Sketchy Nickelodeon App Celebrates Drunk Girls, Cougars, and Tasing
And Doug Funny, features tasing, "cougars," and wasted girls passed out in front of toilets.Eleanore Macnish discovered the app when her 10-year-old daughter asked if she could download it from the Apple Store. Macnish said yes, even though the game package is rated 12+ for "infrequent/mild simulated gambling" "infrequent/mild cartoon or fantasy violence" and "infrequent/mild profanity or crude humor," because she trusted Nickelodeon as a safe, "kid" brand, as did her daughter. She probably anticipated a fart joke or two, but she wasn't expecting her daughter to have to choose between a naked man's crotch and a mobile home to determine her personality type.
Check out these selections from Nickelodeon's "Ingenious Personality Quiz," which asks players to determine: "Are you a Creepy Loner? A Suck Up? We know you are sick. But what KIND of sick?" Kids are shown a photo of a wasted girl in a see-through white t-shirt passed out in front of a toilet and given the options "Let me get my camera" or "Let me hold your hair." Is a photo of a hammer a "multi-directional impact generator" or "answer to any argument"? A snapshot of a police officer attacking a frat dude asks users what they would yell: "Don't tase me bro!" or "I'm gonna tase you, bro!" (How culturally relevant!) How about spraypaint; would you use it to "Paint dolphins and unicorns and fairies and flowers" or the way cooler "tag stuff"?
