The first one reduced me to sniffling, red-faced, loud wailing. THE FIRST ONE. I ran to the other room and picked up my kids and held them and cried like a hungry angry baby. I never made it to the third one.
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bumblemusprime
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Best First wrote:I didn't like it. They don't have mums, or dads, or children. And they turn into stuff. And they don't eat Monster Munch or watch Xena: Warrior Princess. Or do one big poo in the morning and another one in the afternoon. I bet they weren't even excited by and then subsequently disappointed by Star Wars Prequels. Or have a glass full of spare change near their beds. That they don't have.
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Mana from the Procrastination Gods! Seriously though: today's my birthday, my wife and I are closing on a house and thinking about kids, and my father is in the hospital for diabetic shock. You have caught me in a vulnerable moment, and I feel like feeling.
1. Very touching, but a bit long. My eyes were welling, but no overflow.
2. Only watched a little bit. Something about a dying kid? BOY that guy's got a double chin.
3. OK, now this is getting a bit more difficult. Seriously welling here. At least the craters found love and are still alive!
4. This would probably be where I would officially lose the challenge. I love a good twist.
5. Skimmed it. I've had and will have enough pet death in my life, so I think I get the picture.
6. Waterworks central here. Even with the Ren and Stimpy animation. Oh geriatric love.
7. The ending of Homeward Bound? This didn't work for me. Seen it, done it, I wasn't pulling for Shadow anyway. This beat out Old Yeller? '
8. Touching, but not cryworthy. Perhaps I'm a bit too jaded concerning the military industrial complex and American imperialism to get too touched by returning soldiers.
9, 10, 11. Pixar clips. Watch at your own risk, as you KNOW they play your heart like a fiddle.
12. More parent-child sadness, but lacked the heft of #4.
13. Iron Giant sadness. Since I actually haven't seen it, didn't move me toooo much.
14, 15, 16. 18: More pet sadness. Is it weird that I found the one between the two cats the most affecting?
17. Oh yeah, I cried at this one back in the day. Whenever there was a "very special episode" of the Fresh Prince, you knew it was going to be tough. I see a bright future for that Will Smith fellow. STILL made me cry.
19. Guy from #2 is back. More touching than the first, but still a bit anticlimatic.
In sum, for me 3, 4, and 6 are the tough one to get through.
1. Very touching, but a bit long. My eyes were welling, but no overflow.
2. Only watched a little bit. Something about a dying kid? BOY that guy's got a double chin.
3. OK, now this is getting a bit more difficult. Seriously welling here. At least the craters found love and are still alive!
4. This would probably be where I would officially lose the challenge. I love a good twist.
5. Skimmed it. I've had and will have enough pet death in my life, so I think I get the picture.
6. Waterworks central here. Even with the Ren and Stimpy animation. Oh geriatric love.
7. The ending of Homeward Bound? This didn't work for me. Seen it, done it, I wasn't pulling for Shadow anyway. This beat out Old Yeller? '
8. Touching, but not cryworthy. Perhaps I'm a bit too jaded concerning the military industrial complex and American imperialism to get too touched by returning soldiers.
9, 10, 11. Pixar clips. Watch at your own risk, as you KNOW they play your heart like a fiddle.
12. More parent-child sadness, but lacked the heft of #4.
13. Iron Giant sadness. Since I actually haven't seen it, didn't move me toooo much.
14, 15, 16. 18: More pet sadness. Is it weird that I found the one between the two cats the most affecting?
17. Oh yeah, I cried at this one back in the day. Whenever there was a "very special episode" of the Fresh Prince, you knew it was going to be tough. I see a bright future for that Will Smith fellow. STILL made me cry.
19. Guy from #2 is back. More touching than the first, but still a bit anticlimatic.
In sum, for me 3, 4, and 6 are the tough one to get through.
Best First wrote:I thought we could just meander between making well thought out points, being needlessly immature, provocative and generalist, then veer into caring about constructive debate and make a few valid points, act civil for a bit, then lower the tone again, then act offended when we get called on it, then dictate what it is and isn't worth debating, reinterpret a few of my own posts through a less offensive lens, then jaunt down whatever other path our seemingly volatile mood took us in.
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I think the first one got me as a parent. I imagined my two-year old with cancer and I just wanted to die for the poor guy. There's a lot of these that are much harder for parents. God, I've had the most cathartic morning with this.
And you and Mrs. Shanti would have beautiful babies. How did we get these beautiful women to marry us nerds anyway?
And you and Mrs. Shanti would have beautiful babies. How did we get these beautiful women to marry us nerds anyway?
Best First wrote:I didn't like it. They don't have mums, or dads, or children. And they turn into stuff. And they don't eat Monster Munch or watch Xena: Warrior Princess. Or do one big poo in the morning and another one in the afternoon. I bet they weren't even excited by and then subsequently disappointed by Star Wars Prequels. Or have a glass full of spare change near their beds. That they don't have.
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