that whenever this sub gets recommended to me randomly I'm reminded that almost everyone has the emotional maturity of a 13 year old. Holy shit. This person made a short essay about this show and everyone is mocking it being just 6 paragraphs long. There's literally only a single person who actually read it and is trying to engage with them but everyone else is "acting" like they don't know how to read.

> He clearly states he has no intention reading any of the reactions or revisiting his post ever again

Which is the best indication that the OP is refreshing the page frequently to see the responses.

People like the OP want to stir the shit for attention but don't have the stones to defend their opinions. Given how thin-skinned the OP is, though (see below quote of the OP in reply in another post in this thread) I'm sure it's for the best that he doesn't engage :D

> Dude... if you hate my take on Velma, sure... you do you, but don't try smart ass yourself out of the fact you don't even know what a spacebar does. You tried to write a clever line that I "discovered a spacebar" for paragraphs - which is literally not the key for paragraphs* - and now you're trying to backpedal on this.

> * you aren't actually one of those people who when they write a document in word for example insert like 150 spaces to go to the next line are you? Damn... that would explain the dumb mistake. Next time just use Enter. Might be a shocking experience for you the first few times but you'll get used to it.

/applause

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0 upvotes and 27 comments. Glad to see people don’t respect this tripe.

Give it up, Mindy

>I literally watched EVERYTHING that was released with Scooby

Wait, i thought Scooby-Doo was not in the show.

Have you ever said anything in two sentences?

> You'd have to go pretty far back to find a show where the main characters are gleefully mocking someone's race, and expecting the audience to agree and laugh with them.

Honestly, I can't recall any mass market show where that happened. Sure, in some movies, like Disney's Song of the South, black characters were depicted in ways that are uncomfortable and Asian stereotypes were portrayed insensitively, but I don't know of any show with a recurring theme that bad things happening to black folks is funny because of their race.

Maybe I'm wrong. Are there any examples of TV shows more blatantly racist than Velma?

I am currently on a mission yo watch every episode of every scooby doo show (I'm not much of a movie person but I've seen my fair share). I was excited about velma when I saw it was coming out because it was different. However, after watching the first 2 episodes I had a knee-jerk reaction like everyone else did that it was an awful show. I kept watching when new episodes came out and it's actually not as bad as the first two episodes make it seem. Is it great not by any stretch but does it deserve this much hate no. It as pretty easy to just move along and watch what you want to watch instead of hating on a show that isn't even finished yet.

that's the pettiest thing I've read this year, and basically boils down to "anyone who doesn't like Velma is a - ist asshole". Like a reverse Critical Drinker video, but at least the Scotch is funny because he doesn't take himself that seriously

Its one of those shows where you are not sure if the creators are super sublime satirists of today's ( wokeist ) culture , or just bumbling idiots

And truly the best works of satire often are this way.

We will never know if its genius or shit. And its really up to everyone to decide by them selves.
( I know panic is already setting in , seeing that collective mind will be unable to guide you on this one. But you are on your own kid... on this one )

I think it’s incredibly cringe worthy but I still watch it… I never go into anything with any expectations. I find it hilarious that norville is against drugs and his father looks like a true shaggy interpretation. Half of the students are always high and it reminds me of what my high school was like

You seem completely sane

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This is the correct response

For some reason, OP is doing their best to make racist jokes seem harmless and it's the people that are speaking out against racism and prejudice in the show that are somehow in the wrong

OP compares south parks edgy humor to Velmas and I have to say they come off completely different. South Park clearly makes fun of racism by parodying it and showing ridiculous people in ridiculous situations

Velma doesn't come across as a parody to me. It feels like it's leaning into the "fuck white people" shtick targeting an audience that likes making fun of white people

> Putting all the 'culture war' BS aside, it's just not a well constructed show.

Isn't op's main point though that the original Scooby Doo was not a great show either, and that's why the level of vitriol in the criticism strikes him as especially ridiculous?

> South Park clearly makes fun of racism by parodying it

Does it now

Meanwhile they complain about dumb people and others who can't grasp nuanced concepts

Well yeah, have you not watched much South Park?

For example, Cartman is a complete asshole racist bigot douchebag and he says a lot of fucked up stuff.

You know what the difference is? The other characters call him out for it, and Cartman looks like a complete monster most of the time.

That's the difference.

Sure HBO Executive sir, I agree (i honestly could not give a fuck)

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> Back on to the topic of racism - you've specifically used that word to describe the humor of the show, so you agree it's based around the idea of mocking, humiliating, and shaming someone for their skin color. You'd have to go pretty far back to find a show where the main characters are gleefully mocking someone's race, and expecting the audience to agree and laugh with them. Why is that suddenly acceptable in 2023?

The last wide broadcast show to do that was Amos and Andy, which was essentially a minstrel show. You can make a good argument that Velma is a modern day version of a minstrel show with how it mocks physical and cultural traits - by people that aren’t that race/sexuality - in the meanest manner of mockery possible - all for laughs.

It’s going over as well as a modern remake of a minstrel show, so that’s ok I guess.

Amos n Andy

It was pulled from syndication and banned in 1965.

the classic “SOMEONE AGREES WITH ME AND THAT FACT WILL SURELY SATISFY MY EGO” trope

I do gotta say that with the whole MCU as well as Disney being Disney, and as they control a large portion of media (fictional or otherwise)

I’m getting real sick and tired of mediocrity being the defining characteristic of a polarizing piece of media designed in a sterilized lab in a ploy to appeal to the ideal that is ‘everyone’ in the mind of the producers.

Social Media thrives on this trope with various up-vote mechanics...likely to the detriment of many a conversation.

yt videos, indeed

The original Scooby Doo was 'not a great show' because it was a kid's show, not because it was full of racist jokes.

It's shit.

Hehe. Its definitely a trainwreck. But as I said, its so bad, i am starting to think it must be on purpose. 😂

And that’s why I pass on Velma. No Scooby no sale.

I know people are entitled to their opinions but this is really pushing it.