Stuff I saw on the internet last week: Milk Cube
Happy Tuesday! If you live in a place that just had a long weekend, I hope you enjoyed it, and if not, I hope you’re so full of rage that the world cowers at your power. Let’s look at internet stuff!
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On last week’s episode of on I Hate It But I Love It, Jocelyn and I continued our month of romantic and/or sexy movies by discussing The Notebook, and specifically how James Marsden almost always plays the guy who is gonna get dumped at the end of the movie but is totally cool with it. And this Wednesday’s episode will be about The American President! You should subscribe, if you wanna be cool. (You can subscribe to I Hate It But I Love It in all the usual places, including Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, and Pocket Casts.)
TWEETS!
REDDIT!
At first this seems like a “yeah, your sister should mind her own business” problem, but something seems off, and then you read what relationship rules they’ve set up:
My husband (30M) and I (30F) like to make rules for our life. I find there is a lot of freedom in rules.
I know I can do whatever I want inside a certain set of parameters and there is no way my husband will have an issue with anything. Same goes for him.
To be clear I am more passive and he is the alpha in the relationship but I prefer that in a partner, that was one of the qualities that attracted me to him.
What the fuck?
It took me longer than it should have to figure out this photo:
Hoo boy, this person certainly chose a winner to start a family with:
I tried to call his work but his phone went right to voice mail because he was in a meeting. I text him. Still no answer. I waited a half hour the tried again and still couldn't get through. My labor was getting further along. So I called a friend to get a ride to the hospital.
By the time my husband checked his phone at the end of the work day, I had already given birth to our daughter. Everything was very straight forward no complications we were ready to leave by the next morning.
My husband is upset with me though. Saying I should have come by his work to tell him it was time.
What a shitty, judgmental, asshole of a parent:
This resentment over how my daughter quickly threw away what could have been a good life for her daughter and herself caused me to lean on my son’s then girlfriend for emotional support. A friend once remarked snidely that my daughter had served her a coffee once while working as a barista after her divorce. My daughter blew up at me when I was upset about that encounter and our conversations waned.
I love a good story about realizing that you don’t care about a so-called punishment and therefore they don’t have any power over you:
"No," I interrupted, "I said I wasn't doing the project."
"Well," she continued, "we had a chat with your mother over the phone earlier this week. She told us that she really wants you to walk on your graduation."
I was quiet for a moment.
"Um... I live with my dad."
"Right, but your mom said she'd like to attend the ceremony and see you walk."
"I don't think you get it," I stated, "I live with my dad for a reason."
If ever there were an expression the perfectly exemplified the dial-up tone, that's the face she made. After she collected herself, I was released and headed back to class.
Wow, what a catch:
She said she hadn't made anything and she was too tired to cook, but she had some leftovers. 😑
So I said, "Nevermind, don't worry about it, I'ma just head home."
And then she got mad and said, "Oh, so you'll only come over because I cook for you? You don't want to spend time with me?"
And I said, "I do, but I'm hungry and my place is closer. I don't want to waste gas and money driving all the way over there just to eat leftovers."
TUMBLR!
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TIKTOKS!
Well, they tried.
Ontario’s pandemic response is doing great.
There are no surprises on RuPaul’s Drag Race if you know what to look for.
I’m in love.
“I bought my cat a sweater!”
Oh damn these people got a demon who don’t pay rent.
What your favourite Canadian musician says about you (the last one is 100% accurate).
What to do when someone breaks your heart?
I don’t think I’d have the guts to tell this joke in front of my parents (though they are subscribed to this newsletter, so I guess I’m kinda doing it anyway).
ARTICLES!
The Joy and Agony of Being @deuxmoi, Instagram’s Accidental Gossip Queen, Vanity Fair
Sure, My Second Grader Teases His Classmates, Why does that make him a bully?, Slate
The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks, The New York Times
The Absurd Logic of Internet Recipe Hacks, The Atlantic
The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem, The New Republic
When Healers Do Harm: Women Serial Killers in the Health Care Industry, The Walrus
TikTok Therapy: What Happens When Mental Health Struggles Go Viral?, Psycom
That’s all for me today, gorgeous. Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat
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