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[Jon walks up to a ringing phone] [Jon answers the ringing phone] Liz yells: JON RUN! Jon: Oh, hey Liz! Liz yells: JON, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE! [Jon turns to look at Garfield off screen. The silhouette of a sexy body with the head of Garfield can be seen on the back wall] Liz screams: GARFIELD IS A SUCCUBUS! Garfield: Hi, Jon [The phone drops to the ground] Liz screams: DON’T FUCK HIM!

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  • Zorque@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Just because Newspapers didn’t want it doesn’t mean people didn’t want it. Corporations intentionally bland up their products to appeal to the most people possible. Just look at the colors of bed linens that are commonly available, or car colors, or JJ Abrams movies. All intentionally blanded up to appeal to the widest demographic without even the possibility of offense.

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      6 hours ago

      I wonder how that might have impacted our diet… American cuisine in general is often considered bland and tasteless, even though some specific foods of ours are very well regarded. Maybe because we’ve been sold food targeting the broadest market possible for decades, impacting our cultural flavors?