>>100159655They already did tons of stuff worse than this before. Initially I thought they were doing it because they wanted to get cancelled but then I realized that they were going in a different direction because the show is so old and no one really cares anymore so they've gone darker and edgier in a comedic way.
Honestly I felt like they were trying to be another Ren and Stimpy (sort of), but for kids.
Okay who am I kidding? I think only older kids/teenagers love modern Spongebob because the last time I talked to someone in my family with younger kids they said, "What's going on with Spongebob?" and then I explained it to them and they said, "Oh I'm not letting my little siblings watch that anymore."