Welp it does turn out that only certain US-based charities are approved as fundraisers BUT... since most of y'all are in the USA this probably makes more sense anyway. I've chosen the US charity "Human Rights Campaign" for the fundraiser. My dear local friends can donate to Stonewall here: donorbox.org/support-stonewall Happy Pride to everyone except the people who complain about pride being unfair to the straights while the LGBTQ+ community continues to have their rights challenged and face regular discrimination. They can get in the bin
The active campaign by transphobic reactionaries to remove stonewall from being a point of reference for various public bodies is extremely disturbing.
God's first action after creation was the Tzimtzum (self-withdrawal) but is only an illusion. He kinda smeared the dimensions to allow is to progress. His self-withdrawal started the flow of time. "You shall surely die".
@@ready1fire1aim1 Interesting. You probably would've got along with Betrand Russell, in terms of his focus on the importance of clarifying accurate definitions as a necessary foundation to understanding, and discussing, those concepts. But, given your understanding of definitions, you would know that you have not 'solved metaphysics' but solved a way of describing metaphysical terms. You have literally (😉) combined colloquial terms for describing shapes, and added words to those terms in common usage to make those definitions more precise. If you aren't already familiar, you might be Interested to look up the avant-garde art work 'This is not a pipe'. Then you might see the irony in your post. In your genuine intellectual cleverness, I think it may have been a situation of 'not seeing the wood/ forest for the trees'. But in terms of defining metaphysics, your use of logic may have hit on something useful. Everyone in the field, primarily, would need to adopt your terminology for it to be a workable system. If that occurred, the terminology may be picked up by the general population. But it helps if you have a reputation in the field to be listened to and have an impact. I hope you are using your obvious intelligence towards a goal of this nature. But your life choices are your own! It's rare to find people willing to write thoughtful comments on UA-cam. People seem threatened by others who want to think/ are driven to think and try to tear them down. I find it sad for them. They are missing so much! Thank you for your comment, which inspired me to think, too. 😊
They've been saying that for decades at least. Not quite literally but their tactics have been honed to work on the emotionally vulnerable over a couple of thousand years, they're always going to get someone.
Same! I was also regularly in pain from a back/pelvis injury many years ago. Yoga, with all the stretching and strengthening involved, has significantly improved my pain situation. I teamed yoga with seeing a physical therapist and a mental health professional, and the three together have been awesome for me. (Dumping Jesus like the abusive boyfriend he is was also very helpful) You know what didn't help? Not doing those things and just praying.
Emma, I'm an old fart, and grew up when homophobia, misogyny, and racism were the norm where I lived. It's been a long haul trying to overcome that crap, but I've made a little progress. It helps that my favorite relative is a lesbian. My point is, it's a personal issue, but we get bad messages when we are kids, when we are the most vulnerable. We may not be able to shut up those voices entirely, but at least we can tell them to bugger off. I don't have to understand trans people to believe that they deserve dignity and civil rights. Just incidentally, Christianity IS an "Eastern Religion." It originated in the Middle East. Anyway, I enjoy your content, thanks.
Nah, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are all not Eastern Religions. Just because they were founded east of Europe does not mean they are Eastern Religions. The global east means China, Japan, SE Asia, etc.
Yup, grew up in the same shitty minset. Took me years to get rid of it. And each year, I could look back at the previous one and think, for instance, "I was homophobic back then, but now I'm not anymore". Yeah, it takes time to realise all that is wrong, one stupid thought at a time. And I hope that I won't have to be ashamed anymore of my more recent past self. It's kind of "funny" to think I grew up in a Christian family, were you are taught that the most important thing to remember from the bible is "love your neighbor as yourself" (I'm not sure if it's the correct translation in English for this famous sentence, but you get the idea), while casual racism and homophobia are also the norm...
I also kind of grew up around the racism & homophobia. This was before I realized I was bi & decided to follow Paganism which some of my family is okay with & others are not. I just find it funny & sad how many Christians preach about loving ur neighbor but then hate on someone because they're different from them. They hate on someone's very existence just because they don't agree with who that person is. Even though it's easier or at least less stressful to just say this is how I live my life & that's how u live urs. I may not agree with ur choices but I'm not going to try to control ur life because as long as the person isn't hurting anyone (including themselves) it's nobody's business what they do with their lives
Growing up in the 70s with shows like "the black & white minstrels", Dick Emery, and Benny Hill - I'm not surprised we're screwed up as a generation, and a bit repressed when it comes to LGBT identities. I regularly have to stop myself and recognise that a thought is just up-bringing, and isn't helpful in todays society. Thank goodness. We still have a way to go
“Play is valuable as an adult” Considering how stressful and grim being an adult generally IS, and how poorly our education systems and parenting culture (at least if you’re a child of the 80s-90s...can’t speak for later) in the UK prepared us for being adults and dealing with adult things....I’d say play is VITAL as an adult. Being an adult should never mean having to set aside the things you enjoy just because some homogeneous cultural attitude says those things are “for kids”. The way I see it, if it’s culturally acceptable for people to get totally shitfaced on a weekend while watching their favourite team kick a ball for 90 minutes, it should be just as acceptable for me to play computer games and paint little plastic space marines and play D&D.
I got a PS5 for myself! I always wanted one as a kid, but could never afford one. Now I decided I'm going to have one before I turn 40. I also got a bunch of plushies over the years. They're soft and cute and when I have an anxiety attack because my hormones are sh*t, I cuddle one and do breathing and it keeps me sane and from feeling more horrible. Being an adult is hard. Mind you, I like it more because school was awful for me. Not to mention that I had to do a lot of growing up on my own. However, I don't care about the social conventions of "adulthood".
@@IzzysTravelDiaries Titles like the Assassin's Creed series delve into the Egyptian, Greek and Viking mythology in a very rewarding way. Vikings were strong in the lore of the goddess, too.
I remember being scared of yoga because of my Christian beliefs. I felt so badass when I attended yoga classes in a bar. Downstairs people were drinking beer, upstairs I learned some nice poses. This was years after I became an atheist, but it still like an accomplishment to do something that used to frighten me.
See, it proves that all this religious beliefs nonsense is just a scare tactic and non of them have really tested it out to really see what they're all trying to scare other people with!! I knew this all along!!☺️👍
@@magictoenail6800 um... is there a comment I'm not seeing? Or did you just put this in the wrong place? You seem to be speaking to Emma's ST Barbie comment, but it's as an answer to someone else's Yoga comment. 🤔🤨
@@thetypingape2073 There's no lyrical metal Barbie, though. Take a look at the singers of Amberian Dawn and compare figures. Barbie ain't got the abdominal volume to breathe enough to sing lyrical metal.
Sadly, the church my parents raised me in had an equally bigoted attitude toward Eastern Religions. My Mother was so afraid of some demonic influence that she wouldn't purchase a Japanese painting of a dragonfly that she liked. She asked me if it had some symbolic meaning. It was just a dragonfly in a field.
That's not even a religion! That's just another COUNTRY! That would be like if Evangelical Christians didn't buy anything from Italy or Ireland because "that's where the Catholics are".
My parents were very concerned when started doing yoga as part of a high school class. It's funny how they manage to find everything "demonic". Music, Kids' games, shows, other religions. The world is a scary place when you make no effort to understand it.
I cannot even imagine how it must be like: proclaiming the follow the most powerful, most benevolent, most awesome being in and beyond the universe... and living in constant fear of "something evil" that allegedly thwarts that said being at every opportunity.
@James Henry Smith good to know, and please do come back when it DOES happen. Pretty sure my grandparents thought exactly like that throughout their lives... any moment now... up until they died. 😴
This is the most benevolent, loving and powerful being in the universe that murdered millions of people on a whim because his feelings were hurt verses the evil, lying antagonist that killed...um, no one! Christianity is so twisted.
I think this woman doesn’t remember what it was like when she was a teenager I mean how many of these people actually believe that teenagers are innocent and pure? All teenagers go through those things
I'm sad they removed Earring Magic Ken (because it was "oops" too popular with gay men) - it was the best selling Ken doll EVER. Definitely worth a google and possibly another Barbie-related video 😁
i.pinimg.com/originals/94/9d/53/949d53ea321419ae0ea60b6ae96778d4.jpg I see why it became popular with gay men and why it was quickly but silently taken out of production. Man the 90s were gold.
The narcissism of religious extremists and their fake outrage is astounding. "If you believe any three numbers in sequence or a Barbie doll is how the "ultimate evil" would choose to communicate to the masses you should seek professional help. Mental health is important, there are people who can help you. Not to mention that the burden of proof is on you, the extremists, not us thinking critically."
Whosoever ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, Or crookback, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken ... He shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries. Leviticus 21:17-23
@@FatherDingo The problem is, there are way too many nutjobs who will happily post random shite from the bible, but, as you've made your position clear, I shall thumb up your post.
When your faith is the right one and all others are wrong, it’s really easy to justify insulting all other faiths as demonic which I always find really ironic.
@@stoormtrooper22 Or to put that another way: When your faith is the only one that is right All others are wrong, all day and all night. The insult is justified to say they're demonic You can't even see how that's sooooo ironic.
I mean, that _is_ the official stance of the Bible. In the Old Testament, you're supposed to kill people who worship other Gods, and Jesus never says anything to the contrary.
Yeah, anti-yoga laws have been a thing in the redder states in the US. The notches in the Bible Belt equate yoga as a gateway drug on the way to Hinduism. These people are nuttier than a backed up sewer in Squirreltown the day after the big Nut Festival... is my point here.
Oh my god, what a flashback when you read that post. When I was in middle school, my health class did a guided meditation; just the type where a calm voice helps you breathe slowly and imagine walking on a beach. When I told my dad about it, he told me to be careful because meditation can leave you vulnerable to demons and possession. Such an overreaction to basic ideas of calming yourself down.
I’ve been told that about yoga by several Jehovah Witnesses . I’ve been doing yoga on an off since high school 50 years ago. I showed one a standing split and she thought I was demonic because a woman as old as me shouldn’t be able to do that . She’s refused to talk to me since. This is your brain on superstition!
As a 70's kid, I'm just watching this video going, "There's movies? There's games? There's a Barbie VOICE??" Loved the dolls as a kid. Big part of my childhood. Oh, and also had to navigate the crazy "everything pop culture is Satanic" madness from the 80's/90's. No wonder I'm atheist today.
I remember me and my childhood friends (we all came from Christian homes) trying to do yoga poses and chanting "om". No one ever got scolded or possessed.
Thanks Emma for your early comments on Trans-Rights, Stonewall and Pride month. It's really sickening how Trans people (youths in particular) are being targeted by the far-right wing of the US media and Republican politicians at the moment. Anything "other" is always a target and, dear reader, one day they would turn on you too. ps. Thanks for your "stupid video" to cheer me up.
Also, if Satan wants to corrupt me, he better fucking rock up in his best horns and flaming skin. So far he's just sent public school boys. I support a system where EVERYONE has the right to education, healthcare and social security.
I completely agree that the far right of US politics (also far left) is shit but just to be the devil's advocate, (kinda) I would like to point out that they will probably not turn on straight Christian white men
it's the end of the culture wars. starting with ...let's say evolution in the 30s. but really with desegregation, in the 50s and the civil rights int eh 60s, the US- and the western world- has undergone the most intensive liberalization in history. the left has won virtually every battle on this. when gays got all their rights, the left moved on to trans, as the latest battle. this happened just as the right got enough political power that an effective backlash could happen. and that's where we are. they're fighting the latest, last battle, and hoping to FINALLY win one, so they can scale back all the losses they've taken. the problem is that they are a small minority with disproportionate power. so even if they pass laws against these things, socially they've already lost. it would only be a matter of time before those laws are reversed. kinda sucks for trans ppl now, but then it's always sucked for trans ppl. things have only recently begun to get better for them. it should start getting better again soon.
I love this video! I'm Catholic. I work at a Jewish nursing home. Before plague times, they offered Yoga for employees weekly. I would go as a part of my physical therapy for a back injury. It was very helpful. A couple years ago, my pastor published an article on the church bulletin on a similar tirade as Angry Christian Mom. I wanted to debate with him but I do not have the knowledge to make a convincing argument. Also, I can't talk for shiz. I'm better with words on paper. Additional comment. I also love how these people who use the Bible to justify their crap cherry pick their verses and ignore the rest
Well I have heard more than a few jokes that Barbie has worked in literally every possible profession, it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some “Satanic Cult Barbie” or something to that effect that existed at one point.
I don't know about Satanic Cult Barbie, but I did recently learn about "Earring Magic Ken" which is a hilarious story on its own. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earring_Magic_Ken
Is there or has there been a priest Barbie - and how would that be handled by the literalist Radical Evangelical Christians, when it goes against the Bible.
I remember my mom telling me to be careful when I mentioned I was taking a yoga class in college. Not because she was worried about me getting hurt, of course, but because Satan. The class was good, I kept doing yoga well after the class ended, though now that I've moved that routine has pretty much ended. I found it helped a lot with my frequent back pain so maybe I'll try to go back to it. Probably the most egregious thing in the class was that one time the teacher sat us down to watch "the secret". The great irony being that my mom believes in the main idea behind the secret, that "your thoughts have a direct, physical effect on the world around you somehow". I walked out of that class, I wasn't about to sit there and watch that bullshit, especially since my mom used manifestation/prayer/faith healing as an excuse to not get medical care she would benefit from. When it comes to yoga, you don't have to worry about Satanism or even Hinduism but new-age hippies, unfortunately. Thankfully, because it was a class at a community college, my teacher couldn't go all in with it, but I strongly suspected she wanted to given the things she said and movie day. If you want to take up yoga, but are also worried about being fed new-age nonsense, consider looking at community college classes. Since the classes are government funded the teacher has to restrain themselves somewhat. Or, if you're fine being more confrontational, you could go to studios and ask the teachers about their beliefs and how much they bleed into the class. I do think having a teacher is useful at first since they can correct your posture which helps prevent injury and make sure you're getting the most out of the poses.
My wife's first thought on seeing the thumbnail for this video was, "Of course Barbie's a demon -- her head turns all the way around." I don't know if it still does, but when my wife was a kid, Barbie's head DID turn all the way around. Does it still? Or do you have to get the "Satanic Cult Barbie" Steven McSteveington mentioned a while ago to get a Barbie whose head turns through 360 degrees? But what almost made me laugh my @$$ off (if I still had one -- I watched George Carlin and Richard Pryor when I was young) was seeing your tee shirt. We all need " A Happy-Go-Lucky Ray of F*cking Sunshine" in our lives!
That Facebook post totally makes me, a 49-year-old, queer, atheist woman want to run out to Target and buy satanic yoga Barbie. (I enjoy doing yoga myself in a non-religious way AND I always wanted a Barbie flexible enough to do gymnastics as a kid, so hey, this is up my alley. Like you, I see no problem with adults liking toys.)
i actually have the 25th anniversary star trek barbie and ken, which came as a set. i actually got them as a gift when i was a kid which tells you im too old to watch this channel. the box got trashed in a recent move but the dolls and accessories are still just fine.
I love this doll. One of the girls I take care of as a disability support worker has this doll and it is a very helpful toy to help calm and ground her. I hate that if she were in a family who believed this, she would be measurably worse off.
From your t-shirt to the raspberry to the emoji-in-the-dog's head, I haven't laughed so much in years. Never stop being who you are Emma. Lots of love and laughter from ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀.
I now want one. As a fifty year old woman with 2 adult daughters, Roman Catholic, suffers from Panic attacks, I need one in my life. This video cracked me up. Thank you😊 Emma. Keep doing you💖
Thanks for all you do, Emma! I also appreciate you taking time to quote the explicit text to help demonstrate how terrible it is. There is so much defense for the “good book” and Christianity because it is viewed as super moral. Absolutely not so - the book refutes it’s own perception.
Going to a Hindu based meditation center for guided meditations taught me how to stop ruminating about everything. Also Barbie doing mindfulness meditation would help lots of kids learn how to take a break from their thought and emotions. I bought my two year old a meditation mouse toy and she has fun following it. Thanks for the laughs and for calling out people with dopey attitudes.
Hi Emma! Newer viewer and subscriber here. Love your content! So funny to watch you cover this odd backlash from someone to Mattel's Yoga Barbie. I actually worked for Mattel for the past 2 years in the legal standards and practices devision and part of my job was to review video, packaging, and product to make sure there wouldn't be anything that may reflect poorly on the brand/receive public backlash or go against any truth-in-advertising regulations since children are highly susceptible to aggressive advertising techniques. I remember seeing this Barbie doll and not thinking anything of it. Seemed fairly harmless and if anything a very encouraging and uplifting product for children. Just goes to show that people will tend to find something wrong with almost anything. Thank you for making great content! Keep it up! :)
It also goes to show that she probably didn't have very many toys when she was just a little girl, so she's either jealous of the fact that other kids this day of age has toys or she doesn't have any children of her own or she has a big fear of dolls!!
As an adult still working through an unhealthy relationship with my emotions, I appreciate this Barbie alot. If I'd had her as a kid, maybe I could have learning some deep breathing, and more awareness of what my own emotions are doing, from a young age. Plus, she lights up, has a cute pet, and is so posable (unlike the Barbies I had), which would make her fun to play with doing non-yoga things.
I've learned from experience that believers think a lot of things are satanic. Apparently, pokemon and Ben 10 are satanic. I remember my mom burnt my shirt when the pastor told her and I went home shirtless
I mean it's Barbie, so it's like kinda terrible from a body image for women issue level, but demonic? I wanna see or make a satanic witch Barbie! Also I really wish there was a laugh emoji for videos because that puppet needed one hahahaha
What that religious nut of a mom fails to realize is its her religion that will cause that. Not Yoga. Yoga calms the mind and relaxes the body. It makes you feel better mentally, emotionally and physically.
Agreed. That is what Religion does to Children. Christianity is an extremely cruel and Twisted Belief System. I am so glad that you have noticed this. Good for you.
@@paulthompson9668 Good Call. I haven't researched all 4,000 of the current, different Religions, but I can comfortably assume that they are all harmful.
My younger sister had a Barbie that was possessed, its head would spin a full 360 degrees around and it would suffer no damage. If my G.I. Joes were missing, all I had to do would be go into my sisters room and look in her closet and find Possessed Barbie naked and doing "things" with both of my G.I. Joes which were fully naked. I decided to leave them and never went back....
Ha! That reminds me of the comic of a girl saying to her mom “I want a Barbie and a GI Joe.” The mom asks “Doesn’t Barbie come with Ken?” The girl replies “No she always comes with GI Joe. She fakes it with Ken.” 🤣🤣🤣
@@5769434 Six of my sisters would agree with you. My other sister would rather eat tin foil than play with dolls. My two brothers use to sometimes play with them...alone...in their bedroom...for hours. When my sisters got their dolls back sometimes their clothes were on back to front...always puzzled me, that.
It can also help people with ADHD! We have a problem with emotional regulation and while you're in a spiral it's really hard to focus on something else. Plus she's pretty! 😁
My understanding is that what is called "yoga" in the west (and to some extent in India) is only slightly related to historical Hindu practices or texts. For us, yoga usually means a particular understanding of ashtanga yoga, involving stretching and breathing exercises. This apparently scarcely existed at all in India prior to the early 20th century. But an enterprising fellow (I forget the name now) decided to borrow some exercises from popular European books of that era, slap some eastern-sounding names onto it, and launch it as "traditional yoga," which it was not. But he was highly successful. The popularity of these stretching exercises waned in Europe, so everyone soon forgot that that is where they originated from. What is really funny about this is that you can actually find scans of those original exercise books (I think they were Danish or Swedish), and the photographs in them look exactly like many "traditional" poses in ashtanga yoga. To be clear, this doesn't mean "yoga" is just exercises and breathing practices. In Hinduism there are distinct traditions of "yoga" but what that means is largely unknown to practitioners of "yoga" in Europe and North America.
Happy Pride Emma! I wish I could do yoga, but I was advised against it with my scoliosis because some poses can make the curve worsen, but it seems like great exercise!
There are yoga instructors who can help you with posture modifications to work around scoliosis. Ask around; there may be a yoga studio near you with the right instructor for you. Best of luck, and have a great day!
Just to mirror what OboeCanAm already said: I can have issues with yoga due to hypermobility, but having a yoga instructor who was familiar with it and could show me what and what not to do was really helpful!
I laughed out loud three times when she was reading with the puppet that god awfully senseless post full of comically self-indulgent fear. It was just too fitting that the visually absurd puppet has no eyes and speaks with such brainless confidence (great puppeteering btw-the throat clearing was a nice touch).
When I was a kid, I got a princess barbie for my birthday so I decided to turn her into an evil fire type devil barbie by colouring her dress red and black and gluing sparkling craft stones of black colour on the dress then colouring her hair red with black roots with a red and black marker. I really really liked the colour combo red and black. Then I made long bat wings for her using white cardboard box and painted it all black with some dark red shading. My barbie looked really cool and my parents didn't see any problems with it but my religious relatives came to our house one day and they told my parents to throw the doll away and I remember my mom getting in an argument with them and then those relatives never came back. We usually only see them during weddings or funerals other other relatives.
I use closed captioning and in this video it blocks the last word on Emma's t-shirt. Totally changes the meaning 😅. I'm the same age as Barbie, we were both born in 1959. I may be old but I'm still in love with Emma ❤️. Keep up the good work.
@Emma Thorne, while watching your face as you were talking, the corner of my eye noticed the little flame on your chair, along with the tuft of hair sticking up on the other side of your head, and my brain instantly made those out to be tiny horns as you were speaking about Satan and the demonic XD I love your method acting, I would never have thought of becoming a demon, just for such a video :)
As a woman with Indian heritage, I found this facebook post, borderline racist. And I don't throw the racist card that often. Yoga is a big part of my culture, and my family is from the catholic religion, in India. I find it deeply worrisome when Americans and the western world mock eastern practices, call them DEMONIC, and take them inappropriately and call them "theirs" like many do when it comes to meditation and yoga as well! Yes, you can practice non-religious yoga, but you cannot just take it and call it "yours" if you're not Indian. You can practice it and acknowledge its origin, or you can leave it alone and don't open your mouth. Thank you for shedding some light on this, Emma!
Growing up, Mom saw Live and Let Die, and there was a scene with Tarot cards. Hey mother said not to, but she went out and bought a deck, and played with them while her mom told her how demonic it was. That night, unsurprisingly, she had nightmares about demons and the cards trying to kill her and such. She burned the cards and then told us kids to never, ever mess with the occult. The instant I left home, I started studying every other religion she forbade (including Catholics, which were just as evil), including diving into the history of demon worship and the quite-lovely Church of Satan. I have yet to be claimed by demons. This is the same woman that when I get 'twinges' of fear or what could loosely be called 'premonitions' to her but is really me worrying about someone, she tells me it's my 'old highland blood' and I should listen to it.
Don't feel bad about having toys as an adult. I myself bought a Barbie last year and I'm 60 years old. Barbie is a nostalgic reminder of when I was a kid. The thought that Barbie is demonic makes me wonder if I can make my doll up to look like a demon. She would look so cool, maybe she can be Lilith Queen of the demons lol
Honestly toys are important.. they can help you relax and de-stress. Hell I am in my 20s and recently got an scp 999 plushie, it goes EVERYWHERE I go beacuse I suffer from depression and possibly anxiety. And this cute little orange blob that always looks like it's ready for a hug, helps me calm down. Hell if anything could be counted as "SAtAnIc", that would DEFINITELY be the scp wiki/fandom, and no Barbie sadly isnt listed on that wiki XD. But in all seriousness, everyone including adults should have atleast one toy or stuffed animal...
I remember in 1966, in my 1st grade homeroom, a girl brought her Barbie Doll to school. She took her out, stripped off her clothes, and passed her around the classroom. The teacher was flabbergasted. Us kids were laughing our tail ends off!
Hey Emma, love your puppet show this might sound weird but I have no doubt that your be a great mom one day, because you still have a hilarious childish spirit inside of you and at the same time very woke, mature and educated. Great video
I mentioned meditation at church once as a kid and the Church Deacon who was my Sunday school teacher told me I was opening myself up to demons and God's wrath. I cannot tell you how much that freaked me out
22:50 Pretty much standard for christian parents. "I followed the rules and raised them christian but they're not happy, the devil must have got them." To be fair to the parents, they are themselves living in fear and acting on that fear when they try to force their children into their own religion but that doesn't excuse it, it only explains it and gives us a starting point to address the problem with parents who are willing to look at themselves critically. It's not exclusive to christians but a common problem I observed growing up among christians.
Ah yes, another case of "i don't want your voodoo to compete with my voodoo, so i'll ignore the aspects of my voodoo that are similar to your voodoo and spread bad words about your voodoo regardless if it's true or not"
"You can't separate the poses from the [Hinduism]" just like you can't separate the cross from christianity, I guess? Tell that to some hentai artists... :P
Barbie is TOTALLY Demonic. NFW could a real person have limbs that thin and still stand. Definitely some supernatural strength and tension shit going on there.
I remember when I saw the post going around the first time... My comment was something along the lines of "eastern religions... Like that one about the people wandering in the desert...??? Or the other one based on that one about the dude in the sandals...???"
They are NOT toys! They are collectibles. :P And Yoga is just REALLY pretentious stretching. Hang on, did Emma shove her entire hand up the backside of that poor innocent furrie? Barbies sighing sounds oddly adult.
@Lureeality 🎶🎵 This is precisely why South Asian people like myself hate when white people force themselves into cultural practice that they have no connection too. Sexualizing practice IS NOT YOGA and it's very disrespectful.
@@dozer1323 LMAO oh yes, the "if you're in a different country you are appropriating that country's culture" argument. Lol no honey it doesn't work that way. The British enslaved my people stole resources and multiple factors forced me out of my homeland so you can eff right off with that BS.
I used to help run a youth club in a church hall back in the 90s & 00s. We had a simple website for the kids in the club. Somebody in America emailed me at the club email address and told me I was going to hell for "leading the children astray" .. No further explanation. I'm still confused today !?
Welp it does turn out that only certain US-based charities are approved as fundraisers BUT... since most of y'all are in the USA this probably makes more sense anyway. I've chosen the US charity "Human Rights Campaign" for the fundraiser. My dear local friends can donate to Stonewall here: donorbox.org/support-stonewall
Happy Pride to everyone except the people who complain about pride being unfair to the straights while the LGBTQ+ community continues to have their rights challenged and face regular discrimination. They can get in the bin
The active campaign by transphobic reactionaries to remove stonewall from being a point of reference for various public bodies is extremely disturbing.
Hello Emma, I solved metaphysics.
Metaphysics explained:
2D shape-name vs.
3D shape-name for determining 4D shape.
(circle, in this example)
Earth 'is' a 4D "circle" (2D shape-name); a "Quaternion".
Earth 'is not' a 4D "sphere" (3D shape-name); a "Hypersphere".
2D = circle
3D = sphere
4D 'circle' = quaternion 👍
4D 'sphere' = hypersphere 👎 (lit. 5D)
3rd, 4th and 5th Dimensional shape-names are causing confusion.
Making people think our current 'contingent' universal stereographic is 3D instead of 4D.
2D shape-names for determining 4D shapes.
3D shape-names for determining 5D shapes.
"Transcending dimensions"
(Jacob's Ladder 🪜).
0D: point
1D: length/line
2D: shape-name + L/W "circle/flat earth".
3D: shape-name + L/W + depth "sphere/globe earth".
4D: shape-name + L/W/D + time(flow); current, 'contingent' (not simulated) 4D circle "quaternion" earth.
5D: (H1)
6D: (H2)
7D: (H3)
8D: (H4)
9D: (H5)
10D: (H6)
11D: (H7)
Empyrean: (God's Abode)
You can use any 2D shape-name to determine 4D shape characteristics accurately.
Good luck proving/solving Pataphysics 🙃.
Google 'quaternion' stereographic images/info, please. 4D 'circle' (not 4D 'sphere').
i.e. our planet.
Everything is Geometry and dimensions. Use correct dimensional name-shapes.
God's first action after creation was the Tzimtzum (self-withdrawal) but is only an illusion.
He kinda smeared the dimensions to allow is to progress.
His self-withdrawal started the flow of time. "You shall surely die".
us*
@@ready1fire1aim1 Interesting. You probably would've got along with Betrand Russell, in terms of his focus on the importance of clarifying accurate definitions as a necessary foundation to understanding, and discussing, those concepts. But, given your understanding of definitions, you would know that you have not 'solved metaphysics' but solved a way of describing metaphysical terms. You have literally (😉) combined colloquial terms for describing shapes, and added words to those terms in common usage to make those definitions more precise.
If you aren't already familiar, you might be Interested to look up the avant-garde art work 'This is not a pipe'. Then you might see the irony in your post. In your genuine intellectual cleverness, I think it may have been a situation of 'not seeing the wood/ forest for the trees'. But in terms of defining metaphysics, your use of logic may have hit on something useful. Everyone in the field, primarily, would need to adopt your terminology for it to be a workable system. If that occurred, the terminology may be picked up by the general population. But it helps if you have a reputation in the field to be listened to and have an impact. I hope you are using your obvious intelligence towards a goal of this nature. But your life choices are your own!
It's rare to find people willing to write thoughtful comments on UA-cam. People seem threatened by others who want to think/ are driven to think and try to tear them down. I find it sad for them. They are missing so much! Thank you for your comment, which inspired me to think, too. 😊
Christians in churches ten years from now: 'OMG, why is no one coming to our church?' 😱
They've been saying that for decades at least. Not quite literally but their tactics have been honed to work on the emotionally vulnerable over a couple of thousand years, they're always going to get someone.
Amrite
Christians in churches NOW.
If we're lucky, they won't be churches anymore. If we're really lucky, they'll be something useful instead.
"Must be because of their evil yoga! Can't be because we told them exercise is the devil😡"
"As your kids grow, they will become rebellious, depressed..."
Also known as common effects of becoming a teenager.
Jokes on her. I was depressed and suicidal before practicing yoga. Now I’m significantly less depressed and suicidal.
She would define that as “rebellious” perhaps.
Though seriously, that’s great, and hopefully it continues to be a benefit to you.
Same! I was also regularly in pain from a back/pelvis injury many years ago. Yoga, with all the stretching and strengthening involved, has significantly improved my pain situation.
I teamed yoga with seeing a physical therapist and a mental health professional, and the three together have been awesome for me. (Dumping Jesus like the abusive boyfriend he is was also very helpful)
You know what didn't help? Not doing those things and just praying.
@@mjjoe76 … and then you get stoned. And not by way of joints. Because you are rebellious and stood her up.
@@advorak8529 attempting death by stoning was so much more fun when leaves instead of rocks were involved
I better do some Yoga then.
Emma, I'm an old fart, and grew up when homophobia, misogyny, and racism were the norm where I lived. It's been a long haul trying to overcome that crap, but I've made a little progress. It helps that my favorite relative is a lesbian. My point is, it's a personal issue, but we get bad messages when we are kids, when we are the most vulnerable. We may not be able to shut up those voices entirely, but at least we can tell them to bugger off. I don't have to understand trans people to believe that they deserve dignity and civil rights.
Just incidentally, Christianity IS an "Eastern Religion." It originated in the Middle East.
Anyway, I enjoy your content, thanks.
Nah, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are all not Eastern Religions.
Just because they were founded east of Europe does not mean they are Eastern Religions.
The global east means China, Japan, SE Asia, etc.
Yup, grew up in the same shitty minset. Took me years to get rid of it. And each year, I could look back at the previous one and think, for instance, "I was homophobic back then, but now I'm not anymore". Yeah, it takes time to realise all that is wrong, one stupid thought at a time. And I hope that I won't have to be ashamed anymore of my more recent past self.
It's kind of "funny" to think I grew up in a Christian family, were you are taught that the most important thing to remember from the bible is "love your neighbor as yourself" (I'm not sure if it's the correct translation in English for this famous sentence, but you get the idea), while casual racism and homophobia are also the norm...
I also kind of grew up around the racism & homophobia. This was before I realized I was bi & decided to follow Paganism which some of my family is okay with & others are not. I just find it funny & sad how many Christians preach about loving ur neighbor but then hate on someone because they're different from them. They hate on someone's very existence just because they don't agree with who that person is. Even though it's easier or at least less stressful to just say this is how I live my life & that's how u live urs. I may not agree with ur choices but I'm not going to try to control ur life because as long as the person isn't hurting anyone (including themselves) it's nobody's business what they do with their lives
No one whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall be admitted to the assembly of the LORD. Deuteronomy 23:1
Growing up in the 70s with shows like "the black & white minstrels", Dick Emery, and Benny Hill - I'm not surprised we're screwed up as a generation, and a bit repressed when it comes to LGBT identities.
I regularly have to stop myself and recognise that a thought is just up-bringing, and isn't helpful in todays society. Thank goodness. We still have a way to go
“Play is valuable as an adult”
Considering how stressful and grim being an adult generally IS, and how poorly our education systems and parenting culture (at least if you’re a child of the 80s-90s...can’t speak for later) in the UK prepared us for being adults and dealing with adult things....I’d say play is VITAL as an adult. Being an adult should never mean having to set aside the things you enjoy just because some homogeneous cultural attitude says those things are “for kids”.
The way I see it, if it’s culturally acceptable for people to get totally shitfaced on a weekend while watching their favourite team kick a ball for 90 minutes, it should be just as acceptable for me to play computer games and paint little plastic space marines and play D&D.
Elden Ring does it for me. Grimrock II is awesome too, all that spell casting and everything.
Certain play isn't for kids, anyway. I'm hooked on Bloodborne right now. Spoiler alert: not for kids.
I got a PS5 for myself! I always wanted one as a kid, but could never afford one. Now I decided I'm going to have one before I turn 40. I also got a bunch of plushies over the years. They're soft and cute and when I have an anxiety attack because my hormones are sh*t, I cuddle one and do breathing and it keeps me sane and from feeling more horrible.
Being an adult is hard. Mind you, I like it more because school was awful for me. Not to mention that I had to do a lot of growing up on my own.
However, I don't care about the social conventions of "adulthood".
Or orkses.
@@IzzysTravelDiaries Titles like the Assassin's Creed series delve into the Egyptian, Greek and Viking mythology in a very rewarding way. Vikings were strong in the lore of the goddess, too.
I remember being scared of yoga because of my Christian beliefs. I felt so badass when I attended yoga classes in a bar. Downstairs people were drinking beer, upstairs I learned some nice poses. This was years after I became an atheist, but it still like an accomplishment to do something that used to frighten me.
Star Trek Barbie is really cheap on Ebay, a little more expensive is the Zachary Quinto Spock from the reboot movies
First rule of Yoga Club... Is you do not talk about Yoga Club
@Marshal Marrs what the fuck you on about?!?!
See, it proves that all this religious beliefs nonsense is just a scare tactic and non of them have really tested it out to really see what they're all trying to scare other people with!! I knew this all along!!☺️👍
@@magictoenail6800 um... is there a comment I'm not seeing? Or did you just put this in the wrong place? You seem to be speaking to Emma's ST Barbie comment, but it's as an answer to someone else's Yoga comment. 🤔🤨
All those boring Barbie dolls they made and I could'a had DEMON Barbie?!
Toys are so much more interesting now than when I was little.
I think "demon barbies" are branded bratz...
Undead barbies anyway.
Monster high
I know. I prefer Black Metal Barbie.
@@thetypingape2073 With interchangeable Corpse Paint faces to show what emotion she is experiencing: Rage, Anger, Wrath, Ire, and ennui?
@@thetypingape2073 There's no lyrical metal Barbie, though.
Take a look at the singers of Amberian Dawn and compare figures.
Barbie ain't got the abdominal volume to breathe enough to sing lyrical metal.
Sadly, the church my parents raised me in had an equally bigoted attitude toward Eastern Religions. My Mother was so afraid of some demonic influence that she wouldn't purchase a Japanese painting of a dragonfly that she liked. She asked me if it had some symbolic meaning. It was just a dragonfly in a field.
I feel bad that people let religion control their life so much they can't enjoy a nice piece of art.
That's not even a religion! That's just another COUNTRY!
That would be like if Evangelical Christians didn't buy anything from Italy or Ireland because "that's where the Catholics are".
@@therealivydawg or anything they would enjoy like Pokémon dnd rock and roll or even video games
My parents were very concerned when started doing yoga as part of a high school class. It's funny how they manage to find everything "demonic". Music, Kids' games, shows, other religions. The world is a scary place when you make no effort to understand it.
As a 62 year old transwoman, thank you for your advocation sister.
I cannot even imagine how it must be like: proclaiming the follow the most powerful, most benevolent, most awesome being in and beyond the universe... and living in constant fear of "something evil" that allegedly thwarts that said being at every opportunity.
Exactly how powerful is this god that he/it could be undone by a doll?
@@Luubelaar maybe that doll needs to have its "free will" protected... /s
@James Henry Smith good to know, and please do come back when it DOES happen. Pretty sure my grandparents thought exactly like that throughout their lives... any moment now... up until they died. 😴
@@Luubelaar Pretty much.
This is the most benevolent, loving and powerful being in the universe that murdered millions of people on a whim because his feelings were hurt verses the evil, lying antagonist that killed...um, no one! Christianity is so twisted.
Puppet quoting Karen: "As your kids grow, they will get rebellious, depressed, and many will be suicidal..."
Me: "You mean like a teenager?"
I think this woman doesn’t remember what it was like when she was a teenager I mean how many of these people actually believe that teenagers are innocent and pure? All teenagers go through those things
With "rebellious" she means they're refusing to adhere to her indoctrination
''rebellious'' they mean normal lol
I'm sad they removed Earring Magic Ken (because it was "oops" too popular with gay men) - it was the best selling Ken doll EVER. Definitely worth a google and possibly another Barbie-related video 😁
i.pinimg.com/originals/94/9d/53/949d53ea321419ae0ea60b6ae96778d4.jpg
I see why it became popular with gay men and why it was quickly but silently taken out of production. Man the 90s were gold.
Please please please review this one! He's looks so early 2000's, and they *literally* gave him a cock ring necklace!
Now, I want one, too!
I've always thought that Ken was too efeminate looking of a doll
Apparently it was removed due to the accidental cock ring.
The narcissism of religious extremists and their fake outrage is astounding. "If you believe any three numbers in sequence or a Barbie doll is how the "ultimate evil" would choose to communicate to the masses you should seek professional help. Mental health is important, there are people who can help you. Not to mention that the burden of proof is on you, the extremists, not us thinking critically."
Whosoever ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, Or crookback, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken ... He shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries. Leviticus 21:17-23
@@FatherDingo Are you trying to highlight what bollocks, and how immoral, the bible and its deities are?
@@pineapplepenumbra Yes, thought that was obvious.
@@FatherDingo nothing is obvious on UA-cam.
@@FatherDingo The problem is, there are way too many nutjobs who will happily post random shite from the bible, but, as you've made your position clear, I shall thumb up your post.
Wow. How insulting and stupid to claim that other faiths are "demonic".
The puppet is adorable, though.
When your faith is the right one and all others are wrong, it’s really easy to justify insulting all other faiths as demonic which I always find really ironic.
@@stoormtrooper22 Or to put that another way:
When your faith is the only one that is right
All others are wrong, all day and all night.
The insult is justified to say they're demonic
You can't even see how that's sooooo ironic.
I mean, that _is_ the official stance of the Bible. In the Old Testament, you're supposed to kill people who worship other Gods, and Jesus never says anything to the contrary.
Nothing wrong with the puppet, you shouldn't blame actors for playing villains. :-)
Some Christians thrive on Othering anyone outside their little group.
Yeah, anti-yoga laws have been a thing in the redder states in the US. The notches in the Bible Belt equate yoga as a gateway drug on the way to Hinduism.
These people are nuttier than a backed up sewer in Squirreltown the day after the big Nut Festival... is my point here.
I literally had to google this, because I didn't fkkin believe it.
bloody hell mate
The first amendment is a farce. Such theocrats think that it only applies to Christians.
Good and ol' Alabama.
@@babotond the Bible Belt is a wild place.
@Lureeality 🎶🎵 "This guy's nuttier than candy-bar shit." - William "Bill" Overbeck, Left 4 Dead campaign 2 _Death Toll_ chapter 3 _The Church._
Oh my god, what a flashback when you read that post. When I was in middle school, my health class did a guided meditation; just the type where a calm voice helps you breathe slowly and imagine walking on a beach. When I told my dad about it, he told me to be careful because meditation can leave you vulnerable to demons and possession. Such an overreaction to basic ideas of calming yourself down.
I’ve been told that about yoga by several Jehovah Witnesses . I’ve been doing yoga on an off since high school 50 years ago. I showed one a standing split and she thought I was demonic because a woman as old as me shouldn’t be able to do that . She’s refused to talk to me since. This is your brain on superstition!
As a 70's kid, I'm just watching this video going, "There's movies? There's games? There's a Barbie VOICE??" Loved the dolls as a kid. Big part of my childhood. Oh, and also had to navigate the crazy "everything pop culture is Satanic" madness from the 80's/90's. No wonder I'm atheist today.
Well the whole “everything pop culture is satanic” hasn’t helped churches bring in younger members
I remember the big satanic scare over Dungeons and Dragons.
I remember me and my childhood friends (we all came from Christian homes) trying to do yoga poses and chanting "om". No one ever got scolded or possessed.
That's just what someone would say if they WERE possessed! *eyes you warily*
🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Same here as well too!!
@@maxsalmon4980 Demonic possessions are all nonsense and I bet you already knew that as well too!!
Thanks Emma for your early comments on Trans-Rights, Stonewall and Pride month.
It's really sickening how Trans people (youths in particular) are being targeted by the far-right wing of the US media and Republican politicians at the moment.
Anything "other" is always a target and, dear reader, one day they would turn on you too.
ps. Thanks for your "stupid video" to cheer me up.
Also, if Satan wants to corrupt me, he better fucking rock up in his best horns and flaming skin. So far he's just sent public school boys.
I support a system where EVERYONE has the right to education, healthcare and social security.
Also my human is Non Binary and constantly misgendered but they are the best cat "mom" ever.
I completely agree that the far right of US politics (also far left) is shit but just to be the devil's advocate, (kinda) I would like to point out that they will probably not turn on straight Christian white men
@@pablobratcat Cat 'moms' understand their cat the best, so are the best translators, into human languages, of how they think and feel. :-)
it's the end of the culture wars.
starting with ...let's say evolution in the 30s.
but really with desegregation, in the 50s and the civil rights int eh 60s, the US- and the western world- has undergone the most intensive liberalization in history.
the left has won virtually every battle on this.
when gays got all their rights, the left moved on to trans, as the latest battle. this happened just as the right got enough political power that an effective backlash could happen.
and that's where we are.
they're fighting the latest, last battle, and hoping to FINALLY win one, so they can scale back all the losses they've taken.
the problem is that they are a small minority with disproportionate power.
so even if they pass laws against these things, socially they've already lost.
it would only be a matter of time before those laws are reversed.
kinda sucks for trans ppl now, but then it's always sucked for trans ppl. things have only recently begun to get better for them.
it should start getting better again soon.
I love this video! I'm Catholic. I work at a Jewish nursing home. Before plague times, they offered Yoga for employees weekly. I would go as a part of my physical therapy for a back injury. It was very helpful. A couple years ago, my pastor published an article on the church bulletin on a similar tirade as Angry Christian Mom. I wanted to debate with him but I do not have the knowledge to make a convincing argument. Also, I can't talk for shiz. I'm better with words on paper.
Additional comment. I also love how these people who use the Bible to justify their crap cherry pick their verses and ignore the rest
Well I have heard more than a few jokes that Barbie has worked in literally every possible profession, it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some “Satanic Cult Barbie” or something to that effect that existed at one point.
Now I imagine Barbie dressed like Dante from Devil May Cry & kicking demon ass.😂
@@dragowolfraven3806 Tbh Dante would deffinetly LOVE that
You mean you haven't got the pink sacrificial altar set yet?
I don't know about Satanic Cult Barbie, but I did recently learn about "Earring Magic Ken" which is a hilarious story on its own. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earring_Magic_Ken
Is there or has there been a priest Barbie - and how would that be handled by the literalist Radical Evangelical Christians, when it goes against the Bible.
"Barbie has light up breasts" was quickly followed by "I need to clean up this mess." My mind went in the gutter.
Ah, it has a nice peaceful breathing application.
Barbie: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I remember my mom telling me to be careful when I mentioned I was taking a yoga class in college. Not because she was worried about me getting hurt, of course, but because Satan. The class was good, I kept doing yoga well after the class ended, though now that I've moved that routine has pretty much ended. I found it helped a lot with my frequent back pain so maybe I'll try to go back to it.
Probably the most egregious thing in the class was that one time the teacher sat us down to watch "the secret". The great irony being that my mom believes in the main idea behind the secret, that "your thoughts have a direct, physical effect on the world around you somehow". I walked out of that class, I wasn't about to sit there and watch that bullshit, especially since my mom used manifestation/prayer/faith healing as an excuse to not get medical care she would benefit from.
When it comes to yoga, you don't have to worry about Satanism or even Hinduism but new-age hippies, unfortunately. Thankfully, because it was a class at a community college, my teacher couldn't go all in with it, but I strongly suspected she wanted to given the things she said and movie day. If you want to take up yoga, but are also worried about being fed new-age nonsense, consider looking at community college classes. Since the classes are government funded the teacher has to restrain themselves somewhat. Or, if you're fine being more confrontational, you could go to studios and ask the teachers about their beliefs and how much they bleed into the class. I do think having a teacher is useful at first since they can correct your posture which helps prevent injury and make sure you're getting the most out of the poses.
My wife's first thought on seeing the thumbnail for this video was, "Of course Barbie's a demon -- her head turns all the way around." I don't know if it still does, but when my wife was a kid, Barbie's head DID turn all the way around. Does it still? Or do you have to get the "Satanic Cult Barbie" Steven McSteveington mentioned a while ago to get a Barbie whose head turns through 360 degrees?
But what almost made me laugh my @$$ off (if I still had one -- I watched George Carlin and Richard Pryor when I was young) was seeing your tee shirt. We all need " A Happy-Go-Lucky Ray of F*cking Sunshine" in our lives!
That Facebook post totally makes me, a 49-year-old, queer, atheist woman want to run out to Target and buy satanic yoga Barbie. (I enjoy doing yoga myself in a non-religious way AND I always wanted a Barbie flexible enough to do gymnastics as a kid, so hey, this is up my alley. Like you, I see no problem with adults liking toys.)
The idea that Barbie is demonic is just ridiculous, especially since the only real demon is Barney the Dinosaur. Do you hear the song now? Demonic.
Barney was good in Jurassic Park, but he really lost it when he overdid the prozac.
i actually have the 25th anniversary star trek barbie and ken, which came as a set. i actually got them as a gift when i was a kid which tells you im too old to watch this channel. the box got trashed in a recent move but the dolls and accessories are still just fine.
@Christa Simon ahh yes. lost in the pattern buffer. seems reasonable to me.
I love this doll. One of the girls I take care of as a disability support worker has this doll and it is a very helpful toy to help calm and ground her. I hate that if she were in a family who believed this, she would be measurably worse off.
From your t-shirt to the raspberry to the emoji-in-the-dog's head, I haven't laughed so much in years.
Never stop being who you are Emma. Lots of love and laughter from ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀.
I now want one. As a fifty year old woman with 2 adult daughters, Roman Catholic, suffers from
Panic attacks, I need one in my life. This video cracked me up. Thank you😊 Emma. Keep doing you💖
Love how genuine you are, dont worry about the cringe, it adds to the experience.
Thanks for all you do, Emma!
I also appreciate you taking time to quote the explicit text to help demonstrate how terrible it is. There is so much defense for the “good book” and Christianity because it is viewed as super moral. Absolutely not so - the book refutes it’s own perception.
Going to a Hindu based meditation center for guided meditations taught me how to stop ruminating about everything. Also Barbie doing mindfulness meditation would help lots of kids learn how to take a break from their thought and emotions. I bought my two year old a meditation mouse toy and she has fun following it. Thanks for the laughs and for calling out people with dopey attitudes.
Christian Facebook Moms be "oh no, we don't want our kids to deep breath and relax, we want them to be anxious and paranoid!!"
Hi Emma! Newer viewer and subscriber here. Love your content! So funny to watch you cover this odd backlash from someone to Mattel's Yoga Barbie. I actually worked for Mattel for the past 2 years in the legal standards and practices devision and part of my job was to review video, packaging, and product to make sure there wouldn't be anything that may reflect poorly on the brand/receive public backlash or go against any truth-in-advertising regulations since children are highly susceptible to aggressive advertising techniques. I remember seeing this Barbie doll and not thinking anything of it. Seemed fairly harmless and if anything a very encouraging and uplifting product for children. Just goes to show that people will tend to find something wrong with almost anything. Thank you for making great content! Keep it up! :)
It also goes to show that she probably didn't have very many toys when she was just a little girl, so she's either jealous of the fact that other kids this day of age has toys or she doesn't have any children of her own or she has a big fear of dolls!!
In which it's actually called pediophobia, the fear that connects to dolls, horror movies, ghost stories, ect!!
I'm guessing that Bayonetta Barbie is not a planned product any time soon.
I remember when Christians were freaking out about Heavy Metal...and D&D...and Magic...and Pokemon...is there anything they won't freak out about?
As a Christian who adores all these things...from experience I can confirm there is literally nothing. Trust me, I know.
As an adult still working through an unhealthy relationship with my emotions, I appreciate this Barbie alot. If I'd had her as a kid, maybe I could have learning some deep breathing, and more awareness of what my own emotions are doing, from a young age. Plus, she lights up, has a cute pet, and is so posable (unlike the Barbies I had), which would make her fun to play with doing non-yoga things.
@James Henry Smith What the hell does any of that have to do with yoga barbie?
I am now seriously considering getting a Yoga Barbie for my daughters. My 5-year-old especially needs to practice calming down.
I can relate. And whenever we try to guide them with calming techniques, it's all "NO! THAT WON'T HELP!"
@@j.c.5528 "I DON'T WANNA BREATHE!"
I've learned from experience that believers think a lot of things are satanic. Apparently, pokemon and Ben 10 are satanic. I remember my mom burnt my shirt when the pastor told her and I went home shirtless
We all need a healthy dose of fun and silly every so often.
I mean it's Barbie, so it's like kinda terrible from a body image for women issue level, but demonic? I wanna see or make a satanic witch Barbie!
Also I really wish there was a laugh emoji for videos because that puppet needed one hahahaha
Honestly, as a kid if someone told me a toy would summon demons, i'd want it all the more....now excuse me i have to go play with my ouija board...
She is mad at deep breathing because nothing about christian mom is deep.
Teenagers being depressed and moody? Truly shocking! Surly, only demonic possession can explain this.
“As your kids grow they will get rebellious, depressed, and many will be suicidal”
Yes.
What that religious nut of a mom fails to realize is its her religion that will cause that. Not Yoga. Yoga calms the mind and relaxes the body. It makes you feel better mentally, emotionally and physically.
Agreed. That is what Religion does to Children. Christianity is an extremely cruel and Twisted Belief System. I am so glad that you have noticed this. Good for you.
Because of Christianity, because of religion.
@@skepticsinister Perfect
@@paulthompson9668 Good Call. I haven't researched all 4,000 of the current, different Religions, but I can comfortably assume that they are all harmful.
My younger sister had a Barbie that was possessed, its head would spin a full 360 degrees around and it would suffer no damage. If my G.I. Joes were missing, all I had to do would be go into my sisters room and look in her closet and find Possessed Barbie naked and doing "things" with both of my G.I. Joes which were fully naked. I decided to leave them and never went back....
🎶Be who you wanna be, Barbie Hoe!!🎶
😈💕
Ha! That reminds me of the comic of a girl saying to her mom “I want a Barbie and a GI Joe.” The mom asks “Doesn’t Barbie come with Ken?” The girl replies “No she always comes with GI Joe. She fakes it with Ken.” 🤣🤣🤣
@@NotoriousGirl33 Daaaaammmmmnnnn!!!! Shots fired!!
@@SashimiNeko Thank you! I’m here all week! Be sure to tip your server!
this was the most hilarious thing I heard/saw in at least a week, thank you for that, Emma!
My mother insisted on buying my sisters 'sindy dolls', which were the British rival to 'Barbie dolls'. Don't know if they still make them anymore.
I was always so happy when I got a Sindy doll. They were the best Barbie alternatives in the 90s imo. 👍
@@5769434 Six of my sisters would agree with you. My other sister would rather eat tin foil than play with dolls. My two brothers use to sometimes play with them...alone...in their bedroom...for hours. When my sisters got their dolls back sometimes their clothes were on back to front...always puzzled me, that.
Have you noticed how Christians ALWAYS blame Ron and themselves.
They keep saying stuff is, "due to Ron and me"!
Isn’t it ‘Due to Ron OR me’? So there is some doubt in their minds.. Might be Ron, might not.
Lol. You silly
(groan)
It can also help people with ADHD! We have a problem with emotional regulation and while you're in a spiral it's really hard to focus on something else. Plus she's pretty! 😁
My understanding is that what is called "yoga" in the west (and to some extent in India) is only slightly related to historical Hindu practices or texts. For us, yoga usually means a particular understanding of ashtanga yoga, involving stretching and breathing exercises. This apparently scarcely existed at all in India prior to the early 20th century. But an enterprising fellow (I forget the name now) decided to borrow some exercises from popular European books of that era, slap some eastern-sounding names onto it, and launch it as "traditional yoga," which it was not. But he was highly successful. The popularity of these stretching exercises waned in Europe, so everyone soon forgot that that is where they originated from. What is really funny about this is that you can actually find scans of those original exercise books (I think they were Danish or Swedish), and the photographs in them look exactly like many "traditional" poses in ashtanga yoga.
To be clear, this doesn't mean "yoga" is just exercises and breathing practices. In Hinduism there are distinct traditions of "yoga" but what that means is largely unknown to practitioners of "yoga" in Europe and North America.
Happy Pride Emma! I wish I could do yoga, but I was advised against it with my scoliosis because some poses can make the curve worsen, but it seems like great exercise!
There are yoga instructors who can help you with posture modifications to work around scoliosis. Ask around; there may be a yoga studio near you with the right instructor for you. Best of luck, and have a great day!
@@OboeCanAm thank you for the advice!!
Just to mirror what OboeCanAm already said: I can have issues with yoga due to hypermobility, but having a yoga instructor who was familiar with it and could show me what and what not to do was really helpful!
I laughed out loud three times when she was reading with the puppet that god awfully senseless post full of comically self-indulgent fear. It was just too fitting that the visually absurd puppet has no eyes and speaks with such brainless confidence (great puppeteering btw-the throat clearing was a nice touch).
When I was a kid, I got a princess barbie for my birthday so I decided to turn her into an evil fire type devil barbie by colouring her dress red and black and gluing sparkling craft stones of black colour on the dress then colouring her hair red with black roots with a red and black marker. I really really liked the colour combo red and black. Then I made long bat wings for her using white cardboard box and painted it all black with some dark red shading.
My barbie looked really cool and my parents didn't see any problems with it but my religious relatives came to our house one day and they told my parents to throw the doll away and I remember my mom getting in an argument with them and then those relatives never came back. We usually only see them during weddings or funerals other other relatives.
Nothing screams "I'm sane" louder than equating Satan with Hinduism.
I use closed captioning and in this video it blocks the last word on Emma's t-shirt. Totally changes the meaning 😅. I'm the same age as Barbie, we were both born in 1959. I may be old but I'm still in love with Emma ❤️. Keep up the good work.
"From the school of her own arse" - definitely stealing this one. Brilliant!
I'm 63 and have a wall of guitars and a wall of dinosaurs and fossils, BTW, you are hilarious, thanks for the laughs.
I have found this fun, silly, and a little informative. Thank you.
Me watching Emma play with a barbie: lol childs toy
Me watching the Barbie light up 2 seconds later : :O so cool
@Emma Thorne, while watching your face as you were talking, the corner of my eye noticed the little flame on your chair, along with the tuft of hair sticking up on the other side of your head, and my brain instantly made those out to be tiny horns as you were speaking about Satan and the demonic XD
I love your method acting, I would never have thought of becoming a demon, just for such a video :)
My very Jewish neighbors have a warning bell that warns of sundown. Sabbath warning!
I very much doubt that this Angry Christian Mom does.
Love this channel
As a woman with Indian heritage, I found this facebook post, borderline racist. And I don't throw the racist card that often. Yoga is a big part of my culture, and my family is from the catholic religion, in India. I find it deeply worrisome when Americans and the western world mock eastern practices, call them DEMONIC, and take them inappropriately and call them "theirs" like many do when it comes to meditation and yoga as well! Yes, you can practice non-religious yoga, but you cannot just take it and call it "yours" if you're not Indian. You can practice it and acknowledge its origin, or you can leave it alone and don't open your mouth. Thank you for shedding some light on this, Emma!
Including the qualifier "borderline" in your assessment is extremely generous of you to this person 😅
@@kyleepratt Yeah that's true... lol
Someone said that I was bi-sexual and I told them I had never paid for sex, wait- I have been married twice!
Growing up, Mom saw Live and Let Die, and there was a scene with Tarot cards. Hey mother said not to, but she went out and bought a deck, and played with them while her mom told her how demonic it was. That night, unsurprisingly, she had nightmares about demons and the cards trying to kill her and such. She burned the cards and then told us kids to never, ever mess with the occult. The instant I left home, I started studying every other religion she forbade (including Catholics, which were just as evil), including diving into the history of demon worship and the quite-lovely Church of Satan. I have yet to be claimed by demons.
This is the same woman that when I get 'twinges' of fear or what could loosely be called 'premonitions' to her but is really me worrying about someone, she tells me it's my 'old highland blood' and I should listen to it.
Lets just let people live how they want. It has no impact on others lives so just let them crack on!
Don't feel bad about having toys as an adult. I myself bought a Barbie last year and I'm 60 years old. Barbie is a nostalgic reminder of when I was a kid. The thought that Barbie is demonic makes me wonder if I can make my doll up to look like a demon. She would look so cool, maybe she can be Lilith Queen of the demons lol
Honestly toys are important.. they can help you relax and de-stress. Hell I am in my 20s and recently got an scp 999 plushie, it goes EVERYWHERE I go beacuse I suffer from depression and possibly anxiety. And this cute little orange blob that always looks like it's ready for a hug, helps me calm down. Hell if anything could be counted as "SAtAnIc", that would DEFINITELY be the scp wiki/fandom, and no Barbie sadly isnt listed on that wiki XD.
But in all seriousness, everyone including adults should have atleast one toy or stuffed animal...
Yay for Stonewall! Thank you for doing this. Much love!
I remember in 1966, in my 1st grade homeroom, a girl brought her Barbie Doll to school. She took her out, stripped off her clothes, and passed her around the classroom. The teacher was flabbergasted. Us kids were laughing our tail ends off!
Poor girl. I wasn't allowed to bring my Strippergram Barbie to school, ever.
Um, as an Indian with Hindu family, can I say that Yoga isn't Hindu. What? Lol.
Also that Deuteronomy verse sickened me. Like physically.
Hey Emma, love your puppet show this might sound weird but I have no doubt that your be a great mom one day, because you still have a hilarious childish spirit inside of you and at the same time very woke, mature and educated. Great video
me and my misophonia: yes heavy breathing is indeed demonic
I mentioned meditation at church once as a kid and the Church Deacon who was my Sunday school teacher told me I was opening myself up to demons and God's wrath. I cannot tell you how much that freaked me out
At the same time Christian leaders of different churches and cults use tge verb medidate to refer to thinking about bible verses.
Nothing cracks me up like people thinking that deep breathing and calisthenic exercise are the work of the devil
22:50 Pretty much standard for christian parents. "I followed the rules and raised them christian but they're not happy, the devil must have got them." To be fair to the parents, they are themselves living in fear and acting on that fear when they try to force their children into their own religion but that doesn't excuse it, it only explains it and gives us a starting point to address the problem with parents who are willing to look at themselves critically. It's not exclusive to christians but a common problem I observed growing up among christians.
Ah yes, another case of "i don't want your voodoo to compete with my voodoo, so i'll ignore the aspects of my voodoo that are similar to your voodoo and spread bad words about your voodoo regardless if it's true or not"
My friend and I went to pride today, which was awesome. I have so many stickers now
"You can't separate the poses from the [Hinduism]" just like you can't separate the cross from christianity, I guess?
Tell that to some hentai artists... :P
A man of culture i see
Barbie is TOTALLY Demonic. NFW could a real person have limbs that thin and still stand. Definitely some supernatural strength and tension shit going on there.
Nothing supernatural here, she literally has an exoskeleton.
she is a DOLL. 🤦♀
I remember when I saw the post going around the first time... My comment was something along the lines of "eastern religions... Like that one about the people wandering in the desert...??? Or the other one based on that one about the dude in the sandals...???"
Everything is diabolical for these people.
They are NOT toys! They are collectibles. :P And Yoga is just REALLY pretentious stretching.
Hang on, did Emma shove her entire hand up the backside of that poor innocent furrie?
Barbies sighing sounds oddly adult.
Barbie is definitely creepy and demonic. I approve!
I can't wait for the rebuttal.
Barbie says Facebook mother is satanic.
I love the puppet bit. It's entertaining and awesome!
Who here likes Yoga?
I really wish Yoga was as mainstream and popular back when I was a kid as it is today.
@Lureeality 🎶🎵 This is precisely why South Asian people like myself hate when white people force themselves into cultural practice that they have no connection too. Sexualizing practice IS NOT YOGA and it's very disrespectful.
@Lureeality 🎶🎵 My favorite workouts is definitly Gymnastics, Yoga, swimming and Pole dancing
@@farastroud6450 Where do you live
@@dozer1323 LMAO oh yes, the "if you're in a different country you are appropriating that country's culture" argument. Lol no honey it doesn't work that way. The British enslaved my people stole resources and multiple factors forced me out of my homeland so you can eff right off with that BS.
@Lureeality 🎶🎵 I see so many good videos on tiktok i can barely keep up, but I am mostly working on my gymnastics at the moment, my year has been busy
I can't mock nerdness when I am guilty of the same. Inuyasha brings me back. Been years, I need to revisit the series.
I used to help run a youth club in a church hall back in the 90s & 00s. We had a simple website for the kids in the club. Somebody in America emailed me at the club email address and told me I was going to hell for "leading the children astray" .. No further explanation. I'm still confused today !?
Happy Pride from Florida!!
I just found your channel and I love you already will definitely be binging your videos while I paint. You’re a gift 💝 thank you
Can't wait to go down yet another evangelical rabbit hole
I love the shirt! Partly because I called you a ray of sunshine on one of your earlier videos. 😋
I love the puppet's fringe that covers it's eyes.It's so cute lol 😃💕
"The school of her own @$$!" ROFLMAO!
I didn’t think you could be any cooler, but then you incorporated a puppet! You’re super rad, Emma.
If yoga doesn't summon demons I'm not doing it anymore.
Karen will never take my succubus gf away.
Huh... Now I'm actually giving some serious thought to starting yoga. Neat!