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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Each new “scandal” in todays society just reminds me how thankful I am to be in my forties. These poor children of the socials. 🤣

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I'm 44. I can't even imagine being destroyed every other day for the "sins" the millennials think have been committed. I'm so glad I grew up in a world where every word wasn't set in stone, taken out of context, shared in tiny chosen snippets you want released. Cell phones and social media are 2 of the biggest destroyers of sane culture. And these kids seem to never learn that they will all become the monsters they think are out there eventually when they one of the 10 billion forbidden things to someone.

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Jul 18, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Me too!

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"Children of the Socials" put it on a t shirt

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like Children of the Corn but for 2023

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As a proud member of Generation X - the reference is spot on.

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Exactly!

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So well said! I’m 48 and I just cringe at what offends this new generation. Jessica completely nailed it in this piece, as per usual!

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Wahooooo I’m 45 and THANK GOD

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I’m 24 and let me tell you – it’s a struggle out here! Can’t have these kinds of discussions with most people my age. Grateful to have found Jessica and this Substack 😅

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Never thought I would agree on this, but here I am !

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Unless you have the maturity of an infant, the only person who looks toxic in this whole thing is...Sarah. Seriously, she is unhinged.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

YOU ARE LEGEEEEEEEND, Jessica. 39yo here. Mother of 4… Consider myself cool, like the lady on fried green tomatoes who rams the young thots for stealing her spot in the Winn Dixie parking lot. “Face it, girls. I’m older and I have more insurance.” That quote encompasses this piece of yours. I live for them every time they pop up in my Inbox. TOWANDAAA!

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Awww, So happy to hear this, Helen! Xx

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Yes!!!! TOWANDAAAAA!!!! 👏🏼😂❤️

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Imagine starting a #freesarah hashtag when she got dumped over a year ago 😂. Just a bit awkward. Definitely a dangerous trend in America with people falsely accusing abuse. Anyway, I must admit I had no idea who Jonah was before all this

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Jul 18, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Me either! Lol

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I didn’t either!

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Major yawn fest with these two! Even your sharp writing skills could not save me from getting aggravated at having to hear all about these two and their nonsense .

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Absolutely! I noticed that I’ve been having trouble getting through Jessica’s writings on this topic when I realized it’s not her writing (the only truly entertaining aspect of this whole thing), it’s the subject matter! Signed, another lady grateful to be in her mid-forties.

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Jul 18, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Yes I skimmed too. But I kinda looked because she is Good writer.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

I always love your take on things. It’s so refreshing to have someone speak out on all this cancel culture taking place now days. I’m so tired of it. Like you said, this was honestly such a boring news headline and yet everyone ate it up. Like you mentioned above, two things can be true, Jonah hill is insecure but ultimately not a bad guy, andddd his ex is a psycho who is seeking vengeance by trying to jump on the “me too” train so that she can extend her 15 min of fame. Not only did Jonah go to therapy but HE CONTINUED TO PAY FOR HERS EVEN AFTER BREAKUP. I don’t know a single “mysognistic” asshole who would do this... the other thing I always find sus is when all of these d-list celebs jump on the “oh yes I once had a weird/creepy encounter with said cancelled celeb” train. Not only did I see the Aleksa story but recently I ran across another story of Jay Baruchel saying he “genuinely hated Jonah Hill” while filming This is the end. Convenient timing to bring this up now. Also just saw a click-bait article titled “Michael Cera almost quit acting after doing Superbad with a Jonah Hill”. When you read it, there’s no mention of him attributing it to Jonah but rather the fact that he couldn’t handle the game. These news websites will write anything for clicks 🙄. In other news, the recent cancelled celeb is Kristen Bell because she posted a photo of a recent trip to Idaho with only white celebs. She is now considered a racist as she doesn’t diversify her friend group enough lol. The drama.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Sheeeeeeeeesh, how embarrassing. I’m 34 now and I can say with absolute certainty that I said and did a lot of dumb crap when I was in my 20s, glad to be past that part of my life where I thought I was an “adult”. Shoot, I look back at things I posted and said on FB back then and I cringe! “What was I thinking...!?!” I can only hope that Sarah Brady feels a smidge of the same when she’s older. What a waste of time, energy, and effort. All she looks like is exactly what you said, a scorned ex trying to get even...and for what? 15 minutes of fame? “Woe is me, I dated a famous actor and he set boundaries I wasn’t comfortable with and even though he handled the majority of these things/requests with respect, I’m still the victim!! Waaaahh!” 🙄😑 Girl, move on. You’re the only one looking like the bad guy here ESPECIALLY when your ex has moved on with a whole other woman and has started a family.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

If all men treated all women the way Jonah treated Sarah (especially in times of disagreement/conflict), there’d be a lot less problems in this world. He seems like a (sensitive) class act, in my opinion. This chick’s attention seeking words and behaviors are annoying. Glad this story is over. 🙃

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Entitled much? Who the hell thinks they own the freaking ocean? Trying to be compassionate here but it’s pretty hard out here. So grateful to be moving on the aliens lol! Have you read Mauro Biglino’s Bible translation? That’s some drama we should get into ☕️

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I'd never heard of Maruo Biglino but you know I hopped on over to Amazon to download his translation on my Kindle. Have you read The Book of Enoch? I have read parts of it as it's a hard read. I attended private schools 1st-12th and thought Goliath was the only giant. Oh no. So wrong. Enoch states where they originated (fallen angels having sex with mortal women) and explains a lot more. Enoch is in the Ethiopian Bible but not the English one. I never realized Ethiopia is mentioned so much in the Bible until I started reading it about a year ago. I believe in Jesus as our Lord and Savior - of that I'm sure. The rest ....

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Thank you for your kindness and going out of your way. It's much appreciated. Perhaps I'll switch to tea or mushroom coffee before I willingly jump into this rabbit hole.

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Mushroom coffee?? Where can I get that?!

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

But have you seen Sarah now trying to drag her other ex into this? (I wish I could post screenshot) She posted a story calling out her ex Jackson Hinkle for preemptively blocking her on his ‘main account’ and posts a DM she sent him on @thedivewithjackson 🙄 It’s not very surprising that he also appears to be very happy with his new beauty Queen girlfriend as well. The fact that she’s even searching him to discover she’s been blocked and so upset by it she’s posting defamatory things about him too now is comical, to say the least. She’s 100% unhinged.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Her Instagram stories could be a case study in narcissism. Can you even imagine her thinking she’s some kind of feminist icon or face of abuse because her boyfriend didn’t want her posting thirst trap pics on social media.

She just keeps going and going with it. She’s become addicted to the accolades she’s receiving from the “feminists”.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Exactly. The irony too of her posting that she herself had googled to see if she was the narcissist. 😂 Such a classic narcissistic move to point the finger and blame others for the exact thing you’re guilty of. To be fair, I do think everyone in Hollywood is a narcissist (otherwise they wouldn’t have had the need to be famous) but his insecurities were not abusive and she’s putting herself on blast for being the real monster here (for what she’s doing to his wife who just gave birth) and she has ZERO self awareness of just how transparently awful she’s being.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

She has absolutely no awareness of how awful she’s being because too many people are applauding her. She’ll be old news soon and people will move on and forget about her and then maybe she’ll be able to reflect and realize this was nothing more than a temper tantrum.

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People like her are rarely able to reflect and admit to being wrong, but we can certainly hope for her growth and self reflection out of this.

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Oh man. Now she’s tripling down and putting Jackson on blast even more posting additional old screenshots. I guess her posts yesterday didn’t get the traction she was craving. 😂

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I’m wondering why someone would save screen shots from exes? 🤷‍♀️

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EXACTLY. For this precise reason, to either blackmail or harm at a future date. That was all years ago, but now she’s on a full blown rage campaign on her ‘two abusive exs’ 🙄 Anyone with an ounce of insight or common sense can see just how unhinged and bitter she truly is. She’s exposing herself.

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This is quite some level of sick. I still have some of the chat with my ex but if it gets deleted for some reason 🤷🏻‍♀️ I made peace with whatever happened. I mostly had peaceful breakups, and I’m still friends with them(not too close, cause that’s not always healthy, but we’re on friendly terms) . What she did is premeditated, she knew she would at some point use those conversations on her own terms, out of context

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So now I have to go follow her cause I want all the tea? 😑grrrreat. Thanks a bunch

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I know Jess is out of town but now Sarah is bringing Brad Pitt into this so I hope someone else is catching all this mess too 🫣

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Need more information on the spiraling addicts and Staten Island boys, please! I agree it sounds much more interesting than her unnecessary drama.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Please let this be the last I read about either of them! Bring on Brad and Angelina!

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WE ARE DONE!

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Please let it be so. Have heard of her twice in my life- in your two substacks and could go the rest of my life never hearing about her again

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

Girl! Get back to that rooftop pool, NYC views and what appears to be an amazing vacay with the JBB and the boys. Like you, I have no concept how any of this is interesting enough for so many people to be intrigued by it. Very much looking forward to the alien abduction stories!

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Good thing Joan Didion was here when she was, not now. I always appreciate your different perspectives because I am raising 4 boys myself (and I have another boy in heaven) and even though I consider myself a feminist it is NOT at the price of hating all men “on principle”.... my boys are the best and I always wanna hear both sides. Period. AND I am saying this when I was sexually assaulted, by a man, as a very young girl.

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I'm so so sorry for your loss. I have 1 son, 1 son-in-law and 2 male grandbabies. I love having a daughter but there is something so special about our boys. Take good care.

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Ah thanks friend!! They are the best.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jessica Reed Kraus

These "survivors" these days don't have the first clue....seriously. I want to slap them like a was a misogynistic male. These people need to grow up, read more good literature, get educated, gain some freaking wisdom. I am done with the grade school attitude of these so called adults. And the women seem worse than the men! In general, of course! I could drink like, a dozen long Island iced teas and still think clearer than some of these twits. From this woman to you, Jessica, thank you for always giving alternative views, with receipts, so that we can at the very least make our own decisions on so many topics. I have learned more about myself since following you, in that too often I chalk it all up to whatever msm story puts out. When AH/JD was going on, I was sad at first that HE was like that. After watching the beginning of the trial and then connecting with your account, I was then like "that lying beotch"!! She should have gotten all the bad treatment Johnny did before the truth came out. So sick of women like her that make it bad for actual victems, and women! Sad Sarah... good luck having a real relationship now that you have told the world that you are too immature to handle it.

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As a woman of a certain age who’s decline in patience correlates to each time I have to get stronger reading glasses, I would like to form a social media censorship panel. Kind of like The Voice but in reverse. Each time one of these screetchers comes on stage to share their story we could hit the buzzer and turn the chair away from them and say “NOPE NEXT”. Had Sarah come out with her “bruh” and using “like” 12 times in the first 10 seconds she would have been ousted immediately. As would so many of these immature, fame driven, thin skinned idiots.

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This whole thing made me realize one important thing: At 42 I have turned the corner into an old woman who spouts inappropriate things because I just can’t give a damn enough to translate everything into therapy speak for every conversation, especially in a break up.

Now, can we get to the really important world events happening? 🤩 A-Li-ens! A-Li-ens!

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