Stuff I saw on the internet last week: "Paaaants in the tornadooooo!"
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On last week’s episode of my podcast I Hate It But I Love It, Jocelyn and I continued Hate It Bullock I Love It month (a whole month of Sandra Bullock movies) by talking about her 2002 thriller Murder By Numbers. Fun fact: we were originally going to talk about Miss Congeniality 2, but we found that film to be so unpleasant that we chose this instead! That’s right: Murder By Numbers is actually LESS UNPLEASANT than Miss Congeniality 2. And this Wednesday, we’ll be closing out Sandra Bullock month with While You Were Sleeping. You should subscribe! (You can find I Hate It But I Love It in all the usual places, including Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, and Pocket Casts.)
TWEETS!
REDDIT!
This guy is a fucking ASSHOLE, and he only gets worse in the comments:
Thank you. This is the first comment that's helped me realize that deep down I think she's not good enough for me and I do not want to give her more. I've felt this way for a little while but wasn't sure where the feeling came from. According to you all, she probably deserves better. So I'm sure we'll be breaking up shortly.
This post is a rollercoaster ride, but I’m glad this person now has their own business and the support of their fiancé and in-laws:
I have been running the business for the last 2 years we have expanded and now have 50 vans in the fleet and one qualified and one trainee allocated to each van, covid was hard in the beginning but we have bounced back, my dad still works on tools with me on Fridays (half day then back to my place for some beers), Friday is the only day I’m on tools now as I’m doing everything to run the business.
well last month he told the family he is stepping down from the business due to health and wants to spend more time with my mother, and is giving the business to my brother and for me to step down from acting CEO, this upset me iv been with the business for 12 years, at the beginning it was only me and my dad my brother never wanted to be in the business said it was not worth his time and now he’s the boss, and iv been dumped back to a heating engineer with a £20,000 pay cut, he doesn’t have any clue what we do or how to do it.
I spoke to my dad and he told me that my brother deserve it for all he has done, that he has a family and I don’t and that he went to uni , a lot of the workers are upset about the decision and have told me they will go where I go.
I love a good “I’m not a snob, but” post:
So this isn’t a case of me being a snob and saying “You better have a nice car if you want me to go out with you.” He could drive a 10 year old cheap Honda and I would be perfectly content in it. But this truck is so awful that it is embarrassing to be seen in and I don’t want people who know me (were in a very small town so that’s like half the people) to see me in it.
Hooooooooly shit (content warning: miscarriage):
My best friend and sister-in-law had a miscarriage in March and a second miscarriage in June. She had a D&C two weeks ago today, so I understand it's a bit raw, but the miscarriages come up in basically every single conversation. It doesn't always dominate the conversation but she always at the very least brings it up in passing. For example, if we ask how she's doing, she will say that she and her husband are still struggling emotionally or she will say something about her recovery. I feel like she's fishing for sympathy or for us to ask her more about it. It has been like this for 3 months and I feel like she really needs to try harder to move on.
And if you love other people’s breakup drama, here’s a thread on bonkers things people’s ex-spouses did after their divorce:
My ex-wife told me I could leave my stuff in our house while I found somewhere else to stay. I assumed this was a good-will effort to keep things as amicable as possible between us. When I went to get my shit she had burned it all. So that was rough.
TUMBLR!
(via thegingerpowers, thread found here.)
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TIKTOK!
Cats are liquid.
I can’t stop watching this jaunty boy.
A very thrilling competition.
“Paaaaants in the tornadooooo!”
I’m so glad this guy didn’t die.
The toilet paper holder of the future.
“If my dog spills one drop of water I will end the video.”
This song is a bop.
Oh, grandma.
ARTICLES!
Conan’s Irish Goodbye, Vulture
My Life as a Meme: 'I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This' Revisited, Vice
The #FreeBritney Fans Were Right, BuzzFeed News
I’m a Luxury Travel Agent. My Clients Are Losing Their Minds Right Now, Slate
‘SmartLess’ Podcast Wants $20 Million a Year in New Deal, Bloomberg
How Disney Mismanaged the Star Wars Universe, The Atlantic
That’s all for me today, gorgeous! Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat