Nickelodeon changes logo, continues to kill my childhood

Are you weeping, children of the late-80s and early-90s? As you may have heard, Nickelodeon is getting a new logo. Understandably, they're going for something that can be incorporated into their infinite number of other properties, but the removal of that classic splatter is certainly the end of an era. Take a look at some of the new ways they'll be using the updated logo.

The slime splatter was the perfect embodiment of what Nickelodeon was all about in its heyday. Good, clean-but-not-really-clean fun. Not that it was a particularly poignant gesture in the first place, but does it even mean anything anymore when celebrities get slimed? Apart from the fact it means 'tweens get to see the Jonas Brothers with kind of, sort of wet shirts? Childish gross-out humor isn't enough to get the kids going today, apparently. Gak isn't fooling anyone.

Compared to a lot of other shiny network logos, Nickelodeon's has held up surprisingly well all this time. Believe it or not, Nick is turning 30 and it's still wearing that typeface beautifully. At least the classic orange color has remained. This is possibly because the nostalgia-hands of the 20-somethings that grew up with Nickelodeon have a death grip on it.

I guess this really means I'm a grown-up. I mean ... adult. This is worse than when I realized people have stopped asking me, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and just expect me to get stuff done.