I used to teach this letter as part of an eighteenth-century literature class. Students would practically throw up sometimes just reading the darn thing. And yes, it’s horrific and incredible. Frances Burney was lucky in surviving, oh yes, not only because of the trauma but because of standards of cleanliness. She…

We learned pretty quickly that apparently my daughter has diaper sensitivity (bc of course she does) and we should only use huggies, which destroyed all plans at just using Costco brand diapers. Huggies has Winnie the Pooh on them. They change up the design occasionally, but always Pooh. My daughter has no idea who…

BECAUSE THAT’S HOW YOU GET ANTS.

I disagree. Not about Bert and Ernie, but in general. Children’s programming features an onslaught of straight labels. Practically every kid’s show has a boy who has a crush on a girl (or vice versa) and straight, married parents. It’s all fun and well for little gay (or questioning) kids to “see whoever they want in…

I quite appreciate the innocence of their friendship, free from sexual expectations. Like Samwise and Frodo. Boys grow up often in such a hyper-masculine way (discouraged from showing emotion, “man up”, being tough, playing sports, etc.) that seeing close friendships between boys who disagree and then communicate…

And doesn’t that episode end with Ernie keeping his bed crumb-free, by eating cookies in Bert’s bed?

BECAUSE THAT’S HOW YOU GET ANTS.

Never--ever read about tooth pulling from this time period. *shudder*

I heard Kermit and Miss Piggy had a fight....

The easiest explanation for this is that Pampers decided that it was not getting enough out of its licensing partnership with Sesame Street and didn’t renew the contract.  Most people who buy diapers don’t give a shit what character is on them, and Pampers has clearly figured this out and cut the cost of the Sesame…

I always assumed people just passed out. Apparently I was wrong.

My issue with the design change is telling the day diapers from the night diapers. I don’t care about Sesame Street, but at least the characters were wearing nightcaps. The day diapers have a sleepy owl on them and when I’m exhausted I spend 2 minutes saying to myself, “okay, owls sleep during the day, so...”

I figured it was more because Sesame Street’s merch deals all changed when it went to HBO and Pampers just rode out the last of their deal. 

The reality of surgeries pre-anesthesia still absolutely boggles my mind. It’s one of those things I just genuinely can’t grasp the reality of, likely out of a defense mechanism. Just... horrific to imagine what kind of pain people went through, and that’s not even getting into the issue of sterilization and infection.

Except that the linked New York Post article speculates that it’s because most of the Sesame Streets characters are guys so it may actually be the whiny hysterical feminists fault.

To be fair, that particular commenter was “furious and horrified” because she thought she’d received a counterfeit box of Pampers, which would be a shitty (haha) thing to do, and without a doubt absolutely does happen.

I found that no matter the design of diaper, my kid is still gonna shit.

The people getting mad about sesame street characters not being on their baby’s shit rags anymore, and the people yelling that their Starbucks cup is plain red instead of covered in crosses and pictures of baby Jesus, are the same people. It’s not a Venn diagram, it’s a perfect circle.