One Day Off Episode 4

Not gonna lie, this episode made me angry,…

Not gonna lie, this episode made me angry, especially "How can you be that selfish?" line. It made me feel pissed off, but in a good way - that was a deliberate choice of topic and presentation to evoke these emotions. XXI century, 2023, and yet the pressure women face to have kids for the benefit of others is still there. That said, the episode tackles a broader topic of glorification of your own generation and vilification of the other generations. Disregarding someone else's struggles, while exaggerating the issues you had to face in the past. As if pain and hardships can be truly objectively evaluated and compared. The ending at first made me feel a bit uncomfortable, but after thinking about it - it was the correct direction. At the end of the day: do we want to fight who is the biggest asshole with the strongest opinion, or do we want to put aside our differences and focus on helping each other. Someone has to make the first positive step. Instead of thinking: why it has to be me?, we should consider: why can't it be me?

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