Mary “Boo” Gibbs and I are close in age (she’s older by a few months). Monsters inc will always be a special movie to me. It’s the first film I remember seeing in theaters and it’s always been my favorite Pixar film. It seems like she loved the role as much as I loved the film
Anytime I go out and hear a pop station the newest music I hear is stuff from pre 2015. I don’t often hear stuff like Dua lipa on general store radio stations just the same old black eyed peas and party songs from pre 2015. (And of course choosing Texas being the exception)
Anyone else notice this.
When I was in college I meet someone with the exact same birthday as me (weren’t really friends). I also know there’s a minor celebrity singer with my same birthday.
Don’t put your exact birthday but does anyone know their own birthday twin or a celebrity twin?
Pink - Can’t take me home
Inspired by another thread, what are some of your favorite parts of working in a call center?
On the rare occasion you’ll have a really fun conversation where even if the issue isn’t resolved, it’s still a nice call. Also there’s always that one chill coworker who you can laugh about the job with.
Todd’s made up so much great slang pop music such as the “Cyndi Lauper effect”.I was wondering if anyone else made up their own terms similar to Todd
My biggest one is “Greys anatomy music”. Basically it’s adult alternative but for the most part it’s slow “emotional” music that seems like it was made to be direct to greys anatomy that would have been inescapable in 2005-2010
Edit: he didn’t make the term cod reggae but i misremembered him as doing so
In Todd’s 2004 video he mentioned he hated Baby Boy by Beyoncé because it reminded him of everything awful Scott storch song he heard around that time.
I’ll say it one hundred times but I can’t stand Jumpman by Drake and Future. It may not be the worst song of that year but everything I hate about that period of rap music is in that song (so I hate it the most). Repetitive lyrics, mumble rap, lazy references, that annoying noise that Drake makes… the list goes on. When this song came out I heard so many similar but this is emblematic of everything I hated about most rap I heard around this time.
What’s a song that’s a personal punching for you where it may not all that bad by itself by it’s everything you hate about a (artists, genre, time period in music)
These days I’ve heard people say “just reading is what matters”. The problem is there’s just as many books out there that are brain rot just as much as scrolling TikTok or watching mindless tv is. I’m not telling people to just read self help, history and classic novels (or not to read dumb books) but telling misinformed people to read a book isn’t enough, what you read matters.
It doesn’t even have to be that smart there’s a lot of great teen and children’s books you can learn from.
I have great fond memories of school and learning I even enjoyed meeting so many great people but honestly I prefer working a job. In some ways it feels like there’s more freedom with work
Did you prefer working or being in school (this includes college too).
Working in a call center/tech support have you ever had a company policy which just dumbfounded you as much as it does the customers?
Ever seen an online video where two people are arguing (the person filming and the one being filmed) where OP thinks they’re right but ultimately they’re just as bad as the other person. Feels like this would be too niche but figured I’d try.
I remembered really liking future nostalgia by Dua Lipa a lot but after listening to it multiple times, I wondered why I didn’t like Dua Lipa more (pre radical optimism). I love a lot her music but idk if I’d cal myself a “fan”. Once I saw Todd’s sweetest pie review i immediately knew why, she’s a good artist but not a “great” one. I’d probably also say blink 182 and Sum 41 would be a similar tier as well
This thread isn’t a hate thread or just calling out mid artists. Just ones that should click with you more where you like their music but they don’t necessarily meet the threshold of great artist
Great film. But I hate everything about the online discourse surrounding this film.
If you were to ask me which artist could have the biggest impact on the 20s, it might be Steve Lacy.
When I first heard his song “bad habits” I couldn’t believe a song like this by a black artist would be this mainstream. Songs like this are usually flash in the pan TikTok songs or something you’d find on Bandcamp not top 20 radio. Then he made sunshine no one listened to it and he basically disappeared. For about 4 years I’ve been waiting for another black alt rock (or even rock) artist to hit the mainstream, but it hasn’t really happened. I thought he’d be a game changer but outside Leon Thomas and The paradox it really hasn’t happened.
He released a song called Nice Shoes , which basically felt like a “I don’t care about mainstream fame” type song (which after the TikTok stuff) I don’t blame him. Although his new song the feeling has got quite big recently kinda hoping that changes the tide for black alt rock artists
This to me is like what hearing neon trees “animal” was in his 2010 best video
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time - Maya Angelou
Honestly I feel like excusing someone’s awful behavior “because they were having a bad day or something was going on in their life” is an awful excuse. It’s true we never know what someone’s going through but it doesn’t excuse the behavior. Not necessarily saying you should hold a grudge or not forgive them but what someone’s going through doesn’t immediately spare them from accountability.
Two for one
Songs that sound great in basically one context only but they don’t sound very good on its own (I’ll even count in the context of an album). Ive never cared for Raise your glass and firework but they sound great during Karaoke or when you’re at a party. Also I only like Milkshake by Kelis when it’s in Mean Girls.
On the other hand I was indifferent to blinding lights by The Weeknd until I heard it in the gym (great song for a gym playlist). Also here with me by marshmallow grew on me a lot for…. Reasons.