I don&#x27;t understand why folks think this is out-of-place on HN.  It seems on target to me.<p>It is evidence of an emergent media phenomenon (albeit a slow one) - that a single character on an iconic platform changed its dynamic enough to cause its identity to come into question.<p>Because Sesame Street leveraged novelty and maturity, the emergence of a cutesy, immature, &quot;it&#x27;s all about MEEE!&quot; type of character represents a sort of test case, and in this case, the evidence is that the show changed as the result.