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[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

oompa loompa doopity doo

they signed the consent form, and so did you

[–] VulKendov@reddthat.com 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think you mean a liability waiver

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Go ahead and try to rhyme that, I'll wait.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

Pretty easy given that the Oopma Loompas literally just throw in nonsense words to make rhymes. The real issue is that it's so many syllables that it would occupy almost an entire line of the song on its own.

[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oompa loompa

doopity daver

They signed the

Liability waiver

Oompa loompa

doopity date

You signed too

So it's far too late

[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

You signed a liability waiver, now you pay for your behavior

[–] 1847953620@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what a way to be a good neighbor

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Mr. Rodgers? What are you doing in the taffy puller?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Consent forms don't protect you from negligence though.

They also don't protect you from criminal charges which Wonka definitely has many of by the end of it.

[–] ErKaf@feddit.de 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I keep forgetting that he has only one eye.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not only does he only have one eye, he has no nose. That's a face-swap with Sully.

[–] ErKaf@feddit.de 20 points 10 months ago

I know that its a faceswap. But it looks normal to me now. Saw to many memes.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Willy Wonka is a true American businessman. A child is about to die horribly and all he can think about is loss of product due to contamination.

Edit: Ok I looked it up since I wasn't sure if Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is set in the US or UK. Apparently it's inspired by factories in the UK but the actual setting in-universe is ambiguous in the original book, though both movies set it in (IIRC) London. Reading it as a kid I definitely imagined it taking place in the US though, not sure why but the story just "sounds" American, what with the copious consumption of sugar and the seemingly total lack of government oversight on businesses.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I think it was in his biography that he said he dreamed of working at Cadburys, a famous British chocolate company. I'm not 100% if he explicitly and directly connects that back to CatCF though.

tbh, reading it as a British kid, I saw and interpreted lots of allusions to American culture and I think it was intentional. He always seemed a bit of an America- and Anglo-phile, and I definitely saw that in his gun slinging kids and used car salesman father's amongst others.

I like the idea that it's a hefty mix of both!

[–] mikegioia@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is a great example of how America gets pinned for anything remotely “capitalist” just because of feelings. At least you looked this one up.

[–] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Exploitative first half of 20th century factory working conditions with steampunk aesthetics scream Britain for me.

Thinking of America just shows that the reader has no proper contextual (historical) knowledge. Britain was on its zenith, literally the first superpower that existed ever. Literally had sway over colonies larger than the US.

Being cocksure and clueless kind of go badly with each other interpreting imaginative work from the last century or before.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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