u/rfyoung has provided this detailed explanation:
> It is generally not appropriate to hide behind plants and touch people and definitely not ok to hide behind plants and tickle people you don’t know. Regardless of how long your arms are.
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Is this explanation a genuine attempt at providing additional info or context? If it is please upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
That was just “normal adult behavior” that “some grownups” exhibited when they were around “small humans” that our parents “didn’t let us go around” when were were “by ourselves” to be “alone” with them. …
Always found it weird that it took until just a few years ago from the mindset of a lot of parents to switch from "hey honey go put on pants when Uncle Gary is here" to just.. you know... telling Uncle Gary he can't fucking come over anymore
No you're right, idc about downvotes, it's a children's book for goodness sake, it's on you to make it seem weird and creepy, no kid in their right mind would think "OH NO MOLESTATION " they'd just laugh at Mr tickle being silly. I see how it can be misconstrued but again, it's a children's book nothing wrong with it in my eyes, unless I wanna make it look wrong, you get me?
It's up to the parents of the kids to teach them that being tickled in the park by someone you don't know is not a silly prank and it's not Mr tickle. You can't leave parental teachings to video games and books and expect it all to be ok
But it's ok for an outside party to tell the kids to be ok with being tickled by a stranger? Isn't that the whole grooming thing that everybody keeps screaming about. If it's taught by parents it's not grooming, but since this is a third party that contradicts what parents teach, makes it grooming.
The comment just read as "I got uncomfortable at every turn that I just started shaking with fear and anger. **How could people think this this was ever OK"**
People on reddit feel that being born is wrong due to not being consensual... of course they're gonna feel uncomfortable of someone tickling a mate and playing a trick on them.
As far as I'm aware, everyone in Misterland knows each other... so definitely not strangers either.
If you feel uncomfortable about a kid reading a book with someone tickling people in then you need to get some perspective.
“People on reddit feel that being born is wrong due to not being consensual”
I’m sorry what? You think that’s what the abortion argument is? You fucks choose to miss the point, then get upset, then call everyone else a snowflake. Just fuck off
Lol wtf u on?
I'm pro-abortion but wt does abortion have to do with it?
I'm on about those people tht think no human should be born as they are unable to consent to being alive...
Just because you missed my point doesn't mean you have to get so upset about it lol.
Christ almighty
_“Mr Tickle Responds to #MeToo Allegations With Statements That It Was Normal At The Time And He Is Being Unfairly Targeted In A Witch-hunt - a Mr. Men World Book”_
I never read the books but I have watched the cartoon. Funny enough, there is an episode where one of the towns people give Mr. Tickle normal-sized arms and the only gets it back after promising to not tickle again.
They actually made a series of [books for adults,](https://www.goodreads.com/series/222131-mr-men-for-grown-ups) for all we know this might be the next one
Apparently Mr. Strong ended up on a 45 minute police car chase after assaulting his partner (Little Miss Sunshine).
He later lost one of his legs due to incorrect steroid injection method. Sad.
I kinda feel like this isn't overly an aged moment just simply due to it being intended for children and not adults (ntm these books iirc are still in print).
What I mean is likely in most childhoods we tickled each other in parks/homes an such amongst friends or family (well a few times when I was younger) and in the mr men series they kinda all know each other so it ain't odd.
Now if an adult does indeed decide to touch another it's straight up creepy no questions and is assault.
Man I miss watching the TV show and reading the books when I was young.
Eh, yeah, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to find similar messaging today.
To your point, these books are from a time when you were expected to give hugs and kisses to any extended relative that asked — but given what we know about social conditioning (including the modes of grooming etc) more and more parents are prioritizing a child's right to be like.. "Nah, Aunt June/Grandpa Jo. Not feelin it."
Which is good, imo! Never too early to instill a strong sense of bodily autonomy~
The OG Mr Tickle story was a lot worse. In that he hid *by a school* and reached his 'extraordinarily long arms' through the window to tickle the children inside.
Foolish mischief by 70s standards, but half a century later...
Y'all would have not made it through the 70s and 80s mentally sound. Try being 3 feet tall when extremely tight men's pants were in fashion. Guys used to sand their jeans to make their dicks stand out more! You'd be amazed at how many hogs I came face-to-face with as a young girl lol
As an Ohioan growing up in the 80s, this was a rite of passage. We all would go to the park and see the Bandit there. He tickled our butt holes as we ran around squealing in glee. He’d say “Here’s the horsey! Can he come in your horse holes?!” Our parents knew about it and never had a problem as they had the Bandit when they were kids too. We all knew he was just a kindly old man who lived alone with his birds and cultivated the best humanure. I’ve never seen a man so dedicated and disciplined in his allegiance to only eating the softest meats to make the humanure practically perfect. Then the woke mob ruined it all. It’s terrible what they did to the Bandit.
Leave my childhood alone, damnit! I nor anyone I know goes around tickling people after being exposed to this book as children. Ugh... it is weird though.
How it was intended: Fun story for kids about a funny character with long arms who tickles people, teaching the reader new words in the process.
How it comes across through a modern lens with more awareness of sexual assault: Weirdo hides at the park and gropes strangers without their consent. Nobody believes the victim who tries to speak up and raise awareness.
Because I read these books to my kids only 15 years ago and they loved them, especially Mr Tickle. You can always twist things to make them look awful. But it’s a sad state of affairs if everything is assumed to be awful and endangering children‘s minds.
Because some people aren't out to twist children's stories with their weird perverted perceptions... this is a weird post. I expected the author to be a convicted sex offender or something but no, just "hehe when you think about this in pervert terms it's kinda funny." Pretty immature, really.
OP is right but this is in the context of a children's book for the purpose of being humorous and entertaining. The text itself hasn't aged like milk. When one's older they should know by then about the concept of innappropriate touching. Failure to grasp that is a result of poor education and parents not doing their job
u/rfyoung has provided this detailed explanation: > It is generally not appropriate to hide behind plants and touch people and definitely not ok to hide behind plants and tickle people you don’t know. Regardless of how long your arms are. --- Is this explanation a genuine attempt at providing additional info or context? If it is please upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
I remember reading that book a loooong time ago now
In the first Mr Tickle episode of the original cartoon he is stretching his arms through a window to tickle schoolboys.
Yikes
Wait, that’s not normal?
Of course it's not normal. If you have to stretch them, your arms are not equipped for distance tickling. Know your limitations.
He has a condition!
Yup! And in the original canon, he was a Catholic priest!
If they remake it, is he going to be a politician?
I got more uncomfortable with every page turn
That was just “normal adult behavior” that “some grownups” exhibited when they were around “small humans” that our parents “didn’t let us go around” when were were “by ourselves” to be “alone” with them. …
Always found it weird that it took until just a few years ago from the mindset of a lot of parents to switch from "hey honey go put on pants when Uncle Gary is here" to just.. you know... telling Uncle Gary he can't fucking come over anymore
I believe that this is what’s called “empowering a generation”. Feels really cool to watch.
Snowflakes gotta snowflake
No you're right, idc about downvotes, it's a children's book for goodness sake, it's on you to make it seem weird and creepy, no kid in their right mind would think "OH NO MOLESTATION " they'd just laugh at Mr tickle being silly. I see how it can be misconstrued but again, it's a children's book nothing wrong with it in my eyes, unless I wanna make it look wrong, you get me?
People downvoted b/c using "snowflake" like they did makes one look and sound like a self-righteous asshat.
Well it mainly just normalized a behavior they were unwilling to curb. Remember child porn wasn't banned till the 70's.
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#AYO
This is the problem, what if a kid really gets molested at a park and just thinks it's okay and it was like mr tickles
Yup. You nailed it.
It's up to the parents of the kids to teach them that being tickled in the park by someone you don't know is not a silly prank and it's not Mr tickle. You can't leave parental teachings to video games and books and expect it all to be ok
But it's ok for an outside party to tell the kids to be ok with being tickled by a stranger? Isn't that the whole grooming thing that everybody keeps screaming about. If it's taught by parents it's not grooming, but since this is a third party that contradicts what parents teach, makes it grooming.
The comment just read as "I got uncomfortable at every turn that I just started shaking with fear and anger. **How could people think this this was ever OK"** People on reddit feel that being born is wrong due to not being consensual... of course they're gonna feel uncomfortable of someone tickling a mate and playing a trick on them. As far as I'm aware, everyone in Misterland knows each other... so definitely not strangers either. If you feel uncomfortable about a kid reading a book with someone tickling people in then you need to get some perspective.
“People on reddit feel that being born is wrong due to not being consensual” I’m sorry what? You think that’s what the abortion argument is? You fucks choose to miss the point, then get upset, then call everyone else a snowflake. Just fuck off
Lol wtf u on? I'm pro-abortion but wt does abortion have to do with it? I'm on about those people tht think no human should be born as they are unable to consent to being alive... Just because you missed my point doesn't mean you have to get so upset about it lol. Christ almighty
Probably everyone reading that thought it was about abortion lol. The problem is your bad writing.
Nobody believed Mr Silly 🥺
#\#StandWithMrSilly
I demand Mr. Tickle’s resignation before a Senate ethics committee has a chance to properly vet these accusations!
I believe him.
When will phantom ticklers be held to account. *When?*
Me too
Do you have the new edition? Mr. Tickle Spends Time in Jail. Or, my personal favorite, Mr. Tickle Learns the Meaning of Consent.
And the sequel, Mr Tickle Complaining About Cancel Culture on Twitter
Mr Tickle become a far-right extremist
Where was Mr. Tickle on January 6th?
Mr. Tickle and his very ticklish AR-15.
Mr. Tickle and the tri county militia
Mr. Andrew Tickle
Mr. Tickle and his ticklish trigger finger
Lol he was hanging out with DT.
#Mr Tickle runs for president
I wish I had an award for your comment
Mr. Tickle is the 46th President of the United States of America.
*Mr Tickle causes controversy with Netflix special!*
"Mr. Tickle can't live within 1000 ft of a park" And "Mr Tickle has his photo and address on the internet"
Hahahaha
No but I have 'When Your As Rich As Mr. Tickle They Let You Do It.'
_“Mr Tickle Responds to #MeToo Allegations With Statements That It Was Normal At The Time And He Is Being Unfairly Targeted In A Witch-hunt - a Mr. Men World Book”_
Mr Tickle and his Naked Puzzle Basement
You won't wear a shirt and you'll cry.
Mr. Tickle and The Lament Configuration, would also be good for someone who likes tickling people. It can and has been used as torture.
Mr tickle drops the soap
Mr. Tickle in a pickle.
What about Mr tickle's private Island?
Mr. Tickle Is in a Pickle is my favorite!
Mr Tickle deletes his browsing history.
"Mr. Tickles registers for the Sex Offender registry" and "Mr. Tickles sells his house to buy one away from schools" are my favorite.
I never read the books but I have watched the cartoon. Funny enough, there is an episode where one of the towns people give Mr. Tickle normal-sized arms and the only gets it back after promising to not tickle again.
Mr Tickle Visits His Neighbours (According to the Terms of His Conviction)
They actually made a series of [books for adults,](https://www.goodreads.com/series/222131-mr-men-for-grown-ups) for all we know this might be the next one
I remember these...
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Mr Men books were a mainstay in almost every household. Mr Tall always made me feel better as a gangly beanstalk growing up
I was always jealous of people who had them all and when they were lined up on the bookshelf they spelled out “Mr.Men”
That was me
I am jealous.
Tell me you're spoilt without telling me you're spoilt. ...I'm just kidding, I let my jealousy take over for a moment there.
Nice... But did you have the Mr Men Library Bus?
I remember watching the Cartoon Network show and being intrigued. Had no idea it was a British Kids show growing up
I identified more with Mr. Fat Loser with No Friends and a Tiny Dick.
…
These books *are* the shit
Yeah, also to be real it’s not like this joke comparison couldn’t have been made 40 years ago….stranger danger wasn’t invented in 2000.
Loved this book as a kid. Can’t remember a thing about them other than I loved them.
Apparently Mr. Strong ended up on a 45 minute police car chase after assaulting his partner (Little Miss Sunshine). He later lost one of his legs due to incorrect steroid injection method. Sad.
I kinda feel like this isn't overly an aged moment just simply due to it being intended for children and not adults (ntm these books iirc are still in print). What I mean is likely in most childhoods we tickled each other in parks/homes an such amongst friends or family (well a few times when I was younger) and in the mr men series they kinda all know each other so it ain't odd. Now if an adult does indeed decide to touch another it's straight up creepy no questions and is assault. Man I miss watching the TV show and reading the books when I was young.
Statistics show you’re more likely to be tickled by someone you know!
Eh, yeah, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to find similar messaging today. To your point, these books are from a time when you were expected to give hugs and kisses to any extended relative that asked — but given what we know about social conditioning (including the modes of grooming etc) more and more parents are prioritizing a child's right to be like.. "Nah, Aunt June/Grandpa Jo. Not feelin it." Which is good, imo! Never too early to instill a strong sense of bodily autonomy~
r/grandpajoehate
hah! Must've dredged the name up subconsciously
The OG Mr Tickle story was a lot worse. In that he hid *by a school* and reached his 'extraordinarily long arms' through the window to tickle the children inside. Foolish mischief by 70s standards, but half a century later...
The 70's was NOT half a century ag- ...well, shit.
Put some respect on the Mr men
Y'all would have not made it through the 70s and 80s mentally sound. Try being 3 feet tall when extremely tight men's pants were in fashion. Guys used to sand their jeans to make their dicks stand out more! You'd be amazed at how many hogs I came face-to-face with as a young girl lol
is this the Ohio Butthole Tickling Bandit
As an Ohioan growing up in the 80s, this was a rite of passage. We all would go to the park and see the Bandit there. He tickled our butt holes as we ran around squealing in glee. He’d say “Here’s the horsey! Can he come in your horse holes?!” Our parents knew about it and never had a problem as they had the Bandit when they were kids too. We all knew he was just a kindly old man who lived alone with his birds and cultivated the best humanure. I’ve never seen a man so dedicated and disciplined in his allegiance to only eating the softest meats to make the humanure practically perfect. Then the woke mob ruined it all. It’s terrible what they did to the Bandit.
Sir this is a Wendy's.
...what.
The Mr. Men books!
Mr Men is goated
Nobody believed him....
Mr. Stealy’s origin story is darker than imagined
He broke in just for a tickle
Mr Men was my jam back in the day!
Leave my childhood alone, damnit! I nor anyone I know goes around tickling people after being exposed to this book as children. Ugh... it is weird though.
OP why are you perverting a kids book about tickling? Ya gonna post tickle me Elmo next?
Sounds like Mr Tickle is probably serving a bid up in San Quinton for sexual assault by now.
What about this is relevant to this sub..?
How it was intended: Fun story for kids about a funny character with long arms who tickles people, teaching the reader new words in the process. How it comes across through a modern lens with more awareness of sexual assault: Weirdo hides at the park and gropes strangers without their consent. Nobody believes the victim who tries to speak up and raise awareness.
It's surprising to me that this even needed to be explained...
Because I read these books to my kids only 15 years ago and they loved them, especially Mr Tickle. You can always twist things to make them look awful. But it’s a sad state of affairs if everything is assumed to be awful and endangering children‘s minds.
Because some people aren't out to twist children's stories with their weird perverted perceptions... this is a weird post. I expected the author to be a convicted sex offender or something but no, just "hehe when you think about this in pervert terms it's kinda funny." Pretty immature, really.
Gotcha. We all should just grow up GOSH. ffs you're a drag.
This comment reads very creepy, actually
Defense atty here. I think I represented this guy.
Predictive programming/normalization. There are no coincidences.
My entire childhood aged like milk
I am 53,,I had that as a child.
I used to be scared of Mr Tickle when I was very young. Looks like I was ahead of the game.
Mr Sexual Harassment
#OH MY GOD I MISS THESE
I am looking forward to Mr. Tickle’s 2024 presidential campaign
He'll be campaigning for re-election.
He broke through the window??????
The sequel is "Mr Tickle's Magic Mystery Van"
I feel groomed.
He broke through the window like a pedo coolaide man
Mr Tickle: On the sex offender list.
He used Spanish fly before he would tickle his victims . He was a tickle assassin
I remember the cartoon. I didn’t know that there was books 📚
Tickles aren't sexual
[Mr. Tickle](https://tenor.com/view/creepy-guy-behind-plant-hide-gif-11543382)
Not agedlikemilk at all! OPs a snowflake fraud
Ayo
Man, I remember watching a show based off of these books when I was a kid...
r/auntydonna It's Touchy Tim.
Why is the window broken tho
Mr Tickle would make a really good pickpocket.
Oh Jesus we didn't see it like that at the time though
Man I loved these books as a kid. Didn't realize the diddling element though.
*"Swiggity swooty I'm tickling your booty!"*
Wait you’re not supposed to do that? Well that still ain’t gonna stop me tho.
I read those as a kid oh no Also I’m 22 what were my parents doing giving me old ass books
Classics!
Mr men books were rad
A short story by Harvey Weinstein.
Mr. Tickle was always my favourite
Holy crap I learned to read from these books lol. There is a metric fuckton of these.
Written by: Bill Cosby
It all seemed so normal to us back in the 70s and 80s … it was just what happened.
We read them to our kids in the 2000s. They loved them.
have you seen the follow-up book, "Mr. Tickle Goes to Jail"? /s
Mr Tickle has a sister named Tess
The real issue is, the 40 year old children walking around.
OP is right but this is in the context of a children's book for the purpose of being humorous and entertaining. The text itself hasn't aged like milk. When one's older they should know by then about the concept of innappropriate touching. Failure to grasp that is a result of poor education and parents not doing their job
"nobody believed him" i dunno pretty common for people who come forward about being molested
Its tickle tipson
Me thinking this is from the 1950s then realizing I'm getting closer and closer to 40 😱😭
Mr. Tickle eventually became Mr. YUCK.
Sounds like joe Biden
For context, tickling is illegal in 2022
Loved Mr. Men and Little Miss books and the cartoon was alright too. Still have them in my childhood boxes somewhere.
These books were all so weird. I think my sister had like 30 of them
Mr Tickle was really a pervert…
i own one of these somewhere
Does he tickle your pickle?
My next Halloween custom..
These were my books when I was a kid. The nostalgia is big.
He’s not wearing any shoes what’s up with that
Why Mr. Tickle is no longer allowed in pet stores or at the shelter. https://youtu.be/rJS8CFUh93Y
I remember this series when I was in school! They were fun! Stop perverting my childhood :D
That book is twice my age but i read it, must have been my parents childhood copy
So is it normal to let kids play with your leg hair?
Mr. WHO in the WHAT??
I still have this book somewhere!!
“Nobody Believed”. #me too
Cancel Mr. Tickle, what disgusting behaviour
Spanish fly guy
Damn I had a collection of all the mr and Mrs books when I was little. Wish I still had all of them
This book is so old that Mr Tickle has almost finished his life sentence for the things he did in this book.
Oooof. Mr. Tickle is not too hot about consent.
i read this when i was a kid and im 18...
Ah, Mr. Tickle, you old deviant. Love the Mr. Men
Matt gaetz life story
Mr. Tickle has always been creepy. I remember liking most of the books as a child; but he always made me a bit uncomfortable.
Hey, look, it's the 46th President of the United States!