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To love Bing?

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Vacantstare · 31/03/2024 18:56

The CBeebies programme?

Everyone seems to hate Bing and his ‘whiny’ behaviour but I think it’s a great programme which teaches toddlers about empathy and making the right decisions.

Granted Bing often makes the wrong decision but he always learns a lesson from it and so does my toddler when watching it. I’ve found it useful when explaining concepts in a simple way e.g sharing.

I don’t get all the Bing hate! Give me Bing over crappy Cocomelon or any other equally shit overstimulating programme any day. I also think the Bing world looks lovely and I’d quite like to live there🤣

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NoWordForFluffy · 31/03/2024 21:18

LivingColour · 31/03/2024 18:57

Of all the AIBU ever posted on this site… you are the most U ever.

First response nails it!

xyz111 · 31/03/2024 21:18

It's fine for a bit, then he gets on your nerves. Bluey on the other hand, I will watch until my DS is a teenager 🤣

newmum0604 · 31/03/2024 21:11

My 3 year old literally learned how to whinge by watching Bing so that was short lived. Bluey all the way. And Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Deardear17 · 31/03/2024 21:09

Bluey is better. It’s hilarious actually. That’s the one I love lol

unicornpower · 31/03/2024 21:06

I don’t mind Bing either! My DD loves him and Bing is just a 3 year old, so obviously he’s annoying at times. Padget is an ineffective parent and very annoying that she lets Pando run riot! The kind of parent you roll your eyes at 😂

RadDarwazeh · 31/03/2024 21:05

I love bluey and bing. However I have a morbid idea of how and where they live which my other half finds both shocking and hilarious.

They are all orphans who died and went to their idea of heaven where the puppet characters are their individual minders/caregivers.

No parents. No mortgages to pay. No humans. It checks out.

I can't stand that Pando though. What a sod.

Elecrricmaracas · 31/03/2024 21:05

His bad grammar pisses me off and Flop looks like a ballsack. Plus, what the fuck is Flop even supposed to be?!

PonyPatter44 · 31/03/2024 20:59

Bing is a whiney little twat. Hey Duggee is brilliant, as is Bluey.

Coldrains · 31/03/2024 20:56

I can only imagine you are a first time mum with a fairly young toddler who is new to TV? Otherwise YABVU!!

MFF2010 · 31/03/2024 20:55

I can't believe how relaxed Flop is, he must smoke a copious amount of weed. As I'm about to lose my shit I often try to think 'what would Flop do?' but alas in the absence of class A drugs I tend to lose my shit anyway 🤷‍♀️

SalmonEile · 31/03/2024 20:54

With the swing episode (it’s a while since I watched it because Bing had to be banned in this house) I felt like the point was sometimes you can’t do anything about another kid being a little shit

flop couldn’t tell Pando to get the fuck off the swing and Pandos guardian was being a knob about it.
He was trying to give Bing the tools to deal with it himself
i could be completely wrong but I always took Flop as like a Jiminy cricket character , rather than a large parent telling Bing what to do it’s more of a “well what do you think you could do in this situation?” type of approach
Still doesn’t stop me finding Bing insufferable because my kid mimicked the whining constantly!!

clarepetal · 31/03/2024 20:50

Bing is a whiny prick. Peppa Pig is fine.

Sparklesocks · 31/03/2024 20:47

Bing can fuck off, sorry.
And flop’s ‘gentle parenting’ pisses me off too. The other day he told bing to be careful with his smartphone while he played a game, bing dropped it while pissing about and panicked and threw the broken phone in the bin. Flop found out and just said ‘oh well that wasn’t great, was it bing?’ ARGHHHH

Rainyspringflowers · 31/03/2024 20:46

Not sure how the swing episode was Flop’s fault. It was Pando’s mother / minder at fault.

Mnk711 · 31/03/2024 20:45

Loving Bing feels a bit extreme but I do think it's good for very young kids. Flop does do good calm parenting and has a soothing voice but is definitely too lax - no enforcement of boundaries whatsoever when Pando won't get off the swing. Definitely the adults' fault Bing gets pissed off.

Bluey is the best, my DC still a bit young to love it but they do enjoy it. It's the only kids programme I can actually watch.

pambeesleyhalpert · 31/03/2024 20:45

I hate bing. Pando is worse. And their weird puppet minder things are even worse

Nkoku · 31/03/2024 20:29

Pando taking his trousers off every time he goes to the park. No-one even questions this, but I think we all know where it’s heading.

maybeitsmaybellinebutmaybeitsme · 31/03/2024 20:25

The only way in which Bing is not the worst, is when he’s standing next to Pando, who is satan.

CharlotteFlax · 31/03/2024 20:16

YABU, Bing is a twat and Bluey is where it's at.

moreminieggsplease · 31/03/2024 20:15

I can’t fucking stand that whiny little twat.

Cbeebies have changed their lineup recently which already pissed me right off as we used to get a good half hour snuggled in bed on weekend mornings watching Twirlywoos, etc. now it’s those 2 annoying show me show me dickheads with their hand-puppets and stupid songs.and on top of this, they’ve introduced a few new, really fucking shit shows recently. Game Catchers and Vida the Vet are so infuriatingly shit. I have to turn Vida off as soon as it comes on because she has such an annoying voice. It feels better to get that out.

FuzzyPenguin · 31/03/2024 20:14

“Butterfly murder it’s a Bing thing.” I loathed that bunny and am glad we are way past that now.

Rainyspringflowers · 31/03/2024 20:11

I didn’t mind it and I do find it’s quite good for addressing toddler dramas. But my three year old does mimic the voices which I hate. I don’t like bluey much, though.

moreminieggsplease · 31/03/2024 20:08

thistimelastweek · 31/03/2024 19:01

Bing is a whiner and Flop is a sanctimonious arse.

They deserve each other in animated hell.

Indeed

Robinbuildsbears · 31/03/2024 19:51

haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 31/03/2024 19:42

Ooh it's a tearjerker.

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While we're admitting our thoughtcrimes, I really didn't think Sleepytime was all that. We love Bluey in this house, but I think Flatpack was the real tearjerker of season 2.

haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 31/03/2024 19:42

SalmonEile · 31/03/2024 19:37

Nope

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Ooh it's a tearjerker.

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