>>119525463The thing about Mission Hill and Rocko's Modern Life is that they do present adult situations that are difficult to get through. Unemployment, relationships both romantic and otherwise, and just generally grappling with one's place in society. The difference between these two shows and the other garbage is that the protagonists aren't constantly whining about it. They have their down moments, sure, but their resolve to get through the tough moments are what makes them adults, because as an adult you don't get to just lay down and cry on your couch and hope all your problems go away, you have to work to make them go away. And surprise surprise, when you go through the gauntlet of shit, you come out on the other side and then like a week later you're back to having fun drinking and watching TV with your buddies.
These are what make for good shows about adult life. That resolve, showing the before-during-after, that is what makes a show about "adulting" work, because it gives people who actually have to do those things hope that everything will turn out alright after all, as opposed to letting us wallow in the sadness and fear that other cartoons and comics about adult life tend to swim in.
