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Re:A Replacement for Bert by Cthulhu_ on Thursday December 19, 2024 @02:28PM (#42464878)
Sesame Street has been broadcast in 140 countries; Bert (and Ernie) have been localized to 18 languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Hebrew and Chinese, with China having an AI called ERNIE because of course.

Or to make an overly worded / researched reply to a petulant comment short, they are very much not specific to one culture.

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Re:A Replacement for Bert by Dalewyn on Thursday December 19, 2024 @07:10PM (#42467101)
>they are very much not specific to one culture.

It's American culture.

Or as Civilization would put it: We made them buy our blue jeans and listen to our pop music.

Note: I disagree with all the other points like "ugly" and "childish".

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