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Buddhism (+ Avatar)

  Did I mention there's a pandemic going on? I think we're in month 6 now. It feels so much longer than that.  Anyway, I recently watched Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix, and now I'm watching The Legend of Korra. I never really had a desire to watch it: it sounded stupid and I'm not into that anime style (anymore). So even though many people had praised it, I ignored it. Until my old coworker Meg mentioned how amazing it was and was encouraging our other coworker, Erin, to watch it. It got me second guessing. It kept popping up on Netflix (I now know that's because it's been #1 on Netflix for almost 3 months now. The highest ranked show on Netflix ever. Wow), so I decided to watch it after I had finished my other series.  Holy crap. It is one of the most addictive shows I have ever watched, and every second of it is engaging. It has some of the best writing in media history, honestly. It's smart writing. It assumes the watcher is intelligent and procee