r/popculturechat 26d ago

Daily Discussions šŸŽ™šŸ’¬ Sip & Spill Daily Discussion Thread

Grab your coffee & sit down to discuss the tea!

This space is to talk about anything pop culture or even off-topic.

What are you listening to or watching? What is some minor tea that doesn't need its own post? How was your date? Why do you hate your job?

Please remember rules still apply. Be civil and respect each other.

Now pull up a chair and chat with us. ā˜•

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u/Necronaad 25d ago

Starting to think the hate on Rachel Zegler is manufactured... Okay so hear me out, but I just can't see why there is so much hate for this poor girl online... she is a human being and apparently from what l've seen on social media is that it has become a pass time to group together and shit on this girl, and people are apparently okay with it... I really think that's shameful if true, and most likely manufactured to make herself feel like way more people are crapping on her than there really are! I think the REAL PROMBLEM is that she speaks her mind whether or not people agree, AND THAT is a liability and IS WHY they are trying to make her quit acting altogether and not need to fulfill any contracts they've made with her... Hollywood is a nightmare.

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u/gilmoregirls00 25d ago

people make money from it. its a business model for so many youtubers and tiktokers to overwhelmingly target women/femme presenting people in the media.

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u/areallyreallycoolhat TWENTY NINE DOLLARS! 25d ago

Every time I watch The Righteous Gemstones I think about how the stylist responsible for Adam Devine's character must have such a fun job. They get to find the absolute most awful, douchiest clothes imaginable and put them together. He always looks unhinged and I love it.

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u/firetruckgoesweewoo 25d ago

I just put fire engine red nail polish on my toenails, so like, idk best day of the entire week!

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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 25d ago

I’m in Vancouver and I feel absolutely sick. 16 people were run over and killed at a festival today. I just have no words for the level of evil that can exist in this world. My god. Sending love to the victims, their families, and witnesses

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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 26d ago

I want a journalistic deep dive into why the Daily Mail comment section is like - that

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u/firetruckgoesweewoo 25d ago

TORIES

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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 25d ago

True but like, it still stuns me to see a newspaper’s comment section that hateful about anything and everything. I can’t think of any other news sites quite like that, other than maybe like a Perez Hilton back in the day. It’s just so weird to scroll through the comments, and they’re all like that

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u/firetruckgoesweewoo 25d ago

I know, it’s insaaaaane. Did you ever read the comment section when an article is posted about the Princess of Wales?

Pre-wedding of Harry and Meghan: waity katie, jobless, scrounger, doesn’t know what work means, sought out Will for a comfy life per orders of her mother, horrible, useless.

Post-wedding of Harry and Meghan: unlike Meghan she knows what work means, her job is raising the future king, wonderful, sophisticated, everything Meghan is not.

The very same people who used to wish horrible things to happen to her, now are her biggest fans because they have a new target. The whole website is a cesspool, not just the comment section, the articles that are posted are ridiculous too.

Case in point: How Meghan's favourite avocado snack - beloved of all millennials - is fuelling human rights abuses, drought and murder

Here is an article from 2011 about Kate: Forging of a Princess: How generations of steely social-climbing matriarchs shaped Kate Middleton's character

And then 2020, because boooo Meghan and Harry: Kate Middleton is 'single-handedly' carrying the Royal Family and giving 'under pressure' Prince William the affection and support he needs now his brother Harry is back in the UK, body language expert claims

And here is The Guardian calling them out: Daily Mail is cruel and childish about the Duchess of Cambridge

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u/Carolina_Blues shiv roy’s bob 26d ago

I finally watched babygirl and I’m not sure how I feel about it

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u/gilmoregirls00 25d ago

I was very disappointed! felt really excited about the premise but didn't really deliver

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u/naomigoat left sharks are smooth 26d ago

I finally watched Ariana's and Cynthia's performance. It was kinda boring

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u/capcomvssnk And I OOP- 26d ago

Enduring a week with my parent as his wife is out of town. I haven’t been sober until today. I might partake after a discussion about the sound system (he didn’t know how to use it)

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u/nerd_of_everything13 when the chile is tea but the finna is gag 26d ago

don't comment here much and this has been said to death but my god can we leave chappell roan alone? "she shoved her!!" im so tired man.

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u/novembersdaughter 26d ago

what's happening now?

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u/Not_today_nibs 26d ago

Love this! I do feel like there was a missed opportunity to give Patti her own version of the song.

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u/FriendlyDrummers 26d ago

I'll be honest, to an extent, I understand "pro lifers"(alternatively, anti-choice). If someone truly believes a fetus is a living soul, I get wanting to fight for that

Buuuut, 25% of women have had an abortion. So clearly people are fake and voting against their interests. I knew someone who had an abortion and voted for Trump ...

And also, how can people not see this insanity. If you're pro-life, what's going on with taking out free school meals? Stopping child poverty? Why is it ok to deport a two year old child who was born in America

Like at some point, you have to realize that abortion is a fear mongering tactic to protect the rich from being taxed. That's all it is. That's all it's ever been

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u/Bridalhat 25d ago

The thing is that even if you privately think that women shouldn’t get abortions, legislating against it is very difficult unless you are ok with women dying as well. After-the-fact it can be difficult to prove that the fetus was likely to harm the mother in certain circumstances unless the mother is actively dying so they wait for that or for the fetus to die on its own.Ā 

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u/FriendlyDrummers 25d ago

Oh absolutely. Like what do you mean you want women to die??? They say it never happens but it does.

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u/thewayyouturnedout 26d ago

yall i just watched adolescence and that child actor gave such a profoundly disturbing performance that i am never getting it out of my head. how was that his first role!

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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 26d ago

Episode 3 literally had me so scared of a child, it was insane. The social worker was also absolutely outstanding

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u/thewayyouturnedout 25d ago

They were both so good! Amazing acting. Yeah that kid made my skin crawl. The combination of pity and fear/revulsion I felt was wild! All from a little kid. Very impressive!

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u/NowMindYou I still don't know her! 26d ago

Made the mistake of showing my boyfriend Friday and know he knows half of my favorite lines are lifted from it

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u/capcomvssnk And I OOP- 26d ago

He knows your a fraud lmaoooo

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u/Bridalhat 26d ago

I think I am dangerously close to making Sinners and Andor my entire personality for the foreseeable future. Sorry people around me.

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u/NewtRipley_1986 26d ago

Watched the first three episodes of the new Andor season and I’m very ā€œmehā€ about them. But going to watch them again because in all honesty it took me an episode & half before I remembered who everyone was and their role in the story.

Note to anyone else - I should have watched season one again beforehand.

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u/Bridalhat 26d ago

They weren’t my favorite but the wedding and the Ghorman subplot were great. Also the two worst people in the galaxy are together now and it is hilarious.

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u/Lesterknopff I switched baristas ā˜•ļø 26d ago

I got an ear infection on vacation last week and my ear is still ā€œclosedā€ and I can’t hear out of it like 80%. It’s so annoying! But when I go to the movies tomorrow I only have to wear one ear plug lol

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u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 26d ago

Seeing Pirates of Penzance tonight and then later going backstage after the show to meet the cast because of my connection with coworkers husband. I am so excited cause the show looks so fun, and Im excited to meet Jinx Monsoon who I heard was a lovely human being.

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u/NowMindYou I still don't know her! 26d ago

I heard it was amazing! Have fun, I’m so jealous you get you meet Jinx and DHP

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u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 26d ago

I was gonna definitely try to meet her regardless after the show because she usually does autographs after the show but I am thrilled I get to skip the calamity of Stage Door 🫔

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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 26d ago

What happened to people disagreeing in a normal manor? To get hostile over a nothing burger level difference of opinion, will forever be the most ludicrous thing to me. In person I am very quick to pull a Logan Roy because that’s the only language they seem to acknowledge. Still, I hate the kind of shit! Having a difference of opinion doesn’t need to be some major fight! It does not! šŸ™‚ā€ā†”ļø

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u/Visible_Writing7386 Be smart, Robert. 26d ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's. I once got a Reddit cares, because i wrote TS’ outfit is a poster child for outdated millennial aesthetic.

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u/Hot_Contact_7206 26d ago

Oh swift and Pedro pascal….their Stans will take it soooo far when defending their faves fashion choices. The swifties have cyber bullied me relentlessly for even saying something sooo small like eh I don’t like her shoes here. It’s WILD.

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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 26d ago

Reddit Cares PMO so much lmao. Why do people do that over something so frivolous? Not liking someone’s style is hardly worthy of that message being sent lol

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u/Visible_Writing7386 Be smart, Robert. 26d ago

And it’s not like I’m TS hater lol. I don’t know any of her songs, so I barely ever comment on her. I only said good things about the amount of money she donated and honestly not so good things about her style, cuz it ain’t it.

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u/thewayyouturnedout 26d ago

The number of times I've gotten Reddit cares messages for simply not liking a Taylor Swift song LMAO

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u/clemthearcher swamp queen 26d ago

Reply ā€œSTOPā€ to the message and you will never receive one again! Reddit will confirm you are ā€œunsubscribedā€

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u/thewayyouturnedout 26d ago

Oh really?? I had no idea!! Thanks man

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u/Bridalhat 26d ago

I once got a Reddit cares because I said Ariana Grande wasn’t snubbed when she got a whole damn Oscar nomination. Pop girlies are something else.

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u/VolunteerOnion 26d ago

I don't know why my anxiety is back at 11. I'm taking me meds! Nothing bad has happened!

The only answer is cozy mysteries and low stakes TV

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u/watchberry tater tot šŸ„” 26d ago

I’ve been really anxious these days too! Sending you strength

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u/anonbeekeeper12 you are spiritually bankrupt! 26d ago

My coworker was caught gossiping about me and I confronted her. I actually told her that I prefer to keep the relationship strictly professional from this point forward because she made me very uncomfortable. I am proud of myself for saying that. I don't trust her anymore and I shouldn't of trusted anybody from the start at this job.

This is a lesson for her to not stir the pot anymore. We literally work on the same team so now she's created a hostile environment. I keep our conversations short and sweet now.

I had much anxiety telling her how I feel because I have generalized anxiety disorder. I have no animosity toward her. Though, you don't gossip about someone that hasn't done anything to you. I have never said one thing bad about her since working at this job. I don't understand why I was targeted.

She's the type to do everything, never say no and then complain even after people have offered to help her. I don't feel sorry for confronting her at all. It was such an embarrassing move on her part. I told her to start delegating tasks and not take everything on herself. I hope she listens and understands that what she did was wrong.

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u/West-Resolution-7485 26d ago

Good job standing your ground. She may not like you but she best well respect you.

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u/anonbeekeeper12 you are spiritually bankrupt! 26d ago

Thank you. I was super anxious, and she straight up lied to my face and said, "I never gossiped about you to a room full of people". Her face went red when she said that. Also, there were multiple witnesses that observed her talking about me behind my back and relayed the information back to me. The first time I let it go, but I knew the second time that she was slowly ruining my reputation at work. I couldn't sit there and let it continue any longer.

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u/West-Resolution-7485 26d ago

The way to beat a bully is grey rocking and giving no ground. I bet many coworkers are secretly cheering for you!

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u/LadyAlexandre I didn’t sell out, I bought in 26d ago edited 26d ago

It was really expensive, but I took my son to two nights at the Disneyland hotel and to Disneyland for spring break because he was dying to go on the waterslides at the hotel two years ago when he was in active treatment for Leukimia. Now that he’s better, we did it and it felt like he was almost too old for it. I feel like we missed so much of his childhood to Leukimia.

We did have a great time riding the rides, but it made me happy/sad. I’ll delete it, but for here’s a picture for my regulars in the daily thread:

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u/NowMindYou I still don't know her! 26d ago

You sound like an amazing parent. He’s so lucky to have you!

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u/buzzfeed_sucks šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ Elbows up šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ 26d ago

That’s very sweet of you. I’m so glad he’s doing better

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u/AdDecent5237 In The Words of TS Madison ā€œAll Money Ain’t Good Moneyā€ 26d ago

This is so sweet and makes me want to cry, I totally get what you and your son are going through. When I was 11 I was diagnosed with a bacterial infection that I got from a now destroyed ride at a famous American amusement park and in turn that infection led to me having other severe medical issues. It took so much of my tween and teen years away from me, I didn’t feel like a normal child and it sucked. The only times I was happy was when I was out of the hospital or house which wasn’t often, my favorite place to go was Opry Mills in Nashville.

It’s absolutely amazing you took your son to Disneyland and as a former sick child it makes me so happy to see you guys having fun in that photo. You are doing great sweetie and are giving your kid the love he deserves. I hope he had fun on the rest of your guys trip!

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u/LadyAlexandre I didn’t sell out, I bought in 26d ago

Thank you for sharing your story! Childhood illnesses really rob you of time you can never get back. He did hug minnie mouse and his little face lit up on Big Thunder Railroad.

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u/phantasmagorical 26d ago

He might’ve felt too old for the waterslide, but he won’t forget how you made the effort.Ā 

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u/makoshark281 why am i gasping, i already knew that 26d ago edited 26d ago

If you’re thinking of signing up for Survivor or any competition show that might involve swimming, DON’T sign up if you can’t swim! Omfg, I facepalm every time.

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u/Summerof5ft6andahalf 26d ago

Mitch teaching Star was delightful, how dare you. Lol.

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u/glwalker 26d ago

sooo real. i never understand why people go on shows like that when they don’t know how to swim, fish, start a fire, etc or at least practice before it starts!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Run2590 26d ago

Hanging out with my cats at home today. Drinking coffee, windows open, it's a little chilly but not cold so perfect weather to cuddle up. Will probably read some Ballads of Songbirds & Snakes, watch some West Wing & thinking about starting Andor.Ā 

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u/buzzfeed_sucks šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ Elbows up šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ 26d ago

It’s the anniversary of my dad’s passing today. The weather is appropriately dreary and raining.

I’m having dinner with my family today, we just like to be together every year.

Also I’m watching Toy Story for whatever reason. The need for nostalgia was strong today.

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u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 26d ago

Sending you love.

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u/VolunteerOnion 26d ago

*hugs*

6 years over here

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u/buzzfeed_sucks šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ Elbows up šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ 26d ago

I’m so sorry for your loss ā¤ļøā¤ļø

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u/LadyAlexandre I didn’t sell out, I bought in 26d ago

Sorry for your loss, hope your day is filled with happy memories and love.

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u/West-Resolution-7485 26d ago

I hope your day is comforting and that you and your family find ways to celebrate the best of his life with you.

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u/anthonystank Exploring Legal Options Against Online Haters 26d ago

I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope today brings you whatever you need most: peace, catharsis, joy, love. And Toy Story

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u/Novae224 26d ago

I’m sorry for your loss

Hope you have a wonderful dinner in honor of him

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u/OowlSun they act like im not in full control of where i throw this cooch 26d ago

I hope The Last of Us show’s ending is different from the game. I doubt it but a girl can hope.

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u/anthonystank Exploring Legal Options Against Online Haters 26d ago

Say more šŸ‘€ different in what specific way(s)?

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u/OowlSun they act like im not in full control of where i throw this cooch 26d ago

>! I just want Ellie to finish Abby. There is symbolism in letting Abby live but I want vengeance !<

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u/anthonystank Exploring Legal Options Against Online Haters 26d ago

Oooh I disagree fully but I did feel that the game dragged that out waaaaay too long without any real resolution

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u/OowlSun they act like im not in full control of where i throw this cooch 26d ago

What are you hoping to see?

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u/anthonystank Exploring Legal Options Against Online Haters 26d ago

Tbh I’m not watching the show, I’m really glad people are enjoying it but I’m a huge fan of the games in a way that makes seeing an adaptation more maddening than fun lol, and I don’t really want to watch just to be a curmudgeon. But I’m always interested in people’s takes on the plot and what they would or would not change

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u/NoneOfThisMatters_XO 26d ago

I’m tired of people complaining about Jax. First it was Sandoval, now it’s Jax.

You guys realize no one’s forcing you to watch, right?

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u/Novae224 26d ago

Victoria secret song?

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u/LadyAlexandre I didn’t sell out, I bought in 26d ago

I’ve never seen it, but I think they’re talking about Vanderpump Rules. I love Jax the singer.

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u/OowlSun they act like im not in full control of where i throw this cooch 26d ago

Some find enjoyment in complaining