# @thecut on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DW6871yIAdN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64218472-thecut-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-09T18:35:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Cut (@thecut) — https://gondola.cc/thecut

## Caption

IF YOU'RE NOT DOWN BAD FOR A CRUSH, you're missing out on one of life's great pleasures, jpbrammer argues.

For further validation (or perhaps a little something to send to your crush-fatigued friends?), check out Brammer's full essay on the beauty of crushing — and all the embarrassment, humiliation, and madness that comes with having one — at the link in bio.

This story is a part of #CrushWeek, our series exploring how to survive — and even enjoy — infatuation, limerence, and plain old butterflies.

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