lighten up

No, this is more the fatigue of frustration — I want to like this show so much but it refuses to lighten up enough to let me in.

The messages included photos and said, “Next time don’t massage too hard. You need to lighten up. I have bruises.”

“If companies lighten up on things that are ineffective, that could be a good outcome,” Dr. Dobbin said, noting that mandatory anti-bias trainings have been shown to sometimes even worsen bias.

A subsequent conversation between the men implicates films about police killings in Black death spectacle, but stops short of actual critique — unless the message is something like, “lighten up and cash in.”

We all need the occasional reminder to lighten up; after all, it’s just a recipe.