[S09.E02: Groomzilla]

Christine: I looooooove Tony! I loooooooove Tony! We all just looooooooove Tony!

Yeah. I know that when I really like someone, I feel the need to keep repeating my feelings over and over again, lest I forget my love. Sure.

[The All You Can Eat Buffet: My 600 Pound Life All Episode Discussion]

3 hours ago, mamadani said:

My next goal is to catch Steven's episode some time.

It's good to have goals, but Steven's episode is a unique brand of loathsome. Just had to warn you.

[S22.E03: Week 3]

Krystal's all: "I don't really want competition."

Yeah. Going on a dating show in which you and a bevy of other women (all of whom have less annoying voices than yours and more sincerity) was a terrific idea for someone who allegedly eschews competition.

[Family By The Ton - General Discussion]

I'm actually rooting for the members of this family, but something Chitoka said perplexed me. She was talking about worrying about the risks of the surgery, and yes, they are very high at her size. 

But...

If she stays in bed and keeps eating like she has been, she will die, 100%, probably soon. If she has the surgery, she might die. I'm not saying surgery isn't scary, but isn't a possible death sentence preferable to a certain death sentence?

[S06.E02: Janine's Story]

So much to say, but I'll start with this:

"Bullimia is a very serious condition, but not one Janine is even close to having."

DEAD. I AM DEAD. DR. NOW MUST PAY FOR MY FUNERAL, STAT.

[S09.E02: Groomzilla]

I should feel bad about continuing to berate Tony...but I don't.

Did I seriously hear Mykelti (yeah yeah, spellcheck, I know) giggling about how Tony would totally tell her ON THEIR WEDDING DAY that he didn't like her dress?

Surely I misheard. RIGHT?

What kind of unrepentant pig would do that to a bride on her wedding day? (I know, I know, low-hanging fruit)

My husband - a quiet, soft-spoken engineer who rarely expresses emotion in public - still reminds me, every time we talk about our wedding (nine years ago), that I was the most beautiful woman in the world (I wasn't). And I am 100% positive that he would've felt that way regardless of the dress I picked. Why? Because he isn't a raging narcissist more concerned with seeming "edgy" and "pushing buttons" than with other people's feelings.

[Meri Brown and her Wet Bar of Tears]

26 minutes ago, ghoulina said:

Agreed. I felt like it was more about wanting him to FIGHT for it, than her really wanting it. 

Fight for it=fighting for her.

[Meri Brown and her Wet Bar of Tears]

37 minutes ago, ghoulina said:

I felt like Meri had dithered too much at that point. Too much back and forth. By that time, Kody was over it. Probably not even sure of her motivations any more. 

The constant dithering is why I wonder if, by that point, Meri REALLY wanted another baby, of if she just wanted attention from Kody so the topic stayed unresolved.

[Social Media: What's Up With Her?]

3 hours ago, Irate Panda said:

The point of the NoBS site is too sell the merchandise, but some of these pics are just awful.  I mean I think Whitney’s FB and Instagram are more professional and flattering.  This pic of Buddy is just poor quality and the I don’t understand why Whitney always has to make some odd face.  Also Whitney shirt looks so stretched it looks almost  see through.

?

Is she...pretending to be a tiger or something? Um, having a seizure?

[Kody Brown: Part-Time Father, Full-Time Asshat]

On 1/10/2018 at 6:11 AM, laurakaye said:

What a passive-aggressive moronic jerkface he is.

He's the one who uprooted his entire brood to Vegas in the first place under the pretense of "persecution."  Who can forget the fam'ly throwing their stuff into a moving truck while police sirens sounded in the background, as if they were literally on the run?  He's the one who gave his kids three days to pack, say goodbye to their friends, and leave their schools.  Who remembers Kody getting all ticked off at Hunter because Hunter didn't want to play football in his brand-new school?  Or Maddie, who was vocal about being very unhappy with their new living situation?  And then all the stupid shenanigans with building those Vegas McMansions while Meri whined about the wet bar and it not being her fault that she didn't have 15 kids to fill her house, etc.?

And now he's whining because he wants to move again?  Well, guess what, Hair Gel Caveman...you don't always get to do what you want when you've built a huge family with umpteen kids and four "wives."  He is such a tool.  He'll never ever get it through his mop-topped skull that the universe doesn't revolve around him, especially when he, as the "head" of this brood, has several other people's feelings to consider.

But he didn't care the first time, so I imagine the upcoming storyline will involve them "fleeing" Vegas (because persecution but really because bill collectors coming to get their money) and moving to St. George.

Whatever.

/rant

Ha ha, fleeing bill collectors. That was freaking gold. And someone embroider the comment about how you don't always do what you want and send it to Kody, please. Whiny McManchild needs that lesson, stat.

[Meri Brown and her Wet Bar of Tears]

On 1/7/2018 at 10:37 AM, seniorpatriot said:

There was a show about Cody and Meri, where she wanted to have another baby and cody said no. But then he goes on and has more kids with that last wife.  I felt really bad about that for her. I don't think she was barron. 

But didn't Kody offer (or at least discuss the option of) having another baby with Meri via IVF, and she said no? I believe that she was devastated by secondary infertility when she was younger, but I'm not convinced 40-something Meri REALLY wanted another baby.

[S09.E01: Meri Moving?]

1 hour ago, Galloway Cave said:

So glad you reminded me of this. When this was brought up during the show, all I could think about was the LuLaRoe schedules Meri is always posting. She is gone all the time anyway, traveling all over the West doing pop-up sales shows. When she isn't selling shitty leggings, she's at the Happiest Place on Earth. If they want to keep acting like they have to have Meri around for family reasons or because they lurve her (in other words, for the show's storylines), then maybe keep her off social media.

Ooh, this is a really good point! Meri is already away from home a good portion of the time. She's already away from "the family." What difference would another business make?

[S05.E11: James K's Story]

14 hours ago, AZChristian said:

How did he improve?  Did he take one of Lisa's kidneys and half of her liver?  And make her sleep on the floor of his room while HE recovered from surgery?

I was all set to type something snappy and witty, but I just feel sad.

[S06.E01: Rena and Lee's Story]

On 1/11/2018 at 6:42 PM, Giant Misfit said:

I just tuned into the Super Sized episode and heard Lee say to the therapist, "It's not like I beat her every day." One more time, "It's not like I beat her every day." 

Poor Rena. She looked so broken during that session. Please leave him!

This made my skin crawl. And him telling her that she drove him to hit her! No. No no no no. I started this episode rooting for both of them, but halfway through I wanted Rena to push Lee and his scooter onto the highway, and I sure as hell wasn't buying Lee's so-called turnaround by the end of the episode, carnations or no.

Hearing that Lee is all Rena has scares the crap out of me. There is no way she'll leave him when he's "it" for her. So damn sad.

[Snark Should Be Multiplied, Not Divided: General Show Discussion]

On 1/7/2018 at 4:02 PM, Kohola3 said:

They did. Now we get to suffer through enjoy it in retrospect through numerous tedious exciting episodes of planning and joyful high jinks.

Oh, boy! Two entitled (very young) quasi-adults who they're entitled to whatever ridiculousness their little hearts desire without any work on their parts! How will I contain my excitement while watching these two dynamos? It's a mystery all right.

[S09.E01: Meri Moving?]

I had the same thought pinballing through my head during this episode, and I feel compelled to share it here.

When Meri was sharing her particularly poorly thought out B&B idea, all the wives, save maybe Janelle, were lamenting how often she'd be away from home, with Kody chiming in. Um, so? What difference does it make if she's there or not? They admit openly that they live almost entirely separate lives, with Meri and Janelle barely able to exist in one another's presence. They're rarely using each other for child care, they don't gather as an entire "family" very often, and they had no idea (NONE) that Meri was being catfished for months on end, because they barely ever saw her or interacted with her.

So if her absence does remove her from the family, such as it is, why are we supposed to believe it'd make any difference in anything?

[S09.E01: Meri Moving?]

1 hour ago, SunnyBeBe said:

I agree.  Maybe, I'm odd on this kind of thing, but, I don't even get why you have to have a huge variety of deserts at a wedding reception, when you have wedding cake, especially, if you are on a budget and trying to keep costs down.  Of course, maybe, they think the deserts are cheaper than the cake, but, I don't see how that pans out.  

So,

  Reveal hidden contents

they actually got married outside, in Utah in December......that's odd. I thought Utah was cold in winter time.

I don't get the impression that M&T were even the slightest bit interested in "trying to keep costs down." They seemed hell-bent on planning on doing whatever they wanted and waiting for someone else to pay for it.

[S06.E00: Steven & Justin Assanti: Where Are They Now?]

19 minutes ago, Teddybear said:

When his dad said he can't wait for him (after the surgery) to get a job, a girl, etc I was thinking, a girl?  Really?  I'm fairly sure if he were a normal weight he wouldn't be attracting the ladies.  He's just so repugnant.  

I had the same thought, only with lots of expletives. A girl? A GIRL? As if there is any female currently walking terra firma who would ever -- EVER -- want to get anywhere near Steven.

[S05.E01: Rescue Me]

Does anyone else wonder if Todd actually likes Whitney? 'Cause it seems like he can't stand her.

[S06.E00: Steven & Justin Assanti: Where Are They Now?]

Please tell me that I'm not the only one who, when Justin was lamenting that he "didn't want to end up like Steven," was tempted to yell at the TV, "you already are!"

I find myself bereft of snark right now. These three "men" are a festering boil on the ass of humanity. Steven Sr. is criminally passive aggressive and a terrible enabler, Justin has the emotional reactions of a particularly surly teenage boy, and Steven Jr. is a whole mess o' dysfunction. Damn, I got nothin.'

[Social Media: What's Up With Her?]

Re: the suit pic, there's ANOTHER comment about how she looks thinner, and then the commentator wants advice about getting motivated to lose weight.

WHITNEY DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT, REMEMBER?

[Social Media: What's Up With Her?]

7 minutes ago, ClareWalks said:

This is what is so weird to me about the Fat Activism that Whitney and her ilk do. They appeal to those fans who don't want their favorite celebs to lose weight, because losing weight is basically an admission that it is better to not be morbidly obese, which is "shaming." Yet these same fans constantly look for signs that their heroes have lost weight, because secretly it would give them hope that it is indeed possible, which is what they really want. Whitney social media fans, trust me, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE WEIGHT. To believe otherwise is to believe that your obesity is hopeless and uncontrollable, which is far worse for your self-esteem and your health than the truth, which is that weight loss is simple (not easy, but simple) and possible.

That was so well said. 

I just get serious whiplash reading her SM.

"You look like you've gained weight."

"It doesn't matter if she's fat! She looks beautiful!"

"Besides, she's lost a ton of weight!"

"Whitney, you look so thin!"

Wait...what? Does it matter or doesn't it? Is it "okay" that she's fat or isn't it? I'm so confused.

[Social Media: What's Up With Her?]

I don't get the near-constant "you look like you've so much weight!" slavering from her fans. I thought Whitney herself said that she had no interest in losing weight. If that's the case, why keep throwing that out as a compliment? It doesn't matter if she looks thinner; she doesn't want to be thinner.

[S05.E11: James K's Story]

Do James's friends go out of their way to pick the least flattering pictures for these fundraisers? Geez, first a close-up of his cellulitis-covered legs and a protruding catheter, now a lovely shot of his bloody neck complete with IV? 

[The Bachelor in the Media]

I have a question about streaming episodes; I hope it's okay for me to post it in here. I'm new to the Bachelor-verse, and I've been watching past seasons. I see that seasons 13+ of The Bachelor are available on Amazon, and seasons 6+ of The Bachelorette. Anyone know how I can watch the earlier seasons?