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Elmo wrote a simple tweet that revealed widespread existential dread. Now, the president has weighed in. (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] flicker@lemmy.world 146 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The message from the Elmo account, the follow-up and the Sesame Street account linking mental health resources is some of the most wholesome stuff I've seen in a while.

It's easy to get in your feelings, and it would've been easy for a social media "win" to play into the doom and gloom or to add to it. Or even to ignore it! But the people responsible for those decisions definitely count as some of Mister Rogers' helpers. I'm grateful for that.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 56 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mr Rogers could really help this world right now.

"Feelings are mentionable and manageable."

It isn't that everyone is special, like superheroes. Everyone is special because we are the only one experiencing the world how we experience it and how we react, in anger or in love can make the world a better or a worse place. He wanted the world to be a better place by letting children love and be safe, and work through the negative feelings in healthy ways.

Mr Rogers testifies in front of Congress for funding is a great video because the man in charge was completely ignorant of what Mr Rogers was doing but in minutes was able to change his mind about how the funding for public television education programs would clearly help children.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've seen this before, and I watched every second of it again tonight. An amazing human.