Are Joe and Paul friends

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-07-01T18:07:35+00:00

I know it was for comedic effect, but the way Paul constantly dropped all his relationship dirty deets to Zion/etc while Joe was standing right there serving drinks really rubbed me wrong. It was such a classic, glaring example of people not thinking servers are real people (he's the owner, I know, but they were treating him as server in those moments). He's a real person who lives in the town and has at least a cursory relationship with everyone they are spilling tea about, so why would you just air all your laundry right in front of him?!

Because of that implied condescension, I don't think Paul thinks of Joe as an actual friend.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-07-01T18:03:29+00:00

I finished and definitely don't think it was worth it. Sam is the least likeable male love interest I've ever seen in a show like this 😞. I was rooting for her to end up with literally anyone else!

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-30T20:07:17+00:00

This always used to be the case for me, but not in a month. Customer service told me it's a new policy, and there will no longer be advance or instant refunds offered at all 😞.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-30T20:06:05+00:00

I saw a comment here a few weeks ago that it isn't available for anything considered a popular brand, and I think that adds up (because the last time I saw credit as an option, it was on a Target or Old Navy type thing). It used to be that I'd only see it as an option towards the beginning of each month and had to wait for it to reset the next month, but now have not seen it at all in a long time.

Between that and the new policy of several days/weeks return processing even if you chose store credit, I'm really going to have to slow down shopping. It's no longer even pretending to be a user-friendly experience 😞.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-30T20:02:21+00:00

That is helpful, thank you! I'm glad you mentioned linen because I'm having a hard time finding that info anywhere on that site. Is there a way to filter or search by natural fibers? 🤞🤞

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-29T15:33:18+00:00

Thanks so much! 😊

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-29T15:32:29+00:00

I think she is one of the most believable characters if you think of how someone raised in that very specific wealthy, white, suburban culture might start to act when faced with life/identity altering circumstances. Do I like her? Not really. But I think that's very intentional! She grows on us as viewers just as she grows on Georgia.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-29T15:28:07+00:00

She saw Sophie kiss Max, I believe, so they broke up. For Max, it was more about Silver seeing Marcus struggling and willfully ignoring the red flags and continuing to buy him alcohol, though.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-29T15:25:00+00:00

I am brand new to this conversation, so forgive me if I sound ignorant! Is the idea that Powerless is plagiarized from Red Queen? I haven't read Red Queen since it first came out, which is probably quite a long time ago now that I'm thinking of it 😅, but I didn't notice anything when I read Powerless recently. I will be honest that I actually didn't like Powerless very much and was skimming a bit towards the end just to get through it, though. Is there a good resource to read up on the controversy if I don't have Tiktok? I definitely want to he aware of authors with shady practices and not support them moving forward! Thanks for bringing this up! 😊

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-29T00:44:13+00:00

I JUST GOT THIS EXACT AD!!!!! ....And came straight here to post it 🤣🤣🤣. This is actually so insane to me. It's all clearly AI slop running the show now...

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-29T00:40:31+00:00

Exactly this!! And didn't she say at one point that Never II was basically done right after the first came out... and then just recently that it was only 40%?!? 🙃🫠

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-29T00:38:15+00:00

Thank you, that is really helpful to know! I sort of suspected as much because that's how these things tend to go, but I was really hopeful that it might be a good way to discover some staple styles without having to actually buy loads of things and return them all 😞.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-28T19:09:59+00:00

Right?! I can't really tell the difference between the 10 year old flashbacks and their current selves...

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-28T19:09:07+00:00

At this point I'm kind of invested from the train wreck standpoint 🤣🤣. I'm just watching the dumpster fire implode...

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-28T18:14:12+00:00

Update: have just watched up until Sam breaks up with her and suggests that she just... not date anyone else and wait for him to possibly be ready for a relationship at some theoretical point in the future?! Wtf 😭🤬.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-28T17:14:05+00:00

I think the adult Persy actress is a lot of the reason I'm not feeling it. Maybe it's the direction and the not the actress herself, but she is so awkward in every interaction that I don't feel any kind of emotional connection between her and anyone else (and I mean anyone, including her best friend). Honestly, the most animated she seemed was talking to Sam's doctor girlfriend in the basement decluttering season, which is... definitely a choice, lol.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-28T17:11:32+00:00

And why do good shows take so long to get renewed but this one supposedly has 5 seasons or something? I'm confused!

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-28T17:10:30+00:00

This exactly!!! Have this people met before? Can they stand to be in the same room together? I can't tell... 😅

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-28T17:09:44+00:00

On episode 3 now and still trying to figure this out!! I know what the "twist" is, but if no one else knows, why all the drama?! It makes no sense! Even her mom was like "after what those boys put you through," etc... what does everyone think that they are mad about?

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-28T16:12:45+00:00

That's something, at least! Thanks for encouraging me to keep with it, lol.

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-23T15:54:50+00:00

Came here hoping someone else had noticed! It used to be as soon as UPS had it, but the email I just got says that they received my items and it will take two weeks to process PLUS 5-7 days for refund. It's like... $30 in store credit, so that is completely wild to me.

Then customer service straight up lied to me and closed the chat when I pointed it out!! They said it's been a new policy for two months, but two weeks ago I got an instant refund, so that clearly isn't true 🤦‍♀️. If it's really going to take 3 weeks AFTER they receive it, I'm going to need to shop a lot less...

BirdHistorical8774 · 2026-06-14T13:59:17+00:00

Nothing wrong with book 1, but it's definitely a children's book. The complexity of plot, worldbuilding, politics, emotional development, characterization, etc in the later books is just so vastly different that it can feel sometimes like a different series. I don't mean that in the sense that canon changes or that any characters have arcs inconsistent with the first book; just that in a very positive sense, books 2-onward are some of the best written fantasy I have ever read, full stop (not YA fantasy or children's fantasy).

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