Kids don’t have the capacity for nostalgia yet.”įor our issue on the 20th anniversary of the tear-inducing "Titanic," The Washington Post put out a call to readers asking what makes them cry. She’s also learned: “Parents cry a lot over sentimental or nostalgic things. You say, okay, I’m not a robot, I actually have emotions.” It may be similar to the reason people watch scary movies. . . “No one enjoys being sad,” she says by phone, but crying is “a full body workout that feels strangely enjoyable. For three years, she's co-hosted the podcast "Crybabies" with Sarah Thyre, where guests discuss what movies, songs, books and other works make them cry, from Earth, Wind and Fire's "That's the Way of the World" (her personal trigger - a reminder of a breakup) to a Ruth Bader Ginsburg speech. Susan Orlean is a celebrated writer, but she moonlights as an expert on tear ducts.
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