180
top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] blem@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Grandpa Joe is bedridden for years, being a strain on the family, but as soon as Charlie comes home with a golden ticket he can somehow dance and sing. Add theft of fizzy lifting drinks and Grandpa Joe turns out to be an asshole.

[-] GiveOver@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

What's the Lemmy equivalent of r/grandpajoehate

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like there’s nothing at the moment.

[-] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Witches. Matilda. James and the Giant Peach. Turns out Roald Dahl was just universally distrusting of all adults. Rightfully so.

Except for the dad in Danny Champion of the World, who was the coolest dad ever.

[-] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If you ever read the books, it was also clear that he really, really hated children, too.

[-] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I’ve read all of the books I listed. And most of his short stories as well. I don’t think he hated anyone, he just had a very dark perspective in general. The whole world is grotesque, but the antagonists are adults in a majority of his novels. It’s very much in the tradition of Lewis Carrol; children serve to contrast the absurd and cruel aspects of daily life. Industrialization, authoritarianism, violence, poverty; it’s all deconstructed through a child’s lens.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Old man is a POS.

[-] Fukled@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Fuck that guy.

[-] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago
load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
180 points (96.9% liked)

Antique Memes Roadshow

5945 readers
1 users here now

Giving you the backstory and appraisals of vintage memes!

Submissions should be vintage memes or commentary about vintage memes. Commenters are advised to appraise the internet value and provenance meme antiquities.

Rules:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS