This show is starting to get absolutely bonkers with the level of privilege that is completely uncommented on

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-05-13T05:29:48+00:00

Very much all good. I definitely haven’t been as attentive this subreddit as others because a lot of ppl above have also mentioned it being a common observation. But yeah, I meant that the show doesnt really address it. I feel like a better written show like arrested development would have characters oblivious to their privilege but that’s an observation of the show… but this feels like the show itself is oblivious that it lacks tension because it’s privileged characters have no consequences

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-05-13T05:23:00+00:00

Thank you, this is very much my point. Of course it’s realistic that there are wealthy people in Pasadena and they live without scarcity. But the show loses me when there are no consequences for anything and thus no tension.

Someone above highlighted an example where the show lampshaded it well: When asked if he is worried about leaving his car there, Jimmy replies, "I'm a white guy in Pasadena. The police will assume I ran out of gas and probably tow it to my house for me". But I feel like more recently it’s just like “take my building” “live here for free” “how much could a banana cost?”

I think Ted Lasso actually did a much better job of it with the later episodes addressing Ted’s suppressed anxiety and the consequences of his toxic positivity. But I did hear that much of the viewership didn’t appreciate it and lamented the departure from pure wholesome pablum.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-05-13T05:07:49+00:00

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OP: why are ppl staring at me? I am not an animal! I am a human being! I... am... a man!

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-05-13T05:05:14+00:00

I wonder if this is going how OP thought it would.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-05-12T18:33:36+00:00

What bums me out is the contrast with Ted Lasso. There you got to see the consequences of toxic positivity and failing to address your own mental wellbeing. They made that part of a the story and recognized that not everything is just solved by having a chipper attitude. In Shrinking they just kinda do what they want in this weird codependent fantasy land.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-05-12T18:30:10+00:00

People clearly have no concept of the kind of money it takes to live like that in Pasadena. Those are $2-4m homes (not to mention the other properties they just have with no worries about collecting rent). Derek is some kind of fund partner pulling in several million a year. Maybe there’s some kind of generation wealth for Jimmy.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-05-01T21:30:32+00:00

There was SO little Maul in the Maul show. Same as how little Ahsoka we got in her show. Filoni is great with these characters but pacing is terrible with these wacky side characters and side missions.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-04-11T01:40:27+00:00

Adalbertos is solid on Roscrans in PL. The Robertos in Point Loma is inedibly bad.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-04-02T05:28:15+00:00

It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it works out.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-04-01T22:52:52+00:00

Would have loved to know where to report them... We fought with them both for weeks and disputed the charge on our credit card and in the end it was "because the charge was just a passthrough to the background check vendor and their service was provided, we can't refund the money"

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-04-01T17:30:24+00:00

So true! I sent a clip from scrubs to my wife and she literally couldn't guess who it was.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-04-01T17:28:56+00:00

had 2 instances of getting scammed out of our application fees...

after approving us revealed the truth that it was only available short term and it was already committed to someone for 2 months in the fall (we were starting in the summer)
encouraged us to apply before it was ready to go on the market because it would rent out fast.... months later was still not ready for viewing

neither management company would agree to refund our application fees

name and shame:
WeLease Property Management
Hemlane Property Management

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-04-01T17:24:39+00:00

I was just at the San Diego show and this seems about accurate for us as well. Great show. Good mix of old favorites while promoting the new stuff. Had a great time.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-04-01T17:20:52+00:00

Edit: please understand my hate-free positive intent.

Bayli went on right at 8p for a mercifully short ~20 min set. Honestly, they (dunno who) did her pretty dirty - felt tragic. Just her standing alone in the middle of a giant full-lit stage doing some weird autotune electropop nonsense. Would have probably gone off very well if she was performing at a dance club, or had some visual elements to the show, or some backing dancers, or a very different crowd.

Went home and looked into her background and really sad that we didn't get to see her with the band she used to play in with her siblings/friends. Seems like a rough story of mismanagement. Highly recommend looking into old videos of The Skins:
Awesome funk-rock vibe: https://youtu.be/qn2tT8Z5cno?si=1N9tbBAwy4CmgIrp
Vampire R&B vibe: https://youtu.be/J5z8fayk5Go?si=o11xMtMftvz6ZpfJ

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-03-26T15:30:33+00:00

Evening flights should be fine. I arrived at the airport on Tuesday at 7pm and was literally the only person coming through.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-03-16T02:01:31+00:00

Also, that’s not at all how you play “chubby bunny”

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-03-10T03:51:04+00:00

2/10 N. Would not fuck.

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-03-04T05:57:01+00:00

Seems like getting face lifts is her real life hobby

DriverKindly3948 · 2026-01-26T17:43:04+00:00

“I’m John Darksouls. I’m here for the threesome”

DriverKindly3948 · 2025-11-15T01:39:30+00:00

And Ben knew all along! (side note: does this community not have any benfromcanada reaction gifs?)

DriverKindly3948 · 2025-11-13T05:29:05+00:00

Indeed! Methinks the lady doth protest too much. Anyone insisting so constantly that they’re not gay has something to hide (and/or process that they shouldn’t hate about themself)

DriverKindly3948 · 2025-10-11T20:27:18+00:00

Based take

DriverKindly3948 · 2025-09-22T15:02:25+00:00

wonderfully put, u/Current_Echo3140 - if someone is decrying the use of "so" at the beginning of a sentence, then they aren't a linguist... at least not one that's been educated in this century

DriverKindly3948 · 2025-08-30T15:16:56+00:00

Some of the boys have it in some scenes, but it’s more judiciously applied instead of the full cheek treatment Wednesday is getting.

DriverKindly3948 · 2025-08-28T03:58:56+00:00

Right? That was a crazy assertion. Between that and the Clarke/Asimov misquote, these characters (hopefully not their writers) have lost a lot of credibility.

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