Elaine from seinfeld

Alright Apes,
I was out walking my dog, ready to get back home to go to sleep, and then it happened. I did one last check of superstonk to get my dopamine hit that is our community and well, I got more than I asked for. Now I have too much energy to sleep because I am so fucking hyped for what I found. So here I am.
This beautiful post popped up at nearly midnight my time.
When it said watch in reverse, I had mixed emotions because one of my favorite post was the one with the opening to the White Stripes glitch mob remix. Go watch the video if you haven’t already. That’s one of my favorite songs for very personal reasons and the idea that GME was about to unleash something that caused a glitch was very exciting to me. I wanted that to be the foreshadowing that RK left us with.
But I like every other GME theory I read, it consumes me. I’m obsessed. So what the heck, let’s go watch everything in reverse.
Lucky for me I realized very quickly that when you go to the X iphone app and watch the latest video in full screen, you can just swipe up to see the next video. So, the next hour of my night was planned out.
That was an hour ago. I am so hyped about what I saw that I’ve decided to sit down and write out the my whole interpretation of what I saw. I don’t have answers for every single post but there does seem to be a theme that matches the theory that these are meant to watch in reverse.
Buckle up.
One last things before I get started. I think DFV has been here all along. I think he has read all of the DD and I think he made his memes with all of that in mind. I highly doubt he knows anything for sure but is just a fan of the DD. Just like I am. And there is one DD I fell in love with from the first moment I read it. I think he did too and this is his thesis. He has read all the tea leaves and doesn't think anyone has put it together like he has so he is sharing his interoperation of the DD, the market conditions, and the news and is going to do one last DD himself.
Ok. Here we go.
Oh, and this is not financial advice.
Ok. Here we go for real.
ET: This might actually be him saying goodbye for now. Hopefully not forever (still kinda sad we never got a ET 2).
Horse Gift: Not sure how to interpret this one. Maybe foreshadowing that he found (or was gifted) the GME bull thesis and at that point, he wasn’t sure if it was a good thing for a bad things. “We’ll see”
Coldplay Backwards: GME had to pull back for him to find the right time to get in.
Forest Running: And then it started running.
Original Sheet Music: Then he started meme. The memes were “MIRACULOUS”.
My favorite post – The White Stripes Glitch Mob video intro: Seriously, if you haven’t watched the video, go now. It’s hype af. This is the video that marks the Jan 2021 glitch. The sneeze.
MIB Kitty: And then GME became RK’s galaxy.
That’s not a Knife: He was the memelord at this point but shorties wanted his gains.
Westworld’s Bernard: Then the bear thesis’ started coming out but we can’t see what we are programed not to see. We were already programed at this point thanks to the bulleproof bull thesis.
Ocean’s Gang in Prison: And then we got thrown in a prison together when so many people bought at high prices.
Beavis and Butthead: We were obsessed with Cohen at this point. We hung on to every tweet. Sex for Dummies was a very popular one. Lot’s of theories popped up with this tweet.
A Few Good Men: DFV visits Congress!
Elaine Dancing: Is this him celebrating his gains and/or not getting thrown in prison?
Aladdin: They tried to take his gains away?
Truman > Mourinho’s In Big Trouble: He was gagged.
ASIP In Therapy: RK went to therapy and found he loved making memes and GME?
Newman: Talking about his experience as his new life as the United States GameStop memer and all the requests he was getting for memes.
Eddie Murphy: Chronicling his time as a memer
SNL The Shooting AKA Dear Sister: Not sure on this one.
Steve Wilkos: RK is ours and we are going to stick beside him
Succession: RK was reading so much about how he was the villain
Borne: More struggles with his identity as the GameStop memer and deciding what to do next.
CNBC > .50: Why does everyone hate RK?
The Dude: Not sure on this one.
Garden State: foreshadowing the jam that he’s about to get into this his next (older) posts
Every Everywhere All at Once: more foreshadowing.
Stand by Me: There’s a game of chicken going on. Shorts vs HODLers?
School of Rock: Reminding us what where here for. This journey isn’t going to be perfect but it’s Rock and Roll.
TeddyBears – Punk Rocker: He has both hands off the wheel now but he’s still along for the ride.
You Can’t Stop What’s Coming: Self-explanatory with likely last-minute cameo of the Chicago (where was Citadel founded?) BEARS thanks to the world’s most famous coke rat market manipulator.
Sicario 2: He’s asking us if we are ready to be the “villain” with him.
Flip Mode: If you really want to party with the Kitty, show him what you got (make some more memes people!!!)
The Shining: Our view of RK at work making his memes for the past 3 years.
500 days of Summer: Talking about why he does what he does. Because it’s going to last forever (more foreshadowing).
Luca: Him laughing at us not knowing everything. Just forget about it if you don’t understand, he has more for you.
Signs 1: This is where things get interesting. This is where we start seeing the signs. Connecting dots. We found something legit in all the DD.
Signs 2: The signs all pointed to GameStop. It’s all about GameStop and what they are going. Nothing else matters.
Signs 3: Are we the aliens? All of our best DD writers talking to each other were some of my favorite moments over the past 3 years. [There are theories about what these signs said and I will go back and fill that in later, I’m getting sleepy]
Signs 4: He is asking us if we believe the DD.
Signs 5: RK is one of us. Assuming we are the Aliens in these signs videos, he is telling us he is one of us.
The Modern Animal: We need to get a little crazy if we are going to take on the big city (NYC? Wall Street?)
Broad City: We made our own language. Memes. SuperStonk is a place for best friend with time to shoot.
GooseBumps: I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. RK is letting his briefcase of memes open and warning bears.
Everyone’s favorite Boss: Here some the SIGNS (memes for those who are not keeping up). He is going to his us ONE MORE TIME.
Pay Attention: NOW FUCKING PAY ATTENTION because he isn’t going to do this again.
Kill Bill: It’s time to fight and we are bad asses.
JigSaw + Kansas City Shuffle: Are you ready for the game? Because GameStop has you covered. Everything up to this point has been the inciting incident and catalyst of the Kansas City Shuffle. There is a very short scene where he says, “are you watching closely”? I saw a comments days ago that I can’t find and the very high level paraphrased version is that scene is from the Prestige and all of those hats were a result of him cloning himself. I think that represents the synthetics that plague our market. (I will find that comment that explains it better and go back to watch the movie myself and update this).
Shawshank: RK is telling us all it really takes is pressure and time to break out of their prison. While he was in prison, he went back to get his financial education. We also need an activist (investor, RC). There is a lot more nuance we can try to extrapolate form this one. I’ll save that for later.
Radiohead Karma Police: They have run the price down far enough. They have been leaking gas this whole time. It’s time for the match to be lit.
Neo: This is where Neo figures out how to work the matrix. The market is fake and everyone is mad. We all know it. When it comes to the market, we all took the red pill, and we see it for what it is.
Bullet Scene: Might need some help deciphering this one. I think it’s about how we (maybe not us but the general public) perceive the market. We see cause and effect but that’s now how it works. I think he is telling us that we don’t fully understand the market but our instincts are right and we just feel it. I think we as a community have that instinct.
Fury: Every boss is going to feel like the last one. They are going to pound us with misinformation, price manipulation, and anything else they can come up. But they are just taunting us to whoop some ass.
Trueman Show: They are going to hit us with everything they have but HOLD ON!
Me, Myself, & Irene: Them tanking the price is going to change how we feel and who we are.
Red Right Hand: Might need some help with this one too. The red hand man is stalking someone and the other person can’t do anything about it? Not sure who is who here.
Beat Saber: Might need some help with this too. Is he calling all freaks to show up because we are about to go to war?
Keith and Jake SNL: Everyone thinks Keith is crazy lol
Seinfeld: Calling out the memestock docs for being stupid. He had to some back and tell everyone to “Shut Up Bitch”
Shut Up Bitch: He delivers his best line to the people making him out to be a Vilian.
Coffee Mug Breaks: He is asking us to convince him to do it again.
Bane: RK is saying everything is going as planned.
Oceans (again): RK has been waiting for this time and it was all part of the plan.
Snoop: There was so much drama at GME. People had to be fired because they were someone dressed up as something else. Moles?
Spiderman: It’s time for Keith Gill to become Roaring Kitty again.
Pizza Slices: Guy on the left is a shorty. He is getting mad with how popular things got with the thesis and how many people bought.
Missy Elliot ft Luda: Giving us confidence that he has a worldwide audience and he is about to kill all the rumors.
In Love with RC: He is telling us that RC is the right guy. Don’t doubt him.
Guardians: Everyone already knows who is in charge. Stop fighting to be in charge.
CNBC again: Some of the misinformation actually said RK is in charge. He is not. He is busy drawing dicks (memes).
Oceans (again): I think he is saying that no one person is in charge. It took everyone to give GME all that money. Or maybe it AVOCADO-IN-MY-ANUS all along?
Breaking Bad: His side still hasn’t been told?
Fight Club: RK finally accepting he is DFV
Nice Guy: He is still a nice guy despite what people are saying.
Day and Night: I think he is talking about his struggles day and night over the last 3 years.
Dave: He could’ve ignored it all but he couldn’t stand it. He’s about to keep it real with us.
Star Wars: help me fill in the blank on this one.
Ozarks: help me fill in the blank on this one.
Grim Reaper: The hedgies are trying to figure out what is going on with GameStop. They are I a holding pattern and will be coming with more hitman when what happens in the rest of the tweets goes down.
*******This is where shit gets real********
The Prestige: Alright. Put your tinfoil hat on tight. Here is my interpretation of this one. The magician makes something disappear, but the audience wants to be fooled so we are not actually looking for the secret. So, when something disappears we don’t clap because it’s not as impressive. But as soon as it comes back, the fights is on**~. I think the NFT marketplace is going to come back~**. But I think it’s going to come back as something else. I think they built the blockchain infrastructure for something other than the NFT marketplace. That is when shit is going to go crazy. Don’t believe me, keep reading.
Brand New GME: They finally embrace what everyone has been calling them. They show up one day looking sexy as fuck and blow everyone’s minds.
Prisoner: And now the prisoner (GME’s true price) has true FFFRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM.
The fallout: The hedgies are going to beg us to sell our shares at 14 grand but the nature of us is pure CRAZY. We all knew who was calling on the phone.
Parking Lot Killer: That is who was calling. They are coming for the bears.
Requel: And just like that the requel begins production.
Old Computer Game: Now the question is, with this brand new, sexy af version of GME are we selling or are we staying? I think it’s going to be so fucking amazing we “>Stay”
Kittyman: When this all goes down, RK will return again.
How did they do it?: GME (or we?) seems stupid but apparently whoever it is really good at paperwork and the RK is so happy he’s doing backflips.
What do they need to do it?: They are going to need all of us and the target is up. HODL.
Kingsman: Shorties will then be locked in the room with us and they are going to come in fierce numbers.
The Town: They need our help we can’t ask questions but we have some sick ass rides to get there with.
Morning Affirmation Cat: Help me with this one. I’m tired.
Troy: Sick ass scene. GME just needs to land the killshot.
Pikey Reaction: They pulled the price back so far that it’s a loaded spring and when the shots are fired, it’s going to be raining money. Now “come hang so we go out with a bang”. Does he have your attention now?
Stop Fighting: NOW we can stop fighting.
Pirates of the Carrabin: The Pirate comes back from the dead (NFT Market Place?) and GME presses the red button to go into hyperdrive. This solidified my theory.
Tombstone: It’s not for revenge. It’s for something bigger. It’s a reckoning. Maybe a Glass Castle?
Standoff: Now that the red button was pressed, we have all the shorties in a stand off. But it doesn’t matter because the result of the red button is going to destroy it all? DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION NOW?
Avenger Initiative: We have to do it together. It’s not just one person.
Sherlok Holmes: When GME says run, RUN! And remember what it’s running for. You monther, father, children, sisters, and brothers. The DOG DAYS are over.
Drive: We think were all good here right? It’s all over. Guess again. We are going to have every governmental agency coming after us and our gains. We are going to be on the run.
Bloody Blade: Help me with this one.
But First: The overture. This will be how it starts. We must go backward to unlock the secret. Once we do, the dragon wakes up and it’s game on for the game of thrones. We are going to break the wheel.
Still Here: It’s done when we say it’s done. This tweet closes with the song from the whole days evil cept being blown up with green fire. Sick.
Thanos: This was the actual first tweet just like the ET was the actual last tweet. He has read all the tea leaves and doesn't think anyone has put it together like he has so he is sharing his interoperation of the DD, the market conditions, and the news and is going to do one last DD himself.
Hope you were sitting up in your red chair and paying attention.
Apologies for any typos and poor formatting. I've never made a post like this and I'm too tired to figure all of that out. I'll come back tomorrow and clean it all up with that and fill any gaps you guys help me out with.

1. Joe Bookman Breaks Down the Sanctity of the Library
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5. J. Peterman Jostles Elaine Out of Her Opium Addiction

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I'll try to keep this spoiler free as possible, but don't read if you are interested in seeing it.
I saw it plastered all over London and have heard nothing but rave reviews. I went to go and see it and peeeee-yoo! What a stinker!
The characters are utterly obnoxious and I hate every single one of them. I know that's common in a lot of horror stories as it's potentially satisfying to watch the horror unleashed upon them (I don't even agree with this trope). But you'd think you could latch onto a single character to make it at all engaging.
The jump scares are lazy and get old really early on. And the plot-twist? Pffft. It's like the oldest trick in the book, and it's not even pulled off particularly well. It's basically a step away from being "it was all a dream."
I also hate the whole "makes you think" message of the play, which is "aaah, but you don't know that ghosts don't exist. So why assume that they don't?" Yet the play takes the stance that, with all that in mind, it makes more sense to believe. I found that whole message really hypocritical and just not very well thought out at all.
All in all, I found it to be a very pinot-grigio-swilling play aimed at people who have never seen or read any decent, proper horror.
It's been a while since I saw it, but even then I thought to myself "maybe people will cotton on to how rubbish it is and the play will become a ghost story in and of itself." But nope. Been cropping up all over my feeds (will probably crop up again due to algorithm and my typing of this very post) and still seeing billboards and posters for it splashed everywhere. Could be pattern recognition but I feel like it has become a runaway hit and I don't understand why. Feel a bit like Elaine in Seinfeld when she goes to see The English Patient. Mostly frustrated at how amazing everyone seems to think it is.
Just had to vent about it on here before I exploded. Thanksloveyoubye. X

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My boyfriend of 3 years (33m) is a wonderful person who is constantly inspiring me to be more loving and honest, but his unstable financial prospects and mental health issues really takes the sexual passion out of my love for him, even though he's conventionally very attractive. It's hard to be sexually attracted to someone that I feel the need to sometimes parent (I'm only 3 years older).
On the other hand, one of my close friends and former fwb I still find myself lusting for 9 years after our first hookup. We've always been close and travelled many places together, but never dated because I had written him off as too slutty for relationship material back when I was a way more judgmental person, and we were both total tops. Since then we have both become more flexible in that regard, and I've become much more sexually liberated. That friend once tried to start a 3-way makeout with me and my bf at the club, and we resisted it, but it was clear all 3 of us are attracted to each other. My bf was always open to non-monogamy but we've been monogamous so far.
The other day my bf compared that friend and I to Elaine and Jerry from Seinfeld. I was again confronted with my lingering feelings for the guy, and the silly reasons for why I never took it further. On one hand, our values don't perfectly align like it does with my bf, but he is all the other earthly things I wanted in a person. My boyfriend seems to be the path for me of greatest spiritual growth, but I'm terrified by the prospect of having to carry him for all the day-to-day things, while he feels crushed by the weight of my expectations and judgment; whereas my friend is naturally much more empathic to his weaknesses than I am.
It feels wrong to give up my soulmate of a bf for someone who checks all the other boxes, but maybe a throuple situation might potentially fill in all the missing pieces for everyone: emotional support and high libido that I lack for my bf, sexual attraction for me and the security in having at least 2 high-earning adults in the room, and a varied sexual experience within a stable, deep relationship for the friend. The friend is in an open relationship of 8 months with a 24 year old (he's 39), but we don't expect it to last. This is all uncharted waters for any of us... how does one propose breaking up another relationship to form a throuple? It could really eff up our friend dynamic if it doesn't work out or if he's not interested?

interior Jerry's apartment. Jerry arrives in his apartment with Kramer following closely behind
Jerry: So, did I get any important mail while I was gone?
Kramer: Not really, no. I went through it all. Just junk mail, catalogues, invoices, and bills. You really do go through a lot of water in a month, Jerry! You could be saving a lot on your bills if you just made some simple upgrades!
Jerry: I know. What can I say? When I'm in the bathroom, I love to bathe, Kramer! You should try it out more than once a week!
Jerry puts his bags down and goes straight into the bathroom
Japanese Toilet: Konichiwa, Jerry Seinfeld!
Jerry backs out of the bathroom in shock
Kramer: What? What is it, buddy?
Jerry: Kramer, what the hell is that!?
Kramer: It's a Japanese toilet, Jerry! I made some improvements while you were out!
Jerry looks to Kramer like he's seen a ghost
Jerry: You installed a new toilet while I was gone!?
Kramer: Don't be silly, Jerry! I got Mickey to do it!
Jerry: Kramer! The toilet spoke to me and greeted me! IT RECOGNISED ME, KRAMER!
Kramer: I know! Neat, huh? Check this out!
Kramer runs over to the bathroom
Japanese Toilet: Konichiwa, Cosmo Kramer!
Kramer: Konichiwa, Japanese toilet!
Kramer bows politely and respectfully toward the Japanese toilet
Jerry: Kramer! How much did this cost!?
Kramer: Oh, nothing! Don't worry about it! I'm holding onto it until a friend of mine can pay it off, this is only temporary!
Jerry: ...this is only temporary?
there's a pause of misunderstanding between Jerry and Kramer
Jerry: ...Kramer. What am I going to do with a temporary toilet? In fact, where's my toilet?
Kramer: Well, you couldn't have an unused toilet in your apartment, Jerry! It's unsanitary! It's outside on the fire escape!
Jerry is mortified, looking out the window to see his toilet on the fire escape
Jerry: Oh my God! If the super sees this, he'll kill me!
George comes into Jerry's apartment, bemused with himself
George: Hey, someone put their toilet out on the fire escape! Only in New York, right?
George passes Kramer and enters the bathroom
Japanese Toilet: Konichiwa, George Costanza!
George backs up into the bathroom door
George: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?
Kramer: That, my friend, is Japanese innovation!
George: Japanese innovation! It greeted me! IT RECOGNISED ME! THE SEAT BOWED TO ME JUST NOW!
Kramer: Oh yeah, there's a lot of technology in Japanese toilets, George! It has facial recognition software!
Jerry: Facial recognition software?
Jerry returns to the bathroom to inspect the Japanese toilet next to George and Kramer
Jerry: Doesn't facial recognition software need a camera to recognise faces?
George: How the hell did this thing know who I am!?
Kramer: Innovation, George!
George: Yeah, right! The last vestibule of privacy and suddenly there's a spy satellite in the bathroom!
Jerry: Kramer, there's no cameras on this thing?
Kramer: Well, of course not! That would just be weird and creepy, Jerry!
Jerry: Then how does it have facial recognition software, Kramer!?
George: HOW DOES THIS TOILET KNOW WHO I AM!?
Elaine enters the apartment upon hearing all the commotion
Elaine: Hey, what's going on? Someone put their toilet out on the fire escape and I could hear you guys arguing from down the hall.
Elaine enters the bathroom to see what all the fuss is about
Japanese Toilet: Konichiwa, Geena Davis!
the gang is quietly shocked
Elaine: ...the toilet just spoke.
Jerry: Yeah, it likes to do that.
George: Geena Davis?
Kramer: Well, that's odd.
Elaine: ...guys, why does the toilet think I'm Geena Davis?
Kramer: Well, I'm not sure. There's a manual that can probably explain everything.
Kramer consults the manual for the Japanese toilet
Kramer: Ah! Apparently, this Japanese toilet uses facial recognition technology to identify who has been using the bathroom!
Jerry: ...but there's no cameras on this thing, Kramer? Let me see that! This thing is temporary and already I've had it for too long!
Jerry examines the manual for the Japanese toilet
Jerry: Well, that's weird?
George: What is it?
Jerry: It says it examines the "faces matter" of the most frequent visitors to the bathroom.
Kramer: It even has a little leaderboard! Check it out! I'm number one!
Elaine: Faces matter?
George: It examines faces matter?
the gang ponders for a moment before coming to a shocking realisation
Jerry: IT'S A MISTRANSLATION!
George: I KNEW THAT THING WAS A SPY SATELLITE!
Elaine: WHY DOES THAT TOILET THINK I'M GEENA DAVIS!?
Jerry: Kramer, you idiot! No wonder my water bill is so high! THE TOILET HAS BEEN KEEPING TRACK THIS WHOLE TIME!
Elaine: Wait, wait, wait. Geena Davis?
Elaine looks to Jerry
Elaine: Jerry, you said this thing was temporary?
Jerry: Kramer is holding onto it for a friend until he pays it off, yeah.
Elaine: Jerry, you can't get rid of this toilet! It thinks I'm Geena Davis! I'm a movie star to this thing!
Jerry: Oh no! Once this thing is paid off, it goes off!
George: Well, I can't go here! I guess I got to go in Kramer's bathroom!
Kramer: Oh no, mine is too expensive to run, that's why I've been going here.
Jerry: ...well, that explains the water bill.

1. This scene from The Cosby Show is super disturbing to watch now, considering Bill Cosby was found guilty of sexual assault after multiple women claimed he slipped them pills and then took advantage of them. One claimed Cosby called the pills "friends to help you relax."
2. The scene from That '70s Show where Hyde acts out what's essentially a rape scene between a record sleeve and a record is also super disturbing in light of actor Danny Masterson's rape conviction.
3. And the scene where Hyde says he sees himself in prison in five years feels strangely prophetic, considering Masterson is now in prison.
4. Similarly, this scene from Glee is eerie considering that Mark Salling ended up being sentenced to 48–84 months in jail after he was arrested on child sexual abuse image possession charges, and then died by suicide.
5. There are actually a ton of scenes involving Mark's character Puck that are super creepy to look back on, including this one where child sexual abuse images and their illegality are actually mentioned.
6. There's this super creepy comment his character makes in one scene...
7. ...Along with this one in another scene...
8. ...And finally, this scene where an underage student asks his character to a Sadie Hawkins dance after he's graduated high school.
9. This scene from iCarly is kind of sad to watch, considering that Friends star Matthew Perry died in his hot tub, with drowning being a contributing factor to his death.
10. It's a little weird to see Chris Brown teaching anyone about women's rights (as his character does in this episode of The O.C.), considering his felony assault conviction after he severely beat his then-girlfriend Rihanna.
11. In Heathers, two of the actors later had untimely deaths that seemed predicted by their characters. Peter (Jeremy Applegate) prays he won't kill himself — the actor later died by suicide. Kim Walker — who had the iconic line, "Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?" — died of a brain tumor.
12. This line Matt Lauer says on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is ironic considering his sexual misconduct accusations — and his sexist interviews with women.
13. Does anyone remember this scene from Seinfeld where Elaine tries to convince her new boyfriend, who shares a name with a serial killer, to change his name? She suggests something more innocuous, like O.J., in reference to O.J. Simpson. The episode aired just months before Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered. Simpson would later go to trial for the murders, though he was acquitted.
14. This scene from Parks and Recreation where Louis C.K.'s character calls another character a pervert is weird to see now, considering C.K. admitted to exposing himself to women and masturbating in front of them.
15. As is this line from Bananas, where Woody Allen mentions studying child molestation. Allen's stepdaughter, Dylan Farrow, has long accused Woody of molesting her as a child, which Allen has denied.
16. Actually, a lot of Woody Allen movies are concerning, especially Manhattan, where his character dates a 17-year-old and it's established that they're having sex.
17. Back to Glee — this anti-drug verse Finn sings is super sad to watch back considering the actor, Cory Monteith, died of a drug overdose.
18. This scene from the Jackass Backyard BBQ Special is also sad and prophetic considering Ryan Dunn died in a car crash where he was driving, also killing his passenger.
19. In a lighter example, this line Ben Affleck says in Jersey Girl is funny considering he would later play Batman.
20. This line from iCarly is definitely ironic considering when iCarly was rebooted, it was made without Sam.
21. This scene from Terrifier 2 is kind of funny to see considering Jeffrey Dahmer became a huge Halloween costume the very same year this movie was released, after the Netflix series on Dahmer starring Evan Peters blew up.
22. This scene from The Good Place feels eerie in light of the COVID pandemic that would occur two years later...which was a flu-like virus that potentially came from bats.
23. This line from Scream feels almost like dark sarcasm now, considering all the school shootings in America.
24. And this line from Law & Order similarly didn't age well.
25. This scene from Friends — where Chandler jokes about bringing a bomb on a plane and then gets detained by the TSA — aged poorly before it was even released. They actually had to completely replace the scenes in the wake of 9/11, which occurred after the episode had been filmed but before it aired.
26. Mel Gibson once guest-starred on The Simpsons, and his character joked that he was too lovable and that cops refused to give him tickets. Notably, Gibson would suffer a significant fall from grace after he went on an antisemitic rant while being arrested for a DUI.
27. And finally, we'll end on a positive one, also from The Simpsons: when the show mocked John Travolta by making him a bartender at a '70s bar just weeks before Pulp Fiction flung Travolta straight back into the A-list.

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Jerry Seinfeld is having an odd time lately.
Fans and critics really enjoyed his appearance in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm series finale — which creator Larry David used to both comment on, and improve upon, the much-maligned Seinfeld closer. But this week, the 70-year-old comedy legend was slammed on social media for a recent interview where he declared “the extreme left” has hurt the comedy industry. Now here comes his new Netflix movie which is getting a sharply divided reaction from critics and overall a pretty low average score.
Seinfeld’s Unfrosted (trailer below) is a zany star-filled comedy that tells the story of rival cereal companies, Kellogg’s and Post, “racing to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever”— Pop-Tarts. Seinfeld stars in, co-wrote and directed the film, which also stars Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant, Amy Schumer, Max Greenfield, Christian Slater, Sarah Cooper and Bill Burr.
Out of the gate this morning, the film has only a 46 percent positive critics score on Rotten Tomatoes which — as Tony the Tiger would say — isn’t exactly g-r-r-reat! Some reviews are downright scathing, as you’ll soon read.
And yet, some of the country’s top critics at publications like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle gave the film modestly positive reviews.
But let’s start with a few notices that won’t be lucky charms for the film.
The Chicago Sun-Times declared Unfrosted “one of the decade’s worst movies. I’m surprised … Seinfeld, one of the sharpest and most observant comedic minds of his generation, didn’t halt production halfway through, call time of death and apologize to everyone for wasting their time. Unfrosted is so consistently awful it makes the aforementioned Flamin’ Hot seem like The Social Network. If there was a thing called the IMDB Witness Protection Program whereby you could get your name taken off the credits of a particular project, this would be that project.”
The Daily Globe and Mail called it “one big steaming pile … a distressingly laugh-free affair … like a long-lost Lorne Michaels-produced SNL feature from the ’90s … jokes so hacky that Kenny Bania wouldn’t touch ’em, and the pacing slo slow it rivals Elaine’s experience enduring The English Patient.”
The Daily Beast called the film “as bad as you’d expect.” “Superior to Seinfeld’s prior cinematic offering, 2007’s animated Bee Movie, it’s content to be childishly silly rather than legitimately weird, veering between gags concerning age-old products and Jan. 6 with a mildness that keeps things pleasantly pedestrian. There’s nothing particularly awful about it, but there’s also very little that’s memorable.”
Collider wrote: “Considering we’re in a world where Barbie can make $1.4 billion and become a commentary on feminism and the patriarchy, or Tetris, Air Jordans, and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos can get their own halfway decent biopics, it’s a shame Unfrosted doesn’t try a bit harder. Again, even a film like Weird managed to make its jokes and cameos work as part of a larger story, whereas Unfrosted always puts the story itself on the back burner.”
But comedy is, if nothing else, subjective, and several top outlets rather enjoyed Unfrosted.
The San Francisco Chronicle wrote “Seinfeld’s over-the-top, throw-in-everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach makes for an uneven film, with some gags inspired, others groan-inducing. But its 1960s period detail and constant parade of familiar faces keeps things rolling. In fact, the most revelatory takeaway from Unfrosted is that Seinfeld is a really good director — he knows where to put the camera, and the film is excellently paced.”
Full article here:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jerry-seinfeld-unfrosted-reviews-netflix-1235889540/

I was just curious about something and searched on Google "what happened to suzuki cars".
Reddit first spot on search. CarAndDriver.com in the second place with an article answering the same question in a much better way.
As Elaine from this Seinfeld show once said: "I'm speechless. I have no speech."

INT. MONK'S DINER - DAY
Elliot Stabler and Robo-Dracula enter Monk's Diner, a bustling eatery filled with the aroma of coffee and the chatter of patrons. Their eyes scan the room, searching for Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Benes, Cosmo Kramer, and George Costanza.
STABLER: (whispering) Robo-Dracula, our investigation led us here. Keep an eye out for any suspicious activity.
Robo-Dracula, his sensors alert, scans the crowd, honing in on the group of friends seated at a corner booth. They appear relaxed, chatting and laughing over their coffee.
ROBO-DRACULA: (whispering) Elliot, I've detected the Flipper Zero devices in their possession. They're using them to manipulate parking lot RFID systems to gain unauthorized entry without paying.
Stabler approaches the booth, his tone firm but measured.
STABLER: Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George. We need to talk.
Jerry Seinfeld, the group's charismatic leader, raises an eyebrow, feigning innocence.
JERRY: What's the problem, Stabler? Just enjoying a cup of coffee with my friends here.
STABLER: Save it, Jerry. We know about the Flipper Zero devices. You're using them to bypass parking lot fees and gain unauthorized access.
Elaine Benes rolls her eyes, while Cosmo Kramer's face lights up with excitement.
ELAINE: Oh, great detective work, Stabler. What's next? Are you going to arrest us for jaywalking?
STABLER: This isn't a joke, Elaine. It's theft. Manipulating RFID systems to avoid paying for parking is illegal.
George Costanza, sitting nervously, interjects.
GEORGE: Look, Stabler, we're just trying to save a few bucks. It's not hurting anyone.
STABLER: It's illegal, George. And it's not just about the money. It's about integrity and respecting the law.
Robo-Dracula steps forward, his presence commanding attention.
ROBO-DRACULA: We live in a society that functions on rules and fairness. By circumventing parking fees, you disrupt that balance, impacting the livelihoods of those who rely on those fees for maintenance and services.
Jerry Seinfeld's expression hardens.
JERRY: (sternly) I don’t respect the laws of man.
GEORGE: we reject them!
Robo-Dracula’s hand hovers over his police issued sword, ready for action.
ROBO-DRACULA: (assertively) Jerry, George, rejecting the laws of society comes with consequences. The balance we maintain is what keeps order and fairness. I implore you to reconsider your actions.
Stabler, sensing the tension rising, steps forward, his gaze unwavering.
STABLER: We're giving you a chance to do the right thing here. Hand over the Flipper Zero devices and stop this illegal activity.
Jerry's face twists into a defiant smirk.
JERRY: (mockingly) And what if we don't? What are you going to do, Stabler?
Stabler's voice grows stern, his determination unwavering.
STABLER: If you choose to continue down this path, we will be forced to take appropriate action. We have the law on our side, Jerry.
The bustling diner falls into an eerie silence, the tension palpable. Patrons glance nervously at the confrontation unfolding before them.
Robo-Dracula's hand slowly withdraws from his weapon, his eyes narrowing.
ROBO-DRACULA: Jerry, George, you underestimate the power of the law and the lengths to which we will go to uphold it. Don't push us further.
Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George exchange glances, realizing the gravity of the situation. Reluctantly, Jerry reaches into his pocket and pulls out the Flipper Zero devices, placing them on the table.
JERRY: (defiantly) Fine. Take them. But know this, Stabler, we won't be silenced. We'll find other ways to fight against what we perceive as injustice.
Robo-Dracula picks up the device and smashes it.
STABLER: You don’t want to fight with us, the law is no joke..
As Stabler and Robo-Dracula turn to leave, Jerry roles his eyes.
FADE OUT.

First of all, Hi Everyone! I've been a lurker for a bit but never officially joined. Just a bit about me... I'm a sinner. My wife is very true-believing. I support her by going to church, but she knows I don't believe it. I like porn as anyone who takes the time to check out my profile can see. Anyway, enough about me.
Lately, I've been thinking about the episode of Seinfeld where Elaine is "difficult" and it goes in her chart and all the doctors know about her as being "difficult" and thus don't want to treat her. Does the church have a chart on us?
A few years back, two different wards ago, I did some things that are not ok in the eyes of the church (details probably are unimportant). Being a good Mormon back then, I confessed to my bishop and had a lengthy repentance. Everything about it sucked, and it felt so good to move away from that ward. Fast-forward to now and I'm wondering if the things that happened a few years back are noted in my church "chart", if there even is such a thing.
Do any of you out there know about this? i.e. Are my sins of the past archived and accessible to whoever the current bishop is?

Seinfeld Episode: "The Bangkok Bungle"
INT. JERRY'S APARTMENT - DAY
Jerry and Kramer are sitting on the couch. Jerry holds a travel brochure.
JERRY: Bangkok! Can you believe it? I got booked for a comedy tour in Asia, and it starts in Bangkok!
KRAMER: Bangkok, Jerry! The exotic food, the tuk-tuks, the markets! You're gonna need a guide!
JERRY: A guide, huh?
KRAMER: I'm talking about me, Jerry. Kramer's your guide!
JERRY: You? In Bangkok? Do you even know anything about Thailand?
KRAMER: (waving dismissively) I’ve watched documentaries, Jerry. I’m practically a local.
Elaine enters with a shopping bag.
ELAINE: Bangkok? You guys are going to Bangkok? Oh, you have to visit the floating markets!
JERRY: (sarcastic) Great, because what I want on a vacation is a traffic jam on water.
INT. AIRPLANE - DAY
Jerry, Kramer, and Elaine are cramped in economy class. Elaine is wedged between a snoozing Kramer and an overly chatty passenger.
CHATTY PASSENGER: ...and then I said, 'That’s not my suitcase, those are my elephants!' (laughs loudly)
Elaine forces a smile, turns to Jerry who shrugs helplessly.
JERRY: (whispering) It’s going to be a long flight.
EXT. BANGKOK STREET - DAY
The gang, now with George who has joined claiming his company sent him to a conference, explores a busy market. Kramer immediately starts bartering with a vendor over a dubious-looking "antique."
KRAMER: (to vendor) What do you say? Half price?
VENDOR: (unimpressed) No half! This genuine!
GEORGE: (to Jerry) I feel out of place. I'm sweating like I'm in a sauna.
JERRY: (looking around) This is a sauna, George. It's Bangkok!
INT. THAI RESTAURANT - NIGHT
The group sits uncomfortably on floor cushions. Kramer has ordered a suspiciously spicy dish.
KRAMER: (coughing) It’s alive, Jerry! My mouth is on fire!
ELAINE: (giggling) You look like a cartoon steam whistle!
WAITER: More water, sir?
KRAMER: (panicked) Milk! Do you have milk?
EXT. GRAND PALACE - DAY
Jerry and Elaine take pictures while George complains about the heat.
GEORGE: Why can't there be one historical site with air conditioning?
JERRY: (teasing) Maybe they'll install central air for the next dynasty.
Elaine spots a sign for a meditation retreat.
ELAINE: Guys, let’s do a meditation retreat!
JERRY: Meditate? I can’t even sit still through a movie preview.
KRAMER: (enthusiastic) I'm in. I want to reach enlightenment!
INT. MEDITATION CENTER - DAY
The group is sitting cross-legged among serene monks. Kramer fidgets loudly, disrupting the silence.
MONK: (calmly) Please, embrace the silence.
Kramer nods, tries to sit still, then suddenly sneezes loudly.
KRAMER: I’m allergic to enlightenment!
INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
Jerry tries to write new material but is distracted by the loud celebrations outside.
JERRY: (frustrated) How can anyone think with this festival going on?
Elaine enters, wearing a traditional Thai dress.
ELAINE: Check me out! I’m going full local!
JERRY: (laughs) You look like you're about to lead a coup.
INT. COMEDY CLUB - NIGHT
Jerry is on stage in Bangkok, trying to connect with the audience.
JERRY: Ever notice how we spend half our vacation figuring out what we want to see and the other half trying to find it?
The audience laughs. George and Elaine cheer him on, while Kramer chats with a local, mistakenly thinking he’s another tourist.
EXT. FLOATING MARKET - DAY
Kramer mistakenly hops on a private boat thinking it’s a tour.
KRAMER: (to the boat owner) Take me to the real Bangkok!
BOAT OWNER: (confused) This is my boat!
Kramer waves at a bewildered Jerry, Elaine, and George from the departing boat.
INT. JERRY'S APARTMENT - DAY (BACK IN NEW YORK)
Jerry concludes the story to Newman, who’s only half listening.
JERRY: ...and then Kramer ended up in a Thai cooking class instead of a boat tour!
NEWMAN: (only half interested) Did he bring back any food?
JERRY: Just some recipes and a new appreciation for 'mild' spices.
KRAMER: (bursting in) And I’m going to start a Thai food cart! Kramer’s Krazy Pad Thai!
GEORGE: (groans) I can already smell the health code violations.
They all laugh as the episode fades out.
CREDITS ROLL

Can we get another parody video but with the soup nazi episode from seinfeld?? All due respect, what you did with the Hitler scene was good but ultimately underwhelmed other than a couple well-placed jabs.
But I was just watching this episode of Seinfeld and some of the parallels between both the soup Nazi and gamefaqs running their “shops” with an iron fist and then Elaine taking so much pleasure on abjectly shutting his shop *down*** at the end just made me think of this entire saga lol.
You could have some of the users like ooger and duran scrambling to pick up the scraps of CE at the end like jerry and newman did with the soup lol
Just a suggestion!

Most descriptions I see of Seinfeld end up describing the show as “4 narcissistic, terrible people and their crazy quirky NYC lives” or something along those lines.
I’ve been watching Seinfeld since childhood, so perhaps I’m too used to the characters and perhaps a part of younger me just assumed this how adults are.
Thing is, adulthood has taught me - this is often just how adults are. The characters in Seinfeld do often do things ranging from petty to really shitty, culminating in the final episode and their justified imprisonment.
But most of what they do and act like is just regular old neurotic Western adult behaviour - self-involved, critical, and nothing out of the ordinary really for the modern adult.
What is it about Jerry, Kramer, George and Elaine that everyone finds so terrible or bothersome? It’s just the weirdest finger-point to me.

Like that one film Joker or whatever that gives another take on origins of Batman and Joker character, but a film introducing the characters in Seinfeld sitcom:

• Jerry
• George
• Elaine
• Kessler
• Kramer

introducing origins of their getting to know each other
and controversially along the lines of what recently Maxwell Crosby Azzarello symbolized, not necessarily his specific coward action that ended his life, no, not that, cuz that doesn't fit, but something different for each person to engage in some life changing circumstance that is kind of like as represented in that 2019 Japanese film "Jûni-nin no shinitai kodomo-tachi" https://imdb.com/title/tt9214844/

"Twelve kids go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is."

Something similar but instead of all the characters are not only demonstrating a hopelessness giving up on life that is unimportant, they instead are about to give up because of substantially alarming realizations and awarenesses that they overwhelmingly realize too fast too quickly not slow enough that they mind explogasm https://tenor.com/view/cerebro-explosion-mind-blown-gif-8141811 to all stand alone complexly (not collusion nor conspiracy) arrive at the same exact place to perform the same exact end of life situation in their own unique ways, on the verge of seconds or minutes away from completing that process that would become irreversible if not just 0.00000001 seconds without that final possible prevention interruption disruption, and then it happens, not a single one of the persons follows through with their actions because they all realize and acknowledge each other having come to the same effort to engage in the same thing that they thought they were the only ones, but because they were not the only ones, that in and of itself saved all of them to change their mind, but not until an hour or two of story line to explain the process, lol
good idea for a film or bad idea? thoughts? p.s. the title sucks, but I don't care, it's not even a new creative idea anyway
edited to add: or maybe replace Seinfeld with Friends or any other sitcom, doesn't even have to be any specific one, but something pop culturey that shows characters that everyone in the world can relate to.
edited to add: "and then it happens" where "it" is they all see and acknowledge each other, they are literally at the same location mindlessly doing their own solo actions not realizing each other doing something similarly as they are, but one by one, little by little, they realize, and the realization is what saves them, and then they become friends and have 30+ years of stories that is basically where Seinfeld sitcom or Friends sitcom or any other popular sitcom show that already exists is the rest of their life stories

My mom only likes foreign movies or movies from like the 1930s. Marriage Story is “melodramatic and horrible,” The Favorite is “stupid,” Birdman is “trying way too hard to be artistic.”
She is, however, willing to like Anatomy of a Fall, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Parasite. Foreign flicks. She also likes every movie from before 1950, even the bad ones.
I always thought this was because of the layer of separation. These movies feel inherently more sophisticated because she has to decode cultural difference. They’re not actually better or smarter than the best American movies, but they feel smarter because she has to learn and decode as she watches.
I thought I was better than this. But then I was watching Seinfeld. I am 27. I never used “MovieFone” so when they talk about it in the show I am decoding a cultural difference.
There was a thread on the Seinfeld subreddit asking about Seinfeld plots in 2024. People were saying the episodes would have Elaine on Facebook Marketplace and George on Hinge. I hate that. It’s not cool anymore.

There has been a dramatic change in clothing silhouettes, fabrics and nearly everything else about fashion in the last 5 years or so - exciting! One thing that is tough about this for some Millennials (myself included) is teaching our eyes how to pay attention to what makes current trends look current. Or conversely, what details mark an outfit out as screamingly early 2010s, or maybe more subtly, as coming from the actual 1990s-2000s versus current 1990s-2000s revivals.
This post does a fantastic job summarizing recent trends and how they differ from some of what we're seeing now. But the skirts/dresses have me stumped! Unlike the pants in particular, the "millennial" examples of skirts and dresses make me feel like my eye really hasn't learned what about those outfits is screaming early 2010s.
I know a lot of fashion these days is veering toward "whatever you want", but my eyes need more help knowing what features to pay attention to, and I bet I'm not the only one. Let's brainstorm! Here are some possibly incorrect examples:
Dated(?): Wide belts, especially in a contrasting colothrown on any old dress without consideration
On-trend(?): Long floral skirts that Elaine from Seinfeld would wear
Not interested in a Millennial vs. Gen Z war, I'm just interested in understanding what different cuts, lengths, and styles of dress/skirt outfits are saying to you these days!

I don't know if this is blatantly obvious and I'm just slightly far behind, but ever since the last episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" aired (and really, over the course of this whole final season), I've gotten the feeling that Larry >!will end the series by "remaking" the ending to "Seinfeld" (but applying the situation to Curb, of course, by trying to improve it). The Seinfeld ending – which is, by many accounts, "reviled" for basically being a sort of clip show of an ending –, involved a trial and subsequent imprisonment of the main characters, due to not being "good samaritans". From there, a lot of characters from the show's past made cameos as witnesses for the prosecution, chastising Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George for being bad people, because of their past misdeeds.
I believe "Curb" will end similarly, because:

• Throughout this season, there's the whole focus on Larry having been imprisoned and subsequently put on trial because of an unknown and ridiculous law, mirroring Seinfeld's ending (the difference being that, up until now, Larry has the public's "favor" more or less on his side, which is the opposite to Jerry's case); Larry could be well-viewed by the general public, but as the trial goes on, he'd fall off the public's good side, and eventually even be imprisoned himself for whatever reason
  
• Because of Larry's own penchant to revisiting ideas from the series that made him famous (which is kind of the whole premise of the show: to watch the Seinfeld creator's misadventures, trying to get by just for being the creator for this series). Larry was absent from the last seasons of Seinfeld, save for the last episode, which he returned to write
  
• Due to Larry frequently trying to improve or revisiting things from Seinfeld (the season where he tries to revive the show; or even smaller storylines, such as Larry and Jeff trying to patent a periscope on the car, which is brought up in one of the episodes of Seinfeld by Kramer)
  
• In one of the episodes of this last season, the Finale to Seinfeld is even namedropped by Leon, which Larry is shown to be displeased by; this could be a meta way of addressing it, and also playing a prank on the audience (I mean, the man already died once during the series, how else could this all end?)
  
• Over all these seasons, Larry has antagonized almost everyone he's crossed paths with (Mocca Joe, Wanda Sykes, David Schwimmer, Michael J. Fox, etc); and this season it's even worse, with Ira discovering that Larry duped her out of their relationship; Freddy Funkhouser falling out with him; Mantle, the lawyer clashing with Larry over his baby's name; his housekeeper getting fired; Sienna Miller and the alopecia storyline, etc!< Anyways, I think there's more evidence to this being the way it's going to end, but for now that's all I remember. Sorry if this is too long!
  

I don't know if this is blatantly obvious and I'm just slightly far behind, but ever since the last episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" aired (and really, over the course of this whole final season), I've gotten the feeling that Larrywill end the series by "remaking" the ending to "Seinfeld" (but applying the situation to Curb, of course, by trying to improve it). The Seinfeld ending – which is, by many accounts, "reviled" for basically being a sort of clip show of an ending –, involved a trial and subsequent imprisonment of the main characters, due to not being "good samaritans". From there, a lot of characters from the show's past made cameos as witnesses for the prosecution, chastising Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George for being bad people, because of their past misdeeds.
I believe "Curb" will end similarly, because:
-Throughout this season, there's the whole focus on Larry having been imprisoned and subsequently put on trial because of an unknown and ridiculous law, mirroring Seinfeld's ending (the difference being that, up until now, Larry has the public's "favor" more or less on his side, which is the opposite to Jerry's case); Larry could be well-viewed by the general public, but as the trial goes on, he'd fall off the public's good side, and eventually even be imprisoned himself for whatever reason
->! Because of Larry's own penchant to revisiting ideas from the series that made him famous (which is kind of the whole premise of the show: to watch the Seinfeld creator's misadventures, trying to get by just for being the creator for this series). Larry was absent from the last seasons of Seinfeld, save for the last episode, which he returned to write!<
-Due to Larry frequently trying to improve or revisiting things from Seinfeld (the season where he tries to revive the show; or even smaller storylines, such as Larry and Jeff trying to patent a periscope on the car, which is brought up in one of the episodes of Seinfeld by Kramer)
- In one of the episodes of this last season, the Finale to Seinfeld is even namedropped by Leon, which Larry is shown to be displeased by; this could be a meta way of addressing it, and also playing a prank on the audience (I mean, the man already died once during the series, how else could this all end?)
-Over all these seasons, Larry has antagonized almost everyone he's crossed paths with (Mocca Joe, Wanda Sykes, David Schwimmer, Michael J. Fox, etc); and this season it's even worse, with Ira discovering that Larry duped her out of their relationship; Freddy Funkhouser falling out with him; Mantle, the lawyer clashing with Larry over his baby's name; his housekeeper getting fired; Sienna Miller and the alopecia storyline, etc
Anyways, I think there's more evidence to this being the way it's going to end, but for now that's all I remember. Sorry if this is too long!