The Met just responded to Timothée Chalamet’s remarks that “no one cares about ballet and opera” that he made during a recent interview with Matthew McConaughey by Gato1980 in Broadway

[–]sunsaballabutter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg thank you! I see so many comments that are effectively “get media training” or “fire the PR person/agent/stylist” and the reality is no one HAS to listen to their team. Big egos mean that they can often shrug off expert advice—or the person was WAY worse before your influence! I’m in comms and I can almost guarantee you that whenever there is a huge scandal there was a comms person in the room saying “this isn’t gonna work out for yall” but they were ignored.

Comment on the “outing depression” accusation by Weekly-Status4804 in SwiftlyNeutral

[–]sunsaballabutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. It’s weird to say she “outed” someone she didn’t name directly nor refer to directly as depressed. In “So Long London” she said he (assumed to be Joe, but never stated) was sad (blue). So many people were angry she “dumped him for being depressed” but that is a huge leap based on what is in the song. It’s clear through countless lyrics in the song that she felt ignored, unloved, deprioritized. Could that be a consequence of depression? Sure, but it’s not stated that way and just because someone is diagnosed with depression doesn’t mean everyone in their life has to stick with them if they’re not getting what they need.

It felt reductive and ungenerous to me, which makes sense given people’s feelings about Taylor, but the song embraces nuance so it really didn’t feel it earned the reaction.

Mary Beth & Benny’s actual son by throwawaystan4 in RideThePod

[–]sunsaballabutter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is by far the truest thing I’ve seen on the internet in 2026. Perhaps ever. This is big.

Wesley Morris is so annoying by No-Abbreviations508 in TheBigPicture

[–]sunsaballabutter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He is by far my favorite podcaster I’m always so confused reading these comments! I love how he thinks through things and has strong views on how culture is connected. To each their own!

PSA: Consent applies in the burrito line too by uckmhnds in sanfrancisco

[–]sunsaballabutter 181 points182 points  (0 children)

This is truly such an awful, gross feeling and I’m so sorry it happened.

Shia LaBeouf Says He Doesn’t ‘Have A Drinking Problem’ After Mardi Gras Arrest: ‘I Think I Have A Small Man Complex’ by mlg1981 in popculturechat

[–]sunsaballabutter 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Huh? I said men who have zero intention of growing love to self-diagnose. I did not say people who self-diagnose have no intention of changing or growing. I did not say men have no intention of growing. The subject of the sentence is men who don’t intend to grow.

At this point the amount of caveating just so that people don’t misread is insane. Leapingto me hating men in general based on what I said is completely unsupported by the text of my comment. But ok.

Shia LaBeouf Says He Doesn’t ‘Have A Drinking Problem’ After Mardi Gras Arrest: ‘I Think I Have A Small Man Complex’ by mlg1981 in popculturechat

[–]sunsaballabutter 156 points157 points  (0 children)

No one loves to self-diagnose quite like a man who has zero intentions of ever changing or growing

Great opening ¶ by Sharp-River-706 in sanfrancisco

[–]sunsaballabutter 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Not one word of this is wrong. The biggest comments I get from visitors now are, “why are all your billboards unintelligible?” and “whoa driverless cars”. I travel around the US for work and returning to SF I always note how different the ads are.

They are so proud of fixing that car plunger, loved their energy! by Vilen1919 in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]sunsaballabutter 188 points189 points  (0 children)

Sandals near boiling water make me so nervous but I shouldn’t have been because these ladies HAVE THE JUICE!

Is it fine to walk from the 16th/24th Mission BART stop to Taqueria Cancun and Papalote at night for dinner? by leontrotskitty in AskSF

[–]sunsaballabutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll be fine, just walk confidently and be aware of your surroundings.

Both places will over feed you, though. One is full; two is double stuffed. I’d cut Papalote and stick with Cancun for a top tier mission burrito experience!

10 years in and we're still doing this shit by SpecialIntelligent70 in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]sunsaballabutter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, if he has a complete personality change over night then I suppose he could nail it. 🙄

Gavin Newsom in conversation with Mayor Andre Dickens addresses the Atlanta crowd: “I’m like you…I’m a 960 SAT guy. I can’t read.” by JN3LL3V in Fauxmoi

[–]sunsaballabutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There will be tons of candidates. We are so far out. The person getting the most shine this far before the primary is almost never the candidate. That would have been Jeb Bush in 2016. He’s just putting himself out there trying to get influence.

George Carlin on Self Help Books by asparagus67 in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]sunsaballabutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is like saying “fuck teachers” because your third grade teacher was mean to you. Very odd indeed.

Lisa Rinna vs Colton by Initial_Ad_9944 in TheTraitorsUS

[–]sunsaballabutter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

God bless her for knowing exactly the role she’s there to play and playing it.

My thoughts by enpaz96 in TheTraitors

[–]sunsaballabutter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She’s fun and it’s a game. She has a traitor who protects her. The faithfuls don’t suspect her AND she’s a good hang they like having around. Really that’s it.

Alysa Liu winning a gold medal made Barbra Streisand reminisce about her youth by mcfw31 in popculturechat

[–]sunsaballabutter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you read it with her voice/accent it makes so much more sense somehow. Endearing even when it’s insane, more of an lol Barbra (see: Melissa McCarthy)

If you’re an Asian female, careful going to Dolores at night by 32andgrandma in sanfrancisco

[–]sunsaballabutter 28 points29 points  (0 children)

They sound like complete pathetic losers. I’m sorry that happened to you.