• Xenny@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It might be a Simpsons did it thing. Then finding Nemo probably popularized it further with the “all drains lead to the ocean” scene.

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      2 months ago

      It’s older than the Simpsons for sure. Flushing your (mostly/presumed) dead pets down the toilet was how the urban legends of alligators in the NYC sewers came about…