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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Friends.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  why would you compare the two? seinfeld is actually funny because it’s universal social observation. it’s a streetwise comedy of manners like curb your enthusiasm.

  we’ve all been george when he leaves a dumb message on an answering machine and then stresses over it; we’ve all had touchy friends or acquaintances who cut ties for some petty reason. it’s often exaggerated, but it’s human and relatable.

  i wouldn’t just question the taste of someone who doesn’t like seinfeld but i’d question how much awareness they have about everything going on around them.

  some jokey sitcoms still hit–frasier and golden girls were witty. but most aren’t funny anymore and they weren’t all that funny in their day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pizza Party and Casual Fridays⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  the middle class are the people who lived in all those american suburbs built in the 50s and 60s; those small, 2 or 3 bedroom houses with drab siding or brick facades that are an overrepresentation of the american landscape and lifestyle, despite the fact you’ve rarely every seen one in a TV show or film. they homes were typically affordable to the average worker but now aren’t; those are the homes of the 90% of the actual hard-working american population.

  this isn’t that difficult of a concept.

  the reddit forum design seems to inherently encourage nerd bullshit. tell me more about the dictionary definition of this or that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the Home Alone house then and now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i notice this issue whenever i watch new films–everything looks so sterile and uninviting. culture has taken on this showroom/instagram aesthetic that gestures to class but has no character, taste and doesn’t look like anywhere where anyone would actually live; it’s nowhere where anyone sensible would want to live, at least.

  calling it minimalistic is disrespectful because that word and style aren’t mutually exclusive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨📡📡📡⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  is she though?

  she’s a third or fourth tier suburban women who’s not fat and has a stylist and makeup artist to tweak her into star status. she only looks hot because most people in the states look sloppy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon orders food⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  has nothing to do with being lazy or entitled.

  despite all the rugged individualist propaganda, the anti-intellectualism of our culture hinders anyone from attempting anything new and we act like anything who does is some kind of wizard or supergenius; like with everything else, we act like cooking a decent meal with flavor is best left to the experts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which is it Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  you know only engineer/computer science nerds post on lemmy because nobody has called out that the box looks like the box from hellraiser.

  no matter what you do to it, you’ll probably end up in hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is AOC a big deal? She just speaks common sense and calls out absurdity. Have we really gone that far off the rails where we don't do it ourselves?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  yes. anyone who’s 35+ years of age should notice this.

  while shitty things used to happen or fly under the radar, mass media used to act as cultural checks and balances to keep the insanity at arms length. but it’s all been monopolized–it’s all controlled by the crazy people. you have independent journalism but few americans read it, and most online magazines are read by out-of-touch, overeducated yuppies and aren’t nearly as biting as they used to be or should be.

  but this bullshit should be obvious to anyone because the rest of culture needs to adjust to the insanity, to normalize it. how hard is it to differentiate between parody/satire and reality these days?

  impossible IMO. when i watch most newer films i assume they’re parody because they’re so fucking stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thirsty much?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  men aren’t even allowed to work out together without having their sexuality questioned. god forbid we actually become–gasp–friends with each other! and if that happens, it’s apparently only to concoct right-wing plots and figure out clever ways to harass women.

  meanwhile, a women’s only space is supposedly heaven on earth, even though they’ll all be gossiping and backstabbing each other for no reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need to lose 15lbs in less than a week? I got you.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  think about how many industries and personalities are propped up because america conceal sthe simple reality of losing weight: a calorie deficit. like, so much wealth depends on people not being able to comprehend obvious text on the back of a package.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spherical Bastard⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  what else would matter look like in space? isn’t it all black–all dark?

  this is just an uneducated observation but modern geniuses don’t accomplish much other than coming up with buzzwords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every fucking time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  typical shareholder meeting in america:

  ceo: i’ve come to a stunning conclusion, and i don’t want to ruffle too many feathers or cause a heart attack–we know what happened to MCfunky last week.

  uneasy laughter

  ceo: but i have a crazy ide–that i’m sure is going to shock everyone in the room, and i’m hesitant to even say this out loud, but, how about we cut one employee per store and raise the prices on ALL items by a nickel!

  the room of shareholders went completely silent, until the oldest of the bunch cut a huge fart. what happened next was a raucous laughter that wasn’t heard since the first test screening of ‘a princess bride’ and a round of applause that was usually reserved for a barack obama speech @ $200k a seat (champagne optional).

  the forbes editor who was deployed to the meeting immediately came in his pants and a rothschild graciously committed to buying him a new pair, despite the known frugality of the ultra-wealthy (they wouldn’t be rich if they didn’t know how to work a penny). she told him, ‘meet on rodeo drive next week and i got you covered’ but he missed the appointment because he was supposed to cover alysa liu’s birthday extravaganza. she was fat anyway, at least that what he told himself. she was kinda fat by european or asian standards but we were in america and the rules of the wild west apply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every fucking time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  i don’t get angry because they rearranged the store, i get angry because they ONLY rearranged the store so some worthless, nepo-baby dipshit can justify their existence at the company because they came to the conclusion–after 25 focus groups-- that it’d increase shareholder value by $0.0003 to move the pasta to aisle 3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, yes they are⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  they are though.

  anyone who grew up in the american suburbs grew up with parents who couldn’t cook a proper meal despite the existence of cookbooks and were like ‘how about kraft dinner.’

  you think you eat kraft macaroni and cheese at a hood bbq?

  i’d rather have had a black woman cooking for me lol. are you fucking serious?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She skipped groceries for a week to pay for that Little Caesars.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  so now we’re shaming children/adolescents for not being hip to all the dynamics of american capitalism?

  this isn’t even funny as a meme. teachers are trying to educate kids even if they’re bad at it. what are you doing? reposting lame internet wisecracks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This has gotten out of hand and I demand satisfaction.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  this post highlights how the tortilla and the baked potato are similar in that they’re just empty vessels waiting to be filled by fixins; in less ideal restaurants this expression of culinary freedom is known as a ‘a bar,’ but this is based on hearsay since i’d never set foot in a place like that.

  i think this is a profound statement on culture and class that will, no doubt, go over the heads of many reading this.

  we all love sour cream no matter what race we are, what culture we belong to, and i think that’s absolutely insane if you think about it, that we are capable of liking the same things despite differences that seem important if you think beyond sour cream. how can such a simple food bind us together?

  i never actually thought about why it’s called sour cream before it was dolloped on a traditional taco bought in a border town in mexico when i was visiting to purchase an inexpensive crown, that’s when the sour stood out against the savory blend of spices that almost broke my Ny palette, what an exciting blend of mysterious ethnic spices you’ll never find in a packet. but my smile is a little crooked and they fixed that up for a budget price. it always bothered me to work in a professional environment and not have a perfect smile. they made really good burritos in _____ and i’ll never forget that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm doing my part⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  i remember the great plastic transition of 1995. i asked my mom why there were so many plastic bottles and she replied ‘we’re like pioneers’ and she referenced little house on the prairie and i still didn’t understand so she slapped some sense into me right in the aisle of GRAND UNION supermarket right there and i pretended to understand just so she’d leave me alone.

  a few weeks ago my MD said that i have colon cancer and i assume that’s from pounding cases of fruitopia when it was in vogue but who am i gonna sue? is big plastic a thing?

  i tried to tell my mom it was her fault but when i tried to call all i heard was a dial tone. i thought that was a weird at the time because cell-phones don’t have dial tones but my therapist said i was hallucinating. she still won’t prescribe me xanax.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Especially of they have 6 fingers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  pour one out for the US postal worker.

  the postal worker used to have an important job, maybe the most important job–acting as the gateway between your inner world and the outer world. a job since delegated to your email inbox.

  they delivered the correspondence between yourself and your loved ones and your penpals; they delivered the catalogs that met your sartorial needs–macy’s, sears or delia’s, and these glossy pages had you covered no matter your demographic or style. you were just a lookbook away from the perfect picturesque christmas or the perfect gift to meet any need. if you wanted something more niche, you were always a delivery away from gratification, after sending out a request from the backpages of SPIN, TV guide or glamour. i became a minister through the US postal service; i bought my first KMFDM album through the pages of industrial nation–fuck youtube.

  the mail is a flaccid shadow of its former self, and these rugged, short-short clad adventurers serve no purpose other than to deliver bank statements and montgomery world catalogs to boomers, who don’t realize that the company is no longer the proud, stalwart that used to anchor shopping malls and sell you high-quality goods at reasonable prices and has instead transformed into a private equity scam that preys on citizens with bad credit; when their house burns down becaue of the budget space heater they bought they still won’t get the memo that shit sucks. they won’t connect all these dots. but i do.

  last week i gave my mailman a blowjob and i’m proud of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨📡📡📡⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  why is her outfit ‘sexualizing’ anyway?

  even if her outfit didn’t suggest ‘panties’ it’d still be sexy because it accentuates her form.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨📡📡📡⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  the actress is probably 35, who cares who the character is aimed at. it’s normal for men to see an attractive woman and be like ‘wow she’s attractive.’

  you’re pathologizing normal thinking and probably feeling incredibly satisfied with your lame response because you used the word ‘teenage’ and nobody would dare to cross swords.

  grow up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨📡📡📡⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  porn in america is hyper-aggressive and focused on penetration. there’s no eroticism to it. it’s crass and disgusting.

  there’s something to putting on a 90s skinemax film wand seeing hot milfs wearing sexy, satin nighties tenderly riding men on a real bed in a real bedroom, instead of watching giant, unearthly cocks penetrating gaping vaginas in extreme close-up.

  what a boneheaded take out of the OP.

  there’s a HUGE difference between what porn is selling and what turns you on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  even if that’s only 50k a year after all is said and done it’s 50k a year where you don’t have to do shit.

  play a sad fiddle for all the daycare owners.