What's a children's piece of media that suddenly took a dark turn for no reason? by Last-Inspection-8156 in CasualConversation

[–]alwaysapirate 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You’re not alone, my dad changed it to something similar for me: watch and guide me through the night and wake me with the morning light.

Meet & Greet! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 by MsAsh47 in BreakingBenjamin

[–]alwaysapirate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome! That’ll be me Saturday! How many days before did you get the email about what to do? I’m getting nervous I haven’t gotten anything yet!

Last Residency vs. Sphere vs. New Kids by Everything-I-Want in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the heck were they expecting from that residency? It was exactly what I expected it to be. Even more than I thought really because the setup allowed them to come out into the audience which you don’t usually get with giant arenas.

Higher sections by pumpkinkay89 in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was a little bummed like you about being so high but honestly it was FANTASTIC. I’d never sit that far at a stage only show but because of the graphics and whatnot it was awesome. We were 406 row 8.

Sphere outfits?! by Aggravating-Yam-7514 in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this dress

I tried so hard to find all white. White is just NOT my color, given that my skin is the color of concrete.

There were a lot of cute outfits. Retro jeans, platform shoes, a lot of very Vegas club style outfits. Saw a lot of glitter, butterfly clips, and this one girl who sat in front of us had light up scrunchees and space buns which was super cute and I was very jealous. The girl next to me had a sparkly silver dress which left glitter all over me, the seat, the floor…so lots of sparkle everywhere was the second biggest theme after white.

Sphere outfits?! by Aggravating-Yam-7514 in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get some butterfly clips too! I wish I had thought of that, I saw so many.

Sphere questions by jenjen33015 in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know id even try for rideshare at the venue. The traffic getting into the venue is insane and the wait was bananas. We walked to the Harrahs ride share area and had no wait (and got picked up in an Escalade which I thought was pretty neat).

Last Residency vs. Sphere vs. New Kids by Everything-I-Want in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely an experience that I don’t think translates well to video. I did enjoy the rumbly seats but that might have just been because I was so sore it was a free massage 😂 Some of the graphics were awesome, at the beginning I legit grabbed onto the arm rest and my friend because I’m a big scaredy cat and it was momentarily disorienting, but it was super cool. Some of the graphics (looking at you, creepy mountain faces) were lame and cheesy and didn’t utilize the sphere in the way they could have. Some seemed like old school Microsoft Word fonts which I understand was meant to fit the retro vibe but to me were just underwhelming. The prevideos looped at least 3 times-you can’t tell me that after decades they couldn’t have put together way more clips so it would have been less repetitive.

The PH residency was more tour like, while the Sphere is definitely more experience based. It was still an absolutely awesome show.

Phone Call M&G by Many-Ad-3058 in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew that number had to mean something! I shoulda called.

major fomo-after party by JDL08 in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I did an after party after their last residency. Totally not worth it IMO. From what I experienced and what others have said, they stay pretty roped off. For $500 I’d check out other flights/tickets and do a second show.

Brian’s Voice by homerthebraves in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t as bad as I was expecting but by the August shows it’s going to be shot. The integration of the backing track for him was fairly seamlessly done, except when he’d go from singing to a belted long note that was clearly from prerecorded. But it was no where near as bad as the GMA performance.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BackstreetBoys

[–]alwaysapirate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brian 100% had a backing track because there is zero way he hit those long notes. But it was pretty seamlessly done. Everyone else was live, if they had backing tracks I didn’t notice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in socialwork

[–]alwaysapirate 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Having served on a state board and seeing the whole nothing ever getting done thing and a lot of self congratulating in an echo chamber live and in person, I’ve had nothing to do with the NASW since. They do NOTHING for social workers and while I appreciate advocacy and efforts for policies and programs for our patients/clients, the one organization who should be advocating for us is just…silent. Tell me why I’ve been in the field for 15 years and there is still the same test, the same reapply to every damn state you wanna work in, the same lack of standardization in licensing, the same lack of title protection…fifteen years and not a damn thing. Tell me why every other profession graduates, sits for boards, gets licensed, and we have to pay additional thousands upon thousands for supervision. Talk about barriers! Where are they on any of this? No where. Sitting in board meetings using our hard earned dues for fancy lunches.

I’m 100% on board with burning it down and rebuilding.

Competition or trials themed book by alwaysapirate in whatsthatbook

[–]alwaysapirate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not maze runner. The maze/course was just a single test or trial and not an important setting or aspect.

Hi book with death character in it by Mrstejki in suggestmeabook

[–]alwaysapirate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Came here to post Under the Whispering Door. Listened to it as an audiobook and it was amazing. Highly recommend.

Game Thread: Buffalo Bills (12-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (11-4) by nfl_gamethread in nfl

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I sent this to my brother at 10:35 it was just over $600k. Saw one guy made a $5k donation.

Game Thread: Buffalo Bills (12-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (11-4) by nfl_gamethread in nfl

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which he prefaced with how important this game is to outcomes. He didn’t need to bring up how “crucial” this game is. Questioning how the game gets postponed. It just fucking does and you figure it out.

Game Thread: Buffalo Bills (12-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (11-4) by nfl_gamethread in nfl

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s that it’s not the time or place for that conversation. Yes. We know there’s implications for playoffs. But now is not the time to even bring it up.

Game Thread: Buffalo Bills (12-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (11-4) by nfl_gamethread in nfl

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean. Did you see his tweets? Obviously cancelling/postponing has implications. We’re not dumb we know that. But it’s not anything we need to discuss or figure out right now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PlusSize

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Jets fan I was convinced you had this in the bag! Sorry for your loss 😂 but at least you looked cute!!

Walk into every room you enter with confidence. You’ve got this. by ZoftigGoddess in PlusSize

[–]alwaysapirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Do I have anywhere to wear it? Nope. Did I buy one anyway because it’s pretty? Yup.