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Question is mostly aimed at those who grew up in the 80s and 90s.

I used to watch great shows like Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Pete and Pete, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Salute Your Shorts. I even watched the old kids shows like Eureka's Castle and Gullah Gullah Island.

Now I have a 1 1/2 year old niece and a baby girl so naturally I decided to check up on good ol' Nick.

My god! What the hell happened to that network? Where did all the good shows go?

This Yo Gabba Gabba thing seems to have the potential to freak children out more than entertain them, but hey, what do I know.



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I know dude!!! A porn channel was the last thing I thought it would become...



patapon said:
I know dude!!! A porn channel was the last thing I thought it would become...

I'm serious here. The shows seem so horrible.

My daughter prefers the Care Bears.



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Euphoria14 said:
patapon said:
I know dude!!! A porn channel was the last thing I thought it would become...

I'm serious here. The shows seem so horrible.

My daughter prefers the Care Bears.

Care Bears LOLWUT? Wasn't that an 80s cartoon? What other stuff have you been forced to watch with your child?



patapon said:
Euphoria14 said:
patapon said:
I know dude!!! A porn channel was the last thing I thought it would become...

I'm serious here. The shows seem so horrible.

My daughter prefers the Care Bears.

Care Bears LOLWUT? Wasn't that an 80s cartoon? What other stuff have you been forced to watch with your child?

Hmmm, let's see here.

I have watched Care Bears, Winnie The Pooh, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Hangover, State of Play, Rocky I-V, Ice Age, Twilight, Friday the 13th, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Baby Einstein, Rainbow Bright, plus many many more.

I can actually deal with majority of it seeing as how I grew up on all those old cartoons. You have no idea how time a day I hear this song.



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Most of the programming went to shit. Not as badly as Cartoon Network but still, the only thing watching on Nick can be counted on both hands.

I saw Yo Gabba Gabba one day and it's like an acid trip for kids. Then again I saw some old Ren & Stimpy episodes and that shit is fucked up too, you just enver realize it when you're growing up with it.



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your daughters already 1 1/2???....i could of swore shes was born like early this year



Xxain said:
your daughters already 1 1/2???....i could of swore shes was born like early this year

Dude... LOL!

Now I have a 1 1/2 year old niece and a baby girl so naturally I decided to check up on good ol' Nick.

I clearly said that my niece was 1 1/2 and that my daughter is a baby.



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Around 2000 is when it went down hill fast...I loved Ahhh Real Monsters...



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I used to watch Nick all the time (could never completely spell Nickelodeon) but now I only watch Spongebob Squarepants on that channel. I think Cartoon Network has gotten worse.