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I studied history (and by that I mean I liked to watch documentaries) and as a kid I saw educational cartoons and Anime (yes anime) that showed how there was a huge backlash against telephone and telegraphy when they first came out. With farmers blaming telegraph wire for destroying crops or crop diseases and they would sometimes even sabotage the wires and poles.
When I heard of the 5G bullshit that was literally what came to mind... it is incredible how eternal this form of ignorance is.
Which anime? I don't recall watching anything along those lines, but it sounds like a show I'd enjoy
It was when I was growing up in the Middle East. They aired all manner of anime and mixed Japanese media (part live action part anime). That one I was thinking about was also Arabic dubbed and I dont recall the title.
i don't know what that's called with animation, but one of my friends had a little stop motion studio for a while and we called that "go motion" when we'd mix live action with stop motion.
It wasnt stop motion. They had a live action segment with a girl and a puppet or costumed character (my memory is super hazy. It was a late 80s, early 90s thing and I was a little kid) and when they spoke about what they wanted to show they would do some little gesture and short song and then it would go to the anime segment.
oh gotcha i was picturing like that paula abdul music video with the cat
Eehhh... no, it was like the Patty Rabbit Maple Town VHS tapes. You had someone (live action) talk about it and then the cartoon would play.
a reverse beavis and butthead, if you will
You know what? I really need to plumb the depths of the internet to find something about it. Time for some Arabic and Japanese language searches!
The telegraph is turning the fricken frogs gay.
A 19th century Alex Jones sketch coming right up...
"Gentlemen (and ladies please leave for it is not for your dainty hearts!) These devilish wires that are held upon stakes that plunge into the heart of God's green earth are doing far more than blighting our crops and potatoes! It is this same wire that I have good sources on (show them the papers, John!) *John on another podium waves blank paper piles like they mean something * that afflicted the Irish potato that lead those heathen Catholics to come over here, lorded over by their prince in Rome whose true master is the Jews!
And the main concern on all good Christian minds from these devilish telegraph wire is that they send an evil miasma that has been proven beyond all doubt (John! The proof!) That they even make the beasts of the land and water stray from the path God has lain forth and has sent them onto the path of SODOM! Gentlemen! They have turned the frogs onto sodomites!
But fear not, I have a tonic that will prevent all manner of evil from entering your heart! For but a nickel I have pint flask of the Jones invigorator! Guaranteed to ensure proper masculine strength and function, with the ladies never questioning you, and thus rendering no need to beat them to prevent them from straying onto the path of sapphistry!"
At least you got a bit of cocaine (and lead, and mercury) for your nickel
Drug historians call the years 1870 to 1914 The Great Binge for a reason...