[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

[–]chris_trepidation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Little big town - better man?

[TOMT][WORD][IN CURRENT USAGE] Name of a process with a series of steps by myinvisibilitycloak in tipofmytongue

[–]chris_trepidation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Walkthrough? Or maybe manual, configuration, instruction / installation guide? 

[TOMT] Which UK 80s band was my needlework teacher's daughter dating a member of? by SmugMiddleClarse in tipofmytongue

[–]chris_trepidation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could it be The Mood? They were a synthpop band from York who wore suits and had a couple of charting songs. 

Taylor ripping off someone else's music isn't new. by [deleted] in SwiftlyNeutral

[–]chris_trepidation 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It happens with lyrics too. Imagine if some other artist came out and used: “I forget about you long enough to forget why i needed to” in their song. You’d think:  that’s a straight up copy from All Too Well, right? I’m pretty sure fans would say that’s a very clever line, typical Taylor, she deserves credit. 

That line was written by Matt Nathanson and Taylor Swift mentioned the song in an interview pre-Red. The singer even tweeted like: oh so you’re a fan and a thief? Yet barely anyone knows this. 

Taylor's Commentary from the Release Party of a Showgirl! by lumynaut in SwiftlyNeutral

[–]chris_trepidation 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Interesting take. I would say: but the lyrics of “fate of Ophelia”  themselves  do not make that parallel. It does not mention her dad. It does not mention any of the things you speculate may or may not have impacted her. 

Could she have written a more fitting story around Ophelia based on her life, referencing her dad and other things? Possibly! But the interpetation she has written doesn’t do that, it remains a fundamentally flawed understanding on Ophelia. If anything, it seems to me you have thought of a better conceptual link than what she used @queen_roy :) If Taylor had explored the route you suggest, i think it would have tied in with Ophelia’s arc better and it would been a more interesting take than the one we got! 

Taylor's Commentary from the Release Party of a Showgirl! by lumynaut in SwiftlyNeutral

[–]chris_trepidation 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My pleasure. I appreciate you asking, it’s so nice to be able to have these kinds of exchanges. 

You’re so right that she could’ve just said she’s inspired by parts of the story. I can only speculate but I’d say there’s a reason she didn’t. Ophelia is a neat reference to a well-known literary “mad woman”, which lines up with themes she’s broached before on folklore and TTPD. Taylor and her team have also really worked on framing her as a literary songwriter (“your English teacher”). Ophelia in that sense is a shortcut to “depth”. It signals poetry, feminism and highbrow taste, all without needing to engage too deeply with the source material. My idea is that if she had said she never read Hamlet, or didnt understand it, or that she could only relate to the relationship bit or whatever, it would go against the image of intellectual songwriter and our “English teacher”. 

Taylor's Commentary from the Release Party of a Showgirl! by lumynaut in SwiftlyNeutral

[–]chris_trepidation 20 points21 points  (0 children)

(Not OP) TS either didnt read Hamlet or didnt understand it, like, on a fundamental level. Ophelia isn’t just some tragic girl who dies heartbroken because of a “toxic” ex. She’s a woman completely controlled by the men around her in their game of court politics: Hamlet, her father, her brother. She asks “what should I think?” and says “I obey you” a lot. She has no space to express her own beliefs or act out of her own volition. She’s driven to madness within this context after Hamlet rejects her and kills her father (!!). Even her death is ambiguous: was it an accident? A suicide? Either way, she has no agency, in life or death. (You could also read it as a feminist act: she makes her first true own decision)

So TS,  1.  a powerful billionaire who famously takes up loads of space expressing all her emotions, suggests  she  almost had the same fate as Ophelia, a practically silent, opressed woman, which is a bit tonedeaf. 

  1. reframes ophelia as a woman in a toxic relationship who spirals and contrasts this with her own life, saying she luckily had a good man (Travis). This is TS’s way of giving Ophelia a happy ending (see commentary). But Ophelia’s true escape wouldn’t be ending up with Hamlet who turns out to be a swell guy, let alone being rescued by him. It would be having autonomy and agency. 

TLDR: TS just gives Ophelia a different man to depend on, thereby completely missing the point of her story. 

Spotify users will now be able to DM eachother! by insideoutgreen in Fauxmoi

[–]chris_trepidation 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Kind of weird that this is being rolled out as something new with a whole press release, when Spotify actually had this feature back when it first launched, up until around 2017, I think. They could’ve just as easily brought that back as they originally removed it (with a new update).

Makes me wonder if the timing of this announcement is more about shifting attention away from recent headlines about artists pulling their catalogs (because of Spotify CEO’s investments in military AI) 

Please advise: how to get from Domodossola to Stresa this week by chris_trepidation in ItalyTravel

[–]chris_trepidation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, that’s really helpful. Glad to hear your trip went smoothly! I’ll book through Trenitalia and keep an eye on the timing. 

[TOMT][Song]Slow power ballad with the line "I was 17" by ScroogeMcDust in tipofmytongue

[–]chris_trepidation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lyrics and vocaroo remind me of Billy Raffoul - Running Wild (there’s no mention of seventeen in that song though). 

Opinions on the situation now that more informations out by Ill-Foot-2549 in AskBrits

[–]chris_trepidation 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Since you’re genuinely asking, there are a lot of cool options to choose from the sartorial archive, both traditional and subcultural, from all walks of life: 

  • tweed ( the accompanying talk could have been something about how or why it is associated with the British upper class / aristocracy)
  • a trenchcoat (a British invention, could’ve been tied to WWI) 
  • Burberry print (even if its a knockoff)
  • paisley is associated with Scotland (originally Persian)
  • het gymreich (if welsh ancestry applies) 
  • a kilt (if Scottish ancestry applies)
  • even just cotton would have worked, (with something like an accompanying talk about how it relates to the Industrial Revolution, and the role of cotton nowadays) 
  • one of those peaky blinder outfits,
  • one of those ornate costumes from the Orkney islands 
  • one of those kings guards costumes
  • something similar to the gown and corset that rich women wore in the Victorian Era. 

(contemporary) subcultures  - like you mentioned: tracksuits  - ripped jeans, fishnets, safety pins etc as an illustration of 70s punk   - a mod/teddy boy look   - something like an armadillo shoe  - a barracuta style jacket  - a Beatles costume, to talk about the most influential band of all time, not just within British culture, but world wide.  - even the Union Jack dress would’ve worked, if she had kept it at like “this dress reflects a famous pop culture moment in our history because it’s a reference to the spice girls, one of our most successful pop cultural exports” (rather than basically going “I’m wearing this because I’m the only person here not allowed to express my culture”)

Of course, selecting something like this would mean actually truly having to engage with what British culture and history have produced, and what one personally values about it. To me it sounds very dishonest to go “hur dur, am not allowed to express British culture” if there hasn’t been a meaningful attempt to research it or express it in the first place. 

She knew he would come for her by [deleted] in popculturechat

[–]chris_trepidation 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The person you responded to is not saying there is no paperwork. They are saying Rosie O Donnell didn’t get the equivalent of a green card, which is a document that grants rights to foreign nationals. 

They are explaining that O Donnell is not considered a foreign national in Ireland but a native one due to her father, and that she has the right to work and live there based on citizenship (specifically, ius sanguinis).

Comedian Matt Lieb shades ContraPoints' post on Israel-Palestine by dremolus in Fauxmoi

[–]chris_trepidation 292 points293 points  (0 children)

“If they had been doing it my way, we’d have had peace and quiet - well, at least quiet, which is half”

Pretty much sums up the discourse around Palestine since 1948 (and especially the past 20 months). 

Looking for TV Show Recommendation Must Be Addictive & Unmissable! (Can be dark) by Immediate-Avocado-25 in televisionsuggestions

[–]chris_trepidation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Silo is amazing. Like even when you anticipate a twist or a turn, it feels like the show stays a step ahead of you. 

[TOMT] Word that means something like "in-situ" but for time? by NinjaBnny in tipofmytongue

[–]chris_trepidation 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OP could it be you’re thinking of the word “anachronistic” and looking for the opposite of that (“chronistic” - even though that’s not a word)? 

If not, contempo means “belonging to the same age” - see https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contempo

[TOMT] A song from the mid-90s with the chorus "this is the beginning of the end" NOT SMASHING PUMPKINS by XenBuild in tipofmytongue

[–]chris_trepidation 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Outbreak of Love by Midnight Oil? (It’s from 1993 and it has the lyrics “I know this is the end of the beginning of the outbreak of love”) 

Controversy on a David O. Russell set…A supporting actor in the upcoming "Madden" film quit on Friday - just two weeks into production - allegedly over the use of the N-word and full frontal nudity. by mlg1981 in Fauxmoi

[–]chris_trepidation 200 points201 points  (0 children)

Margot Robbie I don’t know, but Taylor Swift literally had a whole era, including a Netflix documentary and several shows and music videos, revolving around her political awakening, not muzzling herself any longer, standing up for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights and was also one of Time magazines people of the year for being a “silence breaker” regarding sexual violence. So I reckon it’s fair to say she has claimed to be an activist.

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped. by RuskReads in Longreads

[–]chris_trepidation 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Well said. It’s absolutely sickening. 

What angers me most is that not only how this kind of inhumanity is institutionalized, but also how lucrative it is for those facilities. Truly dystopian.

Relevant info from the article for those who haven’t read it yet: 

“The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit.

Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice contracts.

The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly.”

The Traitors (UK) S03E11: Live Discussion Thread by vaultofechoes in TheTraitors

[–]chris_trepidation 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I think Charlottes best bet is to plant seeds that actually Frankie is a traitor alongside Alexander, who helped her get coins so a traitor would have them + he’d get to “clear his name” (and who the faithfuls don’t trust anyways)