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What Do The Things That Impact Us The Most Tell Us About Life?

To Anyone(working on an introduction and I really like this one;I've used it before, but it's another story),

                I was watching YouTube yesterday (yes, it's late and I was watching YouTube till I fall asleep after ranting to an invisible crowd of myself; it's pretty wierd) and I started watching videos about different cartoon episodes that have deeper meanings than meets the eye of many viewers at first glance, and it made me think. There's a lot of many different things that we use and/or enjoy the most that really implicitly teaches us about life. And I had a feeling that I should talk about it.

                                                                                                     Music

             Music is one of the biggest platforms that exist in modern day, and I think a lot of people already know this or will agree with me when I say that listening to certain songs, albums, or artists will give you implicit or explicit messages about how the world works, from the habits of many people to many realizations of what has happened and /or is happening in the world. Using the song SIRENS|Z1RENZ (from Denzel Curry's album TABOO|TA13OO and featuring J.I.D. and vocals on the chorus from Billie Eilish) as an example, every verse speaks on oppression and discrimination in America. Many artists such as the late XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD, Mac Miller, Logic, and others have spoken on mental heath and have helped to make it mainstream and to draw more attention to it. Saying this to say that music reminds people of the past of their home country and/or put out information on what is going on currently in our world, which is good because it tells us about history to put it on blast so it may not be repeated, while being a news outlet for what is occuring as we speak.

          Books/Movies(put in the same category because one is always based from the other)

                  Next we move on to books and movies which give many life lessons more subliminally or less subliminally depending on the plot written. They assist in giving life lessons that are very important to learn based o the audience that they're trying to reach. For instance, books for children, such as The Berenstain Bears, and movies for children, such as Mrs. Spider's Sunny Patch Friends or The Koala Brothers(these are very old, and hold a dear place in my heart and memories in my mind), teach more lessons like "sharing is caring". Books and movies for teenagers teach more lessons such as to "respect your elders" or to "be careful of your surroundings". Books for adults educate them, some on how to do things to better different aspects of their life, while others help them to make decisions. Adult movies don't really have many messages as I see the purely for entertainment, so there's not much else to speak on.

                                                                                           Television Shows

Television shows are very close to movies when it comes to targeting crowds. The only difference is that it does so in a short amount of time.  Children's shows, such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, teach children things such as letters, numbers, shapes and colors. Although, there are some, such as Puppy Dog Pals (my nephew loves this show, so I thought I'd mention it), that are just for entertainment and/or teaching things such as to share and collaborate with others. Shows for teens are to either show them what their lives ahead holds for them or  teaching them life lessons, even cartoons (more of on Cartoon Network or Boomerang). On the final episode of Tom and Jerry, Tom falls for a female cat that Jerry knows isn't good for him. However, Tom ignores Jerry and even goes as far as to sign his life away for her, but is crushed when she marries a richer cat. At this point, Tom no longer cares about his life or anything it holds for him in the future, falling into an alcoholic addiction- sort of thing, but replacing the alcohol with milk as it is still a family friendly show, but they want to show what happens when some people fall into depression. When it cuts to the next scene, Tom is seen siting on the train tracks, while Jerry looks down on his friend sadly, while also favoring his own relationship that he thinks is perfect. Little did he know that his girlfriend had left him for a richer mouse. He later joins Tom at the train tracks, and they sit there as a train comes from behind. This is supposed to be their final moments, as the screen fades to white, as the train approaches and the headlight is bright enough to do so. However, this episode was not meant to be dark, but to shine a light on depression, and show that it exists and is very serious, to show that a romantic relationship is not all that you have in your life, and that won't always end up with who you want, but you shouldn't let it destroy you as a person. Another example would be The "King Ramses' Curse" episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog where two robbers have stolen a slab from the King's tomb, and buries it at the mailbox of no other than Courage before driving off and meeting their demise at the hands of King Ramses' ghost.  Courage digs up the slab, and shows Muriel and Ustess. However, Ustess denounces it as trash until he hears that it is worth $1 million. He then takes it back in the house, and is met by King Ramses'ghost later in the night, and is told many times to return it to the King's tomb. He refuses the first three times and the household is met with three plagues (first: rain inside the house, second: the most annoying song played forever, third: locusts that devour everything in their path). Ustess is told one last time to return the slab, but refuses, thinking that the King has ran out of tricks. However, he meets the demise by reusage of the third plague. In the end, Muriel and Courage sits in a mostly damaged cottage, and wonders where Ustess is. It then cuts to the slab being returned, but Ustess takes the place where the King's picture once was on it. This episode, although may appear as dark,  shows that greed is not a good quality to possess. Adult shows are almost similar to that of teenagers, but also to adult books and movies, so that really sums that up.

                      Conclusion

                 All of this to say that even though I did say a lot, I feel that this displays the abnormality that surrounds and makes life, life, that accepting that no life will never be normal, makes one more normal than others. Life will always be abnormal because it is unpredictable, and in the words of Marceline from Adventure Time (Adventure Time Fans say wassup👋🏾💯), "Everything stays, but it still changes, ever so slightly, daily and nightly, in little ways." This says that nothing lasts forever. Everything will be different than the last time you saw it, whether the change is noticable or not, and accepting this should be normalized in one's lifetime.

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Bye for now,

Young Johan (or John, whichever you prefer)