Yeah...because, you know, only GAY PEOPLE get AIDS.
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Anyway, Tess's opinion notwithstanding, I tend to go with the predominant opinion that Ren and Stimpy was a groundbreaking work of animation that paved the way for a tremendous number of highly creative shows that followed. My guess is that without Ren and Stimpy, we could have never had Invader Zim, for instance...