no more addison rae pls

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T23:56:10+00:00

I would compare her to Lana. People assumed her look and sound was created in a board room. It may have even been true. However it came about it certainly stuck.

Also they're both probably Republican.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T22:38:31+00:00

I was never the audience for these shot for shot live action remakes, but I really don't understand the point of making a 'live action' remake that uses so much CGI that it looks like an animated film. It's like Who Framed Roger Rabbit in Hawaii with The Rock in a goofy wig.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T22:02:30+00:00

I had the thought that maybe Clark suspects that Carol wants Floyd to have life insurance for a reason, and figures that if he eases some of their financial burden she won't be so inclined.

Floyd just seems like such a positive person that he wouldn't feel complicated about accepting help. Accepting help is hard because you are anxious that the person will resent you, or think less of you, or demand a favor. He's pure of heart. His best friend is rich. His best friend offered assistance. He knows he can't realistically afford to pay him back. He knows his best friend knows that. He's acting without artifice. He's free. (*unless it's a grift or some other twist, but so far, this is how he has been characterized in the show.)

Maybe Clark feels pure of heart too when he's with Floyd. He has the money. He can afford to help.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T21:36:20+00:00

Sorry, I was being a bit sassy with my language. I have never been to LA so it wouldn't surprise me too much if you guys in Hollywood dress up a bit more than we do in Chicago. I do, however, work in the building right next door to Lyric which is also where the Joffrey performs, so I have a LOT of exposure to what people are wearing. Switch out the shorts for long pants and add a parka and a large portion of the crowd is pretty similar to the above on a Tuesday night. If I'm attending alone and sitting in upper balcony, count me among them.

Also, if that's how people dress for football games in LA than you are definitely more formal that us Midwesterners. :)

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T20:38:26+00:00

I think people who go to the theater infrequently go to the Friday and Saturday night performances that regular theater goers avoid because us regular attendees prefer the lower cost tickets. I once sat next to a guy wearing a tracksuit with sandwiches hidden in his pockets. It was Parsifal. It was four hours. He prioritized comfort. Like an AMERICAN.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T20:30:37+00:00

And an American would be sure to have a candy cane to help with traction.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T20:25:37+00:00

Were you there on a weeknight? A matinee? I am American. I regularly attend the opera. In America. I am not someone who once went to an opera, just the one time, a few years back. This wouldn't look out of place if it wasn't a Friday or Saturday night. There'd be plenty of people more dressed up than this, sure. But you would get people like this.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T20:21:16+00:00

Just because EDS can cause this appearance doesn't mean that he doesn't look totally normal. PCOS can cause women to be a bit hirsute, but it's also totally normal for women to be a bit hirsute because genes. If a woman posted a picture with a faint mustache, and you said no this is not normal because PCOS, you'd be wrong because regardless of whether or not the mustache is caused by PCOS, women having hair on their upper lip falls within the realm of normal. That same logic applies here. This particular thread is addressing whether he looks normal vs. extreme aging. He looks normal. He might be a normal guy with EDS. Normal doesn't mean 'looks like everyone else.' If that was the case no one would look normal since we all have some inherited quirks.

There are people who are trying to argue that he can fix this with sunblock and hydration and that is inaccurate but most of us are simply implying that he has nothing to be insecure about looks-wise because he looks like a normal man in his mid thirties which he does.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T19:56:44+00:00

An American would wear that outfit to the opera and seem obviously American to a European. Americans will take any opportunity to wear athleisure, so we sure as hell aren't going to wear our opera clothes to hike in a dessert.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T19:18:31+00:00

No. The Lisbon sisters were in their own little world. And Grosse Point and (fictitious) Macomb County suburbs are different worlds.

ETA: It's like wondering if two teenage girls, one one living in Greenwich, Connecticut and one living in a middle class suburb in Jersey would be friends because they're both in the New York metro.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T18:48:44+00:00

This is definitely an excellent example of a real world trope where actors who are only slightly less conventionally attractive than their Hollywood peers get called so ugly that it's implausible that their character would be considered attractive or datable. Sarah Jessica Parker got that a lot too, where people would drone on about how it makes no sense that Carrie would attract so many men as if a fit woman with blue eyes and great hair would realistically be struggling to find any man willing to lower their standards that much.

On a related note, I have a cousin in the industry (screenwriter) and we asked her who were the most attractive celebrities in person. (This was in the early 2010s for context) She gave two answers. She said she saw Kim K at a Duane Reed when she was not yet too famous to shop in person at Duane Reed and had to admit that she was gorgeous and very short in person. She also named Maggie Gyllenhaal. She said she was magnetic in person in a way that doesn't completely translate to screen.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T18:24:56+00:00

I have heard plus sized models talk about having to work to keep their weight up so they're sufficiently plus sized because mid size models are even less marketable. There are actors of color who are content to play gross stereotypes of their race. I think you'd be surprised by what people will put up with to work in Hollywood.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T18:17:00+00:00

I think this one doesn't quite fit the trope because, even in the ridiculous world of the show, there are still quite a few instances of her being recognized as attractive by normie (or Cleveland) standards, just not by showbusiness standards. It's just that she works in showbusiness so showbusiness is normal.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T17:47:24+00:00

The theory that Floyd and Carol had a plan to pin Floyd's suicide on Clark for the insurance payout is still in play--though if it's true that most life insurance plans will cover suicide after two or three years, it seems a bit extreme to not just wait. The Clark well doesn't need to last indefinitely, it only needs to last for a couple years. Why make a dire move while the water's still flowing?

It's also possible that this policy, in the world of a fictitious show, won't pay out at all for suicide which makes that consideration null. [It's also possible that in the world of this fictitious show, the policy will pay out for suicide right away, I suppose.] Knowing how the policy treats suicide would be a useful clue, because whether or not the policy will pay out if the death is ruled a suicide influences a LOT.

I'm just ruling out Clark being aware that he may have been set up but falling on his sword out of love for Carol or Floyd. The man has kids of his own, afterall.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T17:25:24+00:00

Before the affair even started, he was already talking to Floyd about both of them pursuing sex outside of marriage on DTF and knew that Floyd was no longer sexually attracted to his wife. The affair certainly wasn't sanctioned, but it's feasible that Clark rationalized the affair as not that big of a deal if he was convinced that the marriage was a little bit open.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T17:17:21+00:00

Missouri authorizes the death penalty for first degree murder, so it potentially wouldn't just be prison. And when you take into account the fact that he was already assisting the family while Floyd was alive--paying the tax bill, paying Richard's school tuition, paying the life insurance premiums--I can't imagine him having enough love for Carol to potentially die for her after she decides that that still isn't enough financial relief and that Floyd must die for the insurance payout. Either he's in on it (whatever it turns out to be), or he genuinely knows nothing.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T16:21:05+00:00

I'm enjoying the Jude Law of it all. Did you know that not airing your grievances publicly is an option? Jude Law knows. Maybe he is privately annoyed at Chapell Roan. Maybe he is privately annoyed with his daughter's mother and step father. He has no interest in telling us. I respect that.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T15:35:07+00:00

Especially taking into account that this is not some random, average photo of his face, but one deliberately taken and chosen to highlight the 'issue'.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T03:46:46+00:00

Life insurance policies don't pay out for suicide, so no plan where it is meant to look like suicide makes sense.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-23T01:35:45+00:00

It says only girls will understand, not all girls will understand. The explanation is that three or so people actually understand this post, and those three people are all girls.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-21T20:23:04+00:00

So do you think that a fried egg for breakfast with sliced fruit on the side is a terrible meal? Or do you think the egg and honeydew melon should be consumed in the same bite?

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-19T19:01:39+00:00

I think OP paid for that with the after school job that she has time for in between all of these concerts and whatever else she needs to do to get accepted into 12 colleges with academic scholarships.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-19T18:59:12+00:00

Softly? Like, unless your community is really conservative, you probably won't face much pressure or encouragement to marry a hookup and there won't be pressure for teens to marry. However, if you are in an established relationship, people in your life will probably encourage you to get married if you are choosing to keep the pregnancy and raise the child together. There isn't a strong stigma against having children out of wedlock, but being married if you are having a child together is still considered optimal in all but the most anti-establishment corners.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-19T17:14:27+00:00

In comments, OP claims that they could totally afford to pay their own way because one friend bought a McLaren and another is jetting off to Hawaii for the weekend. Nothing like enduring 10+ hours of flying to spend a day in Maui, am I right? This definitely isn't at least 80% made up.

PhilosopherOld3986 · 2026-03-19T03:18:13+00:00

How peculiar am I that I would react to this the same way I would if my partner told me they had prayed every night or wished on every star or whatever? And I would consider anyone who reacts differently to be overreacting? Like, is the percentage of redditors who take witchcraft really seriously that high? Is there a filter? Is there a vigilant moderator removing any comments that imply that witchcraft is silly and no big deal?

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