r/cartoonphilosophy

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Philosophical messages hidden in the cartoons of our formative youth

r/cartoonphilosophy

Inspired by the "Cartoon Philosophers" segment of Richard Linklater's cult film, *Slacker*.

Created Jan 6, 2015

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THE RULES

THIS IS NOT A SUB FOR SUBMITTING PHILOSOPHY IN THE FORM OF CARTOONS. Those are better suited for other philosophy subs, and will be deleted if found here.

This sub is for exploring cartoons fed to the youth, both old and current, and finding the philosophical lessons in them. Your theories can be outlandish, but must be coherent and and constructed with some logical cohesiveness.

Example from the film:

Like Saturday morning cartoons is all a bunch of values and junk they're throwing at you. Like take Scooby Doo, you know? Scooby Doo, like, looks at you, and it's like there's Shaggy, and there's Scooby Doo, and they say, 'Hey, why don't you beat the shit out of this bad guy and like we'll give you a Scooby snack.' And he'll go, 'Oh, duhh.' And they'll say, 'Well, two Scooby snacks ...' That's what they're teaching kids it's all bribery. They're teaching kids fucking bribery....

The point is to be creative, have fun, and have your readers think, "Uh, I never noticed that before!'

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