You People Have Ruined Cartoons For Me!

[babybell911]

Ok so the other dayI'm watching kids cartoons and they have to look after a goldfish from school and while i should be enjoying the story all i can think is... well that should be in at least 30 gallons and there's no filtration to handle the massive waste from the fish. Also pinocchio that poor fish cleo in that little bowl
Completely ruined my cartooning experience!

 

[Nevergone815]

i know the feeling. it also ruins movies when i see like 20 goldfish in a 10 gal tank or little bowels with a single goldfish.

sometimes knowing is worse than not, because it affects your daily life

 

[demonmagus]

same here

also kids get the idea of the bowl from cartoons

I think there should be one where the fish is in a bowl, then gets moved to a pond (or large aquarium) and says 'lovely, somewhere to stretch my fins, now I'm not all cramped up and I have space'

also, the fish should be replaced by a betta or some neons in an aquarium

 

[K.J.]

I saw a mcdonald's commercial with a goldfish in less than a gallon. It's different in cartoons where they don't actually put goldfish in bowls, but the sad thing is that the goldfish in that commercial was probably purchased and flushed.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I have a similar thing going, everytime i watch tv and see someone with a fish tank in the background, i'm always checking out its stocking !

But it can be kinda depressing sometimes, i remember not long ago i was watching one of those DIY home improvement programs and there was this one girl who had 5 commet/shubunkin/common goldfish (each about 4-5inches long) in a bowl that must have been no more than 2gals.
The girl was saying how she had them for ages and how they always "sucked air at the surface of the bowl" and how fish loved her when she filled their bowl up with food .
God. It is depressing when you see someone mistreating their fish badly on tv, especially when they believe they are caring for their fish well !

 

[ringham]

my next door neighbour keep 5 5-6" gold fish in a TINY tank.

I told her that she needs a bigger tank but she says tht she cant be bothered to get a bigger one!!!!

 

[demonmagus]

I suggest getting a small box just big enough for her to get in (you can see where this is going right?), then have some form of excrement hole (lol) and air holes. After 2 weeks (feed her, don't want to get in trouble with the police) take her out and put her in a wooden enclosure about the size of a bedroom.

Ask which one she prefers

 

[Lynden]

The stereotype of a goldfish in a bowl is disgusting, and people who think they are doing a good job with it are even worse. I don't think any fish should be placed in a tank less than 10 gallons.

-Lynden

 

[andywg]

LOL

It's a cartoon people, it's not real. What next, we all try and ban Tom and Jerry because it inspires kids to drop 10 ton weights or irons onto the cat's head?

 

[demonmagus]

yes!

lol

the problem is that kids see the fish in the cartoon, and they know they can go and get one

with tom and jerry, kids aren't really going to get 10 ton weights lol

 

[trace1]

didn't some of tom & jerrys cartoons get banned or something cos they were smoking on them

 

[wendywc]

didn't some of tom & jerrys cartoons get banned or something cos they were smoking on them

yeah and the Mammy episodes aren't shown anymore... and I loved her when I was a kid.

 

[PlecMama]

Pah! you just need cable, I was watching those with my 3 year old this morning (at about 5am) on Boomerang +1.

BUT - I am quite shocked at how violent they are. I don't think kids have a problem with it because they can't internalise any of the "pain" or "fear" feelings, but as an adult, I cringed on more then one occasion, especially when Tom burned his bum and Jerry put a hotplate under him instead of the ice block he thought he would sit down on. It just looked so graphically painful, there were even sizzling noises!

 

[Nevergone815]

I have a similar thing going, everytime i watch tv and see someone with a fish tank in the background, i'm always checking out its stocking !

i do the very same. it's so bad that i even go into restaraunts and cafes to see their stocking if i see a tank inside through the window. i will go in and order something jsut to have an excuse to check out the tank and see if everything is in order.

i have a huge tnak full of african cichlids in my school and i want to so badly jsut steal the tank and all the fish because they are so mistreated it isnt even funny. like i will make it my duty to find a good home for them and if i can't well i got a nice african set up "lol:

 

[my fat fish]

or when tom make jery dance on a frying pan to impress his girlfriend

tho seems like a good idea 4 a ca i supose first they get a little dance and when its finished dinners ready hey whay more could they want?