५ डिसेंबर, २०२२

I've got 9 carefully curated TikToks for you this evening. That is, these are all things I liked.

1. Some have FOMO, but a lot of us have FOPU.

2. A lobster has been seen in real life.

3. Kayak camping and the coconut crab.

4. The L.A. conversation.

5. What does Dolly Parton think about prostitution? 

6. I remember when I lost my mind.

7. When David Bowie shouted out "It's great to be in Cincinnati..."

8. The different generations react to they/them pronouns.

9. Unclogging the drain.

२९ टिप्पण्या:

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

That clown hates it when he does that.

Readering म्हणाले...

Dolly kills.

When I was 13 I would have killed for that drain uncloggimg job.

Nancy म्हणाले...

Unclogging the drain FTW.

Lash LaRue म्हणाले...

Dolly’s the best!

Curious George म्हणाले...

I watch these and I think "Meade should run" then I saw the last one and rethought the whole thing. Then I remembered that you wouldn't go out when it's windy.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

World's oldest profession after country music.

Merny11 म्हणाले...

Dolly and the drainage!

Will Cate म्हणाले...

Well done, neighborhood drain unclogger. Also #2 is adorable.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

I expected the drain-unclogger to find himself suddenly waist-deep in a hole.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

I'm guessing the interview was about when Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was in theaters. I guess I'll go listen to Hard Candy Christmas.
I will say that the "everyone there has ringworm" line about the Hot Yoga studio made me laugh. FOPU also made me laugh.

rrsafety म्हणाले...

The drain guy has a YouTube channel called Post10. A nice decent guy. The TikTok account steals all his vids and uploads them. Post10 deserves better. I recommend his YouTube channel, especially if you want to see someone unclog culverts and drains for 30 minutes at a time.

Justin म्हणाले...

The Bowie one is from a recurring Conan bit in the 90s..."Celebrity Secrets"...hilarious.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

There’s a whole YouTube channel where a fellow’s job is opening up clogged drains. Sometimes he has to clear out huge culverts that are packed pretty tightly with debris. A tough, thankless, job.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

Well, at least the little boy didn't claim that a rainbow heralds the birth of a non-binary fox. I'd say that's progress toward a less dark future.

Wilbur म्हणाले...

Ha. Best Little Whorehouse was one of three movies I walked out of after 15 minutes. Totally unfunny witless dreck. Almost as bad as Spaceballs.
But Dolly is very cool.

#2 should be titled I Remember When I Lost My Mind.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I agree that it's a problem that TikTok is used to grab snippets of other people's video and send it along. They should provide a link to the original at least. Do you think it's different from quoting a substantial paragraph on a blog?

As for drain clearing as a random act of public service, we have that in our neighborhood in the snow season. Here are photos I blogged in 2019, showing the drain Meade "adopted."

Andrew म्हणाले...

To be honest, Cincinnati isn't a bad city. It has real charm, and some great culture. I'm not sure if Bowie was joking. My guess is it was just one more city on a tour, and didn't have the glamour of other venues. I can assure you, it's a better city than Cleveland.

It also has great history: abolitionism, Copperheads, the Underground Railroad, the Great Turkey Massacre...


Saint Croix म्हणाले...

ha ha

"Are you a prostitute?"

She is so sweet. Love it.

Dolly played a madam in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. That was funny when I was a kid. More whores in that movie that any movie I've ever seen. Dancing whores, happy whores.

Squeaked by with a C+!

It’s a happy whore musical. Really, it should not work. You’re a whore! But all the whores are so likable. I like Charles Durning, who plays the governor. He’s a whore, too. Does his little whore dance. Everybody’s a happy hooker in this one, except Burt. He’s pissed off the whole movie. Probably because his girlfriend is a prostitute.

Saint Croix म्हणाले...

I think I'm going to memorize her response in case I ever get asked anything about prostitution.

"Oh, prostitutes. Well, we're all sinners trying to find our way. I try not to judge. Are you a prostitute?"

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Click my Cincinnati tag. I had great times there!

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I suspect the unclogging drains guy that you know from YouTube is also behind this TikTok account.

It has many videos and over a million followers: https://www.tiktok.com/@unclogging_drains

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I withdraw the suspicion.

@unclogging_drains has this at his page: "Credit: Drain Addict, Post 10"

That is he's giving credit generally to 2 other accounts as he lifts their work

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

9

hawkeyedjb म्हणाले...

My ancestors came from the old country. Grandpa was a Basque leaf herder.

Left Bank of the Charles म्हणाले...

9 reminds me of the flooding of Barillari Books at One Miffin Place in Cambridge some 30 years ago. A storm drain clogged with leaves, then rain water level rose up over the curb and sidewalk and cascaded down the steps into the basement bookstore.

Ernest म्हणाले...

Re the drain unclogging video: In our previous home in northern Illinois our property backed up to the local high school’s sports fields. The school had sloped the ground so all the rain water flowed to a culvert on our property that ran right under my home office at the back of our garage. I had to periodically unclog the grate opening into the culvert in order to prevent my office being flooded.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

@unclogging_drains has this at his page: "Credit: Drain Addict, Post 10"

I checked. Post 10 is the YouTube channel that I used to get a kick out of. It resonated with me because there was a storm drain next to our driveway back where we used to live, and in winter I had to be careful to clean snow away from its opening or I’d have meltwater all over the front of the drive. Not a real problem if it stayed in liquid state, but if it froze overnight

Susan in Seattle म्हणाले...

I liked the drain clearing. Reminds me of a street close by that often has develops a pool during heavy rain due to a clogged drain. It's an arterial so cars will come tearing through and send up rooster tails of water. A kindly neighbor usually goes out with his rake to clear the drain, just as this man did.

Wince म्हणाले...

I found that "I lost my mind" clip hilarious.

What does that say about me?