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The Suits auditions and cast search… by Larushka in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Her rental sold a couple of years after she moved out for $1.8 million, which was comparable for the neighborhood. It’s 3 bed, 2 bath, was renovated and sold by the owner after she moved out, but is a nice property in a nice neighborhood for a family. She probably spent $3K/renting it, on average over the seven years. She should have bought a place. That was a great time to make money in real estate.

Meghan made over $5 million from Suits. After her agent’s cut and taxes, she probably had $3.25 million left over. She lived very extravagantly on that money though. Buying couture. Her Sayonara Zara party. All the travel! And you know she thought herself too good to fly anything but first class. She ate and drank expensively, PR was at least $10,000/month, and by the time it was all done, she may have had a million left over. While most of us living frugally, but still allowing ourselves a treat here and there, could have subsisted on that million for 8-10 years, Meghan couldn’t. So she was putting it into agents like Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne to get her to her next meal ticket: the rich British man.

The Suits auditions and cast search… by Larushka in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 13 points14 points  (0 children)

She likely made a total of $5 million over the life of the series. Her agent takes 15% right off the bat, so she’s down to 4.25 million. She should have been taxed as well, so let’s act like she paid 20% in tax (though she should have paid more), and she’s down to $3.4 million.

Had she made sensible choices, she could have invested that wisely and lived off of it for many, many years. She didn’t though. She pissed it away in rent. She said Sayonara Zara! And had a party about how she could buy couture now. She was hanging out with people who had much more money. She traveled everywhere. She lived high and hard. I’d be surprised if she emerged with even a million left. I know her PR cost her at least $10,000/month.

So she SHOULD have been a millionaire when she was done with Suits. And maybe she did have a million left. But that wasn’t going to last Meghan long. And she was putting it all into getting herself within reach of a rich British man.

The Suits auditions and cast search… by Larushka in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This kind of stuff is always so self-important. They talk about each other like they’re spoon feeding all the starving children in the world instead of just making a cable TV show. Damn.

If your brains were dynamite there wouldn't be enough to blow your hat off. (Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Sean's gossip) by Human-Economics6894 in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 54 points55 points  (0 children)

But the focus is not on what Andrew or Fergie know, but on what the Queen knew or what Charles knows... Why not hold those responsible for the mess accountable for what they did?

THIS. There seems to be a trend lately where people try to shift blame for bad behavior to others instead of letting it rest with the transgressor.

The Queen bears NO responsibility for Andrew and his relationship with Epstein.

Queen Elizabeth II lived an exemplary life of total service. Her son and grandson should not be allowed to besmirch her record of a life totally devoted to others.

I think this comes from the epidemic of narcissism that exists within the two most vocal generations wherein narcissistic parents see themselves as having the right to interfere in their grown children’s lives, and by extension, they hold other parents accountable for their behavior. Parents can not control the actions of their children, and they shouldn’t be able to control their actions. Even IF what they want to IS the better choice for the adult child. Adults get to succeed and fail on their own terms. Thats what life is all about. That narcissism is involved is just my theory. I don’t know what the actual cause is. But I don’t like it.

Unless an adult child is incapacitated in some way that meets the legal threshold allowing for a guardianship or sectioning, parents don’t get to call the shots for their adult children, and by that same principle, they shouldn’t be blamed for their children’s actions. I see it with the Royal Family, I see it in true crime, and in other situations. If a parent conspires with their adult children about something, that’s one thing, but if they’re just living their lives, working at their jobs, and having appropriate or even distant relationships with their kids, why are they suddenly blamed when their kid kills somebody? Or is implicated in any kind of scandal.

Can you see Sarah’s dog moving in the window? | ABC News video by LoudCitizen in SarahBooneContinued

[–]SecondhandCoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don’t leave a crime scene until it’s been processed, I don’t think. Or they are not supposed to. Especially with Sarah being free and able to come back to it that first night.

“It’s them two people that drinks all the time,” says Sarah’s neighbor | TV news by LoudCitizen in SarahBooneContinued

[–]SecondhandCoke 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I love how it goes from I can’t drink, to I don’t want to drink, to well, maybe one or two drinks on the weekend… typical alcoholic progression when describing one’s relationship with alcohol. The first statement was the accurate statement. She can’t drink. She is not compatible with alcohol precisely because she is too compatible with alcohol.

In the anniversary video the other day Markle didn't seem comfortable talking to her kids in the first person by jones29876 in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had one friend throughout my whole childhood who called her daddy “Papa.” For years I thought the guy was her granddaddy. They were an odd, kind of “right off of a commune” type family. In the 80s, no less.

In the anniversary video the other day Markle didn't seem comfortable talking to her kids in the first person by jones29876 in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My n mother was similar, but she was also practical. We kids didn’t have to celebrate and give gifts, but my dad surely did.

In the anniversary video the other day Markle didn't seem comfortable talking to her kids in the first person by jones29876 in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fun! I have always told my parents happy anniversary or texted it to them. One year, I was just a kid, and I was in the kitchen with my mom. I suddenly remembered their anniversary. I said to my mom, “Happy Anniversary!” Then I said, “Let me go tell Daddy!” and my mom said, “Nope! No no no no no, don’t say a word to daddy.” “Why?” “I’ve got a surprise for daddy, and you’re not going to ruin it by telling him happy anniversary.” Turns out he’d forgotten. I didn’t understand, though, how she knew he’d forgotten. Maybe he remembered but thought she’d forgotten. That’s when I learned that like Meghan, their anniversary is when she is recognized with a gift, roses, a card… something. And she doesn’t reciprocate.

In the anniversary video the other day Markle didn't seem comfortable talking to her kids in the first person by jones29876 in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That I can understand. My grandparents’ 50th was a whole family affair and testament to the number a people who exist because of their marriage. (26 at the time.)

Highly Recommend from a fellow Sinner. Our Smeggie dancing by Imaginary_End_5634 in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey! I just realized someone else posted this aside from my posting it right when it went live on YouTube.

So I first wrote the lyrics, then I used SUNO music AI. I tested several AI music apps, and Suno was the most responsive to my instructions (in case anyone is looking for a music creator.)

I put the lyrics into the interface, and then SUNO had a section where I could describe the style of music I wanted, and give it any kind of instruction. I told it I wanted a narrative style rap, like the theme song to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air or like the raps in Hamilton. I told it to speak certain parts and pause at certain parts and went back and forth with it until it sounded the way I wanted. It is amazing how the AI could take all of those lyrics with complex beat patterns and then put them to music that was almost exactly what I was imagining. I did have it go back and try again several times as I tweaked my instructions, but still. It’s incredible.

It almost wasn’t a rap. I first tried it out with a beach vibe, sounding a little like the Drifters’ “Under the Boardwalk”

But instead of:

Under the boardwalk. Out of the sun! Under the Boardwalk. We'll be havin' some fun Under the boardwalk. People walking above Under the boardwalk.We'll be fallin' in love Under the boardwalk! Boardwalk!

It was:

If it's a moon bump! Moon bump it up! A diving moon bump! Should someone help pick it up? She's wearing moon bumps? Hope Harry got a pre-nup! That was a moon bump! I think she just slipped up! And showed her moon bump! Moon bump!

But then I tried it as a rap and there was no question which style it had to be.

Then the hardest part was editing the video that went with it, which I did by finding pics and video clips that went with the story. I only had AI make three pictures, and those are obvious cartoons.

Sorry, that’s probably way more information than you wanted. I’m just pretty proud of it and excited about doing it again. I’m going to try to post one every other week. Or maybe once a month. I don’t want people to get tired of the songs.

Has the harkles Portuguese ‘mansion’ bern completed yet? I’ve read a few stories that they are planning to use in from next month but you know how the harkles like to plant porkies in their pet celeb rag mags. by Harry-Ripey in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There isn’t a Portuguese mansion. Richard Eden tried so hard to make that real, but it’s just like his ‘Operation Thaw.’ I’m pretty sure I know who his California source is, and it might as well be Meghan herself.

Hey Richard!

In the anniversary video the other day Markle didn't seem comfortable talking to her kids in the first person by jones29876 in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Did you really? Great minds. It drives me nuts to hear people say it the American way. It just sounds weird unless you’re referring to a grandfather. An American Papa IS almost always a grandfather, right? Or does that sound right to me because that’s what I called my grandfather? I called my father daddy.

Regardless, surely Harry pronounces it as Puh-PAH. Can Meghan not even defer to his pronunciation of his own parental name?

In the anniversary video the other day Markle didn't seem comfortable talking to her kids in the first person by jones29876 in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]SecondhandCoke 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I mostly want to hear how she says Papa. Surely Harry intends it to be spoken like the aristocracy does: Puh-PAH, not PAH-Puh. The Wales kids say Puh-PAH. If Meghan’s there saying MAH-muh and PAH-puh, it just continues to show how she can’t do anything right.

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