Fair warning: I'm writing this at 1AM and using my own knowledge of the series to convey my thesis. If people want properly cited sources at a later date, I'll see what I can do to clarify all the pieces of trivia and lore that I'm dropping here.
Wanting to reconnect with my childhood roots after graduating college, I spent this past summer watching every single episode of the original VeggieTales series from Where's God When I'm Scared to Noah's Ark, along with the LarryBoy animated series and the original 6 episodes of 321 Penguins. I also rewatched every episode of the series that had an audio commentary from the studio, just to see the thought process behind making each episode. I had a lot of fun with it, and it was a real nostalgic trip. Doing everything in this process both gave me an incredible amount of respect for the original creative team of Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, and a deeper understanding of the positive and negative aspects of this series.
To understand how this series originally worked, let me try to explain what the creators had in mind.
Phil Vischer has said numerous times that he originally wanted his writing style to be influenced by Monty Python (along with Terry Gillam when he broke off from the team) and Tim Burton, with just enough Jim Henson sprinkled on the top that the kids will enjoy it. And when he first started trying to develop a children's show, the two biggest inspirations were Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and Ren and Stimpy. The way he figured, Mr. Rogers gave the kids a lot of important truths, but did so with the humor of an Anglican priest. Ren and Stimpy was very funny, but it had nothing to say and couldn't improve your life at all. So if he could capture a happy medium between the two extremes, he'd be set with his show. Based on his sermon where he talks about how dreams are the enemy and his memoir where he compares himself to Hitler for wanting a bigger company (it makes more sense in context I promise), I'd say this man has suffered a lot in the years since. Personally I think his writing style with the reboot series is much weaker than it was in his prime, though it is still technically an upgrade from the Netflix series.
Of course this is Phil Vischer we're talking about, the same guy who declared it impossible to molest Bob and Larry because they have no genitals. (I'm not kidding, that's a real quote from the guy who makes Christian kids programming.) Take his words however you want.
But, Phil wa
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Even as brand-new 5G technology has yet to establish a foothold around the world, the U.S. and China already are racing to develop the next step in high-speed communications: a 6G network.
The U.S. telecom industry hopes to send a "National 6G Roadmap" to the Biden administration and Congress in early 2022 to get a jump start. The roadmap will also recommend radio spectrum best suited for 6G network applications. The 6G blueprint is being developed by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. ATIS last year formed the Next G Alliance, which has nearly 70 corporate members, to create 6G task groups. One ATIS goal is capturing U.S. government funding to spur 6G research and commercial development. ATIS also aims to put the U.S. on a fast track to providing technical specifications. It expects global industry standards makers will turn their attention to a 6G network around 2024-25. Telecom firms may have to bid for 6G airwaves as well but ATIS plans to steer away from that subject. "Certainly we are watching what's happening in the global landscape and there's a lot of energy globally around 6G," ATIS Chief Executive Susan Miller told Investor's Business Daily. "We are looking at this through an entire ecosystem that takes it all the way from the R&D phase to commercialization and market readiness. We're looking at it very holistically." 6G Network Radio Spectrum Needs Founding members of the Next G Alliance include AT&T (T), Ciena (CIEN), Facebook (FB), Ericsson (ERIC), Interdigital, Microsoft (MSFT), Qualcomm (QCOM), T-Mobile US (TMUS) and Verizon Communications (VZ) as well as other companies. While 5G wireless networks use high frequencies in 24 gigahertz to 40 gigahertz bands, 6G will go much higher. The Federal Communications Commission in 2019 opened up spectrum in the 95 gigahertz to 3 terahertz range for experimental use. Early 6G wireless research projects focus on terahertz spectrum, representing the first venture into that realm for a wireless network. Terahertz radio waves carry much more data than lower frequency bands. But they transmit data over shorter distances than airwaves used by a 5G network. As a result, a 6G network will require more radio antennas than 5G. But Mike Nawrocki, managing director of the Next G Alliance, says lower, midband spectrum has not been ruled out for a 6G network. Nawrocki expects 6G wireless to find a role in more demanding applications than 5G. "Some of the applications right now that we
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I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
When I got home, they were still there.
