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I’m 100% sure I missed something here, but I just wanted to ask to see what other people think. i started watching the show earlier this month (fantastic show btw) and I just finished Episode 4 of the final season last night. But in the previous episode, there’s an interaction that sort of puzzled me.

In the scene that gives the episode its name, Sally uses an incredibly abusive technique Gene used on her on an actress to get her to emote better and is promptly called out for it. But whenever Gene did similar crap, nobody ever called him out for it and he did it a lot more times than she did. What am I missing here? Why is Sally being called out immediately, while Gene was able to get away with it for as long as he did?

Is it because she recently had a controversy about a similar issue while Gene’s were in the past? Is it because Gene wasvstill pretty charming, while Sally is openly hostile and full of herself to begin with? Is it because when the episode was filmed, people were more willing to call out the type of behavior, whereas the first season was filmed at a time where that was kind of the expected behavior from the Hollywood type? Or is it because Gene (although still wrong) did it to help students while Sally was doing it to belittle someone who had booked under the guise of helping her?

I’m confused lol. I guess it doesn’t matter that much because I understand the overall point of Sally becoming the monster she was fighting against, but I’m just wondering what other people think.

So I’ve known about Jenny Lewis for a while now because I’ve been a decent fan of The Postal Service since my dad introduced me a decade ago (I also knew her from The Wizard lol), but I had never listened to a Rilo Kiley song before with the exception of I guess “Silver Lining” playing in Supergirl but I really don’t remember where it was in there. But tonight, I decided to finally give them a listen and listened to their top songs on Spotify. I found “Silver Lining” and “Portions for Foxes” pretty good and then really really liked “With Arms Outstretched”. But what sold them for me was “A Better Son/Daughter”. Instant waterworks. That song encapsulates so much pain that it really had an effect on me. I followed that with “The Execution Of All Things”, “Pictures Of Success”, and “Science Vs. Romance”, all of which were rock solid. What other tracks would you recommend for a newbie? I’ve loved everything I’ve heard so far so I’m open for whatever!

Up to this point I haven’t had any troubles with my 2023 Chevy Malibu outside of the standard maintenance stuff and an incident a few years ago where it stalled in a Costco parking lot and was promptly fixed for free by a worker. But today, something major happened and I don’t know what. It started with my air conditioning turning off for one second before turning back on whenever I had my foot on the brake pedal, which was unfortunately was a lot because I was stuck in traffic for about 30 minutes in the afternoon. I found it weird, but my car’s had some quirks like that ever since I bought it so I assumed the car just did it. But then an hour ago, it completely shit itself. Sputtering as I turned it on, check engine light on, my console turning off and on, my lights dimming for a second, and just now as I got home, I turned off my car and turned it back on and now it’s royally screwed. It’s refusing to move at all, yet at the same time it’s also refusing to turn off whenever I push the button. The coolant temperature reads 190 degrees, so I’m thinking it’s just an issue with overheating, but I’m terrified it may be something else. Unfortunately though, it’s 10 at night and it’s too late to take it anywhere. Please help!

EDIT: My battery light is also on now and the battery voltage is only 9.9, but I feel like all of this is still abnormal and I don’t know if the check engine light would be on from just the battery

EDIT 2: Now the battery’s back to normal and the car runs like it should? I have no clue wtf is wrong with it. I’m going to take it into AutoZone tomorrow morning to see if there’s anything I need to worry about and I’m gonna leave this post up a little longer just in case someone can still help out.

I’m just weighing my options whether or not to get a single bedroom on Cove Avenue in Lakewood or Pleasantdale Road in Old Brooklyn. Both are similar price ranges I can afford, just want to know which area is better/safer/more fun.

My (26/M) little brother (24/M) has a habit of being REALLY aggressive towards me when he’s upset, even if it’s something or someone else who is making him upset. And I have a theory that he knows he can get away with it because I used to have aggression problems too (before I started seeing a shrink and learned how to stand up for myself) and he knows that if I were to be aggressive back, I’d be the one who gets called out on it.

Today, he’s moving out of our mom’s house and I agreed to help him out during my lunch break and after my 9 hour shift. And I guess before I showed up on my lunch break, his friend who’s helping was being snippy with him, which resulted in him having a bad attitude as soon as I arrived. My job while I was there was to help him move things into the basement and he was being incredibly passive-aggressive towards me the whole time. Eventually we had to lug a large cabinet downstairs, which I was having a hard time doing, and he just started hollering at me. I responded “Don’t fucking talk to me like that” and he started telling me to shut up and my mom started defending him. I then said “I am not spending my lunch break getting bullied by you two” and then continued on with their arguments towards me. Eventually we moved the cabinet down and he left with his friends to bring some stuff to his new place. I apologized to my mom for bringing her into it, but also told her that it’s inappropriate for him to speak to me like that and that if I were the one moving and acting like that, he would not be as nice as I was. She still defended him, but wasn’t being particularly rude or mean towards me, so ig she understands both sides. But I still think she’s sympathizing with him more, which I personally find ridiculous, but idk. Am I in the wrong?

I recently cut my long hair pretty short and got a lot of positive attention towards it. And one word I’ve noticed thrown my way a lot lately is “cute”. I would’ve never thought to describe myself as that and at one point, I would’ve thought it was embarrassing to be so, but I figured if the shoe fits, I should work with it. So now I’m looking for suggestions to further the “cute” look I have going on. The caveat being I don’t want to wear anything that’ll be emasculating unless somebody can make a really good case for it that’ll it’ll make me look more confident or chill or whatever. So any thoughts?

I was thinking about this and I’m curious because I’m sure every single person who was on Channel Awesome at some point was inspired by James Rolfe in one way or another, maybe even more so than they were Doug. But now that a lot of them hate Doug, have they ever mentioned James considering how he continues to associate with Doug all these years later? Just out of curiosity.

Just generally curious. Also, how long was it? And was the final product in any way good (in terms of just the editing)?

I love Superman, it’s my favorite movie, but this part has never sat right with me every time I’ve rewatched.

After the public turns on Superman and Krypto is kidnapped, he goes to Luthorcorp and confronts Lex about it and Eve records footage of the encounter. Up to this point, we think Eve is Lex’s vapid screen-addicted obsessed lover, but only a few scenes later, it’s revealed that she actually dislikes Lex and has been trying to bring him down with Jimmy. But in that case, why does she record the encounter? Because all it does is make Superman look crazy and dangerous and exonerate Lex.

Personally, I have three theories:

1. She intended for the footage to show that not only does Lex do horrible things, but then he gloats about it, but then he got a hold of her phone and sent it to the media to prove his point further.

2. Even though she hates Lex, she’s not that big on Superman either, as evidence by her being happy about him getting beat up early on.

3. She’s so addicted to her phone that recording a video was the first thing she thought to do for self-defense.

Idk I’m curious what everyone else thinks.

I feel like most people associate overalls with male farmers and mechanics, but I only very rarely see older blue collar men wearing them. On the complete other hand though, during summer, I’ll see at least 1-2 young women any given day wearing overalls shorts just for fashion’s sake. Are overalls more for women now? When did that change happen?

I (M/26) am currently visiting Los Angeles for the first time ever right now and have strongly considered moving there for a long time. One of my biggest fears I’ve had for a while though is that I’m going to get there, become deeply infatuated with it, and begin to hate it after a while. But weirdly, in my limited time here, it feels not a lot different from where I live? And I’m not very infatuated with it, but can imagine calling it home? Granted, it’s stuffed with tourists unlike where I am, but I live in a neighborhood surrounding a smaller but still prominent midwestern city and a lot of what I’ve had to do here feels about the same of what I’ve had to do there. I even think the LA Metro has been incredibly reliable during my stay. I also enjoy driving in general and have done research into how LA traffic works and what to do to make it not as bad (my area also has some pretty bad traffic at times too). The only thing I am still genuinely worried about is the cost of living and parking, but I have a good amount of money saved, and I’m not leaving until I have even more than that. Plus, I’m used to paying for parking back where I live anyways, so I don’t care about that. But part of me is still worried that this is just me coping and that once I actually live here I’m going to get culture shock and it’s gonna get really really bad. Idk, do I sound like I’m coping or is this a justified reaction?

I (M) had my 26th birthday two days ago, but I’m not happy about it. In fact, I’m very sad about it because I feel like I never got to accomplish anything in my life and now I feel too old to do so. I lost all my friends three years ago and I’ve never been in a relationship. I wanted to move to LA to become an actor, but now I feel like I’m too old and it’s gonna be difficult doing so. I feel so ugly too, I need to lose weight and get a haircut, but I don’t have the time or energy after work to go to the gym or a barber. But it’s not like that would change anything now, even if I got into shape I’d be the weird 26 year old man larping a younger person and it’d be just sad and weird. I just want some support, I’m crying in my car alone with the only person reaching out to me right now doing so out of pity. Idk what I need to hear, but I feel so lonely and just want some support that I’m not going to get in my actual life.

This isn’t another “moving to LA, need advice” post, this is more specific. My little brother has a friend that lives in LA for school and now he suddenly wants to go to live there and pursue an acting career. Here’s the problem though: he’s never appeared in even a short film before, he refuses to take acting classes because he thinks they’re not necessary, and he knows nothing about the industry. He’s done stage shows in high school and one in college where he was the lead, but nothing on camera outside of those mandatory filmed class projects everyone does in high school. But whenever I try to gently convey this to him, he gets mad at me because he assumes I’m jealous because I’m also an actor and I’ve been having a very hard time trying to get out there for the past few years. So how can I gently tell him that he needs to stay where we live for a little bit and do some experience building stuff before he heads out there?

Was recommended this on YouTube an hour ago!