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I have an issue with one of the examples...
* In \\\'\\\'[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iFWyihDvCE&t=1s The Present]]\\\'\\\', a teenage boy gets given a dog [[PetsAsAPresent as a gift]]. He\\\'s initially pleased but instantly rejects the dog once he finds out it has only three legs. He eventually learns to accept the dog, but the short falls into Glurge territory because giving pets as presents is generally a bad idea, the boy is a gamer suggesting that NewMediaAreEvil or gamers are jerks, and at the end, \\\'\\\'the boy turns out to be an amputee as well\\\'\\\', making his prejudice towards the dog [[BoomerangBigot nonsensical]].
The story was made to intentionally pull at the heartstrings but it\\\'s debatable if it really counts as glurge.
The example omits aspects of the narrative that temper the \\\"glurge\\\".
The puppy was given to the boy by his mother as an attempt to get him to play outside more because he\\\'s pretty obsessed with video games, so it wasn\\\'t a case of PetsAsAPresent given blindly.
The puppy has three-legs and, at first, the boy appears to reject the puppy in a way that implies he finds the puppy \\\"broken\\\".
The boy returns to his video game because it\\\'s what young boys do not because he\\\'s being established as an example of \\\"gamers are jerks\\\".
What follows are several minutes of the puppy\\\'s unabashed enthusiasm over finding a ball to play with and is completely unfazed that it has only three legs.
The boy\\\'s attention keeps getting drawn to the puppy\\\'s rambunctious antics and the short ends with him taking the puppy outside to play ball.
Only in the final scene is it revealed that the boy is disabled as well. The puppy has three-legs and the boy is missing a foot on one of his legs so the boy initially rejected the puppy because it reminded him of his own disability.
Sentimental?... sure. Saccharine?... maybe. Glurge?... not really.
* In \\\'\\\'[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iFWyihDvCE&t=1s The Present]]\\\'\\\', a teenage boy gets given a dog [[PetsAsAPresent as a gift]]. He\\\'s initially pleased but instantly rejects the dog once he finds out it has only three legs. He eventually learns to accept the dog, but the short falls into Glurge territory because giving pets as presents is generally a bad idea, the boy is a gamer suggesting that NewMediaAreEvil or gamers are jerks, and at the end, \\\'\\\'the boy turns out to be an amputee as well\\\'\\\', making his prejudice towards the dog [[BoomerangBigot nonsensical]].
The story was made to intentionally pull at the heartstrings but it\\\'s debatable if it really counts as glurge.
The example omits aspects of the narrative that temper the \\\"glurge\\\".
The puppy was given to the boy by his mother as an attempt to get him to play outside more because he\\\'s pretty obsessed with video games, so it wasn\\\'t a case of PetsAsAPresent given blindly.
The puppy has three-legs and, at first, the boy appears to reject the puppy in a way that implies he finds the puppy \\\"broken\\\".
The boy returns to his video game because it\\\'s what young boys do not because he\\\'s being established as an example of \\\"gamers are jerks\\\".
What follows are several minutes of the puppy\\\'s unabashed enthusiasm over finding a ball to play with and is completely unfazed that it has only three legs.
The boy\\\'s attention keeps getting drawn to the puppy\\\'s rambunctious antics and the short ends with him taking the puppy outside to play ball.
Only in the final scene is it revealed that the boy is disabled as well. The puppy has three-legs and the boy is missing a foot on one of his legs so the boy initially rejected the puppy because it reminded him of his own disability.
Sentimental?... sure. Saccharine?... maybe. Glurge?... not really.
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I have an issue with one of the examples...
* In \\\'\\\'[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iFWyihDvCE&t=1s The Present]]\\\'\\\', a teenage boy gets given a dog [[PetsAsAPresent as a gift]]. He\\\'s initially pleased but instantly rejects the dog once he finds out it has only three legs. He eventually learns to accept the dog, but the short falls into Glurge territory because giving pets as presents is generally a bad idea, the boy is a gamer suggesting that NewMediaAreEvil or gamers are jerks, and at the end, \\\'\\\'the boy turns out to be an amputee as well\\\'\\\', making his prejudice towards the dog [[BoomerangBigot nonsensical]].
The story was made to intentionally pull at the heartstrings but it\\\'s debatable if it really counts as glurge.
The example omits aspects of the narrative that temper the \\\"glurge\\\".
The puppy was given to the boy by his mother as an attempt to get him to play outside more because he\\\'s pretty obsessed with video games, so it wasn\\\'t a case of Pets as a Present given blindly.
The puppy has three-legs and, at first, the boy appears to reject the puppy in a way that implies he finds the puppy \\\"broken\\\".
The boy returns to his video game because it\\\'s what young boys do not because he\\\'s being established as an example of \\\"gamers are jerks\\\".
What follows are several minutes of the puppy\\\'s unabashed enthusiasm over finding a ball to play with and is completely unfazed that it has only three legs.
The boy\\\'s attention keeps getting drawn to the puppy\\\'s rambunctious antics and the short ends with him taking the puppy outside to play ball.
Only in the final scene is it revealed that the boy is disabled as well. The puppy has three-legs and the boy is missing a foot on one of his legs so the boy initially rejected the puppy because it reminded him of his own disability.
Sentimental?... sure. Saccharine?... maybe. Glurge?... not really.
* In \\\'\\\'[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iFWyihDvCE&t=1s The Present]]\\\'\\\', a teenage boy gets given a dog [[PetsAsAPresent as a gift]]. He\\\'s initially pleased but instantly rejects the dog once he finds out it has only three legs. He eventually learns to accept the dog, but the short falls into Glurge territory because giving pets as presents is generally a bad idea, the boy is a gamer suggesting that NewMediaAreEvil or gamers are jerks, and at the end, \\\'\\\'the boy turns out to be an amputee as well\\\'\\\', making his prejudice towards the dog [[BoomerangBigot nonsensical]].
The story was made to intentionally pull at the heartstrings but it\\\'s debatable if it really counts as glurge.
The example omits aspects of the narrative that temper the \\\"glurge\\\".
The puppy was given to the boy by his mother as an attempt to get him to play outside more because he\\\'s pretty obsessed with video games, so it wasn\\\'t a case of Pets as a Present given blindly.
The puppy has three-legs and, at first, the boy appears to reject the puppy in a way that implies he finds the puppy \\\"broken\\\".
The boy returns to his video game because it\\\'s what young boys do not because he\\\'s being established as an example of \\\"gamers are jerks\\\".
What follows are several minutes of the puppy\\\'s unabashed enthusiasm over finding a ball to play with and is completely unfazed that it has only three legs.
The boy\\\'s attention keeps getting drawn to the puppy\\\'s rambunctious antics and the short ends with him taking the puppy outside to play ball.
Only in the final scene is it revealed that the boy is disabled as well. The puppy has three-legs and the boy is missing a foot on one of his legs so the boy initially rejected the puppy because it reminded him of his own disability.
Sentimental?... sure. Saccharine?... maybe. Glurge?... not really.
