Today in This Is How We Know It's Fiction: See, we're like "Man, remember pay phones?" and Rachel is all, "Remember the Rosicucian Fellowship Ephermis 1950-1959," which... what? Bubble-gum brain my left foot. I think Pike's biggest issue is that he hated his teen years, hated himself AS a teen, and is spreading that hate around to all. All, of course, meaning mostly fat, unattractive or somehow underachieving people, but, like, you know, ALL.
Shins are my mean move, too, but spitting? Who would EVER!? That's so offensive someone is BOUND to knock you out; if you kick shins you're not spreading bodily fluids at least. Yuck.
Yes, I too am to the point where just standing on a chair and screaming, "WAIT, STOP EVERYTHING, YOU LITTLE PUNKS" seems like a viable plot device. Too many overheard/underheard/assumed bits going on. Did that really pass as Good Writing back in the day???
Though I *have* kicked shins (as a grown woman, but it was in Scotland, so it doesn't count; Scots are scrappers and I was just fitting in - though not gonna lie, I really aspire to Squirrely Dan now), I have NOT just busted down into a full-on brawl during charades. This is, like, #slumberpartygoals.
I'm a little shocked that they didn't break out 'antidisestablishmentarianism' because it seems like a word that these dorks would be obsessed with and I feel like it was regarded as one of the longest in the English language at the time? (I just looked it up and Wikipedia says it is "estimated to be the 6th largest word in the English dictionary," which, like, I'm not sure what they mean by THE dictionary, but whatever. Guess I put on my Pedantic Pants today??)
Yeah, as I didn't read these as an actual teen, I am DYING to know if the characterization is this... hateful(???) in the other books? It's bringing me back to the endless mean girls YA books in the 00s, a little bit, in that the behavior is so terrible and yet I just... keep on reading, heh.
Squirrely Dan is a HERO, he's always talking about what he's learning in his Feminist Studies class with Professor Tricia, which obviously goes over well with me. (And I love a whole lot of things about Letterkenny, but hoo boy, the brawls are right up there.)
I legit can't wait to get home and tell Josh that you've ACTUALLY kicked shins, you are so rad.
Today in This Is How We Know It's Fiction: See, we're like "Man, remember pay phones?" and Rachel is all, "Remember the Rosicucian Fellowship Ephermis 1950-1959," which... what? Bubble-gum brain my left foot. I think Pike's biggest issue is that he hated his teen years, hated himself AS a teen, and is spreading that hate around to all. All, of course, meaning mostly fat, unattractive or somehow underachieving people, but, like, you know, ALL.
Shins are my mean move, too, but spitting? Who would EVER!? That's so offensive someone is BOUND to knock you out; if you kick shins you're not spreading bodily fluids at least. Yuck.
Yes, I too am to the point where just standing on a chair and screaming, "WAIT, STOP EVERYTHING, YOU LITTLE PUNKS" seems like a viable plot device. Too many overheard/underheard/assumed bits going on. Did that really pass as Good Writing back in the day???
Though I *have* kicked shins (as a grown woman, but it was in Scotland, so it doesn't count; Scots are scrappers and I was just fitting in - though not gonna lie, I really aspire to Squirrely Dan now), I have NOT just busted down into a full-on brawl during charades. This is, like, #slumberpartygoals.
I'm a little shocked that they didn't break out 'antidisestablishmentarianism' because it seems like a word that these dorks would be obsessed with and I feel like it was regarded as one of the longest in the English language at the time? (I just looked it up and Wikipedia says it is "estimated to be the 6th largest word in the English dictionary," which, like, I'm not sure what they mean by THE dictionary, but whatever. Guess I put on my Pedantic Pants today??)
Yeah, as I didn't read these as an actual teen, I am DYING to know if the characterization is this... hateful(???) in the other books? It's bringing me back to the endless mean girls YA books in the 00s, a little bit, in that the behavior is so terrible and yet I just... keep on reading, heh.
Squirrely Dan is a HERO, he's always talking about what he's learning in his Feminist Studies class with Professor Tricia, which obviously goes over well with me. (And I love a whole lot of things about Letterkenny, but hoo boy, the brawls are right up there.)
I legit can't wait to get home and tell Josh that you've ACTUALLY kicked shins, you are so rad.