Teaching true facts about the world - that some people will never truly love you, only what you can do for them - since 1939.
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whats the 1939 about?
The year that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was created.
First and most especially the single most important factor: b/c I thought it sounded cool. 😎
Second, I googled "what does Zaddy mean" - oh wait that was earlier in the day, cough, I mean I googled "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", found that it was first aired in 1939, and so put that.
Third, it is a popular meme format.
But mostly b/c it sounded cool (yet is accurate).
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I thought Fireball's reaction to Rudolph's glowing nose was a little extreme. He's a magical, flying reindeer who lives with Santa and his elves at the North Pole. Surely, he has seen some really weird sh*t.
But he reacts to Rudolph as if his skull had burst into flames.
Maybe for reindeer having a red nose is equivalent to a human having no nose. Just super disturbing look on a deep level.
Mainly because sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and it should be enjoyed as such.
Also, Santa, who's implied to be the guardian of the reindeer, chose not to intervene in the slightest on behalf of Rudolph. He never at any point even acknowledged the bullying and went straight to using Rudolph for his own benefit. This, despite a 0% chance he didn't know about the bullying considering that his literal thing is knowing if you're bad or good. Bullying isn't considered bad?
Maybe knowing bad from good only works on human children?
Montgomery Ward employee made up this story. And it was somewhat autobiographical.
He got so drunk his nose got so red it glowed?
He wasn't perceived as valuable until certain traits were made apparent.
What were the Montgomery Wards employee's traits that others found valuable?
It wasn't until he wrote the story, essentially. He provided them further revenue. Although he was already a copywriter.
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer
https://www.npr.org/2015/12/25/461005670/the-history-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer
I believe it. It very much reflects the modes of thought at the time.
I like this post. Festive fun criticism
Aye, Rudolph thought it was an honor to lead out front, finally feeling accepted and needed by everyone. Turns out they were just using him as a flashlight.
Reminds me of some nature movie where there was an albino antelope and it was shunned from the pack because it was different and then some snake ate it
Well there is a clear evolutionary advantage to being wary of 'difference' and you can see that behaviour in nearly every species. Yes, even fluffy puppy dogs.
Human society is the one exception. We have beaten mother nature in the natural world (hunger, warmth and shelter) and now we are focussing on the primordial mother nature within us. Where we cant directly fix a physical or genetic weakness, we reprogramme ourselves (via society) to normalise and accept differences amongst us.
Attitudes to Rudolph show how much we have changed in recent years.
His red nose is a tumour.
A magical Christmas tumor?