ALSO so much of the ✨ nostalgia ✨ people have is for the films, which owe so much to set designers, costume designers, directors, and all the other incredible artists involved in making a film.
HP hit heavy with kids because the world building focuses mostly on the aesthetic of it. Things are weird, but cozy. Strange, but fun.
Once you consider it for any length of time, though, you find a myriad of problems and issues. The world building falls apart.
This discourse always fascinates me because when I mention it to my American friends they’re always so confused?? They all say that splitting the bill is a normal thing and that every restaurant they’ve been to does it with no issue. What is the truth!!!!
coworker must have recently learned the phrase "unbeknownst to me" because he's been saying it constantly, and i don't think he's used it correctly a single time. today he said, "unbeknownst to me, my wife and i tried that new Chinese restaurant down the street. It's pretty good"
I mask for the folks I lost to Covid before masking protocols. I mask because I still grieve for people who didn’t get a chance to mask. It’s respect. It’s protection. It’s both mourning and protest.