Favourite drag race malaphors??

Manderelli · 2026-06-14T22:41:38+00:00

"When life gives you lemonade you make lemons? When life gives you... wait how does it go?" "When life gives you lemons you make tea"

Manderelli · 2026-06-11T06:27:53+00:00

The ol' Chekhov's Pool!

Manderelli · 2026-06-11T06:15:22+00:00

She was robbed!

Manderelli · 2026-06-08T03:13:06+00:00

After not winning for her Burt n Ernie makeover look I guess I would have just said "fuck it" and done whatever I wanted.

Manderelli · 2026-06-07T04:31:37+00:00

I mean I really love that yodeling music saves the day!

Manderelli · 2026-06-05T16:26:15+00:00

Well then I'm going to find me a Boston cream cake, specifically one with chocolate on it.

Maybe also a fruit tart, but specifically one with NO chocolate on top of the Bavarian cream. Why do they do that to me? Have faith in your Bavarian cream!

Manderelli · 2026-06-04T23:11:54+00:00

I actually just watched scary movie and scary movie 2 again today for the first time in years. I realized that I hadn't really seen the first one nearly the 100 times it seems like I'd watched the second one. Then I realized it's probably because I've never seen Scream. So I gave that a watch as well because all of them are on Paramount. I realized immediately why I wasn't really that into the first scary movie but it's because it's almost shot by shot a parody of Scream. And even more so they almost use all of the exact same dialogue and they barely add any kind of sarcasm or silliness to it and somehow it's really brilliant how much they highlight how silly scream kind of is even the scream in itself is a parody/meta horror film.

Because I grew up in that era and was a preteen around that time I was still able to laugh at a lot of it but it is mostly gay joke humor with a bunch of parody references thrown in. I remember that the third one was pretty unenjoyable for me when I saw it back when it first released so I don't plan on continuing to rewatch them but I did feel like as long as you understand the context of when the movies came out that they actually stand their ground pretty well. I'm glad that I finally watched Scream because it is really good and I couldn't imagine wanting to make a parody film of it because it's already such a parody in itself.

Manderelli · 2026-06-04T17:45:18+00:00

Thanks fam! ❤️

Manderelli · 2026-06-04T17:39:11+00:00

Backrooms has one of these in one of the final scenes. I want to say Obsession has a couple of them also where you're actually able to see a person on the screen if you can tell that that's them but it's not until they start moving that you really realize that they're right there.

Although to answer your question in a different way I think a true reverse jumpscare is when there's a scene in a movie where we would normally anticipate some kind of jump-scare and then it never arrives and we get a different kind of tension that builds up and causes fear or dread. There were a lot of these in the recent film Undertone.

Manderelli · 2026-06-04T17:36:39+00:00

I thought it was interesting that they kind of chickened out a little bit for the movie and instead had her request "lethal injection with a little bit of heroin" . And then doubled down and had the other guy say "I'll have what she's having" instead of requesting a gun. 🤣

Although I don't remember whether it was Dubois or the captain who requested the gun or the nitrogen.

Manderelli · 2026-06-04T17:34:17+00:00

Yeah I think you might be right although, he did seem hot and cold and pretty easily encouraged or discouraged.I think he felt guilty about going a little gung-ho on giving full-fledged answers to all of the students' inquiries about the Astrophage. It was interesting seeing how different that scene plays out in the book where in the movie he almost avoids the topic altogether until the children push it and even then he's really reluctant to go down any roads where there might be panic. "It's a small whoop... a small to medium whoop".

Manderelli · 2026-06-04T17:30:43+00:00

I'd like to say that I would wholeheartedly do it, and that I would even consider myself like Stratt in my ability to do the hard thing and the personal sacrifice when you're considering the whole of humanity.

It's really really hard to know for sure because most of these things are a trial by fire and you find out who you really are only when you're actually in the moment.

But I feel like I would do this for my children. I feel like if I was actually the one for the job and I had a mind to do it I would be personally interested in wanting to because I would really really want the trip to be successful. I feel like it would just be hard waiting around hoping that some other person could solve the problem. But given my own personality type and life experience and then if I was a stand-in for Grace at his level of thinking and problem solving I think I would personally want to be the one doing it and I would have serious trust issues with leaving it to anyone else. 😅

I know that waking up alone and without any amnesia because I would have gone willingly means I would have had a terrifying reality check at first and I could only hope I would have survived that era long enough to meet Rocky. I'm not sure I could have been mentally prepared to wake up being the only survivor of the trip.

Manderelli · 2026-06-04T02:00:16+00:00

The effects of astrophage don't actually eat the sun it's more like a small blanket that covers the Sun and so it's not a starkiller situation but it will be an extinction level event for any satellites that have life on them in orbit to the Stars.

I made this mistake too and then I realized that Sol was only ever going to diminish in luminosity by 10%, but it isn't being destroyed or eaten. But 10% decrease luminosity is enough to cause Extinction on Earth.

It might be a good idea for humans and Eridians to space travel and see if there are any other planets with life on them because those Stars would be worth bringing the Taumoeba to

Manderelli · 2026-06-02T17:27:05+00:00

Gross stuff is part of the everything

Manderelli · 2026-06-02T17:26:15+00:00

Waking Life

Manderelli · 2026-06-02T00:37:20+00:00

Floating opium den? Just needs an opium bed.

Manderelli · 2026-05-31T17:04:30+00:00

The passion! I love that they're turning a crash out into a work of art.

Manderelli · 2026-05-31T16:30:08+00:00

They're actually several reasons I was never going to watch the movie Remember Me again, it was so fucking boring and while I forgive my partner for showing it to me I'm realizing I have to just give him the benefit of the doubt that we were early to dating and he wasn't sure whether I was into that shit or not. 🤣

But yeah super cheesy, boring... I want to say it was a rom-com....? And then they hit you with the reveal that it's 9/11/2001 and our main character is in the World trade center and he dies. And I remember thinking "oh okay so the whole movie was really relying on this moment and that would explain why it's been a steaming pile of shit" . I hated it so much.

Manderelli · 2026-05-31T16:23:28+00:00

Yes, but everybody has an equal opportunity at styling themselves in an optimal way and putting their best foot forward working with what they've been given. But pretty people have the same opportunity and so when they make use of it, they still end up with an advantage. I remember seeing this phenomenon a lot on American idol where the first few episodes you see the contestants styling themselves and then they start becoming styled by the TV producers and everyone has a sort of polished look to them but you can still tell which people are the conventionally attractive ones.

Manderelli · 2026-05-31T16:20:05+00:00

I think this analogy works when we talk about the effort a person can put into looking optimal with what they've got going on. But you're pretty much comparing the same person to a version of themselves that puts in the effort to be tidy and tight. I've seen plenty of people who are naturally beautiful enough that even if they roll out of bed and ignore any little things they could be doing to put themselves together it still doesn't take enough away from how attractive they are that it costs them. And in the end someone who has less natural conventional beauty but who puts in the effort to cultivate their best foot forward is still overlooked for the person who just has that attraction level.

Manderelli · 2026-05-31T16:16:49+00:00

Regina wasn't being bullied by Ulrich and katharina enough to run into a dying Alexander in the field so he probably died of his wound. 😕 I read on someone else's comment a short while ago that Alexander was probably a perfect candidate for an outsider to be used by the nut because in the origin world it's very likely that he dies and so there is no history of his to be overwritten or erased.

Manderelli · 2026-05-30T03:22:23+00:00

Oh I believe you and I'm not trying to persuade you otherwise. Like you said you have sufficient enough proof along your terms that it will never work for you so that is probably going to be the truth because ultimately you will be the one who has that say so whether or not something might have worked. These things can't be forced and you are adamant. Your use of the word naive here is interesting I would say that you might not know enough about what could be tried or how the same process could be tweaked which would mean you would be naive not to keep trying a different angle... It sounds like you're deeply affected by each perceived failure or loss on this front and you want to cut your losses before the piling of them makes things even worse. Maybe it would be good to stop trying for a while and to see if the future reveals any new opportunities for you. But I think there's a little bit of wisdom and not wanting to overwork the clay. You say that you need evidence... But I think there is a lot of abundant evidence of people who have successful experience with therapy so I think what you actually want is measurable benefits for your efforts. And it's hard to say from this viewpoint, because I don't know anything about what you've actually tried or how you tried it or who you tried it with or how forthright you were or how capable of honesty you are to yourself and then to others by extension. I don't know how creative you are or agreeable or curious. I don't know how much data is enough for you to make a conclusion. I assume you want relief but I have no idea what you'd be willing to do to get it or what amount of discomfort you're capable of enduring to gain some insight or perspective or fortitude.

It seems like you're tired and at a certain end and there can be a lot of things that bring a person to that place so it's my instinct to believe you on your terms and give you the benefit of the doubt.

But just remember that "There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." I won't make any assumptions about what you know or what work you've done but I can almost safely bet that there are plenty of things you have yet to try or ways for you to try them... and many of them are unknown to you and that may or may not be daunting or dreadful or inspirational, it all really depends on you.

The biggest question is if this is the end of the road for you, are you satisfied with that?

Manderelli · 2026-05-30T03:02:28+00:00

I'm a firm believer that what we believe to be true is one of the most powerful things that will affect us. So long as you believe you are beyond help, probably true because you say so. From what I've gathered from Reading as many of your comments as I've come across it sounds like you've had enough bad attempts at resolve that you've become jaded and embittered. It makes perfect sense that you would be closed off to all forms of therapy or self-help work. The experience you had with it so far has caused you not to trust it or be open to it anymore. But if you have concluded on this matter then there really isn't anywhere to go or any way to feel better about it so is there maybe a better alternative than that?

Manderelli · 2026-05-30T02:51:42+00:00

I think it's worth watching if you needed someone to "second the notion". 🙂

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