# Socially Responsible Sesame Street?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 18, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775 "2022-09-18T21:12:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775/21 "2022-09-19T00:00:58Z")

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I suppose that a bird WOULD need breast-feeding explained… He was probably expecting her to feed her baby by regurgitating into his mouth.

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775/22 "2022-09-19T00:06:05Z")

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I made a post on FB about this thread. My mom is apparently a big Buffy fan. So it’s more than likely we watched Sesame Street and sang along together.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775/23 "2022-09-19T01:20:47Z")

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> [@DocCathode](#):
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> Wanny buy an M?

Did they ever do an episode about the dangers of buying an E?

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775/24 "2022-09-19T02:26:58Z")

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> [@Tarataratara](#):
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> just found the Buffy and Big Bird moment

> [@Tarataratara](#):
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> Maria explained nursing to a young Drew Barrymore

Thank you for finding those~I enjoyed them. Nice to know they were inclusive even way back then.

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**Author:** ![mattgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mattgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattgg)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775/25 "2022-09-19T11:46:17Z")

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> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> The autistic muppet is [Julia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(Sesame_Street)) - Zoe’s just annoying…

It seems that the lesson Zoe is there to impart is that some people are total assholes and you have to do your best not to kill them.

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775/26 "2022-09-19T12:20:05Z")

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Especially the episode about Zoe’s pet rock …she was so obnoxious that im sure Elmo could of gotten away with aggravated manslaughter/ homicide ,

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775/27 "2022-09-19T18:01:55Z")

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I don’t care if he eats other things than cookies. I just wonder if he still om-nom-noms, piling on the food.

(I know I’ve definitely seen a clip of him saying “cookies are a sometimes food,” but not how he eats other things.)

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