The 28 Most Eye-Rollingly Dumb Freak-Outs Over Pop Culture

Man, we sure panic over a lot of really dumb stuff.
The 28 Most Eye-Rollingly Dumb Freak-Outs Over Pop Culture

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Every day on the internet, its denizens are doing the one thing they thrive on: raging out of control over the most insignificant things imaginable. The thing is, this is nothing new. People have been freaking out over new developments in entertainment ever since the first caveman performed the first shadow puppet show for the first cave-kids.

So it should come as no surprise that real people had the following dumb, real reactions to additions to pop culture.

In the '9Os, the far right caused controversy by denouncing Tinky Winky, from the TV show Teletubbies, as gay and damaging to the moral lives of chil
CRACKEDOON 6 The FBI once kept a file on Elvis Presley for promoting sexual arousal, and perversions among teens due to his suggestive dance moves.
Some parental groups believe that Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures In Wonderland supports child abuse and the use of drugs. OF CHILDRENS CLASSICS TR
Widespread (but bogus) rumors of obscene lyrics in The Kingsmen's version of Louie Louie OF NAWLAVANG FEDERAL ASEGRITY FIDeP LED TO AN BRAVERY BUREAU
When the party game Twister came out in 1 1966, critics called it 'sex in a box. THE GAME THAT TIES YOU UP IN KNOTS Tister Osarcr Sears found it So

Magic: The Gathering

During the mid-90s, moral guardians were convinced Magic: The Gathering trading cards were promoting SATANISM. (.ains of Nephtsropheles Griza Bers are

Walmart

In 1995, Wal-Mart received a customer complaint stating that this shirt ran contrary to the company's family values. omeday a woman will be PRESIDENT!

Detroit

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was banned in Detroit's libraries for having no value to children. TNE WONDERFUL WIZARD ofOZ LOOTH ANNIVERNARY FOITION In
Australia banned an episode of Peppa Pig for encouraging kids to not be afraid of spiders. Is Australia home to several species of venomous spiders? S
GAME THRONES OF An unhappy fan, dissatisfied with the way the creators were ending the show, started a change.org petition to have HBO re-do the eight

Rebel Wilson

When Rebel Wilson posted an Instagram picture of herself posing with her Pitch Perfect 3 co-stars in one of her movie costumes, her fans immediately t
AMC received a bunch of complaints from moviegoers who came to watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi about an audio glitch in the scene where Admiral Holdo
CRACKEDCON The rebooted series of The Magic School Bus was slammed by right- wing media for an episode that discusses climate change. They called the

Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh

IN THE EARLY 2000s, BRAZILIAN TELEVISION HOST GILBERTO BARRIOS CLAIMED THAT BOTH POKEMON AND YU-GI-OH! CARDS WERE SATANIC. BURN BIG 1TAP This caused t

‘80s Arcades

In the '8Os, video game arcades were seen as seedy dens of drugs and sex. CHAM JUNGTUE KOING Going there to play Donkey Kong could lead kids to a life

Brad Pitt

In 2002, Brad Pitt did an ad for Toyota aimed at the Asian market that got banned in Malaysia. A Malaysian official argued that; Aren't our own peopl
This 2005 KFC ad showing women singing with their mouths full received a record number of complaints in the U.K. Over 1.600 people called the Advertis

Ocarina of Time

When re-releases of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time omitted Islamic chanting from the Fire Temple's music, Nintendo was accused of pandering to p
The ads for the 1984 Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night led to a public campaign to save Santa. DIERSSUICHT STORY SILENT THERPLANET
For some reason, Taylor Swift's hidden belly button was such a mystery to the public that people would speculate and invent rumors about it. She ended
CRACKED cO COM wittfl When Minions was released, many parents claimed that Minion toys sold at McDonald's were cursing. A spokespersoninsisted that, t

Absolutely, well done

Brazil banned Everquest for encouraging the subversion of public order. EverQuest It was also called an attack against the democratic state and the
In 2012, EA received threats of boycott for featuring an option for players to have same-sex relationships in Star Wars: The old Republic. Leading the
CRACKED COM Egypt's State Information Service boss believes that one cause of violence in the Arab world is Tom and Jerry. Why? Because Tom and Jerry
wapfenstlin ll CRACKEDc THE NEW COLOSSUS IS THE 8TH GAME IN A SERIES ABOUT KILLING NAZIS. LEADING UP TO ITS RELEASE, IT WAS HEAVILY CRITICIZED BY GAME

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In 1859, Scientific American magazine ran an editorial warning against the dangers of chess. It claimed that the game distracted people from more mean
CRACKEDCO In 1990, the 1987 version of The Little Red Riding Hood was banned in In one illustration, California schools grandma has a red nose, beca
General Mills had to disable Youtube comments on a Cheerios ad because bigots couldn't accept the reality that multiracial families were a CRACKED COM
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