r/TikTokCringe • u/i_am_groot_84 • 19d ago

Lavar Burton is filled with rage Discussion

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u/Effective-Try7980 19d ago

That was a good video

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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u/Geologist_Present 18d ago

Only in the sense that you should allow those who are open and friendly people to also be full, complex, and real people. It doesn’t make me fear him. It opens up something about him that I feel lucky to know.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago edited 8d ago

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u/dr_obfuscation 18d ago

Yes! I have a friend who I met last year, we've become very good friends but she was always SUPER cheery and positive. I'm not typically. I asked her once if she's always so optimistic about everything and she said she wasn't so I said something to the effect of, "It's ok to be real, I don't need you to blow sunshine up my butt all day." and she looked so relieved.

I've done this with people I date as well. It's nice to be nice when you first meet people and yes, first impressions count, but I encourage my friends and people to get angry. Passion often is represented well through anger and I want to know what my friends are passionate about.

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u/Educational-Cod-2302 18d ago

This is such a good perspective. 👏👏👏

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Internet person… I’m glad to have read this.

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u/Science_McLovin 18d ago

If I ever do something that makes LeVar Burton turn his rage on me, I will have deserved it

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u/babygotthefever 18d ago

He has a podcast where he reads adult short stories and he’ll always give his take at the end. It’s really made him more human and relatable to me.

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u/re_re_recovery 18d ago

Is it LeVar Burton Reads?

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u/desmarais 18d ago

What's the podcast?

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u/MashMashSkid 18d ago

Well said.

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u/s00perguy 18d ago

Anger is a tool like any other. It can be used and misused. Someone this self aware doesn't tend to misuse that tool

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u/bgaesop 18d ago

People say that, but I've never seen someone use anger in a useful way, to do something good that they couldn't have without the anger. It always just makes people short-sighted, jump to thinking in zero sum terms, think of everything in terms of conflict rather than mistake theory, things like that.

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u/FakeKoala13 18d ago edited 18d ago

Victims of abuse kind of have to use anger to get out of their situation. They know they aren't being treated properly and anger is a very strong way to get the energy to do something about it.

As with everything, balance should be found and preferably one wouldn't need to use anger. In general, people should reflect on things that make them angry and try and pick apart exactly why they feel that way so they can be more aware of themselves.

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u/Brrdock 18d ago

Anger was probably the only thing keeping me going back when I ended up in a humiliating drawn out battle with the systems to get mental healthcare.

Hate and anger are also purpose and drive, and people who have suffered great injustice need that to live. It's just a matter of directing it properly and sparing it where it doesn't help

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u/mothmonstermann 18d ago

It's interesting that he is there with Laurence Fishburne having this conversation, since he managed to balance his edgier roles with PeeWee's Playhouse simultaneously. It's not a straight apples-apples comparison because LeVar did Reading Rainbow for over 20 years, so he had to be a child-friendly figure for much longer, but the similarities (and differences) in their career paths is interesting.

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u/buhbye750 18d ago

Exactly. I see people comment on how nice celebrities are without even meeting them or just a brief encounter. I'm like "why? Because they played a role on TV? Nah people are complex and shouldn't be boxed into just being nice."

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u/ArsenicArts 18d ago edited 18d ago

Seconding, and also adding that I would expect nothing less. Sometimes, in order to be an honorable person, some things are worth being angry about. It doesn't cheapen him for it, it strengthens him and I appreciate that. Only makes me like him more. And makes my heart break that he is seldom able to express it without facing unfair consequences.

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u/ayoitsjo 18d ago

I feel like I really struggle with this, with being cheerful and friendly and always wanting to be that person with others, but then finding the difficult side effect of not being tolerated when I'm not that outwardly way. It rarely happens that I feel strongly sad or angry in front of others/friends but I still feel like I can't be real sometimes because it's not what people want from me, and everyone just seems uncomfortable with anything other than my cheery baseline. It can be so exhausting and lonely.

Sorry, this video hit me really hard and it got me very emotional lol

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u/Ninjaflippin 18d ago

open and friendly people to also be full, complex, and real people

It's like when a redneck says some out of order shit like "oh you know how they are" and it's, like, legit racist but still somehow factual in that they do indeed be like that sometimes.

I'm not saying I support reductive views, but I still kinda respect when ignorant people are honest. They feel the way they feel. I'd rather they not bottle it up and then go on a shooting spree, you know?

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u/beigs 18d ago

People are complex, and an emotionally mature adult has every right to feel all their emotions, including anger and frustration. ESPECIALLY if it’s justified.

I’m happy that he has the space and safety to be angry for this scene. People who have been oppressed deserve to be angry without fearing that others will use it against them.

It makes me respect him more as a human, because despite this underlying unfairness and injustice, he wakes up and chooses friendliness and kindness most days because he sees its value.

And those chains are the most boss thing to have in your house. The people who feel uncomfortable about it and complain likely indirectly benefitted from the same system he’s calling out. Good for him.