This Movie BROKE ME!! | Dead Poets Society (REACTION)

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[@todds9746]

A very important part of that last scene was that not all of the students stood up. That made this scene so much more powerful and real.

[@beatricemcgarvey1198]

The foreshadowing when Mr Keating asks todd to demonstrate a barbaric yawp and how he ends up doing it when he screams “neil” out in the snow 😭

[@lynnecurrie7561]

According to Ethan Hawke, Todd, Robin teased him continuously during filming, and he thought Robin didn't think much of him as an actor. He was shocked when Robin called his agent and told him that he needed to sign this amazing new young actor. RIP Robin.❤❤❤❤

[@PrimalInfinity]

This movie CHANGED me when I first saw it, I was about thirteen. Got me into poetry, but mother of GOD it changed me.

[@mlee6050]

I can understand but for me it that I wish I watched it sooner

[@27277jerry]

Yeah! Me too, Primalnfinity! I was around 16, and it totally inspired me and changed the course of my life! I also started to write shortly thereafter, and I continue to write to this day! :)

[@carriemilito2851]

I don't know why Robin Williams didn't get an award for this. He finally received an Oscar for Good Will Hunting.

[@Spikesgurl74]

You: This looks like a feel good movie. Me: Oh you sweet summer child… you have no idea. I have loved this movie since I saw it in the theater when it first came out. Brilliant on every level. I’m so glad you embraced it so fully. Great reaction.

[@acailoves]

29:47 "cant tell me theyre not in love" oh youre so real 😭

[@carawood9715]

Was looking for this 😂

[@Remlundskan]

He's not wrong, though!

[@carawood9715]

@@Remlundskan Oh you’re so right! And so is he lol

[@acailoves]

@Remlundskan no, exactly. they were in love to me 🤷

[@stevecollette6831]

I have to disagree. You're looking at this through 2024 eyes. The movie is set in late 1950's. It was released in 1989. I'm a 57 yo gay man that saw this in a theater with my husband. We didn't see or even get the feel of a romantic relationship. Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard did an amazing job of displaying a real, honest, sometimes naive, friendship. The kind of friendship you make early in life and find that 20, 30, 40 years later, you are still friends.

[@dragonflynoire9659]

I think every young adult should see this movie at least once. It taught me a major life lesson that is still with me even in my 30s. Never let go of your own voice. No matter how oppressive the environment or how much society tries to beat you into submission. We only have one life, and we should try to live it to the fullest. Carpe Diem!

[@CAMPFIRESKY]

I'm not sure how you stumbled on this movie, but I am so glad that you did. One of my all time favorite movies. Robin Williams should have won an OSCAR for this performance. The music and cinematography are amazing. THANKS for a reminder about how great this film is.

[@Kayjee17]

Between this one and The Fisher King - both are underrated performances by Robin Williams, and both were worthy of an Oscar. I love all of his comedies completely, but I think his dramatic roles are too often overlooked...

[@chrisoneal2718]

I love how at the end of the movie you stood up too, and even your dog joined in!

[@charlotteanne3979]

oh ABSOLUTELY theyre so in love!!!! and this is exactly what i looked like in the last devastating half hour- it stills makes me tear up every time i watch

[@user-gr5ps6hq2z]

At one of the screenings of dead poets society a father not unlike Niels dad was like left the screening sobbing realizing what he could be doing to his son.

[@ericjette2435]

I first saw this movie my first year in college. It was an important film to me and my friends as some of them were being similarly pressured by their parents. In fact, I think this movie helped them work up the courage to stand up to their parents and make their own choices about what to major in and what career to pursue after college. Fun story: At the beginning of my sophomore year in college, there was a rumor that the guy who played "Knox Overstreet" was a new student. I was discussing it with a friend in the dormitory lounge when the guy in question walked in. Turns out he lived diagonally across the hall from me. We asked if the rumors were true, and he said yes. We thought that was pretty cool, but were not star-struck. Turns out he was just a guy who looked at lot like Josh Charles, but he was able to maintain the illusion for a long time. (Back then we didn't have IMDb, streaming services, or, you know, the Internet, so there was no way to verify his claim without renting the movie and checking the credits, so we just took him at his word.) Also, have you ever seen "Stand By Me" (1986)? If not, I hope you watch it someday. I'd be interested in your thoughts and reactions on that film.

[@JayPerView]

That’s a fun little story 😄 thanks for sharing And I haven’t seen that one yet. Will definitely consider reacting!!

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

​@@JayPerViewI've got this on dvd but i haven't watched it yet

[@hennakettunen8755]

​@@JayPerView Oh, please do, I haven't seen it in years and would be fab watching it with you, my newly found movie chum. 😃 Hey, you seem to appreciate deeper stories so hopefully you'd watch with us Jesus of Montreal, it came out approx same time as tDPS, and was another movie that made quite an impact. I remember ppl applauding at the end of it as I saw it in a theatre. ❤

[@burkesullivan9086]

Dearest friend, In an empty room, in an empty home Take comfort in the fact you do not cry alone. One more subscriber to be with you till the end.

[@JuliesWorldCrochet]

I was a teenager in theaters for this movie - I can't tell you how it changed us all. Even today, 35 years later, it transports me back. I really feel like this is an important movie for everyone. Your reaction is perfect, you really met the moment, well done. Do Pleasantville, also life-changing and my favorite film.

[@JayPerView]

I’ve actually reacted to Pleasentville already on patreon!!! I’ll definitely edit it and get it up on KZbin soon 😁 stay tuned

[@JuliesWorldCrochet]

Really? That would be awesome - there's just some movies that reactors seem to all miss and I hate seeing them lost in time. You'd really be my hero if you check your stuff and find reactions to Ladyhawke (86) or the original Flatliners (90), nobody's done them yet. Thanks for replying, you do good work! @@JayPerView

[@brattneyrose5652]

Your dog was so concerned about you, how sweet! 🥲

[@christinahilt2978]

I was so sad when they killed off Robert Sean Leonard’s character on The Gilded Age. I was hoping he would get more opportunity to show his ability. I loved him in this movie. Both Neil and Todd were examples of living in quiet desperation. I’m so glad Todd finds his voice.

[@roneasaurus]

This movie always gets me. We had to study it in school as 16yr olds in 1991. The hardest thing was having to study it 3 months after a fellow class mate took his own life with a gun at school in class. Amazing movie, hits hard even now.

[@leora8278]

This is my favourite movie. I know it's sad but it's also so inspiring and it's so we'll done from the score to the acting to the script to the directing and cinematography. It's perfect. I actually started a Dead Poet's Society with my friends at our post high school seminary. ❤️

[@sobelou]

Absolutely loved your reaction. I am older now, but this movie marked my life when I saw it over 30 years ago. Robin Williams showed that he wasn't only an exceptional comedian, this dramatic role was incredible, and the young actors were fenomenal, I agree with you on the beautiful evolution of Todd, so lovingly played by Ethan Hawke. The shy boy who didn't think much about himself ended up showing the man he was turning into, in a finale worthy of a symphony. And yes, there seemed to be a special relationship between him an Neil, maybe he didn't even realized it, but there it was. Great reaction!!

[@AmandaLeighYA]

Neil was so full of life.:( This is one of my favorite movies. I have another recommendation for another movie with Robert Sean Leonard (the actor who played Neil) in it. It's one of my other favorites, even a bit more than this one. It's actually even heavier than this movie, but it's amazing. Swing Kids from 1994. It's about 1939 Germany. I think that gives you an idea of the intensity. Christian Bale is in it, too. Kenneth Branagh. A very famous actress whose name is escaping ne right now.... Barbara Hershey, maybe? There is a lot to it but teo boys end up in the Hitler Youth (Hitler-Jugend). Super heavy, but well worth the watch.

[@AlexSanchez-jv4ib]

Thank you Jay, for reacting to such a great movie!!! It holds a very special place in my heart ❤ The actor Nathan Lane’s brother (Daniel Lane) was my High School English teacher and he’d make us watch Robin Williams movies in class… I should’ve known what was about to happen to Neil, but I didn’t get to that part of the book yet. So when Neil gets home and has that fight with his father and opens the window… I somehow knew what was about to happen and I started crying (like uncontrollable sobbing)… Professor Lane saw this, even though I was sitting all the was in the back of the classroom… He came back there and sat next to me and asked if I was okay. I just nodded yes, as the rest of the scene played out and tears poured out my face 😢

[@robbriner9575]

I saw this movie, in a theatre, on June 7, 1989. I was 33-1/2 years old. I wept then, and wept again watching Jay react to it. I was moved by his freely expressed emotions, especially when he admits: "I'm so heartbroken still." I didn't know that a gen Z superfan, who looks to be 18-20 years old, could sit through a story like this (and take in the advice "Carpe Diem"). Jay's emotional imagination will help him navigate the inevitable shoals in his own life. (He can call me anytime to listen to and comfort him).

[@debbielough7754]

I was a teenager when this came out. Every time I see it, even 30+ years on, I still feel the same teenage incandescent anger at the headmaster and the father. Neil's death was so easily preventable if they'd listened to him, and treated him like a human being with his own mind. When I first saw it, my Dad had just died, and it made me so grateful that he'd been an aging hippy who said it (whatever) was my life and my choice. Even if I thought it a little daft that he called me by my initials till I was old enough to pick my first or middle name. This film is probably why I went on to study English and Theatre when I was 16.

[@lopsidedlollipop]

Oh man, this movie never fails to make me sob. So many great messages and quotes to take from it. glad you watched it man, great reaction!

[@saamegan2985]

Loved sharing that with you, and how doggie came in to support you in the darkest part

[@iki4584]

this movie changed lives

[@giannah4076]

charlie’s face at neil’s funeral when everyone else is singing makes me cry every time

[@enter9237]

0:44 "feel good", sorry but the way i STARTED LAUGHING

[@claremanion6523]

My dear young Sir - I am so glad you resonated so strongly with this film. It's one of those that can have such a profound effect on life - for the best. I especially appreciate your note about finding your own group of poetry friends. That would be a wonderful thing indeed, and I encourage you to do so... Or at least read a little poetry now and then, there's so much fantastic stuff out there... Anyway. Bravo and carpe diem! 😉

[@arthurrubiera8029]

Another Robin Williams movie that is well worth the watch and reaction is “Good Will Hunting”. Robin Williams win an Oscar for his roll in that movie, which is saying a lot. Also Willams has said many times that DPS was his favorite film.

[@bibatskingdom]

This is my absolute favorite movie. Rest in peace Robin Williams, Oh Captain, My Captain. Carpe Diem!

[@ImholdingKevinhostage]

This movie changed my life and, together with Lord of the rings, became my whole personality. The thing though, I watched it with my father si I couldn't cry when I saw that Neil took his life, but trust me, I was screaming on the inside. I will also agree with you when you said you think Todd and Neil had feelings for each other. There was definitely something, everyone can agree with that. The way they interact and look at each other... just everything. The word 'love' was thrown around a lot so it might be a possibility.

[@stevecollette6831]

Jay, I so appreciate your REAL, honest reaction to this film. I was mesmerized watching your face, waiting for the next scene...knowing what was coming, and being able to re-live the first viewing through your eyes. Loved your willingness to be a guy and cry - refreshing in the YT world. A bit of background, I'm 57 and saw this in the theaters (with my husband). We left with our eyes puffy from crying, yet joyful and triumphant from that last scene. Peter Weir directed this perfectly and as you noted, there are some amazing cinematic shots. This movie sat with us for weeks after we saw it. Honestly, we sat and re-watched it just two days ago - lots of memorable, quotable lines ('slow down you phalanx of pubescence'), amazing writing, and superb acting. It was nominated for 4 Academy awards: Robin Williams - Best Actor Peter Weir - Best Director Best Picture Best Original Screenplay (only one it won) Couple notes: You have to watch it with the full understanding of a late 1950's, all boys, private preparatory school. They way their parents acted, the 'scandal' of a girl at the school, listening to early AM rock & roll, etc. all were perfectly represented. Robin Williams was so impressed with Ethan Hawke, he told his agent to 'go sign this kid, he will be a star'. While many talk about a potential gay-undercurrent, as a gay man, I never saw it. It was 1989 and very few movies would even hint at that kind of topic. I loved how 9 of the boys DID NOT stand up on their desks - more real where some had courage and were changed, and others were not. Also liked how even the Latin teacher was changed - taking his class outside for the first time.

[@locker.535]

It’s been years since I’ve seen this movie. I was a teen when it came out. It had a huge impact on how I viewed the world, learning and relationships. ❤

[@JaySpangler]

Great genuine reaction, man! Incredible movie and performances! Life changing film! It was a pleasure watching you take it all in and “get” it. Subscribed. :)

[@shorkelili]

You're one of the first youtubers I've seen actually consider the possibility of a romantic relationship between Todd and Neil, and I actually really appreciate that. The vibes are definitely there, and it would absolutely make sense considered the movies overall theme of accepting ones self, breaking away from conformity, and how the oppression from others forces people to hide who they truly are. I personally also believe there was more than friendship between them, which could have bloomed into something beautiful if Neil didn't leave us

[@Grillchips]

I dare you to not cry while watching "Prayers for Bobby". Check that movie out.

[@rievemg]

Second this one

[@ericjette2435]

Agreed.

[@donnaanderson7954]

Absolutely! And it's free on YT. At least for now... Channel name that posted it is Francisco Martinez.

[@jennifermorris6848]

I like that people can be in love and it doesn’t have to be sexual. Or always goes to acting on that at the outset. Yes. Be in love. Write some tortured poetry.

[@torontomame]

This movie, and The Fisher King, are two of favourite Robin Williams performances.

[@RayneEReads]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time! I can't wait to see your reaction

[@camf7522]

I have it on VHS and DVD!

[@jennifermorris6848]

I wasn’t sure I wanted to relive this. But of course I did. Watching you take this journey even knowing where it was going.

[@patriziadesandre3927]

I watched it on TV few weeks ago for the first time, I was and still am so angry and sad and in disbelief about what happened from after the play to the very end of the film 😟

[@RonWeb7804]

I literally watched this movie 14 times....loved it

[@MiJoOc76]

One of my classic faves! 👍🏽 Side note: your doberman is a cutie.

[@sharonrigsby5297]

I love your enthusiasm. I'll be watching more of your videos because it's so nice to see someone else enjoying the same movies that I love. Thanks for the gusto!

[@edabillano106]

One of my favorite movies. I'm glad you reacted to it. Loved seeing your emotions to this movie. All I can say is O Captain! My Captain! Thank you.

[@thequietguy1648]

So glad you have a dog... Oftentimes, the best support one could have. ;)

[@danielrotello4950]

It makes me sad that Robin Williams is no longer here...😢

[@worland102688]

This is my favorite Robin Williams movie. Oh Captain, My Captain. I watch it at least every few years.

[@gember1382]

I already loved you Jay, but reacting to this movie?? Wow... thank you ❤

[@majkus]

I am not a big fan of the 'death of the author' idea that is now popular, where the meaning of something is entirely in the purview of the audience and the authorial intent is irrelevant; but I think this is one story that not only allows but invites a 'queer reading' for Neil. His father's hatred of his theater participation seems implausibly extreme-but if Neil is gay, and his father thinks he is, Dad's failure to understand why he is 'ruining his life' makes so much more sense; and so does Neil's inability to explain himself to his father, and finally his suicide makes more sense. The writer could have had Neil play any Shakespearean role at all--Romeo, Hamlet… but here his is Puck, literally a fairy. I think it unlikely that this is accidental. Not everyone stood up in the final scene, which is more realistic. Cameron did not stand, and this was the actor's choice as being more in character, with which the director agreed. Robert Sean Leonard ("Neil") has a wonderfully expressive and mobile face. I don't think he's ever had as good a role as this, which is a shame.

[@ericjette2435]

I have to admit that the first few times I saw this movie, I missed the "queer reading" of Neil and Todd being in love. I think I fell in love with Neil a little bit, and was heartbroken over his death, but it didn't occur to me that he could be gay or that his relationship with Todd could be more than friendship. At the time, my default was to interpret characters as straight unless explicitly told otherwise. I'm embarrassed to admit that it didn't occur to me until somewhat recently that their relationship could have been more than close friendship. Now it seems almost obvious that their relationship was something more--at the very least it was a possibility. (Given their ages and the time period, I assume that if they were in love, neither of them was fully aware of it themselves, but had Neil survived and their friendship continued, it could have become more than friendship, which makes the tragedy even deeper.)

[@ericjette2435]

Also, I forgot to say that Robert Sean Leonard was also very good in Swing Kids (1993), which also starred Christian Bale.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Robert Sean Leonard played another role that might be considered "queer coded" in a movie he did before *Dead Poets Society,* the little-remembered comedy, *My Best Friend Is a Vampire* (1987), and he got to do Shakespeare for real in *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993).

[@debbielough7754]

Even without the very obvious 'queer coding', I don't think the father's reaction to his theatre intention was so extreme. Growing up as a theatre kid, there were obviously a lot of gay kids who felt naturally ddrawn to theatre, partly because they were just taken as they were with no explanations needed. But I definitely saw kids whose parents thought they were doing the theatre as an extra go absolutely apeshit when the kids said they wanted to study drama or go to drama school, or try out for acting jobs. And that was the 90s. Even if he hadn't been gay (which I believe he probably was, although I'm not so sure it matters whether he was or not), it would probably have been assumed by the father that he was, because of the (only very partly true) idea that actors are 'gay' and acting is 'gay'. And in the 50s the idea of theatre being one step up from streetwalking was still pervasive among a certain type of person.

[@heathern8043]

Just as an added discussion to your first part of the comment. ‘Death of the author’ or separating art from the author is not the same as a ‘reading’. When I was in high school i did a literature class where we were taught that a reading of a work can be anything. It is your own opinion or perspective (or reading) as in it is how YOU have interpreted the work. You can take in to account what the authors intent was or what you THINK that intent may have been OR you can completely disregard it. A piece of art or writing exists by itself once it’s created and any one can ‘read’ it however they want, what one person takes from it can be completely different from another person. The confusion with death of the creator and a reading is because a reading CAN seperate the art from the creator if it wants to if that persons reading, such as a queer reading, of it wouldn’t necessarily align with creators intent.

[@janicehart5818]

5 months late, but my Dad's the biggest Buccaneers fan ever, (He was born and raised in Tampa!) and I noticed all your buccaneers' stuff about 5 minutes in.

[@GungFuIsGungFu]

Great reaction to one of my all time favorite movies. I remember seeing while it was still in the cinema with my girlfriend at the time who had already seen it and wanted my reaction to it. The ending with Todd finally coming out of his shell and getting up on this desk with the others to follow is truly epic ! By the way, I hope you could take a dive into South Korean movies (not the international known ones, but the popular ones back in the 2000-2011) - which often can give you the BIG FEELS and perfect for reaction videos - but they might be a bit hefty on copyrights....

[@stanfield7959]

I want to thank my teacher from my teaching units because he introduced me to this masterpiece

[@mauradias2862]

in the 90s in grade 11(Highschool in the South African School system) we had to do a movie analysis about it, this move and THE MISSION were mandatory in English class, we analyzed E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G about it, the light, camera angles, character development, soundtrack....etc etc...needless to say , after learning all this about movies..I never watched another movie again in a passive manner. Brilliant movie, now even sadder that Robin Williams is dead, and suffered with depression and committing suicide and feeling < NOTHING> like the character NEIL in the movie.

[@mayay3298]

One of the best reactions I've seen! 😃

[@nuiseksan4689]

So glad you reacted to one of my fav films ever.❤

[@nuiseksan4689]

Todd and Neal❤ always

[@buzzardbeatniks]

Thats cute how you had to stop to comfort your dog after startling him.

[@Elnuwanda]

OH, CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!

[@PamArtsValentine]

Robin Williams' greatest film, IMHO- "O Captain, My Captain,"........."What will your verse be?"

[@meganlutz7150]

Loved your reaction ! Hope you watch more older classic movies

[@saturahman7510]

My cat sends greetings to your dog. I live in Finland.

[@wollysammoth]

There is some even deeper meaning... with the gun. The Dad. When he wakes up to the sound of the gun. He's heard that before. Where? When? He knew. We blame the Dad. Yes. That's the point. But, what mental health issues did he have. The Dad was scared. Frightened. Haunted. Looking for something better for his son. Who knows? We want to vilify him. And that's okay. But where is HIS trauma. They never say. It's scary what we pass down to our children. Forget that tho... This "powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Given that the story's set in 1959, it's quite likely that Neil's dad knows the sound of gunfire from his experience serving in World War II. That may also be where he got the gun, and his trauma.

[@ianmichael2682]

One of my favourite ever movies

[@ashd2179]

Oh WOW it’s great that I found your channel again!! I used to watch years ago when you did the 100 reactions!! Yes that long ago lol and I alway really enjoyed your content and when I was looking for a reaction video you came up!! ❤

[@bobgriffin316]

You have to see it in a cinema. I saw it on TV afterwards. It was so much better in the cinema. You haven't seen it properly unless you see it in a cinema with a big screen.

[@ejtappan1802]

Oh this movie...brilliantly uplifting and achingly heartbreaking. I love it so much and I kinda hate it, too. --- PS, your doggo is gorgeous!

[@retro_vintage]

NOOOO did Charmed 5x07 get taken down already!? It was just uploaded 2 hours ago and I was about to watch it :(((

[@greenpeasuit]

You need to watch "Patch Adams"

[@mlee6050]

Omg I was like "who is that?" Wilson!, House wants to go on one last trip with you

[@camf7522]

46:23 tears now, like all the other times I watched this film

[@peterhill9918]

Now watch SNL’s “Farewell, Mr. Bunting” parody skit 😁

[@tonyandrich]

I enjoyed you appreciating this beautiful movie. If you want, the film is based on a novel by the same name. It fills in the details that the film can’t because of time restraints. Scuttlebutt is the author will write a follow up novel that revisits Alex and Henry five years later.

[@LeadingWorshiper]

Thanks. I subscribe.

[@memyselfandmyers]

Gosh i wanna hug you from you crying so much. 🥺🧸

[@cruisindownthestreetinmy6490]

These days I just turn off the movie after Neil takes his bows at the theatre.

[@MisterWondrous]

Great film and review. Were I to change anything, it would be to include that group shot of the boys standing on their desks.

[@christianlucas91]

carrrpppeeee diiiieemmmm

[@randysmith3794]

Thanks!

[@RobertShippey]

Jay what's your dog's name?? :D

[@JayPerView]

His name is Damon 😁

[@jes6150]

heeey, my favorite movie! Can't wait to watch your reaction

[@cottagepie1]

Good to see movie reactions, I like the longer videos. I would like to suggest a movie called Flirting from 1991 with Nicole Kidman, Thandiwe Newton, and Noah Taylor

[@MFuria-os7ln]

I love Peter Weir movies! I love Robin Williams!❤❤

[@memyselfandmyers]

Aww hi pupper. 😮❤

[@memyselfandmyers]

I haven't seen this since high school.

[@jellyrollnorton]

Have you reacted to "Awakenings"? Great movie starring Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro that came out around the same time as this movie. The father in this movie may have sensed his son was gay, and therefore was going out of his way to change that. Times sure were different 60 years ago!

[@katherinegrice1801]

Hard to follow along, since the movie clip keeps flashing

[@des1850]

Thank you

[@adam1third]

Robin Williams best performance. Hands down

[@luciaarnaotorrego6852]

Hi, love your reaction. I would love for you to react to the society lf the snow. It's a great movie that came out very reacently and i would love to hear what you think about that one

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Interesting suggestion. I think if he's going to do that, it might make more sense for him to first watch the earlier film based on the same story, *Alive* (1993), which featured Ethan Hawke.

[@Rokushos333]

&t=48:10 a perfect yalp 😢

[@michaelbernard1750]

you have schools like this in american wow so i see not so different after all

[@clairemendoza8082]

Just discovered your channel! If you haven’t already please check out Supernatural! Amazing show and your life will never be the same when you watch it. 🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸 Take care always from So. Cal USA 🇺🇸

[@salemoh9759]

React to Saltburn 😉😋

[@cleverlydevisedmyth]

dude, this movie is so obviously about being openly gay in response to your parents' conservative beliefs. Robin Williams is convincing the boys to be openly gay with each other and that's why he is fired. He's "grooming" them LOL. Robert Sean Leonard's character killed himself because he couldn't be himself. Ethan Hawke's character learned to repress his gayness, thus he survived, but is sad. This movie is about the complex situation of active homosexuality among young guys.

[@yournamehere6002]

It shouldn't have broken you. It's an emotionally manipulative mediocrity.