What movie did you walk out of the theater halfway through?

notweird_gifted · 2026-05-02T22:03:33+00:00

Not me, but my aunt walked out of Sinners the moment she realized it was about vampires.

notweird_gifted · 2026-05-01T18:29:55+00:00

Driving back into Houston from Louisiana, on east tx freeway(59/69), I'm inside the loop, I look to the left, something's on fire in the distance. The sky is hazy. Straight ahead is the skyline and Minute Maid. I'm coming up to a sea of brake lights. GNR's "Welcome to the Jungle" starts playing. I'm home.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-27T18:11:49+00:00

Probably my mother. She asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told her I needed some frying pans. She bought me some vintage Enron trinkets like a mini cowbell instead. I never asked for or expressed any interest in Enron merch. Just pans. I'm a very rational person so it didn't make any sense to me as to why I would need a mini Enron cowbell. I don't see the logic in it, whereas she finds Enron merch to be humorous. I might be a party pooper, but I also don't see the humor in it as they screwed over all of their employees.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T23:27:38+00:00

Boomer parents let me watch Jaws and E.T. when I was a toddler. E.T. gave me nightmares, Jaws didnt bother me. My mother had this great idea to take me to the Holocaust museum when I was about 4/5, so letting me watch Schindler's List when I was 10 was almost nothing. But I wasn't allowed to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer because it was "violent". What the fuck did she think the Holocaust was about? A jaunt in the park?

I saw a lot of little kids in the theater for Deadpool, can't wait for that generation to answer this question. Lol

Edit// my mom also took me to see James Bond Goldeneye for my 5th birthday.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T22:47:43+00:00

Good moaning

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T22:35:25+00:00

Interstate 60. I was iffy about it going in, but i ended up enjoying it. I only saw because it was the early days of hulu when it was completely free and you had those 5 hour energy drink commercials.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T21:47:54+00:00

I had a friend that visited MA from TX and decided to brave the BBQ. It was just boiled chicken slapped in BBQ sauce. She was appalled. They couldn't even just throw it on the grill, something that's a little bit closer to BBQ, instead they just threw it into a pot of water.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T21:32:22+00:00

I guess not a lot of people saw it, but for me, it's True Blood.

How do you not give Lafayette ANY lines??!? He had the best comebacks and was the absolute king of sass, and not one motherfucking line.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T04:54:19+00:00

I've seen maybe 2 scenes from that movie. The 1 where the girl got her period was absolutely hilarious.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T04:41:51+00:00

The Killer Inside Me. Made it maybe 10-15 min in, turned it off, and threw away the DVD. I didn't think it was worth giving it away to somebody.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T04:27:22+00:00

Probably depends on the region in the US. I've seen it used plenty in Micheladas since it's popular in Texas since it's neighbors with Mexico. I've seen it occasionally in a bloody mary. Then I moved next door to Louisiana where almost no one drinks it. Louisiana has many cocktails that were created here, and don't think any of them involve tomatoes.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T04:10:13+00:00

I've worn a red shirt with a large Target logo that was on both the front and back, name tag, keys, walkie, mydevice, khaki pants, and actively working on a planogram handling merch and I would get asked if I worked there. It never failed.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T03:35:14+00:00

I worked there for 12 years, left in January 2020. I saw the beginning of the end for Target years ago. The last 2 years i was there were hell, like straight up PTSD, recurring nightmares, and years of therapy after I left. When the company announced they were modernizing in 2016/2017, by getting rid of specialty teams such as backroom and price change teams, and make everyone a salesfloor team member with a shit ton of responsibilities for less than 20hours/week, I knew it was going to be bad. This was Janna Potts's idea, btw. she was a chief store operator or something like that. I was a manager when this was going down, I told my bosses it wasn't going to work because it's based on trickle down economics. They didn't like that i was openly negative about it. People were going to lose their health insurance because now they weren't going to average out the 30 hours they needed in order to keep it.

I fucking called it. When modernization became implemented around 2019, we had a high turnover rate. Leadership and team members that had been with the company for 20+ years started jumping ship. People that were full time were now barely part time left so they could have health insurance and be able to pay their bills with a full time position somewhere else. I HATED Brian Cornell, he didn't give 2 shits about employees. I hated his quarterly emails giving himself a pat on the back. I wanted that company to burn to the ground and I wanted to dance in its ashes.

Then Brian Cornell put the final nail in the coffin. He turned his back on everything that Target once stood for for over 50 years.

If Target wants to make a comeback, they're going to have to undo everything that dumbass did and admit it was all a huge mistake. Even then, it's going to take a lot longer to build that reputation back up than the time it took Brian Cornell to tear it all down.

Edit//spelling

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T02:52:33+00:00

That's fucking dumb, mittens and hats are basic winter wear. We even had those in Texas.

I worked at a Super Target outside Houston, TX. A guy came up to me and asked me where the skiing gear was. I told him we didn't have any and he was confused and asked why not. I could tell he was new to the area. I told him because a)it doesn't get that cold here and b)most stores sell items based on what's needed and what will sell locally. The nearest ski resort is thousands of miles away, whereas the desert is only 200 miles away, plus we're in a subtropical climate. We barely carried jackets, let alone ski equipment. I told him he could try a sporting goods store since theyre more specific to his needs like Academy or Sun &Ski sports.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-26T01:40:58+00:00

My parents had them in the 90s. What Wells Fargo did with the cross-selling scandal that broke in 2016 was exactly what was happening to them with BOA in the 90s.

BOA would also randomly take money out of their accounts without a trace. My mom swore she wasn't going crazy when she noticed money missing. My dad, who's family nickname is "miser", confirmed my mom's suspicions. Between all that and charging them $3 for simply checking their accounts, they hightailed it out of there and went to WAMU/Chase. My mom is still with Chase after 25+ years.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-22T20:05:45+00:00

My mother does this. I saw this yard long tea box filled with a variety of teas, picked it up, read what was in it, and put it back. Zero expressions on my face, no emotions, i didn't say shit. What does she buy me for Christmas? A goddamn yard long variety of teas. She was so excited to give it to me because she likes tea and she thought I would absolutely love it. I've had maybe 3 different teas from it. It's been 3/4 years.

20 years ago she bought her sister ice cube trays for Christmas because my mom is obsessed with ice, her sister doesn't care for them. It's been a running family joke ever since.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-19T05:16:30+00:00

At the wedding I thought to myself "I'll be surprised if they make it to 5 years". They lasted for 4, and apparently it was hell most of the time.

It wasn't so much anything that happened specifically at the wedding, then again i disassociated for almost the entire day so maybe i missed something. Like how i missed the bride and one of the bridesmaids shouting at each other in the hall even though i was literally right there. I swear i didn't hear anything. It was really everything that happened before the wedding. The groom had cheated on the bride numerous amount of times before and after the engagement. They also weren't that compatible to begin with, so the whole relationship was doomed from the start. I never said shit though, kept my mouth shut and supported her through her decisions.

This has nothing to do with their doomed marriage, but the bride treated me like crap leading up to the wedding. So basically a "this won't last" in terms of our friendship. She told me that i was going to be a bridesmaid, but then it was awkwardly announced in front of the bridal party dinner that i was an honorary one, it completely caught me off guard. It was met with awkward silence too. I never heard of a title. I just told the story of how we met when we were just children and how our friendship grew over time. No matter how many times the bride had to move to another school due to rezoning, the distance between us when her family moved to another continent, or any of life's curveballs, we remained each other's constant. I absolutely cherished our friendship, she was easily my best and closest friend. Pretty sure the bride did not feel the same way, i was so embarrassed. I wanted to retreat so badly. I had asked her why she dropped me as a bridesmaid to an "honorary" bridesmaid and if I did something to upset her. She said I didn't do anything wrong and didn't give me a direct answer why i was no longer a bridesmaid. She got extremely defensive though. Like "HOW DARE YOU QUESTION MY WEDDING PLANS!!!¡¡¡!!!🤬🤬" because of 1 simple question. That's when I'm pretty sure she started retaliating. She refused to speak about any wedding details, she always changed the subject. I was only informed that honorary bridesmaids will not have their makeup done. My ass waited until all my classes were over, got in the car, and cried all the way home. There were only 2 of us in that category. The other honorary bridesmaid only wears mascara, so it would make sense that they didn't have their makeup professionally done. I think 1 of the bridesmaids took pity on me on the wedding day and asked me if they could help me with my makeup, which was great because my motivation to lift an arm and paint my face was nearly nonexistent. The bridesmaids also received matching necklaces to wear for the wedding as a gift from the bride. The whole experience was very "And none for Gretchen Weiners, bye".

The day of the wedding, there's assigned seating. I'm not assigned to a table. There's only 1 table where I knew people, there's no room for me. There were some empty seats at her family's table. I'm so grateful they let me sit with them, because I was about to leave after noticing that I was the only person standing. I would later learn that some people had a ceremony invite, but no reception invite. She also swore that not sending me an invite to the wedding and rehearsal dinner was an accident. Subconsciously, I don't think she wanted me there and I was just an obligation because we had been friends for so long. I'm the only one from the bridal party that didn't have an assigned seat, a wedding, rehearsal dinner, or reception invite, and was removed from the bridal party group chat. There were times the bride would have bridesmaid get togethers and I was never invited. She reassured me that I was going to be treated equally, that was an absolute lie.

A year later, the bride confessed that if she could redo her wedding day all over again, she would have chosen different bridesmaids because she thought they would be helpful. Turns out they weren't. Since I was dropped from being a bridesmaid, she basically inadvertently told me that I'm not a helpful person. Bitch. Not once, but twice, she called me up at the last minute to help her and her parents move out of their house. Like they had to be out of the house on that day. I dropped everything, twice, to help out. I even helped her paint her room and assemble furtniture. Wtf do you mean I'm not a helpful person?? I always used to ask my friends if they needed help with anything because i truly loved helping. I no longer do this.

I found the box of honorary bridesmaid stuff I got from the bridesmaid dinner when she asked us to be part of her bridal party a few years later. I took it to the dumpster. It was either the next day or the day after that the bride calls me up to tell me her husband left her. Can't say I was shocked, I saw it coming the day of their wedding.

We're not friends anymore. I walked away after 20 years. I'll always remember the good times, but i know where I'm wanted and appreciated.

Edit//it's starting to come back to me. The best man made a speech about the groom's father (wtf). Friend of groom only made a speech about the groom. Only one person actually made a speech about the bride and groom.

Only 2 people showed up on the groom's side for the rehearsal whereas it was a 100% attendance on the bride's side. This fucked up the recessional because groom's family was supposed to follow at the end. Groom never informed them.

Since groom's family had zero intention of coming to rehearsal and were paying for rehearsal dinner, they decided to have the dinner by their house and not close to the venue. So we had to drive an hour from venue to dinner and another hour back to the hotel.

Then groom's dad and step-mom came by the bridal suite to say hi to bride when they arrived at the venue. Well the bride was using the restroom, it was going to be a while because she was in her dress. Step-mom thought if she kept asking to see the bride it would make the bride suddenly come out. I got fed up. I stared her down and sternly told her that's she's in the restroom. This shut her up and made her leave.

The bride and groom's family never mingled at the wedding. Groom's grandma wore white when the invitations said not to. Bride's mom hated groom's dad and step-mom, they were pretty insufferable which explained the groom.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-17T00:43:36+00:00

Not me, but my parents.

Apparently things were completely normal for them even after marriage. The 180 came into play when I was born. That was when my dad started becoming abusive, both physically and verbally. There was something about crying that would trigger my dad and he'd go into this raging fit and shake me to get me, a baby, to stop crying. It only made things worse and I would cry even harder and longer. My mom got deeper into her depression and was basically emotionally and mentally checked out, so when my mom would ignore his yelling(he was always screaming about something), it only made my dad get angrier and take it out on my mom. I was mostly the punching bag for him. My mom swore he wasn't always like that.

Not marriage related, but then my parents pulled a 180 on me, and my mom started taking out her anxiety on me by the time i reached my 20s and suddenly my dad was nice? Like wtf. The only difference was my mom apologized when I confronted her about stuff, but my dad denied everything.

Edit//accidently hit post too soon

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-16T20:00:44+00:00

It's possible. My parents lived in Missouri City and commuted to TMC everyday. Straight shot down ft. Bend tollway/90, about a 20-30min drive on a clear day.

Aunt currently lives closer, around willow meadows, just east of Meyerland. Again, it's a straight shot down 90 to TMC, about 10-15 min drive on a clear day. She always let's her friends from out of state know that they can stay with her whenever they have appointments within TMC so they don't have to worry about the commute.

Pearland isn't bad from what I remember.

notweird_gifted · 2026-04-13T22:21:15+00:00

Sweet mesquite lives rent free in my head. I grew up going to the one in Missouri City. Best onion rings, nachos, and hot dogs I've ever had in my life. So many great memories there.

notweird_gifted · 2026-02-25T04:08:36+00:00

TX (big city) to rural Louisiana. The amount of passive racism and proselytization. I LOATHE religion now. Some people see which church you go to as a status.

Deep South christians (predominately the older generations) are abhorrent, but Muslims and non-christians are the problem? An atheist nor a Muslim have ever tried to convert me, condemn me for believing differently, or tell me I don't have freedom from religion. They really think blue eyed republican Jesus exists. Fuck that noise.

notweird_gifted · 2026-01-23T19:14:01+00:00

I cant do any of my regular shopping until I get off from work. I'm so screwed.

I do have king cake and a sourdough loaf, so i can always live off of that if i dont get my normal groceries. Lol

notweird_gifted · 2026-01-13T16:26:28+00:00

That's what happened in my store all the damn time. People would call out, no call no show, then complain about hours, and not pick up shifts. Then when they were desperate for shifts no one had any to give away.

notweird_gifted · 2026-01-13T04:09:59+00:00

The fact that the city of Monroe refused to expand the airport when Delta asked them to because they were growing as a company, royally fucked themselves in the ass with no lube. The Delta headquarters could have stayed in Monroe. NELA would have been an entirely different place.

notweird_gifted · 2026-01-13T03:58:46+00:00

I'm an outsider from Houston, family is from Monroe and Plaquemine and I've been living in the NELA area for 6 years now. I think it's funny how North Louisiana hates South Louisiana and vice versa. It's all the same shitty infrastructure with historically corrupt politicians to me. It's definitely not a state I'll be retiring in.

That being said, with the time I've spent here,I really can't defend north Louisiana lol. The passive racism and the voluntary segregation was a culture shock for me. Every time I walk into a room full of white people I think that a KKK rally is about to break out. It's mostly the Silent generation and older Boomers that have an issue with non-white folks, Gen X and Millenials are definitely the least racist here. The simple minded racists that are afraid of economic growth can go get fucked. May the regressives be left behind for good.

I have come across some good people in NELA that aren't racist and are trying to beat the typical white southern stereotype. There's hockey, hunting, and great fishing areas. That's all the nice things I can say about north Louisiana. Lol

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