Stuff I saw on the internet last week: "I'm clogging my arteries for THIS?"
Happy Monday! Before we get started, just some small housekeeping: I’m gonna take the rest of this week off of the newsletter, but I’ll be back next Monday. Onto internet stuff!
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On last week’s episode of my podcast, I Hate It But I Love It, Jocelyn and I continued Movie Musical Month by talking about Tom Hooper’s disastrous 2012 adaptation of Les Misérables, and how everyone in this movie is bad, not just Russell Crowe. (Poor Russell Crowe, though.) And on this Wednesday’s episode, we’re gonna talk about both Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again — 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.)
I am not a fanfiction person, really, but I’m still fascinated by this video showing the dominant fandoms on AO3 over the years — can’t believe Stargate: Atlantis dominated the chart as long as it did.
TWEETS!
REDDIT!
An AITA that is immediately refuted by the other party in the comments:
I have a disability and cannot work so everyone blames me for that.
If I eat food my sister spins up an argument. "Did you pay for that?"
I respond with "Are you paying rent?" She responds with "Did you pay when you were my age? I will when I'm your age."
She can so easily get everyone on her side and cut me off whenever I try to speak until I'm fuming with anger and erupt into a yelling match.
I feel for this poor girl — her mom didn’t want to expose her to a man who might not stick around, which is commendable, but she overcorrected and is now expecting the girl to accept a man she’s never met as her new stepdad and move into his house:
This weekend the kids and fiancee were visiting my house so that we could set up their rooms and get everything ready for when they move in. As a bachelor for most of my adult life, I have no idea what teenage girls are like and I was trying to ask her what I could do to make her more comfortable in my home and she completely blew up at me. She said that I was not her dad and to just leave her alone, because she wouldn't be here long and she would move in with her dad. She continued to insist that she wouldn't be living here.
An important lesson: If a bride has already purchased her wedding dress, do NOT tell her you don’t like it:
I was honest when I told her I didn't like it and I was surprised she picked it because it just doesn't seem to match her and I just thought it was too much poof and sparkle. She got really quiet and stormed back upstairs, and then stormed out of the house and went to her Moms. Texted me saying she couldn't believe I would say I didn't like it and what a dickhead I am and has blocked number. This is our first major fight and I'm just so annoyed because I ASKED if she wanted a real opinion and she said yes.
We’re at the point of the pandemic where “My diabetes!” is the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever read:
I counted to 3 then we said it together "we eloped!"
The room went quiet. My dad yelled "my diabetes!" as in he was in shock. My sister immediately took a seat. My mother in law blew up and started yelling asking how we could do this to them and act so selfishly towards the people who wanted to share our joy. Now we took that away from them and asked what their guests were going to think after what we pulled. I argued that We tried to accommodate as much as we could but it's impossible to make everyone happy.
TUMBLR!
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TIKTOKS!
This guy’s colour matching is bazonkers.
A cat with good taste in TV.
This TikTok made me laugh much harder and longer than it should have.
“POV: It’s your first day at work in a building from a video game.”
This video makes me look at Toronto housing prices and cry.
I asked Craig if we could get a skunk and he said no.
The look on her face is priceless.
“Your workout is my warmup.”
This sweet old man makes me miss my grandpa.
THIS IS VERY CUTE AND I DON’T EVEN CARE IF IT’S FAKE.
ARTICLES!
Jake Paul Promised Them Fame. Was It Worth the Price?, New York Times
From Trailer Park Boys to pandemic therapist: Jonathan Torrens will see you now, Toronto Star
No One Told Me Being Middle Class Meant Wearing My Retainer Forever, Culture Study
The Pandemic Will Likely End In One Of These Four Ways, BuzzFeed News (this is focused on the U.S., but still very interesting)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Wasn’t as Groundbreaking as It Thought It Was, Slate
A Viral Tweet Promised A Battle Between People Named Josh And It Actually Happened, BuzzFeed News (this is just delightful)
That’s all for me today, gorgeous! Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat
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