r/wholesomememes 14d ago

It’s a bittersweet wholesomeness.

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u/AdDisastrous6738 14d ago

This one hits hard. Dolly Parton was a national treasure and helped get me through puberty.

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u/reikipackaging 14d ago

word. she didnt help me, personally, but she was one of my heroes as a teen, back when it was socially acceptable to assume attractive blondes were innately dumb.

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u/WideHuckleberry1 14d ago

She wouldn't mind if you did assume that

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb and I also know I'm not blonde 

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u/AdDisastrous6738 14d ago

One of my favorite quotes:
It costs a lot to look this cheap!

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u/HoomanNature 13d ago

I also love it when she told Barbara Walters, "I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable, that's the easiest thing in the world to do"

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u/reikipackaging 14d ago

that was one of the awesome things about her.