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The 21st Century Salonnière's avatar

I look forward to hearing about health care in the Czech Republic!

Also, I was thinking about this last week — the way our cultural narratives about love and romance, epitomized by the rom-com, probably do more harm than good.

Love is definitely more like the basset hound mug and looking like crap in the hospital.

Have you seen “The Tinder Swindler”? It popped up on the top 10 movies on Netflix last week, and it was really a fun documentary so I recommend it if you’re looking for something to watch. If you haven’t seen it, I don’t want to give anything away, but early on, the “main woman” to tell her story talks about the influence of Disney movies on her ideas of romance—and you see how that (seems to) directly influence the events that follow.

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Casey's avatar

Another romcom trope i cant stand- when the leads totally ignore their friends for someone they just met.

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