The people who dislike this show are kind of right. You can't have it both ways...You can't spend your whole life being an edgy reactionary, only to then make what is essentially a neopuritan manifesto.You can't have a setting which is comically cynical, and then go on to critique nihilist ideology.You can't have your entire brand be about appealing to Internet shut-ins, and then directly insult them.As funny as Smiling Friends is, I totally disagree with its messaging
Her name was Shrimpina, dude... She'd be a shrimp...
>>143340137>every character who says anything in a show I make has to reflect my value system to a T>there can be no joke, no parody, no conflict or plot around it, its just me preaching
>>143340137Is that fucking blackface dude?
>>143340137>Was...was that man dying our fault Charlie?>I, I, I don't know Pim. I, I don't know.
>>143340137>You can't have your entire brand be about appealing to Internet shut-ins, and then directly insult them.by any chance is this what you look like
This thread is full of a bunch of filthy.....…....................................................
>>143340137Erm, but you can? The show literally exists with a second season on the way soon, proving that it can be done.
>>143340137the show is good but the 2 female fans still wont fuck you if you watch it 592 times
>>143340137Why do you type like that
>>143340137Imagine being this gay
>>143340137Let smiling friends go or I'll kill you
>>143340137please don't ruin smiling friendsits bad enough we can't talk about shows without a thread going to shit
>>143340137>Reactionary What?
>>143340770He was a reaction streamer before getting the show
>>143340137what's the motive behind these threads there's one every day
>>143341111Why don't you make a thread every day?
>>143340160I did think that for a moment. I just thought it was,like, a quirky...like you didn't expect she wasgoing to be a human thing
>>143341111The answer is always one obsessed autist. (Nice quads.)
I loved immediately recognizing David Firth's Jerry Jackson voice as Shrimp
You know the problem with media is that people can't just disagree with it's message once, then continue to enjoy it, you ought to be able to enjoy Triumph Of The Will, Birth of A Nation, Johnny Reb, and all this sort of stuff while acknowledging it's racist message ONCE then just watching it.
>>143341071Who?
>>143340354>censoring the word pornopinion discarded, end your life
>>143341111Checked
>>143340137Nobody hates this show except you.
I can't tell if this shitpost spam is a bit or someone who reads WAY too much into cartoons that air at midnight meant to make you laugh
>neopuritanIt's fucking miraculous to me how little you have to do to get called a puritan now. All it takes is suggesting that life is worth something and (You) should act like it. Standards are tyranny. Restraint is repression. Hope is delusion.
>>143340137>You can't spend your whole life being an edgy reactionary, only to then make what is essentially a neopuritan manifesto.>You can't have a setting which is comically cynical, and then go on to critique nihilist ideology.>You can't have your entire brand be about appealing to Internet shut-ins, and then directly insult them.why not
Dude, internet shutins love to shit on internet shutins.Source: This site. There is a reason why OP is always a faggot, no exceptions.
nice pasta, i hope it gets a lot of mileage.But yeah, i dont think 8 fifteen-minute episodes is much of a "manifesto," its just reactionary against the current crop of shows just like those shows were reactionary to the ones before them. I think creators occasionally have messages for society like Gene Roddenberry for instance but most of the time its just sprinkling that on top.if you listen to an interview they say that making the whole 'positivity' aspect of the show was a way to make a contrast within the show that feels funnier to them. You cant ask a comedy show to have consistent messaging and mood because comedy comes from catching you off-guard with something. I think the anti-nihilism is really just an excuse to have tense encounters every episode. Really though, if you tried to ask seriously what the "moral" is of any episode im pretty sure you're barking up the wrong tree
>>143342372I can't even think about the morals of most episodes...We put up with bad people because they are entertaining?You should get your eyes checked?Don't be a forest demon with bark skin or else you might be mistaken for black face?
>>143340137>neopuritanwhy even bother trying to pose as an unbiased third party when you can't help but use your schizo buzzword lmao
>>143342417and don't help a random stranger deliver a package because he might be the Bjork stalker.
>>143341264he didn't make the image, retard, take it up with whoever did
>>143340137bait
>>143342447reactionary is a more unbiased term
>>143340137OH I SWEAR TO GOD IF I HAD MY GWIMBLY GUN ON ME RIGHT NOW
I hope the series doesn’t go down the path of rick and morty and gets up their own ass after the second season
>>143341193Birth of A Nation is a more interesting dilemma. Aside from whether it's good or bad the problem is it's both one of the most racist pieces of propaganda in US history while also simultaneously an extremely significant film both in terms of the history of race relations and the history of film itself because it came early enough to help pioneer certain techniques.If anything, the racist nature of it is part of the value of watching it because its a huge and somewhat sobering look at how much film can influence society considering it literally was a huge part of starting the Klan back up, same with Reefer Madness and a few others
>>143342967Huh that's true, even if Smiling Friends has reactionary undertones it isn't exactly fueling modern reactionary movements which is a distinction between those mentioned and it.
>>143340137Lmao this dude cut his dick off. He's a tranny!
>>143341111One obsessed autist like this guy says >>143341141There is a very specific schizo that is reading between the lines for information that isn't actually there, then getting butthurt because he feels personally attacked by the schizophrenic theories he's deriving from the show.
>>143340137i knew the fag who made this personally on newgrounds and i’m convinced he sucked off Oney for his chance to put his ego in animation form. psychicpebbles you are still a giant faggot, over a decade later.
>>143343604that's bullshit, and you're a faggot.
>>143340137Everything you just said is why it's good. The best way to critique those things are from the people that really understand them. If you only saw or had experience with one side of an issue your depiction won't be as accurate or nuanced.
Smiling Friends doesn't have a message to push.
>>143340137>edgy reactionaryNo edgy reactionaries, former or current, have worked on Smiling Friends.
>>143340137Literally none of what you said about the show or its creators is true. What the fuck? A neopuritan manifesto? Did the bit with the devil hit too close to home for you?
>>143343604Shut the fuck up Stamper.
I actually did an informal, categorical study of Smiling Friends' first season where I broke it down into...Physical abuse (slapstick, punching, kicking, etc)Verbal abuse (insults, name calling, swearing at someone or a group, threats)Emotional abuse (neglect and intentional deceit or manipulation)Anger (includes any instance of anger at another character, or a character reacting negatively toward their situation)References/Depictions of Extreme Violence (Provoked or unprovoked, character intent to commit homicide, murder, or torture, including threatening with a weapon, as well as threats or committing self-harm, anything particularly graphic)And these were the results...Physical Abuse – 10 total, 1.25 per episodeVerbal Abuse – 14 total, 1.75 per episodeEmotional Abuse – 5 total, 0.625 per episodeAnger – 31 total, 3.875 per episodeReferences/Depictions of Extreme Violence – 83 total, 10.375 per episodeOne of the biggest surprises is how little the characters are abusive toward each other, compared to shows like say, Rick and Morty, South Park, Family Guy, and so on. I think that's why people like the show so much, the characters do argue, and the world is definitely wacky, but the dynamic between the characters is grounded, you can believe that they get along well enough. Even so, I feel like one of the show's biggest themes is working with people you don't like, in this case most of the clients the Smiling Friends have to deal with. A depressing, suicidal guy (Desmond), a psychopath (Mr. Frog), a grating nerd (Shrimp), the violent and unhinged Salty's mascots, a dorky stalker (Pim), drug-addled people (DJ Spit), and Satan himself. Charlie is the audience analog that allows for us to make fun of these characters, but it never feels undeserved or too mean, so viewers probably appreciate that, too.What do you guys think?
>>143343855One of Sam Hyde’s wigger zoomer gang did some photoshop work on the gwimbly episode.
>>143340137you kissed your dad on the mouth?
>"Dude, what if nihilistic bullies were suddenly shot dead by random medieval archers?">"Dude, what if Satan was a neet loser instead of the ultimate embodiment of evil?"Finally got into watching this show, and it's hilarious how Neopuritanfag was eternally triggered by such amusing and inoffensive scenarios. At worst the "short-term dopamine loops" bit may have been a tad on the nose, but even then, the lesson was less "YOU'RE A BAD PERSON FOR LIKING THESE THINGS" and more of "Just don't let this stuff consume your life, man."
>>143345444I can't tell if neopuritanfag is baiting. This is like on /a/ where anytime there is a thread about mob psycho 100, there's this faggot that keeps calling mob a cuck because the girl rejected him at the end and never had feelings for him. He too made up scenarios in his head to get mad at.Seriously though, what fucking thought process does a person have to have to make up shit in their head to be offended by something so inoffensive? I see this shit all the time, even in real life, where a statement is said, and some utter moron, brain addled, adhd riddled moron, says something completely different to the statement and accuses them of something that isn't at all true. It's so fucking befuddling.
coomerschitzo still seething
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>>143340160that was the best performance of a woman making out with a sock puppet i've ever seen
>>143345444>>143345521You're right, there is hardly anything there because neopuritanfag is primarily citing a podcast appearence where Zach said something offhand and tepid about porn, consistent with the other messages of "maybe have a bit of self-control." You'd have to be a completely thin-skinned, hands perpetually down your pants coomer to take the slightest bit of offense, let alone enough to fuel an autistic hate campaign.
>>143345521Standard bait, just some troll really
The Smiling Friends schizo has legitimately got to be one of the biggest autists on 4chan.
>>143345444>medieval archersThey were Renaissance men.
>>143340137Whatever this shit is its like tards who look too much into South Park
>>143340354For those not in the know this is the image that fucked the Smiling Friends/Oneyplays hating schizo. It was an episode on Oneyplays where they were laughing at reddit and that image was posted under a bad memes subreddit and they laughed and said it was true and that the people complaining about it were those people.Ever since that episode this guy has existed in any Oneyplays thread on /v/ and any Smiling friends thread on /co/. That video was over a year ago and it still fucks him up to this day to the point that he even got referenced in a Oneyplays video which im sure was a high moment for him.You can always tell it's him because he can't help using the phrase neopuritan eventually so I guess it is specifically the moderation in masturbation which really hit a little too close to home for him.
>>143345970Wait when did they reference him? He's not that special.
>>143345970I think it was the forspoken video where chris mentioned the guy obsessing over them.
>>143346000wtf when? I am a disgusting Oneyplays shill and watch their garbage lets plays like a loser. I don't remember when.
>>143346023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnnJo--25D0this is it I think, at the 13 minute mark.
>>143346034Yeah thats the one, the bit starts at 12:20 and then hes specifically mentioned at 13:00
>>143346034Jesus Christ, deepest lore.
>>143346034I think they're specifically referencing this schizo pic
>>143346078Man, imagine being the person putting this Pic together and thinking "Yes, I'm the sane one here."
>>143340404If you were a millennial, you'd have a chance.
>>143341111False flagEvery kid now internalizes the image of being a social media ninja that influences others without being influenced themselvesBehold /v/ as the end state of this
>>143340137This show is just a dollar store GumballSo it was automatically shit to begin with
>>143343767who would like about going to faggy newgrounds? it was full of furries and i went to one meet up
>>143345444There are people who have made looking at porn and masturbating their whole personality. Furries, usually.You're literally striking them at their very core by saying these things.
How the fuck could one picture trigger this much absolute fucking diaper rage for over two years afterward
>>143340137>You can't have your entire brand be about appealing to Internet shut-insexcuse me?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGii-V9jLA
The new Zealand episode is the best episode of smiling friends
>>143346153But unlike Gumball this show actually makes me laugh
>>143346790>But unlike Gumball this show actually makes me laugh>looks at smiling friends>Its just meta humor, references, and meme facesLeast Gumball had different types of humor other than those and was actually funny meanwhile SM was just reddit and morty tiers of funny
>Hear an Oneyplay joke years ago>Rehear it a million times through their million different official and unofficial best of Oney jokes>Same joke gets used in Smiling FriendsI mean it's nice but the humor gets sucked out of me real quick. I thought maybe I'm too old for this this but then I remember I was watching Adult Swim as a kid so maybe these shows really are meant for kids.
The creator of this show is a hardcore neopuritan
>>143341264You have to understand that /pol/tards are dorks and their memes are cringy. It reflects in their cringy memes where they portray themselves as champion hero's of reality and any one that has a disagreement with them in anyway is a homeless perverted leftist degenerate creature.
>>143346844>comparing it to rick and mortyNot even close. Also, just because a show has some references doesn't mean that's all it's about. I don't care enough to link you every time it did normal jokes
>>143340137Damn, people really seethe at this show.
>>143345444checked
The pilot was the only good episode
AUGH!
>Actually funny show comes out in sea of /co/ garbage>”anti-puritanical schizos” (read: trolls) immediately try to kill discussion because of their ragebait addictionThis site fucking sucks.
>>143342825dont think so, i dont see it going wholesome and saccarhine anytime soon, and since you mentioned r&m, do you think theyll reference or make fun of it in season 8?
>>143346078I dont agree with Chris' weird stance on girls making gross jokes but that doesnt mean i think of him as a neopuritan or whatever the fuck the point this is trying to make. What a disturbed anon
>>143345871But they weren't even renaissance themed...
>The people who dislike this show are kind of right. You can't have it both ways...Nigger>>143340137
>>143348157Zack like any reactionary views history in a vaccum. To him renaissance is synonymous with the crusades.
>>143341111To farm (you)s.
>>143341111Because one faggot here has crippling self loathing and projection issues.
>>143340137You kiss your dad on the mouth?
>>143345444>"Dude, what if nihilistic bullies were suddenly shot dead by random medieval archers?"The renaissance men were referenced as coming at the start. They were a Chekhov's gun.>"Dude, what if Satan was a neet loser instead of the ultimate embodiment of evil?"We see Hell melt when Charlie escapes and the demons reference that Satan had recently stopped managing Hell. It's completely believable for someone eternally trapped in Hell to devlop Ennui and to be kickstarted back into evil by remembering how enjoyable it is to torture souls.
>>143348157I dunno, man, I know as much as you do.
>>143346078Why don't they make an episode about this guy? He could do with a smile.
>>143347884It's annoying how everyone gets their shows threads yet Smiling Friends had to be the one were certain anons decided to make an identity out of being autistic in them. Not even guy can ruin Ren and Stimpy threads, he may be obnoxious but it's out of a passion for the show. With Smiling Friends all the autists want to do is derail the thread so it becomes a /pol/ debate.This could all end immediately if anons stopped engaging with these trolls.
>>143340137>The people who dislike this sh-GLLOHGHOLBOOFOLGOLOGLO
>>143340137actually you can and they did and it's funny.
>>143340137Yeah you can.Yeah you can.Yeah you canIt's called laughing at yourself, it's an essential part of being a funny and likeable.
What is with so many people trying to give fucking Smiling Friends a deeper meaning. First there was Neopuritanfag, and then there's that video essay dipshit trying to make it sound like SM is neoabusdism. No, it's a funny show about a bunch of wierdos trying to make the world a better place. If SM is about anything, it's about how the world is just kinda fucked, but we should try to make each less miserable somehow
>>1433491870.00001 Hadelcoin has been deposited in your bank account
>>143349245Sorry, I don't speak schizo
https://youtu.be/PP3dDZayi5o?si=IdPGyKqBEwNn9hLK&t=109
>>143346078What's wrong with punching down on nihilists? By their own system, nothing matters, so its no more wrong than right.
>>143340504>"Thanks man, you saved us.">Haha. NO.
>>143341111neopuritan purposemaxxing positive existentialism pill broke his mind
>>143345857Might make the rankings at this exact moment, but historically he's not even top 10
>>143340137>Watching too much porn fries your brain.Why does this statement cause so much seethe?
>>143346078holy fuck it's just a cartoon lmao dude has no life>>143346871there's nothing wrong with that, of course you'd want to revisit your favorite ideas when you get your big project...Zach is just more exposed than typical writers
>>143350073You're on a website that caters almost exclusively to porn-addicted degenerate losers. Of course they're going to seethe when you criticize their favorite past-time.
>>143340137Thanks for reminding me to filter the word "neopuritan"
>>143350073It's delusional, imagine an obese person trying to convince you eating big macs daily is normal. If you like porn that's your right, but can't be surprised most people disagree and acknowledge it causes problems.
>>143350104>>143350142But it's true, too much porn DOES fry your brain.Onlyfans being seen as a valid profession IS degenerate.Kids ARE turning trans from gooning out to sissy hypno.
I love going on /co/, only too see ANOTHER Smiling Friends thread with a bunch of political buzzwords. It just...NEVER....EVER ....gets old. Ever.How about this fuck face? What if the show is trying to be a funny cartoon?? What if the whole world inside this show was supposed to make you...LAUGH??? What if you just cant enjoy something without having to spin it into something political??? And they wonder why cartoon fanbases/the show they like look so bad too normal people.
>>143347972I don’t remember them ever referencing other shows on adult swim.and I can see maybe just a single namedrop, wonder if smiling friends is gonna get big enough for being parodied or mentioned on other shows , fuck imagine the next family guy episode doing that>I dont know about this lois, itl be worse then the time the smiling friends tried to make me smile!
The attempt to vanquish depression is admirable, but the purposemaxing neo-puritan positive existentialism approach is just childish. Essentially, it's same as retarded sluts on Tiktok who believes in manifesting and everything in the universe happens for a reason. Actually, that whole belief system might be slightly less delusional. Behind the charade, it's the ego boost to flex over people who wallow in depression and feel sorry for themselves or whatever that "you actually did something about it" that you're really chasing as an "antidote" to your mental suffering. These so called "depressed cucked liberal atheist losers" know, however, that you will quickly mindbreak yourself pushing this ridiculous tirade and crash miserably. They don't laugh at you, they understand your error and wish you would see the light.
>>143340137I noticed for many months now that there are tons of schizo threads about smiling friends and it’s ideology and or philosophy.I personally don’t give a shit about that but who keeps making these threads and why?
>>143350311that would be a great achievement on Zach’s part/Hes joked about it for years and now his own creation has been acknowledged by them.Rick and morty mentioning smiling friends would be interesting zach knew justin, he worked with him and was even in high on life.Hell, a crossover might have been possible if Justin wasn’t booted out, though I don’t think it would work I don’t know if it couldve work though, zach and micheals brand of humor clashing with the shows self aware writing
>>143340137>neopuritan manifestoIt's not that at all, you fucking retard
Someone needs their medication
Do Zack or Michael care that people are gooning to their characters?
>>143350369It's literally some guy that hates Zach and Chris because they made fun of Reddit during their Websplorers Oneyplays episodes
>>143348348i know how that feels
Smiling Friends is unironically what I wanted Helluva Boss to be like.>these guys work at an odd business and we're not even sure if they're getting paid>the plot of most episodes depends on who their client is and how they can help them>musicals, dramas, serialization and seriousness are not fucking present, it is comedic and follows an episodic formulaOnly Episode 1 and 4 did this, everything else is fucking horrible, I can't emphasis that enough. The description for Episode 1 of Season 2 is literally "WARNING: for daddy issues."So yeah, Smiling Friends is everything I wanted out of a completely unrelated show, that counts for something, right? That it's everything I wanted for a show like this? Good, it's good, I don't need to justify this post, fuck off.
I'm Anonymous.This is the thread.I post the bump.XDI bumped the thread.This isn't the end.I loathe you.
>>143340137I think you’re right but also I think thats the point. It’s supposed to make you laugh but also it does that.
>>143340137Safe edgy
>>143340354The more I think about this the dumber it gets. The porn and weed part at least hold ground however.
>>143341111 (Checked)Probably just some obsessed weirdo doing obsessed weirdo things. But I like reading what other people have to say about this show
no i really really REALLY don't want Smormu
>>143344165>a dorky stalker (Pim)I mean…he could probably be pushed into Yandere territory
>>143340137I have to admit, I have no idea where this show or anyone on it stands. it seems like they're just... repeating what they hear, not really saying anything.
>>143350346you do realize that virtually every existentialist philosopher both theist and atheist rejected nhilism and took after the idea that despite suffering being inevitable, it was up to every individual onto themselves to personally take responsibility for their actions and find their own meaning in life. which closely mirrors the catholic idea of enriching one's soul through overcoming suffering.if you consider both of those standpoints to be "childish", compared to being an actual nhilistic social liberal edgelord, whats left? materialism and hedonism?
people are just now waking up the fact that leftist art is droll sanitized uninspired and unentertaining smiling friends is just taking it slow because it realizes that leftist tyrants still have a small amount of control over society and they would that power to destroy smiling friends is they went off the beaten path once leftists are chased completely out of larger society smiling friends will become more into its own form
>>143351464I'm pretty sure I saw art of Charlie dressed as a maid and that's why they put it in the Gwimbly episode.
>>143346078I wonder how many people became Christian after seeing this
>>143355583so this show is ... right-wing to you? because I'm not really seeing that. it kinda just feels like... a show. and like any show, it feels kinda leftish but keeping it low-key. i mean when I listen to oneyplays they sure don't sound like they believe in anything except mocking christians.
>>143340354Is the message supposed to be "those other things bad, therefore religion good"?
>>143340354YES I USE PORN HUB. YES I SMOKE WEED. YES I USE NETFLIX AND PLAY MY SWITCH, BUT THAT IS NOT ME!!!!!!
>>143341111checked and just ask the Peridot spammer
Sincerely engaging in politics here is a great way of showing that you're taking this too seriously.
>>143345690they talk about how they have personally had issues with it too, so its somewhat self depricating. they aren't malicious with it either when they speak about it on the let's plays. you can tell just with that one reddit porn joke where all the links turn purple.
>>143357134>i mean when I listen to oneyplays they sure don't sound like they believe in anything except mocking christiansNigger, how do you manage to come to such a conclusion?
>>143340137That belief of that you are not allowed to change or grow as a person on the internet is tumblr leftover culture
>>143357499Sorry anon people are only shit or great people there is no path to either directionThere is no such thing as character development
>>143357134Didn't chris literally say that he missed church because he liked the community aspect?
>>143346078i just know the fag that made this had a christfag thread and blacked trannys thread open on /b/ in another tab
>>143340137>>You can't spend your whole life being an edgy reactionary, only to then make what is essentially a neopuritan manifesto.>You can't have a setting which is comically cynical, and then go on to critique nihilist ideology.>You can't have your entire brand be about appealing to Internet shut-ins, and then directly insult them.But you can
>>143340354YES I watch pornYES I eat hamburgersYES I watch netflixYES I use Tik TokYES I play switchYES I smoke weedBUT THAT'S NOT ME
>>143346078Do nilhilists really seethe this much?
>>143340354this pic is kinda dumb
>>143357319if you go onto the Oneyplays subreddit and look at the place they posted the infographic there, 15% of the comments on it are just thisI wonder who the people in these threads who keep repeating the same Oneyplays jokes and blithely defending Chris are
>>143340354I guarantee the person that made this image has child porn on their computer
>>143340137>only to then make what is essentially a neopuritan manifesto.....AAANND there it is. Pack it up everyone. Op you gotta get better at hiding your scizo rants, when you whip out the term "neopuritan" its too obvious, you obsessed lunatic.
>>143360335Bot post
>>143346078I swear to god, the style of typing on this pitch and the neopuritan rant are similar. I think its this "Ted" guy with a grudge.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eppOeKY3AXk&t=12s
>>143360458Holy shit you found his vllain origin story
>>143340137Yeah you can.
>>143349187No you stupid negroid, you can't just do that, you can't just give Zach a pass for not getting canceled, and being turned a blind eye to, when you people have made it clear that "everything has to be political." So now you're stuck with it, and the fact remains, no matter how comparatively harmless the ideas in Smiling friends are, they are clearly associated with reactionary sects of the internet. You don't get to claim everything under the sun for leftism, and then just go "Oh it isn't political it's just dumb fun when I say it is!" just because you like it. Smiling Friends is pro-Christian, pro-discipline, moderate right wing art, and you will remember that every time you watch it and you will thank reactionaries.
>>143340354>porn and weed bad, so believe in my made up bullshit!sad
