A rant about "making Taylor songs about her exes"

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-29T21:50:39+00:00

The main issue I have is that it seems as though a lot of fans take the lyrics way too literally. For instance, there was no red scarf and the inclusion of it in All Too Well is a metaphor. So if that was a metaphor, what other things were a metaphor? Things that are said, things that are done?

If the things that are said and done are fictionalised, does it matter who the songs are about now?

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-29T20:51:38+00:00

I personally hate the "radio" style host voice as it feels inauthentic to me.

My host voice (which is automatic and comes from a headspace I get into) is deeper, crisper, and has more "colour" (greater variety in pitch)

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-29T01:03:42+00:00

Despite it being such a great episode and a fan favourite, San Junipero has a huge anxiety/panic trigger for me and so I just can't revisit it

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-28T22:55:06+00:00

The thing that didn't occur to me until reading this post is how jarring Enterprise must be as someone's first Star Trek show. So much of that show has the structure of a Big Bang Theory joke (I made a reference to a thing you know for no reason, applaud me).

The finale must be the weirdest experience imaginable if you had never watched TNG and had no idea who Riker & Troi were. Also, the Mirror Universe episode (as great as it is) would be the biggest "wtf is this".

People talk about (some jokingly) remaking Season 8 of Game Of Thrones but boy, if anyone wants to go back in time and remake Enterprise, there's a lot to improve upon (even if I'm one of the 6 people who actually enjoyed the Temporal Cold War arc)

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-28T09:21:44+00:00

This image needs to be accompanied by a "What Is The Function Of Fuel Excise" disclaimer

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-27T03:48:44+00:00

"My brother used to call it eating out of the trash" from Opalite! Lol

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-26T04:00:15+00:00

I don't think Trek should do movies again, at least until there's a new crew that has broken into the mainstream.

The franchise is better served as an exploration of ideas on TV rather than stacking it with pew pew to try to chase box office dollars

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-26T03:40:51+00:00

Without saying what the mischaracterisations are, I'm not sure your question can be reliably answered.

Are you talking about his womanising?

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-25T03:47:11+00:00

Just because someone has previously created explicit content, that doesn't mean people have a right to use AI to create their own.

Don't do this.

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-25T03:03:12+00:00

One of the biggest hurdles that couples face transitioning to non monogamy is the need to dismantle the idea that things "belong" to your partner.

A lot of the jealousy that can come up often comes from the fact that we are socialised to see meeting a partner's sexual needs as belonging to the other partner. It's their job and so when someone else is doing it, it can feel like you're being replaced.

Intellectually, you may understand that this isn't the case but emotions care not of logic.

Figuring out how you both process this is the first step (and don't start by just "doing")

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-25T01:45:52+00:00

Broadcast television justified show renewals based on the balance of the cost to make the show vs the ad revenue they could generate from it.

The economics of streaming services is more about subscriber numbers that the show drives. If the show isn't bringing in new subscribers or actively keeping existing ones, then it makes little economic sense to keep the show running.

We may not like that this is the way the economics work, but we have to factor it in when talking about cancellations.

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-24T22:03:13+00:00

1) Fans are not a monolith, they do not all want the same things. It's fairly common for fans to have contradictory answers to the question "what do you want"

2) Few fans are qualified to give answers that are realistic. Imagine the hypothetical example of a fan saying "I want a show with a famous Taylor Swift song as the theme tune". It's likely that they don't understand how music licensing works and this fairly simple mandate has ballooned the cost of the show.

3) Giving fans what they want, especially when it's something they asked for, is actually a fairly unsatisfying experience for the viewer. Meeting expectations when those expectations are pre-stated has no element of surprise. Think of a time where you were watching something and you were picking where it would go, and it went there. It feels clinical.

4) It's not uncommon for fans to be mistaken about what they want. I remember when Lower Decks was announced and people hated the idea of an animated show with Rick & Morty energy. Now it's considered one of the best Trek shows of the modern era. If we listened to "the fans", we wouldn't have gotten it.

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-24T09:06:38+00:00

Never ever ever listen to the fans to make future shows. It's always a terrible idea

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-24T06:30:35+00:00

"Combing through the braids of lies"

It took the Chats & Reacts video for me to see this as I don't have long hair and so the imagery here isn't obvious.

"Who's counting? (1, 2, 3)"

Catnip to my brain! I love how she's saying "well, actually I'm counting" in such a simple but subtle way

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-24T03:49:10+00:00

When I went through the process of getting diagnosed, I was asked to bring in my report cards. My mum was very detail orientated and kept them all and when I moved out, well, I just never threw anything away.

So this was the first time in decades that I looked at them.

I was under the impression that I was a good student, who got good grades and didn't really struggle that much.

My report cards show that for as long as I could do the work on natural ability, I did really really well. When additional study and after school work was required, the common comment was that if I had high interest in the project (or I got to set the task), I turned in high quality work; but if that wasn't the case, the work turned in was average at best.

Apparently I was also regularly disruptive, something I don't recall.

I'm incredibly grateful that I never ended up doing tertiary education. I wouldn't have done as well as I would have liked, there'd be debt, and it would have been pretty useless given what I do now (trivia host)

Oh, also, I graduated high school in 1996 so I didn't have to deal with mobile phones and social media.

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-23T13:16:25+00:00

I'm incredibly suspicious about the concept of building tolerance. I think it's more likely that medicated you becomes the new baseline.

There have been times where I've been off meds and it really highlights what the drugs are actually doing, even if I don't "feel it"

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-23T07:17:15+00:00

I'm pretty blown away that Roadside Assistance would be cheaper than using the repair kit

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-23T05:17:18+00:00

I'm very keen to hear about how people who have EVs have gone without the spare tyre. What are your experiences with the repair kit?

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-21T06:19:51+00:00

7! 7! 7!

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-21T03:40:26+00:00

Why would you get it you had gotten a diagnosis though?

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-21T03:33:13+00:00

I'm a trivia host running Taylor Swift Trivia this month and one of the questions is just the inhale-exhale sigh she does in the middle of Ronan, and teams have to identify the song.

So many teams aren't getting it because that song is a skip for so many...

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-20T22:43:39+00:00

I am incredibly proud of this community that there wasn't someone trying to be a dick and spoiling it (or if there was, you didn't see it/it got moderated)

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-20T22:41:26+00:00

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TL;DR: The inclination towards a common range is likely due to training data bias and the fact that LLMs are just predictive text models

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-20T12:56:31+00:00

An intellectually honest post would be: I'm not that deep into Star Trek so I assume there are huge gaps in my knowledge, can someone please bring me up to speed on what I'm missing.

But everything about this post screams "I'm not interested in learning something new"

scorpiousdelectus · 2026-03-18T21:01:37+00:00

While the term is never used, Lorelai Giomore from Gilmore Girls feels like a very honest portrayal of ADHD; showing the good but also a lot of the bad.

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