r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis

In cycle 6 (2006) of America’s Next Top Model, 32 hopefuls participated in the first episode of the show to get a place as one of the 13 contestants to make it into the competition. During this stage of the show, the girls spent a lot of time together.

Dani, shown in this clip, was clearly included for the drama of the show. Later in the episode, the Jays and Tyra told her she would be surrounded by gay people in the industry so it probably wasn’t the right fit for her, and threw a ton of shade at her appearance and photos — she clearly was never sincerely in the running to enter the competition.

Tyra always made a big deal about her show uplifting and empowering Black models and creating a space for them in the industry, yet they were repeatedly treated badly, like having to take part in racist challenges — then this. She still to this day claims she was just looking out for the girls. Why put them through dealing with Dani, then?

Sorry the captions aren’t great. I wanted to include them to make the video more accessible but the original clips had some captions already that were super blurry so I had to try to cover them with the new ones; it’s a bit of the mess but I hope it’s fairly legible.

She was and still is absolutely gorgeous! I’m captivated by her authenticity and beauty, inside and out.

I first found out about this bizarre version of meatloaf from a cookbook I had a as a kid. It disgusted me then and it disgusts me now!

This is for WTF Wednesday. It’s supposed to be lighthearted!! No snark intended to these girls - they were just following fashion at the time. Was the widespread follicle damage really necessary though 😭

Jailbait! (2000) is a Canadian film directed by Allan Moyle about a high school athlete who faces statutory rape charges after a consensual sexual encounter with a 16-year-old, starring Kevin Mundy and Alycia Purrott. The R-rated movie explores the legal and personal fallout from the incident, featuring crude sexual talk, harsh language, and some violence.

Markie in her prime. Lyle must have needed multiple cold showers.

This is a screen shot from an old “death battle” video where the creators literally made Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black fight each other to the death. No wonder the video no longer exists on YouTube. Obvious why they’d delete. Grown ass men too…the internet sucks.

Both parties were basically thrusted into the spotlight as young kids and got a lot of negative attention even though they did nothing wrong. Justin Bieber was even molested and given gross comments by adults and Rebecca was bullied in real life to the point that she suffered from depression. If making fun of these kinds of kids or just kids in general makes grown men happy, then, I’m sorry but you need to go to prison.

JFC

In advance, I’m sorry that one looks like it has been filmed in Mesopotamia and the other looks like it has been filmed in 4K. I had to merge the two clips from two different clips of the same video. I couldn’t find the full on video, so I do apologize.

Anyways, we either get treated like we’re dimwitted & incompetent, infants that have just been born last night, we’re sick & we need to be cured, or we’re demon possessed spawns of Satan that are the pure definition of absolute evil that even King Leopold the II who slaughtered 15 million Congolese people, looks like a complete saint.
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I’ll call these things categories to separate how each group treats us.

Category I: Like a genius or a superhero that does everything perfect.

Category II: Like a science experiment or an anomaly.

Category III: Like infants that can be controlled, manipulated, & taken advantage of.

Category IV: Like a person who can’t do much of anything & will not amount to anything in life.

Category V: Like a deadly disease that needs to be cured or eradicated.

Category VI: Like a spawn of Satan that needs to be cleansed with the purest & holiest thing of water while being tied down to a bed of some sort.
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But like I & many others say:

“You can’t fix stupid, & you can’t repair dumb.”

He’s the absolute poster child of that quote though.

https://youtu.be/XmY6K9MqDu4

Kimmie was 19 and giving up college to marry a 28 year-old man after just a few months of knowing him.

Team Jules people thought Kimmie was silly and vapid and Michael deserved someone with substance who wasn’t a pick-me. They were neglecting that at 19 this is how a lot of girls act.

Team Kimmie people only liked Kimmie because Jules was awful. She was barely an adult, had never worked or lived on her own. What was Michael even DOING?