Because he gave me hope for the mcu.
Now itās goneā¦.reduced to atoms.
Kang never really felt like a good choice for the new Thanos, but then again, I never really liked the āflavorā of the character. Feels too mishmashy.
Now a well done Dr. Doom, however . . .
You know whatās funny, there was a kang variant that became doctor doom, Rama-Tut specifically.
Achy breaky heart sometimes is unironically a good song
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I disagree. If the lines were something like, āI can buy myself dinner and open my own doors,ā that would be a message of independence. But buying yourself flowers and writing your own name in the sand isnāt self-care. Itās delusion.
I may have misunderstood the custom of giving flowers and writing names together, but I think most women donāt inherently like having their names written. And while flowers are nice and smell good, the point is the expression of care and affection. The idea that buying yourself stuff is a valid substitute for real relationships with other people is a rather harmful message, both for individuals and for society.
Also, in regards to her being a nepo-baby, the existence of a good song doesnāt invalidate that. She doesnāt write or produce her own songs and her voice is autotuned. There are probably millions of women who could do what she does. She gets to do it because her dad is famous. Thatās how nepotism works.
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Billy Rays mullet could do a wheelie on a CR 500 while chugging a 16 oz. Bud and wowing the britches off all the bitches within a 5 mile radius.
And thats without spiking the top and slicking the sides.
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Hot take from left field: Watching the tens of thousands of ILLEGAL ALIENS (calling them asylum seekers or unhoused migrants or any other PC term is just akin to putting a turd in a box with a pretty bowtie) continually stream into our country, day in and day out, both infuriates and disgusts me.
If you donāt happen to live in Texas [as I do], or another border state, you truly do not know how badly they have[and still are] fucked up our border cities: El Paso, Brownsville, Harlingen, etc. Iāve been there and seen all the people milling around, sleeping everywhere, urinating/defecating everywhere, and the amount of bodies just wandering around, with nothing to do, the mind-blowing amount of trash/litter that is either blowing around or piled up in parking lots, against buildings, etcā¦ itās awful. The thing that really gets me is, we could so easily immediately stop this ROT, this parasitic invasion, by closing the border, NOT taking them in and processing them, making them go back to Mexicoā¦if we just actually enforced the border, we could stop the bleeding of our city budgets, the BILLIONS of dollars weāve wasted on these rats. Yes, I say rats, parasites, etcā¦itās what they are. Like a former president famously once said ātheyāre not sending their best and brightest: engineers, scientists, professors, doctorsāā¦weāre getting the dregs of their countries who come in expecting to jump on Uncle Samās teat, expecting to have shelter, food, clothing, etc given to them. When the fuck did we as a country vote on spending Billions on this? Proposition charity for illegal invaders āsure, weāll spend billions of dollars we donāt really even have, rather than taking care of our own homeless, drug addicts, vets, or our own impoverished CITIZENSā. I mustāve slept in the day we voted on that one.
Again, before you smugly say how āawful and meanā I amā¦take a minute to step back and think on the enormous toll this is taking on our country, and I want you especially to think about how YOUR tax dollars, the money you earn by working hard at whatever it is you do for a living, are being spent by people who snuck into our country and literally expect for America to support them, almost as if they are a helpless newborn child: shelter, food, clothing, etc. Also, why are we, the United States, the ONLY country in the world spending BILLIONS on this and not even attempting to stem the tide???
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At the risk of moving into elbows too pointy territory, her voice is fine. I personally know people that sing as well as she does and are better looking and they arenāt selling concerts or CDs. The music industry (and the movie/tv industry) have many more talented people that want to work in them than they really have jobs for, particularly as front page singers. And I donāt think that Miley Cyrus got there from being the one in a million singer.
Of course, to be fair, having a famous dad is as good a reason as any to get the job (and far better than blowing the right person, which is also certainly a way that it works sometimes).
Iām not saying that she is not qualified for the job. Iām just saying that she got a shot because of her dad when there are many equally qualified people who donāt get a shot.
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Hannah Montana forever.
Tried to link article, didnāt really work. Conclusion -sheās no Karen Carpenter, but sheās not the worst.
Hmm. I have no experience of having my name written in sand, but I suppose I would find it sweet. My husband gave me a diamond-y heart necklace on our wedding day. Itās nothing Iād have chosen for myself, but I do feel loved when I wear it. So, yes, these are symbols of something important. However, in the song sheās dealing with an unwanted breakup. āI started to cry, but then remembered Iā¦I could buy myself flowersā¦ā
Self-love is as real and important as other-love. Is Miley valid only as long as she has the attention of Chris Helmsworth? I read once that āTo be a woman living alone is a luxurious thing,ā and I agree. We rock at making pretty nests, for the most part. (Obviously a generalization, only true to the degree it is.) So if my heart is broken - and it has been - I can either cry and cry and cry, or I can tip my chin up and take care of myself. If itās me, and obviously Miley in the video, workouts increase because they offer both the benefit of stress relief and because Iām going to show up looking HOT next time I see the ex. Not crushed or tearful. Iām going to make my home a haven, which may well include self-bought flowers on the table.
It doesnāt mean that I no longer wish for a relationship, but rather that I donāt need a bad relationship or to chase someone who doesnāt want me. Instead, Iāll gather my girls around me and take myself dancing. Iāll remember that half the time he didnāt know WTF I was talking about. Iāll remember that it is I who is valid, not him.
Itās not a substitute for real relationships, but rather the substitution of internal validation of worth for external.
For the short time it lasts.
What makes a birdās nest pretty? The nest or whatās in it?
And end up complaining that you have no men.
It all sounds like a way to excuse behavior that kills relationships. If you donāt need a man to make you happy and feel fulfilled, then donāt bother looking for one at all. Whatās the point? Is it for appearances or is a man just some accessory? The same goes for men who think that way. Imagine a relationship where neither person needs the other. Good luck.
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Iām sorry, but are we still talking about a song in which someone is subjected to an unwanted breakup?
Or has their been a shift to an āI DONāT NEED NO MENā song and Iāve fallen behind in the conversation?
Thank your local Libtard
Buying yourself flowers and writing your own name in the sand is not self care. Itās bitter and reductive and the song is suggesting that a relationship can be replaced by a series of rituals that you can just perform yourself.
I understand that you see an anthem about independence and self improvement and that is admittedly the mood and melody of the song. But the words are frankly silly and dependent. āI donāt need flowers to understand my own worth,ā would be a message of independence. āI can buy myself flowers,ā while perhaps only slightly different, feels fragile and narcissistic.
Sheās also wealthy and famous, and some men find her attractive. Itās just contrived tripe. Iām supposed to feel bad for someone in her position? If she doesnāt need a man to buy her flowers or whatever, then I suppose sheāll settle for some nice guy who drives a Kia.
Music is emotion, not logic, and speaking as someone who has been wounded and who spends her days attending the wounded, the song is a good one. Is it contrived to push buttons? Yes, certainly. As are most popular songs, by which I mean songs of every genre which find an audience.
Perhaps youād like it better if it was written more like (picture me here belting this out in tune to the original):
I didnāt want to leave, babe,
I didnāt want to fight,
Started to cry but then remembered Iā¦
I can shovel a dead mouse,
Throw him into the woods,
I can call a mechanic,
Fix whatās under the hood,
I can take my whole paycheck
Right to the growwww-cery stooo-ooore,
I can do all I have to,
'Cause Iām nooooooo-bodyās whore.
You seem to see it as an anthem to menās disposability, but I see it as a girl whoās been devastated reminding herself that she doesnāt need to cry over an asshole. He WALKED OUT. He did!
I donāt see anything in it that suggests that she wonāt find someone else, hopefully this time a better choice - someone who deserves her devotion. But meanwhile, she can take care of herself. Emotionally and practically.
Itās a ātip your chin up, girlā song.
I suspect weāll never agree. But I donāt see narcissism, I see healthy ego making repairs.
And again, I do buy flowers sometimes because theyāre so nice to have in the house. I have to wait for someone to gift them to me? No.
You see it but you donāt recognize it.
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I donāt know what the deal with miles cyrus is, but I doubt the lyrics in the song really reflect how she actually feels. She probably had a ghost writer string some words together that she knows will appeal to some audience
For example, I could write a rather convincing breakup song myself just by asking around, reading some psych literature and using my writing skills, doesnāt mean I actually know what breakups feel like
These pop singers know what makes mass audiences tick and play to that to get engagement
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āParty in the USAā is an all time classic.
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