Trompe le Monde

the tell all was waayyyyy to much the mike/natalie misery fest. I can't decide which one is more annoying - possibly mike since he enlists his mommy to scoop more misery upon them

I felt sad for Tiffany's MIL

They have rotaries in New England - I saw my life flash before my eyes when I had to use one to get on to Cape Cod

1 hour ago, laylalex said:

That's... not how public health works. Also, who is Matt Walsh and who is Clay Travis? Never heard of them.

Matt Walsh is the poor man's Charlie Kirk who is the poor man's Ben Shapiro - his "who cares who dies it's personal choice" position is not inconsistent with his position that women can't have abortions even if their life is in danger, but is inconsistent with the idea that people should be allowed to make their own decisions about their bodies and their health

It feels like nothing is resolved - maybe it will be in the tell all

Will Jovi realize the party is over?

Will Natalie and Julia live the lesbatarian dream with Natalie's rat? (Mike now realizes his cat loves him more - there is some rat/cat metaphor to be had here, I just don't know what it is)

Will Libby's sisters ever get a listing that daddy didn't hand to them? Will Andrei finally beat Charlie to a pulp?

Will Tiffany and Kalani finally file for divorce?

Will Angela become a 55 year old mother?

Will Julia  get a job as a pole dancing fitness instructor?

So many unanswered questions.....

My guess is something like this

19 hours ago, laylalex said:

I keep meaning to have a browse at the House of Eleven shop downtown. I mean, how elegant do you think the showroom must be? So. Much. Pleather.

Come on, you never know when you might need a distressed chain mail cover up

3 minutes ago, laylalex said:

 What a mess underneath. This is why you need to pay top dollar for extensions, not whatever mall strip special they go for. They'd be better off at this point getting a pixie cut and then growing it out long enough to get decent clip ins. The ones from Barefoot Blonde are excellent I am told (I do not use them, but my sister does for special events). I know some people can't grow their hair out, or want more volume, but they are doing serious damage to what remains of their natural hair. 

 

Yara has high quality extensions

4 minutes ago, laylalex said:

On an unrelated note, I was thinking the other day about Roland Barthes' classic essay about professional wrestling when I was watching HEA. I'd read it years ago in college for a class in semiotics. Specifically, I was thinking about the show as "spectacle," where there is a veneer of reality upon an artificial premise, and how both the participants and the spectators play their role in creating the spectacle. It really is worth a read -- it's not very long.

http://web.mit.edu/21l.432/www/readings/Barthes_WorldOfWrestling.pdf

yeah, just replace "90 Day Fiance" with "wrestling" in that essay - the grandiloquence of larissa's boobs, the great solar spectacle of the rhinestones of House of 11 outfits

1 hour ago, Neonred said:

I just can NOT watch plastic Darcy.  I just can NOT.

One of the highlights so far is when they take off their wigs

47 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Sounds like the DM is just interested in click-bait.  Still don't see Harry and Meghan being relevant here and certainly not a Current Event.

sure it is - but there is an appetite here for news/gossip about the royals, hence the DM having a US-based site, TV gossip shows, etc

33 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Who is Piers Morgan?

British media personality who tries desperately to be relevant over here

22 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Although, the are only a Current Event in their own minds.

Although Piers Morgan still finds something new virtually every week to get upset about...

Harry and Meghan are the shiny object the royal family needs to distract from the ghislaine maxwell trial

My latest perusal of the Daily Mail suggested it's all Harry and Meghan's fault that comedy central or whoever made a mean cartoon about prince george

On 7/24/2021 at 10:04 PM, Villanelle said:

I stumbled into an interesting article talking about how the 90 day franchise is exploiting the cast members lol. Basically it was saying TLC provides loans or capital to cast members causing them to fall into a cycle of having to film episodes to pay it off. Its why some 'older' cast members are still appearing and looking less than enthusiastic to be there. It also explains why so many of the 'familiar faces' are the ones who seem to be either in need of money or they previously did something on the show that they most likely couldnt have afforded with out the show advancing them the funds they used for it- so they are now paying it off with future episodes. Its the classic pay day loan scenario trapping them in debt and keeping them on the screen. 

 

on the other hand, it's helpful for building an onlyfans following

On 8/2/2021 at 3:18 PM, laylalex said:

It's a good thing you did. You will have missed Angela's sexytalk last night while Michael was spunking into a cup. I think I may have actually stopped living momentarily, having died of Fremdschämen. 

if someone could kill that storyline that would be great

In other news, Darcey and Stacey are now Instagram detectives......

polling suggest broad, popular support for it so why not?

society has yet to break down in the states where it is legal

Becky and Jen are Queen Alpha Karens - it's also not clear to me why daddy has to find listings for them

And man, someone needs to post a content warning before Angela and Michael sexy times. Some of us may have just eaten our dinner

6 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

I am starting a male dance review called the chunk n dales 

32 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Have you started D&S yet? Amazing. It's about 2000% better than HEA. 

Yes - continuing the fine tradition of USCs wanting to convert their modestly attractive other halves into male models

11 hours ago, laylalex said:

If you saw last night's HEA with Angela in the bubble bath, announcing that her ... nub (let's call it that) was on fire, you know that's true.

I have ptsd from that scene

If there is any cross over with people from the OG 90 Day I'm not sure that's something we want to see

He will run - as will Noem, Pence, Hayley and probably the usual cabal of also rans like Christie and Rubio and the thirsty Cotton and Hawley. I have read Larry Hogan is considering a run and is probably a lot more electable than any of these other names.

will be interesting to see the fallout if Trump decides to run as well

On 7/17/2021 at 7:27 AM, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

It's pretty bad as a country where the narrative is you feel you have to pull up stakes, or not live somewhere because your neighbor doesn't share your world view.

 

IMO we are doing it wrong. It's not that hard. 

I honestly think the real world doesn't really operate that way

I've heard about this trend from multiple people!