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āIntelligent adultā + funko pop collectionā¦.whoās gonna tell him?
FoxBJKIāll leave that to whatever poor soul at Goodwill has to sort through the boxes this guy drops off
steal_your_faceIām pretty sure itās a joke my dude. Someone just took a picture of funko pops and wrote funny words.
I know! I was attempting humor myself. Iām just bad at it.
Yeah, these funko pops seem to about Marvel/DC than rick and Morty, although itās still funny as hell
JimTher are ~25 Ricks in this collection. I didnāt count all the dolls but it looks to be at least Ā¼ is just rick and mortys
DuchessI canāt believe how much fucking merchandise there is for such a small show. Compare it to even something like futurama in terms of cultural impact and thereās so much more plastic shit made for Rick and Morty
Rick and morty has the a to attract some of the most obsessive people on the planet. When everyoneās a whale you better start whaling
āThis is a story of love and loss, fathers and sons, and the foresight to retain international merchandising rights. This is the story of Star Wars.ā
rmukāLetās begin with part four.ā
In fairness you do need to have a very high IQ to appreciate Stewie & Brian.
StanWest Philadelphia, born and raised.
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StrikerSmall show? I dunno about that. Rick and Morty are pretty iconic characters and thereās been lots of famous moments from that show since it started broadcasting. I dunno why you are making it sound like barely anyone watched it. I was a teenager during its peak in popularity and let me tell you everyone is the hallway was quoting one liners from that show.
Might just be me, but when Futurama was new, Funko just wasnāt the massive brand it is today. While there is Futurama Funko, Rick and Morty is still (sorta, not regularly), being made, but Futurama has been dormant for new episodes until very recently. So if the show takes off, Iād suspect a new line of Futurama Funkos for people.
Rick and morty is not a small show by almost any metric. Funko pops also became popular right around the same time and have a massive overlap in fans, so it makes sense. Futurama was not out at the same time for the most part but there is still about a dozen funko pops from it.
Funko can just make tons of unique models really cheaply, and they know fans will buy them to collect like beanie babies, so of course theyāll keep churning out different versions of the same characters of one of the most popular nerd cartoons that their own fans love.
some_guyitās a small show by literally any metric.
The Circle posted about triple the viewership numbers. would you consider the circle a big show?
Ah yes, do compare a reality show to a fiction cartoon. Iām sure Top Chef has such a greater impact culturally than Breaking Bad
Breaking bad pulled in more than 10x the viewers of top chef on a regular basis.
As an aside, did you know Futurama is coming back?
prsmikeUnpopular opinion: Fry and Leeloās romance was the worst part of that show.
Rick and Morty was pretty damn huge for a minute there. Think youāre underestimating itās impact.
I think part of that is how popular merchandising like funko pops have become in recent years, Futurama was many years ago at this point.
Second reason is that despite its longevity in the internet consciousness, itās easy to forget Futurama was fairly unpopular when it was originally airing.
Peruvian_SkiesI am an intelligent adult, as is demonstrated by my collection of overpriced cartoon dolls.
Funniest shit I ever seen.
I shamelessly stole this, but I agree with the opinion:
There are those who believe Justin Roiland must be guilty of something anyway so itās a āgood move to distance themselves.ā Those people have short memories regarding Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
The remaining allegations against Justin Roiland are just that, with no proof against Roiland. Screenshots only prove that a conversation took place not who was actually speaking.
Make no mistake that if thereās an actual crime committed then he should go to jail. But the rule of law is that heās presumed innocent until proven guilty. The argument that āItās a private company, they can do what they wantā ignores that fact.
Justin Roiland has been unjustly treated in this, and many fans are voicing our opinions about it. The truth is that the show is moving forward despite our objections
I am still unclearā¦ whatās he done or is accused of doing???
I mean one is discussed in the article linkedā¦
But there are 2 different accusation cases:
1st: accused of domestic abuse, false imprisonment, menacing, and something else by ex girlfriend. The charges were dropped but not because he was declared innocent but because āWe dismissed the charges today as a result of having insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.ā Which is legalese for them saying "there isnāt enough evidence to say he did or didnāt do it besides hearsay so we have to dismiss the charges. So again he wasnāt āfound innocentā, they just never went to trial.
2nd: heās been accused of grooming multiple under age Rick and Morty fans. A plethora of fans have come forward with incriminating pictures of messages from their convos on various messenger services. This one hasnāt had much traction since like January but it happened at the same as his domestic abuse case was going public.
EsjeeHe wasnāt supposed to be āfound innocentā, he was supposed to be āproven guiltyā. The way you put it into quotations makes it sound like you want him to prove his innocence when the burden of proof lies with the prosecution.
Not at all, I personally have no pony in this race. But if the issue never went to trial he literally wasnāt found innocent. No trial = No guilt or innocence legally speaking. Getting charges dismissed doesnāt equate legally either to guilt or innocence. The only qualifier is āthere wasnāt enough evidence produced to make this worth the courts time.ā Now if that means to you heās automatically been proven āinnocentā I donāt know what to tell you. To me it doesnāt mean heās innocent, just the other party couldnāt reliably prove their accusations. I do notice you are silent about the grooming thing though.
Itās also interesting to see people making the comparisons to Depp and Heard trial when they did actually prove Depp was abusive towards Heard but Heard wasnāt a saint either. Anyone who actually paid attention to the trial without any bias can in no logical mind think either of them were innocent angels.
Itās somewhat pedantic, but the point is really that, in our legal system you are innocent until proven guilty. Itās also the morally correct approach in a lot of ways outside of the legal system.
It all reads to me like they couldnāt prove he was guilty. So, thereās your answer.
I choose not to reply about the allegations because I have no information about the situation other than the paragraph you wrote.
That still doesnāt render my point invalid that you think someone needs to prove their innocence in a court, even when the burden of proof lies with the prosecution. If there wasnāt enough evidence to prove him guilty then heās not guilty. Or do you think that everyone whoās ever stepped foot in a court to plead their innocence is guilty, even if the prosecution had no real evidence against the person?
Not really invested in the Heard and Depp trial either, but the man had his whole career ruined over it so I think heās been dealt more than his fair share of punishment.
Not being found guilty IS being found innocent, thatās how justice works
A long list of unprofessionalism and sexually explicit actions/conversations. Heās been booted from the show.
i never liked Rick And Morty, and Funkopops are offensively ugly
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DioI agree on all of these points, except .. Some of the funko animals are cute. :(
I got into the Funkoās for a while a few years ago and now Iām known by friends as the one who likes Funkoās even though I kinda donāt really care about them anymore. So every birthday I get like between ~1-3 Funkoās now.
Youāve reached Funko singularity. Haha the owner of the company lives near my parents and he displays giant 7 foot Funkos on his lawn every holiday
Thatās actually awesome.
Sell em
I canāt sell gifts lol.
I'm out of the loop, what did they do?
He had been charged for commiting domestic abuse and so he was let go from a bunch of shows including Rick and Morty. The charges were later dropped but it's unclear whether his reputation will recover, especially since some other people accused him of toxic behavior like telling someone to go into sexual slavery.
Thank you! He seems like a sweetheart š
charges were dropped on a technicality iirc
...Which is pretty much par for the course for a lot of sexual assault cases as well. RAINN reports that, out of every 1000 sexual assaults, 310 get reported to police, 50 result in arrests, and only 28 result in convictions. So the DA dropping the case before even going to trial isn't all that surprising. It doesn't mean that he isn't guilty, just that the DA didn't think they were going to be able to prove it in court.
ā¦ yup. Sadly.
I had an GF that was raped and she immediately went to the police office and had a rape kit done and all that. The DA refused to prosecute because āheād probably just say it was consensual and we donāt have evidence otherwise without a confessionā
Itās a shitty situation because the law legitimately should not be throwing people in prison simply on the word of the accuser. āBeyond a reasonable doubtā is an important aspect of the justice system.
On the other hand, it does result in many rapists getting away with their crimes.
So anyone can make accusations and immediately the internet just eats that shit up.
There was a lot of undeniable evidence of him being a bad person regardless of the court not being able to prove abuse beyond a reasonable doubt.
This is some primo sadcringe
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewerās head. Thereās also Rickās nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that theyāre not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldnāt appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rickās existential catchphrase āWubba Lubba Dub Dub,ā which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenevās Russian epic Fathers and Sons. Iām smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmonās genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What foolsā¦ how I pity them. š
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. Itās for the ladiesā eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that theyāre within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid š
A_Random_IdiotCant tell if this is like legit idiot, or the best parody ever.
SturgistIād like to think parody, but Iām a pessimist/realist
Hereās one of many sources for the text in case you still have any doubts.
OK, cool. Thanks for bringing back some small bit of my faith in humanity.
Itās a copypasta