Althouse: Just 4 TikToks tonight. Let me know what you like.

July 21, 2022

Just 4 TikToks tonight. Let me know what you like.

1. Barron has grown impossibly tall.

2. Kamala's reaction to Joe's getting covid.

3. All the things he had to apologize to his wife for.

4. How to drink wine in the rain.

37 comments:

Kevin said...: Night after night I read the list...

Still, no kitten videos.; 7/21/22, 7:37 PM
farmgirl said...: OMGhawd lol
Kamala for the win!
I liked them all, though.; 7/21/22, 7:38 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: That poor man.
He needs a girlfriend.; 7/21/22, 7:39 PM
Ann Althouse said...: "Still, no kitten videos."

This isn't a kitten and I don't have a video for it, but yesterday, I saw a baby skunk. In the wild. It ran across the bike trail in front of me. It was very tiny, but definitely a skunk, because what else is black? And it had the white stripes.; 7/21/22, 7:43 PM
iowan2 said...: I identify with the guy apologizing to his wife.
A couple of times a year I have to atone for my actions...in her dreams.

Lately, I am in hot water, for putting the car in Drive. That automatically locks the doors, which will pinch her skin when the door lock goes down and her arm is resting against lock.; 7/21/22, 7:51 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: The Kamala video is well done.; 7/21/22, 7:52 PM
Aught Severn said...: It was very tiny, but definitely a skunk, because what else is black? And it had the white stripes.

How did that old flash thing go.....

"Ah badger badger badger badger mushroom!, mushroom!"; 7/21/22, 8:00 PM
Marc in Eugene said...: Kamala was amusing, although since I've never seen any video of her more celebrated moments I was supplying a lot of context from my imagination. The Trump son is tall, eh; 6'3" isn't 'impossibly' tall*-- but what caught my eye was the man whose face the camera captured in three-quarter profile just to Trump's left, toward the end: he looked like Mr Carter.

*A former job required me to meet with some members of the UO sports teams (e.g. the basketball ones) twice annually (something like that). 6'3", taller than me, certainly, but not that much taller.; 7/21/22, 8:00 PM
john said...: Unfortunately he will never outgrow his name.; 7/21/22, 8:18 PM
Ann Althouse said...: “ That poor man”

Which one? Barron? Biden? The apology guy? Or the wine guy?

I can see I’ve got a theme tonight. Desolate men.; 7/21/22, 8:21 PM
farmgirl said...: I raised a baby skunk for 3months. We named her Ruby(it could have been a boy, idk).
I found her in our driveway- cold and lifeless. Her eyes were not opened and she fit in my cupped hand, so tiny!!

The bottoms of her little feet were created by a loving G*d. Intricate and perfect.
Very messy critter, though.

The kids dressed her up in dolls’ dresses &painted her nails purple. My husband decided to release her after our son caught her in the door and she sprayed a little. We should have probably kept her longer. She was so adorable!; 7/21/22, 8:41 PM
Lash LaRue said...: The greatest hits are the greatest.; 7/21/22, 8:53 PM
Joe Smith said...: 'Let me know what you like.'

Steak, medium rare.

Manhattan (up) for before dinner or a nice cabernet with the meal.

Apricot pie for dessert.

Coffee...hot and black, like my women.

Thanks for asking : ); 7/21/22, 8:55 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: LOL - yes. that poor man.

The man with the wife who expects him to be clairvoyant, and move out of the way of the drawer she wants to open.; 7/21/22, 9:04 PM
Flat Tire said...: I was just wondering about Barron. Hard to be that tall at that age, on top of seeming so socially uncomfortable anyway. I vote for Kamala.; 7/21/22, 9:10 PM
Quaestor said...: Barron Trump is very impressive -- confident, poised, understated, and courteous. He carries himself like an old-school aristocrat.

Maybe the Windsors have a spare 13-year-old duchess. Their dy-nasty could use some of Barron's genes. Diana was a washout, and her sons are more vacuous than either parent. Without a dose of Trump DNA, it'll be idiots and popinjays on or about the Throne from here to the 22nd century.; 7/21/22, 9:16 PM
Carol said...: Barron. Needs a girlfriend.

My take anyway.; 7/21/22, 9:26 PM
Bob Boyd said...: What's with the weird, kinda ominous music on the Barron Trump video?

Sounds like the music you'd hear on a true crime documentary about the hunt for the Sheep Ranch Killers or something.; 7/21/22, 9:30 PM
Bob Boyd said...: I never have to say I'm sorry to the Bot Babe...because Love.

The Kamala impression was really well done.; 7/21/22, 9:34 PM
lgv said...: Apologies for sure. I have apologized for many of the same things. Wife is a light sleeper. As I walked through the bedroom I get, "Quit crunching the carpet!"; 7/21/22, 9:47 PM
Kathryn51 said...: This must be the 1st time in months tht I've watched all of your Tik-tok selections - perhaps because the list is short.

Kamala for the win - no contest.; 7/21/22, 10:15 PM
John henry said...: 6'3 isn't all that tall. I'm 6'1" and my vegetarian 13 y/o grandson has an inch of two on me. (did I mention that his team won the us volleyball national invitational in Orlando a couple weeks back?)

So good on Barron but he's not some freak.

JOHN LGBTQBNY HENRY; 7/21/22, 10:16 PM
Dave Begley said...: Barron probably can’t play basketball as kids would give him too much grief.; 7/21/22, 10:24 PM
Ralph L said...: Barron was a giant when he was 11. I thought they were lying about his age, but puberty does start earlier than it used to.; 7/21/22, 11:14 PM
Ralph L said...: Who wears a miniskirt to a funeral, besides the widow?; 7/21/22, 11:18 PM
Wilbur said...: I notice Barron is adopting a hairdo similar to his Pappy DJT. Interesting.

Wonder what that haircut/styling costs.; 7/22/22, 4:11 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "6'3" isn't 'impossibly' tall*"

A year ago, his height was reported to be 6'7" and he doesn't seem to have stopped growing. Even 7' isn't "impossibly tall," but he's moving toward that mark.

"Impossibly tall" is like "She has legs that go on forever" — goofy hyperbole about the human body.; 7/22/22, 4:19 AM
Kevin said...: This isn't a kitten and I don't have a video for it, but yesterday, I saw a baby skunk.

Rabbits are taking over Boston. I saw five of them yesterday.; 7/22/22, 4:20 AM
tim maguire said...: Most guys could make a video like the one apology guy made if they kept track like he obviously has. Gathered together, it makes his wife seem like a horrible shrew, but in the context of day to day living, it’s probably no big deal. The fact that he did make and post it makes me think his wife could put together a pretty solid video of her own if she wanted.; 7/22/22, 4:59 AM
Jefferson's Revenge said...: The apology guy needs 2 things;

1) a divorce

2) s set of balls.

He could also use some adult clothes. The good but obscure college hat and the Sixers sweatshirt make him look like a 22 year old. Maybe that’s why his wife clearly hates him.; 7/22/22, 6:37 AM
iowan2 said...: Barron probably can’t play basketball as kids would give him too much grief.

Tall kids are slow to mature physically into their height. Their coordination, lags behind. Our son is 6'4", could not play baseball or basket ball. Loved football, but never excelled. About the time he graduated college, he jelled into an athlete. You do not want to be on the other side of a volley ball net from him. His cousin started 4 years for the ISU womens volleyball program. Today he out plays her.; 7/22/22, 6:41 AM
michaele said...: Laughed pretty hard at the apology man's choice of words and delivery. Kamala was well done and entertaining. The quirkiness of drinking wine in the rain was fun and highlighted how damnably effective tiktok can be at providing a pop of amusement. My heart hopes Barron has times of fun, laughter and normalcy in his life.; 7/22/22, 7:02 AM
MadisonMan said...: I thought the Kamala one lacked the word-saladness of Harris' typical speech.
Barron is quite tall, yes. But his suit fit!; 7/22/22, 7:22 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Gathered together, it makes his wife seem like a horrible shrew, but in the context of day to day living, it’s probably no big deal. The fact that he did make and post it makes me think his wife could put together a pretty solid video of her own if she wanted."

I presume they have a good relationship and she thinks his videos are hilarious. If I didn't think that, I would not enjoy what he's doing. It's the implication of the goodness of what they really have that makes this work.

What I believe is happening is that he instinctively says "I'm sorry" over little things that she objects to. It's his tic, not her getting mad or insisting on apologies. He's standing in front of a drawer that she wants to open, and maybe she says something like "Do you have to stand in front of the one draw I need to get to get into?" and he says "I'm sorry" while jumping immediately out of her way.; 7/22/22, 8:01 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "What's with the weird, kinda ominous music on the Barron Trump video? Sounds like the music you'd hear on a true crime documentary about the hunt for the Sheep Ranch Killers or something."

First, LOL.

Second, I think it's trying to say: Look, there's a duplicate Trump, and it's bigger and stranger....; 7/22/22, 8:05 AM
Ann Althouse said...: By the way, if someone tells you their pronouns are "it/it," can you decline to use that because you have a moral principle against dehumanizing other people and regarding them as objects?; 7/22/22, 8:07 AM
mikee said...: Barron does, consciously or unwittingly, a trick to gain some height on this parents: He stands on a small uneven bit of step, about 2" higher than where his mom and dad are standing. Well played, kiddo.

In my family pictures, I often stand in the back of the group on tip-toe, to appear taller than I am. I have done this ever since my own son passed my height at about Barron's age. My small self-aggrandizing scam has only rarely been noticed by other family members, perhaps because in our family, the photographer gets one chance at a good shot, then the bunny ear fingers behind the head and the crossed eyes and funny faces start. This behavior is probably genetic, but fairly harmless, so we all enjoy the ridiculous family pictures that result.; 7/22/22, 10:44 AM