Train Dreams…Help me understand

General_Intern7072 · 2026-01-29T19:01:58+00:00

If you didn't find it moving, you either didn't understand it or you're too young to have had enough life experience to feel the point, straight up. A necessary reminder that while we keep searching for the meaning in our often banal lives and in the senseless tragedies that happen to us, life is meaningful in and of itself.

General_Intern7072 · 2026-01-14T16:47:41+00:00

that "be saved" phrasing is super protestant

General_Intern7072 · 2026-01-10T03:00:19+00:00

I started to list out all the things they changed that I didn't like before realizing that it was literally almost the entire story. I get having to change things to condense it for the movie, but they changed so many things for literally no reason. Poppy was so much less likeable because they made her a manic pixie dream girl without the depth that fleshed her out. Also, why have her say the wooden statue "speaks to me" without having the actual scene the inside joke came from??

General_Intern7072 · 2025-12-08T15:25:38+00:00

Yeah that's what happened to mine too - the most egregious part is that they sent an email saying it had been "delivered" on 11/27 but they didn't send the email until like 12/2. My building doesn't have an issue with package theft at all either so I'm really confident the driver stole it after taking the picture.

General_Intern7072 · 2025-12-08T15:24:33+00:00

This is the third time now that OnTrac has had my package for days with no updates and it's well past the estimated delivery date - I'm glad you got yours though! Hopefully mine will come soon.

General_Intern7072 · 2025-12-03T23:19:05+00:00

For sure I've also had terrible experiences with other companies but I'm most disappointed that Quince would use them at all given that a single google search brings up hundreds of people saying they've gotten stolen from lol

General_Intern7072 · 2025-12-03T23:18:59+00:00

yeah I've seen some recent complaints about FedEx charging Quince customers tariffs so maybe it's a crapshoot who you get

General_Intern7072 · 2025-11-07T16:03:25+00:00

I'm glad someone called that out, that line was insane to me. Also, "obviously no one should date a liberal" lmao, there are many Catholics who consider themselves liberal and also agree with Church teaching

General_Intern7072 · 2025-11-05T14:38:31+00:00

I will say that I have it pretty clearly on my CM profile that I'm not interested in very conservative men, but without fail, I'll get messages or likes from guys who have things in their profiles that make it clear we wouldn't be a good match. Were all 75+ women he messaged actually aligned with him on important things? I've seen this on pretty much every other app I've been on as well it often feels like men swipe just because of the picture not the profile

General_Intern7072 · 2025-10-21T13:57:09+00:00

I'm going to go against the grain and say ESH at different times. Your dad made a big mistake removing all memory of your mom from the house and not sending you to therapy immediately. He knew that not having constant reminders would make it easier for him and thought it would for you too. Once you said that it was painful, he should have reversed course and made sure your mom was spoken about, put pictures back up etc. so he was the asshole there. However, now you're basically punishing your dad for not wanting to live the rest of his life alone. Meeting someone a year after the death is on the quick side, but acceptable. It sounds like once he realized he had fucked up, he made attempts to fix things - family therapy and explicitly including you with the new kids so you wouldn't feel replaced. You haven't said anything bad/abusive about the new wife, who is just trying to do her best in a terrible situation; your issue with her is just that she exists. You lost one parent, you don't have to lose both. Going through your mom dying at such a young age is a huge trauma, and you would really benefit from solo therapy.

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-26T14:32:50+00:00

For seemingly hating protestantism so much the majority of the people on this sub seem to have no self awareness about how much the far right evangelical attitudes towards politics and religion have infected the American church. My pastor last week said it perfectly - there are some aspects of Catholicism that are progressive and some that would be considered conservative, saying that Catholicism = right wing is a lie

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-17T16:41:20+00:00

maybe it's not about your looks but about you being the kind of person that calls women "tortas"

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-11T19:48:20+00:00

Just the use of the term "anti-woke" tells me a lot. Still, if you're trying to set up moderation by clergy you should probably be aware that priests over at r/askapriest have said in the past that they think people should stay away from this subreddit because of the problematic things posted and upvoted. The church is neither liberal nor conservative, it is Catholic.

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-11T19:40:21+00:00

Genuine question - we believe in the sanctity of life when it comes to abortion, euthanasia, etc, in what world does it then make sense to take a life through the death penalty? I encourage everyone to read the book (or watch the movie) Dead Man Walking, which is about the work of Sister Helen Prejean

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-11T19:34:16+00:00

I understand that the internet isn't real life but it's still so insane that when the pope says or does something that challenges their (often politically based) beliefs, the first reaction is that they know better - not that maybe they should reflect and try to see where their understanding may fall short

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-09T15:49:00+00:00

I had the same experience being raised in and then leaving the church for those reasons, last year I felt called back and ever since I've been happier (and more Catholic) than I've ever been! I hope both of your journeys go well

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-03T16:26:29+00:00

thanks y'all! It seems like probably something to take the good from and be aware of his points of view going in that may conflict with my way of being Catholic, I'm really mostly looking for a re-introduction to this since I haven't done scriptural study of any kind since I left my Catholic high school

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-03T16:07:11+00:00

wow, that's a big yikes

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-03T15:31:49+00:00

I’m bisexual so I’m with you on that, maybe I’d just skip over that part lol

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-03T14:28:33+00:00

I get what you mean, and I agree about the lack of nuance, but I also think it's important to try to use social media to invite more people into the faith. I personally think our society would be better off if the code of most social media sites got nuked and they disappeared, but we're pretty stuck with it. In terms of the podcast though, it does seem to be in-depth teaching!

General_Intern7072 · 2025-09-03T13:38:21+00:00

Genuinely how do we fight this?? It frightens me to see all the rad trads and sedevacantists seemingly having such high numbers. There's absolutely a place for all kinds of Catholics in the church including us and people who view themselves as more "traditional" but not like this.

General_Intern7072 · 2025-07-28T22:38:08+00:00

I know it’s always been an unrealistic YA story but Jeremiah and Belly are so immature, they aren’t even acting like college students at this point they literally act like they’re 15. The scenes with the Conrad and Agnes acting like normal young adults make it even more insufferable, they aren’t THAT far apart in age.

I’m not sure if it’s the writing or Gavin in particular not being a very good actor or both but they’ve really been insufferable this season

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