How Spongebob shaped my generation

How Spongebob shaped my generation

Stephen Hillenburg, founder of Spongebob, has passed away. But not without having shaped my generation first.

It would be wrong to say that I did not know anything about Stephen Hillenburg's life. His name was at best familiar (thank you, Spongebob intro), but he suffered from the deadly nervous disease, ALS, was unknown to me. Until November 26, 2018.

This is not an obituary. It is a eulogy of the first and only television character I could understand when I was a kid. Who created this is for me only a name. I am sorry

The generational conflict

Do you know when you feel understood from the bottom of your heart, without being able to describe why or why it's so good? What in modern times is simply called "relatable" by the same and gifs, I already felt like a child without realizing it. Thank you Bob sponge.

A sponge in a pineapple, friends with a starfish and a squirrel. How childish, Jellyfish fights, crab burger, plankton. ridiculous, Mermaid, magic mold, domestic snail. So Seich!

I will never blame him and whatever other parents (or other adults) never blame for what they say or say about Bob Sponge. Because they never understand may be,

The essence of Bob sponge

Perhaps it is the excessive stylization of daily "struggles" that has made their absurdity and, therefore, the oppressive problems and uncertainties of a healthy comedy recognizable. – said the rational voice in me.

… said Patrick.

This may be the fact that not all Bikini Bottom characters are infallible as adults and have made it clear to me as a child that many problems will remain unchanged afterwards. – said the rational voice in me.

… said Thaddäus.

Maybe the absurdly abstract humor was the valve of all material inconsistencies that I could not explain – said the rational voice in me.

… said Bob the sponge.

Of course, all this is and remains the content of a program for morally educated children. Rumgealbere far exceeds the exemplification of the consequence of doing something wrong. Naïve nonsense is more essential than the careful distinction between right and wrong. Trivial teasing counts for more than virtuous pursuits.

However, whoever rejects this as a senseless nonsense, judges the banality of adulthood badly, because he takes himself too seriously. Anyone who is disturbed by this is disturbed by the fact that Bob Sponge usually puts "being" above "being-should".

The bottom line

It's probably the Generation Y Kids Series. Because she speaks to all ointments, FOMO sufferers, ADHD sufferers, ironists, know-how specialists and alternative thinkers from the heart. Without judging or judging. At least not without a wink.

Spongebob is an allegory of the child in us who refuses to be veiled under the pressure of a confusing and sometimes frightening environment.

The children understand it, yes, and the adults of Generation Y (who spent at least some of their free time in Bikini Bottom).