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How do you say “crickets” in Japanese?

Don't know if this is a national ad, but the Aspen Dental commercial with the brunette & her "dental emergency" and her praise for Aspen "saving the tooth" is just aural torture. Her raspy vocal fry is 1000x's worse than the migraine suffering, pirate dress up mom. OMG, I cannot listen to her croaking out words about her stupid tooth. without spinning into an immediate rage. Did Aspen's services cause that abomination? If she showed up in their office with that affliction, did the dentist or hygienist suggest she seek out an ear-nose-throat physician ASAP? Honestly, I couldn't work with or live with or socialize with anyone with that voice. I'd be in jail for assault. Oh, yes I don't like these either. Mostly because they are dumb as you pointed out. But there is one version where a blonde woman pronounces 'food' as FEW-d. She is dead to me. As is the lady who uses nicotine "GOM" to help her stop smoking.

Ditto times 1000. Cannot stand Tater. I called him Tater-Not, and he was the reason I stopped watching this show. Aside from his leprechaun schtick, his commentary drove me nuts. He isn’t nearly as witty or talented as he thinks he is. I can’t even give him credit for being a creative hipster type. He is just flat out annoying AF. I just hope the rest of his team is less talented than the other cake and sugar artists are, so Team Tater-Not gets booted early.

This show was DOA the minute the announced it was coming back for a final season. It's been on life support for several years. None of the actors seem into it. At all. Ditto for whatever 4th string writing staff is churning out these HI-larious scripts. The adult kids used to be fairly decent child actors. Now as grown ups, their acting skills have dwindled. I cannot stand Manny, his hats, his whimsy or his girlfriend Cam & Mitch are unbearable individually, and more so as a married couple. Claire & Phil have done a miserable job as parents. Gloria is so one dimensional - which ironic since all her plots revolve around her very prominent 3-D "assets". Jay was the semi-voice of reason, but one character cannot keep this sinking ensemble ship afloat. Other than a few, very scarce moments of real emotional connections between a set of characters, this family appears to actively hate each other. And thanks to the trope-y writing, half-assed acting and horrible characters, I do too.

I finally watched Dairy Week. Very disappointed by so many things... 1) I was unfortunately spoiled b/c I waited so long to watch so I knew about the controversial “Philimination” (TM TAR). He wasn’t long for the competition anyway, but Priya should’ve gone out based on her performance IMO. 2) Dairy Week??? Boo. Keep this theme under lock and key, along with vegan burgers and cooking over camp fires. But I think my biggest disappointment was during the Technical. Not because of the task; Maids of Honour may be an obscure 16th century baked good, but the bakers have been challenged to do other little-known items in the past. My despondency, and distress, and disillusionment was due to the fact that 10 British adults had no clue what a Tudor Rose looks like! And WTF was Michelle’s excuse? “Oh, I’m Welsh, I don’t know what a Tudor Rose is.” First off, YES, WE ALL KNOW YOU ARE WELSH, MICHELLE! Second, you know who else was Welsh, Michelle? THE TUDORS!!!

Overall, I was really glad to get some answers about Yuko. I liked the whole explanation of “paradise” and how Yuko became the spirit. But it is still pretty messy storytelling. In addition to the questions above (NO ONE came running to the fire? Why was Chester such a dick to his dad? How did Yuko get back to the US after the Jeep crash?), I have others... * what did Yuko’s ancestor do to end up in the spirit world? Did she kill her daughter in “real life” and end up there as punishment? Or was her daughter in the limbo/paradise with her mom, then they had a fight and mom let daughter go to the underworld? * what happened to the baby’s mom who was watching the fireworks after Yuko took the baby? Is her dead body just laying around somewhere in camp? * what happened to that baby after Chester found the grave? * how’d that open grave get there, and no one noticed it? * so Yuko revenge-killed her husband 21 years later for tossing her out in the streets...I can understand her vengeance in this case. But why did she posses the body & kill his 2nd wife? He beat the second wife and cheated on her ( I think that was mentioned in first episode), so it wasn’t a lovey-dovey relationship Yuko envied as ‘what could have been’ had she stayed in place as Wifey #1. * why did she posses the other older man/ family friend and cause him to get shot by the guards? Who was he to her backstory? What advantage did Yuko gain from getting him killed? I will stick with this series til the end, but I won’t be happy about it. Maybe I will rewatch Season 1 after this one is over.

That could be...But whether I read it somewhere or just created my own answer for what Tuunbaq was, I could infer the creature was a warning to the white man. That spirit wanted to keep the Europeans/Americans out of the territory to hopefully avoid a collapse of their culture and resources. But the yurei in this series just seems to be haunting people for the sake of getting close to one character (so far). I hope there is some kind of payoff as the series ends...what ties the ghost/spirit to Chester? Why did Yuko choose to kill off Chester's elder family members & friends? I just hope nothing bad happens to Yamoto-san! George Takei better make it til the end!

This season of The Terror has me confused. I am liking the historical info about WWII, and the Japanese Internment Prisons Camps. The actors are good, their individual story lines (limited as they are) are good. If this were just a drama about what happened to Japanese-Americans, I'd give it a 'B-'. But the yurei plot is just not coming together for me. There hasn't been enough explanation of who/what/how for me. I don't need to be spoon fed all the details, but a little more exposition would be beneficial. I've just been watching this show as if it has a split personality disorder; there's the human drama about the families and their predicament during the war, then there's the "spooky" spirit plot that just makes me kind of zone out. The presence of Yuko takes the show down to a 'C-'. So the spirit/ghost inhabited the body of the new young Japanese translator to get her rotting remains closer to Chester. What happened to him once he landed at Chester's camp?? Next thing I know is Chester's translator buddy is forcing him to hijack the jeep and go AWOL. So, the spirit took over this guy and he's now dead in the ditch??? Yuko the yurei needs to stop body jumping more than once per episode. I sure hope we all get the big reveal of why the spirit is there (in the camp and traveling across the Pacific) & why Chester is so important to her.

Defendant in mauled kitten case uses her disposable income for false eyelashes, but I think her money would be better spent on orthodontics. Or rhinoplasty.

So tragic...the whole season, all the stories, th endings for the characters...fucking tragic. Many people have the attitude that people who break laws deserve to be punished, and severely, to “pay back society”. Lots of people believe illegal immigrants need to be rounded up and sent back to their countries of origin with no delay. I know OITNB is a TV show, but I dare anyone to watch the institutional breakdown of people’s souls depicted on this show, and still not be moved to question if we as a country are doing right by anyone trapped in such broken bureaucratic systems. Yes, laws are being broken, and people need to take ownership of their actions and bad decisions. However, the way things are currently (mis)managed only sets up everyone involved for failure. For the people rounded up in ICE raids- No plan of what to do with the US born children, no plan to provide proper legal or translation services, or adequate temporary housing or medical aid. For inmates in for-profit prisons - very little meaningful educational or therapeutic assistance. Inadequate or non existent medical/psychiatric care. No support channels for post-release to prevent recidivism. Heartbreaking to think of all the real life Maritza’s,Tiffany’s, Tastee’s, Red’s, Karla’s, Morello’s etc etc etc. Tens of thousands of lives destroyed every year.

I am not of this “selfie, if it isn’t on Insta, then it didn’t happen!” generation, so I am kinda surprised by the constant professional photo shoots these folks have. I totally understand commemorating big moments like bdays, births, or graduations. But my gawd! This Roloff clan is obsessed with documenting not only those events, but every damn day in between! How many “Oh! You just caught us by surprise as we went a-stroliin’ across the daisy filled meadow/black sand beach/organic corn fields/ certified free range apple orchard!” How many of these faux ‘candid’ pictures of themselves do these people need? Is it plain old narcissistic behavior? Jeez...Even the evil queen in Snow White looked away from her mirror a few times a day.

@gonecrackers & @funky-rat- thanks & apologies! It was early and not enough coffee in my system!

See also "littles". Makes me want to scream. My daughter is now 12, but some of her friends' moms will use this in every single FB post or text. "Taking my littles to the beach today!" "Hosted a pool party and all the littles had popsicles!" "Littles" was enough to make me want to never talk to you when our kids were 3. They are now almost teenagers. Please STOP using this infantile stupid non-word.

I need the name of a good personal injury lawyer because watching/hearing that idiot "science" woman this morning has given me seizures and an anxiety attack. WTF is her problem??? I think being around all those chemicals has caused brain damage. I have never seen anyone so manic or heard anyone speak so fast. I couldn't understand a word she said and I have no idea what "science" she was attempting to share. Unless her lesson was "This is what happens when you divert educational funds to create a personal meth lab."

I wasn't expecting Arlene to go like that. This show's body count is going to rival "Sopranos" pretty soon. I also wasn't expecting Bryce's book to be a big hit with the White Supremacist crowd. I did htink there had to be something up when he got his book deal. But I figured it was one of those scam-type fake publishing deals...like Bryce would be on the hook for the cost of the "printing" or the distribution. Can M & M die ASAP? It can be quick & off screen. As much as I loathe these characters, I don't need to see their deaths drawn out, or in an extremely painful. manner...that just means more screen time for them. I swear, the campy, OTT villains on the old Adam West 1960's "Batman" series had more credibility and gravitas then M & M.

"I want to know" WTF I watched for 7 weeks. I feel like the writers wrote "Emmy reel" scenes for Meryl Streep & Laura Dern first, THEN half-assed it to craft the rest of the stories around them. The legal battle & courtroom proceedings were made up BS. No WAY ML's issues didn't come up long before Celeste's Closing Argument Eve revelation. And I have a hard time believing a FAMILY COURT judge would let 2 minor, very young children attend that shit show (just a couple of eleventy-million flaws against reality that irked me about the overwrought, unrealistic custody battle plot). I don't get the point of Bonnie's mom. She came in like a stealth shit stirrer and ends up dying silently? I guess we got a little bit of Bonnie's back story filled in but, still unsatisfying. And, since no one cared enough to make us care about Nathan, bye dude! Madeline & Ed's marriage is magically healed with some cool hipster throwback music & a hippy chic private beach wedding? I can't even with Gordon and his inability to read the room. Too bad that bat didn't do more damage. We all are left to imagine what happens to the Monterey 5 after they walk in to the Police Station? Beyond being guilty of delaying/impeding the investigation, I would imagine none of them are going to be charged with murder. Maybe manslaughter or a lesser charge? But Bonnie was defending a person getting beaten up. She was intervening to assist someone first, not deliberately trying to kill the aggressor. And if anyone with a grain of sense in the aftermath of the "push" thought about it, or obtained legal counsel LAST SEASON, we wouldn't have had to limp through this extraneous second season.

I'm sure this has been covered with all the other annoying pharma ads, but seeing the Emgality ad for the 50 millionth time has broken me. The mom suffers from migraines and poor little child has vewy vewy sad feewings b/c mommy may not be able to play <insert frowny face here>. I HATE THAT MOTHER (and by association...the kid). I hate the way the woman speaks...there's a vocal fry when the kid asks her if "mommy can play", and mom replies "sure honey! wanna plaaaaaaaaaAAAAAYYY...PIRATE & PRINCESS?!?!?!" GAH! I HATE this ad sooo much! I have no real reason other than her voice. Wish I could sue for the assault on my eardrums. I I just HATE that lady & her voice & the whole stupid premise. I can't dive for the mute button on the remote fast enough when I see/hear it. I need to go breathe into a paper bag and calm the eff down...Emagality lady has raised my BP. And I think I'm getting a headache. I'm sure there are pill ads coming on that can help me... side note: (I know migraines are no joke and people truly suffer horrible, debilitating pain. I have no problem advertising the drug if it can help anyone!)

Preach! This show has been an escapist goofy OTT guilty pleasure in the past, but this season is losing me. I hate M & M and the whole casino thing. I don't get what many of the side plots are for...UncleDaddy's rehab insurance scam?? Is that bringing in any money? Or doing any actual rehabing? Mahjong??? Who cares! Desna's dad being found after 40+ years and being oh-so cool with meeting his adult kids & wanting to move in with them??? Polly has always been the crazy pants in the crew, but I don't get why she is with the casino dude. Brazenly shaking down store owners and robbing them for a thrill is going to land her back in jail. And I still don't understand how Quiet Ann's cop GF is still involved with her. Didn't GF & her partner try to bust Desna's whole crew? How do they have a relationship with the cop knowing all the dirt? How does GF keep her job as a cop when she's dating a known criminal?

In addition to her ridiculous outfit and that gimmicky eye patch and her loosely-goosey fluid accent, what is up with Madonna’s teeth? Does she have braces? Dentures? False teeth as part of this new album’s “persona”? And why does she behave like a complete asshole In every interview? The goal is to promote your latest opus to the unwashed masses, so maybe show a little gratitude for being given a platform to peddle it? If she feels she is so superior and above doing chat shows or press junkets, then stay the fuck home. Aside from her presence, I liked the other guests. Ian McKellan is a joy. I really want to see “Yesterday”, and Himesh Patel has a lovely voice.

I missed the explanation of the snorkel challenge...why did the camera keep zooming in on Chris and Brett’s gnome?? was there a coin hidden on him? I missed what they missed obviously! I never watched Big Brother so I have no idea who any of those teams are. I don’t know anything about Nicole, except that when she speaks I want to jab an ice pick in my ear. The accent and the whimpering whine combined have convinced me that her boyfriend and all of her friends and family back home must be profoundly deaf.

Rinna is going to hustle until she makes Amelia Gray (& the Other One) “happen”, come Hell or high water. She raised those girls to be vapid, selfish and spoiled. They watched their mother starve herself and obsess over her weight and looks for years. Like most women and girls in Hollywood/Beverly Hills, the outward appearance is all that matters. Wear the right designer. Carry the right bag. Have a glam squad on retainer for even the most mundane trips out of the house. Eschew serious pursuit of an education; just get into a “prestigious” school thanks to your parents checkbook and/or connections. And above all, keep your face and antics in the public eye CONSTANTLY! If you aren’t on Instagram or YouTube around the clock, promoting yourself or your ‘cause of the week’ or your favorite brand of 10” long fake eyelashes, then you don’t exist. As the parent of one of these pretty-pretty outer shell young adults, Rinna now overcompensates for their lack in substance. She exaggerates any perceived accomplishments. Her daughter is an “activist” because she wants to study nutrition and psychology? Um...how ‘bout she gets a degree in either first, then puts her knowledge and skills to work? If Amelia is an activist for talking about her eating disorder or her mom’s tv show, then is she a ‘writer’ because she signed her dad’s birthday card? I truly wish the young woman good health and recovery, but I don’t think she is helping anyone at this point in her “journey”. No one with any type of disorder can make the announcement one week, declare themselves in recovery the next, then take on the role of activist or role model the next.

THIS^^^^^^^ Bethenny may be the self appointed caretaker of all the little wounded (aka-drunk off their asses) birdies, but that comment was cruel and intentionally meant to exalt B over Tinsley, because B has a child. That was a swift, deep cut (even if Tinsley didn’t hear it or react to it). Luann has officially lost her ties to reality. She is “singing” in clubs right now, but that won’t last forever. After her “fans” and the oddly curious people have seen her show once, then what? I can’t imagine there are people paying multiple times to see the same 6 Jovani dresses and the same lame RHONY inside “jokes”, or tolerate her voice beyond her 60-90 min set. She acts as if she is at the same iconic level as Barbara Streisand or Celine Dion. She hasn’t been around long enough. She is not talented enough, or rich enough or beloved enough to merit the adoration, the kowtowing or cult following she has deluded herself into believing she has earned. WTF was that “party”?? Is there an app for trolling rich, single men in the Miami? Did Romona send out a mass tweet or blanket the bars with flyers to get those “guests” to the house? Just seems so random...aside from Mario and rum guy, did any of the women know any of the other guests??? And I am shocked that Tinsley was able to get her sister into Romona’s sausage party. One extra (and significantly younger) vagina in the room could have off set Ramona’s, Sonja’s and Lu’s ability to hook up with their next Mr. Right Now.

Caryn is one stupid woman. If she did indeed have an affair with Matt, that was Stupid Act #1. Now Matt and Amy are divorced, and the drawn out decision over the farm seems to be in progress. Caryn still keeps opening her mouth to bitch about Amy in as many ways as she can. Did she think that once Amy opted to move off the farm that meant Amy would suddenly vaporize and disappear from being on the planet? Amy is going to be in Matt’s world until either one of them dies. They share kids, in-laws and most importantly, grandchildren. Caryn has been pissed off at Amy before she made her decision (although why, I don’t know...it is not her business, her property or her family). Now Amy makes a hard emotional decision and all Caryn can harp about is she hopes Amy doesn’t take “2 more years” to do xyz. SHUT IT, you stupid cow! There is only one thing I can think of that could potentially delay Caryn’s blissfully wedded life with Matt; she wants to see the bank statements before the final settlement and what it looks like after. Other than sinking her claws into Matt’s money, there should be nothing stopping those two from marrying, traveling or buying more turd infested property. She wants to know how much of Matt’s cash she will get to manipulate, and the cost of Amy’s buyout is what is worrying her. Caryn and her poor, put upon, long suffering shtick has worn thin. She knows her exasperated eye rolling and little digs are filmed along with her fakey- fake kumbaya, let’s all get along segments, right? She understands that while she smiles to Amy’s face, but makes fun of her with Matt behind Amy’s back, that Amy and her family and her friends will be able to watch this on tv? Caryn the stupid cow needs to go stand in the pumpkin patch while the Rolloff family discuss their business and their finances.

I finally watched this dreck. I kept waiting for the punch line...that these were all just PA's or people off the street instead of "design school graduates" as their chyrons stated. First things first...every single one of them needs to get their $19.95/semester back from whatever unaccredited, online "University" they stumbled onto during a late night of drunk TV watching and questioning their life choices up til that point. None of them had any real skills. It was worse than the crafting time I spent as a Daisy Scout Leader of a dozen 5 year olds. The young woman in the overalls with the unfounded sense of confidence and overestimation of her abilities had a very off putting personality. She told the audience exactly who she is in her first TH. She said she got into "design" because she made fun of her friends' and families' decor and sense of taste. Really? So being a bitch is all you need on your resume to be a designer? I hope they don't do anything like this again. Or if they need filler, then have the real TS designers compete instead of unemployed, untalented randos the casting folks found milling around the the local Starbucks.

I’d like to invite Caryn to take the head chair at the shut your fucking pie hole table. Enough with her passive aggressive digs at Amy. Yes, the made for tv farm drama has to be played out, so everyone earns a paycheck. But whoever is feeding Caryn her storyline needs to stop her and Matt from saying Amy is “holding them hostage”...they can’t move forward...they don’t know what their future holds until Amy makes the decision. Really??? Matt has bought at least two properties with Caryn’s involvement; he bought HER parents’ retirement condo in AZ and that “investment” land that’s covered in mold and rat turds. I don’t think poor, long suffering Matt is having any trouble moving on with whatever the hell Matt wants to do. I’m glad Amy spoke up and told Matt she doesn’t need Chris to manage or consult or guide her decision process. I wish she would have an honest discussion with each of her kids to let them know why the “farm” is equivalent to family to her. She is afraid she won’t see her 3 sons or her grand kids as often if she moves. They need to reassure her that she is not going to be excluded or forgotten if she lives in a new condo or house not in smelling distance of Matt’s manure. Molly is out of state, so she will always visit her mom when she makes trips to OR. I don’t know about her relationship with Jacob since he isn’t filmed, but I assume it’s good since he and his fiancé lived with Amy for a while. Amy and Zach seem close, and Tori looks like she has a good connection. I don’t see Tori or Zach withholding their kids from Amy. Now, Jerk and Odd could be a different story. Jerk has made snide remarks about Amy because of the divorce. And Odd, patron saint of the thigh gap and gaping maw Instastories, has little respect for Amy for not being subservient enough to make her miserable marriage to a miserable man work. What dog food are they giving Murphy??? He is HUGE! Is there a reason why they haven’t brought him to obedience training? Between his size, lack of training and Zach’s back problems, Tori will be the only person able to walk or kinda control Murphy for a long time. I see Jackson getting knocked down & dragged by that dog in the future, and it won’t be the dog’s fault. I have to wonder if Tori and Zach are playing dumb for the drama factor or if they are truly in denial about Zach’s health/potential health issues? Tori looked floored by the news Zach may need surgery...sooner or later, but at some point. The guy has had multiple surgeries and hospitalizations since he was a kid. Zach has to be aware of his own condition and what could be ahead for him, right? But, they did buy a house with a stupid multi-level layout. And, they have a rambunctious large breed dog they haven’t trained, so maybe they are as clueless as shown on tv.