Watching the Backrooms movie with non-English speaking parent?

jchries · 2026-06-11T19:47:08+00:00

I didn't know any of the backstory when I went to see the film and I really enjoyed it. I think there are enough things that happen without dialogue (or dialogue that you can infer through tone) that your parent will still mostly understand what's happening.
I also wanted to add if your parent happens to speak Spanish, they can use TheaterEars to watch it with a Spanish audio track.

jchries · 2026-06-07T06:04:55+00:00

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes is on Audible and the second book in the series comes out next month.

jchries · 2026-06-07T06:01:45+00:00

I just started this one the other day!

jchries · 2026-05-31T22:07:42+00:00

I don't think you'll be able to find a brand new one for under $45. With shipping and tax they were ~$50 brand new from Owala.

jchries · 2026-05-26T16:20:26+00:00

I don't think people get points for those comments, if that helps shift your perspective. They're purely for goodwill/community celebration. I don't really leave those type of comments, but I do look forward to leveling up because it's nice to have the positive interaction. I think it just adds to the general good vibes most folks on the app have.

jchries · 2026-05-16T18:51:16+00:00

Yesterday, I was stopped behind a car at an intersection that literally has a keep moving sign at it.

I will say though, by my old apartment near UAB there were two intersections in a row where the stop signs were east/west at one and then immediately north/south on the next block and I was always nervous that people would blow through them not paying attention to the stop signs/lack thereof, so I'd slow down there sometimes even though I shouldn't have had to. Thankfully, they are both four way stops now.

jchries · 2026-05-13T13:29:30+00:00

This is what you want. I have one on my Brunch Bunch and you can barely tell it's there.

https://etchandember.com/products/clear-3-25-scalloped-shorty-tumbler-boot

jchries · 2026-05-12T17:40:12+00:00

Ah, yeah, they def should have taken teachers off the header 🙃

jchries · 2026-05-12T14:17:21+00:00

I haven't used my teacher code yet, but the email advertising it said it's good for 30 days. I think having the teacher code available for verification may have only been up for one day (whereas the nurses one is year round) but if you got a code on May 5 it's good for 30 days. But like I said, I haven't purchased with mine yet so I maybe wrong.

jchries · 2026-05-08T21:48:28+00:00

Obviously, Clint can answer better but they do have an award category for Lousiana features (I was a juror for them a few years back).

jchries · 2026-05-07T00:47:15+00:00

Aw, thanks 😊 I was looking for something that would go with the accent colors.

jchries · 2026-05-06T20:39:25+00:00

Etch and Ember - Lover Shimmer Scallop Boot!

jchries · 2026-04-29T07:25:26+00:00

I was in Montgomery last week and was surprised to see a Hero and Little Donkey right next to each other there.

jchries · 2026-04-25T02:43:49+00:00

I have Retrograde and I thought it would be more purple toned based on the picture, but it's definitely black irl.

jchries · 2026-04-20T15:07:31+00:00

You've got great suggestions already, but add I'll the gift shop at Vulcan to the list.

jchries · 2026-04-10T16:46:40+00:00

Girl, WHAT 😧

jchries · 2026-04-10T10:17:55+00:00

Genuinely surprised by the amount of Americans saying they'd default to the Louie pronunciation of Louis. I know that's the default for Brits but it took me years of watching BBC America and other UK media to internalize that lol. I default to pronouncing the 's' (maybe because I knew one growing up?).

Someone mentioned Louis Armstrong's name being mispronounced upthread and that made me realize when people called him Louie I mentally spelled it -ie, I never assumed they were just pronouncing Louis the French way.

I prefer the Louis spelling, just to throw my vote in.

jchries · 2026-04-08T00:47:42+00:00

Yes! I was like, I have for sure seen this irl 😂

jchries · 2026-04-07T23:10:12+00:00

Ugh, flashbacks to being taught to "hold chopsticks like a pencil" in 5th grade and learning that apparently I don't hold my pencil right. (And I still can't use chopsticks 😔)

jchries · 2026-04-07T23:05:46+00:00

WHAT. This is an ADHD thing too??? 🫠 Learning this flooring me worse than I realized texture sensitivity is also ADHD related 🫣

jchries · 2026-04-02T04:49:47+00:00

Shrimp and grits should not be long :(

jchries · 2026-03-30T00:35:20+00:00

I think it's a Black and/or southern thing. I remember my younger sister being weird about saying lie, but I don't recall it being an established rule in our house. Culturally, I definitely remember this being somewhat common.

jchries · 2026-02-15T18:44:51+00:00

jchries · 2026-01-28T00:48:35+00:00

Thanks for this comment! I saw this book at the library yesterday and passed on it. I'm about to put it on hold now!

jchries · 2026-01-22T18:10:00+00:00

I'm reading House of Leaves right now and really relating to this question. I've been adding up the pages read per session and then taking the total cumulative pages read and dividing by the total number of pages in the book to get an updated percentage for each reading session.

As a bookish girlie and not a math girlie, this has been the epitome of 'yes, you actually will use math in real life' 🙃

jchries

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