Let’s smash the patriarchy without classist bullshit. The implication here is that only a man with an expensive car could possibly be taken seriously as a romantic partner.

I feel the same way about anime in general, with few exceptions¹. I had at least one friend in my teens that was into it, and I remember him showing me stuff like Ranma 1/2, Catgirl Nuku Nuku, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Ninja Scroll. Except for a morbid fascination with the ultra-violence of the latter, it all kind of bounced off of me.

I remember watching a handful of Pokémon and Dragonball Z episodes when I was young, and finding them to be hilariously bad. These were probably formative experiences in shaping my overriding attitude toward anime. I’ve seen a broad smattering of it in the intervening years, and none of it has really moved the needle.

Which is just to say: you may not have been into it, regardless of your age at initial exposure.

¹ I thoroughly enjoyed The Castle of Cagliostro, and should probably watch more of Miyazaki’s films. Also, some of the Junji Ito Collection is pretty creepy.

I heard this TAL the other day, and thought it was a repeat of an old episode. I’m surprised to learn that it wasn’t, and wonder where I originally heard about this phenomenon. Probably on some other podcast, I imagine, but I can’t recall which.

This is Dicktown erasure! Also, it’s ludicrous that Taskmaster isn’t on here.

I saw one of these on the back of a car the other day, but it was in pink and said “Please don’t park too close, I’m thick!”

Not thicc. It said thick.