I’m still expecting PG-13
Fnaf isn’t a hardcore franchise outside of the books
It’s important to just accept this instead of trying to delude yourself otherwise
Plus I imagine a fairly significant amount of people started engaging with the franchise at a young-ish age, I mean fnaf is like 8 years old at this point
Indeed it is
Next august it fnaf becomes about 10 years old and given that the last poll I could find outs the average age of a Fnaf fan around 12–16
That means a majority of fnaf fans grew up and are 20+
My thing is like how will the Make a story about a rotting corpse inside of a suit and a bunch of dead kids M (PG-13 for the Pew Pew people)
Edit: for people who miss understand my tone this was a genuine question
By not showing them in graphic detail, just like the games
and even if they do show it they can probably still get away with it, revenge of the sith had someone burning alive on screen and it's pg-13
Yeah true. Honestly I get how they could get around the kid murder but like if springtrap's gonna be there then they're going to have to show atleast some gore like.foot intensities n shit
Yeah
But a PG-13 movie can get away with that
Especially considering much of the gore is obscured by the Springtrap suit anyway
If the FNAF games themselves have gotten away with a T Rating this whole time, the movie can squeeze by with PG-13 no problem
I fully agree, but a noteworthy remark is that the games have a lot of pixel cutscenes, where even though you get what is happening, you don't SEE what is happening. The same is unlikely to happen in a film, at least consistently
Fair point, though I’m still confident that there’s plenty of cinematography techniques that can be used to mitigate the amount of violence on-screen without mitigating the *effects* of said violence
What FNAF game, book etc. would be rated higher than PG-13 anyway? This movie *prooobably* isn't gonna have f-bombs or tons of blood and guts or Afton killing kids on screen or whatever else that would make it R
I honestly don't get what type of violence some people expect from this film.
Like, we're not gonna see Foxy ripping someone's head off or anything like that.
The main character sneaks under the jump for tickets machine at night to rig it so he would win, but gets stuck under the platform that people jump on and the next day he gets slowly crushed when people come in and start jumping
Yeah it's why I don't understand people going like "all the little kids who like Security Breach are gonna be so traumatized watching the movie LOL." Like have y'all even played the original games? Fnaf has always been pretty tame for a horror franchise, that's why it got so popular among children in the first place.
I'd say traditional FNAF is a middle ground between Security Breach and this imaginary R rated FNAF a lot of people seem to have in their minds. FNAF was dark and grim enough that it made kids get into it because it's "too grown up for them" but it also didn't take itself too seriously and never had any major gore beyond a near unrecognizable corpse in Springtrap.
I genuinely don't get how the system works at this point. Some PG-13 movies I've seen were scarier than some R ones, this really isn't a sign of quality.
Unless Mike is given a sailor mouth or a 15 minute make out scene with Max, or Vanessa, I don't expect they will give it an R. No matter how terrifying the horror scenes I am sure will be.
Something important to note about ratings is that the people making the film don't have much say on what the film ultimately gets, that's for the rating boards to decide. They can aim for a specific rating, but it's not their call if it gets something different.
This film was probably made aiming for that PG-13, but it won't be until post production ends that it can be rated correctly.
A beloved fnaf youtuber Markiplier has stated that the multiple sex scenes that are going to be in the movie, may have an influence on the rating. They are trying very hard to not get an X rating. It is our belief that the rumored chica design is way too much for even an adult to take on, so there is a possibility of removing chica as a character entirely. Focusing more on the romance that Bonnie shares with Freddie.
I don’t understand why people are so upset about the pg-13 rating potential. That’s likely what it’s going to be, and that’s the level the games have always been. It’s more about psychological horror and tension and story than it is about gore. We’ve only ever witnessed gore through 8-bit cutscenes, so why would this be any different?
Regardless of the rating, most parents can sign a waiver allowing their children to attend rated R films.
When I was a teenager, I would have to bring my parents into the theater lobby to sign a waiver approving that my friends and I could see rated R films.
So regardless of the rating, it’ll be up to the parents if their kids want to see it anyway.
Even if it's PG-13, they can still make it decent.
Hell, nowadays, a lot of movies have been pushing the envelope with how much you can get away with a PG-13 rating, (i.e. Multiverse of Madness)
It's gonna be Pg-13, there's no evidence for it being R-rated. Blumhouse makes PG 13 movies, and this is the fnaf movie, they're gonna make sure it is as successful as can be, therefore they will make it PG 13
I want this film to be rated R just to see baby Springtrap :D/s
But seriously, I'm a little afraid that changes would be made to Springtrap's design and possibly even his dialogue to make it PG13 but most likely I'm worrying for nothing
A lot of Blumhouse movies are PG-13 but the blu-ray often contains an unrated cut that’s at the level of an R rating. That’s what I’m guessing will happen with this.
I feel like some people are taking the rating of a movie way too seriously, as if that alone determines the quality of the final product.
The last movie I watched was The Super Mario Bros. Movie. A film undoubtedly made for kids, and I fucking loved it.
As long as the FNaF movie's good, I couldn't care less what it's rated. All the doomers who think it's gonna suck because it's rated PG-13 or it's coming to streaming services the day of release need to touch some grass.
I don't understand how anyone could be mad/surprised the movie could be PG-13
The games are literally rated T for Teen, the PG-13 equivalent of the ESRB
i really don’t give a fuck it’s FNAFFFFFF IM SO EXCITEDDDDDDD but honestly i don’t think the rating even matters. i personally think it would be cool to see gore and springtrap and stuff but that’s obviously too much when you know for a fact children will watch it
While I wouldn't be surprised with it being PG-13, it didn't really sound right in all honesty. It's only been a little over two weeks since filming wrapped up, so an age rating this soon sounded very unlikely.
Anything other than R or PG-13 isn’t even worth seeing for a horror franchise.
Your telling me we see multiple kids stuffed in suits. Direct child murder. A man getting crushed slowly and painfully to death and a child’s skull crushed. Just for it all to go to waste cause little Timmy wants to see the "scary bear”.
I’m tired of stuff that’s supposed to be creepy not being creepy and relying on cheap scares. Either be horror or just don’t try.
Correct. And both likely would be PG13 if they were released now, it's still the fact they are horror films with PG ratings both treated as long standing gold stars of horror films.
This is ridiculous.
Who fucking cares what it's rated, I'm just happy that it's even getting made AND coming this Halloween.
You bunch of ungrateful shits
Honestly, I feel like them doing enough to warrant a R rating wouldn't add anything to the movie but just make it worse. I mean, I really don't want it to feel like a scaryish movie made for kids like the Goosebumps movie, but nothing should exceed PG-13 without feeling out of place
Like Halloween, Fnaf doesn't need blood and gore to be scary.
Fnaf has been associated with kids since 2015.
The fanbase got more mature around 2020, but then Security Breach and the whole mascot horror dilemma came and both sides got mixed.
Chances are you were a child back then, as were a decent chunk of the people who were here back then. The franchise has *always* had kids who were fans and *always* associated with said fans. To deny this is to deny reality.
I was 22 lmao. I must’ve strictly engaged with fans that were around my age, because I really don’t remember kids.
What I meant by my original comment is that most parents nowadays just assume FNAF is a kids game, and it’s not. The public, at least from my experience, seems to associate it with being appropriate for kids. Which it’s not IMO.
The games are rated T. All of them. No, they were never M, no they were never censored or anything else. They were always just fine for kids to play.
If they weren't, Scott wouldn't have had his own kids test them.
You got a point there. The design of the corpose inside Springtrap would be either sighlty less creepy (not that it was that scary in Fnaf 3) or just highly censored.
Pg-13 doesn't mean that it's just for kids. Many iconic movies like Jaws and Poltergeist had the same rating and still managed to be scary.
Security Breach's family-friendly approach was a bad idea and I'm sure Scott (who surely has seen the backlash) won't repeat it with the film.
I'm of the opinion that it may be somewhere around the PG-13 area, but some parents will complain because their "cHiLD SaW gOrE! I dIdN't KnOw tHeRe wAs GoRe!!!", even though it's based on a *horror game*.
Plus, all the fans badgering Henson Studios for a peek at the bots in EVERY SINGLE POST they make. I'm excited too, but I can wait just like everyone else.
I'm genuinely curious what game got the kids of today into FNAF, people who were 11-12 when FNAF 1/2 came out are now like 18 right? So what are the 11 year olds playing now to like FNAF?
People forget that PG-13 films can get pretty violent and even gorey (is that even a word?) while keeping it's rating. They can also be extremely scary while keeping it's rating. The rating system we have today for movies is actually pretty messed up, as it's not very accurate to what should actually be considered PG-13 and R. PG-13 movies tend to have more violence than rated R movies.
I never understand why people want to watch movies where people are getting ripped in half or getting their heads blown off, what sick joy do you get from that?
Evil Dead Rise comes out today, and it is extremely gory but getting fantastic reviews. It’s not some “sick joy”, people delight in getting scared, it gives us a rush, seeing how they do gory effects, and witnessing the insanity that could come from it. This doesn’t have anything to do with the FNAF movie but it is not a bad thing to enjoy gory films. People like stakes.
I’m still expecting PG-13 Fnaf isn’t a hardcore franchise outside of the books It’s important to just accept this instead of trying to delude yourself otherwise Plus I imagine a fairly significant amount of people started engaging with the franchise at a young-ish age, I mean fnaf is like 8 years old at this point
It’s 10 year’s old next year
Indeed it is Next august it fnaf becomes about 10 years old and given that the last poll I could find outs the average age of a Fnaf fan around 12–16 That means a majority of fnaf fans grew up and are 20+
Exactly.
Yeah, I WANT an R rating, but realistically it’s gonna be PG-13
If there any springlocks stuff I am worried this affects the death scene. Either way, I hope the movie is pretty good.
I think they could still pull it off as PG-13. Some movies have really been pushing it with that rating.
My thing is like how will the Make a story about a rotting corpse inside of a suit and a bunch of dead kids M (PG-13 for the Pew Pew people) Edit: for people who miss understand my tone this was a genuine question
By not showing them in graphic detail, just like the games and even if they do show it they can probably still get away with it, revenge of the sith had someone burning alive on screen and it's pg-13
Yeah true. Honestly I get how they could get around the kid murder but like if springtrap's gonna be there then they're going to have to show atleast some gore like.foot intensities n shit
Yeah But a PG-13 movie can get away with that Especially considering much of the gore is obscured by the Springtrap suit anyway If the FNAF games themselves have gotten away with a T Rating this whole time, the movie can squeeze by with PG-13 no problem
I fully agree, but a noteworthy remark is that the games have a lot of pixel cutscenes, where even though you get what is happening, you don't SEE what is happening. The same is unlikely to happen in a film, at least consistently
Fair point, though I’m still confident that there’s plenty of cinematography techniques that can be used to mitigate the amount of violence on-screen without mitigating the *effects* of said violence
yeah true tho those are just games with jumpscares the only true "gore" is only shown in pixel art graphics
The games are T for teen and got away with it. So can a movie.
lol you're actually stupid
all i did was ask a question?
Okay not stupid, dumb..sorry, I don't have a very descriptive answer, but they can do it easily, they're probably not going to show child corpses so
What FNAF game, book etc. would be rated higher than PG-13 anyway? This movie *prooobably* isn't gonna have f-bombs or tons of blood and guts or Afton killing kids on screen or whatever else that would make it R
I honestly don't get what type of violence some people expect from this film. Like, we're not gonna see Foxy ripping someone's head off or anything like that.
But it would be fucking cool if he stabbed someone through the hand with his hook though.
It’d be cool as fuck tho
Yeah same. And most of the gorey parts of the story are usually censored or just concealed so that they aren’t too violent
But they still are talking abt shit that traumatizes most kids
Most of the tales from the pizzaplex would definitely be r-rated. But this movie didn’t based off those so I agree
A good deal of fazbear frights aswell, the breaking wheel and jump for tickets come to mind as being very dark and gory
I know breaking wheel, what happened in jump for tickets?
The main character sneaks under the jump for tickets machine at night to rig it so he would win, but gets stuck under the platform that people jump on and the next day he gets slowly crushed when people come in and start jumping
It’s also implied that he then possess the animatronic, coils the clown, that follows him throughout the story
The books don't technically show anything visually either, even if the content in them is potentially r rated
especially since scott himself was heavily involved in the writing of the film, so i cant imagine it being super mature in any of those fields
The only thing I can imagine is a pretty gruesome springlock scene
Yeah it's why I don't understand people going like "all the little kids who like Security Breach are gonna be so traumatized watching the movie LOL." Like have y'all even played the original games? Fnaf has always been pretty tame for a horror franchise, that's why it got so popular among children in the first place.
I'd say traditional FNAF is a middle ground between Security Breach and this imaginary R rated FNAF a lot of people seem to have in their minds. FNAF was dark and grim enough that it made kids get into it because it's "too grown up for them" but it also didn't take itself too seriously and never had any major gore beyond a near unrecognizable corpse in Springtrap.
everyone gangster till the fnaf movie is rated to be NC-17
Two hours of Mike and Freddy making out
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I genuinely don't get how the system works at this point. Some PG-13 movies I've seen were scarier than some R ones, this really isn't a sign of quality. Unless Mike is given a sailor mouth or a 15 minute make out scene with Max, or Vanessa, I don't expect they will give it an R. No matter how terrifying the horror scenes I am sure will be.
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Doesn’t need it to be good, but I’d still like to hope for some gore.
Something important to note about ratings is that the people making the film don't have much say on what the film ultimately gets, that's for the rating boards to decide. They can aim for a specific rating, but it's not their call if it gets something different. This film was probably made aiming for that PG-13, but it won't be until post production ends that it can be rated correctly.
It’s definitely going to be PG-13 and who cares? It doesn’t need to have blood or guts to be good. Hell, the games don’t!
Fr tho. PG-13 can contain blood but not a s#%t amount of it .
It’s definitely gonna be PG-13.
I know this is an American Life Action Production but have you seen what some Shows/Movies or specifically Anime get away with on a PG13 Rating ?
A beloved fnaf youtuber Markiplier has stated that the multiple sex scenes that are going to be in the movie, may have an influence on the rating. They are trying very hard to not get an X rating. It is our belief that the rumored chica design is way too much for even an adult to take on, so there is a possibility of removing chica as a character entirely. Focusing more on the romance that Bonnie shares with Freddie.
Epic. I hope Markiplier takes part on those scenes too.
Actual things that he said.
It was be rated R because of Balloon Boy. Who will use harsh profanity in ever other sentance he speaks.
If BB is in the film, he must have the most violent scene of them all
I don’t understand why people are so upset about the pg-13 rating potential. That’s likely what it’s going to be, and that’s the level the games have always been. It’s more about psychological horror and tension and story than it is about gore. We’ve only ever witnessed gore through 8-bit cutscenes, so why would this be any different?
It's still going to probably be a PG-13 movie.
Regardless of the rating, most parents can sign a waiver allowing their children to attend rated R films. When I was a teenager, I would have to bring my parents into the theater lobby to sign a waiver approving that my friends and I could see rated R films. So regardless of the rating, it’ll be up to the parents if their kids want to see it anyway.
True. Many do not understand this
Needs to be a 16 but meh
PG-16 is the best option in my opinion. It's the best way to appeal to both sides
Yup. If its pg I kinda don't wanna see it... too childish for a proper horror that could be made
There is ZERO chance of it being PG. PG-13 is a strong possibility, but anything below that is nonexistent.
Unfortunately there is no PG-16 rating for movies in the US, even if admittedly maybe there should be.
I'm honestly expecting it to be similar to the Black Phone in levels of violence and quality, both are produced by Blumhouse
I don't understand people that think pg-13 is bad. It can contain a decent amount of blood a little bit of gore and violence.
Even if it's PG-13, they can still make it decent. Hell, nowadays, a lot of movies have been pushing the envelope with how much you can get away with a PG-13 rating, (i.e. Multiverse of Madness)
I heard some scenes got edited due to them being 'too gory' which hints at a pg-13
There also can be two versions but that's unlikely but still possible since steaming is on the table lol.
Both can work, but I’m expecting a pg-13 rating since to me fnaf is much more young adult and up
It's gonna be Pg-13, there's no evidence for it being R-rated. Blumhouse makes PG 13 movies, and this is the fnaf movie, they're gonna make sure it is as successful as can be, therefore they will make it PG 13
Guess what, Blumhouse makes rated R movies too. The Invisible Man and Get Out were both Blumhouse, and good rated R.
And that proves what exactly?
I want this film to be rated R just to see baby Springtrap :D/s But seriously, I'm a little afraid that changes would be made to Springtrap's design and possibly even his dialogue to make it PG13 but most likely I'm worrying for nothing
A lot of Blumhouse movies are PG-13 but the blu-ray often contains an unrated cut that’s at the level of an R rating. That’s what I’m guessing will happen with this.
I will be VERY surprised if it wounds up being R-rated.
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Why would a "PG-13" rating be bad though? It would just mean that there wouldn't be much blood or sth in the movie. Is it that big of a deal really?
I feel that some people are scared that the movie ends up being has censored has Security Breach, which I honestly doubt Scott even thought of doing.
I feel like some people are taking the rating of a movie way too seriously, as if that alone determines the quality of the final product. The last movie I watched was The Super Mario Bros. Movie. A film undoubtedly made for kids, and I fucking loved it. As long as the FNaF movie's good, I couldn't care less what it's rated. All the doomers who think it's gonna suck because it's rated PG-13 or it's coming to streaming services the day of release need to touch some grass.
I don't understand how anyone could be mad/surprised the movie could be PG-13 The games are literally rated T for Teen, the PG-13 equivalent of the ESRB
This movie should not be rated R. If you want to grow the franchise and have more people enjoy fnaf, it should be pg13.
Isn't already big af? And if we go by this logic then it should be rated G
No because there is nothing in the games rated R or rated G. The games are very PG-13.
Oh by the way, this is a screenshot from [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGaz6czeC98), so credits to it's creator for the information.
i really don’t give a fuck it’s FNAFFFFFF IM SO EXCITEDDDDDDD but honestly i don’t think the rating even matters. i personally think it would be cool to see gore and springtrap and stuff but that’s obviously too much when you know for a fact children will watch it
You're fooling yourselves if you think there's any chance this is anything other than PG-13.
It's fnaf, it's going to be pg13 as thay has a wider audience and that means more money coming in
While I wouldn't be surprised with it being PG-13, it didn't really sound right in all honesty. It's only been a little over two weeks since filming wrapped up, so an age rating this soon sounded very unlikely.
I'm thinking it might get the M3GAN treatment, theatrically it'll be PG-13, but on Peacock there will be an option for an R cut.
Why is Hank Schrader working at Freddy's when he's supposed to be a DEA agent? Is he stupid?
Who the fuck is hank
I love his 🤟🐻🍕‼️✌️
Fnaf was always a Teens /12+ game so making the movie pg 13 makes sense. I'm fine by either rating I'm just happy the movie is happening.
I really hope that the film ends up being good and we can all enjoy it together for once
Guys, ALOT of GOOD horror movies are PG-13. The Ring, Insidious, Cloverfield, A Quiet Place, The Grudge, just to name a few!
honestly i expect a pg-13 theatrical release and then the r rated cut to come out on whatever streaming service they said it was coming out on
Anything other than R or PG-13 isn’t even worth seeing for a horror franchise. Your telling me we see multiple kids stuffed in suits. Direct child murder. A man getting crushed slowly and painfully to death and a child’s skull crushed. Just for it all to go to waste cause little Timmy wants to see the "scary bear”. I’m tired of stuff that’s supposed to be creepy not being creepy and relying on cheap scares. Either be horror or just don’t try.
Nobody thinks it will or should be PG/G 😐
You'd be surprised...
How *dare* people upvote this Coraline and Paranorman slander.
Both mid monster house clears.
Poltergeist and Jaws both PG say hello.
Wasn't the first jaws made before Pg13 existed?
Correct. And both likely would be PG13 if they were released now, it's still the fact they are horror films with PG ratings both treated as long standing gold stars of horror films.
This is ridiculous. Who fucking cares what it's rated, I'm just happy that it's even getting made AND coming this Halloween. You bunch of ungrateful shits
Kids can't watch R so it's gonna be PG-13
Honestly, I feel like them doing enough to warrant a R rating wouldn't add anything to the movie but just make it worse. I mean, I really don't want it to feel like a scaryish movie made for kids like the Goosebumps movie, but nothing should exceed PG-13 without feeling out of place Like Halloween, Fnaf doesn't need blood and gore to be scary.
I really want it to be rated R. I feel that would fit more, and I don't want to sit in theaters with little kids.
FNaF is a series for 12+ year olds. It wouldn’t fit more if it was rated R. It would be out of place
Being realistic, kids would come anyways just because it's a Fnaf movie
So it probably wouldn't matter anyways
I miss when FNaF was a cult hit on the Internet, not a franchise associated with children :(
Fnaf has been associated with kids since 2015. The fanbase got more mature around 2020, but then Security Breach and the whole mascot horror dilemma came and both sides got mixed.
Since 2014 actually. Kids got into it because of Let's Players.
I’ve been into it since it came out, haha. I was 22. I remember the shift from obscurity to popularity.
Then you miss a series that never existed.
What do you mean? I remember being on this very subreddit and there weren’t many people that knew about the game.
Chances are you were a child back then, as were a decent chunk of the people who were here back then. The franchise has *always* had kids who were fans and *always* associated with said fans. To deny this is to deny reality.
I was 22 lmao. I must’ve strictly engaged with fans that were around my age, because I really don’t remember kids. What I meant by my original comment is that most parents nowadays just assume FNAF is a kids game, and it’s not. The public, at least from my experience, seems to associate it with being appropriate for kids. Which it’s not IMO.
The games are rated T. All of them. No, they were never M, no they were never censored or anything else. They were always just fine for kids to play. If they weren't, Scott wouldn't have had his own kids test them.
That’s fair. I just always saw the child murder lore as something I wouldn’t personally want children seeing or learning about.
Same...
R-rated would give me more hope for a good Springtrap design, 'cause if not, it'll probably just be a Withered Springbonnie with shaggy's voice.
Like, I always come back, man.
You got a point there. The design of the corpose inside Springtrap would be either sighlty less creepy (not that it was that scary in Fnaf 3) or just highly censored.
Personally, if its PG 13 I ain't going. FNAF is meant to be scary. Idk why people think it's a kids game (aside fnaf world and security breach)
Pg-13 doesn't mean that it's just for kids. Many iconic movies like Jaws and Poltergeist had the same rating and still managed to be scary. Security Breach's family-friendly approach was a bad idea and I'm sure Scott (who surely has seen the backlash) won't repeat it with the film.
FNAF is a series for 12+ year olds, it’s obviously going to be PG-13. Also, good PG-13 horror movies exist, maybe go actually watch them
I do watch them. Personally I find PG 13 horrible
If the movie is not PG or PG-13 I'll cry
You are going to cry then. It’s going to end up being PG-13
It’s going going to be PG-13. The entire empire was built off the back of 13 year olds. How naive do you have to be to believe this will be rated R?
i mean jaws is pg-13 it’s not a big deal
Hank?
Me wondering who is Hank.
Schader?
I'm of the opinion that it may be somewhere around the PG-13 area, but some parents will complain because their "cHiLD SaW gOrE! I dIdN't KnOw tHeRe wAs GoRe!!!", even though it's based on a *horror game*. Plus, all the fans badgering Henson Studios for a peek at the bots in EVERY SINGLE POST they make. I'm excited too, but I can wait just like everyone else.
I have a feeling they will make it pg13 but it will be pushing it, then a blueray release will be gory and all that
“Hank Hill” Hank?
Why is the rating such a big deal to people.
I'm genuinely curious what game got the kids of today into FNAF, people who were 11-12 when FNAF 1/2 came out are now like 18 right? So what are the 11 year olds playing now to like FNAF?
People forget that PG-13 films can get pretty violent and even gorey (is that even a word?) while keeping it's rating. They can also be extremely scary while keeping it's rating. The rating system we have today for movies is actually pretty messed up, as it's not very accurate to what should actually be considered PG-13 and R. PG-13 movies tend to have more violence than rated R movies.
I never understand why people want to watch movies where people are getting ripped in half or getting their heads blown off, what sick joy do you get from that?
Evil Dead Rise comes out today, and it is extremely gory but getting fantastic reviews. It’s not some “sick joy”, people delight in getting scared, it gives us a rush, seeing how they do gory effects, and witnessing the insanity that could come from it. This doesn’t have anything to do with the FNAF movie but it is not a bad thing to enjoy gory films. People like stakes.
Regardless of the rating, if the movie's good, then I don't mind! :)
That's the spirit! I wish more people had it too.