I like how they just gloss over the fact that they specifically are being critiqued and made fun of by the character and the show, but still want to do that sort of post. How can you hear this:
“You did the most important thing. You… you bought something. You bought something. With money. God. I love money so much[…] Merchandise, Morty. Your only purpose in life is to buy and consume merchandise. And you did it. You went into a store… an actual honest to God store… And you bought something. You didn’t ask questions or raise ethical complaints. You… you just looked straight into the bleeding jaws of capitalism and said “yes, daddy, please.” And I’m… I’m so proud of you. I only wish you could’ve bought more. I… I love buying things so much, Morty.”
And not be like “Wow, shit. That whole jerking off when line go up thing really makes us sound a bit silly when he puts it like that and then immediately tries to make out with his grandson and then watch tv”. Imagine identifying with a character - who is literally supposed to ne the worst human - who absolutely parodies your ideology and then still thinking “smart man is us, we is good because number go up!”
There’s some good moments to it, but you really have to walk into it realizing that they are fully intending to take the piss out of everything, and that all the characters are shitty people that believe in nothing in a universe where nothing matters and they can’t really ever lose anything.
That particular bit was a rant at the end of a complete nonsense episode that included a fake advertisement and website that went nowhere - which was even more of a shot at these weird bootlicking fans who created the who mcdonalds sauce meltdown - but the show doesn’t usually have such a good take on making fun of capitalists.
It’s kinda like Always Sunny in that you should not be identifying with these characters because they are supposed to be a comedic level of awful. It’s pretty great to get drunk or high and throw on with a few friends so you can all laugh at the genuinely funny bits and make fun of the dumb bits. It’s not a show to get invested in, for many reasons, but the “community” is the biggest one.
Look I know Rick and Morty get a bad rap and for good reason, but there are not many shows so attuned to my weird humor wavelength that they do 10 minutes snake scenes with no dialogue but “sssss”.
It’s… not bad. There are some genuinely funny bits in it and it’s entertaining enough. There are probably more good or decent episodes than shit ones. The fanbase is fucking terrible though.
Also worth mentioning that the showrunner is not a fan of their fans, which is good
Reddit is made of teenagers, I’m pretty sure.
By sometime around 2018 it was obvious that reddit was mostly 15 year olds
Back in 2014 it still felt mostly 20s people
Instead of going to college, we all should go get a job at daddy’s investment firm.
Unfortunately, ancaps really are that stupid
I hate the Rick character because for all his venom towards everyone, he never gets his own comeuppance. None of his losses feel actually real so like in a game with little consequence he picks the asshole option and gets away with it.
A better written show would have him never escape even a cosmic humiliation since he cant get it from the rest of the cast.
Fucking hate that show
If Rick is woman she’ll definitely be one of the most hated character in fiction with 6-hour long rant videos lining up your youtube recommendation ever since you accidentally clicked on a slightly edgy meme video that one time.
just waiting on the big reveal that rick is ftm.
i have never seen the show, but that is now canon. deal with it nerds.
They like it because they think they are Rick and they’re so fucking clueless that they don’t get the not very subtle at all subtext about him. Rick is a fuckup who is absolutely miserable and in spite of what he says, it’s not his intelligence that stops him functioning and developing interpersonal, genuine relationships with others. It’s that he’s a fundamentally selfish and lazy person.
It’s Walter White all over again. Clueless pricks who can’t get their heads around the concept that a protagonist may not be likeable or good. Same dumbfucks who probably wank off to STEM and ridicule the humanities subjects they so sorely need an education in.
