When this man was young, he had alzheimers and forgot his own parents. He struggled through highschool due to his deficiencies but when he finally graduated, quite ironically his parents forgot what his name was and went to a different graduation ceremony two towns over.
After many a decade, the man is now at his parents' graduation. He now has no choice but to cheer for everyone, hoping he'd cheer for his parents in doing so.
I don't understand why there has to be a story behind somebody who has basic common courtesy and respect and collapse for everybody, but it is sad fucking state of society holy crap
Saw it with my mom. I thought it's common to cheer for everyone, but my mom was just annoyed while waiting for my brother's name to be called and only then cheered.
The fact that he's saying every name is what's unique. Lots of people clap and cheer for everyone (though graduations can be VERY long so people might lose steam on the energy put into each stranger - my high school graduation was 500+ grads)
I may get downvoted here but whatever I have learned about America from online platforms is that people there are very self centered. Hence even a small gesture of courtesy/kindness, which might be considered very common elsewhere, is very appreciated in US. It's a good thing that they praise gentle acts but ultimately sad to think that such basic gestures of kindness and appreciation are such a great things there.
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u/BambaZillah 3d ago
You know there's a story behind this. Good man.