Gift link filtered by @Aevann so maybe copy/paste it: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/style/andrew-quintero-sophia-babai-wedding-plaza-hotel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JE4.MtZP.t1oAwjqrvh1H&smid=url-share
I leave you with this INSANE kicker
"Mr. Quintero said he pursued Ms. Babai because he believed in making choices to find love: "It doesn't just happen.""
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The great gatsby was not meant to be an endearing tale! Yikes. 😬
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I always assumed the Times nuptials section was aimed at people like me to hate-read and hate-share.
Like, no way would they share the love story of two nonwhite non-Ivy League grads without the stalker element.
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This is not a meet-cute, this is scary. Rich people are weird.
Yes, this is a Bluesky writeup, and yes, most of these people don't want you chuds to see their posts.
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Hopefully this neighbor does a great gatsby and gets shot in his pool too
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Wow, thanks for ruining it! What if at this point in my life without a teacher to force me to, I decided that suddenly I want to read The Great Gatsby?
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I didn't care for it just watch the family guy parody instead
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I can convince people I've read a lot of classic books just because I saw the Wishbone episode.
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Jokes aside, it wasn't ever a book worth reading for the plot or deep themes. It was always for the prose, which was quite interesting for its time (and basically a masterpiece by current-day standards). It's depressing pulp romance slop with a class-warfare slant to it, but still somehow better than any popular book released in the last 20 years. If you wanted a masterful story with genuine literary kino, there are dozens of English-language books written in the same time period that mog it to oblivion.
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