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comment by _refugee_
_refugee_  ·  3002 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hello From The Same Side - Adele's Single, and Trump

I effin hate "Hello." It makes me angry. People in my life kept coming up to me, going, "Don't you love Hello?"

My response to it is that no, that there's no one in my life who I want to speak with that I no longer speak with. I don't know. The people I want to have in my life have always managed to come back into my life. I think the song is sentimental and seeks to pull emotion out of its listeners in a cheap way. That being said, I couldn't break down why or how I feel this way, but it's very similar to how I began to feel about the re-boot of Doctor Who after I got through the first 4 seasons of it or so. I began to feel used. I think it's because both are clearly going for the gut and the heartstrings...which would be fine, except if you take a step back, their aim is so clear. It's clear from the start both of these "items" (for lack of a better categorization) are winding up to leave you with a punch in the gut. But what I find is that it hurts a lot more, and a lot more really, when I don't see that punch coming.