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8 minutes ago, satrunrose said:Zella, just thought this is the right time to mention that I've really enjoyed reading your posts. I really appreciate the insight you've brought being from Arkansas and how you've used that to push back on the bumpkin image they hid behind.
Thank you! I have had a lot of fun over the years with my "hey, don't blame Arkansas for that facet of the Duggars" and "okay yes do blame Arkansas for that one" posts. 😂😂😂😂
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I'm also very confused and saddened by this. I've been here nearly 9 years and really enjoy the sense of community we've created here. It's not perfect, nor is any online space, but overall, I've found this one of the smartest, funniest, most supportive places I've ever encountered online. I really enjoyed reading the opinions of people from all walks of life. It seems the site owners are disappointed in the demographics of the commentariat but also discount the diverse perspectives that come from people all around the country and world, from very different professions and with very different religious beliefs, participating in these discussions and usually doing so amicably.
I'm not going to repeat the articulate defenses others have made of this forum. But I would point out that if the administrators want in-depth, perceptive, challenging discussions, that's what this forum specialized in and what fundie snarkers have done for years. It may be overlaid with a veneer of sarcasm and hyperbole--and one can debate what constitutes ethical snarking--but while the rest of the world framed the Duggars as either a wholesome model family or a bunch of hilariously corny hicks, snarkers were the ones who first recognized that things were very rotten in Denmark. And the decade of scandals and criminal activity that's been revealed since has only proven that right. A lot of this was done through a strongly feminist perspective. There's something very cathartic about finding likeminded people who saw through the spin and hype.
In any event, I wanted to thank all my fellow snarkers for all the laughs and thought-provoking stories we've exchanged over the years. Hoping I'll still see all of y'all around the internet.
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On 2/28/2024 at 8:35 PM, jcbrown said:
I also remember a tornado warning when I was a kid and living in Indiana in a mobile home when my mom hustled my sister and me--and my gerbil in his cage--out to crouch in a ditch while the weather cleared.
Thank you for indulging this walk down weather memory lane.
That would have been so scary! I remember being a kid and my grandmother getting me and my brother up in the middle of the night. She made us get in the bathtub and threw a mattress over it.
4 hours ago, Jeeves said:Confession: a couple of months ago I made a list of all my streaming services - because I'd kind of lost the plot. I have a couple that are free (Peacock through my Comcast rewards program, Disney+ package through my Verizon account), and am just coming off some promotional pricing for a few others. I need that list to keep tabs on them! I may drop Britbox or Acorn again next month if I find I'm not watching them very much. Max is the highest priced one, but I like it; no ads, and a lot of content including HBO programs.
I had to do this too. Ended up canceling Netflix and Hulu and don't miss them. I kept Amazon Prime but only for shipping. If I only had it to stream, I'd have canceled that too.
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4 hours ago, Trini said:
TV has got to start getting away from 'Genius/Highly Skilled Protagonist With a Tragic, Mysterious Past (who can help everyone except themselves)'.
I'm ready for some well-adjusted detectives again, thanks. (Still miss you, God Friended Me !)
Oh God me too. I love messy train wreck characters usually, but I like my detectives to be functional adults without personal drama or horribly traumatic backstories who also get along with their coworkers. LOL That's true of both TV and books. Just do your detecting without being an angsty, troubled drama llama or an asshole!
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1 hour ago, ChiCricket said:
My daughter is working at O'Hare airport (in Chicago) rn and sent me a video of everyone being told there was a tornado warning, and for them all to head to the tornado shelters (usually the nearest bathrooms there.)
Up until a few minutes ago, my husband and I were sitting in our hallway because the sirens were blaring here.
Word to self: drag two chairs into the hallway next time..our backs are killing us. #geezerproblems
Ps wanted to share the lil vid but it's too big for this site, but here's two screenshots. 😁
Hope all of you are safe!
As part of the same weather system, our temperatures here will have dropped 50 degrees in about 24 hours by tomorrow.
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1 hour ago, bluegirl147 said:
Oh yeah the school season. After the first season season 4 is my favorite. But it did introduce some great characters.
Yeah it is superb. One of the best seasons of TV I've ever seen. But I had to decompress a while after watching it, and rewatches don't make it any easier.
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8 minutes ago, DearEvette said:
But, NGL, when I've done a re-watch I could only re-watch S1 and S2 it gets too heartbreaking after that.
Yeah I watch a lot of depressing TV, but season 4 is pretty much the saddest thing I've ever watched.
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3 hours ago, Haleth said:
I started watching The Wire after seeing here for years how great it was. I do understand why people loved it, but I don't think it's for me. It's pretty rough. However I do want to give young Michael B Jordan a hug. (And older MBJ too for that matter, but that's a different issue.)
Just out of curiosity: how far are you? I watched it for the first time a couple of years ago and really loved it, but yeesh it really is hard on the emotions and the nerves.
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49 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:
What we don't know though, is how much time they spent planning these trips. It seems to me they do do it themselves because they screw up often.
I can see one with a years old globe, another with a map on the bedroom wall and the other on Google. Acting all smart but planning so dumbly.
Choosing where they'll go with a dart. LMAO
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48 minutes ago, laurakaye said:
My apologies, I phrased that wrong. I meant sheltered in how they were raised, not because they live in the country (which they clearly do not). I remain amazed that they can navigate so many places with such ease, and am mostly jealous because they are going to so many places I want to go to. These people travel so much, I wonder if they really appreciate it. It doesn't seem like a luxury to them, more like just something to do because they have extra money and they feel like spending it.
I definitely understand! I've also wondered about their travel. I have friends who travel a lot--and I live vicariously through them--but it involves a lot of saving and strategic planning. I can't see these jackasses having an itinerary or any intelligent planning on what they want to see and do abroad.
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On 2/20/2024 at 1:04 PM, laurakaye said:
'm not saying they're stupid (mostly), but how does a sheltered country boy from Arkansas
They're not sheltered country boys. I mean, they may be sheltered, but they don't live in the sticks. They live on the outskirts of one of the largest metro areas in Arkansas, alongside over half a million other people. As someone who actually does live in a rural part of the same state, it really irritates me when they act like "golly gee shucks I live in Mayberry." I know it's not the same as living in a huge city, but it's also not like they're living in a town where you can count all the stoplights on one hand and are guaranteed to run into people you know every time you're at Walmart and have a long drive to get to anything.
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On 2/20/2024 at 4:12 PM, Salacious Kitty said:
Demelza says hi! ❤️
I love your cat's name!
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12 minutes ago, Chaos Theory said:
But when the showrunners started to drop the premise of 4 nerds and the hot chick next in favor of how smart and weird is Sheldon and how miserable can he make everyone and still he funny the show got less amusing for me.
That was my breaking point too. At a certain point, I just refused to believe that anyone would willingly spend time with Sheldon.
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On 1/29/2024 at 12:43 PM, possibilities said:
The thing is, the only reason I keep my sub month after month is because it's cheap. I don't even use it every month.
Yeah this is what I did for years, on the off-chance something I wanted to see was on there. I finally cancelled it at the beginning of the year. I've not missed it.
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Carl Weathers dying has bothered me more than any celebrity death in quite a while. I first saw him in Predator. He was great at drama and action, but his comedy stuff in Happy Gilmore and Arrested Development is what I always default to with him. I think his run on Arrested Development playing a cheapskate version of himself is one of my all-time favorite guests bits on a show. I quote him from there all the time. 😂 And per the showrunner, that direction for the "character" was all Weathers' idea!
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1 hour ago, dargosmydaddy said:
The "2 of them" message that goes awry,
I love Julian's reaction to being scolded for that. "Well, you know, hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn't it?" LOLOL
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2 hours ago, Bastet said:
I'm up through the one where burglars break in while Mike is home alone with the ghosts, and that was a tremendously fun caper from start to finish. And it brought back the plague girl to my delight, as I love the way the other ghosts are freaked out by her. I think it's my favorite thus far.
That is one of my absolute favorites too! The chaos is superb. I also love what a criminal turn of mind Fanny has. 😂😂😂😂😂
On 1/24/2024 at 2:36 PM, Bastet said:I watch on P+, but am really behind (just started season two), so just checked -- they don't even have season three up, just one and two. Which is quite odd if season three aired on CBS; whichever episode(s) aired on CBS at night, P+ would put up the next day.
I don't think 3 aired on CBS. Because one of my favorite episodes is in that season, and I was looking forward to hearing people's thoughts, which never happened. (Unless I missed something.)
It seems like CBS dumped it after season 2, which is just dumb to me. They could have easily fit in all 5 seasons before they start showing the American version's newest season, IMO.
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I've watched a lot of SVU over the years--though not anything recent--and I always was mystified at how both Stabler and Benson still had jobs.
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On 1/25/2024 at 5:38 PM, SoMuchTV said:
It remains to be seen how Prime will handle things, but let's hope with broadcast shows, they can use the existing break points. I do remember watching Mad Men on Freevee (maybe it was still IMDBtv back then) and the the ad breaks fell a second or two before the actual scene change. I hope they've improved the process since then!
I had that experience with Little House on the Prairie on whatever I watched it on a couple of years ago. It was very annoying and distracting.
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1 minute ago, GeeGolly said:
I don't Jeremy could handle MacDaddy's job, but I think he'd make a great yes man circling around whoever is in charge.
Yes I agree he's great sycophant inner circle material. LOLOL
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I don't think Jeremy has the wherewithal to emerge as a MacArthur replacement, though I don't doubt he fancies that for himself. Jeremy strikes me as someone who's very desperate to be liked, which I doubt is a great personality trait for playing MacArthur version of Game of Thrones, and he also lacks the charisma or gravitas that you'd need for that.
A bit of a diversion, but I think the same principle applies. I once read an insightful interview with an author who's written about a lot of cult figures, and he was asked about the difference between Charles Manson and Jim Jones. He basically said Manson was too much of an overtly off-putting weirdo to appeal to anyone but a couple of dozen disaffected outcasts. Jones at the height of his power could and did manipulate very affluent, intelligent, well-educated people and maintained a sizeable congregation.
I think Jeremy is likewise too much of an off-putting weirdo to ever appeal to enough people to achieve replacing MacArthur. That's not to say MacArthur himself isn't an off-putting weirdo himself. I coined the term Hateful Old Fuck for him a few years ago for a reason. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But he does seem to have enough people believing he's not an off-putting weirdo to be successful at his purpose. Jeremy just radiates desperation and off-putting weirdo, and in the past, pastoring one church seemed like too much work for him. I don't see him growing enough to suddenly be able to rule MacArthur's empire.
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I never get the impression Jeremy actually is interested in the things he bandies around. He would actually probably be more interesting as a person (even as a pretentious one) if he had hobbies he genuinely liked, but the vibe I've always gotten from him is he wants the attention from the persona rather than any sincere interest. He also reminds me a lot of this:
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13 minutes ago, Cress said:
Ok thanks for answering my question about the weird public autopsy. Did the book mention the fire at all, or is that something that Scorsese just made up to be visually dramatic?
I'm pretty sure that there is an intentional fire set on the prairie for him to collect insurance money in the book. I personally thought there was some dark humor in the scene as the agent posing as an insurance guy realized during the conversation that the fire they're watching is an act of fraud against the very policy he sold Hale. It basically underscores how greedy Hale is and how bold he is in undertaking his schemes. He'll acquire a policy and turn around and commit fraud on it within weeks of purchase because he assumes he can get away with it. Insurance fraud is also a recurring issue in the story, from the harebrained car theft scheme to the very sinister manner in which Hale acquired insurance on Henry Roan Horse before killing him. It's basically part of a pattern to the family's crimes.
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Josh and Anna
in Counting On
Yeah I know a lady whose son is in prison. State versus federal, but she gets 4-hour visits monthly with him.