No but I really feel House - constantly saying how much he Doesn’t Care about stuff except for his job which is basically the one thing he’s Allowed to really care about.
This concept of earnestness being punished or frowned upon or struck down. The fear of being earnest, of letting people see how/how much you care, and knowing that the way you care is different from the way other people care. And being afraid that if people see the passion you have for the same things everyone else also has passion about, they’ll see you doing it Wrong or Too Much so it’s better not to care at all.
yes he can be passionate about work - no one else can do what he does, so his singleminded autistic passion and hyperfixation is okay, is safe. It’s weird but people accept it bc the results matter more than the method (basically). But caring about the smaller more every day things, the things that any and everyone else can also care about, means that the singleminded, over the top, autistic way he can approach things is more easily compared to the way people Should Act, and we know that not doing things as they’re expected to be done was punished growing up. Am I projecting? Shut up. Yes but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong!
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Kind of a rant
In Japan, being a public disturbance is reallyyyy frowned upon and if someone is, it's pretty common that a stranger will scold them. Usagi and Mamoru's dynamic in the first season gets misunderstood, because that sort of thing doesn't really exist in the US. Usagi's primary setting is "public disturbance" and Mamoru coincidentally keeps being the person who scolds her. Americans just see it as bullying because the idea of a stranger scolding you (for something *you* did wrong) is foreign to them. The US is individualist but Japan is collectivist, so there's more accountability for bad public etiquette.
people are just constantly like "why is he bullying her😢😢" during scenes where usagi is breaking like 5 massive social rules at once. for context, some japanese social rules that will get you scolded if broken would be: yelling, talking loudly, sitting on the ground, crawling, throwing things (duh), running, bumping into people, and eating while walking (you could run into someone).
when mamoru makes fun of her for "stuffing her face" or something, he's not criticizing her for eating, he's criticizing her for eating while walking.
basically, the concept is "what if the person who is rude in public and the person who scolds them ended up being in love haha". it's really not that deep, like it's just silly. usagi ignores basic social rules, and then acts dense when she's being scolded, so the five year olds at home can be like "haha that's so silly. also i shouldn't eat my candy while walking so i don't run into people like she does".
these interactions are a comedic way to teach young children everyday etiquette, basically. and mamoru's scolding being completely ineffective and making the issue worse adds to the comedy
(i do think gently explaining to her that she's bothering others is what would get through to her, but that's not very funny and would be really anticlimactic so.. also her character arc is literally about being less self centered and taking others into account more, like these fights are thematically important too.)
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Me, attempting to bring our horse in to the ferrier: okay bud let’s go this way
Granata, for some fucking reason: I AM BEING TAKEN FROM THE HERD I AM IN MORTAL PERIL
Me: You’re fine
Granata: MORTAL PERIL!!!
Me: Dude chill. Here’s some food. Calm down
Granny’s dramatic ass: I AM NOW GOING TO YELL AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE AND KICK OVER THE FEED BUCKET TO EMPHASIZE I AM IN DANGER
Me: DUDE :(
Granny, a dumbass: FREE ME
Me: no
Granny: I WILL NOW ATTEMPT TO STOMP THE FERRIER WITH MY HOOVES
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The irony of buying shoes these days is that apparently in order for me to have a new pair of winter shoes that will actually make it to December, I need to go to the second hand shop and buy myself some OLD shoes. 😒
Like I'm sorry but I think new shoes in the medium price range should last more than a couple of months.I've had second-hand boots that lasted for more than a decade.
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The capitalist notion of private property is based on Roman law, which recognized the right to abuse, or destroy your property as central to owning something. Most of us take this for granted. Of course I can throw away a shirt I don't like anymore. I can even smash my tv for fun. I don't have to take care of my home if I don't want to, it's just my problem, isn't it? I can dump anything I own into the trash. Grocery stores are allowed to throw away food that's still good. Fast fashion companies are allowed to burn their product to make room for the next season.
This is not universal. This is not the relationship most humans have had with the land, human infrastructure or human belongings.
Owning something has a very different meaning in many societies: owning means tending, being a guardian, being responsible of the well being of the object, land, building, anything.
This is a central piece of our culture we need to change. Try it out and see how it changes your relationship to your surroundings.
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