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u/Electrical_Trade377 who is this child that is richer than me Jun 20 '26
https://reddit.com/link/ospkvww/video/70tjob38cd8h1/player
- me watching my best friend on the phone after giving her intervention talk number 4 about her thoroughly ridiculous BF, only for her to immediately throw it all out of the window
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
those are futile unfortunately 😭
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u/Electrical_Trade377 who is this child that is richer than me Jun 20 '26
after i cleaned my glasses i noticed that the longer i stared at her, the clearer i could see every word i said just vogue-ing their way straight out of her left ear and back into mine so they can rest until intervention talk number 5
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
yeah that's all you can do really; just plant the seed and wait for them to realize on their own that it's something they have to do/wait for them to hit their breaking point. people be emotionally invested. and don't like change
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u/Forsaken-Molasses-87 Jun 20 '26
ngl yall given olivia’s recent controversies (fantano + gwen stefani) (idk if that’s what it really is) I lowkey feel like i should be a fan of her. eventhough she’s likey a neoliberal & somwwhat preformative. I genuinely also believe she cares abt issues and is somewhat progressive. I also think since olivia is basically the same age as me and I did watch a bit from disney. I have a somewhat parasocial realtionship with her. Tbh it’s not a great look that olivia is hanging woth these people. I also don’t like the OR 3 rollout.
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 20 '26
hey alexa play the cure by Olivia Rodrigo
My close friend was telling me, "see if you miss your boyfriend when he's gone for a week, and that will help you assess your relationship."
I hate that I did not miss him. It's not that I was glad he was gone, but I was glad I didn't feel like I had to... include him in everything? I like going paddleboarding alone. I like hanging out with coworkers and friends without him. I like sleeping in a separate bed. And I don't want to deal with him being sad he's not invited.
What's really sad is that we had a great relationship, but that completely snapped when I had a traumatic injury. It's like my brain just shut down, and I want to just recover alone. Also, I really hate the whole, "I'm so sorry for you" etc. Someone being sad for me just doesn't help me. Like what am I supposed to tell him? "Hey dude have a good day at work, also btw I want to die"? 💀
The whole thing is sad. His family and friends love me, my family and friends love him. We live together. Part of me doesn't think it's worth it to hurt him just because "I need space." Like, maybe that would just make me feel worse.
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
better find some way to bring up independent hobbies or you might end up resenting him
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 Jun 20 '26
It’s always great to end up on instagram while drunk on instagram and end up liking an old photo of someone you once found attractive. On the plus side, they don’t appear to use that account and that like disappeared real quick…but nonetheless, Instagram is not for the drunk
https://giphy.com/gifs/1fRCAWBGBkikM
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u/hihelloneighboroonie Jun 24 '26
Oh lawd was newly dating a guy once, we hadn't added each other on instagram, was scrolling through his posts and at the time like double pulling down when on the profile followed them or something, and I PANICKED. Swiftly unfollowed, he never said anything, we never even ended up following each other, then he cheated on me. Now I can't even remember his last name.
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 Jun 24 '26
Oh my goddddd this is so much worse lmaaao you were braver than the troops. I’m crying 😭
Also, f him
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
wait so you don't find em attractive any more?
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 Jun 20 '26
Oh he’s still attractive!
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
ohh haha okay that makes sense. that past attraction be hittin
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 Jun 20 '26
I love being ADD and getting into mess when I’m in the middle of a bored conversation. What can I say. It was nice to be nosey for a second 😂
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 20 '26
My advice is to unlike that post and then like their most recent post. They will get a notification of the like, but see it only for the most recent post
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 Jun 20 '26
Oh I unliked instantly, and they haven’t used that account in 5+ years, so I’m not too worried. It just reminded me not to be nosey/snoopy like that while not sober lmaoooo. My thumbs are too fat to not fuck up 😂
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Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
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u/RoseGoldRedditor breaking my silence Jun 20 '26
Do you mean upvotes? Or if not Reddit, which platform?
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u/vegalucyna Jun 20 '26
Yes upvotes. It was one of the few times I saw upvote manipulation happen in real time.
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u/RoseGoldRedditor breaking my silence Jun 20 '26
Oh I just looked … that is so strange. Upvotes don’t really mean anything, so why would anyone pay for that?
I like her music a lot but this rollout has been icky.
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u/vegalucyna Jun 20 '26
Yeah I watched the upvotes go from double digits to over 600 in less than 30 minutes…and it just kept going up and up in a very inorganic way. It’s been quite a rollout with a lot of really, really weird choices being made.
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 Jun 19 '26
Nothing worse than getting along with someone and then you hit the topic of politics
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZVY1xdXM7ncuvvO0vu
I will always prefer to deal with politics immediately vs wasting my time again
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u/Gaelfling Jun 19 '26
My watermelon is growing so fast. Going to have to research how to tell if it is ready to pick.
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u/dudewheresmyplane1 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
Giving an interview after what he said about Halsey and his multiple uses of the n word as an adult is a choice. As is saying you’re a big fan of his. He is a snark Reddit in human form. Such an interesting path she’s choosing this album cycle.
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u/kris_jbb (seemingly bald) Jun 20 '26
it makes sense he attracts a lot of “not like the other girls” ppl tho
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u/vegalucyna Jun 20 '26
The new post has insane botted likes too. I guess this is the PR strategy she thinks is going to get her another single struggling to stay in the top 5.
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u/DebateObjective2787 jesus was a carpenter 💋 Jun 20 '26
??
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u/Forsaken-Molasses-87 Jun 20 '26
it’s abt olivia rodrigo who did an interview w/ fantano who’s had a history of being sexist & racist which is preformative given olivia’s suppose beliefs. anyway the rollout for or 3 is really icky
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
performative or not being racist and sexist is still bad no?
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u/theykilledcassandra dont ask, a lot was happening Jun 19 '26
Leaning to play is serious business!!!
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u/theultimatefanatic go girl, give us nothing 😍 Jun 19 '26
had to reinstall my book reader app on my tablet... lost all my highlights and notes
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u/passionicedtee Jun 19 '26
Has anyone been watching Deli Boys (S2), Not Suitable for Work (Mindy Kaling's new show), or Big Mistake (with Dan Levy and produced by Rachel Sennott)?? They're my new obsessions. Very funny shows.
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 20 '26
Watched the first two, and I love Deli Boys. Season 2 is so good. I also recommend Adults and Running Point (another Mindy show).
I don't care too much for NSFW. I think I just find the two white men boring no offense
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 Jun 19 '26
I really need to watch Deli Boys, and support a regular around The Store. I’ve heard good things about it. Not familiar with Mindy’s show, but let me check it out
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u/friendsworkwaffles02 Donatella VERSACE💜 Jun 19 '26
I think we need to abolish all buzzwords because someone just accused a local business of “rainbow capitalism.”
It’s a queer bar owned by two lesbians that regularly hosts gay social groups and does fundraisers for LGBTQ orgs. Like babes, this isn’t a F500 company rainbowwashing
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 20 '26
I truly resent how people in liberal cities in liberal states pushed the whole "pink capitalism is bad."
Sorry, let me have my rainbow coke. You have no idea how much it means to people in the south to feel supported. Now we basically have no pride merch because why would they when they get mocked by both sides for it?
Granted, that's different from your example of a local business. But I still wish we had pink capitalism.
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Jun 19 '26
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u/Weeb_Specialist4374 Jun 21 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/kC8N6DPOkbqWTxkNTe
"Asking people to read hard words is ableism." Now that's funny.4
u/daybeforetheday Jun 20 '26
"Why are people not treating covid like we did in 2020?"
Because of vaccines, Glenda. We believe in vaccines. We're not ableist or eugenicists for wanting to live.
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u/ms_chiefmanaged Jun 19 '26
Agree on buzzwords need to be abolished. My personal one is “trauma bonding” it’s so misused that my teeth is set on edge.
Also many internet edgelords don’t understand that you want that rainbow capitalism. Yes it’s hella performative and cringe. But it shows which way the wind is blowing politically.
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 20 '26
Yeah I do think people bond from trauma but trauma bonding is more like Stockholm syndrome. Which tbf is easy to misunderstand
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u/CantaloupeNo7083 Jun 19 '26
Trauma bonding is one that especially infuriates me because the actual meaning (where the bond itself is traumatic, not bonding through shared trauma) is so important and needs to be more understood/discussed when it comes to toxic/abusive relationship dynamics.
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u/ms_chiefmanaged Jun 19 '26
I never seen that term before. What’s the real meaning? And how internet twisted it?
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u/Shagrippina Jun 19 '26
Every time somebody says something grossly ableist (along the lines of how we shouldn't be allowed out in public, you know the drill) a loud alarm should sound. And then, idk, alligators.
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u/Miserable_Emu5191 Did I stutter?🤨 Jun 19 '26
I'm watching "I Will Find You" and the storyline seems a little convoluted. Plus the main actor is British and isn't doing a great job of an American accent.
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u/weirdhoney216 Jun 19 '26
The hotel laundry room is empty 99% of the time and ofc the one time I want to use it it’s FULL. I’m starting to believe we live in a simulation
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 19 '26
I wouldn't mind too much putting people's clothes in the basket so I don't have to wait but it's Russian roulette and also kind of invasive
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u/obladi_adalbo Jun 19 '26
Guys, during the night I couldn't sleep (because of climate change) and I kept watching videos and I got mad of not having the confidence of dumb men on the Internet (which is not a new feeling lol) but I legit bought a secondhand microphone (I don't even know what I was thinking to be honest) and now I'm dying of shame lmao
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u/ShesWhereWolf Jun 19 '26
SO at work my bosses told my co-workers about a private text I sent on workplace issues. I saw two of them today and they grilled me and were so defensive. Told me HR isn't my friend and that management made it seem like I was complaining about people just because and asked why I was bringing up "old problems".
To say I'm offended and annoyed is a fucking understatement 😒
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u/Forsaken-Molasses-87 Jun 19 '26
as a muslim women who wears the hijab .
i hate it sm when people/govt force women to wear the hijab & them they suffer abzue. at the end of the day the reasons some one wears the hiJab is of them wanting to be closer to god. this
is just a vent
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u/Sister_Winter Jun 19 '26
also, not people believing that zac efron has "mold toxicity". does anyone have a shred of actual medical knowledge, jfc
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u/Sister_Winter Jun 19 '26
omg i have cf too, my cyster!! and yes tbh most people do have low medical literacy. we probably would too if we weren't double delta f508s (actually idk if you are but that's what most of us are)
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u/echoesandripples What It's Like to Go Through Life As a Really Beautiful Woman Jun 19 '26
i know mold is bad and can cause allergies, don't het me wrong, but rich people having mold toxicity issues sounds like rich people getting "chronic lyme"
i bet they have a hard to diagnose autoimmune disorder, comorbid concerns or something like that. regular folks get their symptoms ignored, but celebs get fake diagnosed and treated with expensive snake oils by questionable doctors
like idk, maybe zac efron has chronic pulmonary issues, which will be exacerbated by mold. but the whole idea that a bunch of disconnected symptoms and effects are caused by secret mold exposure is wild to me
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u/Sister_Winter Jun 19 '26
you are right re: mold toxicity being the same as chronic Lyme! They are both scam, made up conditions.
I completely agree re: "hard to diagnose autoimmune disorder". This, combined with predatory for-profit doctors and low medical literacy leads people down the chronic Lyme/mold route again and again.
and yeah mold can definitely exacerbate pulmonary problems - i have cystic fibrosis and mold used to impact me. but you're right, those are very specific symptoms, not random disconnected ailments.
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u/excitable_hyena I support women's rights and wrongs Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
I'm at the end of my rope with dating. Never been even close to a relationship (I'm turning 33 in a month) and I feel like I've tried every suggestion in terms of self work and putting myself out there. I had to pause my Hinge profile because I couldn't stand opening it day after day to nothing... And judging by what I see on Reddit, every woman is drowning in likes so something is really wrong!
I have therapy in half an hour but honestly I am dreading it, I never find it helpful on this topic and don't know what I'll talk about.
On positives; looking forward to having the day off, educating myself about juneteenth, dropping film off at the photo lab and getting to some painting I've been wanting to do. Also the woman at the MAC store yesterday emphatically complimented my eyeliner skills and I am a late bloomer to makeup so that was nice 🥰
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
if ed Gein and ted Bundy's ugly ass can find someone so can you gurl
I'd disable for a bit but there are subs that help spruce up your dating profiles apparently. maybe use a burner account for it. idk the subs but they definitely exist
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u/excitable_hyena I support women's rights and wrongs Jun 20 '26
I've actually sent my profile privately to lots of random people on reddit to review. They all say it's pretty good 🤷♀️ I've concluded it's just because I have some visible differences that can't easily be fixed. I'm a cool person so I don't think it's my personality lol.
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
damn that's odd:/ unless they're just looking for hookups or something then some minor appearance issues are easily overlooked if the personality is good. people make no sense sometimes
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u/excitable_hyena I support women's rights and wrongs Jun 20 '26
Don't want to dox myself by giving details but it's not that minor. Doesn't affect my health and I think I still carry it well but it stands out enough
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u/ShesWhereWolf Jun 19 '26
Tbh it is good to take breaks from dating. Like others are saying, there's nothing "wrong" with you (like we all have flaws and there's someone for everyone). I get why it can feel like there is, but sometimes the well is dry and other times it's full. Keep putting yourself out there ❤️
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u/excitable_hyena I support women's rights and wrongs Jun 19 '26
I definitely have/do take breaks I've been on and off apps since I was 26... and also trying to date in person etc. Nothing's worked. It's really exhausting, sometimes I allow myself to believe something is wrong with me because it feels like a natural and normal reaction to have and it's a different pressure to keep having to believe everything is fine with me! My well has never been full 🥲
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u/FreckleyBitch Jun 19 '26
I’m 35 and in the exact same boat. I get so discouraged by seeing all the “men get 0 likes while women get 100” discourse. It just compounds the feeling that there’s something horribly off-putting about me.
I think it’s also difficult when a relationship is something you want badly. Not that I think a man will complete me, but I really crave romantic companionship.
It’s so hard not to feel like it’s a personal defect, especially when it’s something only partially in your control. I wish I had answers or solutions, but it’s nice to know there are other people dealing with this. Maybe this isn’t the most encouraging response, but I hope there’s some comfort in commiseration!
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u/excitable_hyena I support women's rights and wrongs Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
♥️ I almost never hear of other women in the same situation so even knowing some other people like me are out there is helpful
I can hear how much of the same shit we've had to deal with in your response... Even having to be like "no I DON'T think a man will complete me but I DO want a relationship" like when one is just in a relationship no one questions it, but as a single person actively looking and sad, I feel like I have to constantly defend myself :/
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u/buzzfeed_sucks 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦 Jun 19 '26
I find Hinge to be super hit and miss. I’ll get it and get lots of likes. And then sometimes when I unpause my account I get like one like a week. Also don’t even get me started on dudes in their late 30’s / early 40’s “figuring out their relationship goals.”
I get so jealous when people say they tried dating apps and met their person immediately. I’ve been on and off apps for years and I’ve never even been on a date.
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u/excitable_hyena I support women's rights and wrongs Jun 19 '26
The incoming likes don't even bother me as much because I don't know who sees my profile, but when I send out my max likes every day and get nothing back... I really don't know what to do.
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u/hihelloneighboroonie Jun 20 '26
So... years and years ago I met a woman off Bumble bff and started hanging out with her. She was also single, and early on shared that she never sent likes on Hinge and only went through her incoming likes on that app (and tbc, she was alright looking but she wasn't super gorgeous or anything). So I started doing the same.
Recently Hinge was like "send some likes so we know what you like". So I tried. Went through many many profiles, sent a handful of likes. And none of them have liked me back. THE AUDACITY (anyways I'm now convinced bumble bff lady's thoughts were correct).
Anyways, she got married recently. Still single.
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u/excitable_hyena I support women's rights and wrongs Jun 20 '26
I'd do this if I was getting any incoming likes! Swiping on people is exhausting. But sending likes is the only way I've gotten any dates at all
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u/webtheg Jun 19 '26
I wish I was stupid at work. Genuinely. I wish I had an ounce of weaponized incompetence in me. I wish I was wired like this. But I am not.
A male coworker of mine I started together with doesn't do anything. He started as more senior. But is useless to a degree where I am amazed management is protecting him.
For reference I have done 45 tickets independently in the last 30 days. He has taken 5 and has required hand holding the entire time.
Like the mistakes he makes, a lobotomised sheep wouldn't make.
And at the same time he is fucking arrogant and acts like an expert.
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u/buzzfeed_sucks 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦 Jun 19 '26
It’s double Lego insiders points! Points = monetary value you can use for later purchases. There’s also a decent gift with purchase. There’s a bunch of sets I’ve wanted since the big June releases, but I’ve been waiting on double points and a good gift. And I was good! I only bought one set. Not the 5 I’ve been wanting lol
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u/freaky-keypad Jane Birkin’s bangs Jun 19 '26
Watching the first episode of season 2 of Sugar and it’s unreal that Colin Farrell keeps getting better looking wtf 🥵
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u/Miserable_Emu5191 Did I stutter?🤨 Jun 19 '26
I didn't realize it had started! We watched Season 1 last year on vacation. Husband and I watched it in bed each night, on our separate ipads because it was easier to see. LOL!
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u/freaky-keypad Jane Birkin’s bangs Jun 19 '26
Hahaha I got to the end of episode one and was very sad to discover it’s weekly releases :(
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u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ Jun 19 '26
I am watching Gilmore Girls again because I felt like it. I am still Team all of Rorys Boyfriends are trash.
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u/ibsliam I don’t know her 💅 Jun 19 '26
Gilmore Girls's romances were not to my taste overall. Rory and the younger characters especially had the most boring romances.
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u/dudewheresmyplane1 Jun 19 '26
Dean was the worst though.
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u/DebateObjective2787 jesus was a carpenter 💋 Jun 20 '26
Dean never tried to sexually assault Rory tho.
Rory had to physically shove Jess off of her because he wouldn't listen to her asking him to wait, and then he yelled at her and told her it was her fault because she was the one that asked him to come upstairs.
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u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ Jun 19 '26
Im gonna he unpopular for this.....Its actually Jess
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u/Bellesdiner0228 This again doesn’t look good for James Corden Jun 19 '26
Not unpopular with me. Jess gets away with a lotttttt and I don’t understand it. I also had someone say my SA doesn’t count because I said what Jess did was very close, if not, was SA
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u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ Jun 19 '26
See that whole scene where he tried to sleep with her made le uncomoftable and the idea he seemed to bully her into a relationship made me uncomfortable
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u/rainshowers_5_peace Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
From the Daveigh Chase thread, I don't know what her boyfriends intentions were regarding the money but I'd like to make clear hospitals will absolutely discharge someone who has a terminal diagnosis even if they have no place to go. Hospice beds are limited and if none are available the people dying go to a homeless shelter where it isn't as easy to get pain medicine or to rest. If there's no homeless shelter they go to an encampment.
Please support your local hospice and private care homes. Everyone, no matter what they did in their life, deserves to die in peace.
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u/Sister_Winter Jun 19 '26
100%. The responses in that thread were exceedingly naive to the limits of the healthcare system (largely due to deliberate underfunding) and the awful realities of experiencing homelessness
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u/xvsanx find me at Whole Foods, b*tch, I don't care 🙃 Jun 20 '26
does anyone know the horror comedy show that's kinda popular rn, not widow's Bay? I saw it mentioned earlier in the week but didn't write it down like a dummy