macheresin for the macherewin

A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.

Grey’s Anatomy, for all its diversity, had one Jewish character in the original main cast and it was mostly played for the humor of the unexpected. She has a Jewish stepfather and her mother is implied to have converted when they got married. It doesn’t come up a lot and her name is literally Cristina. I haven’t kept up with the show, I think there has been at least one other Jewish character in the main cast since, but Cristina was it for a long time.

House had two Jewish characters in the original main cast but it rarely came up, even when Cuddy and Wilson became more central to the story and certainly never had the significance. Chase’s Catholicism did. I think Taub is Jewish but that also barely comes up and again his name is Chris.

would also like to submit as an actual bug thing this lego monarch sculpture i saw at my local museum :)

He has been my best friend for a long time now, and we've been dating for gosh... 7 years? We got together in my early-mid 20s.

And he kept doing it. Scene after scene.

He spent the film expecting someone to make a joke about how unserious things were or to break the fourth wall or do some other self referential type thing.

Now, maybe I'm just at that point in my cycle or maybe I'm too delicate in general, but I literally teared up hearing that. Straight up cried a bit. It is so fucking sad that sincerity and genuineness is being bred out of people.

People say all the time 'this generation can't take anything seriously!' and really, is it any wonder? Younger people have been trained out of it. You are no longer encouraged to be genuine or show emotion or be honest. You are actively punished for it. In fact, you are almost guaranteed to suffer for it.

That is so fucked up. I'm sorry to go on a bit of a random ramble rant but it's so fucking gut wrenching to see younger people lose that element of themselves. You can't express your passion without being told you're 'crashing out' or 'cringe'. You have to live in this neutral state of fear of perception, and god forbid anybody step outside of it!

You're told you should only consume and succumb and be ironic and emotionless and cool.

Listen, if you're following me and you're like.... 25 or under, let's say. Please. I beg of you. Do not fall for this rhetoric. Please, for the love of all things, feel. Feel and create and be honest with yourself. Indulge in things that make you happy. Be sincere. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Do not let this hyper-capitalistic, hyper-consumerist, self-centred, individualist culture take that from you.

Jalen Brunson & Josh Hart on the jumbotron at the Yankees game 06/17/26

Some friendly comments from Americans replying to the last one, too: