06 Aug 2010, 11:49 am
06 Aug 2010, 12:04 pm
I don't know.
Maybe I was a great doormat in the playground (lots of reverse psychology and social manipulation tactics going on there).
This isn't a complaint, but I notice that a lot of American animation contains characters who are trying to get something from other characters. There seems to be a lot of sophisticated social persausion in American children's animation.
Whereas, where I come from, there tended to be more straight forward storytelling for children. Even some of the animation that's aimed at adults tends to contain less social manipulation. Perhaps, where I come from, the children's writer's wanted to set the kiddies a good example. Any transgression was punished by an adult in the story or made into "edutainment".
I notice that children's characters in American animation allowed to get away with far more violence and bribery. Also, the children often outsmart and make the adults look foolish.
I find some of the American cartoon stories quite interesting for this reason. In these stories, the character has an objective to obtain something from another character. There are lots of interesting social twists in stories like these. It's very sophisticated. It's not like any of the animation where I come from.
I totally agree with you, and I talk about this all the time with my husband. I never really noticed that until l had a child and was really paying attention to what he was learning by what he was watching. It's amazing what bad behavior they can learn from cartoons that are supposed to be for his age group. Disney World is another one that I saw very differently as a parent. It's a really scary place with a lot of evil and manipulation. My poor kid has gotten in trouble for things he learns on cartoons, and it doesn't make sense to him either. I don't remember when I was watching cartoons thinking too much about that side of it. Maybe that's my NT brain not picking up on stuff. I suppose that was a good thing. I was a disruptive kid, and very independent, but wasn't bad. I was honest...to a fault and very easily manipulated so I totally know what it's like to be a doormat on the playground. I still don't like the playground.
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10 Aug 2010, 2:21 pm
Their ability to be with others PERIOD
10 Aug 2010, 5:24 pm
sentimentalism
touchy-feely(ness)
emotionalism
necessity to talk about nothing for the sake of talking about nothing
need to share every little detail of their lives
competitiveness
opportunism
narcissism
loving the sound of their own voice
need for pictures, pictures and some more pictures 
giggling
laughing at jokes heard at least zillion times before
need for "sharing" 
10 Aug 2010, 5:26 pm
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10 Aug 2010, 8:29 pm
That depends on the person.
Because I can be with others, but not for over two hours.
10 Aug 2010, 9:06 pm
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