• @Rooskie91@discuss.online
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    The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is not that they died for their love; it’s that they’re too young to realize that their love wasn’t worth dying for. It’s a cautionary tale about the follies and passion of youth, not a love story.

    Edit: alright, it’s about a lot of things.

    • @NABDad@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I thought it was a cautionary tale about parents who overreact to their children’s relationships without realizing that if they just let them be they’ll break up on their own.

      • @reev@sh.itjust.works
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        348 days ago

        I thought it was about the political intricacies of two gnome families that didn’t like each other

        • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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          I thought it was about the political intricacies of two gnome families that didn’t like each other

          I’ve heard of two KDE families that didn’t like each other….

          • Elvith Ma'for
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            ~$apt install libkromeo
            Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
            requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
            distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
            or been moved out of Incoming.
            The following information may help to resolve the situation:
            
            The following packages have unmet dependencies:
             libkromeo : Breaks: libkjulia(< 4.4.6-4)
            E: Broken packages
            
      • @Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        268 days ago

        It’s also a story about how feuds are largely arbitrary, and holding grudges against entire families/bloodlines is just tragically pointless eye-for-an-eye behavior that eventually leads to your children being so blind that they commit suicide for basically no reason.

        It’s a bunch of themes in a trench coat!

        • @Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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          It could also be interpreted as a George Bluth-esque extreme “always leave a note” lesson.

          If you’re going to fake your suicide to get your crazy family off your back so you can be with your lover, always leave your lover a note explaining what you’re doing or you’ll both end up dead.

    • @Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
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      That seems like it still counts as a love story then, or at least “romance” given that that’s primarily what it’s plot and themes revolve around. What qualifies something to be a love story if not that?