"Drop the vape u little turd, I'm gonna take an active interest in your passions"
Happy Monday, y’all! Sorry for being MIA for the last couple of weeks — Craig and I packed up everything in our two-bedroom apartment and moved into our new house, and in the stress of that, I could not find the time to do this newsletter. But we’re in our new place (most of the stuff is still in boxes, but still), and I’m back with more internet things.
It’s I Hate It But I Hate It month on I Hate It But I Love It
On our podcast, we began 2021 with a month of movies we only loved, so we’re closing out the year with a month of movies we totally hate. Last week, we talked about the 1980 rock opera The Apple — Jocelyn cheated because she actually kinda likes this movie, and so do I, but it is absolutely NOT a good movie, and it has an ending you cannot predict. And for this Wednesday’s episode, we’ll be talking about Lady in the Water (woof). You should subscribe, if you wanna be cool! (You can find I Hate It But I Love It in all the usual places, including Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, and Pocket Casts.)
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TWEETS!
And oldie but a goodie:
REDDIT!
r/BestOfRedditorUpdates is my new favourite subreddit, because it provides closure (or at least a little bit of it) or even more drama than the original post did. This one in particular is WILD:
I handed Mary a card saying amazing she is and how lucky I am to have her as my best friend, with quite a bit of cash inside to put towards her first car. She started crying and thanking me and we hugged for a long time. When she pulled away I told her I was so proud of her for kicking life in the butt, becoming successful, and showing her dad that his dickhead ways couldn't keep her down. After how she'd struggled through Uni, pushing pennies together, and working shit jobs, seeing her in her dream career and being such an accomplished woman is absolutely inspiring to me.
She looked mad and said "please don't do that, you know I don't like it when you do that." She'd never said anything like this to me - ever, so I have no idea where this was coming from. I apologised and said that I didn't realise saying these things would upset her as it's never been my intention. She just scoffed and rolled her eyes, and when I looked up at her colleagues they were all shaking their heads at me and glaring. I felt so awkward I wanted to shrink back into my own skin, and I was mortified that I hurt Mary…
I keep going over every interaction in my head to see if a crossed a line in the past but she never gave any indication that I upset her saying these things before. All her colleagues messaged me saying I was an asshole for saying those things to her and 'belittling' her but I never ever meant any of those things like that.
Oh and this one! Who knew devilled eggs could cause so much drama??
Beginning of this month my SO told his mom that we weren’t coming to Christmas. She was pissed, argued, so he hung up.
Last week she texted him: “Everyone is coming and dinner is at 6pm. Please be early!”
SO: “we’re not going.”
She called him, screamed that he can’t change plans last minute and all he said is that we never did and hung up again. Cue flying monkeys that he promptly ignored.
Today she texted me: “Bring the deviled eggs, everyone is expecting them. Love you!”
Lol I’ve never made deviled eggs in my fucking life.
I told SO and he texted his mom “Again, for the 3rd, time, we’re not coming. We’ll send presents through mail.”
MIL: “you’re disappointing everyone, you’ve clearly shown that you don’t care about your family and your niece’s first Christmas.”
He didn’t respond so she then texted him later: “if you’re not coming have (me) drop off the deviled eggs.”
He didn’t respond again. I’m not fucking driving 2 hours there and back for your deviled eggs. Kiss my ass crazy lady.
Another gem from r/StoriesAboutKevin, about a roommate Kevina:
My favorite story of Kevina, and the one that I think so perfectly encapsulates her Kevina-ness, happened during the first few weeks we lived together. I was making myself some lunch when Kevina came into the kitchen just to talk. We chitchat for a while before Kevina stops and stares at the food I'm making. She looks at me with a big smile and says "Oh my god!! That is such a good idea!". Not knowing what she's referring to, I give her a look and ask her what she means. "You know, putting lettuce, tomato, and avocado in a bowl together!". Kevina did not know what a salad was until that very moment.
This one just makes me feel really bad for that girl:
I have a 14 year old daughter who's a massive anime fan. In the beginning of October she asked me if I could take her to see it saying she would pay for her ticket. I told her to remind me. So when opening night came on the Friday before Halloween she asked could we still go. I told her no because it was cold and rainy I told her we could go on Halloween. When Halloween came around we were gonna see it that night my my 3 other kids wanted to go to the preserve for trick or treating. She didn't take it too well. I told her that it just came out and we could see it next Saturday day but turns out I had an over night shift I had to work that night so I told her in Sunday we could go Sunday came around she was excided because it was finally time for her to see it but since that morning I didn't get as much sleep as I planned
TUMBLR!
(via ashstfu, thread found here.)
(via nowthatimemployedimnormal, thread found here.)
(via oudandleather.)
(via averagefairy.)
(via teaboot.)
TIKTOK!
The most pissed-off baby.
I’m going to include any and every video that Jane Wickline does, including this one, so you might as well accept it.
This TikTok is VERY dark, but very funny.
A huge movie mistake that’s all too common.
I wish I could have seen the confrontation conversation.
IMHO, he understood the assignment perfectly.
Woke bros don’t ghost.
A Real Housewife who is too honest.
2021 on TikTok, summarized.
ARTICLES!
(Apologies-but-not-really for all the Succession content in this section today)
On “Succession,” Jeremy Strong Doesn’t Get the Joke, New Yorker
Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever, Everywherist (this is not Succession-related, but it is a MUST READ)
I Went To LuLaRoe’s Top Seller Convention. Here’s What I Learned, BuzzFeed News
And just to close things out, here’s a song Craig and I listened to a lot over the past few days:
That’s it for me today, gorgeous! Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat