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When you stop living by others’ rules, you create your own #TEDTalks
When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it’s worth the risk to let people get to know the real you.
@MinervaPLC
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 pm
❤❤
@monopolizedopamine
December 21, 2025 at 2:50 pm
Well stated and I agree.
@erdemasci5699
December 21, 2025 at 2:55 pm
Turkce alt yazi yok
@dougewald243
December 21, 2025 at 3:13 pm
Let’s define our terms.
TED:
Technology
Entertainment
Design
Incase you didn’t know that’s exactly what it stands for.
So – wtf does this subject have to do with TED?
Answer – absolutely nothing.
And therefore TED continues to chip away at & undermine its own credibility.
Well done once again TED.
@nikiTricoteuse
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 pm
I don’t know this woman or her story but, she says coming out and becoming (temporarily) alienated from her family turned her into a writer and, if l’ve understood correctly, a film maker. Both those things slot squarely into the entertainment sphere so, perhaps you need to reevaluate the reasons for your dislike of this woman and her TED talk..
@jonnanderson6489
December 21, 2025 at 3:39 pm
@nikiTricoteuse Some people awake each morning with no higher aspiration than trying to make their turds stick to a wall.
@nikiTricoteuse
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 pm
@jonnanderson6489LOL. Great way of putting it. 😅
@AR-yd2nd
December 21, 2025 at 5:48 pm
Tbh TED has always been a joke. At least here this author is being supportive, I guess
@DumpsterIdea
December 21, 2025 at 3:20 pm
Ted talk have really fell off 😂
@KingCrimson479
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 pm
Care to elaborate?
@leahdaly1219
December 21, 2025 at 4:37 pm
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@iPadChannel
December 21, 2025 at 9:35 pm
To young generation who lives and depends on their parents for food, shelter, clothing and education, this advise should be taken with caution. Either this excerpt was edited out of context, or the argument is targeting young adults who can manage to live on their own. This is a very dangerous message for young minds who have rebellious tendency as this clip might validate minor’s naivety.
@taylorwhitt3974
December 22, 2025 at 12:27 am
Either your parents can teach their views, or they can communicate with their children until a mutual understanding is reached. Anything less is disappointment- and disappointment is just the parents refusal to acknowledge something different.
@Jazel_dboy_isaac
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 am
Wow…inspiring
@Jazel_dboy_isaac
December 22, 2025 at 2:01 am
Im a dissapointment😅
@srbright
December 22, 2025 at 6:58 am
Yes I have experienced this before disappointing somebody results in nothing ,nothing will happen to you. ❤❤❤
@SarahAlhashmy1
December 22, 2025 at 11:15 am
Unsubscribed
@Theadventuringphilosopher
December 22, 2025 at 11:17 am
Sharing this
@hb-d92h
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 pm
부모든 누구든 타인의 관념으로 자신을 옭아매지 말고 삶을 사는 자기만의 규칙을 정립해야 한다는 메시지에는 동의해요. 때로는 이런 메시지가 과도하게 받아들여지기 쉬운 면도 있어 보여요. 왜냐하면 세상에는 단순히 나의 생각으로는 바꿀 수 없는 엄연한 진리나 질서도 존재하기 때문에
@daughterofzion6443
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 am
HONOR YOUR PARENTS, SO THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG. DON”T DISAPPOINT YOUR PARENTS BY LISTENING TO STRANGE VOICES.