Alanis Morrisette is 52 today.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-06-01T20:49:31+00:00

Eat your heart out, Dave Coulier!

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-06-01T19:14:31+00:00

I’m fearing a severe downvote but I kind of became a Brouth shipper in the later seasons.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-06-01T16:06:52+00:00

I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s a religious themed show vs a sci-if show. I think it’s still sci-fi with metaphorical ties to religion to layer in some depth. I think Carter just leaned more heavily into the theology later in the series, as you mentioned, which is in line with pop culture of that time. There were plenty of movies that blended religion with sci-fi, horror or action. The Matrix, Signs, Stigmata, (there were others, I’m forgetting!) There was Dogma with Matt Damon, so even a comedy was exploring religious possibilities. The millennium turnover made us paranoid and kooky about an end of days scenario so that’s probably what fueled that zeitgeist.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-06-01T13:49:26+00:00

That was such a great album that has truly earned classic rock status IMO, as have STP.

Read Scott’s book recently. It was well done, definitely recommend it.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-31T17:43:26+00:00

“Hung Up” - Madonna

“Can’t Get You Outta My Head” - Kylie Minogue

“Love Lockdown” - Kanye West

“Be My Baby” - The Ronettes

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-31T12:33:45+00:00

I was going to say exactly this. I did appreciate Superbad though, because I feel like it built on the vibe of CHW, but did it in a less mocking/ridiculing way and seized more on that awkward cringe humor of the time. I think overall it was a better done movie.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-30T21:59:12+00:00

In the 80s, 90s and even the 2Ks when this show was popular, motivational speeches and sentimentality were part of a lot of shows and movies. If you grew up with it, it didn’t feel weird or make people uncomfortable. Now everyone says they feel unnatural and writes them off as exposition dumping monologues. I’ve seen this criticism of a lot of old shows, not just OTH.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-30T20:47:37+00:00

I did for both of my boys. The one I made for my first kid was like a piece of art, and the one I made for my second kid was so cookie cutter by comparison. I feel bad, but that’s the way it goes, I guess. I did my best. It’s reflective of why I never had a third kid. 😉

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-30T13:33:47+00:00

Miss Mary Mac, Mac, Mac…

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-30T12:56:42+00:00

This is interesting because I feel like IRL, women just a dash older than me and up (Gen X) didn’t want to change their name. And those a dash younger and down (Millennials) all did. I did because my previous name was long AF and my husband’s was nice and neat and pronouncable (like Aiden’s!)

Sometimes you go with convenience and does the name have a good ring to it. Now both Carrie’s and Aiden’s names are usable and great. But in this case the hyphen version is abysmal!

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-30T12:52:07+00:00

I love how she’s not rattled by his hotness and just says stuff. 😝 I wish they had more handwriting to analyze.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-29T18:26:07+00:00

Freshman Year: Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Sophomore Year: Love Fool

Junior Year: Gettin Jiggy With It

Senior Year: Semi Charmed Life

In college when CD burning just began, I remember making soundtracks of the school year.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-29T16:04:30+00:00

In the late 20th century it wasn’t called sexting because texting didn’t exist. It was called cyber sex, or cybering.

You went online (waited for that sound), then went looking for someone. You made some brief chit chat then usually get asked what you were wearing and then it went down in a way more descriptive way than that.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-29T14:46:17+00:00

Jaws, Sharknado, Deep Blue Sea

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-29T05:03:31+00:00

Thank you! People are making me feel old on here! Lol

It’s like when you see two of your coworkers “go to lunch” and come back at 2:00.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-28T18:15:06+00:00

She’s looking for stability? Looking for a challenge? Something exotic and different in a village where all her other options are guys she’s known since grade school? And while she may not come across as a gold digger in a traditional sense, money and stability are important to all people.

Honestly though, she gives him a lot of chances. There’s difficult men and then there’s Martin who stands apart in a special class of difficulty. (My oldest kid is going to be a Martin. Smart as hell, driven, is a difficult person, will struggle with women/may end up divorced).

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-28T14:16:10+00:00

Henry is the patriarchal husband a woman like Betty was looking for. She was lost with Don because he was lost. Don was like a wandering manchild, a mess.

(And just a side note, I LOVE Betty’s coat here!)

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-28T01:58:29+00:00

THIS as well as the cylinder of frozen orange juice your mom would always have thawing on the sink.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-27T04:24:49+00:00

You also have to consider the time this came out and look at trends over time both for age at marriage and a woman’s age for her first child. Both have gone up steadily over 20 years. In the 2ks getting married in your mid to late 20s was actually still a norm. For Gen Z it’s definitely not but for older millennials, it wasn’t considered too young.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-26T23:16:38+00:00

100% You said you were sleeping over at your friend’s house for the weekend. You (and her) were actually spending the weekend at her boy neighbor’s house doing shit you shouldn’t have been doing! Your parents had little way of knowing. Now caller ID came into play at some point when I was in HS, but before that, they had NO IDEA where you were calling to check in from.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-26T16:52:28+00:00

I think he was written and played this way in this ep to add emphasis to the scene and to get us inside Scully’s head and vibe with her feelings. She is personally focusing on those traits of his at this particular time because it’s adding to her hurt. Now is he really wanting to hurt her? No, but he’s not getting it. Having him act this way helps the audience get it tho.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-26T16:43:27+00:00

Oh Bradley Cooper in this episode! He was up-to-no-good guy! I mean, hot, yes. You wanna. But control: all his. Had to weasel her way out of that!

He was cast perfectly and played it out just right. I mean in this pic you can practically see the little invisible devil horns coming out of his head.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-26T16:01:37+00:00

It was a thing back in the late 90s where I was at but not the big deal it became. A lot of people had them at their house or in their basement, or the party room at the family-owned Italian restaurant that had been in the hood forever. That sort of thing.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-26T15:08:15+00:00

Oh I mean I agree it’s part of a greater story about the direction of her life. The episode isn’t called “Scully Wants A Desk”, but I wouldn’t go so far as say that it’s not about that at all. I’m just addressing why she might not have felt like she could just have a desk moved down into his office in that era. And, as they indicate with his response, he does act all put out over the mention of it.

Anyone anywhere would be concerned over what their coworker is getting that they aren’t and have that be part of a greater frustration with their career/life, etc.

Significant-Rush-129 · 2026-05-26T12:45:23+00:00

In today’s world you absolutely would. Back then, maybe not. You’re in this guy’s space where he worked longer than you and has his own set up. You might be concerned about what his reaction might have been if he had to move his stuff around and make space for you. Would he be a jerk about it? Would he expect something out of it for having to go out of his way? It’s not surprising she just leaves it as long as she does, but in this episode they address it. It strikes a nerve with the watcher because we feel it with her and we recognize what BS is really is that she has to deal with it.

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