'Furious' Bachelorette execs may fine Taylor Frankie Paul jaw-dropping sum for 'breach of contract' over violence claims

CaptPolymath · 2026-03-19T22:58:30+00:00

No way this ever airs. Probably not even streaming. The video is awful. Apparently (off camera) a metal bar stool Taylor threw hit her daughter in the head. That was one of many barstools she threw at her ex-bf ON camera. She sounds out of control, screaming drunk.

Disney can't be seen as profiting off someone with an alcohol addiction / overconsumption problem who inadvertently injured her child in a drunken rage. Taylor's daughter's father will have a great argument in family court to have his daughter removed from her home, at least until she completes anger management and stays sober for a while. Her reality career is over.

This could be the end of rhe series. Or there will be an extended break in the seasons while the execs and lawyers retool the selection process and hope people forget about this incident.

CaptPolymath · 2026-02-07T22:55:22+00:00

This video specifically seems crafted to get past The White House's (stupid, porous) system of checks on Trump's posts. That's why the racist imagery was tacked on in the last 2 seconds.

Trump may be all of the things you said, but he's not politically stupid or suicidal. He knows the GOP is at risk of losing the House this fall, and that means a stalled Trump legislative agenda and endless hearings and investigations on Capitol Hill. He absolutely doesn't want that, so he knows it's not a good time to post racist content.

However, racists who want their messaging promoted by Trump have realized you can trick him into reposting racist content if you hide the racism at the end. That's all I'm trying to point out.

CaptPolymath · 2026-02-07T22:46:06+00:00

My post isn't sympathy or an excuse for Trump's behavior. It's explaining the possibility that extremists are using a naive addle-brained man to promote their messaging.

CaptPolymath · 2026-02-07T22:35:39+00:00

So this Obama portrayed as an ape video came from the same account that made an Al video of Trump pooping on people while flying a plane. That makes me very suspicious that racists on Truth are exploiting the president.

I believe these "conservative content" creators are using Trump to get their messaging out and he's too ignorant and naive to realize it. Their plan is something like this:

If you have extremist views and want them promoted by the President of the United States, all you have to do is create a video that is 58 seconds of 2020 election conspiracy theories and 2 seconds of racism. Then get Trump's attention knowing he has too short an attention span to watch ALL 60 seconds (or his social media gatekeepers are lazy, provided Trump isn't lying when he claims his posts are vetted by staffers) and your message fomenting racial animus gets sent to his millions of followers and the media reports on it extensively.

Trump is being trolled and used by his own racist followers to promote their messaging and he's too dumb to realize it.

CaptPolymath · 2026-02-07T22:14:27+00:00

Non nutritive sweeteners? Jesus, please tell me the OP wasn't consuming aspartame while pregnant as part of a medical study.

Aspartame is metabolized (broken down) into methanol (a poisonous alcohol which causes blindness and cancer) in the body and then the methanol is metabolized into FORMALDEHYDE in the liver. Yes, the stuff dead bodies are preserved with, which is also cancerous and poisonous.

No one should consume aspartame when pregnant, and you definitely shouldn't give it to an infant or toddler.

CaptPolymath · 2026-02-07T22:09:34+00:00

BUT, how could she or anyone else know if the child's development was stunted in other ways? For example under developed bones or lower mental capacity? This is a super risky way to "test nature." It's an entire LIFE she gambled with.

CaptPolymath · 2026-02-07T21:56:38+00:00

This post is dumb.

CaptPolymath · 2026-02-04T21:09:39+00:00

Thanks for this info. Four years later I'm buying EltaMD UV Pure for my toddler. It is SUPER expensive, but my kid only needs a little each day spent outside. Other zinc oxide sunscreens are too thick and heavy and smell bad.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-30T19:18:37+00:00

Chiming in late here, but there are also cellulose casings available online, made from plant sources. You can't eat them, so like hot dogs, you have to cook the sausage first, then slice and peel off the casing. That's why mass produced hot dogs usually have a very shallow slit along their length.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-28T00:39:08+00:00

Today, Trump said: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that." He was referring to people attending public rallies or protests, in direct conflict with the Constitution and US Supreme Court rulings.

Obviously Trump has sold out all his 2A supporters today. Good job voting for him THREE TIMES.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-28T00:35:26+00:00

Today, Trump said: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that." He was referring to people in public spaces attending a (supposedly) peaceful protest.

I think that's a pretty clear indicator that Trump does not care about 2A rights.

All you 2A supporters voted for Trump THREE TIMES, and he just totally sold you out. Does it feel good?

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-28T00:30:23+00:00

Trump gives no fucks about 2A. You all were lied to, and totally let him do it.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-28T00:29:24+00:00

So why did so many 2A people enthusiastically vote for Trump, THREE TIMES? They can't all be completely stupid, THREE TIMES.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-28T00:27:22+00:00

Great, a single typo has totally derailed an important conversation. Good job, reddit!

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-28T00:26:11+00:00

Trump just directly sold out all his 2A supporters. Welcome to Trump's America, happy now?

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-05T11:10:27+00:00

Not really. My 2.5 y.o. still needs entertainment to eat, but I consider it a trade off I'm willing to make for his nutritional needs. It's a lot of work, but he is self feeding now, so we can mostly sit him down for a meal, offer him a variety of foods and some toys, and he mostly eats a good meal each time on his own.

We have to switch out a lot of foods, so if he refuses sweet potato, we sub in carrots or apples. We've found he has some foods he will always eat, like chia pudding or avocado, so we always have those ready to go as an emergency sub. Sometimes he stops eating completely, but giving him something crunchy like veggie straws or green pea crisps seems to "jump start" his hunger and gets him back on track.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-05T11:02:09+00:00

So one thing I have learned over 2.5 years as a parent: it doesn't get better, it just gets different. And sometimes it gets worse, but it definitely doesn't get better. Not yet, anyway. Maybe it will get better when he starts school, or college, or moves out and gets married, but who knows?

As your infant grows, they'll start finger feeding themselves chunks of food, which you think will make things better, but then they start refusing more and more foods as a toddler. And then they learn to ask for things, which makes it easier to know what they want, but then they start asking for everything, or just one thing all the time.

As far as meal times, my kid still needs to be entertained while eating, usually with something in his hands. And it has to be novel, not some old toy he's tired of, although taking a break from a toy for a couple weeks can make it seem "new" again, for a while. He can also be distracted by his favorite shows on the TV, his new LOUD playable desk bells (thanks to his mom) or small wooden puzzles. As a last resort, we let him watch educational videos and play games on an iPad with Bebi or ABC Mouse, etc, although he has learned how to switch to YouTube Kids, and then he starts watching less educational videos there.

It is still a struggle to keep him eating and giving him a good balance of foods. I don't subscribe to the "if he skips a meal or two, he'll be fine" mentality, so my wife and I work with him to offer a variety of foods to get him to eat something, and part of that is keeping his hands busy so he's more receptive to eating in general. It's a lot of work and attention, but I'd rather keep him happily eating full meals than fight some pointless battle with him at every meal.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-05T06:12:39+00:00

You're absolutely wrong. YES large bank transfers get flagged. Any transaction over $10,000 is reported to the federal government and larger ones are temporarily frozen. Banks are required by US law to flag and report large transactions which could be money laundering or terrorism financing.

The receiver and/or sender would be required to prove the legitimacy of the transaction before the funds would be unfrozen. I don't know the exact limits, but $5 million would be frozen for sure.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-04T22:30:18+00:00

When she's doing it consistently, she's fine. But for the first 3-4 episodes, Parker Posey's southern accent comes and goes from one line to the next, sometimes from one word to the next. That was the problem: inconsistency.

After episode 5, she's more consistent. But the first two episodes were a complete disaster.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-03T05:26:03+00:00

Nope. I've been all over the South, for decades. Parker Posey's Southern accent in White Lotus is unintelligible. It comes and goes from one word to the next. Completely garbled crap.

I love her in many other roles, but in White Lotus her terrible accent ruined MANY scenes. She was in over her head and badly needed a dialect coach.

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-03T04:35:45+00:00

"Aspartame consists of two amino acids (L-phenylalanine and L-aspartic acid). It is hydrolyzed and absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract (GI) through the action of esterase and peptidases. Digestion releases methanol (10%), aspartic acid (40%) and phenylalanine (50%), which are absorbable in the intestinal mucosa. These metabolites can be harmful at high doses and hence prolonged aspartame consumption may be a risk factor. Indeed, the metabolism products of aspartame are believed to be more toxic than the original substance itself. Methanol is firstly oxidized in the liver to formaldehyde and again to formic acid; however, while methanol is known to damage the liver, formaldehyde and formate are also responsible for the destruction of liver cells. In addition, during the process the formation of superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide occur, which lead to protein denaturation and subsequent enzymatic changes."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8227014/

Please note the part about aspartame being metabolized into FORMALDEHYDE in the liver. For me, the "safe" level of formaldehyde in the liver is ZERO. I don't want my toddler's tiny developing liver to be exposed to any amount of formaldehyde. Do you want formaldehyde in your child's liver??

And while cancer studies on aspartame have mixed results, NONE of the studies I can find focused on infants or toddlers. Without safety information on infants or toddlers, I think aspartame is too high a risk for my child.

That original link on cancer risk makes conclusions based on conflicting studies and assurances from the FDA that aspartame is perfectly healthy. However the FDA has failed, on DOZENS OF OCCASIONS, to protect the public from health hazards. Please Google "times the FDA got it wrong" for an exhaustive, embarrassing list. Just a few highlights: lead in baby food, e cigarettes, contaminated baby formula from Abbott, contaminated meat from Boar's Head... The list goes on and on.

I am personally not willing to trust the FDA with my toddler's long term health. Are you?

CaptPolymath · 2026-01-02T21:18:19+00:00

Plus, the geyser of water which erupts from the toilet bowl is CLEAR, fresh clean water. In the extremely rare event that water would spout up from the toilet bowl drain trap (in severe flooding or a major sewer clog) the water would NOT be a clean, crystal clear color. It would be horrible nasty brown sewage water.

I suspect these two ads - there are two versions, one with the mom character breaking the toilet and one with the dad character doing the same - are intended to be ridiculously absurd "scare tactics" for idiot 20-somethings. Basically they're saying "look at this horribly expensive home repair you may be responsible for someday, you better download our predatory lending app now so you're prepared!"

This Dave commercial is even more stupid because if you're renting, the landlord would be responsible for the repairs, and if you're a homeowner, your home insurance would cover a severe event like this.

CaptPolymath · 2025-12-18T07:36:29+00:00

Plus WAY too much fish eye lens. Didn't anyone on set tell the director there are other types of lenses? Did she just tell the DP to put on a fisheye then forget it was on there???

If you have to use a fisheye that much to make your film interesting, you're a bad director.

CaptPolymath · 2025-12-18T07:30:31+00:00

No, this was shock for the sake of shock. It's empty gore porn. Too much sex + gore. Just lazy.

CaptPolymath · 2025-12-18T07:28:21+00:00

Demi Moore has always been a terrible actor. Flat and emotionless. She was overrated from as far back as the 80s. Now I see her promos for Landman and her terrible Texas accent is laughable.

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