• paddirn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Puppets don’t age at the same rate as people. Look at Elmo, he first appeared in 1980, he’s like 43 years old but still a child. Ernie’s girlfriend may only be 3 years old, but she could be a MILF puppet.

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        1 year ago

        By “age differently”, I mean “don’t age at all”. Muppets are essentially vampires who are stuck at whatever age they are made at. So Elmo will be a forever-child, even if he lives to a 1000 years old. So it would be weirder if Elmo ever got a significant other, but Ernie having a 3 year old Muppet girlfriend may just mean she was made as a 40 year old fully formed adult and that’s what she will always be.

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          1 year ago

          So it’s like the anime thing where the 12 year old appearing girl is actually 1000 years old, so sexualizing her is okay.