Current Events > Are You Afraid of the Dark and Goosebumps fucked up our generation

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Like, for people my age, Goosebumps was the first books we read on our own. When we graduated from picture books and could actually read, it was all about Goosebumps. I would read every one as it came out, obsessed with them.

Then a little bit later, Are You Afraid of the Dark comes around and becomes my favorite show! Think about it, our development was all based on horror! That's why we're all fucked up in the head now.

What about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
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Are you in your mid 30's. I remember those goosebumps choose your own adventure books. I would cheat and read both options and go with the better one lol.
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Gafemage posted...

What about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?

Fuck dat shit. Those illustrations
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Goosebumps taught me to never trust someone who is nice to me because The monster is invariably the one nice person
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SauI_Goodman posted...

Are you in your mid 30's. I remember those goosebumps choose your own adventure books. I would cheat and read both options and go with the better one lol.

Early 30s.

The choose your own adventure ones came later but yes I did read some of those too.

SauI_Goodman posted...

Are you in your mid 30's. I remember those goosebumps choose your own adventure books. I would cheat and read both options and go with the better one lol.

Nah man gotta do iron man read-throughs. Once you get your first ending you put the book down and burn it immediately.
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I never read any of them for some reason even though other kids liked them
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GiftedACIII posted...

Gafemage posted...

What about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?

Fuck dat shit. Those illustrations

It pisses me off that they changed them, they were the fucking backbone of those stories. The only one that really worked on its own without the help of illustrations was Harold.
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