National Blog Posting Month, Screen time

Take your young people to see “JoJo Rabbit.”

I wasn’t sure about Taika Waititi’s new movie, “JoJo Rabbit,” when I first read the premise. It’s about a 10-year-old German boy during World War II who aspires to be a Nazi. And Hitler is his imaginary friend. But I love Taika’s work and my fave Sam Rockwell is in it, so I knew I’d go see it.

It’s PG-13, but I debated whether or not to take the kids because of the subject matter. We decided to go after talking to someone I trusted who’d already seen it, and I’m so glad we did. It was a great entry point to talk to the kids some more about dangerous ideologies and what to watch out for in their online communities.

It was also hilarious and heart-wrenching, which is not something I ever thought I’d think about a movie about Nazis.

National Blog Posting Month

Persona

The New York Times, in their Over 1,000 Writing Prompts for Students, suggested I ponder whether or not I am the same person on Facebook as I am in real life. Or rather, they suggested a student ponder the question. But here I ponder, nevertheless.

Yes, I think I am the same person on Facebook as I am in real life. I try to be, anyway. I tend not to post a lot on there when I’m depressed. But my reaction to depression in real life tends to be holing up like a hermit crab and not talking to anyone, so I suppose my Facebook reaction is still pretty authentic.

I might be wittier on Facebook, because I have more time to think about what I’m going to say there. And I’m more outgoing on Facebook, I think. I don’t insert myself into conversations very often in real life.

So maybe I’m not the same person on Facebook and in real life at all. But which one’s more me? Ugh, now I’m having an existential crisis. Thanks, New York Times.