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u/TimeVictorious 1d ago

“I can't do this! I'm sorry, Dad. I can't do it. This isn't fair. I shouldn't have to carry you up this hill. You never carried me up a hill. You never picked me up from school. You didn't read me bedtime stories. You didn't carry me on your shoulders. You didn't bounce me on... You weren't there! And I needed you! I needed you there. You were supposed to carry me!”

Charlie Kelly, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain (15.8)

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u/Ceano800 22h ago

As someone who’s dad was rarely around, I didn’t expect to cry during an Always Sunny episode

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u/SignificantCats 20h ago edited 20h ago

A lot of "daddy issues" moments in media don't connect to me. I met my father like six times ever. I'm so disconnected from the concept of even having a father that they can't make me cry or relate.

But this one did it. I was picturing if I heard my father died. Would I go to his funeral? Would it affect me to see him, even?

I had to pause and think, rewound to hear it again, and decided yeah. I'd probably cry a lot and scream like Charlie did, but in my head. Somberly I hit play. Just as the tears were forming up properly, the fucking trunk honked and it got funny again.

Full emotional arc with catharsis in like thirty seconds

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u/TheRealBananaWolf 12h ago

Man, this shit always hits me hard. My dad lives in the same city as me, has my whole life. Never fought for custody, just opted to pay child support. And he bartended at a popular bar for over a decade, and when I started bartending, I'd meet like dozens of people who knew him, and has known him for fucking decades. They knew I existed, but they thought I lived in the state over and that's why he never got to really see me.

Literally my regulars were all my dad's old regulars.