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Sebelum dapet cowok tulus, kalem, dewasa dan gak ribet kayak Soonrok. Yumi tuh harus melewati fase cowok cowok dengan beda karakter Woogi : effort minus, bikin yumi trauma Woong : tulus, setia, tapi kurang komunikasi Babi : manis, perhatian, tapi terlalu friendly sampe bikin ragu Soonrok : brondong, kalem, dewasa, gak ribet ((finally cowok waras)) Dari yang bikin nangis, overthinking, baru ketemu yang bikin tenang. Para Penonton: MAU JUGAAAAA

one thing that makes me cry about project hail mary is the fact that the eridians built grace a habitat. THEY BUILT HIM A HABITAT

In India, inter-caste marriage is not easy. But the reason here was not what you think. Both are well educated. The guy is from the Ivy League earning 1Cr+, and the girl is from IIT earning 70L. The issue the guy raised was very weird. I don’t think you’ve heard this before. The girl did not want to adopt his surname after marriage. Fair enough. But this is where things got interesting. The guy was ready to drop the entire marriage conversation just because of this. So we tried to understand his reasoning deeply. And what he said next actually blew my mind. Let’s break it down from scratch. In India, it’s been simple. After marriage, the woman takes the man’s surname. The child takes the father’s surname. One straight line. No confusion. Now enter a different scenario. Two people marry. The woman does not change her surname. First problem. The man is already uncomfortable. Second problem. What happens when they have a child, Whose surname will the child take. If the child takes both surnames, it becomes long, messy, and honestly most people feel it looks weird. If the child takes the father surname, then what was the point of the mother not changing hers. And this is where the real conflict comes in The man logic was simple. If you believe in equality, why should only I adjust on this. And the reverse almost never happens. A man is not going to take the woman’s surname. So what exactly changed - And this is where things get messy. Because this is not just about a name. It’s about identity, ego, equality, family expectations, and legacy all mixed together And yes, the guy actually walked away from the marriage conversation because of this one issue. Let that sink in - In India, arranged marriage is not just about two people liking each other. It’s about caste, family, surname, identity, legacy, and a hundred invisible expectations People think inter-caste marriage is the hard part, it’s not. The real problem starts after that. And most people don’t even realise it until they are in it.

What is interesting is not where Maddy lives. A lot of people are broke at 24, even though that is more than enough time to get your life in order after high school. From 18 to 24, if you were a hustler like Maddy supposedly was, and she already worked in high school, you would expect more stability. What is more interesting are the lies, and her need to appear bigger than she is. The meetup with Cassie is a good example. What does that tell us? That she might be ashamed of her life. The only way to truly understand whether Maddy should be in those living conditions is her age and what she has actually been doing up to this point. You can then understand if she is successful, living normally, or if her career potential has dropped. It is about her decisions and the jobs she applied for, not the people hiring her. As much as we want to believe Maddy’s life is normal for her situation and the city she is living in, we need to be realistic and accept that she is not in a good place at all. At this point, it would take a miracle for her to get the life she actually dreams of. I think her staring at Cassie at the wedding reminded her of the life she wanted. She never really wanted to work, she only did it because she had to, especially in high school, since her father did not work and it was only her mother.