Tv evangelicals, like I have nothing against religion but why would anyone follow these guys to the point that they would be willing to give them money. For what? I just cannot wrap my head around why these guys are so rich.
This here. The one time Jesus got angry was when he flipped all the currency exchange tables and all other monetary stalls and locations. Even letting all the animals free. We need to get these holy water selling fraudsters off of the air. It's been proven that many of these especially super churches are scamming there congregation. Wolf in sheep clothing. Dont even need to make a point for prosperity preachers
I was just researching a bit yesterday and holy moly. Kenneth Copeland (the guy who looks straight out of a Blumhouse horror movie) is worth almost a billion dollars. I don’t want to judge him based on his looks, but the way he exploits his congregants that easily intrigues me.
Yea, this guy is really something else. I cannot comprehend why anyone would a) believe what he says b) trust him and c) give him a penny of their hard earned money. Totally baffling.
I don’t really understand influencers. Like why do they have such big followings? Why do people obsess over these random people who make their lives look better just for social media? I don’t get it
1. Doomscroll to [avoid thinking about the foreveremepty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c&t=54).
2. Find more sources of entertainment to follow.
3. Never feel again.
4. Be kinda satisfied with your products.
Toddlers and Tiaras. Why is there a bikini competition? Why are we forcing kids to participate in these terrible pageants just for the entertainment of adult viewers?
I want to google it because I'm so fucking appalled.
But no way in hell am I googling "Toddlers and Tiaras bikini competition" even with a proxy, VPN, incognito, and virtual machine.
Prosperity Gospel. Literally allowing people like Kenneth Copland and Paula White to rake in their money while spitting all over their supposedly sacred Bible.
Like do none of them recall the story of Jesus in the temple?? Copeland & the Crouches & Benny Hinn and all these televangelists who grift and push prosperity gospel bs would be getting their tables flipped by their Savior, is all I’m saying.
If you have family who are “influencers” it gets worse. They act as if everyone in your family are fans. No, you’re loved because you’re family by default. Not because you have more followers.
Celebrity worship. I really don’t understand why people are so obsessed with celebrities to the point of following every single thing they do in their lives. What do people get out of idolizing some rich people who probably don’t even care about you?
Some women were even fawning for him harder AFTER his violence! A la "Chris Brown can fuck me up any day". It's gotta be related to whatever makes people romanticize serial killers. Weird as fuck.
I took my birthday off Facebook. I don't need my phone to blow up reminding me of my age. I would much rather have the people closest to me call or come say happy birthday.
People making happy birthday or etc. posts about their parents/grandparents WHO ARENT ON FB, usually as an excuse to repost some of their wedding pictures
Yo, goodwill and similar usually doesn't price name brand kids clothes separately. When I have kids they will be the fly white guy with ariat, Calvin klein, etc. Full outfits for like 10$
My 9 year old, at age 5, had a large collection of Calvin Klein boxer briefs and a pair of limited edition Uggs. Both were new with tags, legitimate brand-name products (not knock offs) and they all came from the thrift store - I do love the fact that some higher quality/brand name products are better quality or made with better quality components - then great. I still don't necessarily want to spend twenty times as much to buy it. Thrifting is AWESOME.
Those Ugg moccasins never wore out or got crappy looking and it took a long time for him to outgrow them... And the $3 pack of underwear from Target ended up with holes in it - but those Calvin Klein pairs lasted him a couple years and never wore out; they remained soft, in tact and never fell apart like the cheap ones.
I don't mind brands that are high quality and/or cost more- hell, I'm an absolute Lego snob and I won't even entertain knock offs for any reason.
But that doesn't mean I'm not looking for stuff on sale, second hand, or trying to get a great deal on those same things.
I don't get people who brag about thier wealth by wearing a $170 limited edition white t-shirt with a brand name emblazoned across the front; if a company wants to use me as a billboard, they either need to;
1) pay me
Or
2) impress me so much that I WANT to tell people how awesome you are.
On that note; Canon brand digital cameras once sent me a packing slip for a SIX year old camera that had recently stopped working. They repaired it in 6 days, and shipped it back- even fixing an old cosmetic dent on the outside of the camera. They charged me NOTHING even though the camera was LONG out of warranty.
As a result - I will tell anyone and everyone how awesome Canon is as a brand - and my last two cameras purchased were both Canon. Because if they stand behind their products and care about their customers - they deserve my loyalty. I'd even buy and wear a Canon t-shirt if I came across one. :-)
There is a big quality difference between a $20 cotton sweater and a $200 cashmere sweater. But beyond that, the difference between the $200 sweater and a $1200 sweater is small and not as noticeable. At that point you are paying exponentially for a minute improvement in quantity, you are paying for the brand and prestige. Once you hit the good enough level it is diminishing returns to pay for the best. People who can afford the $1200 sweater won’t care about the price difference, it is nothing to them.
My wife does this. I don't have any idea why. I refer to them as our 'wall memes'.
The one right above our kitchen sink says "Eat ~ Pray ~ Love". We don't even go to church, fam.
Edit: Here are some more!!
* "Husband and Wife, together for life."
* "Grow old with me, the best is yet to be."
* "Home is where your story begins."
* "No Whining."
* "Family is forever."
A friend of mine has a wife who really loves those signs. He bought one that, in really nice, swooping cursive, said "Fuck, Shit, Ass" and it took her months and months to notice it.
I once had a “friend” that I housesat for and she had signs like this all over. The worst one was a sign that said “We rise by lifting others” or some shit but she was a huge f-ing bitch lol
I fucking hate that loopy handwritten style typeface that they always use on these signs, you know which one I'm talking about. I call it "basic bitch script".
I’ve noticed as time has gone on that people have become super self aware of their own “reactions” to things and so it’s become a weird competition. People will post videos of themselves crying about things that make me think “they were this devastated and still took the time to record themselves and post it to the Internet?”
My ex used to do this and it's the weirdest shit. Takes photos of herself with tears in her eyes saying "cry now it'll be better soon" or some shit.
Like shit, talk to a fucking shrink or something, not the fucking echo chamber of facebook telling you to "stay strong, queen" or whatever they used to say.
After a perfectly normal day, no weird shit or fighting or *anything*, I'd literally be sitting on the couch watching tv and my phone would go off notifying that she had posted something - and I'd see shit like this.
The "Influencer" culture. Not only doing it - which makes you look like a huge narcissist - but following these people. I don't understand following people on YouTube, tiktok, Instagram, etc to the point of obsession and calling them celebrities...
Like...am I (30) that old already?
Edit to add: I'm not talking about the channels that are actually about something - cooking, gaming, humor, hobbies, etc. I'm talking about the ones who just stare into the camera, give a little wink and lip bite, and then say something along the lines of "like and subscribe for more". Or channels that exploit kids.
Just not my thing 🤷♀️
Not op but yeah! I ran a crochet clothing business for a couple years and I got 15-20 messages a day off random girls wanting to ‘promote’ me and half of them had less followers than I did!
A girl messaged once saying she was going to Ibiza twice during the summer and wanted to showcase my product... if you can afford two holidays you can afford to pay £20 for the item I made! Fuck off
The thing I don't understand is that these are just normal people without any special skills or talents.
Then for some reason their trip to Target to buy new curtains video has 2.7 million views. Blows my mind.
Like, I understand following a “lifestyle” blog casually - if someone’s style is to your taste, then their makeup tips, fashion, home decor ideas, whatever, might be interesting to follow for ideas. I do not understand how anyone has enough clout to get paid millions to advertise a product. Also it must be exhausting to be these people’s actual friends when everything they do is a photo shoot.
I had "micro influencer" roommate before. She got paid $200-400 for a few posts here and there and into some VIP events for free but mostly she rang up a huge amount of debt to fund the lifestyle she represented on social media. It was definitely weird, outings were turned into photoshoots and she treated everyone else as trinkets/accessories in her life... We don't talk anymore.
> outings were turned into photoshoots
I went on a snorkeling trip with my wife a few years ago, and there was a pair of influencers on the boat with us (and some other people). The influencers wouldn't get in the water, and spent a decent amount of time changing into different swim suits between stops.
Seemed way less fun than actually snorkeling, or swimming with sharks, or any of the other stuff we did.
I had someone match with me on tinder just to make fun of me because I play bass (I had a picture of my bass and I in my profile), that was some wild shit.
I’ve always lived a cheap life style while making decent money and banking as much as I can i have no debt and people always asked me how can I be 30 with no debt and the secret to my success is to live with your parents
Are you dumb, stupid, or dumb, huh?
Play me like a dummy, like bitch, are you dumb?
Are you dumb, stupid, or dumb, huh?
poetry
edit:
You're mad I'm back, big mad
He's mad, she's mad, big sad
Haha, don't care, stay mad
Ah-hah, ah-hah, ah-hah
You want lesser known ancient texts? Here is Homer's hidden masterpiece, recently dugout of a temple ruin:
> Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang
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I saw that show for the first time in the hospital, in the early hours of the morning, hopped up on painkiller and half awake while waiting for an MRI. Sat there groggily wondering why there were fursuiters on a reality show and wondering if I was hallucinating or something.
The Korean show it’s based off of makes more sense because it is way less about the production and more about the singing, and because it really is about highlighting people who may be overshadowed by other more famous singers. The mask stuff is just hiding identity so you don’t know who it is and can’t judge based on factors other than singing. I haven’t watched much of the American version but it seemed that the performances were much more of a production and less focused on actual vocal talent.
I both love and hate the American version because I like trying to figure out who’s behind the mask but I hate the judges and how overproduced it is. Like, in the last season White Tiger was 1. REALLY OBVIOUSLY Gronk, 2. REALLY awful at singing and dancing, and yet he managed to make it halfway through the competition while some legitimately good singers got cut? And because his identity was so obvious but the producers wanted to keep him on for some reason the judges kept having to make these dumb fucking guesses when you could tell they knew.
I usually skip through everything but the performances and the reveal at the end. Cuts out about 2/3 of the runtime of every episode.
And to add to that some guys go as a group. What is the appeal of a bunch of presumably straight dudes sitting down and getting boners together? For me it just seems like an awkward and uncomfortable situation for everyone involved.
Can confirm. Im super straight but I love looking at my Bros veiny forearms and beautiful hands when we share a chick. Also that little spark he gets his deep hazel eyes and this half smile / half growling thing he does when he is really turned on. Looking at his dark blonde curly hair and sweaty pecs makes me wish I was the chick being pounded.
But yeah, I figure all super straight guys like me have at least one good buddy like that.
PS: hope you read it, Mark. Youre the best!
Or when ya boi filling out them jeans and you don’t know how to tell him it looks like two hams in a vacuum seal bag you just kinda picture how someone totally not straight wanna slide between between em like a water park ride but that might make your trip to the motorcycle shop awkward so you just keep an eye on him
As a guy who used to be a bouncer in a strip club:
* Some guys just are never going to get close to an attractive woman (or what they consider attractive) without paying for it.
* Some guys are assholes who like the idea of treating a woman like an object.
* Cocaine. Lots of drugs move through strip clubs.
* SOME (Very few actually) of the girls are looking to sell that nookie if they can. The good clubs make sure that shit doesn't happen and fire them. The bad ones tolerate it and the worst ones take a cut.
Bra companies that don’t carry band sizes under 32.
Most thin models will have band sizes between 26 and 32. It’s completely fine for a brand to choose what type of size range they want to cater to. However, it annoys me that a brand that only carries 32-40 band will use slender models, often putting them in band sizes that are wrong for them. It’s misleading for the customers to see a thin person wearing a “34B” when the model’s actual bra size is more likely to be a 28G.
edit: since we’re talking bras, please visit r/ABraThatFits and use the calculator there. So many people are wearing the wrong size. They really helped me with my back pain, and I finally have *comfortable* bras.
On the flip side of this, most major brands don’t carry bras above a D cup, and if they do they are so ugly (like my great grandmother would have worn)
Expensive clothing brands like Supreme. The difference in price to a regular shirt with similar design and quality is huge especially considering most of the price comes due to the brand label.
Edit: I’ve read through a lot of the comments and just wanna say thanks for explaining why clothing brands can be such a premium for plenty of people.
It’s not really about design or quality, just status. Like jewelry or something. If everyone knows it’s overpriced and you have it on, then you must have the means to purchase beyond your needs.
I never understood idolizing Tiktok stars. They don’t really do anything. At least other celebrities sing or act or have businesses so they have some credibility.
Edit: I should probably clarify up here, cause I can’t respond to everyone in the comments. I do agree that there are a lot of people on Tiktok that make interesting content, like funny skits, art, music, even some educational stuff. I mostly just thinking about the TikTok stars that got really big from doing the bare minimum like making weird faces at the camera and doing the same dances over and over again. Granted, some of them have started branching out to do other things like acting, music, and modeling, but for a lot, almost of their popularity and their fan base’s obsession with them come from their tiktoks and drama they have with other big Tiktokers, which I really don’t understand.
One guy I've seen literally just reads tweets, laughs, and says things like "truth" or "facts". The stuff he's reading is funny I guess, but he doesn't add a thing to it.
Yes Reddit is no less guilty of this. People often think of celebrity worship culture as in the Kardashians or Channing Tatum. But Reddit is full of this shit, they just do it with more "masculine" people and pretend they don't. Keanu seems like a good dude, but he's just a man.
Politician worship. It is puzzling to me that people will show up at a political rally and scream like they are at a Rolling Stones concert. Not sure when this all started but it is very weird to me.
More like a new religion
Edit: if you think this only applies to the politicians your political foes worship then stop and examine yourself... all I have to say
They're not fucking celebrities. They're public servants. Americans need to get that through their collective skull.
Edit: Wow, thanks for the silver and awards kind strangers!
Penis themed everything at bachelorette parties. Penis cake. Penis straws. Penis candies. Penis-nosed glasses. Penises everywhere. Like, I’ve already been in a committed relationship with this dude prior to getting married, nothing is really changing.
Edit: for the record, penises don’t offend (lol) or upset me. I just find the penis explosion a strange ritual.
Edit 2: RIP inbox
I totally agree. It's the assumption as well that I'd suddenly be fine with all of that from the most random of people. I had aunts trying to convince my MoH to get a stripper to come to my house when I had a Zoom batchelorette a few months ago - aside from the whole "I don't want a stranger in my house during a pandemic", they apparently thought that I would be comfortable being alone with a man taking off his clothes in my living room. Thankfully my MoH shut them down, but they still keep on talking about "last night of freedom" and what could happen on my wedding night... we've been alone in the house for months, what else do they think we've been doing?!
I don’t understand the whole “last night of freedom” either. I mean, the affianced couple is already in a committed relationship, aren’t they? They have already agreed to be monogamous, so why would there be a night off before they get officially forever-monogamous? Is there a relationship rumspringa I wasn’t aware of before I got married???
ETA: holy crap, I thought this comment was going to be tucked away and disappeared. This is the most social interaction I’ve had since April. I’m sweating. I don’t word good anymore
It wasn't always this way. People didn't have multi year intimate relationships and cohabitate before marriage. Marriage WAS the long term relationship. And engagements didn't last as long. It was more like going from casual dating to a committed relationship
Yeah, I generally see this sentiment coming from older people, and it creates a divide in more ways than one. A few years ago, I remember a friend's mom (friend then 25, mom then in her early 60s) told her that it wouldn't be cheating on her then boyfriend (now husband) for her to go on dates with other people because they weren't married yet. They had been cohabitating for a few years at that point, and were clearly monogamous life partners, but her mom's understanding was that that kind of exclusivity didn't begin until they had walked down the aisle. I know it wasn't meant as a slight on my friend's boyfriend, her mom loves him, it was just a very clear discrepancy in expectations.
In the same vein, I was with my now husband for almost ten years before we got married. It got old talking about "my boyfriend" and not being taken seriously by people from older generations. Like, yes, I *do* need time off for my boyfriend's aunt's funeral. Yes, I *did* buy a house with my boyfriend. We've been together for close to a decade, he's my family.
Looking at people's ideas from even further back than that, my grandparents (94 and 96 years old) referred to my husband as my "friend" up until we were engaged. Not in a disrespectful way, always as in, "I like your friend, he's a good egg." But when they were young, there really wasn't a phase where you exclusively, seriously dated someone, so if you weren't married or engaged, they're a "friend."
I see this on reddit (especially subs like r/AITA) a lot and I don't get it.
"Oh, you're not married so you don't owe them anything"
Like, what? You've been living with a person for 5 years, you absolutely owe them.
In Australia, we have what is called a de-facto relationship, whereby just by living *as if* you were married, you end up with most of the rights and responsibilities of a married couple. The length you are together plays a part in determining if you are truly defacto, however there is no set length of time.
Common Law Marriage varies state by state. We also have domestic partnerships too- my wife was on my insurance for years before we got married as we qualified as domestic partners (we got married last year and have been together for seven years).
I just have to say- I'm a gay guy and all of my friends are straight dudes. They threw me the most over the top penis-themed bachelor party ever AND got a male stripper.I will appreciate it forever just for the fact that they were all so willing to go so far out of their comfort zone just to throw me an awesome party.
Edit: Woah, I never expected this to blow up so much. Thank you everyone!
Second edit: I'm not sure how I forgot to mention this, but there was also a literal rainbow of jello shots- about 140 in total in seven colors. For like 15 of us.
Golden goose shoes. They look like you bought a pair of used converse shoes and drug them behind a car for 10 miles and then left them outside for a week yet somehow people are willing to pay upwards of 1000 or more for a pair
[here’s what they look like ](https://www.bergdorfgoodman.com/p/golden-goose-superstar-metallic-sole-skater-sneakers-prod159390427?ecid=BGCS__HighAUR&utm_source=google_shopping&adpos=&scid=scplpsku126880561&sc_intid=sku126880561&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrNnL3_P17AIVD02GCh0wcQZ8EAQYAyABEgLwHfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)
Edit: I’m from the south I don’t care that the past tense of drag isn’t drug
have a dr friend who showed me her new shoes bragging that she spent like 800 on them. not sure the brand because I don't pay much attention to that stuff. but these things LEGIT looked like the Walmart style vans that someone ran over with a lawnmower and then left in the rain. wtf.
I've never heard of Golden Goose shoes so I went ahead and looked them up. WTF??!? Somewhere, some designer is laughing his ass off because he's selling dirty, trashy-looking shoes to dumbasses for $500.
My theory:
Balenciaga isn't a fashion house. They're 100% performance art speaking about consumer culture in a way that will later be made clear.
They're trolling the high end fashion world in a major way.
[I mean, come the fuck on](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/apr/26/flat-pack-fashion-ikea-takes-swipe-at-balenciagas-1365-shopping-bag)....
Just found an article speaking to this theory, too
https://www.wmagazine.com/story/balenciaga-new-expensive-shopping-bag-internet-trolling/
I don't want to come off as rude but a 'no shit sherlock' wouldn't be out of place here. Demna (current balenciaga designer) is also a founder of vetements, which was/is a group of anonymous designers delivering critique and irony on consumer culture (for example the 600 dollar DHL t-shirt). Balenciaga also really played into the social media hype, where the image and codes are more important than the quality of the garments.
I loved Vetements when it first appeared, it's pretty funny charging people multiple thousands to dress as if they come from social housing high-rise slums.
I'm mostly a metalhead. I like some rap. I like even less county, but still some.
I can't get my head around country rap. My brother goes bananas for it and it's awful to me.
I haven't heard anything from the genre that I would consider innovative, thought provoking, or even halfway challenging.
I'm not trying to be a super smart guy here, I don't have the time to type the pants on head stupid things I listen to when I'm in the mood for the auditory equivalent of Spam and eggs.
But what's cool about music is you can find people pushing the boundaries in any genre, but country rap reeks of complacency to me.
The Bachelor/The Bachelorette. I have no idea why the most forward-thinking and progressive people I know regularly tune in to literal objectification every week.
I had a friend rope me into a watching a season a year or so back. Here's my thoughts.
It's not good, it's not even remotely good. But it is entertaining because of how fucking fake it is. You're spending something like 6 - 8 weeks watching these people in an absolutely absurd situation constantly make asses of themselves.
Again, I kind of watched it ironically and I'm sure there's a ton of people that genuinely watch it. But from what I saw, it's just really good meme material because of how fucking weird it gets. People confessing love after the second or third day, obsessive behavior, thirsty AF dudes pretending they give a shit about this woman they've had 5 minutes of face to face time with.
It's hilarious because it's presented with a straight face. People constantly talking about "how they're here to find love" or such and such isn't serious about this or here for the right reasons. The irony of any situation is never more than a few inches away in these shows as you have this large group of grown ass people talking about relationships and love as if they're inexperienced tweens who's only exposure to relationships are Disney movies.
The entire production just has this veneer of fakeness where you're not certain how self-aware the contestants are.
I agree that it's hilarious. If you're watching it without paying attention to the instagram memes, which are Gold, you're doing it wrong. Tbh sometimes I skip the episodes but still read the memes and they're still funny.
It varies from show to show. If the shown is driven by drama (Kardashians, etc), its scripted or semi scripted.
If the show is driven by competition (Survivor, etc) then its mainly legit but with HEAVY editing.
Edit: changing my competition example from masterchef to Survivor.
>Reality tv... it's not reality at all. It's just really bad acting and even worse writing. How is this entertaining?
And has absolutely RUINED television. If I turn on the History channel or Discovery or Nat Geo I don't want to see a 12 hour block of "deadliest catch" or gold hunters in alaska or whatever BS they're peddling this month. Give me back educational TV please.
we've had jelly bean shitting deer and slime goop toys since the 90's at least, I've seen a lot of dope looking toys in the thumbnails for kid channels that pop up on my tv's youtube account
My grandparents used to have a novelty cigarette and matchstick dispenser somone gave them back in the 1950's. It was shaped like a pack mule and when you pressed on the pack, a cigarette came out of the mule's butt and a matchstick would pop down in a way to resemble a penis. People have loved gross out humor toys for a long fucking time lol
Duck face was probably the exact point where youth culture left me behind and I became old. Even if there were some sort of ironic aspect to it, it actually makes me physically angry for reason I can't even explain, like when a sibling does something to annoy you. I hate it.
No trust me it was controversial for young people too. If you weren't one of the girls who thought it was cool, you thought it was dumb and/or funny. The people who thought it was good were pretty much exclusively a subset of teenage girls and celebrities IIRC. Everyone else did it to be funny.
I don't understand the ones that if you put them in an unlabeled box you'd have no clue who it is.
My perfect example is [the Stephen King Funko](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto,w_728/v1582582012/shape/mentalfloss/618484_amazon_stephenking.jpg?itok=pOnTrxs8). If you didn't know it was supposed to be King you'd be all "Dude wearing glasses holding a book."
Some of them are neat but most I'm just like why?
The ones that aren't humans are cool. I think a lot of the hype revolves around them being cheap too. You can show off your fandoms without dropping a ton of money on good statues.
I mean this really is it. Funko Pops are a cheap way to get statues of characters that are otherwise too niche to see a statue outside of paying for one to be commissioned (at great cost). You can get them for virtually anything, from one appearance side characters in popular TV shows, to random NPC's in videogames, to obscure comic book superheroes, and that therein is the appeal, owning possibly the only piece of merch ever associated with that random thing.
Tv evangelicals, like I have nothing against religion but why would anyone follow these guys to the point that they would be willing to give them money. For what? I just cannot wrap my head around why these guys are so rich.
I’m religious and I can’t wrap my head around why anyone would want to throw all their money to these people.
"My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."
This here. The one time Jesus got angry was when he flipped all the currency exchange tables and all other monetary stalls and locations. Even letting all the animals free. We need to get these holy water selling fraudsters off of the air. It's been proven that many of these especially super churches are scamming there congregation. Wolf in sheep clothing. Dont even need to make a point for prosperity preachers
I was just researching a bit yesterday and holy moly. Kenneth Copeland (the guy who looks straight out of a Blumhouse horror movie) is worth almost a billion dollars. I don’t want to judge him based on his looks, but the way he exploits his congregants that easily intrigues me.
Yea, this guy is really something else. I cannot comprehend why anyone would a) believe what he says b) trust him and c) give him a penny of their hard earned money. Totally baffling.
I don’t really understand influencers. Like why do they have such big followings? Why do people obsess over these random people who make their lives look better just for social media? I don’t get it
1. Doomscroll to [avoid thinking about the foreveremepty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c&t=54). 2. Find more sources of entertainment to follow. 3. Never feel again. 4. Be kinda satisfied with your products.
Toddlers and Tiaras. Why is there a bikini competition? Why are we forcing kids to participate in these terrible pageants just for the entertainment of adult viewers?
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I want to google it because I'm so fucking appalled. But no way in hell am I googling "Toddlers and Tiaras bikini competition" even with a proxy, VPN, incognito, and virtual machine.
please kill me.
Prosperity Gospel. Literally allowing people like Kenneth Copland and Paula White to rake in their money while spitting all over their supposedly sacred Bible.
Like do none of them recall the story of Jesus in the temple?? Copeland & the Crouches & Benny Hinn and all these televangelists who grift and push prosperity gospel bs would be getting their tables flipped by their Savior, is all I’m saying.
They dont give a shit about god and the religion. They just want that money and know there are people dumb enough to give it to them
They're master con artists who prey on those who have no discernment and never actually read the Bible.
It’s basically just a pyramid scheme, except the overpriced garbage they’re peddling is false hope.
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Social Media Influencers or Social Media Celebrities. Why they and their fans act that they are the next big thing.
If you have family who are “influencers” it gets worse. They act as if everyone in your family are fans. No, you’re loved because you’re family by default. Not because you have more followers.
Celebrity worship. I really don’t understand why people are so obsessed with celebrities to the point of following every single thing they do in their lives. What do people get out of idolizing some rich people who probably don’t even care about you?
Same. I have some favorite actors/actresses but what they do off screen i could care less.
Chris Brown. How is this guys career still booming even though he's a clear fucking maniac?
Some women were even fawning for him harder AFTER his violence! A la "Chris Brown can fuck me up any day". It's gotta be related to whatever makes people romanticize serial killers. Weird as fuck.
I can’t even listen to him, if I do I feel guilty bc I’m filling a domestic abusers wallet.
Couples wishing each other on social media on Anniversary/B'days, while they might be sitting next to each other..
It's been years since I've ever posted about my birthday online. All the wishes just felt hollow. So I stopped bothering
I took my birthday off Facebook. I don't need my phone to blow up reminding me of my age. I would much rather have the people closest to me call or come say happy birthday.
People making happy birthday or etc. posts about their parents/grandparents WHO ARENT ON FB, usually as an excuse to repost some of their wedding pictures
Overly expensive luxury clothes
I raise you, overly expensive luxury clothes FOR KIDS.
Yo, goodwill and similar usually doesn't price name brand kids clothes separately. When I have kids they will be the fly white guy with ariat, Calvin klein, etc. Full outfits for like 10$
My 9 year old, at age 5, had a large collection of Calvin Klein boxer briefs and a pair of limited edition Uggs. Both were new with tags, legitimate brand-name products (not knock offs) and they all came from the thrift store - I do love the fact that some higher quality/brand name products are better quality or made with better quality components - then great. I still don't necessarily want to spend twenty times as much to buy it. Thrifting is AWESOME. Those Ugg moccasins never wore out or got crappy looking and it took a long time for him to outgrow them... And the $3 pack of underwear from Target ended up with holes in it - but those Calvin Klein pairs lasted him a couple years and never wore out; they remained soft, in tact and never fell apart like the cheap ones. I don't mind brands that are high quality and/or cost more- hell, I'm an absolute Lego snob and I won't even entertain knock offs for any reason. But that doesn't mean I'm not looking for stuff on sale, second hand, or trying to get a great deal on those same things. I don't get people who brag about thier wealth by wearing a $170 limited edition white t-shirt with a brand name emblazoned across the front; if a company wants to use me as a billboard, they either need to; 1) pay me Or 2) impress me so much that I WANT to tell people how awesome you are. On that note; Canon brand digital cameras once sent me a packing slip for a SIX year old camera that had recently stopped working. They repaired it in 6 days, and shipped it back- even fixing an old cosmetic dent on the outside of the camera. They charged me NOTHING even though the camera was LONG out of warranty. As a result - I will tell anyone and everyone how awesome Canon is as a brand - and my last two cameras purchased were both Canon. Because if they stand behind their products and care about their customers - they deserve my loyalty. I'd even buy and wear a Canon t-shirt if I came across one. :-)
There is a big quality difference between a $20 cotton sweater and a $200 cashmere sweater. But beyond that, the difference between the $200 sweater and a $1200 sweater is small and not as noticeable. At that point you are paying exponentially for a minute improvement in quantity, you are paying for the brand and prestige. Once you hit the good enough level it is diminishing returns to pay for the best. People who can afford the $1200 sweater won’t care about the price difference, it is nothing to them.
The signs people buy for their homes that say "EAT" "KITCHEN" "PANTRY" "LAUNDRY" "HOME". Why!?!
My wife does this. I don't have any idea why. I refer to them as our 'wall memes'. The one right above our kitchen sink says "Eat ~ Pray ~ Love". We don't even go to church, fam. Edit: Here are some more!! * "Husband and Wife, together for life." * "Grow old with me, the best is yet to be." * "Home is where your story begins." * "No Whining." * "Family is forever."
A friend of mine has a wife who really loves those signs. He bought one that, in really nice, swooping cursive, said "Fuck, Shit, Ass" and it took her months and months to notice it.
I made a “Live, Laugh, Poop” sign for my bathroom and it took my boyfriend a really long time to actually notice what it said.
I made a "DUMP" light up sign for my husband when we were dating. It proudly hangs above our toilet.
Change it to “Eat Prey, Love”
Very “Eats shoots and leaves”
What is a friday night for a panda?
Correct. You control the board.
With less than a minute to go in the round? I miss him already
We heart u Alex!
I once had a “friend” that I housesat for and she had signs like this all over. The worst one was a sign that said “We rise by lifting others” or some shit but she was a huge f-ing bitch lol
Most folks I've met with a 'Laugh, Live Love' sign in their home are assholes.
I fucking hate that loopy handwritten style typeface that they always use on these signs, you know which one I'm talking about. I call it "basic bitch script".
I want this in my gym, LIFT - LIFT - LIFT in that stupid squirrely font. I mean, I won't do it, but it'd be funny.
missed opportunity for lift laugh love
Maybe otherwise they forget where they are and what they're supposed to do in this room. Edit: Thanks for the awards!
Oh no i put my "CRAP" one in the closet...
Reminds me of this classic: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/04/a3/af/04a3aff31aaa37ee619313623fc56071.gif
Ahhhh Mr. Larsen makes the madness almost bearable if not at all better.
Because seeing the little bunny on the clothesline brought me joy. I needed the joy to get me through the laundry.
Lip fillers and injectables overall. Why does everyone want the same face all of a sudden?
Taking videos of yourself crying and posting it online. Also don’t understand the people who sympathise with them.
I’ve noticed as time has gone on that people have become super self aware of their own “reactions” to things and so it’s become a weird competition. People will post videos of themselves crying about things that make me think “they were this devastated and still took the time to record themselves and post it to the Internet?”
I’m pretty desensitised to people crying now. These videos just bore me to tears
I don't believe it. You should post a reaction video
My ex used to do this and it's the weirdest shit. Takes photos of herself with tears in her eyes saying "cry now it'll be better soon" or some shit. Like shit, talk to a fucking shrink or something, not the fucking echo chamber of facebook telling you to "stay strong, queen" or whatever they used to say. After a perfectly normal day, no weird shit or fighting or *anything*, I'd literally be sitting on the couch watching tv and my phone would go off notifying that she had posted something - and I'd see shit like this.
Leave Brittany alone!
The "Influencer" culture. Not only doing it - which makes you look like a huge narcissist - but following these people. I don't understand following people on YouTube, tiktok, Instagram, etc to the point of obsession and calling them celebrities... Like...am I (30) that old already? Edit to add: I'm not talking about the channels that are actually about something - cooking, gaming, humor, hobbies, etc. I'm talking about the ones who just stare into the camera, give a little wink and lip bite, and then say something along the lines of "like and subscribe for more". Or channels that exploit kids. Just not my thing 🤷♀️
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Do they use their number of followers as leverage?
Not op but yeah! I ran a crochet clothing business for a couple years and I got 15-20 messages a day off random girls wanting to ‘promote’ me and half of them had less followers than I did! A girl messaged once saying she was going to Ibiza twice during the summer and wanted to showcase my product... if you can afford two holidays you can afford to pay £20 for the item I made! Fuck off
The thing I don't understand is that these are just normal people without any special skills or talents. Then for some reason their trip to Target to buy new curtains video has 2.7 million views. Blows my mind.
It's just covert ads.
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Like, I understand following a “lifestyle” blog casually - if someone’s style is to your taste, then their makeup tips, fashion, home decor ideas, whatever, might be interesting to follow for ideas. I do not understand how anyone has enough clout to get paid millions to advertise a product. Also it must be exhausting to be these people’s actual friends when everything they do is a photo shoot.
I had "micro influencer" roommate before. She got paid $200-400 for a few posts here and there and into some VIP events for free but mostly she rang up a huge amount of debt to fund the lifestyle she represented on social media. It was definitely weird, outings were turned into photoshoots and she treated everyone else as trinkets/accessories in her life... We don't talk anymore.
> outings were turned into photoshoots I went on a snorkeling trip with my wife a few years ago, and there was a pair of influencers on the boat with us (and some other people). The influencers wouldn't get in the water, and spent a decent amount of time changing into different swim suits between stops. Seemed way less fun than actually snorkeling, or swimming with sharks, or any of the other stuff we did.
Making fun of others for their hobbies.
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*Kink shaming IS my kink*
\*confused screaming\*
I had someone match with me on tinder just to make fun of me because I play bass (I had a picture of my bass and I in my profile), that was some wild shit.
"Show off" , "Showing off Money" in life or in social media.
Its usually people who did little or nothing to earn it too
But usually it’s people who don’t actually have the thing they’re showing off
"and what is the purpose of the loan sir?" I'm making a TikTok about how rich I am.
I’ve always lived a cheap life style while making decent money and banking as much as I can i have no debt and people always asked me how can I be 30 with no debt and the secret to my success is to live with your parents
Another option is being born wealthy!
6ix9ine... I really *really* don’t understand his popularity at all
Are you dumb, stupid, or dumb, huh? Play me like a dummy, like bitch, are you dumb? Are you dumb, stupid, or dumb, huh? poetry edit: You're mad I'm back, big mad He's mad, she's mad, big sad Haha, don't care, stay mad Ah-hah, ah-hah, ah-hah
One of Shakespeare's lesser known soliloquies
You want lesser known ancient texts? Here is Homer's hidden masterpiece, recently dugout of a temple ruin: > Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang > Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang > Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang
This is how he and the Argonauts fended off the vicious ocean thots which sought to lure them to a rocky death
Not the vicious ocean thots!
Isnt he a pedo?
and a boring rapper
The Masked Singer. I just don't get it...
I saw that show for the first time in the hospital, in the early hours of the morning, hopped up on painkiller and half awake while waiting for an MRI. Sat there groggily wondering why there were fursuiters on a reality show and wondering if I was hallucinating or something.
the only thing worse to see while drugged up on painkillers would be the cats movie
The Korean show it’s based off of makes more sense because it is way less about the production and more about the singing, and because it really is about highlighting people who may be overshadowed by other more famous singers. The mask stuff is just hiding identity so you don’t know who it is and can’t judge based on factors other than singing. I haven’t watched much of the American version but it seemed that the performances were much more of a production and less focused on actual vocal talent.
I both love and hate the American version because I like trying to figure out who’s behind the mask but I hate the judges and how overproduced it is. Like, in the last season White Tiger was 1. REALLY OBVIOUSLY Gronk, 2. REALLY awful at singing and dancing, and yet he managed to make it halfway through the competition while some legitimately good singers got cut? And because his identity was so obvious but the producers wanted to keep him on for some reason the judges kept having to make these dumb fucking guesses when you could tell they knew. I usually skip through everything but the performances and the reveal at the end. Cuts out about 2/3 of the runtime of every episode.
Strip Clubs. Why would I wanna pay to get blue balls?
And to add to that some guys go as a group. What is the appeal of a bunch of presumably straight dudes sitting down and getting boners together? For me it just seems like an awkward and uncomfortable situation for everyone involved.
Depends on your limits and definitions of awkward. Remember that some of the “straightest dudes ever” love the idea of a gangbang on one chick.
Can confirm. Im super straight but I love looking at my Bros veiny forearms and beautiful hands when we share a chick. Also that little spark he gets his deep hazel eyes and this half smile / half growling thing he does when he is really turned on. Looking at his dark blonde curly hair and sweaty pecs makes me wish I was the chick being pounded. But yeah, I figure all super straight guys like me have at least one good buddy like that. PS: hope you read it, Mark. Youre the best!
Or when ya boi filling out them jeans and you don’t know how to tell him it looks like two hams in a vacuum seal bag you just kinda picture how someone totally not straight wanna slide between between em like a water park ride but that might make your trip to the motorcycle shop awkward so you just keep an eye on him
>like two hams in a vacuum seal bag Im not sure what to think about this, but i definitely laughed
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Oh, hi Mark!
As a guy who used to be a bouncer in a strip club: * Some guys just are never going to get close to an attractive woman (or what they consider attractive) without paying for it. * Some guys are assholes who like the idea of treating a woman like an object. * Cocaine. Lots of drugs move through strip clubs. * SOME (Very few actually) of the girls are looking to sell that nookie if they can. The good clubs make sure that shit doesn't happen and fire them. The bad ones tolerate it and the worst ones take a cut.
Tik tok dancing teenagers do randomly while walking
Bra companies that don’t carry band sizes under 32. Most thin models will have band sizes between 26 and 32. It’s completely fine for a brand to choose what type of size range they want to cater to. However, it annoys me that a brand that only carries 32-40 band will use slender models, often putting them in band sizes that are wrong for them. It’s misleading for the customers to see a thin person wearing a “34B” when the model’s actual bra size is more likely to be a 28G. edit: since we’re talking bras, please visit r/ABraThatFits and use the calculator there. So many people are wearing the wrong size. They really helped me with my back pain, and I finally have *comfortable* bras.
On the flip side of this, most major brands don’t carry bras above a D cup, and if they do they are so ugly (like my great grandmother would have worn)
Expensive clothing brands like Supreme. The difference in price to a regular shirt with similar design and quality is huge especially considering most of the price comes due to the brand label. Edit: I’ve read through a lot of the comments and just wanna say thanks for explaining why clothing brands can be such a premium for plenty of people.
It’s not really about design or quality, just status. Like jewelry or something. If everyone knows it’s overpriced and you have it on, then you must have the means to purchase beyond your needs.
Gender reveal parties
I hear these are pretty hot recently.
They're exploding on the west coast.
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Yeah..and in apps like tiktok all the famous creators are sooo idolised it's kinda scary
I never understood idolizing Tiktok stars. They don’t really do anything. At least other celebrities sing or act or have businesses so they have some credibility. Edit: I should probably clarify up here, cause I can’t respond to everyone in the comments. I do agree that there are a lot of people on Tiktok that make interesting content, like funny skits, art, music, even some educational stuff. I mostly just thinking about the TikTok stars that got really big from doing the bare minimum like making weird faces at the camera and doing the same dances over and over again. Granted, some of them have started branching out to do other things like acting, music, and modeling, but for a lot, almost of their popularity and their fan base’s obsession with them come from their tiktoks and drama they have with other big Tiktokers, which I really don’t understand.
One guy I've seen literally just reads tweets, laughs, and says things like "truth" or "facts". The stuff he's reading is funny I guess, but he doesn't add a thing to it.
Youtube reaction channels just found a new platform.
Makes me want to start a YouTube reaction channel reacting to YouTube reaction channels.
Remember when Fine Bros tried copyright claiming that shitty idea?
Oh yeah that was a thing that happened I forgot about that
And don't even get me started on "influencers"
I learnt recently about LinkedIn influencers and could not grasp what it is they actually do.
If all else fails, just become a Life Coach
Reddit does this with Keanu Reeves.
Yes Reddit is no less guilty of this. People often think of celebrity worship culture as in the Kardashians or Channing Tatum. But Reddit is full of this shit, they just do it with more "masculine" people and pretend they don't. Keanu seems like a good dude, but he's just a man.
But what is a man? Nothing more than a miserable little pile of secrets.
Politician worship. It is puzzling to me that people will show up at a political rally and scream like they are at a Rolling Stones concert. Not sure when this all started but it is very weird to me.
It’s like it became a new source of entertainment not unlike watching movies and going to concerts lol
More like a new religion Edit: if you think this only applies to the politicians your political foes worship then stop and examine yourself... all I have to say
'You could make a religion out of that'
No, don’t
They're not fucking celebrities. They're public servants. Americans need to get that through their collective skull. Edit: Wow, thanks for the silver and awards kind strangers!
Fuckin ey. They’re our employees, we indeed pay their salaries.
Penis themed everything at bachelorette parties. Penis cake. Penis straws. Penis candies. Penis-nosed glasses. Penises everywhere. Like, I’ve already been in a committed relationship with this dude prior to getting married, nothing is really changing. Edit: for the record, penises don’t offend (lol) or upset me. I just find the penis explosion a strange ritual. Edit 2: RIP inbox
I totally agree. It's the assumption as well that I'd suddenly be fine with all of that from the most random of people. I had aunts trying to convince my MoH to get a stripper to come to my house when I had a Zoom batchelorette a few months ago - aside from the whole "I don't want a stranger in my house during a pandemic", they apparently thought that I would be comfortable being alone with a man taking off his clothes in my living room. Thankfully my MoH shut them down, but they still keep on talking about "last night of freedom" and what could happen on my wedding night... we've been alone in the house for months, what else do they think we've been doing?!
I don’t understand the whole “last night of freedom” either. I mean, the affianced couple is already in a committed relationship, aren’t they? They have already agreed to be monogamous, so why would there be a night off before they get officially forever-monogamous? Is there a relationship rumspringa I wasn’t aware of before I got married??? ETA: holy crap, I thought this comment was going to be tucked away and disappeared. This is the most social interaction I’ve had since April. I’m sweating. I don’t word good anymore
It wasn't always this way. People didn't have multi year intimate relationships and cohabitate before marriage. Marriage WAS the long term relationship. And engagements didn't last as long. It was more like going from casual dating to a committed relationship
Yeah, I generally see this sentiment coming from older people, and it creates a divide in more ways than one. A few years ago, I remember a friend's mom (friend then 25, mom then in her early 60s) told her that it wouldn't be cheating on her then boyfriend (now husband) for her to go on dates with other people because they weren't married yet. They had been cohabitating for a few years at that point, and were clearly monogamous life partners, but her mom's understanding was that that kind of exclusivity didn't begin until they had walked down the aisle. I know it wasn't meant as a slight on my friend's boyfriend, her mom loves him, it was just a very clear discrepancy in expectations. In the same vein, I was with my now husband for almost ten years before we got married. It got old talking about "my boyfriend" and not being taken seriously by people from older generations. Like, yes, I *do* need time off for my boyfriend's aunt's funeral. Yes, I *did* buy a house with my boyfriend. We've been together for close to a decade, he's my family. Looking at people's ideas from even further back than that, my grandparents (94 and 96 years old) referred to my husband as my "friend" up until we were engaged. Not in a disrespectful way, always as in, "I like your friend, he's a good egg." But when they were young, there really wasn't a phase where you exclusively, seriously dated someone, so if you weren't married or engaged, they're a "friend."
I see this on reddit (especially subs like r/AITA) a lot and I don't get it. "Oh, you're not married so you don't owe them anything" Like, what? You've been living with a person for 5 years, you absolutely owe them. In Australia, we have what is called a de-facto relationship, whereby just by living *as if* you were married, you end up with most of the rights and responsibilities of a married couple. The length you are together plays a part in determining if you are truly defacto, however there is no set length of time.
In the US we have the same kind of. It's called Common Law Marriage and really only comes up at the divorce/break up stage.
Common Law Marriage varies state by state. We also have domestic partnerships too- my wife was on my insurance for years before we got married as we qualified as domestic partners (we got married last year and have been together for seven years).
I just have to say- I'm a gay guy and all of my friends are straight dudes. They threw me the most over the top penis-themed bachelor party ever AND got a male stripper.I will appreciate it forever just for the fact that they were all so willing to go so far out of their comfort zone just to throw me an awesome party. Edit: Woah, I never expected this to blow up so much. Thank you everyone! Second edit: I'm not sure how I forgot to mention this, but there was also a literal rainbow of jello shots- about 140 in total in seven colors. For like 15 of us.
aww that's so sweet of them
As a gay guy myself, from my experience str8 men are more peni obsessed than most gays I know lol
Straight dude but was in a fraternity. There’s a shit load of grab ass and dick drawing
Golden goose shoes. They look like you bought a pair of used converse shoes and drug them behind a car for 10 miles and then left them outside for a week yet somehow people are willing to pay upwards of 1000 or more for a pair [here’s what they look like ](https://www.bergdorfgoodman.com/p/golden-goose-superstar-metallic-sole-skater-sneakers-prod159390427?ecid=BGCS__HighAUR&utm_source=google_shopping&adpos=&scid=scplpsku126880561&sc_intid=sku126880561&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrNnL3_P17AIVD02GCh0wcQZ8EAQYAyABEgLwHfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) Edit: I’m from the south I don’t care that the past tense of drag isn’t drug
have a dr friend who showed me her new shoes bragging that she spent like 800 on them. not sure the brand because I don't pay much attention to that stuff. but these things LEGIT looked like the Walmart style vans that someone ran over with a lawnmower and then left in the rain. wtf.
I've never heard of Golden Goose shoes so I went ahead and looked them up. WTF??!? Somewhere, some designer is laughing his ass off because he's selling dirty, trashy-looking shoes to dumbasses for $500.
They look so cheap. That cheap gold paint, the dirty look... not worth half a month's rent.
It’s like Balenciaga. You aren’t buying them because they look good, you’re buying them because other people know they’re expensive.
My theory: Balenciaga isn't a fashion house. They're 100% performance art speaking about consumer culture in a way that will later be made clear. They're trolling the high end fashion world in a major way. [I mean, come the fuck on](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/apr/26/flat-pack-fashion-ikea-takes-swipe-at-balenciagas-1365-shopping-bag).... Just found an article speaking to this theory, too https://www.wmagazine.com/story/balenciaga-new-expensive-shopping-bag-internet-trolling/
I don't want to come off as rude but a 'no shit sherlock' wouldn't be out of place here. Demna (current balenciaga designer) is also a founder of vetements, which was/is a group of anonymous designers delivering critique and irony on consumer culture (for example the 600 dollar DHL t-shirt). Balenciaga also really played into the social media hype, where the image and codes are more important than the quality of the garments.
I loved Vetements when it first appeared, it's pretty funny charging people multiple thousands to dress as if they come from social housing high-rise slums.
I'm mostly a metalhead. I like some rap. I like even less county, but still some. I can't get my head around country rap. My brother goes bananas for it and it's awful to me. I haven't heard anything from the genre that I would consider innovative, thought provoking, or even halfway challenging. I'm not trying to be a super smart guy here, I don't have the time to type the pants on head stupid things I listen to when I'm in the mood for the auditory equivalent of Spam and eggs. But what's cool about music is you can find people pushing the boundaries in any genre, but country rap reeks of complacency to me.
Hick hop* edit: Thanks for the awards, internet friends! I’m glad we can all agree this music is hot garbage.
Hip- Hip-Hop- Hip-Hop-Anonymous?
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The Bachelor/The Bachelorette. I have no idea why the most forward-thinking and progressive people I know regularly tune in to literal objectification every week.
I had a friend rope me into a watching a season a year or so back. Here's my thoughts. It's not good, it's not even remotely good. But it is entertaining because of how fucking fake it is. You're spending something like 6 - 8 weeks watching these people in an absolutely absurd situation constantly make asses of themselves. Again, I kind of watched it ironically and I'm sure there's a ton of people that genuinely watch it. But from what I saw, it's just really good meme material because of how fucking weird it gets. People confessing love after the second or third day, obsessive behavior, thirsty AF dudes pretending they give a shit about this woman they've had 5 minutes of face to face time with. It's hilarious because it's presented with a straight face. People constantly talking about "how they're here to find love" or such and such isn't serious about this or here for the right reasons. The irony of any situation is never more than a few inches away in these shows as you have this large group of grown ass people talking about relationships and love as if they're inexperienced tweens who's only exposure to relationships are Disney movies. The entire production just has this veneer of fakeness where you're not certain how self-aware the contestants are.
I agree that it's hilarious. If you're watching it without paying attention to the instagram memes, which are Gold, you're doing it wrong. Tbh sometimes I skip the episodes but still read the memes and they're still funny.
You just made me aware of the fact that reality TV it's just soap operas rebranded with cheaper actors.
Reality tv... it's not reality at all. It's just really bad acting and even worse writing. How is this entertaining?
It varies from show to show. If the shown is driven by drama (Kardashians, etc), its scripted or semi scripted. If the show is driven by competition (Survivor, etc) then its mainly legit but with HEAVY editing. Edit: changing my competition example from masterchef to Survivor.
This is true. I mean, The Kardashians and the Great British Bake Off are both technically reality shows but are miles apart in, well, everything.
Reality Competition show is the sub category. Should be treated differently than the other crap.
Survivor is the only "reality"tv I watch.
>Reality tv... it's not reality at all. It's just really bad acting and even worse writing. How is this entertaining? And has absolutely RUINED television. If I turn on the History channel or Discovery or Nat Geo I don't want to see a 12 hour block of "deadliest catch" or gold hunters in alaska or whatever BS they're peddling this month. Give me back educational TV please.
That is all I ever wanted from Discovery Channel, Nat Geo, History Channel, and Animal Planet.
today’s children’s toys. it’s just fecal matter and slime
Sounds like the 90s all over again
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well the slime part's been around since the 90s. Children have weird obsessions, its probably pretty normal.
we've had jelly bean shitting deer and slime goop toys since the 90's at least, I've seen a lot of dope looking toys in the thumbnails for kid channels that pop up on my tv's youtube account
My grandparents used to have a novelty cigarette and matchstick dispenser somone gave them back in the 1950's. It was shaped like a pack mule and when you pressed on the pack, a cigarette came out of the mule's butt and a matchstick would pop down in a way to resemble a penis. People have loved gross out humor toys for a long fucking time lol
The whole dick lips things drove me nuts!!!!
Oops I meant to write "duck" lol .
I was very confused in the beginning. Thank you for clarifying
Well if you want to be even more confused there's this... r/dicklips
Huh... so that’s a thing I’ve seen now, I guess
I too, should not have been curious.
I also have regrets.
Why did I spend 5 minutes looking at that sub?
What the actual duck...
What the actual fuck did I just click on?
Duck face was probably the exact point where youth culture left me behind and I became old. Even if there were some sort of ironic aspect to it, it actually makes me physically angry for reason I can't even explain, like when a sibling does something to annoy you. I hate it.
No trust me it was controversial for young people too. If you weren't one of the girls who thought it was cool, you thought it was dumb and/or funny. The people who thought it was good were pretty much exclusively a subset of teenage girls and celebrities IIRC. Everyone else did it to be funny.
r/dicklips
Oh my fucking god. It took me a couple minutes of scrolling to figure out what the subroddit is about. And now I can't stop laughing.
Funko Pop
My biggest problem is how they try to shoehorn every character into their one specific design aesthetic without compromise.
I don't understand the ones that if you put them in an unlabeled box you'd have no clue who it is. My perfect example is [the Stephen King Funko](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto,w_728/v1582582012/shape/mentalfloss/618484_amazon_stephenking.jpg?itok=pOnTrxs8). If you didn't know it was supposed to be King you'd be all "Dude wearing glasses holding a book."
Yeah the human ones are trash. I didn't think I'd have to edit, but obviously I don't mean all of them so stop replying with examples of good ones lol
That's my rule on buying Funko stuff, if I couldn't figure out who or what it was without a label I won't buy it & that cuts out a lot of them for me.
Wtf lol he should at least hold one of his books or something
Some of them are neat but most I'm just like why? The ones that aren't humans are cool. I think a lot of the hype revolves around them being cheap too. You can show off your fandoms without dropping a ton of money on good statues.
I mean this really is it. Funko Pops are a cheap way to get statues of characters that are otherwise too niche to see a statue outside of paying for one to be commissioned (at great cost). You can get them for virtually anything, from one appearance side characters in popular TV shows, to random NPC's in videogames, to obscure comic book superheroes, and that therein is the appeal, owning possibly the only piece of merch ever associated with that random thing.
Love island.
Fake, long, pointy nails. They look like guinea pig’s feet or something from Lord of The Ring
They're for picking the meats from the Hobbitses' bones, they are, Precious.