Especially the stop motion animations, they were just absurdist / surreal, not unlike skibidi toilet and italian brainrot content.

If people were a bit more media savvy and less kneejerk or pearl clutching about it, they'd realize that it's nothing new. I don't actually know anyone clutching pearls about skibidi toilet, the worst is a somewhat indifferent "I don't get it". And not getting it is fine.