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22 hours ago, janeyjay said:
Anyone, besides me, watching this season? It's been non-stop action with regards to keeping the islanders on their toes.
I’ve been watching. I really love the UK version so much more than the US version
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“People always want to sexualize ‘throuples’. Now excuse while we do our role-play cyber-sex with our third-wheel”
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8 hours ago, Back Atcha said:
I think it was a big mistake for this program to select Niles without more references to his syndrome AND assistants to help him. Far-away Matilda shouldn't be his only source.
I don't think the show hid Niles' syndrome. But I agree that they should have provided some support for the Tell-All. They provide interpreters for cast members who don't speak English, which is a way of facilitating their interaction with the rest of the cast. Why couldn't they allow/suggest that Niles have someone there with him to assist in his interactions? He doesn't seem to need that in everyday life, but the show knows that the Tell-All is not everyday life and is designed to be provocative and triggering.
As far as Niles' aggressiveness, I don't get the sense that he would actually get physically with anyone; I think that more bluster than anything else. I think the risk for Niles is that he tries that bluster out on the wrong person.
Also, I agree that someone should have shut Adnan down. Frankly it's disappointing that no one on the cast did (unless they did and it was edited out).
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I wish Shawn would do her job and ask real questions. Then the cast wouldn't have the chance to showboat. I do think Niles came across as a bit of an asshole, though. He needs someone to remind him to calibrate.
As far as Vanya goes, I think we've seen her mischaracterize the contents of conversations and interactions this season. So I don't doubt that she and Joszco had a conversation of filming themselves in which he perceived getting the green-light. It doesn't seem to have been something covert, otherwise he wouldn't have shown her immediately afterwards. And I don't see as such an invasion of privacy if he had no intention of ever sharing it. Although I do wish someone (*ahem* Shawn) would've asked if that experience didn't make Bozo's approach look better.
Frankly, I think Vanya is pushing hard for Single Life.
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3 hours ago, SDVegas said:
Huh? Why does anyone deserve the truth about how someone lost weight?
She lost weight. She seems to be doing better physically. Good for her.
Because the her entire raison d”etre has been that she (and by extension her disciples) DON’T need to lose weight to be “fabulous”.
At her size it was always a lie. But she decided that this show is her only realistic, and most lucrative, income stream, so she’s kept up the lie. And misappropriated the HAES philosophy along the way.
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5 hours ago, SDVegas said:
What does it matter if it is or not?
Because for some reason there are gullible, vulnerable people who actually believe in her and who deserve the truth
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Yes. Grief does not cure PCOS or diabetes or pre-diabetes or insulin resistance.
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28 minutes ago, Yeah No said:
Yeah I don't buy it either. And when my father died early in the pandemic I gained 25 lbs.
And here's the other thing (besides the fact that we know Whitney is a pathological liar):
Her whole spiel throughout the course of this series has been that due to medical conditions (PCOS, etc). she is literally unable to lose weight, no matter what she does.
So how does she reconcile her adamant assertions that she physically cannot lose weight with her current apparent weight loss?
Was she lying then, or is she lying now?
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I’ve never been a big fan of Drew Barrymore. But beyond that, to the extent that the show is still running, wouldn’t TPTB still have say over what press the cast can do?
If so, it’s disappointing that they still want her haggard, ghastly, witch-like visage to be the face of the franchise. And it doesn’t bode well for future seasons.
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Sadly I'm Hulu only. But I can't wait!
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I just finished bingeing the season. While I haven't read through the whole thread, I'd thought I'd drop in and drop a conspiracy theory (that I don't believe, but that is at least plausible).
And, I say this as a born-and raised, and still live in, Philadelphia native.
The theory: the stadium worker who told the pilots they were looking for a couple of "pizza shops" named Pat's and Geno's was a plant meant to sabotage them.
Basis: no one, but NO one who lives in Philadelphia, and certainly no one who works at the stadium, would refer to Pat's and Geno's as "pizza shops". The one, the ONLY thing, they're known for is CHEESESTEAKS. They're CALLED, Pat's, or Geno's Cheesesteaks.
No local would misspeak in that way.
Anyway, carry-on.
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On 5/6/2024 at 10:44 AM, Stuckathome said:
Was I the only one who felt a bit uncomfortable watching her basically force him into her car?
There have been several scenes over the course of this franchise that, if the genders and nationalities were switched, would cause a firestorm.
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11 hours ago, Yeah No said:
I don't know how anyone can be called dishonest about their diet if they've never divulged what and how much they eat. Is she on record anywhere telling the world she's on a diet or that she's eating x amount of calories every day?
Some others follow her closer than I, and would have a better idea.
But as far as I’m concerned the STRONG (and intentional) implication of her constantly blaming her weight on her phantom PCOS diagnosis (which we’ve never heard confirmed by an actual endocrinologist) is that she is the weight she is DESPITE a healthy diet.
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3 hours ago, Irate Panda said:
I sometimes doubt if she would want kids at this point. I mean who would raise them she doesn’t seem like she has the energy to take care of all her cats or cook or clean without paid help. I guess she could get a nanny, but I’m not sure how much money she actually has. Her pregnancy would still be high risk because even though she’s lost weight she is still morbidly obese and her age would make it a geriatric pregnancy which I guess has it’s own risks.
And she’s so self-involved the only value she places on a child is as an accessory. And this point the costs probably outweigh the benefits on that front
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5 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:
Whit was prediabetic at one point. Has she mentioned that in the media lately?
The weight loss should help her blood sugar numbers, if she’s type 2.This got memory-holed after the 1st or 2nd season.
Back then Whit’s shtick was basically “HAPPY at any size”. Then she decided to hide behind “HEALTHY at any size” (which expressly DOES NOT include people in her weight category) so she had to nix any talk about not actually being healthy.
Given the fact that the franchise has been waddling on fumes, I’d be surprised if she doesn’t decide to parlay her weight loss into a storyline (if not a whole other show)
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7 hours ago, Dibs said:
I call BS on "without medical intervention" if she's denying using one of the new WL drugs. Funny that so many women could never lose an ounce and keep it off BEFORE they came into widespread use, but now magically can!
Yes; pretty sure she meant "surgical intervention," but is basically lying to us -- again -- this time implying that she isn't using the stuff everyone is now using.
The funny thing is, if she thought she could make a penny by endorsing the medicine she’s obviously taking she’d be shouting its praises from the rooftop.
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9 hours ago, MrBuhBye said:
On one of the shows they showed her getting some dental work. It was complicated because she had so much gum disease. I think she got dentures for one set and then was getting implants for the other where she had less bone loss. But she was smoking up to and after the dental work so maybe it never healed properly.
I remember on one of the Tell Nothings she had a mask over her mouth pretending to have not had dental work done
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I actually had to research this for a lawsuit I recently handled.
It’s not entirely as straightforward as saying that it’s legal in the U.S. if it was legal in the country that it was performed in.
For example, in many countries polygamy is legal. It is not clear (and indeed may be doubtful) whether a 2nd, 3rd, etc wife’s marriage would be recognized in a State in the U.S.
I believe different States have different rules on the degrees of consanguinity that are permitted. A (legal) foreign marriage that violated those rules might not be recognized.
None of these factors would seem to apply to Angela’s marriage. But I just wanted to point out that it’s not always that clear cut
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34 minutes ago, MrBuhBye said:
Our neighbor worked at the rectory and they ate prime rib on the regular. Vow of poverty in name only.
Technically parish Priests take vows of chastity and obedience. Vows of poverty are usually taken by Priests in religious Orders.
No Priests that I’m aware of take vows against alcohol or dancing. Maybe if there’s an Our Lady of Footloose out there somewhere . . .
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1 hour ago, Back Atcha said:
Exactly, and since I was baptized in 1940, one might think I lived by those rules. NO! Maybe Nicola joined some off-shoot with strict rules and snakes.
There is a significant cultural overlap in America between right-wing Catholics and right-wing Protestants who adhere to those sorts of restrictions. I wasn’t aware of that being the case in Israel however.
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1 hour ago, Elizzikra said:
I thought it was the case that the Catholic Church did NOT recognize marriages outside the church but they still somehow prevent marriage inside the church. I don’t understand how the Church could annul something it didn’t recognize in the first place (or bless or whatever…).
This, on the other hand, makes perfect sense to me.
without turning this into a theology thread, the Church recognized non-Catholic marriages as valid. The question with annulment is whether (grossly oversimplifying here) whether the parties freely intended to to enter into what the Catholic Church believes about marriage.
Annulment presupposes a divorce, so the prior marriage has already been ended, or undone. The question is what, is any, sacramental effect it had at the time it was entered into.
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30 minutes ago, magemaud said:
In just a few minutes of research, a Redditor dug up quite a bit of info about who Meisha follows on SM including Real Donald Trump, MTG, Flat Earthers, Covid deniers, etc etc etc
That’s tracks with ultra-“orthodox” Catholicism.
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4 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:
Yes but how would this catholic convert get her earlier non catholic marriage annulled? The Catholic Church would do that? The previous church? Some step is missing here.
I think it’s a matter of the Catholic Church declaring that the prior dissolved marriage does not constitute an impediment to the planned marriage.
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2 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:
I had the impression that Meisha’s first marriage was not in the Catholic Church and that she was a later convert. Can anyone confirm? And if so, I believe no annulment would be necessary, or even possible. I’m not Catholic, so I don’t know how they handle that.
Incidentally, Jews have a similar process. You have to go through a Jewish ceremonial divorce to be married again by a rabbi, even if you have a civil divorce. There is a scandal in some religious communities because some men won’t grant the Jewish divorce, so the women can’t get married again.
Isn’t religion interesting?
My understanding is that the Church recognizes the validity of marriages between non-Catholics and so considers married-and-divorced non-Catholics to be not free to marry unless the prior marriage is annulled.
Love Island (UK) - General Discussion
in Love Island (UK)
There really is no need to and American contestants to the UK version.
I hope this doesn’t portend attempts to American-ize this franchise. Because, IMO, the US version has jumped the shark