I kept waiting for it to get fun

I didn't go into this expecting anything groundbreaking but I expected to have fun, that's why we watch reality shows, right? I don't mind a dislikable cast (I have been locked to VPR since day one) but the drama was so heavy and the moments of levity were ... idk? Butler guy? There were fun backdrops and I appreciate that the editors put a twist on it with the asides.

The show is obviously predicated on you knowing who Stassi is, but the reintroduction of her just felt lazy as did trying to round out the rest of the cast. I mean from a production standpoint I don't know how to sustainable it is to spin off a spin off and know about these people enough that we're dropped into the middle of their lives without much establishment e.g. Stassi's sister is a divorced bisexual artist moving to LA for the first time, you find out that as scraps of information across multiple episodes.

The addressing of the cancellation pmo more than anything else on the show, because how are you in a self-aware, unfiltered 4th wall breakingb show and not address that you got cancelled because of racism. Instead you bring in work colleagues from your other show to address the cancellation, not what you did.

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u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 18 hours ago

She was the reason the reboot sucked

Spoilers for the reboot.

I like Tavi Gavinson, I think she's a generationally talented writer. But she's not a good actress, she was essentially a main character (at least for the first season) and I felt like I was watching high school theatre.

I think they picked a younger millennial/older gen z fashion famous star as one of the entry points into the show as a way to re-engage the original audience and despite disliking her acting I think the show set her up to fail as well.

In the original the older storyline (parents in particular Rufus and Lily) work as a counterpoint to the younger storylines, kind of like shadow stories but ultimately they're all intertwined.

But 'the teachers are gossip girl' storyline they shoehorned in a twist on the original that wasn't really a part of the DNA of the original show.

I know there are other issues as well I just think this casting/writing decision is the worst one.

u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 22 days ago

Shayne Davis in James Franco new tiktok?

Shayne Davis (the random not working at SUR one from the new cast) is in one of James Franco's tiktoks he's been doing to try and market some kinda project (maybe a film idk I tried to find something on IMDb)

*He's the tall one on the end of the sofa

u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 1 month ago

Files from old laptop after moving to another

I made a very stupid mistake and moved my scrivener licence from one laptop to another without checking that I'd be able to recover previous files

Now I just have the folders with nothing in them, is there anyway of recovering them?

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u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 1 month ago

Song from the end of the latest episode?

(the furies, criminal minds evolution) In the scene where the two guys and talking in the library does anyone know what the song was?

Semi-unrelated does anyone remember how prominent music used to be in the first couple of seasons? I was on a rewatch prior to the most recent season and it feels like it used to be so significant to the show and then it veered off as the seasons went on

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u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 1 month ago

How are you marketing with no budget?

I'm stuck, one of the brands in my company recently transitioned into selling digital download training books with no ad spend and not offering any discounts or giveaways, we're also completely new to the market as well.

Any creative organic digital ideas ? Or any succinct ways to explain why constantly pushing salesy social media posts to our bored audience isn't the best way to promote the products?

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u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 2 months ago

TEFL teachers- if you could do it all again, what would/wouldn't you do?

Long story short a family member is graduating from university (UK undergraduate) this year and has received a job offer to go teach in china.

Maybe I'm just jealous or overprotective but I can't help but feeling like something is not quite right,

Are there any red flags you should look out for or anything you would have done differently to save yourself grief if you went to china to teach from UK after graduation?

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u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 3 months ago

I work about thirty minutes a day and I've stopped caring

I spent my 20s working so so hard at the jobs I had, desperate to prove my worth, any time anyone asked me to do something I'd jump at the chance if something wasn't working out I'd blame myself. I thought that if I could just make it everything else would fall into place.

I lost a job nearly two years ago now that I thought was my big break (corporately speaking) that I got fired from in less than a month and I moved back in with my parents.

I work remotely now, I log in and go back to bed, I cook, I keep my parents pets company and I have a silly amount of Reddit karma. I don't do anything productive, all those skills I spent my 20s learning are put to miniscule use as projects that could take me 3 minutes I say takes 3 days and they just buy it.

To be clear I don't feel guilty about the job and the time thiefery I get paid like shit and middle management treat me like I'm a PA but every so often I get a wave of guilt when I think about the teenage version of myself who wanted so hard to have this high flying career and interesting life and now I just do jackshit everyday and scroll through the vanderpump rules sub Reddit I can't even motivate myself to do something with all the free time that isn't doom scrolling

Edit: really appreciate everyone's perspectives and similar stories, I did not realise a lot of this is related to burnout

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u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 3 months ago

Thought this was funny and I'd share a creator on tiktok (tea with ally) talking about someone asking about Peter's girlfriend AI look, Venus in the comments being unable to confirm or deny

Edit: creator here

u/Quick_Dot_9660 — 4 months ago