This is because the prequels were not as bad as they were made out to be, the sequels are genuinely shit.
Something not great can be beloved if it’s honest, something false and forced will be hated regardless of its qualities.
>sequels come out
>fans don't like them
>soylennials say prequels were just like that
>say when the kids grow up sequels will become popular as well
>ffw 11 years
>kids grew up
>kids make prequel shitposts
>most new shows are prequel era
>sequels?
>no one cares
>sequels come out
>fans don't like them
>soylennials say prequels were just like that
>say when the kids grow up sequels will become popular as well
>ffw 11 years
>kids grew up
>kids make prequel shitposts
>most new shows are prequel era
>sequels?
>no one cares
@xzxArchitect @UnseenFactor@planefag My liege! Those troops from the nearby kingdom is using these new things called Guns to destroy our center Infantry! Its so over, my lord, Infantry is outdated now my leige, me might as well give up!
@xzxArchitect@planefag An armored box that moves under its own power and can shoot holes through buildings will never be obsolete. It's just going to be used differently.
A little over 5 years ago (before it became en vogue to be terrified of China) we used to talk about China's demographics problems and that they were headed for serious problems because they had something like 5 men per woman after the 1 child policy.
>Be butter
>Made by the first humans who kept cattle
>Churned from cream by hand in clay pots
>Preserved in salt or buried in bogs
>Bog butter found in Ireland, dated 3,000 years old
>Still technically edible
>The Celts buried you for preservation and possibly ritual
>You were that important
>Be butter, ancient India
>Clarified into ghee
>Used in cooking, medicine, and religious ceremony
>The Vedic texts list you as sacred
>The Ayurvedic tradition uses you to heal
>For four thousand years
>Be butter, Medieval Europe
>Eaten daily by every class that could afford you
>The poor scraped every last bit from the churn
>Spread thin on dark bread
>Their only fat in winter
>Be butter, 1950s
>Ancel Keys decides fat causes heart disease
>The margarine industry funds supporting research
>The margarine industry is very large
>The margarine industry is very pleased with the findings
>Be butter, 1977
>The McGovern Report recommends replacing you with vegetable spreads
>The vegetable spreads contain hydrogenated oils
>The hydrogenated oils contain trans fats
>The trans fats are later found to cause exactly what butter was accused of
>Be butter, 1990s-2000s
>Flora, Benecol, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
>"I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" is the product name
>It is not butter
>It is an industrial emulsion of seed oils, water, salt, and colouring
>It is named after the thing it replaced
>It is sold as healthier
>Be butter, 2010s
>The science quietly reverses
>Meta-analyses find no link between saturated fat and heart disease
>The researchers are careful not to say this too loudly
>A lot of people built careers on the previous advice
>Be butter, 2026
>Back in fashion, slowly
>Still more expensive than the spreads that replaced you
>Still eyed suspiciously by GPs who trained in 1987
>Still the best thing that has ever happened to a piece of toast
>You were always fine
>The margarine was not fine
>The margarine killed people
>Nobody has been held accountable for the margarine
>Be confused
>Be delicious
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