• Not directly relevant but whenever I consume Indian media, I’m struck by how utterly foreign it feels. I watch a Chinese show? I see where it comes from. Mexican? Through line found. French? I understand the satire. Indian social norms and cultural development seem either so idiosyncratic or novel that they sincerely take me out. They, as a people and a nation, befuddle me in such a unique way. This isn’t a critique, just someone looking from the outside with curiosity and confusion.

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      Chinese media: everything is perfect in an uncanny valley sort of way

      Mexican media: drugs, Jesus, boobs, or cartels

      French media: like a student film with a budget

      Indian media: this guy just punched a car so hard it turned into a transformer, then he turned into a transformer, then they fought and now everyone’s dancing

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      Anon comes out as gay.

      Parents actually accept him, and the whole marriage thing is off.

      Parents now want anon to marry a guy he never met.

      Anon can’t get a break.

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        I’m pretty sure I remember reading that identical plot of relationshipadvice on the site-that-shall-not-be-named. 90% chance it was fake but the ending was a nice read with the guy realizing he’s bi, and actually hits it off with one of the guys his mom picks.