Poll of the Day > RIP Splash Mountain

Topic List
Page List: 1, 2
DirtBasedSoap
06/17/20 8:45:12 PM
#1:


there is no way that shit isnt getting cancelled

---
Every man with a microphone thinks he can tell you what he loves the most
... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin
06/17/20 8:46:08 PM
#2:


Splash is offensive to magikarps

---
"Salt cures Everything!"
My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos
... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420
06/17/20 8:46:36 PM
#3:


Just replace some of the puppets.

---
Align your chakras, it starts with your breathing.
http://www.arfalpha.com/ScienceOfBreath/ScienceOfBreath.htm
... Copied to Clipboard!
Ogurisama
06/17/20 8:48:23 PM
#4:


... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus
06/17/20 9:20:23 PM
#5:


DirtBasedSoap posted...
there is no way that shit isnt getting cancelled

lolwut? Unlikely.

---
(\/)(\/)|-|
There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist.
... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap
06/17/20 9:23:11 PM
#6:


Zeus posted...
lolwut? Unlikely.
@Zeus

look up song of the south

---
Every man with a microphone thinks he can tell you what he loves the most
... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead
06/17/20 9:28:20 PM
#7:


Theyd better not

---
The Betrayer
... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive
06/17/20 9:38:42 PM
#8:


DirtBasedSoap posted...
look up song of the south

To be fair, I was confused as well - until I realized I was mixing up Splash Mountain and Splashwater Falls in my head.
---
"Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76
"POwned again." --- blight family
... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus
06/18/20 12:35:08 AM
#9:


DirtBasedSoap posted...
@Zeus

look up song of the south

@DirtBasedSoap

look up the fact that Splash Mountain is at *all* four of Disney's parks and it's been at most of them since they opened.

look up the controversy around Song of the South which was been around forever now. Not putting that shit on D+ is a lot different than spending a fortune getting rid of a beloved ride.

You might have just learned about Splash Mountain and Disney's Song of the South recently, but this shit ain't new. The controversy is older than you.

---
(\/)(\/)|-|
There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist.
... Copied to Clipboard!
xjayguyx
06/18/20 12:36:28 AM
#10:


Thank the loonie toon SJWs and leftists for that one.. as always..
... Copied to Clipboard!
JixHedgehog
06/18/20 1:24:32 AM
#11:


Replace the spikes at the bottom with a crashed X-Wing and call it Yodas Training Course or something

---
Not changing my sig until Nintendo announces the Switch XL 1/12/2017
... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap
06/18/20 3:21:52 AM
#12:


@Zeus please stop tagging me

Zeus posted...
look up the fact that Splash Mountain is at *all* four of Disney's parks and it's been at most of them since they opened.
irrelevant

Zeus posted...
look up the controversy around Song of the South which was been around forever now. Not putting that shit on D+ is a lot different than spending a fortune getting rid of a beloved ride.
theyre getting rid of aunt jemima, nothing is off the table right now. i think its pretty likely they just renovate it and remove characters from the ride/rebrand it as something else (which theyve done with numerous rides in the past)

Zeus posted...
You might have just learned about Splash Mountain and Disney's Song of the South recently, but this shit ain't new. The controversy is older than you.
also irrelevant.

---
Every man with a microphone thinks he can tell you what he loves the most
... Copied to Clipboard!
TheWorstPoster
06/18/20 3:28:46 AM
#13:


Leftists hate the movie it is based on, calling it "racist", even though it starred a black man as the lead role in the live-action segments (which was almost unheard of at the time), and takes place in the 1870's, AFTER the civil war and AFTER slavery.
... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap
06/18/20 3:29:35 AM
#14:


shut the fuck up nathan

get a job

---
Every man with a microphone thinks he can tell you what he loves the most
... Copied to Clipboard!
xjayguyx
06/18/20 3:33:05 AM
#16:


TheWorstPoster posted...
Leftists hate the movie it is based on, calling it "racist", even though it starred a black man as the lead role in the live-action segments (which was almost unheard of at the time), and takes place in the 1870's, AFTER the civil war and AFTER slavery.

What don't leftists hate?.. oh right communism
... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkPizza
06/18/20 9:41:14 AM
#17:


Zeus posted...
but this shit ain't new. The controversy is older than you.

Aunt Jemima is pretty old, too. So I dont think that matters...
---
Official King of Kings
Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around.
... Copied to Clipboard!
LaggnFragnLarry
06/18/20 11:00:13 AM
#18:


my tinder babe says they should change it to the princess and the frog bayou mountain blast
... Copied to Clipboard!
Jen0125
06/18/20 11:37:37 AM
#19:


They'll just rebrand it if they do anything.

---
https://imgur.com/4ihiyS2
"I am not gay! Can't you get that through your head? I am very much aroused at the site of a naked woman!" - Dan0429
... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat
06/18/20 11:53:23 AM
#20:


Yeah, Disney never really gets rid of anything (though America Sings sat empty for literally decades), they usually just redress and rebuild the attraction. The Swiss Family Treehouse became Tarzan's Treehouse, the Country Bear Jamboree became Winnie the Pooh, Journey Through Inner Space became Star Tours, etc. Hell, they've redone entire lands (Critter Country was originally Bear Country). I'm sure they can come up with something new for Splash Mountain.

---
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
Minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit
06/18/20 12:28:53 PM
#21:


TheWorstPoster posted...
Leftists hate the movie it is based on, calling it "racist", even though it starred a black man as the lead role in the live-action segments (which was almost unheard of at the time), and takes place in the 1870's, AFTER the civil war and AFTER slavery.

ICOYAR literally can't comprehend why Song of the South is racist.
---
https://imgur.com/tsQUpxC Thanks, Nade Duck!
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[|||||||||||||]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Sonic
06/18/20 12:32:38 PM
#22:


DirtBasedSoap posted...
@Zeus

look up song of the south

But that was canceled decades ago.

---
"It feels like I'm always wrong."
"Nah, that's not true...I mean you just made that statement, didn't you?"
... Copied to Clipboard!
teddy241
06/18/20 1:24:27 PM
#23:


let's just delete history
... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead
06/18/20 1:33:01 PM
#24:


Honestly the whole cancel culture thing is worth it just to see the wingnuts absolutely lose their minds about the most petty things

---
The Betrayer
... Copied to Clipboard!
TigerTycoon
06/18/20 1:43:45 PM
#25:


They'd just edit the ride, rather than close it. It's too big of an attraction to close.

Like how they changed the Pirates of the Caribbean ride so instead of the pirates auctioning off a women, now it's a women pirate selling alcohol, even though that doesn't really make sense, since they stole that alcohol so they wouldn't have to pay for it, so a pirate selling it to other pirates doesn't make sense. If they were going to pay for alcohol they might as well have just payed the original owner, instead stealing it and paying for it anyway.

It's not like the pirates ride has a hard continuity, I'm just saying if they wanted to insert a women pirate into the ride they could have done a better job of it.
---
YOU COULDN'T AFFORD IT!
... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap
06/18/20 2:16:54 PM
#26:


Mead posted...
Honestly the whole cancel culture thing is worth it just to see the wingnuts absolutely lose their minds about the most petty things
theyre erasing history!!!

---
Every man with a microphone thinks he can tell you what he loves the most
... Copied to Clipboard!
DeathMagnetic80
06/18/20 2:49:30 PM
#27:


Eh, its focused on the Brer Rabbit stories which have existed in African-American folklore for a very long time, and they made sure not to include things like the Tar Baby. You'd have to really stretch to turn a ride about animals into a racist thing.
... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkPizza
06/18/20 3:33:36 PM
#28:


DeathMagnetic80 posted...
Eh, its focused on the Brer Rabbit stories which have existed in African-American folklore for a very long time, and they made sure not to include things like the Tar Baby. You'd have to really stretch to turn a ride about animals into a racist thing.

I mean, its Twitter. Twitter can definitely turn anything into a racist thing...
---
Official King of Kings
Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Fierce_Deity_08
06/18/20 4:27:36 PM
#29:


LinkPizza posted...
I mean, its Twitter. Twitter can definitely turn anything into a racist thing...
Agreed wholeheartedly.

---
Official Fierce Deity in my own mind.
GT: OnikaraStar, PSN: Onikara, NNID: OnikaraStar
... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl
06/18/20 4:36:53 PM
#30:


I didn't even know it was based on Song of the South until this issue came up. It'll be easy enough to turn it into something more contemporary, I imagine.

---
This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead
06/18/20 4:37:49 PM
#31:


Is it based on song of the south or is it just the song from the film? Been on the ride several times but never watched the movie

---
The Betrayer
... Copied to Clipboard!
#32
Post #32 was unavailable or deleted.
Mead
06/18/20 4:45:28 PM
#33:


EVEN MEADDDl

---
The Betrayer
... Copied to Clipboard!
BB mofo
06/18/20 4:51:38 PM
#34:


Fun story:
Disneyland's Frontierland used to have a restaurant called "Aunt Jemimah's Pancake House". A black cast member dressed as Aunt Jemimah would visit diners' tables and offer to take pictures with them. The attraction was removed in 1970 for being outrageously racist.

https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/question/2019/april_may.htm

---
"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain
... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34
06/18/20 4:53:25 PM
#35:


BB mofo posted...
Fun story:
Disneyland's Frontierland used to have a restaurant called "Aunt Jemimah's Pancake House". A black cast member dressed as Aunt Jemimah would visit diners' tables and offer to take pictures with them. The attraction was removed in 1970 for being outrageously racist.

https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/question/2019/april_may.htm


So they used a black person instead of blackface? Damn the racism!
---
Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms
... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkPizza
06/18/20 6:34:33 PM
#36:


BB mofo posted...
The attraction was removed in 1970 for being outrageously racist.

Why was it racist, though? I mean, its just a random person dressing up like a fictional character and taking pictures like the rest, right?
---
Official King of Kings
Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around.
... Copied to Clipboard!
agesboy
06/18/20 7:35:42 PM
#37:


LinkPizza posted...
Why was it racist, though? I mean, its just a random person dressing up like a fictional character and taking pictures like the rest, right?
the fictional character being the mammy caricature of the willing grateful slave, yes

---
https://imgur.com/LabbRyN
raytan and Kana are on opposite ends of the Awesome Spectrum.
... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkPizza
06/18/20 7:55:23 PM
#38:


agesboy posted...
the fictional character being the mammy caricature of the willing grateful slave, yes

The kids, and most people, probably thought it was just a lady who made good syrup/breakfast food... And the lady from the syrup bottle, of course...
---
Official King of Kings
Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead
06/18/20 7:59:31 PM
#39:


LinkPizza posted...
The kids, and most people, probably thought it was just a lady who made good syrup/breakfast food... And the lady from the syrup bottle, of course...

that is what I thought until they announced they were changing their brand

had no idea it had any connection to slavery at all

I still dont know what the problem with Uncle Bens is, I always assumed it was the guy that founded the company

---
The Betrayer
... Copied to Clipboard!
agesboy
06/18/20 8:03:12 PM
#40:


LinkPizza posted...
The kids, and most people, probably thought it was just a lady who made good syrup/breakfast food... And the lady from the syrup bottle, of course...
yeah, there's been a concerted effort to sweep the racist origins of this stuff under the rug and normalize it. white people being unaware does not make it not racist towards black people though

i can guarantee that a LOT of people proudly waving confederate flags are not being intentionally racist and only do so out of some sense of regional pride, but it still feels threatening and humiliating to black people

---
https://imgur.com/LabbRyN
raytan and Kana are on opposite ends of the Awesome Spectrum.
... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkPizza
06/18/20 8:04:53 PM
#41:


Mead posted...
I still dont know what the problem with Uncle Bens is, I always assumed it was the guy that founded the company

I don't think anybody knows what the problem is. I think they said it had to do with the word "uncle". The thing is, I believe they said Uncle Ben was a real person who had like really good rice. And everyone called him "Uncle Ben". So, I don't really see a problem with it. But this is the world we live in now... Honestly, It kind of sucks...
---
Official King of Kings
Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around.
... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit
06/18/20 10:30:03 PM
#42:


Mead posted...
I still dont know what the problem with Uncle Bens is, I always assumed it was the guy that founded the company

It triggers Spider-Man too often.
---
https://imgur.com/tsQUpxC Thanks, Nade Duck!
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[|||||||||||||]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosAzeroth
06/18/20 11:50:34 PM
#43:


agesboy posted...
i can guarantee that a LOT of people proudly waving confederate flags are not being intentionally racist and only do so out of some sense of regional pride, but it still feels threatening and humiliating to black people

That sounds like my town in a nutshell, except weirdly enough we're not even in the south.
... Copied to Clipboard!
teddy241
06/19/20 12:29:31 AM
#44:



... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive
06/19/20 1:37:16 AM
#45:


Mead posted...
I still dont know what the problem with Uncle Bens is, I always assumed it was the guy that founded the company

Uncle Ben? More like Uncle Tom, amirite?
---
"Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76
"POwned again." --- blight family
... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat
06/19/20 9:16:14 AM
#46:


Mead posted...


I still dont know what the problem with Uncle Bens is, I always assumed it was the guy that founded the company
It was founded by Forrest Mars (as in the candy). The image of Uncle Ben was based on Frank Brown, a matre d' from Chicago.

---
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
Minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead
06/19/20 11:15:06 AM
#47:


captpackrat posted...
It was founded by Forrest Mars (as in the candy). The image of Uncle Ben was based on Frank Brown, a matre d' from Chicago.



---
The Betrayer
... Copied to Clipboard!
PK_Spam
06/19/20 11:23:50 AM
#48:


TheWorstPoster posted...
Leftists hate the movie it is based on, calling it "racist", even though it starred a black man as the lead role in the live-action segments (which was almost unheard of at the time), and takes place in the 1870's, AFTER the civil war and AFTER slavery.
Get some fucking media and historical comprehension.

---
... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap
06/26/20 6:49:24 PM
#49:


https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/media/splash-mountain-disney/index.html

i fucking told you

---
Every man with a microphone thinks he can tell you what he loves the most
... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead
06/26/20 7:19:07 PM
#50:


Im gonna miss the old ride, but as a white dude it was obviously not gonna offend me, I didnt even know the song and Brer Rabbit were from that movie until many years after I had been on the ride.

And Princess and the Frog is cool and has good music and characters, so the new thing will be fun to look forward to

---
The Betrayer
... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34
06/26/20 8:10:25 PM
#51:


I bet anybody complaining has never actually been to Disneyland anyway.
---
Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms
... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List
Page List: 1, 2