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Originally posted by Vodstok
God, i fucking hate the word extreme...... Possibly the most annoying trend from the mid-90s. Make something electric blue or radioactive green, give a guy a mohawek and a skateboard, and now it is "x-treme!"
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I couldn't agree more. The Simpson's episode where "Poochie the Dog" (complete with shades, reversed baseball cap, baggy jeans etc) joins the Itchy and Scratchy show is a classic bit of satire on just this theme.
Lisa sums the character up beautifully as "a soulless by-product of committee thinking."