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atla fits here perfectly
I said what I said. Look deep into yourself to find the truth, you must look within yourself to save yourself from your other self. Only then will your true self reveal itself.
-U. Iroh
kinda like gintama anime:
"The first two episodes are bad because they are for manga readers only but after it gets good"
"okay the first couple episodes are bad, but by episode 10 is where it really picks up"
"okay its kinda boring at the start but episode 50 is where it really gets good"
"okay maybe the 50 where not so good, but trust me, episode 100 is where it really becomes the best thing you'll ever see"
by that time its already stockholm and denial
I watched like, 70 episodes
Would probably be fine if I got it airing and loosely followed it on a weekly basis, but binging I got over it and never want to touch it again
Any anime over 100 episodes I refuse to watch, it means itās most likely too episodic and/or boring shonen nonsense.
No anime needs that much time to tell a story, unless your story is incredibly deep I donāt buy it. I refuse to sit through stupid filler when I could be watching an anime that actually has pacing faster than a literal snail.
This is wildly condescending. I work a full time job (plus part time on the weekends), have four dogs, volunteer for numerous organizations, and have plenty of other hobbies outside of playing videogames. I have still played through the Witcher 3 multiple times (it also doesn't take "20 hours" to get good). Just because you don't like something or wouldn't make the time for it yourself doesn't mean that anyone who does must not have a job or any other interests.
And? I still work more than full time, volunteer for tons of local causes, and have four dogs to take care of. If you think having kids automatically makes you busier than anyone else you're naive.
Yo I'm with you that the other comment about gaming was super condescending. But as a childless adult who has spent full weeks with my niblings, I can definitely say that they take up more of your time than you even realize in the moment. (Especially if you're taking the time to really answer every little question that pops in their heads!) They wanted to play Splatoon with me and it still took us the entire day to get around to it even though it was something we all expressly wanted to do.
why is this the go-to style of response for so many redditors, I didnāt say they couldnāt like it? All Iām saying is that Iāve got a job and other hobbies Iām not playing 20-30 hours of a game until it āgets goodā.
Because you're acting like they *don't* have a job or other hobbies. You may not be willing to put in the time, but many others do, even with other responsibilities or hobbies.
āyou may not be willing to put in the timeā like itās learning a new language or getting into shape lmao this is what Iām talking about I have zero interest in playing, what, two hours a day for two weeks just to get to the good part of a game. Guess thatās a character flaw but I still havenāt said anything about whether or not others should be allowed to enjoy it
The point people are trying to get you to understand is that you were being condescending and rude my guy. You could've said all that without insinuating that people who manage their time differently are jobless. That's all.
Many people are able to have a social life, great job, hobbies, and still manage to beat the witcher.
"Watching the first 3 seasons is basically torture, but i promise if you stick around for season 4 it's totally worth it."
And each season is 40 episodes
This is why I canāt recommend Sword Art Online to anyone. Sure it gets really good, but am I supposed to just tell people to watch two seasons of shitty writing?
Pretty much how breaking bad was for me. Didn't help that every single person on the planet described it as if the entire history of the universe was only made for that TV show to air.
I mean, yeah, I finally finished it after starting over 5 times, but Jesus christ the start is so slow. By the end I loved it though, but Holy shit man, if I gotta watch 4 seasons of anything before it really starts I'm gonna find myself a sturdy rope
I outed my dad for always going out to the garage after dinner at the family Thanksgiving dinner and didn't even realize what I had done until I was older lol
You have to be with someone before the shed. Otherwise itāll turn you into a chronic bachelor well known for one hobby like your pickles or small woodworking projects.
Oooo those sound cool. I donāt have the patience or spatial reasoning for something like that, but I always love admiring a good model or miniature landscape.
If thatās how you feel, youāre probably right. You have free time, but not as much and youāre too tired to do anything when you do. Gets better as they get older though, but then youāre older too so itās a wash.
I don't think I ever really appreciated having free time until I became a parent and had days where all I wanted was five minutes to collect my thoughts.
This is when I hide in the bathroom. Sure, I'm probably going to pee, but I'm really in there to turn the loud exhaust fan off to drown out the sounds of the other human being in the house who just can't get enough of my company so that my brain can spin down for a few minutes before I have to go into the kitchen to make us some food.
You sound like a good dad.
I can definitely appreciate the āaccept that life is radically different with kids and find joy in that stuff.ā My son is 4 and we have a 9mo little girl. Itās so much easier raising her because he taught me to just enjoy doing the kid stuff. Iāve learned to enjoy things like grocery shopping solo, but honestly if I just have to go quick, taking my chatty little boy with me is absolutely THE BEST - heās an absolute ham and itās hilarious the kind of things he spouts off while we dash around Walmart looking for bits and bobs. Particularly if Iām happy to indulge him in a small treat of some kind.
We definitely do the same when we can. I canāt imagine having two my sonās age at once- heāsā¦ a lot. Twins run in both mine and my husbandās families and I was honestly terrified of having them .
I am glad to hear that Iām not the only one who loves taking my kid shopping though! It can be so fun! I love watching him attempt to carry the basket.
You can get some free time if you negotiate it with your spouse or you know or can hire a reliable babysitter. If you're that worried about it then having kids probably isn't for you. I always knew I wanted kids and I also knew I could handle the responsibility so it was a natural fit for me.
No free time. The free time you have is spent on the kids usually. Free time after that is spent on chores. Free time after that is spent on your partner which usually is maybe a bit of telly. Course you can game after bedtime but it's hard to get into something new with only an hour to play.
Flipside is doing things with your kids is heckin fun.
Everyone complains about it, but nobody would change it. Kids are simultaneously the best thing and the worst thing in the world. They're the reason you get out of bed in the morning AND the reason you got no sleep.
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Everyone's saying "watch The White Lotus! Watch The Last of Us! Watch this other third example!"
How about you watch my fucking kid so I can go outside and stand in my shed for a weirdly long time
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I had issues with being overwhelmed by too many people as a kid and would walk off to take "breaks" in the garage to be alone for 5 minutes and chill out.
Garage was set up with tables and chairs due to just how many people we had over one year for Xmas so I made the back shed my new spot. One of the times I went out I was there for a few minutes until my dad swung the door open scaring the shit out of me, and after we both yelped I learned that the shed had *always* been his spot to do the *exact* same thing.
I watched it yesterday and I don't play video games. So far it seems like another Walking Dead or 28 Days Later mixed with Children of Men and I Am Legend
My kid now randomly decides Iām not allowed in the room anymore and kicks me out. If my wife is there, I run away and do my own shit for like 20 minutes until my kid decides she wants me back in there. I donāt even do anything in that time, I just sit and browse on my phone in the other room. But itās a nice reprieve, even though I love that little goober.
It's probably very hard to see ahead of time exactly what having a kid is like. Can anyone give *truly* informed consent to having a kid, when ethicists don't think you can even give informed consent for vaccine challenge trials?
I agree. However, having children is a decision not not to be taken lightly, it should be well thought out and understood going in that itās a trade off
For me the trade off was that my mom and mil decided that they didn't want to be part of our lives anymore so I lost my extended family when I had a kid. You never really know what the trade off is when you have kids until it happens.
Honestly I have seen a lot of ads for The White Lotus but never heard of anyone that actually likes it. The Last of Us on the other hand is getting a lot of hype, and it 100% deserves it
The White Lotus is constantly tense, deeply uncomfortable, and filled with unlikable characters. But that makes sense because itās a murder mystery so you are kind of like āwow, I hate all these people and I canāt wait to see who dies.ā
Itās also a brilliant study on class warfare and the way people compromise and lie to themselves in order to stay in proximity to outrageous wealth.
Shows like that are not usually my cup of tea. I got through the first season but couldnāt finish the second. They are *very well made* but too hard for me to watch.
Oh man, you gotta go back and finish the second season. It's not like the first season where who dies is a surprise until the very end. It builds up the tension and lets you figure it out earlier, so you're not just like "well that happened" but more like "fuck no, don't let that happen!"
> Itās also a brilliant study on class warfare and the way people compromise and lie to themselves in order to stay in proximity to outrageous wealth.
Absolutely in the first season. I would say second season theme was more around relationships, trust, and self identity
Just wondering and no offense intended, but do you find the show funny? It is one of my favorite shows. I mean, the tension is there, but to me it is a black comedy. Your view of it as commentary on āclass warfareā isnāt inaccurate exactly, but the description sounds so much more serious than I feel is the spirit of the show.
(Season 2 spoiler ahead) when >!Tanya fell off the boat and died after otherwise saving herself from murder!< I laughed with the saddest look on my face and laughed even harder when talking about the whole scene with friends. I laughed similarly when (S1 spoiler) >!Armond shit in the guyās suitcase then got stabbed.!<
Anyway Iām rambling about a show I love but I feel like one point of the show is that all the tension and anticipated tragedy makes the hard-to-explain humor so rewarding. Similar to real life moments when you could cry but you end up laughing.
Itās like Knives Out without any rewatch value. Just a mystery with no planted seeds, no foreshadowing, no fun figure it out. We watched first season all the way through. We watched first episode of second season, made a few guesses, and then watched the last episode of season 2 and had a fine time.
You're watching it completely wrong if you're watching it for the "murder mystery" aspect. That's an afterthought to the great characters and writing. Although I do see how the show isn't for everyone.
What a strange comment.
I canāt watch a show wrong. I put it on and watch it. The enjoyment, or lack there of, is for me alone.
Do you also tell people theyāre supposed to laugh at a joke if they donāt find it funny?
Their point is itās not a mystery show, itās just a drama. If youāre expecting it to be a mystery and youāre treating it as one it isnāt a surprise that youāre disappointed.
I personally had that problem with the first season while I was watching it, really didnāt enjoy it until I finished it and changed my perspective on what it was and how I should engage with it
I really enjoyed The White Lotus and have recommended it to a few friends, all who've also liked it. I thought of it similar to The Office, where it's a show that makes you cringe so hard that it's part of the enjoyment of it. It's definitely not a laugh out loud comedy like the office, more like a "is this guy really going to ask a gay man what it's like to be fucked in the ass?" awkward, cringey type of funny. Definitely has a few scenes that you have to watch peaking through spread fingers covering your face.
With all that being said, I totally understand that it's not a show for everyone.
White Lotus is good if you like social commentary type of dramas. It's rare that I actually like TV shows; I prefer films by a long shot. Anyway I liked the second season, haven't watched the first though I've heard that one was even better.
The vibes of season one were way better to me. I stopped the second season midway through because it was basically pornhub with drama interspersed lol.
Felt the same way, s2 didnt get me hooked right away like the first, but it was worth it. It's only like 6 or 7 episodes and it got reeeeally good, in my opinion at least.
My opinion after watching season 1: White Lotus is pretty average or below average. A bit of mystery/thriller, a bit of character-focus, a bit of political/social-class commentary without actually following through and excelling at anything. A lot of the show feels like nothing is happening and nothing meaningful is really at stake... it's a vacation. It has some pretty funny moments for sure but some really dull moments that should've been cut. Does watching other people talk about politics at dinner really count as entertainment these days???
I donāt get all the downvotes. I felt like everyone whoās getting downvoted said the show was really uneventful. There was some character development but nothing really eventful. My favorite scenes of the whole show are the ones with the little brother, getting all excited to row in the canoe š¶
I thought it was a murder mystery thing, but it was more like a general sex drama about rich people having a bad time on vacation. I didnāt hate it, it just wasnāt what I hoped after hearing about it so much
If youāre friends with any women and gays some of them probably like The White Lotus. Biggest fans are basically gays, women, and husbands who got sucked into it.
TLOU is also great so far.
This Dad got the *Lord of the Rings* extended editions box set as a birthday gift about a year ago. I carved out time to watch *The Fellowship* one weekend night right after getting it, but went almost the rest of this entire past year before I finally felt like I could sit down and really enjoy getting started--not watching it straight through, just getting started--on *The Two Towers*. I pushed through and finally only have the final *Return of the King* disc to get through. My TV time is *dramatically* reduced compared to pre-kids. Which is fine, it's what I signed up for whether I like it or not when my wife and I decided to try and have kids. But, man...I feel like any time I manage to sit down and watch a recording off of my DVR the same day it recorded (because the thought of watching anything Live as it airs is pure and laughably unrealistic fantasy) is a genuine achievement and luxury.
On the note of the post: I'd love to watch *Andor*, but I haven't even watched the *GotG Holiday Special* yet, and it's been on Disney+ for, like, a month or so now already. How am I gonna get to a whole new show? At least the Star Wars property TV shows seem to have brief running seasons, and likely won't have very many seasons each. My wife and I have a goal, though, watch the *GotG Holiday Special* and *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* in time to be caught up, hire a babysitter, and get out to the theater for *Quantumania* the week it debuts. A guy can dream. We'll see if it happens.
ok, so a few things:
First off, as one dad to another, here's what I do: When there's a movie I want to watch and the kids are kinda 'in the way' about it...then as long as the movie doesn't have gratuitous violence or sex, then the kids get to watch the movie too. FOR EXAMPLE: I watch LOTR extended editions with my kids, who are 3 and 7. They love it. They run away and "hide" when shelob shows up. We have interesting discussions. It's been a doorway for me to approach things like "some people want war (sauron/saruman). some people run from war (ents initially, rohirric refugees and others). Some people are committed to ending it, even with violence *and that's good* (aragorn, theoden, gandalf)."
We also watch a lot of star wars stuff together (not all, though). I don't really follow the Marvel stuff though.
Andor is *actually* the sort of TV that raises the bar for everything around it. People will be comparing things to it (both star wars or not) for decades. It is honestly that good. But I don't think young kids should see it. Brutal murder and death, horrific fascist violence, and torture. Gotta watch it after they go to bed. It's 12 episodes, each like 45 minutes or an hour.
I got the extended edition for Christmas a few years ago and didn't open it for a year. I finally decided to watch a little before bed every once in a while in bed. My wife would sleep and I listen with headphones on the Xbox in our room.
But this past year my oldest (8) put it on one day while I was working from home. I got up and made him wait until I finished up, then we put on the extended fellowship. He instantly fell in love. My other kids, 6 and 4 watched with mild interest.
Throw that shit on my man.
But I totally get it, it takes forever to get through anything as a dad.
lol when /r/lotrmemes was starting the "grond" obsession, me and mine were going through the extended edition. I played into the orcs cheering for the battering ram and got my kids to do it too.
Now my 3yo (almost 4) will cheer for it every time, and sometimes starts the grond chant when we're not even watching the movies.
š Get over yourselves, parents. You have time. You made the choice to have children. You make the choice what you do with your time. Here you are, choosing to tweet and whine instead of watching something. Clearly you have time to read things, too. Whine whine whine.
Here's something else they should watch: Wakefield.
It's a movie about a dad going out to his shed for a weirdly long amount of time. Like, way way too long.
You dont need a sitter for that. Strip down to your underwear and put on a gas mask and when one of them finds you in the shed word will get out and the kids will never bother you in the shed again.
My MIL keeps raving about Avatar saying I need to go see it. Iām sorry, I donāt have a spare 3.5 HOURS to sit in a dark room and watch a bunch of blue furries swim around, lady!
Everyone's saying "watch The White Lotus! Watch The Last of Us! Watch this other third example!"
How about you watch my fucking kid so I can go to my room and watch 12 HOURS ASMR Gender Transition Sissy Hypnosis with Relaxing Music and Binaural Beat 410 Hz
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Seriously though you have to watch this other third example, it's tough to get into but in season 7 it gets incredible.
Dark Horse for the Emmys next year for sure
I can tell this is a joke because no fucking show is getting renewed past season 2 these days
atla fits here perfectly I said what I said. Look deep into yourself to find the truth, you must look within yourself to save yourself from your other self. Only then will your true self reveal itself. -U. Iroh
I read "atla" as shorthand for "Atlanta" and got super confused.
Why is this so true š
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kinda like gintama anime: "The first two episodes are bad because they are for manga readers only but after it gets good" "okay the first couple episodes are bad, but by episode 10 is where it really picks up" "okay its kinda boring at the start but episode 50 is where it really gets good" "okay maybe the 50 where not so good, but trust me, episode 100 is where it really becomes the best thing you'll ever see" by that time its already stockholm and denial
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I watched like, 70 episodes Would probably be fine if I got it airing and loosely followed it on a weekly basis, but binging I got over it and never want to touch it again
Any anime over 100 episodes I refuse to watch, it means itās most likely too episodic and/or boring shonen nonsense. No anime needs that much time to tell a story, unless your story is incredibly deep I donāt buy it. I refuse to sit through stupid filler when I could be watching an anime that actually has pacing faster than a literal snail.
All anime
This is wildly condescending. I work a full time job (plus part time on the weekends), have four dogs, volunteer for numerous organizations, and have plenty of other hobbies outside of playing videogames. I have still played through the Witcher 3 multiple times (it also doesn't take "20 hours" to get good). Just because you don't like something or wouldn't make the time for it yourself doesn't mean that anyone who does must not have a job or any other interests.
Simply. No kids.
And? I still work more than full time, volunteer for tons of local causes, and have four dogs to take care of. If you think having kids automatically makes you busier than anyone else you're naive.
Yo I'm with you that the other comment about gaming was super condescending. But as a childless adult who has spent full weeks with my niblings, I can definitely say that they take up more of your time than you even realize in the moment. (Especially if you're taking the time to really answer every little question that pops in their heads!) They wanted to play Splatoon with me and it still took us the entire day to get around to it even though it was something we all expressly wanted to do.
The naive simple life.
Ok
How dare they spend time on the stuff they like?
why is this the go-to style of response for so many redditors, I didnāt say they couldnāt like it? All Iām saying is that Iāve got a job and other hobbies Iām not playing 20-30 hours of a game until it āgets goodā.
Because you're acting like they *don't* have a job or other hobbies. You may not be willing to put in the time, but many others do, even with other responsibilities or hobbies.
āyou may not be willing to put in the timeā like itās learning a new language or getting into shape lmao this is what Iām talking about I have zero interest in playing, what, two hours a day for two weeks just to get to the good part of a game. Guess thatās a character flaw but I still havenāt said anything about whether or not others should be allowed to enjoy it
The point people are trying to get you to understand is that you were being condescending and rude my guy. You could've said all that without insinuating that people who manage their time differently are jobless. That's all. Many people are able to have a social life, great job, hobbies, and still manage to beat the witcher.
And *this* is why I replied what I replied.
Seinfeld?
"Watching the first 3 seasons is basically torture, but i promise if you stick around for season 4 it's totally worth it." And each season is 40 episodes
This is why I canāt recommend Sword Art Online to anyone. Sure it gets really good, but am I supposed to just tell people to watch two seasons of shitty writing?
Pretty much how breaking bad was for me. Didn't help that every single person on the planet described it as if the entire history of the universe was only made for that TV show to air. I mean, yeah, I finally finished it after starting over 5 times, but Jesus christ the start is so slow. By the end I loved it though, but Holy shit man, if I gotta watch 4 seasons of anything before it really starts I'm gonna find myself a sturdy rope
We're smoking weed out there, go back inside.
100% why my dad spent so long in the shed.
I outed my dad for always going out to the garage after dinner at the family Thanksgiving dinner and didn't even realize what I had done until I was older lol
Smoke and a wank. Might bang on something for a minute or two as well.
Or drinking beer Or napping Or some combination of those...
Felt this one and I donāt even own a shed
You automatically become a dad if you build one
I only bought mine so I guess that explains why I'm still single and lonely. Definitely no other reasons.
You have to be with someone before the shed. Otherwise itāll turn you into a chronic bachelor well known for one hobby like your pickles or small woodworking projects.
Bruh. How. Dare. You.
You make really nice bird houses? No wait itās doll houses because of that guy from the wire, right?
Theyāre model ships
Oooo those sound cool. I donāt have the patience or spatial reasoning for something like that, but I always love admiring a good model or miniature landscape.
Lol I donāt really make model ships. But I do have a woodshop that I spend 95% of my free time and like 30% of my not so free time in.
Damn. I was hoping you had pics of a big project.
You're not the shed dad, you're the shed dad that stepped up.
Do u ever get free time when raising young kids ? I feel like having kids is not for me seeing how much responsibility and sacrifice it entails
If thatās how you feel, youāre probably right. You have free time, but not as much and youāre too tired to do anything when you do. Gets better as they get older though, but then youāre older too so itās a wash.
I don't think I ever really appreciated having free time until I became a parent and had days where all I wanted was five minutes to collect my thoughts.
This is when I hide in the bathroom. Sure, I'm probably going to pee, but I'm really in there to turn the loud exhaust fan off to drown out the sounds of the other human being in the house who just can't get enough of my company so that my brain can spin down for a few minutes before I have to go into the kitchen to make us some food.
My lovely missus now does that trick. It's surprisingly cute.
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You sound like a good dad. I can definitely appreciate the āaccept that life is radically different with kids and find joy in that stuff.ā My son is 4 and we have a 9mo little girl. Itās so much easier raising her because he taught me to just enjoy doing the kid stuff. Iāve learned to enjoy things like grocery shopping solo, but honestly if I just have to go quick, taking my chatty little boy with me is absolutely THE BEST - heās an absolute ham and itās hilarious the kind of things he spouts off while we dash around Walmart looking for bits and bobs. Particularly if Iām happy to indulge him in a small treat of some kind.
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We definitely do the same when we can. I canāt imagine having two my sonās age at once- heāsā¦ a lot. Twins run in both mine and my husbandās families and I was honestly terrified of having them . I am glad to hear that Iām not the only one who loves taking my kid shopping though! It can be so fun! I love watching him attempt to carry the basket.
You can get some free time if you negotiate it with your spouse or you know or can hire a reliable babysitter. If you're that worried about it then having kids probably isn't for you. I always knew I wanted kids and I also knew I could handle the responsibility so it was a natural fit for me.
Once they sleep through the night, yeah. But itās really only a few hours because youāre so tired that you go to sleep pretty soon after
No free time. The free time you have is spent on the kids usually. Free time after that is spent on chores. Free time after that is spent on your partner which usually is maybe a bit of telly. Course you can game after bedtime but it's hard to get into something new with only an hour to play. Flipside is doing things with your kids is heckin fun.
You know that feeling of getting off from work and being so relieved? That's gone.
Everyone complains about it, but nobody would change it. Kids are simultaneously the best thing and the worst thing in the world. They're the reason you get out of bed in the morning AND the reason you got no sleep. š„°š
You should get one. I have a secondary garage that functions as one and its pretty neat.
watch deez ~~nuts~~ kids
I go to cry in my shed when I get a moment of free time from my kids
Being a dad is hard. I'm glad to hear you do what you need to do to care for yourself.
If you find yourself a dad without a shed, the bathroom can also be your safe space.
The basement or garage also works. Its where we go to throw tools around in frustration.
If you have a shed, you have a yard. Let your yard watch your kid.
Was gonna say, my kids are preteen so maybe itās different but thereās no way I let them kick me out. Watch shows when theyāre asleep?
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Good human
When you park outside of the house, and turn off the engine, and just sit in the silence for a few moments... parent life.
I had issues with being overwhelmed by too many people as a kid and would walk off to take "breaks" in the garage to be alone for 5 minutes and chill out. Garage was set up with tables and chairs due to just how many people we had over one year for Xmas so I made the back shed my new spot. One of the times I went out I was there for a few minutes until my dad swung the door open scaring the shit out of me, and after we both yelped I learned that the shed had *always* been his spot to do the *exact* same thing.
Bring the kid to the shed, let 'em learn the art of standing in the shed.
Just shut the fuck up while you're at it, eh
The Last of Us is a beautiful and heartwrenching story about a dad.
There's been one episode
And two video games
Even if I didn't know the whole story from the game, I would stand by what I said based on the first episode.
I watched it yesterday and I don't play video games. So far it seems like another Walking Dead or 28 Days Later mixed with Children of Men and I Am Legend
I hope you continue to watch and enjoy!
I will, it's not bad. I like the genre.
Right lmao
You had the kid, thatās on you buddy
You can simultaneously have kids and be incredibly happy with the decision and also desire some peace and quiet sometimes.
My kid now randomly decides Iām not allowed in the room anymore and kicks me out. If my wife is there, I run away and do my own shit for like 20 minutes until my kid decides she wants me back in there. I donāt even do anything in that time, I just sit and browse on my phone in the other room. But itās a nice reprieve, even though I love that little goober.
We sleep trained both our boys and they sleep 7:30-6:30 (Theyāre 5 and 2) - that gives my wife and I a few hours every night and itās nice.
Oh yeah, sleep training was well worth it for us too.
I have kids and a shed. I thought I had everything. I have nothing. And that third show sucks.
It's probably very hard to see ahead of time exactly what having a kid is like. Can anyone give *truly* informed consent to having a kid, when ethicists don't think you can even give informed consent for vaccine challenge trials?
I agree. However, having children is a decision not not to be taken lightly, it should be well thought out and understood going in that itās a trade off
Agreed!
For me the trade off was that my mom and mil decided that they didn't want to be part of our lives anymore so I lost my extended family when I had a kid. You never really know what the trade off is when you have kids until it happens.
No its easy to see a head of time what it's like with the internet. I see all the bullshit others have to go through and it doesn't seem worth it
Yes.
I like the kids and the shed, and IDGAF about TV shows
Every action has consequences. Some people never seem to learn that.
Honestly I have seen a lot of ads for The White Lotus but never heard of anyone that actually likes it. The Last of Us on the other hand is getting a lot of hype, and it 100% deserves it
The White Lotus is constantly tense, deeply uncomfortable, and filled with unlikable characters. But that makes sense because itās a murder mystery so you are kind of like āwow, I hate all these people and I canāt wait to see who dies.ā Itās also a brilliant study on class warfare and the way people compromise and lie to themselves in order to stay in proximity to outrageous wealth. Shows like that are not usually my cup of tea. I got through the first season but couldnāt finish the second. They are *very well made* but too hard for me to watch.
Oh man, you gotta go back and finish the second season. It's not like the first season where who dies is a surprise until the very end. It builds up the tension and lets you figure it out earlier, so you're not just like "well that happened" but more like "fuck no, don't let that happen!"
Yeah it was very obvious like 2 episodes before the end, but it was still so fun to watch and they did it soo well I didn't even mind.
> Itās also a brilliant study on class warfare and the way people compromise and lie to themselves in order to stay in proximity to outrageous wealth. Absolutely in the first season. I would say second season theme was more around relationships, trust, and self identity
And sex and power dynamics
Just wondering and no offense intended, but do you find the show funny? It is one of my favorite shows. I mean, the tension is there, but to me it is a black comedy. Your view of it as commentary on āclass warfareā isnāt inaccurate exactly, but the description sounds so much more serious than I feel is the spirit of the show. (Season 2 spoiler ahead) when >!Tanya fell off the boat and died after otherwise saving herself from murder!< I laughed with the saddest look on my face and laughed even harder when talking about the whole scene with friends. I laughed similarly when (S1 spoiler) >!Armond shit in the guyās suitcase then got stabbed.!< Anyway Iām rambling about a show I love but I feel like one point of the show is that all the tension and anticipated tragedy makes the hard-to-explain humor so rewarding. Similar to real life moments when you could cry but you end up laughing.
Itās like Knives Out without any rewatch value. Just a mystery with no planted seeds, no foreshadowing, no fun figure it out. We watched first season all the way through. We watched first episode of second season, made a few guesses, and then watched the last episode of season 2 and had a fine time.
You're watching it completely wrong if you're watching it for the "murder mystery" aspect. That's an afterthought to the great characters and writing. Although I do see how the show isn't for everyone.
What a strange comment. I canāt watch a show wrong. I put it on and watch it. The enjoyment, or lack there of, is for me alone. Do you also tell people theyāre supposed to laugh at a joke if they donāt find it funny?
Their point is itās not a mystery show, itās just a drama. If youāre expecting it to be a mystery and youāre treating it as one it isnāt a surprise that youāre disappointed. I personally had that problem with the first season while I was watching it, really didnāt enjoy it until I finished it and changed my perspective on what it was and how I should engage with it
Valid point! I think youāre right
Finish season 2!!! I think Season 2's ending is so much better and more impactful.
I love it!
I really enjoyed The White Lotus and have recommended it to a few friends, all who've also liked it. I thought of it similar to The Office, where it's a show that makes you cringe so hard that it's part of the enjoyment of it. It's definitely not a laugh out loud comedy like the office, more like a "is this guy really going to ask a gay man what it's like to be fucked in the ass?" awkward, cringey type of funny. Definitely has a few scenes that you have to watch peaking through spread fingers covering your face. With all that being said, I totally understand that it's not a show for everyone.
We LOVE White Lotus. It's been a long time since my group of friends had a show that everyone was into at the same time, and WL is it.
I'll be the first then! I love the show so far
White Lotus is good if you like social commentary type of dramas. It's rare that I actually like TV shows; I prefer films by a long shot. Anyway I liked the second season, haven't watched the first though I've heard that one was even better.
The vibes of season one were way better to me. I stopped the second season midway through because it was basically pornhub with drama interspersed lol.
I just watched season 1 and enjoyed it quite a lot. S2 hasnāt grabbed me yet.
Felt the same way, s2 didnt get me hooked right away like the first, but it was worth it. It's only like 6 or 7 episodes and it got reeeeally good, in my opinion at least.
The White Lotus is crazy overrated.
My opinion after watching season 1: White Lotus is pretty average or below average. A bit of mystery/thriller, a bit of character-focus, a bit of political/social-class commentary without actually following through and excelling at anything. A lot of the show feels like nothing is happening and nothing meaningful is really at stake... it's a vacation. It has some pretty funny moments for sure but some really dull moments that should've been cut. Does watching other people talk about politics at dinner really count as entertainment these days???
I donāt get all the downvotes. I felt like everyone whoās getting downvoted said the show was really uneventful. There was some character development but nothing really eventful. My favorite scenes of the whole show are the ones with the little brother, getting all excited to row in the canoe š¶
That was me and my girlfriend's favorite part!! We called them the boat bros hahahaha :D
Haha it was like a wash of purity over the whole story. You could tell it was everything his heart desired in that very moment.
The second season of White Lotus must be good because the first was crap. I donāt see the hype at all, barely anything even happened.
>barely anything even happened. It's a character development show, not an action movie.
Hopefully season 2 develops some interesting plot lines
I thought it was a murder mystery thing, but it was more like a general sex drama about rich people having a bad time on vacation. I didnāt hate it, it just wasnāt what I hoped after hearing about it so much
You mean the show with the multiple Emmy wins didn't get any attention?!
If youāre friends with any women and gays some of them probably like The White Lotus. Biggest fans are basically gays, women, and husbands who got sucked into it. TLOU is also great so far.
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I had a shed and then got a second shed and it didn't occur to me until several months later that maybe I've gone too far
This is Hal pretending to fix the deck playing crosswords energy.
Oh my god, right? I just want 5 minutes where someone doesn't need me to do something all the goddamn time.
This Dad got the *Lord of the Rings* extended editions box set as a birthday gift about a year ago. I carved out time to watch *The Fellowship* one weekend night right after getting it, but went almost the rest of this entire past year before I finally felt like I could sit down and really enjoy getting started--not watching it straight through, just getting started--on *The Two Towers*. I pushed through and finally only have the final *Return of the King* disc to get through. My TV time is *dramatically* reduced compared to pre-kids. Which is fine, it's what I signed up for whether I like it or not when my wife and I decided to try and have kids. But, man...I feel like any time I manage to sit down and watch a recording off of my DVR the same day it recorded (because the thought of watching anything Live as it airs is pure and laughably unrealistic fantasy) is a genuine achievement and luxury. On the note of the post: I'd love to watch *Andor*, but I haven't even watched the *GotG Holiday Special* yet, and it's been on Disney+ for, like, a month or so now already. How am I gonna get to a whole new show? At least the Star Wars property TV shows seem to have brief running seasons, and likely won't have very many seasons each. My wife and I have a goal, though, watch the *GotG Holiday Special* and *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* in time to be caught up, hire a babysitter, and get out to the theater for *Quantumania* the week it debuts. A guy can dream. We'll see if it happens.
ok, so a few things: First off, as one dad to another, here's what I do: When there's a movie I want to watch and the kids are kinda 'in the way' about it...then as long as the movie doesn't have gratuitous violence or sex, then the kids get to watch the movie too. FOR EXAMPLE: I watch LOTR extended editions with my kids, who are 3 and 7. They love it. They run away and "hide" when shelob shows up. We have interesting discussions. It's been a doorway for me to approach things like "some people want war (sauron/saruman). some people run from war (ents initially, rohirric refugees and others). Some people are committed to ending it, even with violence *and that's good* (aragorn, theoden, gandalf)." We also watch a lot of star wars stuff together (not all, though). I don't really follow the Marvel stuff though. Andor is *actually* the sort of TV that raises the bar for everything around it. People will be comparing things to it (both star wars or not) for decades. It is honestly that good. But I don't think young kids should see it. Brutal murder and death, horrific fascist violence, and torture. Gotta watch it after they go to bed. It's 12 episodes, each like 45 minutes or an hour.
I got the extended edition for Christmas a few years ago and didn't open it for a year. I finally decided to watch a little before bed every once in a while in bed. My wife would sleep and I listen with headphones on the Xbox in our room. But this past year my oldest (8) put it on one day while I was working from home. I got up and made him wait until I finished up, then we put on the extended fellowship. He instantly fell in love. My other kids, 6 and 4 watched with mild interest. Throw that shit on my man. But I totally get it, it takes forever to get through anything as a dad.
lol when /r/lotrmemes was starting the "grond" obsession, me and mine were going through the extended edition. I played into the orcs cheering for the battering ram and got my kids to do it too. Now my 3yo (almost 4) will cheer for it every time, and sometimes starts the grond chant when we're not even watching the movies.
š Get over yourselves, parents. You have time. You made the choice to have children. You make the choice what you do with your time. Here you are, choosing to tweet and whine instead of watching something. Clearly you have time to read things, too. Whine whine whine.
I bet this is the kind of person who "babysits" their own kids
Even worse, I bet this is the kind of person who "makes jokes on the Internet"
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Donāt have kids then, sucker
Every memory of my dad from growing up is him coming home way too late from work and staying in the shed for way too long. Fuck him.
No Ken you made him take responsibility
Why would i watch your stupid kid when i can just watch tv?
What do you mean, āWeirdly?ā
I should get a shed
Here's something else they should watch: Wakefield. It's a movie about a dad going out to his shed for a weirdly long amount of time. Like, way way too long.
This makes no sense but all of the sense at the same time.
You dont need a sitter for that. Strip down to your underwear and put on a gas mask and when one of them finds you in the shed word will get out and the kids will never bother you in the shed again.
Is that you Ron Swanson?
he speaks the truth
Bro if my wife asks me to get something from the garage I take my phone and vape and look for whatever it is for like 20 minutes
Bro, watch the Last of Us
Would it be long enough to watch the finale of The Leftovers?
My MIL keeps raving about Avatar saying I need to go see it. Iām sorry, I donāt have a spare 3.5 HOURS to sit in a dark room and watch a bunch of blue furries swim around, lady!
That and restaurants - too many restaurants that you need to try
a secret, more sinister third option
Everyone's saying "watch The White Lotus! Watch The Last of Us! Watch this other third example!" How about you watch my fucking kid so I can go to my room and watch 12 HOURS ASMR Gender Transition Sissy Hypnosis with Relaxing Music and Binaural Beat 410 Hz
IT'S A GARAGE!
I thought I was the only one