u/josie-salazar

I thought of this as I was looking through the Falsettos tracklist; the titles are so unique! Example:

• Four Jews in a Room Bitching

• My Father’s a Homo / Everyone Tells Jason to See a Psychiatrist

I would love for you guys to comment the most weird, funny, and/or long song titles you’ve encountered from musicals.

The “no-kill“ movement is one of the worst things to have been created.

First of all, there are WAY too many dogs in existence. The U.S. has a higher dog population than the human populations of Canada or Germany. More and more are bred while shelters are overflowing. It is not feasible to keep every single dog alive for an indefinite amount of time. This takes up resources such as money, infrastructure, food, water, etc.

Second of all, there are dogs that have been in no-kill shelters for years. As in, 5-10+ years and going on. That is inhumane, for a creature to spend most of its life locked up with maybe 30 min of outdoor time. The solution isn’t to hope that someone will adopt them…it’s to euthanize them after they haven’t been adopted for a certain amount of time, regardless of if they’re healthy.

Third of all, there are dogs that simply should not exist. That’s why in the past, aggressive/problematic dogs were euthanized. Any dog with aggression or behavioral problems was out, period. It is extremely selfish to keep these dogs alive, as they are potentially dangerous to humans, or if have a behavioral/health issue it’s gonna be a hard life both for the dog and the owner.

People have been successfully brainwashed to view “kill shelters” as evil, without thinking for one second about why it’s important to euthanize some dogs.

After researching some statistics, I found out that in the year 1990, an estimated 5-6 million dogs were euthanized in shelters. And the dog population was lower in 1990! Compare that to now, where in the year 2025, approximately 320k dogs were euthanized in shelters. The euthanasia rate goes down every decade while the dog population goes up every decade. Not a good combination.

(Note: These numbers are for the U.S.)

(Another note: ”Kill-shelters” are chronically underfunded and stigmatized compared to their no-kill counterparts. In the U.S., there are majority no-kill shelters.)

I had previously read three Agatha Christie books, and felt lukewarm about all of them. Starting with Murder on The Orient Express, I really enjoyed the setting, but started to get tired as the passengers were being interviewed one by one. Then with The ABC Murders, the murderer ended up being very anticlimactic for me, especially since I suspected someone else who might’ve been more interesting, and I was bored by the narrative overall, even though the plot synopsis sounded interesting. Lastly, with And Then There Were None, I thought, “Okay, this has to be a hit. Everyone loves it!“ but I remember feeling bored about the plot and disinterested in the cast of characters; yes the twist was brilliant but I didn’t feel anything. All in all, from these three books I had the impression of Agatha Christie’s writing and stories being sterile.

Now, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was an ultimatum for me. I told myself if I don’t like this book, I’m done with Agatha Christie. I’m shocked and pleased to say that I did not just like the book, I LOVED IT. I was completely hooked. Could not stop reading it and neglected my schoolwork to finish it in one day. There’s something about the characters in this one that felt much more compelling. The writing felt less mechanical to me, and I was eagerly turning the pages as more and more twists came up. Instant 5 stars, which are kind of rare for me.

Now for the past few days all I can think about is Agatha Christie and which of her books I’ll read next. Currently reading Crooked House and on my TBR is: Death on the Nile, Endless Night, Five Little Pigs, A Murder is Announced, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, and Peril At End House. I have a great feeling about these books in particular after doing some research on them. I’m absolutely thrilled to find an author whose works I want to read back-to-back. I usually don’t read that many books from the same author.

Really glad to have found this subreddit, and I can’t wait to familiarize myself with more AC books. Also, perhaps I’ll reread Murder on the Orient Express, as I feel like I’d potentially enjoy it more now. But I’m pretty solid on my opinions about The ABC Murders & ATTWN, just don’t think those were for me.

Thank you u/ruschca for the postcard!! What a surprise it was to open my mailbox and see it; the ink stamps you used are so cute, I love that they’re all ghibli or cute animals, I’m seriously obsessed with the decorations! I’m also a Florence & The Machine :) Anyway thank you again, this is my first ever postcard from this subreddit ♡

I’m reading through the Letterboxd reviews for 12DP and I have no idea why people hate Lacey. She didn’t do anything wrong and she had an amazing, relatable character arc dealing with self-worth and belonging. It seemed like people were mad at her for literally being clumsy? Idk but it feels so random and uncalled for. Lacey kind of reminds me of myself when I was her age, I was also timid.

Alright I did some research and according to Swifties and online articles, these are what are considered to be the big words or phrases in her songs, with many Swifties saying that Taylor taught them these words:

Calamitous

Incandescent

Clandestine

Gauche

Esoteric

Tryst

Centennial

Insurmountable

Machiavellian

Antithetical

Crestfallen

Petulance

Precocious

Mercurial

Torrid

Rivulets

Tendrils

Beguiling

”…my elegies eulogize me”

”Smooth-talking hucksters out glad-handing each other”

”Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies“

I’m not gonna be pretentious and say that you need to know every single one of these or you’re stupid. BUT…I really side eye swifties saying they didn’t know “crestfallen“, “incandescent”, “esoteric“, etc. I would say all of these are middle-high school level words.

Honorlock was annoying enough but now it’s gotten worse. You have to download the app and prop your phone on the side to fully record yourself and everything. I’m taking all online classes this semester and legit 4 out of 5 classes use it. It’s a complete pain in the ass, I hate the process and having to show my ID. I’m so over it to the point where idc if my room is messy for the 360 scan.

BTW: I know this post is useless, and I know someone’s gonna come in here and say “Welll that’s what they have to do to prevent people from cheating”. I’m still allowed to feel annoyed and wish that I could have graduated earlier to not deal with this BS.

This is not a way to live. I’m 21 and I have never:

• Done extracurriculars/school clubs (not allowed)

• Had a sleepover (not allowed)

• Went to homecoming or prom (not allowed)

• Been to the beach. Or been to a forest for that matter. Or gone camping.

• Rarely leave my city. We never go anywhere at all, not even to other cities, let alone other states. I stay at home most of the time and if I leave the house it’s go to with my mom to Kohl’s or Target or whatever. I live in a sleepy suburb. I’ve never explored other cities in my state that actually have things to do and places to go.

• Rarely have been to restaurants. My dad doesn’t like eating out and my mom is stay at home with no income. The first time I‘ve ever been to a sit down restaurant was Olive Garden when I was 18 with friends. I was so clumsy because I didn’t know what to do with some things. That and Applebee’s are the only sit-down restaurants I’ve been to.

• Never dormed at university (Not allowed and this makes me sad because teenage me thought I would dorm at college and be free. Nope. You’re still stuck at home at 21).

• Don’t have my drivers license (Just now starting to learn driving)

• Never had a job

I barely have any friends. One is long distance/online. Two others I slowly grew apart from, probably because I was never able to hang out with them in high school. One I sometimes hang out with but she is pretty busy, so it’s usually once every 2 months.

I’m just wondering what my life would look like if I could drive and go to work and had an extracurricular activity. I have nothing to show for at all, I’m screwed in terms of getting a job because I have no experience or activities of any sort. I dream of course being financially independent but considering I can’t even drive yet and can’t even get hired for minimum wage jobs, I’m pretty screwed.

In middle school/high school I remember really wanting to do gymnastics/dance. At the very least I wanted to join any club to be involved but everyrhing got ridiculed and I wasn’t able to stay after school.

I also dream of seeing the ocean. I live in Arizona and everyone here has been to California except for me…I mentioned driving to San Diego and my dad said “one day” so of course it’s never gonna happen. I also have a lot of health issues and my dad said it’s not necessary to do anything and it’s normal to have allergies. I still need to get my wisdom teeth removed but on top of that I need to see an ENT, allergist, and an orthodontist. Don’t know when any of this is gonna happen and in the meantime, my nose has been congested my whole life and I’ve never breathed clearly. I have an overbite and recessed chin too. Just a lot going on and it’s all gonna cost money.

On top of all this my family is devoutly Muslim esp my mom is constantly talking about Islam and I think I’ve been an atheist since I was like 9, in any case I never believed in any of it. So that’s fun. Only things I do in my day is schoolwork, reading, drawing, sometimes writing. Super fun life.

Lara is the main one who has shown enthusiasm for any of this. She really doesn’t seem to mind the songs or choreographies. Looking at videos of her in performances, she looks very happy. She has shown excitement for the concept.

Now, you guys might say Daniela doesn’t mind either. But that’s an illusion. Yes, she fits the concepts and choreographies the best, but her heart isn’t in any of this anymore. She reminds me of that video of Ice Spice looking numb and bored while twerking for a crowd. She had way more genuine energy & passion for other eras. She’s an excellent performer so it might not be noticeable to most people because her facial expressions are fine, but I can tell she’s tired of this. Like, imagine your role in the group is the sexy one who’s always twerking and has their ass out. She was in the center for “us against the world“ twerking part in Pinky Up, and she’s in the center for the twerking in the beginning of Hootie Fruttie, not to mention the cover of that MV has her bare ass out. She def doesn’t look as happy as before in performances. There’s a limit to how much you can tolerate yourself being sexualized.

As for the rest of the members, I don’t have to explain them. Yoonchae just turned 18 and I feel terrible for her to be subjected to these songs. Sophia obviously is suited better for other concepts, and wants to sing good songs. Megan looks depressed atp.

I literally feel like everything after Gabriela has gone downhill. Yes, Gnarly was sexual, but the girls actually seemed to enjoy performing it tbh. Then Gabriela was their ‘normal’ song, and if HYBE was smart, they would’ve given them more good songs. But somehow things have gotten worse and worse. We never see them wearing full clothes for their performances or MV’s. The Disney Legends performance was the first time all members had their butts covered in a long time. If you thought the lyrics and MV for Pinky Up was bad, well somehow Hootie Frutti is 100x worse and more horrific in its sexualization. This group is now at a point of no return, and will not last much longer before another member leaves or they take a “hiatus” (aka disbandment) like One Direction & Fifth Harmony – I give them 2 more years.

I’ve had to buy all my postcards online. I simply can’t find them in *any* store near me, with the exception of $20-$30 sets at Barnes and Noble which have limited/specific designs I’m not interested in (and there’s really only 1-2 of these sets anyway). Why don’t they sell single or 5-pack postcards at Target, Walmart, Kohl’s, etc? Just regular stores? I live in an irrelevant suburban city so there are no independent bookstores and no tourist-y stores, just your common chain stores. They could make cute postcards with flowers or different seasons or animals. This isn’t a question of *where* to find postcards because that’s been asked a lot on this subreddit…more so, why are they not as common as greeting cards? Sure, maybe the demand is smaller, but again it couldn’t hurt to have at least 1-5 postcard options at these stores.