Things you learned/understood now that ruined things of your childhood -

[Monika H.]

Something about your favorite cartoon/anime/videogame that changed your view of it?
It happened with me and I'm gonna sue IW for undue anguish.
Jokes aside, today I learned a very weird thing.

Spoiler

I was playing MW3 with my sister-in-law and she casually mentioned how the game caused outrage here when it came out.
You'd ask, because the Russians invade Prague in a mission?
No, because the Russians that you fight for almost all the game actually wear Czech army uniforms.
She even got out her old jacket (she was an army engineer) to show me, and it's freaking identical.
Activision fucking mismashed Russian emblems with other countries stuff.

Spoiler: No shit

 

[Sprig of Parsley]

I'm gonna be the one to say it: furries ruined a bunch of childhood things for me. I don't even care that they like animal-head-people, but did they really have to screw with established characters? There are movies I probably won't be able to ever watch again without feeling really weird.

 

[Autistsforuganda2]

Maybe not necessarily ruined, but watching Disneys the jungle book these days, knowing that alot of people jerk off to pictures of Kaa makes me feel weird everytime i watch the movie these days.

The live action movie version didn't help things either.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

Honestly, most of the shit I watched in the 90s as a kid was just a bunch of liberal propaganda.
Going back and watching some of it can be painful.

 

[The Last Stand]

Santa wasn't real and my dad isn't coming back.

 

[Sprig of Parsley]

Honestly, most of the shit I watched in the 90s as a kid was just a bunch of liberal propaganda.
Going back and watching some of it can be painful.

Jesus tapdancing Christ yes. Though part of the pain stems from the quality of the animation.

 

[Coldgrip]

Nothing. Every dirty picture, every uncomfortable fact, every horrifying reveal has only made it better.

 

[Krimjob]

Santa wasn't real and my dad isn't coming back.

Relatable. Young me never cried that much...

 

[Monika H.]

Maybe not necessarily ruined, but watching Disneys the jungle book these days, knowing that alot of people jerk off to pictures of Kaa makes me feel weird everytime i watch the movie these days.

The live action movie version didn't help things either.

You mean the pictures on Deviantart with him strangling random people or the guy who wrote a 40 pages fanfiction of Kaa strangling and sucking him off?

 

[Ghost of Wesley Willis]

I'd really have to say that TV shows I grew up watching I can barely watch now without cringing.

Avatar the Last Airbender was nearly ruined for me when I learned of the crazy fandom while Legend of Korra was airing.

Rocko's Modern Life, Angry Beavers, Rugrats, Ed, Edd, N Eddy is ruined by stupid hipsters that wanna act like enjoying these shows is some sort of cool and hip underground sort of thing.

And of course, Deviantart and furries ruined a lot of shows and movies I used to enjoy growing up.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

Apparently those grainy videos Uncle Frank used to show me weren’t actually wrestling.

 

[Monika H.]

Apparently those grainy videos Uncle Frank used to show me weren’t actually wrestling.

Are you sure that funny taste candy he gave you and made you sleepy was actually candy?

 

[Autistsforuganda2]

You mean the pictures on Deviantart with him strangling random people or the guy who wrote a 40 pages fanfiction of Kaa strangling and sucking him off?

Let's just say that i am glad that i don't know about the latter one. DA pics are already enough for me.

 

[SweetDee]

This picture:

 

[Midlife Sperglord]

Clawshrimpy ruined GaoGaiGar for me.

 

[Slappy McGherkin]

Probably the day I learned that girls didn't really have cooties. I'd be a millionaire if I still believed that.

Spoiler

 

[Marco Fucko]

None of my childhood entertainment has been ruined for me because I either don't care about or disavow things when they turn to shit. #NotMyStarWars

In terms of "adult knowledge" it mostly doesn't come up, but knowing Yellow Submarine was a drug trip in movie form amuses me because I watched it when I was very young.

 

[PT 940]

I used to really enjoy watching special features on DVDs and learning all the stuff about how movies were made. I used to research movies I liked a lot when I was younger and some of the stuff you find out, generally speaking, makes you see the movies differently. And it sucks to learn when certain actors really hated each other but couldn't get out of contracts and had to be together every day and get treated badly, etc. It really takes the shine off of them, so to speak.

 

[Sprig of Parsley]

I used to really enjoy watching special features on DVDs and learning all the stuff about how movies were made. I used to research movies I liked a lot when I was younger and some of the stuff you find out, generally speaking, makes you see the movies differently. And it sucks to learn when certain actors really hated each other but couldn't get out of contracts and had to be together every day and get treated badly, etc. It really takes the shine off of them, so to speak.

I remember seeing a lot of those kinds of interviews on those special edition DVDs and I remember kind of remarking to someone (brother? can't remember) that kid-me, with no job experience or anything, probably wouldn't get why you'd work with people you couldn't stand.

 

[Ambidextype]

I used to like Simpsons but now I question them constantly making Sideshow Bob a villain, sometimes a maniac when he had actually made some good points.