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Anon watches a romance movie (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 36 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's so many songs, TV shows, movies, etc, that's all romance or love stories that contain very blatant infidelity.

What tickles me is when very monogamous, very religious people talk that stuff up.... Like it's such a good song/movie/show... Ha. You have fantasies of leaving your spouse and running off with a younger, more attractive person. You slut.

I'm not religious, but I found a partner that gets me. Guess what. I'm not fantasizing about running off with some mythical "better" or "more romantic" person. Yeah, we're living together unmarried, and we're good like that. You rushed into marriage for God knows what reasons and now you live in regret. Good job.

[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Are you saying you don't like piña coladas?

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago

Piña colada is a "you both awful and deserve each other"

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

for God ~~knows what reason~~

Ftfy. Skydaddy gonna be angy they fucked before marriage

[–] tobis@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago

I recently heard Docket by Blondshell for the first time and favorited it right away.

Then I listened again more tuned in and noticed it was about infidelity and thought “aw man”, unfavorited and moved on.

Heard it a couple more times and realized it wasn’t glorifying cheating, lines like “my worst nightmare is me”. Back on the list! Real rollercoaster.

[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Bothered me significantly in the will they/won't they dynamic of The Office.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The OG premise of The Office was similar to Seinfeld. They were all supposed to be awful people. Jim and Dwight and Michael were just three different flavors of incel. Jim hitting on a soon-to-be-married woman was supposed to be off-putting and gross. The front office guys treating the back office guys like trash was supposed to be elitist and revolting.

But because the writers needed to give you someone to root for, and because Jim was the "hot one" in a show full of normal looking people (aka the writers room from a bunch of sitcoms who thought it would be funny to have a show where they play each other's characters), they had to justify Pam breaking up and getting together with Jim. And then they had to turn the Jim/Pam arc into Friends. And then they had to turn the Dwight/Angela and Michael/Jan arcs into Friends. And by the final season they were just, like, "Fuck it, this show is now the same as Friends."

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

But because the writers needed to give you someone to root for

Moreover, because it went from adapting a British sitcom to making an American sitcom. The famous tweet goes something like: "A waiter spills soup on a businessman before a meeting with his boss. In the UK the show's about the waiter. In the US the show's about the businessman."

Same reason Steve Carell went from playing David Brent to playing Brick Tamland. We don't find a powerful sleazebag as funny as a powerful moron.

Not that there's much difference these days.

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Especially when he ditches Karen in NYC while she's waiting on him to meet with her friends. Even if I was Pam I'd be put off by that

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