The City of Berkeley has a lot of different trash cans

My afternoon hobby today? Spot all the different kinds of trash bins installed in Berkeley. Very interesting to see all the different styles they've gone through. Arranging them in what I think is the descending order of recency (oldest first).

When the vicious cycle doesn't stop

Saw Udaan yesterday. One of the best movies to come out of India in the last 20 years. Arguably one of the best ever. It's such a deep and well meaning drama, that exposes the violence against kids in the country that's normalised in the name of "strict parenting". I thought the movie was excellent and gave it a rare five star rating on my Letterboxd.

But then I saw that the average rating of the movie was just 4.0. which made me think, that some people actually hated it? So I went and checked the reviews, and sure enough some people actually hated the movie, and why? because they sided with the parent in the film. A lot of these people would be my age, they grew up in an environment where this was the norm, and yet, somehow they're insular to the fact that this is wrong. Instead of breaking the cycle of violence, they think it's somehow "necessary". Not particularly surprising, but shameful nonetheless.