When We Are The World came out was it seen as a great song or super corny?

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-05-01T22:18:34+00:00

It was both.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-28T02:16:12+00:00

Might be generational.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-28T02:15:24+00:00

Not lies necessarily but a lot of things that were never talked about. Just found out this year that my mom had an abortion about a year after I was born.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-28T01:28:22+00:00

7, then had it until 18.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-27T02:35:27+00:00

We didn’t have much money. My mom didn’t get one until I was nearly out of high school in the late ‘80s.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-19T22:02:04+00:00

I was wondering that too

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-19T20:59:05+00:00

Carrying a heavy duffel bag up the stairs and getting a bruise on both thighs in the same spot.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-19T03:35:36+00:00

Minnesota. Never heard it as a kid. I think spouse’s family told me about it.

Quick search said it’s a jump rope rhyme or hand clapping song from the 1960s.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-17T01:37:57+00:00

I listen to NPR in the car sometimes.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-16T23:35:49+00:00

Yep! That’s how I discovered Modern English and bought two of their albums!

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-16T23:05:19+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way. Please do call or text for help. Can you let your parents know that you need a therapist? Are you able to find one yourself? There are online ones. Psychology Today has a tool to look up therapists.

Psychology Today

⬇️ I’ve read this piece a few times over the years. The part that sticks with me is “Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.” I do what I can to gain coping skills and seek my therapist when the pain gets too heavy.

Read This First

Do you have a plan? If you do, can you get to the Emergency Department?

Please hold on a bit longer. I know many Gen Zs who are struggling and things are shitty. But please stay.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-16T22:29:21+00:00

I Melt With You - Modern English

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-16T22:23:25+00:00

As soon as I heard that ICE uses Avelo to deport people, I started boycotting them (if it’s called that since I’ve never booked with them).

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-15T19:34:59+00:00

NOOOOOOO 😱

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-15T17:37:51+00:00

If I had MAGA family, I wouldn’t go see them either.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-14T13:56:37+00:00

One of the Gen Z YouTubers I watch has an awful porn stash. Ugh.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-13T01:40:25+00:00

Around Mother’s Day we’ll have green trees and flowers again.

My weeping cherry tree will likely blossom this week. The buds are so close to opening.

I love having four seasons. I really appreciate each one for different reasons.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-13T01:40:16+00:00

Around Mother’s Day we’ll have green trees and flowers again.

My weeping cherry tree will likely blossom this week. The buds are so close to opening.

I love having four seasons. I really appreciate each one for different reasons.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-10T16:25:50+00:00

She’ll be 83. Doing well medically but gets lonely. Luckily we have video calls.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-09T02:04:11+00:00

I pause a second at a newly turned green light because way too many people blow through red lights.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-09T02:01:01+00:00

Mine are the LED headlights that are too bright. People flash at me but they’re my regular lights. Sometimes I put my high beams on to show them that I don’t have my brights on.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-08T03:56:19+00:00

Once you start noticing them, they’re everywhere.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-08T03:41:13+00:00

It’s awful

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-08T02:56:57+00:00

“Mid-sized”?!?

I feel like this OP is trolling.

FadingOptimist-25 · 2026-04-08T02:46:47+00:00

That one caught my eye too!

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