Why I Hate "Happy Tree Friends"

[Instant K4rma]

I've seen two HTF vids. My reaction for the both of them was roughly the same.

"That's some fucked up shit. Now, was I not paying attention, or was there literally no point to what just occurred in front of me?"

Haven't really watched any more of them since then.

 

[Sindre1]

I hate it aswell.
And I usually don't mind gore that much.
Can't explain it.

 

[Quaxar]

I just don't watch it because it seems to be kinda pointless and I don't see the appeal of gore anyway.

Though I liked this Saw-like scetch. Y'know... where the blue Moose has to cut his leg off and then after finishing realizes it was the wrong leg. That one was pretty funny, the rest is just stupid. Plus it's on MTV, a program I generally despise.

 

[GaryH]

"personally I can't stomach it"

Theres your answer. There's no arguing with you because you, personally, do not like it. That's fine.

I, personally, find it funny. I'm not a huge fan by any means, but it's worth a chuckle. The entire point of it is as a parody of the classic "slapstick" cartoons, i.e. "This is what cartoons would be like if the violence was real."

If you can't stomach gore then you're obviously not going to enjoy it, but don't act so shocked that people other than you have different tastes. Also, please don't refer to the recent "gore movie" trend as "horror" because it just isn't.

 

[Olrod]

I guess you must really hate The Itchy & Scratchy Show, too?

Personally, I used to love the Happy Tree Friends. Haven't watched it in ages though.

 

[Painstake]

happy tree friends never meant to have a message or be necessarily funny or anything, it's just supposed to be shocking

if you can't deal with that, they've done their job

 

[FlyAwayAutumn]

O.K at the time of posting everyone has said they don't see the humor in it.

Wait, I said I liked it

At time of posting, meaning when I was writing my post. In other words you hadn't posted yet.

O.K at the time of posting everyone has said they don't see the humor in it.

That's O.K, I personally like it. It's funny to see normally peaceful, happy innocent creatures be horribly dismembered.

Well in anycase different people like different things, if you don't like it, fine don't watch it. But some people find it HILARIOUS. (Like me)

i think the reason most people dislike it is because the characters just lack personalty

What are you talking about all the characters are given personality in subtle way. Lumpy for example is a dumbass moose, Flippy is a bear that has a tendency to flip out when he's reminded of his past fighting in the W.A.R.

That's O.K

I dislike it intensely when people put periods in the O and K in ok. I've got nothing against you dude, just sayin, it's a pet peeve.

O.K then. *Snicker*

No but seriously I've just gotten used to putting the period there. I'm pretty sure it shouldn't but that's just how I've always done it, okay?

 

[Bang25]

Like I said: unrealistic. I've seen the aftermath of a body through spinning blades, yes. It's nowhere near as clean and comical in real life as that cartoon (also, I've met a man who survived being sucked through an airplane turbine). Even just the aftermath of a hanging suicide is far worse than anything that show has ever done, and I've seen more than one of those.

Are you one of the people who cleans up after someone dies? (I forgot the name of the profession)

OF COURSE real violence is worse than a cartoon! Seeing a cartoon character skinned alive and than their head being pulled slowly through the drain of a kitchen sink is nowhere NEAR as bad as seeing any type of REAL violence! And I sincerely hope your a part a clean up crew, and that is implied since you said "aftermath", but.... still.
P.S,
Do you wear a mask, or do you sometimes just have to deal with smell of dead bodies?

 

[loc978]

Sorry bout the late reply: had shit to do yesterday.
The neighborhood I occasionally saw dead people in was a part of North Portland in the 80s and 90s, I've had to assist combat medics with cleaning up messes and identifying people, and I've witnessed a few accidents involving heavy machinery.