>>25536There are two aspects of Ongezellig which make it appealing.
- One is the humour, which works overtime in the first few episodes. This is mostly effected through Mymy: the holocaust jokes, her attempts to push the deadline back, her presentation about enslaving new students all contribute to a show which manages surprise after surprise. There's even a short unused clip of Kiki(the pirate girl) organizing a fundraiser for Somalian children so they can attend pirate school. These edgy jokes catch you off-guard, especially because good dark humour is rare.
- The other is the story, which manages two things at once: it portrays the emotion from which the viewer suffers accurately, whilst showing the viewer a path outside of this. This is extraordinarily hard, because those who can portray such emotions effectively are often unable to escape it, and those who can offer insight on escaping it probably did not suffer them in great amount and thus cannot well portray them. By being both incredibly relatable, as well as pointing towards a solution, the show accomplishes flawlessly the purpose of such art.
This is why I admire Ongezellig as a piece of contemporary art. This contributes to why I like it and why I try to engage with its audience to the greatest possible extent, looking for like-minded people.
Then, there are people who saw a nationalist making holocaust jokes and stuck around. This demographic is very large on this site, which is why the default name is "Zaryan". My primary issue with this demographic is that it does not further the reputation Ongezellig as an artistic piece, but rather as some weird right wing online animation.
Lastly, there are pedophiles. These are very few here(read the rules), but on other sites(twitter, discord) they are prevalent. My problem with these are that they watched an artistic piece and started masturbating, and are actively harming the image of the show.