Like many red-blooded Americans, I can use therapeutic talk to justify my behavior and free myself from shame and responsibility. To give one example, because of my ongoing mental health journey, I set a firm boundary yesterday and decided not to watch the presidential debate.
My general mindset going into this election cycle was that the news would find me, and it did, because I was on Twitter (if Supreme Court calls X “Twitter”” and Meta “Facebook.” I agree. I noticed a surprising pattern: Many of us didn’t watch the debate. And those who did had to stop halfway through because it was too stressful. What do you think many of us did instead? bearreleased every episode of season 3 on Hulu yesterday, and apparently the most stressful show on TV is less stressful than watching a presidential debate.
If a journalist who, for some reason, has to work during the day is not unemployed, he or she will experience stress and bear Or the stress of an argument.
Not long ago, the internet was buzzing with the question: “Would you rather meet a man or a bear?” Though the question was primarily aimed at women, many people of both genders chose bears, which speaks to our deep distrust of men in general. Last night, America was faced with a choice again: Would you rather spend the night with a bear or two men? It’s definitely bears, baby!
Writer/Director Jessica Ellis She joked that instead of the debate, she would watch last season’s epic, suspenseful “Fish” episode. Emmy Award Nominee for Best Comedy“I think that could happen in our country too,” she said.
Some people split their time between men and women. bearThe joke, seen time and time again across all platforms, is that people choose to watch this high-octane restaurant show to unwind after the debate, implying that watching Carmy and Richie exchange insults in between dropping plates and sweating foreheads is a way to get away from watching two men in their 80s or so arguing about golf instead of how to defend our country. Second IMDb Trivia bear episode According to me (yes, I’m a nerd who reads IMDb trivia while watching movies), over the course of the film’s 22-minute running time (including credits!), the f-word is used 68 times, while the word “chef” is used only 24 times.
Jokes at the end of the world: why do we do this? As the saying goes, if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry, but why can’t we do both? Do we ever take pleasure in our own misery? Do we take pleasure in our own misery? I think it’s just hating ourselves, masochistically commenting on the horror around us in a humorous way instead of curling up and screaming. In our own modern way, it’s an attempt at connection, today’s “water cooler” discourse. Like all viral phenomena, it’s our shared love or hate that unites us more than geography, family, friends, or any other real, tangible thing. Many people find a community online that they don’t have in their real, everyday lives. Being able to feel the horror together and joke about it brings a certain comfort, a relief of tension.
Some people completely escape into a fluffy, happy imaginary world and get lost in a tour or the latest season of Eras. Bridgerton Rather than a more hyper-realistic drama bear Or a previous super popular show Inheritance, This is a popular quote on social media. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. I’m torn between dark political dramas and TikTok. Bridgerton’s Pollin and Swift’s backup dancer, Cam, provide me with more pure, escapist entertainment, but when things get a little too tense, a darker humour closer to our world seems to be my go-to.
Writer/Director/Comedian Zach Bornstein His comments after the debate garnered more than 100,000 likes and nearly 2 million views: “I don’t mean to be controversial, but personally I think there should be options other than a peaceful living corpse and Hitler, the stupidest man of all time.”
Of course, not everyone enjoyed this joke because at some point, we remember that the debate was real. One either deals with their emotions or runs away. Dealing with existential anxiety like the State of the Union is such a difficult task that many of us relieve stress in the fictional worlds of the media. Instead of navigating such turmoil ourselves, we find catharsis in secondhand experiencing the trials and tribulations of fictional characters, which makes us feel better at the end of the day. Running a restaurant is objectively less important and stressful than running a country, but that’s the stress we can deal with right now.
