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Sesame Street Bert & Ernie not homosexual

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  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Phew!!

    Thank goodness for that. I was very very worried that Ernie and Bert were going to make impressionable little innocent children think that being gay was, like....normal??!!

    And everyone knows that Bert is evil.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,067 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I was expecting this thread.

    As a kid I always thought they were friends.

    Is Bigbird going to be transgender next?


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    I was expecting this thread.

    As a kid I always thought they were friends.

    Is Bigbird going to be transgender next?


    Yes, and elmo is "non-binary."

    Corrupting our sweet precious youth...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    It’ll be sad to see Sesame Workshop now bombarded with abuse, threats and by boycotts by homosexual right groups, far left groups and PC snowflakes. Best to just keep shut and let people make up their own minds.

    Of course if they said they were gay the far right would do the exact same thing


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    someone should bake a cake


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    They’re not real people.


  • Site Banned Posts: 386 ✭✭Jimmy.


    I was expecting this thread.

    As a kid I always thought they were friends.

    Is Bigbird going to be transgender next?

    Fluid


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭Star Bingo


    Bernie was partial to a danger ****

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Sky News wrote:
    Rumours have swirled for years that Bert and Ernie might be more than just friends, with the puppets known to sleep in the same double bed at night.

    They definitely didn't when I was a youngster. They slept in the same bedroom, but in different beds.

    Bert's bed had a capital "B" on the headboard, while Ernie's had a capital "E".

    I remember this vividly because when I was four years old, and a Bert and Ernie fan, I went to each of my siblings beds and scrawled their initial on their headboard.

    I found out that when an eight year old girl's name starts with "D" having a giant lower case "b" on their headboard is not a welcome addition to their sleeping quarters.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,716 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    But they're puppets?

    Talking about their sexual orientation is like dancing about architecture.


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  • Site Banned Posts: 386 ✭✭Jimmy.


    Arghus wrote: »
    But they're puppets?

    Talking about their sexual orientation is like dancing about architecture.

    And who had body parts up their anus?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Mookie Blaylock


    Arghus wrote: »
    But they're puppets?

    Talking about their sexual orientation is like dancing about architecture.

    Getting fisted!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    When I was a kid I always assumed they were brothers. My Saturday morning memories have been ruined forever. Where do I sue? I demand at least 50k for trauma.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    They’re not real people.

    This.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Mutant z


    They are just a bunch of muppets on a children's TV show why sexualize them at all.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭The Crowman


    I used to think they were father and son with Bert (the serious one) being the Dad.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭StereoSound


    I used to think they were father and son with Bert (the serious one) being the Dad.

    I use to think that to..


  • Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    They are a rap duo from New York called M.O.P.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 786 ✭✭✭Roadtoad


    Glad there was no messing like that over in Wanderly Wagon!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    They’re not real people.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Bert was known to make nocturnal visits to Oscar's trash can.

    Oscar was certifiably insane. Bert took advantage of a vulnerable creature.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    When I grew up we didn't even consider the possibility they were anything other than friends.

    Of course in today's sex-fixated society **** like this has to be dragged up and destroyed.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    What about Noddy and Big Ears?

    These men actually shared a bed, not just a room.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,961 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    Bosco was non-binary before it was even fashionable !!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Morecambe and Wise slept together too.




  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    You would wonder.. even if these shows are written for children, they are still written by adults who the subtext must occur to


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Anyone who wants to assign a sexuality to children's television puppets is a complete ****ing psychopath with an agenda to spin. **** off you cretins and stop trying to sexualise our children from an early age. "normalisation"? **** off.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 537 ✭✭✭Niles Crane


    I'm sure this comment will be labelled as being homophobic but I don't care.
    Seeing as it's a ****ing kids program, there is really abosulutely nothing wrong with the producers having to clarify that they aren't gay lovers when it was suggested by a writer they are.

    I always assumed they were friends as that is the way they were portrayed in the programme, only someone wanting them to be gay to suit there own agenda would actually assume they were gay.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    What about Noddy and Big Ears?

    These men actually shared a bed, not just a room.

    Not men though were they? They were toys from a children's book.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    I'm sure this comment will be labelled as being homophobic but I don't care.
    Seeing as it's a ****ing kids program, there is really abosulutely nothing wrong with the producers having to clarify that they aren't gay lovers when it was suggested by a writer they are.

    I always assumed they were friends as that is the way they were portrayed in the programme, only someone wanting them to be gay to suit there own agenda would actually assume they were gay.

    They are felt puppets designed to teach children ABC etc. in a friendly safe way. Anyone upset that they turned out not to be gay is a complete idiot.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    JupiterKid wrote: »

    And everyone knows that Bert is evil.

    Oh thank Christ someone else said that before I did! I was beginning to think it was just me. I mean clearly the unibrow gives it away, you can see it from outer space FFS!

    BTW, this is genuinely a scene me and my boyfriend have reenacted in real life just to torment each other for kicks and giggles :D



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭oneilla


    I know y’all want gay Bert and Ernie to be banging but CONSIDER THE ASEXUAL ERASURE when you say them just being non-romantic homo-affection companions is bull**** OKAY?????

    https://twitter.com/JorCru/status/1042125365148123136

    This takes gold in the oppression Olympics.


  • Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭brainfreeze


    Arghus wrote: »
    But they're puppets?

    Talking about their sexual orientation is like dancing about architecture.


    That's exactly what the statement says.
    "Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets do), they remain puppets and do not have a sexual orientation."


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    oneilla wrote: »
    This takes gold in the oppression Olympics.

    I don't want to but I have to ask - asexual erasure ????


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭per aspera ad astra


    I would love to have been born 2700 years ago.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭ Kori Rapping Marsupial


    Star Bingo wrote: »
    Bernie was partial to a danger ****

    hqdefault.jpg

    Awful lot of fisting going on between them and in the puppetry community


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭ Kori Rapping Marsupial


    Weren’t the morbegs gender fluid


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    Weren’t the morbegs gender fluid

    I think you meant to say ****e.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭jammiedodgers


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    They’re not real people.

    They identify as people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭SpannerMonkey


    oh-my-god-who-the-hell-cares.jpg


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Anyone who wants to assign a sexuality to children's television puppets is a complete ****ing psychopath with an agenda to spin. **** off you cretins and stop trying to sexualise our children from an early age. "normalisation"? **** off.
    What are you freaking out for?

    Any time I heard anyone refer to them as lovers, it was as a joke. They're obviously room mates, in the "odd couple" mould. They don't share a bed. Their behaviour is purely platonic.

    Even if they were a gay couple though, it would be no more sexual than a straight couple, but adult couples of any persuasion don't tend to feature in children's tv, other than as minor characters or parental figures.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Weren’t the morbegs gender fluid

    Nah male and female.

    Rossa Morbeg was the boy, a big green yoke with socks coming out of his head.

    Molly Morbeg was his sister, a big yellow yoke.

    Fionn was their handler. He was a male human being.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Anyone with sense knew they were just friends.
    It was only those pushing an agenda who said they were homosexual.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Anyone with sense knew they were just friends.
    It was only those pushing an agenda who said they were homosexual.
    Or people just joking.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭ Kori Rapping Marsupial


    Or people just joking.

    there are morons on twitter who are crying that they are not....because there needs to be lgbt/gender fluid or a puppet representation of the 70 genders


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    What are you freaking out for?

    BBC were reporting on this as news. That's why I'm freaking out. The world has gone to ****e with people trying desperately to be oppressed.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    What about The Count?

    He never seemed to have a girlfriend.

    Maybe he was a closet homosexual??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭ Kori Rapping Marsupial


    What about The Count?

    He never seemed to have a girlfriend.

    Maybe he was a closet homosexual??

    Asexual maybe - but he does a lot of sucking since he's a vampire


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    What about The Count?

    He never seemed to have a girlfriend.

    Maybe he was a closet homosexual??

    He was always "dead on".. he could count as well!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    Any adult who hopes that two childrens characters are having sex with each other needs professional help.


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