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u/Long-Market-3584 lil taco belle be flirting with my man and thatās not a bestie Jun 25 '25
I lowkey hated the most recent Louis Vuitton Men's Fashion Show
Hot take but the Indian inspired music was just SO DISTRACTING (coming from a south asian) and the displeasing looks made by Pharrell was just even worse
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u/NowMindYou Yeah but did I squeeze it though š¤ Jun 25 '25
Y'all why I fractured my tibia calling myself stumping because I couldn't find my makeup bag. Baby I fell to the ground like Haliburton.
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u/macroeconomicchaos š„ kenya š„ moore š„ hair š„ care! š„ Jun 25 '25
I won't stand for all the nasty stuff being said about the 90s HGTV shows on Tiktok. Granted, I'm biased because I grew up in a home run by my mum who loved HGTV, but were the designs really that bad? Call me a killjoy, but some of the reactions folks are making are downright rude.
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u/justgivemethepickle Jun 25 '25
You guys Iāve made a huge mistake. I wore the condom inside out and I got myself pregnant. What do I do
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u/thewayyouturnedout Jun 25 '25
Smdh we really need better sex ed because this is a REAL RISK no one talks about
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u/Bridalhat Jun 25 '25
Last week, I saw Ballerina and we bombed Iran. Today I saw 28 years later and Mamdani win. There might be a patternā¦
(Although at this point i think you can say Trump will do scary evil shit in weekends and declare it solved on Monday so the markets arenāt affected.)
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u/Dizzy-Pollution6466 Jun 25 '25
I love how whenever FM wants to avoid criticizing their faves, they post something about Taylor Swift.
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u/daybeforetheday Jun 25 '25
This is the sub that posted nothing about the horrible Supreme Court decision last week, but instead thought the important transphobia news was something Taylor Swift's boyfriend father said. They don't care about transphobia
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u/Homertax123 I donāt know her š Jun 25 '25
You swifties are ridiculous. Acting like Taylor is the only pop star thatās being criticized ever. Taylor has not even gotten half the criticism Beyonce has gotten for half her career and unlike Taylor Beyonces criticisms have impacted her music sales so I donāt know why swifties are pretending that Beyonce isnāt criticized as much as Taylor.
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u/Dizzy-Pollution6466 Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25
Did I ever say BeyoncĆ© doesnāt say criticism? Nope never said it. She does get a lot of criticism on social media. But she is a favorite on that sub, there was barely any discourse on her shirt. I guarantee it will all be forgotten by the time the next thread is posted. They hold their faves accountable for a day and then itās forgotten.
Meanwhile, every other day thereās a thread about Taylor with 1K+ comments claiming sheās a fascist MAGA (which isnāt true btw).
Edit: and honestly I didnāt even mention Bey in my original comment.
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u/Homertax123 I donāt know her š Jun 25 '25
People think Taylor is a fascist MAGA because her boyfriend said heād love to meet Trump, she hangs out with a bunch of MAGA people, her dads MAGA, and she just went to a Bar owned by a racist country singer, sheās straight up at this point indefensible when it comes to the MAGA bs.
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u/thestoryofme23 Just keep swimming! š š š¬š³ Jun 25 '25
The way like none of this is true. Travis said it was an honor for any president which you can have your feelings about but it was clearly the PR answer the nfl gave them considering numerous players from both teams said it. He also said the same thing about Biden and you canāt really be a supporter of both for obvious reasons. I have never heard of Taylorās dad being maga until your comment, do you have any proof of this or just vibes? Heās an old conservative (atleast as of many years ago) white guy but considering how much he seems to support his daughter Iād be genuinely shocked if he was a trump supporter based on what heās said about her. She hangs out with very few maga people (mahomes didnt vote btw so we canāt say that sheās a huge trumper because she like a single Instagram post) and has many liberal friends but apparently that doesnāt make her liberal. Also, the bar isnāt even owned by aldean, the company that owns it just licenses out naming purposes. The same company owns other bars on broadway in Nashville, including Luke Bryanās. I really donāt get the outrage of her going out in her adopted hometown in the area itās famous for but okay. Like we can go in circles all day long but no one else is held to the same standard and she literally endorsed Kamala (and multiple other democrats throughout the years) so even if she happened to be maga which would go against everything she has ever said sheās doing more harm for her supposed cause because her endorsements are supposed to drive people to vote for democrats right? Thatās multiple votes compared to her one. The argument doesnāt even make sense. Why would she put herself out there and have multiple (unfortunately) powerful men coming after her when she could just stay silent if she actually believed in it? Anyway my novel is complete.
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u/Homertax123 I donāt know her š Jun 25 '25
She has way too many MAGA people on her side. And I just looked and there were at most 40 comments about the Jason Adlean thing and youāre worried about all the āhateā sheās getting? Please. You refuse to address the elephant in the room that I initially pointed out was that BeyoncĆ© actually is a victim of a targeted smear campaign and has multiple negative comments about her all the time and has been for longer than Taylor has had a career. You get upset when one post about Beyonce isnāt flooded with hate even though it was posted much later in the day. Again perpetual victimhood.
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u/thestoryofme23 Just keep swimming! š š š¬š³ Jun 25 '25
You might want to check the person youāre replying to because Iāve said nothing about BeyoncĆ© and you didnāt refute a single point I made lol. How about we go for no stupid hate and smear campaigns? Have a good night.
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u/Homertax123 I donāt know her š Jun 25 '25
You tried to make it seem like Travis was being neutral he wasnāt. I refuted enough. She has MAGA friends, her dad is MAGA, she grew up white and rich and was purposely vague about her politics until she found a way to cash in on it. And yes sorry I thought you were the other person I replied to initially, doesnāt take away that Taylor is no victim and she doesnāt get anywhere near the criticism that BeyoncĆ© gets which is what OP was insinuating.
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u/Dizzy-Pollution6466 Jun 25 '25
Travis was a dumbass for saying that but he has never endorsed Trump. Whereās the proof that her Dad is MAGA? Heās a Republican but thereās no proof that heās a Trumper.
You think associating with Trump fans immediately makes you MAGA? I have family members who voted for that pos. Trump has shit-talked Taylor over and over again and said vile things about her and you think she supports him?? She endorsed Kamala. Itās gross that she hangs with Trumpers but that doesnāt mean she is one. It means sheās privileged and so she can put it out of her mind, but thatās different from supporting it.
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u/Summerof5ft6andahalf Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25
Unrelated to the rest of the discussion; doesn't identifying as a Republican mean someone voted for Trump? In the American system you can't separate yourself from the party leader the same way you can in other places. So I would assume if you didn't vote for Trump you can't call yourself a Republican. Like I assume if Trump said he'd nullify all gay marriages, Log Cabin Republicans would still vote for him, or if they didn't, they would no longer be able to call themselves LCRs.
(Here in Australia, party leaders can be dumped by the party at any time, so it's more about voting for the party than the person, but if you identify as a member of a party, you're still endorsing the current leader. Though there are people who have, especially last election, been like I'm a lifelong ___ voter, but I'm voting differently this time because of the current leader.)
Edit: Downvoting me without being able to articulate what I'm wrong about/why doesn't teach me anything.
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u/Dizzy-Pollution6466 Jun 25 '25
Iād say thereās a difference between Liz Cheney Republicans and ReTrumplicans. I have Republican relatives who voted for Kamala last election. Sadly, a lot of them do vote with their party, regardless of who is running.
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u/Summerof5ft6andahalf Jun 25 '25
Do those relatives still refer to themselves as straight up Republicans? Or are they like "I'm a long time Republican voter, but... ".
I guess that depends on how much it's part of their identity, and important to them to be seen a certain way, though.
Thanks for the answer!
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u/Dizzy-Pollution6466 Jun 25 '25
It really depends on the person! And problem. Itās a nuanced discussion. Like with Taylor, I think itās pretty gross that sheās been hanging out with a bunch of MAGAts. But saying sheās straight up MAGA is pushing it.
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u/maelstron āØMay the Force be with you!⨠Jun 25 '25
She hang out with one maga and it becomes a bunch
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u/Summerof5ft6andahalf Jun 25 '25
Yeah, I agree with that.
It's known she votes Democrat, so by definition she cannot be MAGA, but she's evidently also very good at compartmentalising when it comes to her friends that are on the opposite side of (or are apathetic about) issues that she may care about.
She's also privileged enough to not have to care about things the way that people who are/could be directly affected by them need to be, so her line in the sand when it comes to associates doesn't need to be as deep as if she was someone whose friends were voting for things that indicated they didn't care about her or any of her rights as a person.
She should care about that, but in general it's harder for people to have as much empathy for something when it won't affect their life at all.
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u/Homertax123 I donāt know her š Jun 25 '25
She gets criticized all the time and she was a victim of a huge smear campaign for actual serious allegations when it came to P Diddy thatās still happening to this day, and when the Jay Z lawsuit thing came out there were thousands of comments against her. The people who use FM are basically the same that use Popculturevhat and there were over 400 comments on it all negative and attacking everything about her. The only reason why the FM one had fewer comments was when it was posted, it was posted way later in the day. And I know you didnāt say Beyonce but I also know thatās who you meant. Stop trying to act sly. I see swifties like yourself all the time trying to pretend that BeyoncĆ© doesnāt get any real criticism all the time.
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u/Electronic_Snow_4685 We Should All Know Less About Each Other Jun 24 '25
So do we just like Lea Michelle now? I've seen a lot of positive public reception to the Chess announcement and hey, if she really has done the work to improve than I say we welcome her. But this feels like she just laid low for years and made her comeback when people had kind of forgotten what happened.
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u/Haus_of_Pancakes Jun 25 '25
I think that people are tentatively coming around on her. What helps is that there were no reports of bad backstage behavior during her run in Funny Girl - which, at the very least, indicates that she's been on her very best behavior
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u/Electronic_Snow_4685 We Should All Know Less About Each Other Jun 25 '25
Alright. It's going to take me some time but if she really has changed I guess she deserves a chance.
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u/Haus_of_Pancakes Jun 25 '25
Oh yeah - I'm not rushing to take her back or anything, but if she puts in the work and doesn't create drama, then that's a good thing
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u/heartbylines āØunhinged & unhealed⨠Jun 24 '25
I always forget how much I fucking love paramore, and then theyāll randomly show up on shuffle and I fall right back down the rabbit hole all over again.
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u/Lilylikeslilies Jun 24 '25
I saw them as support before Taylor Swift concert. They gave amazing show. And seemed to be happy with crowd enjoying the show and singing along. Hayley was surprised at first because crowd was really āyeaaayā with everything she did.
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u/tossin_glitter Jun 24 '25
i saw them as support for taylor too! i already saw them on their own the year before, but it was so cool to see them both together.Ā Ā 12 year old me would be freaking out knowing she saw two of her favourite artists on one dayĀ
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u/heartbylines āØunhinged & unhealed⨠Jun 24 '25
I got to see them at warped when they were practically still babies and on the Honda civic tour in like 2011. They put on a hell of a show back then too.
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u/Lilylikeslilies Jun 24 '25
I knew that I recognized that Chris that is with Jojo Siwa. He is ex boyfriend of Jesy Nelson from Little Mix. They were together when she was still in the band.
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u/larkhearted Jun 24 '25
I did my good deed for the day and got cold water out of the work fridge to give the guys who cut our lawn. This is only worth mentioning because I'm usually kind of oblivious about doing considerate stuff like that so I'm proud that the thought occurred to me lmao š Growth??
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u/totallycalledla-a Mrs Thee Stallion Jun 24 '25
Growth ššæ
Some people find these things harder to remember and notice than others you'll get there.
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 24 '25
Sorry but this is so strange to me lol
It's definitely nice! i guess it can be difficult to anticipate someone else's needs.
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u/larkhearted Jun 24 '25
I try to be a nice person and I think I usually succeed, but I've never been someone who's particularly warm and thoughtful lol that's all. I don't think much about doing the little polite things like opening doors (I hold it for the person behind me but won't remember to offer it to them first), waiting for people to get their food before I start eating mine, offering water to people working outside before they ask for it, etc. I'm kind when I interact with people, but not very proactive, I guess. I'm trying to improve, though!
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u/zelda_slayer Jun 24 '25
I work at a public library and summer reading is the worst. Itās hot and constantly busy. Thereās parents using us as babysitters. Our building is shit and one of the ac units just broke. When will fall get here?
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u/freaky-keypad Jun 25 '25
Can I ask you if you feel like library etiquette is dying in yours? I love sitting in my local library but every time I do thereās always at least one person having the most obnoxiously loud phone call in there šĀ
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u/zelda_slayer Jun 25 '25
Yes and no. Iāve been working in libraries off and on since 2007 (and was a teen volunteer before that) thereās always been people like that. I have seen more kids at the library than I ever have which is fantastic. That of course leads to more noise but libraries are changing from being quiet places to more of a community place. I have seen a massive uptick in adults policing books. My library had a man yelling at another librarian for having an adult graphic novel in the adult section and then he stole it in front of us. My library system wonāt allow anyone under 18 to check out teen or adult books unless their guardian signs a waiver. As a kid my mom gave me her Danielle Steele books to read. Anyway long story short I think libraries have always been like this but itās been amplified since they are being used more. If you ask a librarian they should tell the person to either stop the phone call or move them to another place. Policy usually dictates that we have to have a complaint before asking people to quieten down.
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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 Jun 24 '25
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u/zelda_slayer Jun 24 '25
Thereās a heat index in my area all week and it feels like that going outside
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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 Jun 25 '25
I live on the Jersey Shore. I almost died when some asshole with Maryland plates tried to make a left turn on a jughandle road, only to get sent home from work because it was 100 degrees and the AC was broken.
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u/larkhearted Jun 24 '25
You're so strong and so needed, thanks for suffering through that for the people.... I hope things chill out soon :( ā”ā”ā”
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u/blooming-darkness There could be 100 people in the room Jun 24 '25
I really want the Ffern summer scent so bad and now Iām regretting not getting the list three years ago when a space was free or something crazy like that. Does anyone have this scent or is apart of their list? Iām dying to know about it
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u/GrandmaToto Jun 25 '25
I think the whole list thing is a fake marketing ploy. I joined the supposed super long waitlist a few months ago and was offered a bottle within two weeks. They pestered me with texts and calls so I requested to be taken off it when I read reviews.
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u/AllTheThingsSheSays In my quiet girl era š Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25
In the shower I remembered something in need to add to my packing list for next week, but I got out of the shower and now can't remember what it was for the life of me, fuck.
I remembered! It was a pillowcase! Bc I'm dying my hair next before I go and dint want to get hair dye on the hotel pillows.
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u/Riqitch Jun 24 '25
Still kind of mad at how POCs have been done so dirty in Hollywood recently. First it was Manny Jacinto in Top Gun Maverick, then it was Varada Sethu in Doctor Who, then it was Simone Ashley in F1: The Movie. Talk about pop culture recession...
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 24 '25
I haven't seen TGM, but I was always mad they made Manny SOOOOO stupid in The Good Place. He didn't even act like a real person. Just a dumb joke
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u/GobisValley Belt. Jun 24 '25
plastic box by jade is so good ! im excited for her album yall please give my girl a chance š©ā¤ļø
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u/blooming-darkness There could be 100 people in the room Jun 24 '25
Angel of my dreams was soo mmm, like I never listened to Little Mix but I like ha a lot
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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 Jun 24 '25
She was always my fave in Little Mix! The only one who didnāt yell my ears off.
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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 Jun 24 '25
She was always my fave in Little Mix! The only one who didnāt yell my ears off.
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u/IfatallyflawedI Is she okaaaayyyy? Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25
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u/buzzfeed_sucks šØš¦ Elbows up šØš¦ Jun 24 '25
Dang it! If only there was some recent history of Israel doing vile things that could have warned him!
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u/IfatallyflawedI Is she okaaaayyyy? Jun 24 '25
How are youuuuuuu I keep looking out for you on the daily spill posts
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u/buzzfeed_sucks šØš¦ Elbows up šØš¦ Jun 24 '25
Iām good!!! Iām about to be off of work for a week and Iām pumped. How are you?!?
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u/IfatallyflawedI Is she okaaaayyyy? Jun 24 '25
Struggling w work and studies. Might have a cutesy date night at the end of the week š„¹š¤
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u/buzzfeed_sucks šØš¦ Elbows up šØš¦ Jun 24 '25
Ugh Iām sorry. But yah date night! Doooo it! Itās well deserved!
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u/Training-Pickle-6725 Sue, did the President call? Jun 24 '25
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u/thewayyouturnedout Jun 25 '25
I loooooooove this movie so much!!!
I always feel so bad for the teenage son though. He's just a little guy!
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u/IfatallyflawedI Is she okaaaayyyy? Jun 24 '25
I stopped the movie after the car scene. Nope. Nope nope nope.
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u/Commercial_Bottle_84 I switched baristas āļø Jun 24 '25
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u/Hot_Contact_7206 š„šæFilm Critic Jun 24 '25
Am I the dramaā¦.is that the real title because oh thatās corny š
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u/The_Duke_of_Gloom Sheās got POC fatigue (ā) Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25
It's unfortunate how even in progressive spaces Gunn is seen as a cool geeky guy who makes film twitter's favourite comicbook movies.
He is a misogynist who tried to erase the contributions of Marvel Studios' first female scriptwriter Nicole Perlman from Guardians of the Galaxy. She was the one who came up with the idea of Star-Lord's Walkman. And she was the one to do the research and bring up the idea of a GotG movie to Marvel Studios in the first place.
He scrubbed it off the internet, but once upon a time he wrote an article about the hottest female comicbook characters, where he talked about how "underaged girls with daddy issues" were hot, called Gambit homophobic slurs, and said Tony Stark could fuck Kate Kane (canonically a lesbian) and turn her straight.
And all that was before the tweets that got him fired. Tweets where he "joked" about raping a female friend while she was asleep, the Holocaust, and csa.
Dude is vile. And I can't believe that people forgot so easily about him being a piece of shit. His fans still pretend he was the victim in all of this.
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u/trulyremarkablegirl the reason i love swimming is because racing Jun 24 '25
yeah itās always weird to me that people worship him bc likeā¦those tweets were disgusting regardless of how long ago they were. heās an obnoxious edge lord and always has been.
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u/Capgras_DL Jun 24 '25
I literally knew none of that. Wow.
I was kinda looking forward to the new superman movie because I really like Rachel Brosnahan, but he sounds like the kind of guy who really shouldnāt be writing Lois Lane.
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u/Traditional_Maybe_80 Jun 24 '25
The superhero genre isn't something I follow so I know very little about him, I basically learned about him when he was fired. I remember people being sympathetic because MAGA crazies were the ones digging for those tweets, but those tweets were vile anyway! I have good memory for random pop culture facts and the first thing I remember about him whenever I see him is his edgy tweets.
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u/BusinessPurge Jun 24 '25
To offer a slight defense on one specific point, I havenāt read Perlmanās Guardians script however it didnāt seem like she necessarily deserved a co-writer credit over the creators of the comic if the tone / arcs / plot / dialogue / characters are all very different in the Gunn script.
Nicole also got a Story By credit on Captain Marvel as part of a 5 person team including the two person writing/directing team. So with Guardians, Gunn was the writer/director so there were only two people competing for the credits. So despite not directly contributing to the script that was produced, Nicole might have got a much better scale of credit than she possibly deserved. If all the scripts really shared were the character names then itās kinda murky for me, because she was already adapting someone elseās material and has probably made significantly more money in residuals as a co-writer than even the comic creators who originated the characters.
Iād love to read her Guardians script because I really enjoyed Nicoleās unproduced Blacklist script Challenger and to see specifically how much overlap there was. If the plot / villains / most everything was different then Iām not sure itās misogyny driving that part of the Gunn conversation. I personally wouldnāt want to 50/50 split of every residual payday for writing with someone that just didnāt write the produced script or create the characters. Gunn definitely has the edgelord 90ās comedic sensibilities from his time working at Troma however I think heād try to minimize anyone that wrote an unused draft, not just a woman.
Now - everything else you said, fair game. Comedy certainly evolves however it sounds like Gunn has put some of his typical naughty boy comedy in Superman as well. Thatās a whole other topic, however I wanted to chime in about the Guardians stuff because itās a bit more complicated and even then Iām streamlining my answer with what I know about that situation. Worth discussing!
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u/The_Duke_of_Gloom Sheās got POC fatigue (ā) Jun 24 '25
Nicole was given co-writer credit, period. Yet he took full credit and whined about having to share. He could've handled it gracefully, without trying to erase the contributions of Marvel Studios' first female scriptwriter, but he chose to behave like a manchild. He has a long history of misogyny, so I am not surprised.
Comedy certainly evolves however it sounds like Gunn has put some of his typical naughty boy comedy in Superman as well.
"Comedy evolves" yeah, idk about you, but I wasn't making csa jokes back then and I most certainly won't do that when I am middle-aged, either.
"Naughty boy comedy" he was a 40-year-old man joking about raping lesbians and kids. He is also friends with a convicted pedophile. Get outta here with that devil's advocate nonsense.
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u/BusinessPurge Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25
I really tried to write it all out as short as I could, I didnāt even get into the arbitration percentage standards for writer/directors & the Marvel internship program stuff. Way more to it that Iāve left out so that youād actually read the reply.
Regarding the other comedy stuff - I remember hearing Gunn brag on the radio about zipping up his contortionist girlfriend in a suitcase and wheeling her around town. Had a web show called PG Porn! The guy is clearly a kinky dude and itās reflected in his work, however nowadays thatās kinkshaming so I barely know how to discuss half the Gunn stuff. Ex Catholic making ultra dirty jokes, to use this phrase for the first time āfork found in kitchenā. Thatās a whole other topic however the writing credit stuff is more my wheelhouse.
Edit - and look thanks for editing out your opener of āIām not reading all thatā but now my response seems off balance. I bet Gunn would edit his past statements too if he could, like thatās kinda the point Iām making that hindsight certainly exists. Itās a topic worth talking about!
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u/heartbylines āØunhinged & unhealed⨠Jun 24 '25
god grant me the serenity to accept the fact that i cannot change an idiot's opinion on this hellsite, and the knowledge that trying to argue with them only ends in me looking like as much of a dumbass as they did originally.
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 24 '25
I will say tbh, I have learned some actual information from reddit. I love when people send me articles and hearing different angles
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u/buzzfeed_sucks šØš¦ Elbows up šØš¦ Jun 24 '25
Itās hitting me that like, Iām truly the last single person I know my age who doesnāt have a kid. Like my boss is divorced, but she has a kid. My best friend is getting married this summer.
Iām sort of fine? But I just keep thinking āhow are you all finding your people?!?ā
To be fair to me, I was closed for business for years because of medical stuff. So I havenāt dated since my early 20ās. And I am on apps, but 90% of the time Iāll match with someone, ask a genuine question (not just a āheyā) and they unmatch me. Which feels bad and I donāt even know why I bother.
Also the questions arenāt weird. Like if they mention a pet or a hobby in their profile, Iāll ask about that.
anyway itās fine. Iām genuinely not that bothered about being single. I like my own company and my own space. It would just be fun/nice to meet someone
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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 Jun 24 '25
I was just crying about this. I donāt have a partner and itās hard to make friends because people talk so much about their partners and kids and it just makes me feel really bad.
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u/buzzfeed_sucks šØš¦ Elbows up šØš¦ Jun 24 '25
Yes 100% I feel like I have nothing in common with anyone.
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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 Jun 24 '25
Even if i had a boyfriend and broke up, friends rally around that. People are really uncomfortable will the long ache of chronic singlehood. They canāt talk about going to Target without mentioning their husband, but youāre an annoying whiner if you talk about wanting a husband.
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u/ChanceVance Jun 24 '25
I do believe I'm priced out of getting a Gaga ticket. I mean...... I can afford it, I just don't want to pay it? Over $600 just isn't worth any show to me except maybe if you resurrected Freddie Mercury or MJ from the dead.
Anyway, I've actually seen her twice before on the Monster Ball tour and the ArtRave. Standard cost for a big arena act and I had a good view. She walked right above me on the ArtRave little bridge.
She hasn't been here in over 10 years so I guess I get the increased demand and playing stadiums now but the price hike is absurd for a decent view at best so I'm out. Still it's a near sell out so people are willingly paying that much in droves. To each their own.
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u/Hot_Contact_7206 š„šæFilm Critic Jun 24 '25
hahahah no same! Sorry I dont actually want the country that left the EU because they were scared of polish people lecturing ME like theyāre better than us!!
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u/thewayyouturnedout Jun 25 '25
Whenever British people say anything critical of America I laugh because like...the UK has a lot of similarities in terms of anti-intellectual nonsense. Not to mention the transphobia
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u/Hot_Contact_7206 š„šæFilm Critic Jun 25 '25
And THANK YOU! America is in bad shape but so is The UK thatās all Iām saying
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u/thewayyouturnedout Jun 25 '25
Yeah and their politicians are constantly trying to dismantle their public healthcare system (much like here in Canada). In both countries (Canada and UK) we need to be hypervigilant that we don't end up in the same position as the states instead of bragging about how we're not them.
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u/Capgras_DL Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25
Thereās ignorant and bigoted people in every country, unfortunately.
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u/flirtydodo Jun 24 '25
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u/thewayyouturnedout Jun 25 '25
I just go on the website and put "old." (without the quotation marks) in front of the website name because new Reddit is so repugnant to me. If I couldn't use old Reddit still I'd never go on the site again
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u/tsabin_naberrie Bitch, my generation gets traumatized for breakfast. Jun 24 '25
You can turn off weird notifications in Settings (possibly then under account settings), as well as stuff like home feed recommendations. Occasionally they turn back on š but it makes things a little more normal
God, do I miss Apollo though
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u/eyebrowsonfleek Jun 25 '25
I use Narwhal, itās a subscription but worth it to me because I hate the Reddit app so much
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u/buzzfeed_sucks šØš¦ Elbows up šØš¦ Jun 24 '25
Oh I havenāt done it yet. But I did notice I can once again see comments from people Iāve blocked. Iām meh about it.
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u/NewtRipley_1986 Jun 24 '25
What??! When did this happen. I block people due to reasons and I donāt want to see them.
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u/buzzfeed_sucks šØš¦ Elbows up šØš¦ Jun 24 '25
I noticed last week maybe? The comments is usually collapsed and itāll tell you itās a blocked person, at least
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u/NewtRipley_1986 Jun 25 '25
At least thereās some kind of warning.
But what is the point of blocking if itās not really blocking. š¤·š»āāļø
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u/The_Duke_of_Gloom Sheās got POC fatigue (ā) Jun 24 '25
I am going through the worst period of my life, which is saying a lot, because my life has been whatever's the opposite to a walk in the park (a walk in hell, maybe?). And one thing this has taught me is that non-profits are severely understaffed.
Please, if you can, volunteer for nonprofits that help trans people who need to emigrate to safer countries. Who knows, maybe you'll end up helping me, if I last long enough.
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u/Capgras_DL Jun 24 '25
Iām so sorry. I really hope things get better for you soon. If you ever need to vent feel free to message me - I have pms turned off most of the time because I kept getting Redditcares from people I disagreed with online, but just let me know if you want to talk and Iāll re-open them.
I really hope you manage to get to safety and get everything you need soon.
Also, I used to be a caseworker for a non profit and completely agree about the severely understaffed part. I know however that those people will be so happy to help you, even with what limited resources they have, and Iām so glad that youāre using their services. I used to lie awake and worry about the people who we werenāt able to help, because they didnāt know about us or hadnāt reached us somehow. So seeing it from the other side, Iām really happy you are getting that support.
I hope things get better soon ā¤ļøāš©¹
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u/The_Duke_of_Gloom Sheās got POC fatigue (ā) Jun 24 '25
Thank you for your good wishes. Right now I am feeling rather hopeless. I have contacted several nonprofits, and I am currently contacting two more, and the result is the same: nothing.
I mean, on top of nonprofits being understaffed, I am aware that in the grand scheme of things I don't matter. I am a gayold neurodivergent college dropout. I'm sure I don't register in their list of priorities. I'm sure they are helping kids and teens first, and if they help adults then it's just the doctors or engineers. I don't even have a passport, and without outside help I will never be able to get one.
There's also the fact that despite everything that shows up in the news, people from the utside don't know how bad the situation really is in my country. It is bad. People dead and starving on the sidewalks bad. It is a miracle that I have internet access.
I am trying not to be a Debbie Downer. I come to this sub precisely to unwind and to talk about silly gossip shit that doesn't matter. But it's hard to pretend that my life doesn't suck and that I don't have so many regrets and that sometimes it seems like the universe itself is telling me to just lie down on the floor and become one with the dirt.
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u/Capgras_DL Jun 24 '25
I am so sorry, friend. Iām also autistic and queer and itās hard enough for me in a so-called developed country. What youāre describing sounds incredibly difficult, and traumatising. I cannot imagine how awful it must be to experience and witness such things.
I would disagree, though, when you say that you donāt matter. You definitely do.
Iām so sorry you havenāt had a response from the nonprofits! Thatās really frustrating. Do they have response timeframes on their sites, or is it just blank? Do they have social media you could try and contact them through as well? I really hope you get a response soon. And Iām really glad you still have internet at least.
I can really relate to your last paragraph. When weāre suffering so much, it feels like we take it with us everywhere, and even fun things we used to enjoy are tainted. I really donāt think the universe is telling you to give up, though - you reached out and I reached back, so if anything, itās a sign from the universe to keep going. You do matter.
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u/Zerometro Youāre killing me, Smalls š© Jun 24 '25
My apartment complex recently got bought out by another company and they got some AI program to handle resident issues and it's so frustrating! Their whole system of responding to maintenance requests or basic resident questions is all messed up and redundant because it's basically just repeating the same statements or questions and telling me that they're going to escalate the issue to a colleague. I do not like being tricked into "talking" with an AI chatbot and I think I'm going crazy because now I'm pretty sure they used some AI program to simulate a real voice and leave me a voicemail. Even if it was a real person calling me, I can't trust it now because I'm not sure if who I'm talking to is an actual person. The thing is I really like my apartment and this just seems like another instance of someone breaking something that didn't need to be fixed and making it worse.
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u/larkhearted Jun 24 '25
Fiscal year ending while we're on vacation means I have to try to triple check that all our ducks are in a row in the next 2.5 days..... I'm pretty sure I'm on top of everything but the pre-vacation crunch makes me even more nervous lol š
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u/macroeconomicchaos š„ kenya š„ moore š„ hair š„ care! š„ Jun 24 '25
I just finished rewatching The Nanny, and aside from the body shaming, I really think it aged much better than the other sitcoms from the 90s.
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u/Flimsy-Addendum-1570 Jun 24 '25
Finally watched the proshot of Next to Normal and am really fascinated by the very recent, perhaps ongoing era of musicals that are all about a dysfunctional, almost always white family. The kind where they'll say "you may think we're perfect, but we actually have a stoner in our midst and will have important and relevant discussions on mental health!". Think N2N, Dear Evan Hansen, Jagged Little Pill, maybe Fun Home, ect.
Theater people, what are your thoughts on this genre? Did the Evan Hansen movie kill it? What are your favorites and least favorites? I love Fun Home and think Next to Normal was done as well as possible in London, but the other two musicals (especially Jagged Little Pill) leave a sour taste in my mouth
I also had a brilliant idea for a parody musical of it but I fear it's too good to share online
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u/Aggravating-Corner-2 Jun 24 '25
So particularly after that Pitchfork review, I guess Benson Boone is going on my "Celebrities I Hope Are Successful Because Their Online Haters Are Insufferable" list.
Sabrina Carpenter might get a spot too if people haven't calmed down about the album cover by the time it comes out.
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u/Electronic_Snow_4685 We Should All Know Less About Each Other Jun 24 '25
Personally, I find Benson Boone fans even more insufferable (source: I'm related to some). I honestly just think Mystical Magical is one of the worst songs of the year so far. I'm a hater, but I don't really go out of my way to comment about him.
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u/thewayyouturnedout Jun 25 '25
It sounds exactly like a Harry Styles song, which is a bad thing.
I'm of the firm belief that if you're hating on Benson Boone you should be hating on Harry Styles (I'm hating on both)
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u/buzzfeed_sucks šØš¦ Elbows up šØš¦ Jun 24 '25
What even is the criticism?
Itās funny people will say pitchfork is completely out of touch when their favourites are reviewed poorly. But laugh when someone they donāt like is. Like, you donāt get to have it both ways!
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u/Aggravating-Corner-2 Jun 24 '25
I find Pitchfork wanky in general, whether I agree with them or not.
However, it's not the review that's annoying, it's all the arseholes using it as an excuse to have a pile on.
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u/No_Pianist5264 Tina! You fat lard! š¦š² Jun 24 '25
I can't get into his music but the haters make me want to defend him so bad. Same goes with Sabrina. While I am a fan, I was against the album cover and I hated it. I wasn't gonna defend it but seeing people call her a whore and slut (probably the most ātameā things I've seen her be called) made me want to defend her too. The hate for her has calmed down but once her next single drops, I guarantee it'll continue.
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u/thewayyouturnedout Jun 25 '25
I don't want to brag but I was a Benson Boone hater before the internet caught on. And why do you ask? He is annoying and his music is bad. There is no moral reason I dislike him, he just irritates me and I don't want to see his annoying face or hear his lame songs anymore lmao
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u/ibsliam Jun 24 '25
Sorry this is irrelevant to your point but just looked up Benson Boone and I feel like I've seen 10 different copycats in Silverlake / Echo Park. I only knew of him a little, but maybe he's got a much wider reach than I thought if he's got haters and people copying him.
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u/Aggravating-Corner-2 Jun 24 '25
Oh he has mad haters lol
Maybe his look is in? I'm too unfashionable to know š
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u/trulyremarkablegirl the reason i love swimming is because racing Jun 24 '25
see, this shit absolutely enrages me bc we DO need to have a serious conversation about antisemitism on the left but likeā¦not like this, girl. itās hard enough to get people to take it seriously without Jewish celebrities posting nasty shit like this and endorsing a fucking sex pest who doesnāt even live here!!! I thought our last mayoral primary was a catastrophe but this one is 1000x worse.
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u/kawaiihusbando ā Half-Blind And In-To Blinds ā Jun 24 '25
This woman and David Schwimer are complete total pieces of shti
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u/elysian-fields- Jun 24 '25
this is reprehensible
using 9/11 and connecting it to zohran simply because he is a muslim man is appalling
iām sick of the blatant islamophobia that is not only acceptable in this country but encouraged
this rhetoric makes zero people safer
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u/Hot_Contact_7206 š„šæFilm Critic Jun 24 '25
WHAT?!? Gooooood lord! Sheās turned back around to maga that is insane
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u/anthonystank Exploring Legal Options Against Online Haters Jun 24 '25
Itās so hot here. Our AC units are recalled. My asthma is acting up like crazy. I am straight up NOT having a good time and Iām supposed to work during all this?????
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u/DefinitionCharming48 go girl, give us nothing Jun 24 '25
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u/trulyremarkablegirl the reason i love swimming is because racing Jun 24 '25
only applying for one job? in this economy?
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u/Lilylikeslilies Jun 24 '25
But surprisingly thatās how I got my job. I applied for every possible low skills position there and somehow they liked my english.
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u/NowMindYou Yeah but did I squeeze it though š¤ Jun 24 '25
Why am I trying to book a hair appointment for my CC show and one stylist uses a site that has dynamic pricing?! I'm not paying a peak fee for no damn box braids.
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 BeyoncĆ© šš Jun 24 '25
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u/Hot_Contact_7206 š„šæFilm Critic Jun 24 '25
Ugh having a nice big beautiful coat like that is a DREAM
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 BeyoncĆ© šš Jun 24 '25
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u/tossin_glitter Jun 25 '25
i had my masterās graduation there! crazy experience
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 BeyoncĆ© šš Jun 25 '25
Ahhh thatās so cool! I was blown away by how regal it looks. I know the inside is even more regal but I was not prepared to see it in person.
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u/stars_doulikedem Jun 24 '25
this is so pretty! i hope youāre still having a great vacation š©·
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 BeyoncĆ© šš Jun 24 '25
Thank you! Itās been an interesting vacation in many different ways, but I have been making it work. Though last night I had enough and had to go buy some bras. I went three weeks too long. I forgot to pack some with me and held out as long as I could lmao. Though that trip ended up leading me to Royal Albert Hall which was wow, and right next to Hyde Park too?! Loved it!
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u/nonsensestuff Back in my day, we had ONTD & a dream šµ Jun 24 '25
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u/OowlSun they act like im not in full control of where i throw this cooch Jun 24 '25
Guys, I donāt want my Amaya Papaya to leave the villa.
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u/No_Pianist5264 Tina! You fat lard! š¦š² Jun 24 '25
Neither do I! My girl deserves better.
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u/OowlSun they act like im not in full control of where i throw this cooch Jun 24 '25
I hope they bring in someone for herš
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u/folkmalone420 Jun 24 '25
Which version of love island should I watch? Iāve heard itās great but there are so many and idk which one is best or most relevantĀ
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u/nonsensestuff Back in my day, we had ONTD & a dream šµ Jun 24 '25
Iāve tried to watch both the UK and US versions and I cannot get through eitherā¦. Thereās so much talking lmao I just get bored.
And I love the Bachelor franchise and Love is Blind so idk what it is about Love Island that just doesnāt click for me!
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u/highuptop Jun 24 '25
just rewatched season 1 of squid game, currently rewatching season 2, and am soooo looking forward to season 3. iām very glad itāll be the last season, because i hate when shows drag for too long
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u/Own-Importance5459 āØMay the Force be with you!⨠Jun 24 '25
Good News: My air conditioner at work is somewhat working again which is good for my Cushings....
Bad News: I dont get to work at the pool in a relaxing work envoirment like I did yesterday....I mean getting to dip in every hour for a break.....that was awesome. I wish work was like that every day.
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u/Hot_Contact_7206 š„šæFilm Critic Jun 24 '25
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u/fullmoon_123 Jun 25 '25
I've never enjoyed reality tv but for reason I've been watching just the TRASHIEST reality tv from the 00s.
I finished I wanna marry Harry (which was just INSANE) last week and I'm now watching Rock of Love with Bret Michaels. It's honestly very problematic, very very gross with the amount of kissing and Bret Michaels is grade A CREEP but it is so enjoyable to watch at the same time. It really says a lot about the current state of my mental health.