• apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I get the moment that it met, and why it was so popular as a result, but it was the embodiment of toxic positivity.

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      9 days ago

      The show gets into that in season 2. Ted is NOT ok in part because of his slavish devotion to positivity despite not being ok. I think it did a good job of illustrating that you can’t just wish problems away with a can do attitude.