I didn't like 8-bit Christmas enough to watch more than 10 minutes of it.
I really enjoyed it, but it has a very specific target demographic. If you’re not in that, then I don’t think it has much to offer. I was at the age of the little sister and was dying for a very specific Cabbage Patch Doll, and my brother was obsessed with getting a Nintendo. We even had the rich kid in town who had it before everyone else. My H was the same, including the little sister. Watching it with my kids was fun and led to lots of fun reminiscing and sharing with them what our childhoods were like.
I also loved it. And I’m the least sentimental person ever. The ending was the best part, and I bawled.
I completely agree. I do t really remember feeling joy. I do remember feeling the most exquisite sense of sheer relief that the ordeal was over and the baby was out, lol.
on the subject of motherhood. I follow a couple people on social media who used to complain constantly about the things older parents would say to them while pregnant, claiming they were sick of these scare tactics and that it can’t be that bad. Usually things in the vein of “just wait” which, admittedly, can be annoying and grating to hear. I’d think yo myself “yeah I can see how it is frustrating to hear that your life will never be the same again but on the other hand, they’re not exactly wrong about what they’re saying.” Now that their babies are here, it’s been amusing for me to see them slowly realizing thst the people who had all btdt were pretty much all right about it, lol. One of them has a podcast and she was talking about her birth and immediate post partum experience and kept saying “not to scare people but…” Gave me a chuckle.
so I guess my UO is that maybe people should try to be more a little more humble and aware about realizing you probably don’t know things about an experience you haven’t been through yet. Especially one as transformative and complex as parenthood.
I think my problem with it is that the older generation seems to take pleasure in telling you all the shitty parts you haven't experienced yet as a way of "at leasting" you or stealing joy from a brief moment of happiness. And no sentence ever starts, just wait until they *insert something positive here*. It's just always negativity.
I still remember the first time I posted my son babbling "mom" over and over. I was the happiest I had been in a long time and thought it was so cool. Except my DMs were like "just wait until they won't stop saying your name when you want them too." Which is absolutely true, but in that moment, those comments are just about ruining the experience of joy.
I think my problem with it is that the older generation seems to take pleasure in telling you all the shitty parts you haven't experienced yet as a way of "at leasting" you or stealing joy from a brief moment of happiness. And no sentence ever starts, just wait until they *insert something positive here*. It's just always negativity.
I still remember the first time I posted my son babbling "mom" over and over. I was the happiest I had been in a long time and thought it was so cool. Except my DMs were like "just wait until they won't stop saying your name when you want them too." Which is absolutely true, but in that moment, those comments are just about ruining the experience of joy.
Yes, the "just you wait" people are assholes. I got "just you wait" before I even had kids, it started when I got engaged. It's like, people see you're happy and want to shit all over it. And it's always a certain type of person that says it.
I cannot stand Taylor Swift. I don't like her whiny songs and don't really like her voice either. I'm also annoyed that they are playing some of her new stuff on my Country Music Station after she abandoned the genre to become a pop star.
I didn't like 8-bit Christmas enough to watch more than 10 minutes of it.
I really enjoyed it, but it has a very specific target demographic. If you’re not in that, then I don’t think it has much to offer. I was at the age of the little sister and was dying for a very specific Cabbage Patch Doll, and my brother was obsessed with getting a Nintendo. We even had the rich kid in town who had it before everyone else. My H was the same, including the little sister. Watching it with my kids was fun and led to lots of fun reminiscing and sharing with them what our childhoods were like.
I'm the same age and vividly remember the excitement around my own Cabbage Patch dolls and original Nintendo (literally dreamed of it for what felt like forever before I finally got one!), but the movie just didn't do it for me. Maybe it will click if we give it another go.
Pizza is meh. Virgin River is the worst show of all time. Matching family christmas pajamas are just dumb.
I have a lot that are sure to anger many, lol.
The show isn't great, but the book was 10x worse! I had to DNF it! Melinda was even more whiny and insufferable in the book and the whole husband storyline was completely different!
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
I don’t agree that Baby, It’s Cold Outside is rapey. I see it as being about the bullshit chaste appearance women were supposed to give off. You won’t change my mind, so don’t bother with the whole wolf/mouse whatever thing.
ETA: and it annoys me every year when someone writes a new essay about it thinking it’s an original take.
I agree with you and I have always thought about it as you did, that the social critique is clear. BUT I also think this song wouldn't be written the same way today, so I get why it rubs people the wrong way
I love it. The music is fantastic. It's a delight to the ears. They could be singing about a grocery list and I'd love it just as much.
Also. People talking about how **their** way of handling Covid is the best now feels to me like how people used to one up each other about car seats. Backwards forever! Frontwards because I can! Your chest clip is in the wrong place! You drive on highways and should take back roads due to lower fatalities!
It's all self soothing blathering.
It sucks for everyone. Everyone is making good and bad and neutral choices. Get over yourself.
I cannot stand Taylor Swift. I don't like her whiny songs and don't really like her voice either. I'm also annoyed that they are playing some of her new stuff on my Country Music Station after she abandoned the genre to become a pop star.
Country is the new everything. Pop, rock, etc. The bands I listen to are going all “Americana rock,” which is just country for middle age rock fans.
I don’t think the movie Elf is funny. It’s not even entertaining.
I see someone has agreed with you, but I think this is the most divisive opinion so far. And I'm not even crazy about Elf.
In a similar vein, I love Love Actually, and the fact that all the relationships are messed up doesn't make me stop enjoying it.
I know that's boring, but I can't think of anything else.
Same. I have similar feelings about Love, Actually that I do about Baby, It's Cold Outside lol. Some of the critiques just don't make sense to me. Like saying they're fat shaming Natalie. Yes, some people do, but I think we as the viewers are supposed to recognize that it's bullshit and those people suck.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Nov 30, 2021 10:50:57 GMT -5
Until people who say Die Hard is a Christmas movie start caping for Gremlins and Batman Returns as Christmas movies, I'll just be thinking they're trying to be hip, but are not.
I'm sorry to those who are painfully un-hip. Good luck to you.
Post by litskispeciality on Nov 30, 2021 10:54:50 GMT -5
I don't like Adele's new stuff, reminds me too much of her first album, which I didn't like.
I don't like Elf, I've never seen Die Hard. Overall I don't like Christmas movies and wish they wouldn't show them from before Halloween until January.
Patsy Baloney, we have to give "all kinds of grace" to everyone at work, students, co-workers etc. When we make a mistake, get overwhelmed, just need the damn holiday week off (that we don't get), we get no grace. I'm also so over it. Although I'm trying to be extra nice to retail and customer service folks, as they deserve extra grace.
This is more an irrational annoyance I guess, but when two people don't agree on the color of Christmas tree lights, don't tell them to have 2 (or more!) trees. FFS I'm lucky if I can get the spirit and energy for one. I'll give in and do what I don't want. And yes, it's a childish problem and stupid.
Post by litskispeciality on Nov 30, 2021 11:16:07 GMT -5
I'm kind of surprised that Chipotle is still allowed to be open. In my area they've caused a loooot of food poisonings. I'm also not a fan of Applebees. They're super overpriced, and they're food is awful. Even Olive Garden isn't fresh food anymore, which sucks.
I'm also over people playing the who can/should work from home game. In my field student facing folks "should just work in-office all the time" and those who don't can be all remote. Bruh, us student facing folks have been handling it for 18 months with less in-office, I think we can do at least 2 - 3 days a week remote, and get more done.
I don't get the joy of birth thing either. I do experience joy because of each of my kids being in my lives, but it didn't happen the day they were born. Both of my pregnancies messed so badly with my head and I couldn't wait for them to be over so I could resume being myself.
I secretly wanted for baby #2 to be sent to the NICU for many selfish reasons related to the care of myself. Pre-birth, it was unclear whether he would be going or not. Kid #1 had already been a NICU kid from the pre-birth preparation and it was not a scary experience for her or me. Baby #2 was born with a blood sugar of like 20. I remember silently cheering in my head when the nurse said he definitely had to go for at least a few days until his sugar came up to normal.
Post by sugarbear1 on Nov 30, 2021 11:21:27 GMT -5
I like the new versions of Baby It's Cold Outside that are all about consent. John Legend, I believe.
And re: Covid. We're all going to get it. I'm triple vaxxed, my kids are vaxxed, everyone I know is vaxxed and wearing masks. I will happily keep doing these things if it keeps people more safe. Absolutely. But life goes on and I cannot keep freaking out with every new variant. You don't want to get vaxxed? Cool. Do you. But then be willing to reap the consequences of that decision. I cannot devote any more energy to this (*waves hands*).
Also, one birth damn near killed me and the other pregnancy brought me an 8 week long hemorrhage. Neither experience was joyous.
The day I told my H I wanted a divorce was one of the best days of my life. Not happiest, but definitely best.