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I just finished re-watching the entirety of Rick and Morty, an animated television program from Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Its dialogue is vulgar and laced with profanity. The animation is shoddy, sloppy, and ugly. It's a strange blend of comedy and science fiction like Futurama, but with all the class and sophistication of South Park—namely, none. It revels in sophomoric humor.

And yet, I love it! There are moments of poignancy. There are political and philosophical ideas. There are clever questions about the nature of reality, morality, identity, and other deep concepts beneath the veneer of fart jokes and f-bombs.

Rick Sanchez is an old man with an ambiguous past. He espouses a nihilist philosophy about life, the universe, and everything, yet he loves his daughter and has on occasion acted in self-sacrifice when his family is in danger. He actively opposes external authority, but he also has deep abusive and authoritarian flaws himself. He claims to be a wholly rational and dispassionate individual, yet he is the mad scientist stereotype to a T, too. It is eventually revealed that there are innumerable alternate realities, and the Ricks of these other realities have coordinated across time and space. Rick from Dimension C-137 is an outlier among Ricks, though, and various episodes revolve around this point of contention.

Morty Smith is a 14-year-old boy, and Rick's grandson. He is timid, awkward, and rarely assertive. When he does take a stand, it either results in acting as Rick's moral compass over Rick's objections, or in drastic unintended consequences s matters spiral out of control. The stress and trauma of accompanying Rick on adventures through space and interdimensional chaos doesn't tend to help his anxiety. Over the course of the show, Morty's parents and sister are developed as characters, and episodes build on their relationships, too. Meanwhile, Morty C-137 struggles to balance middle school, family drama, and saving the universe with his crazy grampa.

Conflicts don't always end well for anyone, and there is a lot of conflict. It is the essence of drama, they say. Beyond the family drama, there are interstellar alien threats, a galactic empire, an evil Morty, and a whole heaping helping of silliness. I do recommend this show, but not to everyone. It may be a cartoon, but it is not for kids. It's irreverent, violent, crude, immature, absurd, and devoid of good role models for anyone. But there's only one thing to say in the end:

WUBBA-LUBBA-DUB-DUB!

Also, I need some Szechuan Sauce and Chicken McNuggets.

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That's an awesome tv series (no doubts about it, haha)!

Have you ever watched Sharp Objects (from HBO)? I've just wrote a review about it: TV SEIRES REVIEW "Sharp Objects" (2018).

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I have not. I don't have cable/satellite TV. I will have to see if it is available on DVD.

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It is definitely not a show for everyone. It has moments that are great, and moments that are not so great. I have enjoyed the show so far.

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Hehe nice review of Rick and Morty , perfect words used. I love this show much :)

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What specifically about my content did you like?

I see by your comment history and steemd.com that you are leaving lots of these compliments without any upvotes. That starts to look less like good will and more like spam farming for votes.

Well, it's quite unfortunate you see it that way. And am not looking for votes too. I really guess you don't really know much about what curie community engagements mean.
First my vp is controlled by backscratchers since I usually don't get the time to spread it around. And I know you also saw the number of votes I spread around always in a day.

As a humble member of curie, it's always great to read articles they upvote and comment on them to boost the engagement

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I see, then, if you are following up on previous automated votes. I have been a bit on edge lately chasing down spammers with steemflagrewards and have seen too much abuse of the blockchain of late. I apologize for my misperception and accusation.

No worries, since you are also doing your job on the blockchain. The blockchain should be free from spammers.
You are also humbly welcome by the way.

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Hello 👋 why don't you flag the members of the cult @steemflagrewards?

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Because a grassroots community policing spammers, plagiarist, and vote farmers isn't a cult and is engaging in productive, beneficial work to promote the Steemit community, unlike you.

So votefarming is OK... just not for me.

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It isn't vote farming to support people who police the community and flag abusive behavior. Stop being so disingenuous.

I have been downvoted for the same thing by the cult members of @steemflagrewards for the same thing a lot of times... what's up with that?

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Maybe you should stop doing the things that get downvoted. The flags are used for a clearly stated reason, and if you disagree, you should make a clear, concise, and rational argument instead of being petty.

... being petty... You are not on the right side you are in the cult...

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