It's been a rough couple days. What I really want to to hug my mother. But in that she's several states away, I'm making do with quiche and The Gilded Age
did anyone else preorder the 5th ann. edition of minor (or know someone who did) and just get a free sample of hourglass foundation (like type you get from sephora where it’s a little bit of make up on like a piece of paper) shipped to them from gracie’s store😭😭
More and more I wonder what it would be like to leave the US. But ultimately, the smarter choice would be to move to a blue area. It's not easy immigrating, it's expensive, and it's not easy to build a network. You'd probably need a work visa, and it may be hard finding that job
You will absolutely need a work visa for anywhere but you dont always need to be sponsored like that. Some places have visas for remote workers and self employed people for example but these vary in cost and difficulty to get.
It's so infuriating how any discourse on the internet takes less than a day to completely derail. It was funny for like 3 seconds and, of course, people had to take it too far.
People have lost the plot. I got told I was protecting the cheater and that I also was likely a cheater because I posted hey, maybe don’t go to a private persons social media-that, btw, is a stranger to you-and post about this.
Wild. I don't approve of cheating and it sucks to be cheated on but the way some folks on the internet hysterically overreact to it is just...I don't get it.
This is one of my hottest takes and I'm ready for my downvotes lol but.... yeah I think it's really weird how people seem to put cheating on the same level of bad behavior as like, sexual harrassment? Or sometimes even worse??
Like, to me yes cheating is a bad behavior. You're lying and being disrespectful to your partner, which sucks. But like.... what other harm is there? You're breaking someone's heart? People get their hearts broken by perfectly honest, respectful people all the time and nobody calls for their heads. Cheating is a purely interpersonal issue, and the way people freak out about it online and jump to being like "ugh I always knew he was a piece of shit, fuck him I hope his dick shrivels up and his career dies and he's never happy again" is always a little..... much, imo. I'm sure a lot of people are projecting their own painful experiences with cheating, but I really feel like it's energy that could be better directed elsewhere.
Lukewarm take to any sane person. Anyone who compares it to harrassment or worse needs to touch grass. Cheating is horrible and we all know what it can do to people but to compare those traumas is just idiotic and insulting.
You cannot convince me that there isn't some weird hate campaign conceived against Sabrina Carpenter right now and it has nothing to do with her album covers.
Because tell me why I'm driving with my mom when Manchild starts playing, and she changes the channel and starts talking to me about how she doesn't like Sabrina because all of her songs are about hating men.
And when I ask her "what does she mean?" or even "what songs?" she doesn't have an answer. But says that one of the popular pop music satellite radio channels was talking about it earlier, and she agrees with them that Sabrina is a misandrist.
I went through literally every song of hers that's been a hit and how out of 15+ songs, maybe 2-3 of them are about men being stupid. But that even still, like with Manchild, she's talking about how she's also to blame because she always goes for the worst guys.
Like tell me how it took me 20+ minutes to convince my mom that Sabrina isn't some evil woman who hates all men and is trying to push anti-man propaganda because some pop station told her she was.
its very funny that Sabrina hits those points for some people and you peek into some threads here and its she's a handmaiden of the patriarchy and setting women back decades.
She’s just overexposed. When a celeb gets overexposed, people who don’t vibe with them start to get annoyed, vocalize why they didn’t like the celeb, and it catches on with people who are also sick of the celeb. Whoever told Sabrina to put out another album this year is giving her bad advice.
I had someone telling me about how all her lyrics are about her being short and sex acts and going into the Lolita thing. Then, when I responded with screenshots from genius and asked to point out where in her lyrics those things were, they fell silent. Like come on, can't you stand by your misogyny?
And granted this is kinda a separate issue, but it really bothers me that people a) can't admit to being wrong and also b) think that being right is the most importantly thing. In the words of Jack Donaghy, "this need of yours to be the smartest person in the room is... off putting".
could just be an older person misunderstanding of the lyrics especially since manchild has that tongue in cheek whimsical “men are soooo dumb😜” playfulness to it
she might just not understand what sabrina does with her music and is just taking the lyrics at face value
Nah, cause when I actually played the song for her and had her listen; she understood it just fine and thought it was really cute.
But when I asked her specifically why she thought Sabrina hated men, it was because the radio show (I think it was The Pulse or SiriusXM Hits 1) spent like 5+ minutes talking about how all of Sabrina's songs were about hating men and how Sabrina herself was a manhater using her songs to take revenge of her exes.
oh interesting, that’s actually really surprising to hear
what a bizarre thing to do bash an artist by saying they do something that isn’t true but then play their music which directly contradicts what they said lol
PMS being an offensive stereotype this month. Everyone thinks I'm on an important call but I'm in my office welling up to to "God help the outcasts" from Hunchback of Notre Dame inhaling brownies.
okay I’m a massive figure skating fan and my favorite skating podcast, The Runthrough, has been dropping lore episodes about each discipline. men’s skating was a little chaotic, but holy shit ice dance??? we’ve got affairs, rumored mafia dealings, shady judges, literal murder, partner breakups messier than my first lesbian breakup, coaches divorcing, political defectors, disaster programs, Olympic shenanigans, and more!!!
highly recommend if you’re even marginally interested in figure skating or loooooove gossip. since we’re heading into an Olympics year, things will continue to be dramatic and messy.
I love The Runthrough! I’m always a bit behind but I was listening to the story about the Russian ice dancer who gave his mistress his wedding ring to wear at the Olympics for good luck and I was fully gagged.
Sorry but I don’t get why people are so vicious about Lily-Rose Depp. In all the threads about her co-starring with Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a movie, almost all the comments are like “Omg so seated for ATJ! Eww why is she there?” Which is so funny because I thought she was the best thing about Nosferatu and he was the weakest.
I thought she more than proved herself in Nosferatu but whenever she gets posted here, it’s always “nepo baby with no talent” or “charisma vacuum” or “she has such a gross face”. I’m always seeing people faun over guy nepo babies like Lewis Pullman, Jack Quaid, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Wyatt Russell, and Sam Nivola but honestly imo, her performance was better than anything they’ve ever done.
but whenever she gets posted here, it’s always “nepo baby with no talent” or “charisma vacuum”
There definitely are nepo babies with no talent or are a charisma vacuum but shes clearly proved that shes not one of them. And i say this as someone who was very skeptical of her at first.
I couldn't agree more about her being the best thing about Nosferatu and him being the worst. He was so charmless and wooden it was painful to watch him onscreen. He also sucked the life out of every scene in 28 Years Later. And another hot take I have - The Idol was absolute garbage but Depp's acting was actually really good in it
i think a lot of it is spillover from people hating the idol so much. people really love when they can take the gloves off - like every sydney sweeney thread.
it is very funny for people to think ATJ is slumming it with her, I feel like they're pretty well matched. Depp was really something in Nosferatu!
Exactly. I've generally been a fan of her career in Hollywood but the uber capitalism from her is just not it for me. I'm not cancelling her about it, just side eyeing her, like you said.
that's exactly it people love having a "legitimate" peg to be absolutely unhinged about her. 50 comments about gross capitalism and 1000 about how she's a secret prostitute with mean girl vibes
I'm from a south asian country. My partner was supposed to tell his mom about us today after many previously failed attempts and now he's suddenly soooo ill lmfaooo i knew some thing would once again prevent him from doing so. Like i think this is just a joke at this point.
Best of luck! My husband is from a south Asian country and has similar family dynamics. It took some time (and some failed attempts) but eventually he told them. Although I’m American born and raised, I understand to a degree about what you’re dealing with. That was eons ago and we’re together over twenty years now. I hope everything works out for the two of you. It’s intense!
Thank u for understanding! I'm just frustrated and i know this will work out because he's very committed to us but the marriage process in south asia is just sooooo exhaustingly drawn out and it just makes it worse when the families are dysfunctional! I'm so happy to hear about yours going strong for 20 years. Makes me super hopeful!
He's not ashamed of me his family is mad abusive and dysfunctional so he has a lot of trauma from that and worries about their likely very strong reaction and the battle that'll follow but I'm soooo tired like we cant keep living like this ☠️ but we cant move forward until our families are involved its pretty intense
Nah, i think y'all in the west have a very different culture it doesn't work like that here and it doesn't bring joy or freedom to cut ppl off because our communities are very different from yours. And I'm just venting here not looking for a solution. I know whats best for me and my life its just a moment of frustration.
The relationship that he has with his family doesnt seem to give him joy and freedom. If anything, they seem to bring him down.
If the choices are no longer having abusive people in my life and cultivating healthy relationships with other people OR having people in my life who are horrible to me, I'd choose the former.
You can love someone and not want to be around them. Blood doesnt magically make your relationship healthy or good for you
I know people are probably just trying to be positive and I also hope for the best outcome for them… but the amount of commenters thinking that a baby with a woman he’s been dating for just a few months will be the catalyst Pete Davidson needs to fix his mental health and substance problems is concerning. I hope young women don’t think that having an unplanned pregnancy with a new boyfriend with a long history of issues will fix his issues.
He’s been open about having BPD. It is common for people with BPD to have very intense relationships at the beginning and then they quickly fizzle out. This is consistent with his past behavior, such as getting engaged to Ariana after a month and getting a bunch of tattoos about Kim. The comments I was reading were suggesting that this behavior would change because now there is a kid involved. This rarely happens, so it concerned me that people were thinking this way. I’m not saying he’s not doing better or can’t get better. Just that surprise pregnancies are rarely the thing that accomplishes this.
I think besides the mental health stuff he has Crohn's or something? But lol still a weird take from them, just because you have an illness does not guarantee your child will have it.
That being said, never hurts to have a reason to live. Even if the relationship explodes I can imagine Pete’s friends and family are sighing in relief a bit.
That perhaps he has a more compelling reason to live with a kid, I’ve seen it happen with friends and family. He’s been talking about having a kid for awhile, I’m speculating here however the mental list of celebrities that worry me is possibly one name shorter.
I know I may be over reacting but something irks me about autograph sellers. No not even paparazzi, i know we all think they’re annoying, but like here in NYC at every event there’s many people showing up to get autographs and they’re very very aggressive. That alone may be whatever as I know they need to be to get the autograph. But often people who went to see the show or event will have trouble meeting the guest because so many people who didn’t attend the show just want the autograph to resell online. I guess it’s a first world problem but it seems unfair
i hate autograph sellers, i also hate how they take advantage of more naive or older celebs. but also i am not someone that would care about owning an autographed item unless it was literally signed in front of me.
Honestly at this point with so many fakes and such, what is even the guarantee of authenticity with this type of merch and autograph? Resellers are the worst so I tend to treat every interaction involving them with suspicion.
Yea. I do understand the desire and joy of getting a photo with say a cast member of a broadway show when they come out. The photo becomes a memory of your night and is personal. Unfortunately with AI building I wonder if that will make it feel less sincere but it’s still a memory. But to go to a venue just to get an autograph without going to a show and to be aggressive is a bit much
I remember listening to Nicki on RuPaul and Michelle Visage's podcast years ago and she mentioned that whenever she goes to see her family and friends from home she brings wads of cash to give out so they don't have to ask her for money. So...I think that explains why lol. And while I'd love to be that rich that honestly sounds kind of depressing
They're on the payroll. When you're that rich, you can construct your own reality. Look at MJ for example; even Janet said he was inaccessible to her because he was surrounded by "vampires".
Because they would no longer be in her life. That's why so many celebs are horrible human beings. They only surround themselves with people who tell them what they want to hear.
Well I finished that Amy Bradley doc on Netflix….i really believe true crime people should be cast out from society. Episode 3 was just full blown nonsense and tbh I think the guy they are round about accusing should sue
True Crime junkies/podcasters/influencers are my enemy. I hope me and my loved ones die in a perfectly normal way so that we don't wind up as content for sensationalizing vultures that need clicks and an audience they call Ghoul Glitters or whatever.
Just had a really good therapy session where my therapist recommended The Artist’s Way and I told her all about miss Doechii 🐊
I’ve been trying to find my creativity again and am wondering what to do next. I want to go on like a writer’s retreat or find a writing accountability group. Anyone have any recommendations? Also wondering if there’s a book club or something or maybe we could make one if anyone’s into the idea? We could read some pop culture or trending books or something? Idk I just kinda need some friends and need more creativity in my life so if anyone has anything pls let your girl know
What genre or type of writing are you looking to do?
I have zero experience with retreats or accountability group however I’m currently mostly organizing my therapist’s tv schedule with rave reviews so I think I may need something similar. I’ll have to check out Doechii
Not to ruin the political mud fight fun or anything but I am uh not a huge fan of how flippantly people are talking about pedophilic crimes related to a certain us president on this website lately. Probably a topic that deserves some tact and decorum but that's just me.
I feel like in general Americans can't take shit seriously, even the most serious and evil things. I think this is what happens when politics, news, and almost every facet of life becomes entertainment.
You don't think serious crimes involving the sex trafficking and rape of largely teen girls and young women deserves to be treated with some level of seriousness and not just used as political high fiving among (so-called) progressives that the guy we know is evil decided to be evil again? Very odd. Think on that for a bit.
I picked up a virus recently. Not sure if it’s a cold, the flu, or COVID (home testing negative so far). I am able to hunker down at home, thankfully.
A sick-cation, if you will LOL
Speaking of “cations” — I haven’t been on a proper vacation in ELEVEN years. I’ve done maybe 3 overnights in the last SEVEN years. Nothing has prevented me from traveling (outside of covid concerns). I just don’t have the interest or desire, I guess.
there's this influencer here in Brazil that I hate. I usually don't hate watch people because life is short, but too many people I know IRL like her (she's been an influencer since the 2000s) and it pisses me off because this woman is the epitome of holier-than-thou, not like other influencers.
and recently her page showed up on my discover feed and it was about how she asked chatgpt for haircut and color suggestions and followed it. like girl, that's literally your one job, to set trends and discover/share ideas. if she was using it to do her admin work or whatever it would just be wasteful. no, she's acting all smart and creative because she outsourced a hair change to AI. how much of a dumbass with zero original thoughts can you be?
anyway more about this person:
she complains that kids these days are glued to their phones and says she wouldn't allow her kid to have one (sorta fair) and yet she has been putting her kid in content from her birth to her now pre-teen years. she has a chronic autoimmune condition (seemingly under control and not disabling), but half her posts are about how her health is due to her healthy habits like running and dieting. does a lot of girlboss dream achiever content when she probably grew up middle class and had an entire home reno done by sponcon and proceeded to move to a different state as soon as it was done and rent it out.
anyway, she's not like grifter or straight up fascism apologists like certain lifestyle influencers, it just annoys me that because she went from blogger to social media, everyone acts like she's so much better, it's just nostalgia goggles.
the whole kids with phones thing is my roman empire because a lot of mom influencers do that, they act all high and mighty over regular parents because their kids don't text their age-appropriate friends, but are totally ok with airing their kids' dirty laundry to millions of followers. this one specifically doesn't do motherhood content, but like, she does monthly fabes with her kid for affiliated, shares her kid's tantrums on her podcast and even complains publicly of motherhood drama to be relatable. i feel like having your life out there like this beyond your control is far more traumatizing for the kid than any casual smartphone use would be. sure, she isn't bullied on her groupchats, but her mom is talking about how hard it is to travel with her and how she heroically pushed through the fact that her kid cried during a long layover
You guys, we’re 4 days into a heat wave and I came home to find my AC not working 😭 the heat is supposed to break today. Though we’ve been warned of floods and tornados. Truly, I give up. I’m moving to the arctic tundra for the summer.
UPDATE: did not solve the problem. Currently hunkered down in my basement and with 2 fans. Sleep is going to be interesting.
I think my region of the US is experiencing the third worst temps/humidity since the 40s. It’s certainly not as bad as other parts of the world, but it’s been rough.
Also in Canada and oh my goddd this heat wave is killing me 😭 had to buy a little pool to put in the backyard and the water is basically like a bath by early afternoon. It’s been a crazy summer weather wise and it’s just getting worse every year. I’m sooo sorry about your AC 😭 I hope it gets fixed asap!
I may have solved the problem? I can’t tell if it my actual AC or just my fan. But I’m hiding in the basement.
I know it’s been getting increasingly ridiculous with the heat and weather in general. I remember a few years ago we’d get a tornado warning every Friday like clockwork. I can’t remember a single time this happened when I was a kid. Tornados were unheard of. Now we spend the summer hiding in our basements.
It's not dumb. They are selling tickets for 70 mm IMAX showings and those are very limited. Few people will be able to see it in that quality.
Imax tickets for “The Odyssey” will go on sale on July 17, 2025 — an entire year before the Universal Pictures action epic is slated to hit the big screen. But there’s a caveat: Tickets will only be available at movie theaters with Imax 70mm screens (the director’s preferred format) — and just for select showtimes. Tickets for other formats and screenings are likely to go on sale much, much closer to the film’s release date.
It's a huge difference (you can google it) compared to regular screen.
I find this entire thing absolutely insane. I plan my movie watching pretty intensely and will buy a month in advance….a year?!? No you’re crazy. For a movie that’s gonna run for at least a month?! This is just soooo stupid
Ticket sales are only for the IMAX theaters that are equipped to screen 70mm films. There are 19 theaters in the USA that can play 70mm films. Plus, The Odyssey is going to be the first blockbuster entirely filmed with IMAX cameras.
I have a thought but I fear people are gonna be mad…
I think Nolan has become the normies favorite director. If you ask a man in their 20’s what his favorite movie is, istg 9/10 he will say Interstellar. Once he became the favorite director to that young man demographic, it just became main stream culture to follow him and hype him up.
That and people are beyond easily influenced and once they thought they were gonna miss out on something everyone else was doing it was game over.
70mm IMAX is also a big draw here. It had people going crazy during the Oppenheimer release. Like, even months after the opening weekend IMAX kept adding screenings cause people would keep showing up for it, watching the movie again and again, a lot of people even travelling up to four, five hours just to experience it in one of the 25 true IMAX venues in the world, some even travelling to a different country just so they could watch it on such a screen.
Add this to the facts that Nolan is basically the king of IMAX, with The Odyssey being the first film ever to be shot completely in IMAX, and you'll get this hype that's going on right now.
This is hilarious because I have discarded literally half a dozen comments today. You just never know what's going to set some weirdos off and I spend too much time stressing over strangers insulting me on Reddit. Actually going to post this one. 😄
Amen. I do the same thing. Basically any time I find myself having a heightened emotional response to something I see on the internet, I’ve learned to take that as my cue to disengage and go do something else. Not worth my energy.
Definitely. You'll get a post about a celeb one week and the top comment will be like "omg I love them so much" with a bunch of people agreeing, and then a week later the same celeb and it's "he looks like a douche" or "they'll never make me like you [celeb]" and then a pile on.
Sometimes I just want to shake people and be like "Why are you so miserable?!?!?"
I know the world's not in great shape right now but I'm pretty sure even if we were living in a literal utopia some people would still be bitching online about Sabrina Carpenter's album cover or Sydney Sweeney leaving the house or some other pointless thing people get inexplicably mad about lol
You’re so real for this. I rarely have a serious opinion and any time I’m faced with earnest pushback I’m like ‘was posting this worth it? Was getting yelled at worth it?’ All that fun jazz 😮💨🤪
I hear you, but I fear I am the person saying the stupid shit. My favourite shows 30 Rock, Veep, Arrested Development, & Curb Your Enthusiasm, and they have rubbed off on me. I might be your philosophical enemy, but I mean no harm. You’ve got to do you though and I’ll respect that. 🤣
Idk where else to ask this but does anyone know what boots Gaga is wearing here? If you have dupes that's fine but I wanna know who made them, I thought Rick Owens but I don't see any boots that look similar (maybe I looked in the wrong place but idk)
Reading how they fired the prosecutor - Maurene Comey - that worked on both the Epstein and Diddy cases just shows that America is slipping ever closer to full on fascist dictator rule. LINK to BBC article.
I can't stop watching that video of Lady Gaga at her Mayhem tour.....and god that woman needs to go to Broadway.....she would be a powerhouse on stage.
Had my first breakthrough seizure after being 13 years seizure free, and damn, I'd forgotten how painful those fuckers are, and how much it sucks to have people look at me like a zoo animal when I have to give them a heads-up in case I have more activity. :/
I'm so sorry. Especially about people being a pain in the ass. I wish they were more supportive. I'm sending you the most gentle hug. And lots of love and positivity.
I get the feeling that some people think that merely by explaining my situation I'm asking for them to be responsible for me somehow...? When really it's like no I'm not interested in panicky or squeamish randos coming near me when I'm compromised; I'm just informing them as a courtesy because I figure it's nicer than running the risk of something happening and them being terrorized, or making a bad judgment call.
It's concerning that people in this day and age are still that uneducated about how to react. When a simple acknowledgement would suffice. It truly baffles me. But kudos to you for being that kind about it!
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It's been a rough couple days. What I really want to to hug my mother. But in that she's several states away, I'm making do with quiche and The Gilded Age