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HOPPERS debuts with $88M worldwide, marking the biggest opening for an original animated film since Coco (2017).

Children deserve to experience fear, disgust, and discomfort in safe scenarios where they can process those sensations. Media for children used to be scary and that's important.

🚨 Research shows repeated complaining physically rewires your brain to prioritize stress and negativity. The way we speak about our daily challenges does more than just vent frustration; it physically alters the architecture of the brain. When we engage in chronic complaining, we repeatedly activate neural networks responsible for detecting threats and processing stress. Through the biological process of neuroplasticity, these circuits become stronger and more efficient every time they are used. Essentially, the brain learns to become more adept at finding things to be unhappy about, turning a temporary mood into a permanent biological predisposition toward negativity and fear-based thinking. As these negative pathways become the brain's default setting, individuals often experience a measurable increase in baseline stress levels and emotional volatility. This heightened sensitivity means that even minor inconveniences can trigger an intense stress response because the brain has been conditioned to interpret the world through a lens of threat. Findings discussed by the Stanford University School of Medicine emphasize that while this mechanism is powerful, understanding the science of affective neuroscience is the first step in consciously redirecting those pathways toward more resilient emotional patterns. Source: Stanford University School of Medicine. (2023). Neural Plasticity and the Impact of Negative Thought Patterns on Emotional Regulation. Stanford Medicine News.

This is probably the greatest mystery of my childhood One day my mom and dad told my sister and I to come to the garage, they said they had a surprise I must have been like 5 or 6? I was really excited thinking it would be a present or something We went to the garage and they told us to close our eyes, which we did Then they just…threw pies in our faces They’re genuinely not overly silly people, dad a bit stern, mom a bit animated, but they just threw pies in our faces They burst out laughing and my mom took a picture, but then came the weird part They just…never talked about it again? They’d say “don’t be so dramatic” and change the topic, we’ve never gotten a straight answer from them, no rhyme or reason For the longest time I thought I dreamt it or saw it on TV until I was going through family photos and finally found it Confronted my mom, same old story “don’t be so dramatic” I don’t think I’ll ever get an answer but I’ll think about it occasionally for the rest of my life