I thought Mark was trending because something new about the movie was released.
Bro...
Mark's stans (die hard yes men specifically, not normal fans) don't know about the recent discussion Hasan and Asmon started about the nature of doing YT/streaming as a job. They don't watch anyone else, so they have zero clue about the bees nest they just kicked with this subject and how bad they're making him look right now.
The outcome of the greater discussion is basically that, even though every job has it's challenges, nobody wants to hear how "hard" your job is when you stay at home and fuck about on the computer all day with the ability to block even the most mildly annoying users, while most viewers have to do a grueling commute and will get fired if they try to get away from verbally abusive customers for even a second. And then make less money than the youtuber at the end of the day.
Even someone in the comments of Mark's video referenced this clip and got 9k upvotes:
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On one hand, I hope they shut the fuck up and keep this from snowballing into undeserved trouble for Mark. (I watched his video, and he's not out-of-touch whining over how hard his life is. Just that the movie is more difficult than he anticipated, and that it's exhausted even his workaholic tendencies, and he needs to take a step back for his health.) On the other hand, I want these people in specific to be put in their place, because they are making the out-of-touch comments while thinking they're sweeping for him.
Even Mark himself would agree that him bawwing over making a movie is a privileged position to be in compared to cleaning up a drunk's vomit in the back of a WalMart while being screamed at by 80 Karens, on pain of losing your job and getting evicted. I KNOW he knows that for sure.
March 11, 1922
Thimble Theater by E.C. Segar: "Stung"
[ID: Olive Oyl stands around her house, admiring a bumblebee buzzing around in front of her face. /end]
Olive: I sure think a lot of my pet bumblebee.
[ID: Castor, elsewhere in the house, sits on a stool and tries to read the paper. He's distracted by the bee buzzing in front of his face. /end]
Castor: I can't read with you buzzing around. Cut it out!
Castor: And I spanked him. Booo.
[ID: Castor walks in, crying with his hand outstretched to show Olive a bee sting right in the middle of his palm. Olive faints over backwards. /end]
(paul dano riddler voice) NOOO IT’S NOT A “BEE-EM-ESS-DEE” MASK!!! IT’S A MODIFIED PROTOTYPE OF A PROTECTIVE MASK FOR THE US MILITARY!!! IT JUST KEEPS ME WARM IN LOWER TEMPERATURES NOOO!!!
Hmm, that's big talk from a man with alligator clamps on his nipples. I'd actually love to see how quick and witty he is with the riddles while he has a car battery attached to his baws...
The night we call Halloween (All Hallow’s Eve) originated in Ireland. Halloween - Oíche Shamhna (EE-hyeh HOW-nuh) in the Irish language. Literally meaning “Samhain Eve” (“Samhna” is the genitive of “Samhain”).
Samhain, pronounced SOW-in, with the first syllable rhyming with “cow”. It literally means “Summer’s End”, it has the same root as “Samhradh” (SOW-ruh) which means summer. Samhain is also the month of November in Irish, so Samhain Eve is the night before the 1st of November. It was a time to celebrate the end of the harvest season. It also marks the Celtic new year: 1st November is Celtic New Year’s day.
VOCABULARY
HALLOWEEN — Oíche Shamhna [EE-hah HOW-nah]
WITCH (old hag) — cailleach [KAHL-lock]
WITCH (sorcerer) — asarlaí [ASS-er-lee]
MASK — masc [mawsk]
MOON — gealach [GAH-lock]
NUTS — cnónna [kih-NOH-nah]
BAT — ialtóg [ILL-tohg]
GRAVEYARD — reilig [RIH-lig]
BLOOD — fuil [fwill]
TRICK-OR-TREAT — bob-nó-bia [bob no BEE-ah]
(AN IRISH) SPIRIT — púca [POO-kah]
SKELETON — creatlach [CRAT-lock]
WITCH’S HAT — hata biorach [HAH-tah BEER-rock]
CAT — cat [cawt]
BLACK CLOAK — clóca dubh [KLOW-kah dove]
UGLY — gránna [GRAW-nah]
BARMBRACK — báirín breac [baw-REEN brahk]
BOWL — babhla [BOW-lah]
PUMPKIN — puimcín [PWIM-keen]
BROOM — scuab [SKOO-ab]
PARTY — cóisir [KOH-sher]
COSTUME / FANCY DRESS — culaith [KUH-lah]
TRICK — cleas [klass]
BONE — cnámh [knawv]
BONFIRE — tine chnámh [TIN-ah knawv]
APPLES — úlla [OO-lah]
SPIDER WEB — líon damhán alla [LEEN DAW-wan AW-lah]
Two things that ruin America’s Next Top Model: social media frenzy and too much focus given on drama.
THE FAREWELL
After the elimination, Shikin questioned the judges’ decision to give Maureen the FCO, making her the new face of Maybelline, saying Valerie’s photo was more expensive. I guess because saying her photo was better would be a little too vain?
I get why Shikin was frustrated. Last week, she got the highest challenge score, and her photoshoot was fucking flawless (she didn’t get BOTH the challenge prize or the best photo reward). But hey, like I said, in the end, Maybelline is the one who has a say in who would be picked as the winner, considering that she’ll be featured in their campaign, and they picked the prettiest one. So don’t be afraid to say it Shikin. “Don’t cha think mah pic is da best?? Dat Maureen bitch is just lucky she’s so pwetty and shaaaiitteee...”
Shikin’s disgruntlement continued after that when she saw Alicia wrote that she’s rooting for Maureen in her farewell note. (So nobody’s shipping Alicia and Maureen?) I really hope this won’t get pushed as another feud/catfight because dang I’m tired of it.
THE CHALLENGE
Another social media challenge, JESUS. I enjoy last week’s challenge. It was fun. And I guess this too, didn’t stray too far from modelling, BUT HOLY SHIT if I ever hear social media again, Imma lose my shit, y’all. I mean, whatever happened to fun challenges like, um, doing yoga on a surf board? Or KPop dance?
Fiona Fussi, Acuvue (contact lense) ambassador gave them the brief for this week’s challenge - Acuvue Uniquely Me social media challenge.
Acuvue released a line of products that cater to every type of girl - and by every, they mean only five - and using Polaroid camera, the girls need to style themselves and submit three of their best photos that embody the type of woman they were assigned to. The five different personality style are: cosmopolitan woman (Maureen and Tu), the girl next door (Cindy and Veronika), the artist (Shikin and Dorothy), the career women (Clara and Valerie) and the socialite (Nametha).
Using the Polaroid camera proved to be a challenge for some of the girls, especially those who have never used it before. There was a bit of a tension going on since they were only given ten shots to get the best photos. Shikin and the twins struggle a little bit with their groupmate taking shaite photos of them.
But one group’s “conflict” strikes me the most:
So, Clara got a lot of hate for the shenanigans that she pulled during last week’s challenge, but how is what Tu did any different from Clara? Okay, granted, Tu showed a higher level of maturity (she’s much older anyway) and Clara’s much louder, but when Tu called Maureen’s photography skill a “fail” and claimed that this is why she “can only be a model,” it is portrayed as two ladies affectionately joking around with each other (despite Tu looking genuinely dissatisfied by the final products), while Clara, who’s clearly looking like she’s goofing around, is portrayed as this annoying loudmouth beeyotch who everyone loves to hate.
I’m not saying that we should hate Tu, but I’d say the same about Clara too. Last week, the tension was built up from Maureen taking too long with the makeup so I understand how she reacted differently with Clara playfully calling her stupid for not getting the right photo than with Tu saying that her photos are bad (Maureen takes bad photo, we get it). However, I think it’s unfair Clara got portrayed as the “bad” one simply because Maureen reacted better to Tu��s (seemed legit) criticisms than Clara’s playful (yet clueless) remarks because she got to work in a calmer environment.
Anyway, Dorothy won the challenge because she embodies her personality - the artist - by biting a brush(?) and looking super indie-artist-chick-like. Not too crazy about the third photo.
Mau’s my favourite, I’ve got to say. The first photo was beautiful, and she’s really giving me this cosmopolitan girl on-the-go vibe. Tu’s discontentment was totally justified. Lol.
And special mention goes to Veronika, or more accurately, Cindy, who took these photos. The first photo looks AMAZING. To capture a movement like that with a polaroid must have taken some mad skills and perfect timing. (Or luck. I think it’s luck.)
Valerie got the worst score and she seemed super stressed-out working with Clara. But look at these photos. Are they really a product of bad photography? She was giving the same poses and the same face angle in all three pictures. Her styling was bad too, and it was one of the main criteria for a high score.
And special mention goes to Cindy, the “Missing Girl: Last seen wearing a blue top and following a creepy-looking dude with a polaroid camera. This is the last picture we have of her. If you have any information, please call this number. Rewards will be given.”
Tu CONSISTENTLY gets low scores for her challenge. WHY??
THE DRAMA
NOW we’re getting to the good part, huh? NOT.
It all started with Veronika moving back to the “good girls” room with some dirty dish on Nametha. After the challenge, the twins questioned Dorothy’s win, because they can’t even see her eyes. Shikin then asked them who they think should’ve win instead and they said they don’t know because they’re not the judge (dafuq?), prompting Nametha to question their logic (and calling them stupid bitches - on another cam, of course). Then, when they got back to their room, they started talking about how Nametha has no manners and decided to confront her in the “bad girls” bedroom. Nametha, being a BADASS BAWS, just told them to get the fuck over it (more or less).
This went on until after the photoshoot, where they revealed they know Nametha’s been using the wifi and she should get punished for breaking the rules. YADDA YADDA YADDA Clara got exiled to the “bad girls” room for not picking a side (because we good girls just don’t befriend everyone, ew!).
The only two people whom I feel sorry for are: Clara, whose cluelessness seems genuine, and Cindy, who really looks like she thought being in a house with 13 other girls for 13 weeks will be like a giant, super-long slumber party.
“Why don’t they just settle this with a pillow fight?” thought Cindy.
Anyway, the “drama” was bad - super forced, poorly thought out & terribly edited. Some of the girls’ reactions didn’t even match the conversation/situation somehow. I do find Valerie’s remarks on Dorothy’s photo - “It could’ve been better.” - kinda rude and condescending BUT I get that the bigger problems here lie mostly in the language barrier. And I might add the twin seemed to be pulling the same shit Jennica was doing in the earlier episodes, with the constant criticisms and dissatisfaction over other contestants’ performance, and the way they told Clara to move into the “bad girls” room was very Queen Bee-ish.
In my honest opinion, though, this is the same shit the producers tried to pull last week - create drama out of small fights or disagreement. I don’t know any of these girls in real life, but from what I see, their clashes come mostly from the girls having different personalities. Shikin wasn’t being a bossy bitch, she was assertive and know what she wanted; Clara wasn’t being rude, she was super childish and goofy; Nametha didn’t have no manners, she’s just outspoken and emotionally expressive. Yet, week after week, they make it seems like these girls are ready to claw each other’s eye out. I mean, when your audience keep calling your show out for being scripted, maybe you’ve to consider the probability that you’ve gone too far with the drama.
THE PHOTOSHOOT
Oh, have I told you guys how much I was rooting fro Aimee during the third cycle? She has everything needed to become a top model - brain, beauty, personality, height, and a little bit of an attitude for added flavour. Glad to see she’s doing so well now.
For their photoshoot, they need to embody luxurious indulgence for a Neutrogena commercial ad. They need to show beauty, confidence, sophistication and elegance while being totally relaxed and calm in a confined space of a bathtub.
The girls need to represent three types (flavour?) of Neutrogena body wash. The girls wearing green represent Pear & Green Tea.
Gold Lush for the girls wearing, well, gold.
And Ocean Mist being represented by the girls in blue.
I have MULTIPLE issues with this shoot. When you put a tall girl in a bathtub, wearing a dress, with her having to lift her head while her body is submerged in the water, and combined that with the position of the camera, you are NOT gonna get a good picture. Yu Tsai at least should’ve known this. The dress would’ve given an ethereal, dramatic effect had it been a full-underwater photoshoot, but here, it just made the girls look either restricted, or bigger.
And I wonder if they changed the water because it got really murky at the end. It’s disgusting considering how the water got into their eyes and mouth. (And Cindy, in her Instagram post, said that Clara was submerged for twenty minutes in it due to technical difficulties!)
THE PHOTOS
Like I said earlier, the final products of this photoshoot are not my favourites. I can probably point to some that I like, but even then I think it was just OKAY. But enough about that, LET’S ASSESS (and rank’em).
1) Cindy, 1st place, 44.1 points
I’m torn between this and Maureen’s, but I have to agree with the judges here. This just screams indulgence. Plus, beauty care product is Cindy’s thing. Among the other girls, I can see her being Neutrogena spokesperson the most.
2) Maureen, 3rd place, 43.4 points
Again, she’s a girl who can nail beauty care product with ease. It’s a pretty photo, but not much opinion can be form on it. It’s pretty, but it’s an okay pretty.
3) Nametha, 2nd place, 43.7 points
Now we’re venturing into me-no-likey territory. While I can see the beauty and calmness in this photo, it also shows the main problem in this photoshoot. Nametha’s tall, and being confined in that bathtub means she mostly had to squish herself to get in the frame. And in this photo we can see how that, combined with her dress, make her mid-section looks super huge. You either make the pool larger, or the dress, uh, smaller?
4) Tu, 7th place, 36.5 points
Cindy complained about how her photos are mostly too sexy. But you put a girl who just oozes sexuality without even trying in a lace dress in a bathtub and what do you think is gonna happen? She ain’t gonna turn into Mother Theresa in there, boo.
5) Shikin, 4th place, 43.0 points
I won’t say she’s not a commercial girl (she killed it last week) but I’d say she’s not a Neutrogena girl (same with Tuti last cycle). But that being said this could’ve been better. Shit I sounded like Valerie.
6) Clara, 6th place, 37.8 points
CLOSE. YOUR. GODDAMN. MOUTH. JEEZUS.
Btw, the neck looks super-strained. But that’s “trying to show neck while lifting my head to make sure my face is not submerged in the water” neck I tell you.
7) Dorothy, 9th place, 34.8 points
Can someone PLEASE explain to me this whole “sweet bubbly girl next door” thing that Cindy keeps pointing out about Dorothy? Since the first week she struck me as a sassy girl with an attitude. I don’t know if she looks cute and bubbly in real life but heck I just don’t see it.
Oh yeah, and the photo is terrible. I disagree with Cara saying there’s no emotion there, but it’s less “Come in the bath with me and experience this indulgence together,” and more “OH NO, I really don’t mind you using the toilet while I’m trying to take a relaxing bath, dear...”
8) Valerie, 5th place, 42.5 points
“Help, help, this wall is closing in on me. Oh, a camera! Pose! Help, help...”
9) Veronika, 8th place, 35.5 points
“Why bother, twin? Life’s meaningless anyway. Let’s just crawl in a fetal position and wait quietly for our impending doom.. Let’s go gentle into the good night...”
Goodbye, Nametha
So it was a pre-determined no-elimination week (yeah, right) but the issue of Nametha’s breaking the rules rose again during the judging panel. Cindy asked the girls to raise their hand if they thought Nametha should be eliminated. Tu is so affected by the whole ordeal (she wanna use the wifi too, you guys) that she looks like she’s about ready to backhand any girls who think Nametha should stay.
“You either eliminate her or feel the Wrath of Tu!”
So anyway, we say arrivederci to our blooming flower, Nametha.
She seems unapologetic about breaking the rules. But what has been done has been done, and if the punishment for breaching the contract is disqualification, then I think she got what she deserved. Plus, Tu was right. She’s from Singapore, so being familiar with the country they’re staying in, she should really be the one feeling the least homesick (think of it as going to college where you’re not allowed to use the phone or wifi or something, I don’t know). However, it’s still sad seeing her go especially when she’d been giving really good performances these past few weeks.
What’s in the photo? The Wasps (Roast Beef) Price: 220php
Roasted Beef, Choice of Plain Rice or Mashed Potato, and Mushroom Pepper Gravy.
Sa aking karanasan ng pagpunta at pagkain sa The Bee Hive Farm and Kitchen, masasabi ko na 9 out of 10 ang karapat dapat ibigay na antas ng kasiyahan sa lugar na iyon. Ang unang naging paghanga ko sa lugar ay ang malinis na kapaligiran nila mula entrada hanggang pagpasok mo ng mismong kainan. Maging sa pagkain ay kitang kita mo na na napakalinis at talagang perpekto ang pagkakagawa nila sa presentasyon ng kanilang pagkain na inihahain. Naramdaman ko sa lugar ang hitsura at klima ng baguio dahil sa mga magagandang punong nakapaligid dito at sa maaliwalas na simoy ng hangin. Pagdating sa pagkain, unang tingin mo palang ay naiisip mo na kung gaano kasarap ito at sa unang pagsubo mo ay lasang lasa mo kung gaano kalinamnam ang pagkakaluto sa pagkain na masasabi mo na lamang sa iyong sarili ay " Unang subo palang, panalo na ". Ang natutunan ko sa dito ay may bagong kaalaman na natututunan at tatatak sa isipan sa paglalakbay na hindi mo inaasahan.
LASA:
Pagdating sa lasa ng pagkain wala akong masabi dahil sobrang sarap talaga. Noong una ko itong natikman alam ko na agad na masarap ito at yun na nga hindi ako nabigo at nagsisi na yun ang kinain ko. Bago ito sa aking panlasa at dumagdag na sa listahan ng aking mga paboritong pagkain. Malinamnam, malasa at perpekto ang pagkakaluto sa roast beef. Yung alat at tamis na naghahalo sa roast beef na kinain ko pati na rin yung lasa ng lutong bahay nilang gravy ay mawaring hinahanap hanap ko. Maging sa strawberry milkshake na patok sa panlasa ng masa ay tumatak din sa akin. Hindi gaya ng ibang milkshake na lasang ordinaryong shake lamang pero ang milkshake ng The Beehive ay sagana sa gatas na parang mapapabalik ka sa pagiging bata sa sarap. Lahat ng sangkap na sinabi na kasama sa pagkain ay malalasahan mo. Yung kakaibang lasa na tatatak sa dila mo at mag iiwan ng bakas na gusto mo pa at ayaw mong tigilan. Masasabi ko na kapag kinain mo ito ay talagang maglalaway ka hanggang sa mamatay ka.
HITSURA (Food Presentation):
Pagdating naman sa hitsura ay simple lamang ang presentasyon ngunit bawing bawi pagdating sa lasa. Umaapaw sa mushroom pepper gravy ang roast beef kaya’t walang humpay ang aking pagsubo habang kinakain ito. Sa paggamit mo ng kubyertos sa beef ay talagang walang hirap ang paghahati dahil ng malambot ang pagkakaluto sa karne at bawat paghati mo kita mo kung gano kajuicy yung texture nya. Ang presentasyon naman ng kanilang strawberry milkshake ay napamalikhain sapagkat kitang kita mo sa texture ng milkshake nila ang saganang halo ng gatas na nagpapasarap lalo dito. Sa ibabaw ay may crema na nilagyan ng toppings tulad ng strawberry na stick-o, sprinkles at berry knots na alam natin ay paboritong pagkain ng mga bata. Sa pangkalahatan ay simpleng datingan ngunit babagabagin ka naman pagdating sa tikiman.
PRESYO:
Sa presyo naman ay garantisadong sulit na sulit kahit maubos ang pera. Ang nagastos ko man ay halos 300 pero bawing bawi naman kasi nabusog din ako. Ang ibang pagkain kailangan mo pa ng extra/unli rice para mabusog pero itong pagkain na kinain ko sa The Beehive hindi na kasi isang kanin at ulam palang busog ka na. Busog ka na sasarap, busog ka pa sa saya dahil ng masarap ang pagkain. Wala silang promo ngunit sa pagkain mo sa mga pagkain nila talagang pababalikin at pababalikin ka nila.