I don't know how to tell you this bud, but willful ignorance is a global phenomenon. For instance, some people think US Americans are the only dumbshits in the world, when, in fact, they are just the loudest
The books of Judges, Ruth, and Esther are actually pretty engaging for things from antiquity. Some of the nuance is lost if a person isn't familiar with the cultures of the time. Anything from 1 Samuel about David's Mighty Warriors (or Men of Fame, or Mighty Men, depending on translation) is usually pretty engaging as well
People don't usually get driven from religion because it's boring, they usually are turned off by hypocrisy. "Do this because God says so. Yes I'm not doing it, but [excuse]". This is true of any religion. Either the person comes to terms with the gap between doctrine and behavior or they turn away from their religion of origin
When I first read "beginning to seem old" I thought "what rock have they been living under?" Then I thought about my dad's slow decline and how striking it was when I realized just how close to death he was. His body had fallen apart over the course of five years, following a major heart attack. He went from a vibrant 80 year old that still did carpentry work and could beat me in arm wrestling to a sallow-faced shadow of the man he was.
I know this is a media piece and I believe the staffers are "shocked" about as much as comatose sloth. I can also see how obvious decline can be missed by those closest to them. Dunno where I was going with this. I'm gonna go think about my dad some. I miss him
The OfficeNapoleon DynamiteGreaseReservoir DogsBig Bang Theory (or any popular laugh-track sitcom post 2000)(Nevermind, you said highly extolled, not just popular)Chicago, Rent, and CatsHarry Potter (even before JKR went full terf, probably just a generational thing, honestly)Taylor Swift (again, nothing personal, just not my jam)Sideways, Marriage Story, Whiplash (intense interpersonal drama, particularly dealing with infidelity or power disparity)
My empathy makes me feel super uncomfortable watching people do socially mean or cringe things. I enjoyed most of Parks and Rec, but I didn't like the way they treated Garry, and almost stopped watching because of that running gag.
Oddly enough, I devoured The Bear. It's not high anxiety or intensity that turns me off, it's the banal meanness that some express that I can't stand. The Bear is intense, but the characters feel genuine and honest
than selfhost on CasaOS/ZimaOS/FancyWebGui/Synology and just spin up containers randomly without even understand what a container is and how it does work at all
uproarious Klingon laughter