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Too easy, this one from the early internet, Kiwi! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs This Kiwi and cat too, even though I'm not from New Zealand, just these happy little fellas sleeping to a soothing lullaby, while saying goodbye forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jCuSt9MjSY
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Everyone loved Alex Trebek, for 36 years he stoically hosted Jeopardy, always maintaining perfect composure. Everyone knew he was dying and one contestant bombed all his money just to write Alex a sweet unexpected note: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXDyXdviYOk Mr Trebek kept it together but it got him right there.
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Oct 27, 2023 03:22
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I'm teaching a photography class now. We're going to talk about sharing our work, social media, clichés, that kind of stuff. So I'm going to show them 'White Woman's Instagram' by Bo Burnham, and I'm putting Chinese subtitles in for them so they can understand the lyrics. gently caress, man, not only the breakdown in the middle of the song, but remembering the pandemic, my folks are getting older... I've been crying all afternoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHotXbGZiFY
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Oct 27, 2023 09:21
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This thread makes me cry, drat you all.
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Oct 27, 2023 14:48
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it's dumb, but Panic at the Disco redid Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire but with more modern poo poo. There's cute things mentioned like Iron Man and Pokemon, horrible things like Sandy Hook and Columbine, and then near the end "white rhino goes extinct."
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Oct 28, 2023 01:49
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Ok everyone probably knows this one but every time I watch this I get overwhelmed by the feeling Bobby McFerrin is some sort of divine avatar of music itself and a force of good and beauty in a cold harsh world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk Even dumber is how much this movie trailer just grabs me by the nostalgic gonads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahZFCF--uRY
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Oct 28, 2023 21:47
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Sorry for Lilo and Stitch here again but my niece in law got really into it the last bit of time she stayed with us and it was awesome She’d hold one of our infants and refuse to sleep without releasing them, declaring ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind. And she’d wake up asking if she was holding them right and not hurting them The whole time makes me weep that the kids are alright
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Oct 29, 2023 02:39
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Lilo and Stitch did to us what people think Bambi's mom being shot did. It did not. It never has. Mufasa's death never hit me as hard as just some of the instrumentals of Lilo.
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Oct 29, 2023 02:47
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Oh, I've got one for sure. The CDC has a PSA series called "Tips from Former Smokers." The whole series is heartbreaking and I highly recommend it. They find former smokers who are dealing with terrible health issues caused by smoking and have them share tips for current smokers. The bit is that rather than sharing tips for quitting, the subjects share tips for what people should do/expect if they don't quit. Tips like "When you get a colostomy bag, try to keep your sense of humor. You'll really need it." or "If you develop macular degeneration, try to look as far away as possible from where they stick the needle in." There are also longer spots where the subjects tell their story in more detail. Almost every star's entry (or entries) makes me cry when I watch it, but one in particular makes me cry whenever I think if it: Terrie H. CONTENT WARNING: Stoma (hole in neck) and watching someone put a piece of medical equipment into theirs, cancer, general human suffering, death Terrie fought a very long and hard battle with cancer as a result of smoking. She had several segments. Her first one was on the lighter side for this series, kind of a dark comedy entry. She shows what getting ready in the morning can look like for those who used to smoke: First you put your teeth in your mouth, then your wig on your head, then your hands-free device in your stoma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zWB4dLYChM The next one she did was a year later, and I think about it A LOT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyVLKHEqTu0 quote:TERRIE: Her condition continued to deteriorate. In 2013 she came back for another spot. This time she was in a hospital bed, in visibly worse health, her head shaved for surgery. She no longer had a classic "Tips for Former Smokers" everyday life tip because she was no longer able to live her everyday life. Instead she gave a more conventional tip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFQ6YoDAoeY quote:TERRIE: Now I'm sitting here crying again. gently caress cigarettes. They've killed so many people. They killed my grandmother. gently caress the companies that make cigarettes. gently caress everyone who has ever worked for them. They can all burn in hell. Well if you've made it this far, reward yourself with this funny one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEWky9PEroU Ariong has a new favorite as of 03:36 on Oct 29, 2023 |
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Cleaning my old stuff out of my dad's house and found my copy of When The Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs and, just skimming it, gently caress
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Oct 29, 2023 18:17
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Muppet Christmas Carol came out right after my grandmother died of cancer. I was only five so there's a lot of deeply ingrained associations there with the empty chair by the fireplace. And of course there's Michael Caine just going all out in that duet when he revisits his last Christmas with Belle. https://youtu.be/RbawsayImds The ending of Tae Guk Gi is pretty devastating as well.
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Oct 30, 2023 04:20
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The composer of Earthbound’s soundtrack wrote a sad and sweet little song called The Knit Cap Man. You can hear his signature style in this one. It’s about a young man whose life is saved by a homeless man, and they become friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrQwUSiaMsg Saddest line in the song is after the homeless man dies: “who do I tell?” 
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Oct 30, 2023 13:37
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418004/ Rented this movie with my then girlfriend years ago. When the end credits rolled we both just kinda sat there in stunned silence for a second, looked at eachother, saw that we were both choked up to hell, and just burst into tears. Absolutely beautiful film.
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Oct 30, 2023 20:16
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Caroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, mourning the death of his wife, Edith. It doesn't leave a dry eye in the house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzJZJxSXao "I was supposed to be the first one to go. I can't do this." 
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Oct 31, 2023 19:23
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This is going to be stupid but bear with me. The Rangers winning the World Series. See, my father was a Rangers fan from the moment the Senators moved to Arlington. He was crushed when they lost in 2011. He didn't expect them to ever be good again in his lifetime, and he was right, dying in 2021. They won the World Series last night and I cried like a baby because they finally won it (in my mind) for him, even if he wasn't here to see it.
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When I was in 6th grade my girlfriend fell off the back of a car, hit her head, and went into a coma. She got out of the coma but for a lot of complicated reasons she never meaningfully recovered and is still mentally and emotionally a 6th grader, 25 years later. Around the same time my sister was a big fan of Better Than Ezra, and they have a song called A Lifetime from that period about a teenage girl dying in a car crash. I burst into tears every time I hear it (fortunately it never saw radio play). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyIksL-Sd4s
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Lot of songs in this thread and I can't pick one to post but here's something that happens to me a lot. Listening to a playlist or an album and it's all normal and fine, and then something that gets me comes on and I'm like, it's okay, I am doing okay now, I can listen to this one, and then I almost never manage it. Lot of books and stories too but the one I am gonna post is The People of Sand and Slag, at least partially because it's a short story you can read for free online if you wanna: https://windupstories.com/books/pump-six-and-other-stories/people-of-sand-and-slag/ I read this one waiting in the parking lot while I was waiting for a friend I had driven to a job interview. I wasn't expecting it to be heavy, all I knew going in was that it was supposed to be good sci-fi recommended by a friend. He never asked why my eyes were red after he got back out but it was an awkward drive back. Came home and pet my cat for like six hours.
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Hmm, perhaps I shouldn't have read that.
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That story didn't make me sad per se but it did make me think about the possibility of a future for humanity that is irredeemable to the point that total extinction would be better, which I guess I hadn't before. That's not cool or anything, but it did.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POd37PEObUU A kpop/jpop superstar took his own life and his fellow members performed a huge (already planned) two night concert just 2 months later at the request of his mother. They ended the 3+ hour show each night with the last song the member wrote and recorded with them in one of the most powerful performances I've ever seen of. The empty mic and spotlight for him, his voice playing, and 50,000 people in stunned silence as the members slowly break down throughout the song, it's a lot. The entire concert is worth watching for the strength these guys have, but this song really encapsulates so much of human love, loss, and what art and music can do to convey that all. The song is in Japanese, and while it reads like a love song, the lyrics are much more poignant and powerful given the context.
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This song OP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOo2hwPfL2A
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With apologies to everyone I'm about to trigger, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5px3E5FwLw
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I never saw it but I read Watership Down as a kid. hosed up that there are adults who are like "Hey ten year old, this is a good book you might like." They weren't wrong, but also jesus christ.
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aniviron posted:I never saw it but I read Watership Down as a kid. hosed up that there are adults who are like "Hey ten year old, this is a good book you might like." They weren't wrong, but also jesus christ. You rang? obligatory Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys. we never read Bridge to Terabitha in school, but some of Flannery O'Connor's short stories punched you in the gut.
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I didn't actually read Watership Down until Grade 12 (wrote a paper on it qualifying as existentialist literature) so I was a bit more braced for it. That scene from the movie fucks me up though I do remember choking up when we read The Giver in Grade 6
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Been more emotional lately. Teared up a bit listening to Perfect by Rob Cantor, a song about being loved despite being flawed and not being of service.quote:If you took a boat to the middle of sea
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aniviron posted:I never saw it but I read Watership Down as a kid. hosed up that there are adults who are like "Hey ten year old, this is a good book you might like." They weren't wrong, but also jesus christ. For me that was The Brothers Lionheart.
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Cowslips Warren posted:You rang? Yeah Where the Red Fern Grows definitely got me as a kid And I want to say My Side of the Mountain maybe did too
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Had an emotional moment over the weekend, two of our dear friends were in a production of Hairspray and while I'm a big fan of the show and film I hadn't seen either for many years. My wife and I have been through a lot the last few years, and the lyrics of "You're Timeless To Me" (sung by our friend in the production) hit me very hard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWcLIV_e5Z8 Some folks don't get it But we never fret it 'Cause we know that time is our friend And it's plain to see That you're stuck with me Until the bitter end 
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It's super tacky to propose to your partner in front of all your friends. Recording it and posting it on social media is downright grotesque. But god drat it if this doesn't make me choke up every time. The choreography, the way more and more friends and family join the performance as it goes on, the way you can see her elated reaction as it just keep on escalating... I'm not crying, you're crying! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_v7QrIW0zY
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Pixar movies are cheating but recently I rewatched Inside Out because I kept tearing up randomly thinking about the part at the end. If you haven't seen it don't spoil it for yourself, just watch the movie. The part where Riley 1) allowed herself to feel the sadness she had been pushing down since they arrived in San Francisco, 2) began the process of mourning the life she had left behind, 3) constantly felt the need to apologize for her feelings and her lack of positivity to her parents as she expressed herself, and 4) was validated in her feelings by her parents who supported her and affirmed the sadness she was feeling, all while 5) Sadness and Joy in Riley's mind headquarters went through with this process despite none of them really wanting to or knowing exactly what they were doing because they knew it was what Riley needed. It really spoke to me. If you have ever been made to feel like you are not allowed to feel or express negative emotion because the people you care about are relying on your positivity, if you have ever been made to feel like asking for support would make you a burden, you really should give it a watch. I also cried because of Bing Bong, obviously, but also the preceding scene when Joy actually feels sadness for the first time and then comes to understand the value of the feeling. Bao, a short, is also really good and emotional.
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Ariong posted:Pixar movies are cheating but recently I rewatched Inside Out because I kept tearing up randomly thinking about the part at the end. If you haven't seen it don't spoil it for yourself, just watch the movie. on rewatch, it's clear especially in class when Riley is forcing herself not to be sad, but still getting teary, none of the kids look anything but concerned. even the popular "makeup" girl looks worried for her. kinda the opposite, but we're goons, we probably all know Transformers, right? And we know Shockwave, the faceless emotionless loving monster Decepticon. But he wasn't always like that. In IDW comics turns out Senator Shockwave was super charismatic, always looked out for the little guys, and while he had ambition and was a scientist, he also was intent on knocking down the tyrannical Council who essentially kept Cybertron in caste slavery. Started an institute that doubled as a hiding place for people the Council wanted killed similar to Professor Xavier. Protested against a lot of the insanity from the Council. Oh, and he changed his paint colors every few days because he was a bit vain. But overall a great dude. And the Council found out about him sheltering bots they wanted dead. So they burned his school with most of the students inside, killed the rest, and the lovely Senator faced empurata: removal of his hands and head to become the purple bot we know. But that wasn't enough punishment, so they also clipped out his emotions and pretty much mind-raped him into becoming an emotionless husk. Dude was essentially a more flashy Optimus Prime and ended up a monster because he kept trying to do good and save people.
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A story from today instead of a link. Came home from work to my roommate crying reading a letter in our kitchen. His mom snuck a letter into a box of things she was getting rid of as she moves out of her city apartment. It was a love letter his dad wrote to her a year after he was born that'd he never seen. His dad died when he was 16, and he hasn't seen his dad's handwriting since. We ended up holding each other sobbing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yOdAqBFcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwoX_UotKGo dunno if it's Bernard Hill or cavalry charges but it gets me every time thatbastardken has a new favorite as of 10:53 on Nov 18, 2023 |
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This is an amazing thread. I never thought I'd have tears streaming down my face from a miso soup ad, but here we are. Anyway, for my part: Celeste made me cry. I've dealt with (and still working on) mental illness, and found it incredibly touching and relatable. I remember discussing with a very dear friend the bit about Madeline having an alter ego, a metaphor for an internal voice, who bullies the gently caress out of her. And how my friend hasn't had that experience, while I thought it was normal and have had it all my life. I crird at the part where someone asked Madeline how she deals with her depression, and she replied "I get drunk and get mad at people on the internet". Because I did exactly the same thing. Apart from me being cis and not a mountain climber, I see a lot of myself in Madeline
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The charge at Pelennor is one of the two big tear-jerkers in these films for me. The other one is "My friends, you bow to no-one". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9VWhHJaSjA
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Ariong posted:Pixar movies are cheating but recently I rewatched Inside Out because I kept tearing up randomly thinking about the part at the end. If you haven't seen it don't spoil it for yourself, just watch the movie. Well now you've introduced Pixar into the equation so I have to post Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2bk_9T482g
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"Leave A Light On," by Papa Roach. It was already a contender, but we saw them in concert earlier this year, and the song combined with everyone holding a light leaves me crying every time I hear it now.
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Is this cheating? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dT2eBWI2M Also, I have an 8 year old and 4 year old, and several Bluey episodes are brutal. This one in particular always gets me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxoqJ0Pmux0
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This one is certainly cheating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vj2Wf57rQ
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