I grew up in a very conservative Catholic community. Imagine a group where JD Vance and Harrison Butker would be considered mild. If a new person didn’t show up in the right kind of clothes and faux humility, people would make a snap judgement and start gossiping. If the new person were wealthy or had a lot of children (8+) or were in a medical field, they would probably be ok. The single parent mom with two kids who dared to send one to public school for better STEM classes? Lol, she had no chance.

There was a “welcome wagon” type group who were supposed to invite new people to coffee and doughnuts with the congregation in the basement after services. I watched the one invite one family and offer a handshake, visibly retracted the hand to skip over Single Mom, and then extend an invitation to the next family. Ice cold.

Gardeners.
So many gates to maintain.

Do you even care about movies if you don’t watch them in the original language?

To be honest I’m that guy. But I don’t judge anymore and German dubs are actually top notch compared to other countries. But it’s a tough decision for me to watch a new movie in German just so I can share it with someone else and I will comment on it once!

Sheepdog trials. Though mostly it’s about making things go through the gates.

Vegan groups. You will toe the party line comrade! And yes, shellfish are intelligent animals with a rich social and emotional life.

“But they don’t have the nerve types and brain structures to feel pain as we do…”

“HERETIC!”