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It’s a way to transcend time and to be connected to people in your family you feel you might not easily relate to because of the generational divide, especially if they’ve passed. It’s a look into their genuine interests and personality, especially if they’ve annotated in the margins. The ability to do this is valuable if you can. I think it builds or strengthens empathy, and gives you a stronger foundation for appreciating your family history. Not to mention you’ll likely get an interesting reading experience out of it. The (+) is for great-grandparents and beyond.
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Doing some of it with my grandparents today and I’ve learned quite a bit more about my family history
Jun 23, 2024
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i sat down w my grandad and listened to him talk about his whole life for like 5 hours, incredibly immersive experience that’s unlike any conversation I’ve ever had. Helped to build an archive of my family and also learned so much about my grandad and his whole philosophy on life.
Jan 31, 2024
Mar 9, 2024
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I grew up with a small TV in our kitchen and thought the added element of visual entertainment made kitchen activities better than they might have been otherwise. I use an iPad these days with a stand that I can move around as well as an adhesive wall mount. It makes dish washing and cooking a thousand times more bearable even if I’m not paying as much attention to what’s on the screen. There’s also something really cozy about it being small.
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everyone i’ve recommended this to has thanked me. listen in full. no track is worth skipping on this one. both lyrically and sonically a work of genius.
Nov 7, 2024
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in my very unimportant opinion, too many adult women are obsessed with
“girlhood” and embracing a “girly” lifestyle and I can’t for the life of me understand why they aren’t embracing “womanhood.” are adult women simply afraid of what leaving girlhood behind would mean for them? is it the prospect of the added responsibility that comes from being an adult that keeps them attached to their younger years? or is it just the aesthetics of girlhood that keep them in that mindset? yes when we were girls the world was so open, so new, so mysterious. why should that have to change entirely with age? some women may have more lived experiences and aren’t as easily impressed or mystified by things as they were during girlhood, but i think thats all relative to perspective. there are still sensations, mysteries and first times after the age of 25 and even 45 and so on. shouldn’t we experience it through the lens of women who have already passed the trials of girlhood? maybe this is just another millennial problem.
Feb 4, 2025