janie jones
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I mean, yes, racism, but how do they justify it?
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Leonard's mom doesn't even make sense. I don't think all child psychologists are perfect parents, but you'd think she'd know her treatment of him would be detrimental.
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On 1/20/2024 at 9:37 PM, andromeda331 said:
I stll don't understand why hairdressers don't know how to style hair for black women. Their whole job is hair. The more styles you know the more customers and money.
I totally agree and I also don't understand why schools don't require you to demonstrate the ability to work with a variety of hair types in order to complete the program.
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On 2/6/2024 at 6:22 AM, BookWitch said:
Treasure Cave Blue Cheese commercials? It's weird and creepy.
I love those commercials. I keep telling my husband we need to find somewhere that sells that cheese.
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On 2/7/2024 at 4:53 PM, BlueSkies said:
I mean even as a kid I kind of knew but just associated this more with like a jealous guy upset his girlfriend likes everybody so to speak. Like she enjoys talking with everybody and not just her steady "boyfriend". I mean hell I recall the song in weddings I've gone to as a kid, and even on Family Matters. But yeah I guess I didn't associate Sue sort of having affairs so to speak
Even when I was a kid it bugged the shit out of me that the same guy sang this song and The Wanderer. The hypocrisy!
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I don't really understand why they applied for their jobs not knowing who they were working for. Did they want to be spies so bad they'd just work for anyone?
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I feel like the company wants to be able to blackmail rich people.
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Well and what if someone else had been the highest bidder? Were they targeting John Turturro specifically or just whoever bought it?
Yeah, I saw two more fails also. Like a 3 strikes thing.
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I think part of the situation with Rory is that maybe a lot of people in town took Lorelei under their wing and maybe felt like they needed to look out for Rory in a way they didn't need to look out for other kids who weren't raised in a garden shed. They probably were more personally invested in what Rory had going on. (I still agree that it's dumb and weird.)
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I watched this episode days ago and one detail is still bugging me: What was the other lady doing with the bomb cake in the first place? Is she from another organization that was going to bomb someone else? Did the Smiths' organization switch out her cake with the bomb? If so, isn't that an unnecessary extra step? And that lady's cake happened to be identical to the one the bombing victims ordered? Am I the only one who cares?
On 2/5/2024 at 3:14 PM, moonorchid said:Honestly, this show is make or break based off the chemistry of the two leads and they hit the jackpot.
I learned the other day that Phoebe Waller-Bridge was originally supposed to be Jane. It would have been completely different. It also sounds like her version of the pilot was also completely different. That may have been good also, but I only watched this because my husband had it on, and I got sucked in by this version.
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On 1/11/2024 at 5:57 PM, BetterButter said:
I've never been less shocked.
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On 11/30/2023 at 11:58 AM, proserpina65 said:
The Weezer cover of Toto's Africa sucks. Sure, the original is kitschy as hell but it's also charming and enjoyable in a low-key way. Weezer's cover is overproduced and oversynthesized and takes all the charm out of the song.
I also think that it showcases that Rivers Cuomo isn't a very good singer.
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On 12/13/2023 at 10:21 AM, TattleTeeny said:
That makes sense, I think, but I also think it's weird that he says "it's still early" at all. Obviously, as it's still light out, but also because if she wanted to be home at a certain time, prompting him to comment that it is earlier than that time, why were they going home sooner than they had to and did she cancel whatever it was that she needed to conclude the date for and then go to a bunch more places with him? I think that it would make sense without the "early" comment or if it was dark the whole time.
That said, maybe she didn't have to be home at a certain time; she was just making sure she had an out in case she hated him!
I always interpreted it as It still being early in the day. Which, if you had a lunch date, of course it will still be early when you're done, so why act like that's news?
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Do former contestants make a lot of appearances together? Lottie, Chigs, and Anthony seemed so comfortable together that I had to check to see if they were on the same season. (I also thought Chigs and Lottie would make a cute couple.) I also felt a little bad that they weren't really interacting with Manon much, but that might just be because she was taking it more seriously and was probably more focused.
I've always thought that Lottie would make a good host. She'd make a good co-host for Noel (I like Alison, too, though.)
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On 12/2/2023 at 9:13 AM, iMonrey said:
Also, at the beginning they showed clips of some of Josh's earlier showstoppers like the dog and the triple decker burger and they truly were works of art. So I can see how the judges expected far more from his cake. It was neat as a pin, especially compared to the other two, but nothing really special in terms of decoration.
It wouldn't have improved the flavor, but I think Josh would have been better off omitting the piping on the sides of his cake if he didn't have time to do a good job. From what I could tell, the frosting was quite good, but those decorations were terrible.
On 12/3/2023 at 6:17 AM, blueray said:I think I finely figured out what annoys me about Dan. I don't dislike him (because I don't personally know him) but its he's fake "helpfulness". It comes across as him basically saying "I pity you and am willing to help you, aren't I amazing!" It doesn't seem natural, its force and almost if he is trying to overcome something. It's possible it's the editing, but in this episode there was kind of proof. He "offers" to help Josh carry his showstopper. Josh gives him an annoyed look and says that he'll manage. It was awkward and weird that Dan even suggested it.
I thought that was weird, since there had been no indication that Josh's showstopper might be difficult to carry. It seemed a little patronizing. Earlier on, when they showed him checking in on everyone while they were working on their eclairs, I was thinking that I'd be pretty annoyed if I had to deal with that every bake (if he did that every bake). Dan never really bothered me before this episode.
I knew Matty was going to win when he said he was making a lemon cake after his parents said how good the lemon cake he'd made for them was. It felt like foreshadowing.
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5 hours ago, peacheslatour said:
This is the one that has me baffled.
Are these real people? Who are they? Is this people's faces photoshopped on other people's bodies? There's something weird about this.
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On 11/12/2023 at 9:42 AM, chaifan said:
The technical... I'm of a different opinion than most, and I don't think this was a timing issue, as in not enough time. It really was mostly technique, not knowing how to make the steamed pudding. OK, maybe the time frame was tight, but that's a given.
I have to assume - and someone please chime in if you have actual knowledge of the production - that there are a number of test bakers who test out every technical challenge. Obviously, the time given the contestants is something that the test bakers have been able to achieve. And I have to assume it is a true "test" situation, where the test bakers are doing it for the first time, with the same limited directions, not that they can get it done in 90 minutes on the 3rd or 4th attempt.
I think the "fault" comes in that this particular group of bakers had no clue how to make this dish, and obviously didn't have a base knowledge of steamed puddings in general to make educated guesses where needed. Is this Paul's fault? No. But he didn't have to be such an ass about it.
This is how I feel about technicals in general. If I as a teacher wrote a test that everyone failed, then it's on me for either testing them without teaching them, or for writing a bad test.
But technicals aren't that kind of test. Technicals are more like pre-tests: what do you walk into the classroom/tent already knowing?
So if the show wants to see who can demonstrate skill X without practicing, or from memory, I don't think it means there's something "wrong" with a technical if it turns out they have a group of bakers who haven't mastered skill X and don't know how to course correct if something goes wrong. It has simply revealed this group of bakers don't have that skill.
A lot of times there are technicals where some people are all "wtf I would never make this from scratch" and others are like "oh I make this a few times a year."
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On 11/9/2023 at 8:02 AM, DrSpaceman73 said:
I'm sure it played some role but the question is to what degree? Prym seemed to act as a human shield for much of their illegal and illicit activity. It's not like they were making no effort to protect themselves.
Plus Roderick didn't really believe in the 'deal' Even existing until the very end so its not that he had the attitude he could just do anything with no consequences. It was one night 40 years ago and then they kind of forgot about it and were not even sure if they hallucinated or what really happened. They weren't be careless about everything because they felt invincible. Brazen yes but not careless.
They felt invincible and they *were* invincible. Whether they remembered the deal or not, they were benefitting from it. A lot of people think they'll never get caught but then do. If not for the deal, Roderick might still have a pile of bodies, but it likely wouldn't be as big.
The interesting thing to me about Pym fixing everything is that we don't know quite how the deal protects them. Maybe Pym would have been less effectual if not for the deal. Maybe they never would have met Pym if not for the deal.
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On 10/23/2023 at 11:24 AM, Chaos Theory said:
I meant to add I loved the conversation between Verna and Pym. If two uhhhh beings understand each other it was them. I liked how Pym was the one who said no to Verna’s offer and said he would play out his hand.
I agree. I also thought she was going to offer to turn him into another one of whatever she is.
I don't really know why Verna was so high and mighty about what bad people the elder Ushers are. She facilitated their being able to carry on with no consequences for decades. It's their doing in that they didn't need to take her deal and likewise didn't need to be despicable, but she also didn't need to make the offer in the first place. She knew what was going to happen if they accepted.
Actually, at one point, I thought it was going to turn out that they had made a deal with her to cause a certain number of deaths.
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On 11/3/2023 at 4:55 PM, dgpolo said:
Yes, but this isn't the first time that I've noticed a lot of the same color on the bakers. Never all of them, but enough that I notice. I suppose it could be coincidence, there were some days when I was working when I'd go into the breakroom and nearly everyone was wearing the same color.
I don't know if this is what they did in this episode (although I assumed they did when I was watching it), but I'm pretty sure that in the past, bakers have mentioned that they coordinated outfits.
On 11/3/2023 at 9:35 PM, MerBearHou said:Saku is wonderful — the cutest personality and humor. She was such a gamer when Noel wanted her to juggle the lemon.
Her saying "look at my face for the last time" cracked me up.
19 hours ago, AZChristian said:Some online folks are criticizing Tasha - saying she wasn't "ill" last week, she just didn't think she could finish her bake in time. Apparently, hearing issues and migraines go hand in hand.
And then they criticized her this week for using sign language for most of the last half of the show. I thought that when she finally did speak a sentence, it sounded as though her voice had been recorded and dubbed in. Maybe she had laryngitis, but had a better option (signing) than trying to make her throat worse.
She said she didn't have confidence pronouncing some of the elements in her recipe.
18 hours ago, Ancaster said:(I don't know why they don't have a voiceover when she just signs - someone's obviously telling everyone what she's saying.)
Her interpreter is translating simultaneously, so I was surprised they didn't just put a microphone on him. It's not like they try to downplay his presence.
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13 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:
The Liberty Mutual commercial with the woman who saved so much money that she opened a dog-walking business, thinking maybe that it would be just so easy. I suppose we’re supposed to think it’s zany and cute that she sucks at it. Maybe I’m just in a foul mood (no maybe about it, actually), but it’s just not funny. Those are people’s pets. People love their pets and would be horrified to learn that they trusted dumb, overconfident loser to care for them!
Is that the one where the dogs are going after a rabbit? I always wonder what the rabbit is doing there on the pier.
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3 hours ago, DearEvette said:
Bruce Greenwood is really fantastic in this. But he looks kinda like Sam Neill is the scenes with Carl Lumbly that it takes me a minute to remember it is him.
That's so funny because in the first courtroom scene in the first episode, I thought Mark Hamill was Sam Neill.
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On 10/12/2023 at 12:13 PM, Gharlane said:
Ha ha, no, it's not lavender. Our tour guide in Jamaica gave us some crushed leaves from a tree to smell and we all immediately recognized it. I forgot the name, but it wasn't lavender.
They do have lavender scented Old Spice, though. They have a ton of scents now, not just the old man one my dad has been using since I was a baby.
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6 hours ago, Madding crowd said:11 hours ago, Blergh said:
Even were I to give this spin the benefit of the doubt, I would STILL think Ross is an idiot for preferring to spend time with these fellow so-called 'friends' to his own son.
It’s not a spin to say Friends was about the six friends and not a family sitcom, it’s the entire premise of the show. We didn’t see every moment of these characters lives, Ross didn’t have primary custody of Ben and there was plenty of mention of Ross having to pick up Ben or leaving to get Ben or scenes of him with Ben. Rachel did have primary custody of Emma but the baby was rarely seen. Are we supposed to think she was a bad mother? I think she spent time with Emma but the show was focused on friendship not parenthood.
I don't think we know that Ross preferred to hang out with the other five. My assumption is that we're seeing Ross during Ben's mom's designated time with him, not that Ross is avoiding him when he's supposed to be seeing him. We also barely see Ross going to work, but that doesn't mean he doesn't go every day.
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S01.E05: Do You Want Kids?
in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
· Edited by janie jones
Given that all the bad guys were at the safe house, I think Ron Perlman would have been better off at home.
I can't tell if their missions are just MacGuffins or if they're not about what they think they're about. Because they're all stupid.