u/corneliabloom

I stumbled across a popular post on this subreddit a few days ago that talks about the album having stronger concept than execution, and I want to add onto it because I find this album incredibly lyrically weak and a step back from her previous work. All of her rhymes are very basic and there’s no *stand out* line that sunk in for me. I love Olivia and her work, have seen her live, and adore GUTS and Sour, but the writing on this album falls flat for me.

For example, a stand out line from GUTS is “And I know in my heart, hurt people, hurt people/And we both drew blood but man those cuts were never equal”. That is a genius line that perfectly and uniquely captures ‘I know I wasn’t perfect either but what you did doesn’t compare’.

But then we get rhymes in just Honeybee alone like “walk in the dark/Hop the fence in the park” “I hope I never see what your face looks like goin’” “shooting stars, racing cars” (I dislike this line especially). I feel like she took the most basic words and rhymed them together.

That goes for the rest of the album. Basic words, basic rhymes, lack of specificity and imagery. Of course I love the melodies and production, but lyrics are always first for me.

I’m sure others don’t feel the same, but these are just my 2 cents.

I’m super frustrated because my 8 month old puppy is still not fully housebroken. He never goes in his crate and holds it at night. When I’m home, he rings the bell when he needs to potty, I let him out, and reward him when he goes. However, I recently started letting him free roam the kitchen and living room while I’m at work and he has accidents in the house. I leave him for 2-4 hours at a time.

It’s like he can only hold it for an hour or two. My guess is he rings the bell, no one comes to let him out because im not home, and he just goes on the floor.

How do you teach your puppy to hold it when you aren’t home? I don’t know what to do. I praise/reward him every time he potties outside and he knows to ring the bell, but he still just goes in the house if no one is there.