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Home of Nick Knacks, a show-by-show retrospective on Nickelodeon. You can call me Gregiffer. Bi, they/them. youtube.com/user/poparena
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@poparena.bsky.social
· Nov 15
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The Pop Arena! Home of Nick Knacks, an show-by-show retrospective on the entire forty year history of Nickelodeon! Also, the Animorphs Book and Episode Guide, The Goosebumps Monthly, the Doctor Who Bo...
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I should probably have a pinned intro post, huh? Hi, I'm Gregiffer, I'm a queer Youtuber running the Pop Arena channel. I cover a lot of stuff, but my main project is Nick Knacks, a history of Nickelodeon that looks at every single show that ever aired on the channel.
www.youtube.com/@poparena
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let it rain on us forever
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
let it rain on us forever
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So you made a robot stand up and talk... now what? In this over 4-hour journey, Kevin follows the promise of Disney's Living Character Initiative, an effort to populate Disney theme parks with free-roaming, interactive beings. It was touted as the future. How's it going? Watch here: bit.ly/49C6vng
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
So you made a robot stand up and talk... now what? In this over 4-hour journey, Kevin follows the promise of Disney's Living Character Initiative, an effort to populate Disney theme parks with free-roaming, interactive beings. It was touted as the future. How's it going? Watch here: bit.ly/49C6vng
A lot of the motivation in doing videos is to have a mobile career that I could take with me so I could escape where I was.
I have not yet escaped.
I got the idea for Nick Knacks while in an Applebee's.
I have not yet escaped.
I got the idea for Nick Knacks while in an Applebee's.
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A lot of the motivation in doing videos is to have a mobile career that I could take with me so I could escape where I was.
I have not yet escaped.
I got the idea for Nick Knacks while in an Applebee's.
I have not yet escaped.
I got the idea for Nick Knacks while in an Applebee's.
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
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Doctor: "I've approved your treatment to see the great clown Pagliacci. We're going to put you on a two-year waiting list, so hang tight."
Patient: "Oh... okay." *starts looking up DIY Pagliacci tips on Reddit*
Patient: "Oh... okay." *starts looking up DIY Pagliacci tips on Reddit*
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Doctor: "I've approved your treatment to see the great clown Pagliacci. We're going to put you on a two-year waiting list, so hang tight."
Patient: "Oh... okay." *starts looking up DIY Pagliacci tips on Reddit*
Patient: "Oh... okay." *starts looking up DIY Pagliacci tips on Reddit*
Feels like it's been a fairly weak sauce year for queer cinema, especially compared to last year. Any recs I might have missed?
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Feels like it's been a fairly weak sauce year for queer cinema, especially compared to last year. Any recs I might have missed?
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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Trump's "suck up to cooler people" instinct is the sole uncooked part of his brain remaining
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump's "suck up to cooler people" instinct is the sole uncooked part of his brain remaining
Congress: "We hate socialism so much we voted on it so we can be all grrrrrr socialism!"
Trump: *points to Mamdani* "This socialist fucking rocks, I love this guy!"
Weird ass day.
Trump: *points to Mamdani* "This socialist fucking rocks, I love this guy!"
Weird ass day.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Congress: "We hate socialism so much we voted on it so we can be all grrrrrr socialism!"
Trump: *points to Mamdani* "This socialist fucking rocks, I love this guy!"
Weird ass day.
Trump: *points to Mamdani* "This socialist fucking rocks, I love this guy!"
Weird ass day.
In a similar vain to yesterday's Yoshi question: When you think of Godzilla, do you think of them as a good guy by default or a bad guy by default? Obviously, objectively, you know they've been both, but what does your heart say about Godzilla?
a statue of a monster in front of a snowy mountain
ALT: a statue of a monster in front of a snowy mountain
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November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In a similar vain to yesterday's Yoshi question: When you think of Godzilla, do you think of them as a good guy by default or a bad guy by default? Obviously, objectively, you know they've been both, but what does your heart say about Godzilla?
Found out one of my high school friends died. We lost touch years ago, as you do after graduation, but suddenly a lot of old adventures are feeling fresh in my head. Soon these memories will be full of ghosts.
When I'm gone, someone plant a tree for me.
When I'm gone, someone plant a tree for me.
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Found out one of my high school friends died. We lost touch years ago, as you do after graduation, but suddenly a lot of old adventures are feeling fresh in my head. Soon these memories will be full of ghosts.
When I'm gone, someone plant a tree for me.
When I'm gone, someone plant a tree for me.
My parents had this on VHS and I remember a very special family viewing, followed by discussions on what we would do during similar disasters. I wasn't paying attention, because I was shook, this film gave me anxiety, and also might have saved the world.
THE DAY AFTER debuted on ABC #OTD in 1983.
The TV movie about a nuclear attack on the U.S. was so traumatizing, my English teacher Mr. Pirro cancelled his classes the next day so we could all talk about our feelings.
The TV movie about a nuclear attack on the U.S. was so traumatizing, my English teacher Mr. Pirro cancelled his classes the next day so we could all talk about our feelings.
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My parents had this on VHS and I remember a very special family viewing, followed by discussions on what we would do during similar disasters. I wasn't paying attention, because I was shook, this film gave me anxiety, and also might have saved the world.
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Chris Elliot's groundbreaking anti-sitcom, Get A Life, is finally coming to streaming, courtesy of Shout TV.
Stand in the place where you live because Get A Life is finally coming to streaming
Stand in the place where you live because Get A Life is finally coming to streaming
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Chris Elliot's groundbreaking anti-sitcom, Get A Life, is finally coming to streaming, courtesy of Shout TV.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
We all know "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move," but there's SO much good music here. Even the weirder lesser stuff like "Dracula's Wedding" is lots of fun.
We all know "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move," but there's SO much good music here. Even the weirder lesser stuff like "Dracula's Wedding" is lots of fun.
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
We all know "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move," but there's SO much good music here. Even the weirder lesser stuff like "Dracula's Wedding" is lots of fun.
We all know "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move," but there's SO much good music here. Even the weirder lesser stuff like "Dracula's Wedding" is lots of fun.
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
Do you think of Yoshi as a singular character, Mario's old friend, or do you think of Yoshi as just a species of animal, of which Mario has encountered thousands of? Don't try to logic it in your head, what does your heart say?
a pixel art of a frog standing on a ledge overlooking a body of water
ALT: a pixel art of a frog standing on a ledge overlooking a body of water
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November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Do you think of Yoshi as a singular character, Mario's old friend, or do you think of Yoshi as just a species of animal, of which Mario has encountered thousands of? Don't try to logic it in your head, what does your heart say?
Hard to get motivated for anything, but you knew that.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Hard to get motivated for anything, but you knew that.
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my secret transgender project… @annehealthcare.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
my secret transgender project… @annehealthcare.bsky.social
Them: "Look at this AI art, all the text is garbled nonsense!"
Me: "...That's Italian."
Me: "...That's Italian."
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Them: "Look at this AI art, all the text is garbled nonsense!"
Me: "...That's Italian."
Me: "...That's Italian."
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When I was watching XPlay, this Mountain Dew ad came on where this guy forcefemmes transgenderizes his homie.
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
When I was watching XPlay, this Mountain Dew ad came on where this guy forcefemmes transgenderizes his homie.
You know that feeling when you're not really sick, but you sense you could fall sick at any moment? Hate it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
You know that feeling when you're not really sick, but you sense you could fall sick at any moment? Hate it.
I would be okay with Crowd Control not getting a second season. Trying to do crowd work stand up in a test tube environment when 2/3rds of the comedians are not practiced in those skills and then over-editing because of all the dead air is not a winning formula, I think.
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I would be okay with Crowd Control not getting a second season. Trying to do crowd work stand up in a test tube environment when 2/3rds of the comedians are not practiced in those skills and then over-editing because of all the dead air is not a winning formula, I think.
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Sometime late in the Bush administration we as a country stopped illuminating rooms with a floodlight placed directly behind a slowly rotating industrial fan and our nation has been floundering ever since.
One of the absolute dogdick shittiest things to be nostalgic for is how I miss big warehouse sets with a fuckin' huge flood light blasting on the windows
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Sometime late in the Bush administration we as a country stopped illuminating rooms with a floodlight placed directly behind a slowly rotating industrial fan and our nation has been floundering ever since.
Been a year since I dropped Twitter, and I haven't missed it.
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Been a year since I dropped Twitter, and I haven't missed it.