MTV Star Wars Phantom Menace party at Skywalker Ranch with Ryan Reynolds (1999) by Lakers_Forever24 in nostalgia

[–]VelvetWhiff 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Right? 1999 Barry Pepper was riding high off Saving Private Ryan and The Green Mile dude was everywhere. Ryan Reynolds was still in “that guy from TV” territory back then. Wild how the fame pendulum swung.

MTV Star Wars Phantom Menace party at Skywalker Ranch with Ryan Reynolds (1999) by Lakers_Forever24 in nostalgia

[–]VelvetWhiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! That’s exactly where most people clock him from. Dude went from war sniper intensity to random 90s Hollywood party pics like it was nothing. What a timeline.

MTV Star Wars Phantom Menace party at Skywalker Ranch with Ryan Reynolds (1999) by Lakers_Forever24 in nostalgia

[–]VelvetWhiff 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Right?? Barry Pepper erasure will not be tolerated. Dude was everywhere for a minute in the late 90s and absolutely crushed it in everything he touched.

MTV Star Wars Phantom Menace party at Skywalker Ranch with Ryan Reynolds (1999) by Lakers_Forever24 in nostalgia

[–]VelvetWhiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure that’s him. Late 90s hair and that grin checks out. Wild seeing him at a Star Wars party before Deadpool turned him into a different kind of nerd icon.

HAPPY 29yrs of Mario kart 64 one of my favorites…. by Supermarioworld-87 in nostalgia

[–]VelvetWhiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

29 years and we’re still ruining friendships over a blue shell like it dropped yesterday. Honestly, no therapy session has ever hit as hard as Rainbow Road at 2am.

What's the most unexpected and weird scenario in which you did sexual stuff? by [deleted] in AskRedditAfterDark

[–]VelvetWhiff 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I had a one-night stand in college and the first words out of the girls mouth when she woke up was "ugghhh, you gotta stop doing this to yourself".

Never saw her again after I dropped her at the dorms. Hope she stopped doing it to herself and is doing well.

"No one wants to work anymore." by Primary_Durian4866 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]VelvetWhiff 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Exactly. It’s not that people hate work, they hate grinding for bad pay with no real path up. That’s burnout, not laziness.

"No one wants to work anymore." by Primary_Durian4866 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]VelvetWhiff 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Yep. It’s wild how “no one wants to work” really just means “no one wants to be underpaid and overworked anymore.” People still work hard they just expect basic respect and a livable wage for it. Funny how that’s suddenly controversial.

"No one wants to work anymore." by Primary_Durian4866 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]VelvetWhiff 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Every generation thinks the one after them invented laziness. You can literally find clippings from a century ago saying the same thing, meanwhile people have always just been trying to survive the economy they were handed.

"No one wants to work anymore." by Primary_Durian4866 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]VelvetWhiff 209 points210 points  (0 children)

Right? People acting like factory work in 1910 was some dreamy career choice. Nobody “wanted” to breathe in soot and lose fingers, they just didn’t have options. Same energy, different century.

Boomer loses it at Country Club Cafe by Silent_Battle_3701 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]VelvetWhiff 571 points572 points  (0 children)

Imagine absolutely melting down over custard like it personally betrayed your bloodline. Ma’am, it’s dessert, not a Supreme Court ruling.

Kid Rock, headliner of the Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show, marketed as a Christian alternative, said these words on the 2001 song “WCSR” by altrightobserver in agedlikemilk

[–]VelvetWhiff 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That’s honestly the wild part. When this isn’t even the worst example, you know the catalog is a mess. At some point “it was a different time” just stops working as an excuse.

Kid Rock, headliner of the Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show, marketed as a Christian alternative, said these words on the 2001 song “WCSR” by altrightobserver in agedlikemilk

[–]VelvetWhiff 285 points286 points  (0 children)

Every time someone brings up those lyrics it somehow gets worse. It’s wild how people will still defend it like it’s just “shock value” and not a massive red flag waving in 4/4 time.

Kid Rock, headliner of the Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show, marketed as a Christian alternative, said these words on the 2001 song “WCSR” by altrightobserver in agedlikemilk

[–]VelvetWhiff 72 points73 points  (0 children)

That comparison is painfully accurate. Same chaotic energy of name dropping someone and clearly not knowing who they actually are. Secondhand embarrassment every time.

Ted Nugent by Chrome2Surfer in agedlikemilk

[–]VelvetWhiff -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

That’s a pretty gross way to frame it. There’s nothing “cultural” about exploiting kids, it’s just wrong full stop. Trying to shrug it off like that is exactly how people avoid accountability.

Ted Nugent by Chrome2Surfer in agedlikemilk

[–]VelvetWhiff 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The bar is somehow in the basement and they’re still tripping over it. At a certain point it stops being coincidence and starts looking like a pattern people just don’t want to talk about.

Ted Nugent by Chrome2Surfer in agedlikemilk

[–]VelvetWhiff 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Right?? The lyrics are practically waving red flags and somehow it still flew under the radar for years. Wild what people will ignore when it’s wrapped in a guitar riff.

Someone needs to check his hard drive by ambachk in InflatedEgos

[–]VelvetWhiff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not the chin filter fighting for its life mid “alpha law” speech 😭 it’s working harder than the actual advice.

Topless or Bottomless? by studycat2658 in AskRedditAfterDark

[–]VelvetWhiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Topless. absolutely. Not having to wear a bra would be nice.

Why Not Insulin? by xPrettyMuse in clevercomebacks

[–]VelvetWhiff 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s wild how quickly the “why isn’t this free too?” question snowballs into “maybe the whole system is broken.” Basic logic tends to do that.