Teaching true facts about the world - that some people will never truly love you, only what you can do for them - since 1939.
whats the 1939 about?
The year that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was created.
First and most especially the single most important factor: b/c I thought it sounded cool. 😎
Second, I googled “what does Zaddy mean” - oh wait that was earlier in the day, cough, I mean I googled “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, found that it was first aired in 1939, and so put that.
Third, it is a popular meme format.
But mostly b/c it sounded cool (yet is accurate).
Galileo has entered the chat.
I thought Fireball’s reaction to Rudolph’s glowing nose was a little extreme. He’s a magical, flying reindeer who lives with Santa and his elves at the North Pole. Surely, he has seen some really weird sh*t.
But he reacts to Rudolph as if his skull had burst into flames.
Mainly because sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and it should be enjoyed as such.
Also, Santa, who’s implied to be the guardian of the reindeer, chose not to intervene in the slightest on behalf of Rudolph. He never at any point even acknowledged the bullying and went straight to using Rudolph for his own benefit. This, despite a 0% chance he didn’t know about the bullying considering that his literal thing is knowing if you’re bad or good. Bullying isn’t considered bad?
Maybe knowing bad from good only works on human children?
I like this post. Festive fun criticism
Montgomery Ward employee made up this story. And it was somewhat autobiographical.
He got so drunk his nose got so red it glowed?
He wasn’t perceived as valuable until certain traits were made apparent.
What were the Montgomery Wards employee’s traits that others found valuable?
It wasn’t until he wrote the story, essentially. He provided them further revenue. Although he was already a copywriter.
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer
https://www.npr.org/2015/12/25/461005670/the-history-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer
I believe it. It very much reflects the modes of thought at the time.
Aye, Rudolph thought it was an honor to lead out front, finally feeling accepted and needed by everyone. Turns out they were just using him as a flashlight.
His red nose is a tumour.
A magical Christmas tumor?
