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One of the first things I started to snark at, at the tender age of twelve, were the people (usually of some kind of fundamentalist Christian bend) who would brand :: Insert fantastical critter/fantasy pop icon/fantasy media of choice:: as being "from the Devil", or in leet-speak "OMG TEH DEVOL!11111" It's been applied to Dungeons & Dragons, unicorns, Rainbow-Brite, the Smurfs, the Lord of the Rings, the Dark Crystal, even the Chronicles of Narnia (I kid you not, even though Jack Lewis himself has stated that Aslan = Jesus).
Now, per Snopes.com's latest update, they're aiming their sights on Hello Kitty. Now mind you, I'm the type who finds the Hello Kitty Hell website immensely funny, both for the author's wacky hyperbole and the sheer amount of bizarre Hello Kitty junk he digs up. I used to despise the little furball, but I've since gotten over that, and I love her to pieces. I credit my mom for this influence. I totally get the people who despise the wee kitty, but honestly... the devil? Puh-leeezee... Offering bogus "proof" doesn't help their case, either (ie. the word "kitty" supposedly meaning "demon" in Chinese, even though HK was created in Japan. Wrong country, and their knowledge of Chinese is worse than mine... the extent of which is -- yep -- cussing in Chinese [Thank you, Joss Whedon].)
I swear, you don't need to go to a comedy club to get a good laugh, you just have to observer human behavior long enough to find some real gut-busters.
Now, per Snopes.com's latest update, they're aiming their sights on Hello Kitty. Now mind you, I'm the type who finds the Hello Kitty Hell website immensely funny, both for the author's wacky hyperbole and the sheer amount of bizarre Hello Kitty junk he digs up. I used to despise the little furball, but I've since gotten over that, and I love her to pieces. I credit my mom for this influence. I totally get the people who despise the wee kitty, but honestly... the devil? Puh-leeezee... Offering bogus "proof" doesn't help their case, either (ie. the word "kitty" supposedly meaning "demon" in Chinese, even though HK was created in Japan. Wrong country, and their knowledge of Chinese is worse than mine... the extent of which is -- yep -- cussing in Chinese [Thank you, Joss Whedon].)
I swear, you don't need to go to a comedy club to get a good laugh, you just have to observer human behavior long enough to find some real gut-busters.
