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"think precisely about what kind of life you want" might sounds like some sort of upper-middle-class luxury fantasy privilege thing to a lot of people, but it's also recurringly *the* thing that I've heard from everyone who broke out of terrible circumstances https://t.co/ZWGlQptoqg
[incoherently] I think this might be *the* flashpoint, the point of contention, the gauntlet. it's what every other goddamn movie is about — about whether you dare to dream or not, whether it's just escapist wishful thinking, delusions, fantasy, "most people don't make it"
sometimes I've felt like, am I the only guy who watched the movies? like ya'll didn't feel the artists and writers reaching out to you across the screen, sharing their dream with you, telling you that you can dream too? "it's just a movie dude" no it's not https://t.co/QCCQ6Ca0FI
exactly this https://t.co/7LPQkQPWUz