Spongebob is making your kids stupid
So says a study that I’d be interested in knowing who paid for. I guess that’s an improvement since it used to be that Spongebob was making your kids gay.
Besides, this is actually funny.
So says a study that I’d be interested in knowing who paid for. I guess that’s an improvement since it used to be that Spongebob was making your kids gay.
Besides, this is actually funny.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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September 12th, 2011 at 11:18 am
It makes you gay and stupid? So what’s Barney Frank’s excuse?
September 12th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Well he’s sure as hell not gonna make kids smart, but maybe they would pick up some decorating tips.
September 12th, 2011 at 11:42 am
This should not make any difference. A large majority of kids are not exactly swift anyhow…
September 12th, 2011 at 11:53 am
Where’s the control group that they have running around like bats out of hell for 30 minutes? And the group that takes a nap for 30 minutes?
September 12th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
There may be an upside here: http://wp.me/p1NAwV-cU
September 12th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
this explains why all those children of liberals tend to be tards, and can’t even listen to their parents. yeah, like time-out will do anything. It also explains why gen Y seems to be full of morons.
September 12th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
i think that we can all agree that then generation following gen X, age 14 to 28, isn’t the smartest group of people that have ever come out of this country. In fact they tend to fall short of the averages of even 70 years ago, when most people didn’t even finish high school. These are the people that are raising the next generation, and their kids are watching the same stuff that they did. Can we say double-dip stupid?
September 12th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
I love the throw away lines at the end of the article that tell anyone still reading that scientific method was blithely ignored. None of the kids come from varying demographics, none in the study were tested *before* the tv shows and follow-up tests were given, but “…all [participants] got similar scores or parent evaluations of their behavior.” Way to not factor in self-reporting fallacies.
Also, Spongebob? A show that’s been on for 12 years. Medical academia really has its finger on the pulse of contemporary culture doesn’t it?
September 12th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
I’d rather have a gay kid than a stupid one. Maybe I should only show her old Spongebob reruns?
September 12th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Gay or stupid, who cares. Forget the study, Spongebob is second only to Barney for the hate inspiration. (Barney the purple dinosaur, not the Senator. Um, wait, maybe…*sigh* never mind.)
September 12th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
goodmanj1981:
I’m 29. I must say that that 14-28 demo was raised by the ~34-48 demo, whom I would hope had/have ultimate control over the on/off switch of the TV.
The point being that there isn’t a TV show out there that can make a kid smart or stupid. Only a parent can do that.
September 12th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
I learned a whole lot from this one !
http://spongebob.nick.com/videos/clip/no-free-rides-full-episode.html