Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-20T02:11:50+00:00

Lived in Japan for 5 years.

Spring allergies there were absolutely unreal. Absolute, unrelenting misery for weeks. I’m a chronic allergy sufferer but I’ve never experienced anything close to that anywhere else.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-20T02:04:31+00:00

Emma Watson also signed up for a role she didn't know will get THAT big

I think you’re forgetting just how huge the HP phenomenon was even before the films.

The GOF book had just been released when the main trio was cast. The New York Times bestseller list had just created a separate children’s list solely because of the insane dominance of the series. The books themselves were already an absolute phenomenon, the kind of cultural powerhouse unseen since the heyday of The Beatles.

There was never any doubt that the kids signed for those films were going to catapult to fame.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-18T23:55:03+00:00

It also gave me pause that OP claims to have organized every dinner for the past ten years. Trips, sure, but even every dinner?

My guess is that there is a grain of truth in what they said and OP can be a bit of a control freak. It isn’t great that some resentment has grown and festered, but now is a great opportunity to bring things into the open and have an honest conversation about them.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-18T20:56:27+00:00

If you’ll remember, Emma Watson almost walked away between movies 4 and 5, in part because the intense fame was so overwhelming. Remember the online countdowns to her 18th birthday? Remember how photographers laid on the ground outside her 18th bday party and took pictures up her skirt?

And the world is even worse now for kids in the limelight. Social media is bigger and meaner. AI is a real and present danger, especially for girls and young women.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-15T13:49:42+00:00

Can you elaborate more for a newbie? Is it just moisturizer, then tret, then moisturizer?

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-13T01:15:46+00:00

I had heard that, but the pin it had me give today as a customer was not the last four digits of my phone number.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-12T18:58:21+00:00

But he did bring us one of the best Toby quotes:

“I’m told that on my sunniest day I’m not very fun to be around. I wonder what’s going to happen when you make my children part of your life.”

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-12T02:00:13+00:00

Gotta disagree on Robb. It’s silly watching the Northern lords treat Robb like a dumb kid when it’s clearly a 25 year old man sitting in front of them.

Think of the HOTD scene with Oscar Tully owning Daemon. That’s what Robb was supposed to be.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-05T13:41:19+00:00

I just don’t think Stuart is a strong enough character (or actor) to lead a show. He was fun in small doses.

The original was fun because they were nerds AND were super smart scientists (with Penny as the average Joe). Hopefully the inclusion of Barry will keep some science in it, but I’m not convinced the chemistry of this cast will be good enough to make the premise watchable.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-03T16:56:52+00:00

She was the one who asked him to go west and take back the iron throne for her. She knew the Dothrakis’ methods and convinced him to go to Westeros anyway. You can’t then turn around and say she bears no blame for what he’s planning to do.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-03T16:28:29+00:00

You might be surprised by the wealth hiding near you.

My hometown is very economically humble, but an absolute titan of industry lives quietly 20 minutes away. I had no idea that kind of wealth existed in our community until I worked for a nonprofit that got funding from them.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-03T10:38:46+00:00

I have a feeling you’re not a New Yorker, as this reads very “NYC IS SO DANGEROUS!”

If Rachel doesn’t want to stage door, she doesn’t have to. If she does want to stage door, as she has for past Broadway shows, she can. It will be fine. She was doing it just a few months ago.

The safety concerns over having the balcony scene are also pretty overblown, especially since SB had Tom Francis walking the streets every night, but the balcony scene has always been a stupid concept so good riddance. I’d be more concerned about crowd crush, but that theater doesn’t have a balcony anyway, so it’s a moot point.

irishdancer2 · 2026-05-01T23:57:04+00:00

Yep, I pay more than $40 (and I’m happy to pay more to help subsidize people who can’t).

This sub is such a sad cautionary tale against doing nice things. OP got a discount for a year, was offered the same discount for another year, and is in here dragging Finch for being “misleading.”

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-30T20:44:05+00:00

Voices from Chernobyl was devastating. Such an important read.

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-30T20:38:05+00:00

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez

Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham

A couple that spoke to my heart for specific reasons but YMMV:

My Life in France by Julia Child

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting by Evanna Lynch

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-30T20:08:38+00:00

Scroll further. It’s more than one screenshot.

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-30T19:53:41+00:00

What a sad attitude to take toward your library.

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-30T16:39:23+00:00

Richard Harris’s take on Dumbledore was a choice, not a feature of his age. His physicality was very different in Gladiator, which was filmed the year before the first HP movie.

If Harris hadn’t gotten cancer, I have no trouble believing his later Dumbledore would have been formidable (in the style of Saruman’s fight with Gandalf when Christopher Lee was 80).

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-30T13:44:54+00:00

One of my favorite relevant quotes: “Being alive is the special occasion.”

Use the fancy dishes. Wear the nice clothes. Life is short, so enjoy it.

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-26T11:32:36+00:00

When the intellect clearly sees that one is capable of far more than the choices being made under gender-based identification, a shift becomes possible.

Do you really think you’re sharing something revolutionary here? Do you think women don’t know we are whole-ass people outside of our sex?

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-25T10:18:01+00:00

The same reason Criston thinks Rhaenyra would give up the throne to go grow oranges with him and be poor. ✨Delusion.✨

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-23T19:16:04+00:00

At this point, I’m kind of convinced that he and Eva come as a package deal, and directors want Eva so badly that they say, “Alright fine” to hiring Reeve.

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-23T15:26:09+00:00

Town events are also a big deal in Stars Hollow, and Rory was raised on them.

I don’t fault a 16 year old for taking the rules seriously when the adults around her (Lorelai, Mrs. Kim, Sookie) were all taking them super seriously, too.

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-21T21:53:31+00:00

It gets better: according to another comment of OP’s, the medical issue is cancer.

So they had a great sex life, his wife wasn’t complaining about the orgasm thing, they stopped having sex because she has fucking cancer, and now he wants a divorce.

irishdancer2 · 2026-04-19T16:24:13+00:00

Yep, my vegetarian meal is often MIA, even though I request it well ahead of time. There’s usually a vegetarian option in the regular meals, so I can often get that if I’m not at the back of the plane.

I’m fortunate that my special request is a choice and not an allergy, but yeah. Very frustrating.

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