You know that feeling when you and a friend get weird and detailed and hilarious about something you deeply (and maybe irrationally) hate, or find ridiculous, or can’t stomach in your vicinity? It’s one of my favorite versions of friendship intimacy — talking shit about something you shouldn’t dislike nearly as much as you do, because that thing is relatively trivial, but that doesn’t mean that the thing itself doesn’t make you want to bang your head against the wall.
And that’s what this week’s episode is: talking about all of your strong opinions about trivial shit. Our co-host, Krista Burton, came up with the idea — because it’s a regular feature of her excellent and always entertaining newsletter (O Caftan My Caftan!). So join us as we talk about your strong opinions about gnomes, “journey” and “season,” boarding planes, late-in-life-lesbian-Tok, calling your romantic person “partner,” mullets, and a very juicy/useful AAA section about almond boomers. I can’t wait to talk even MORE about all of your strong opinions about trivial shit in the comments.
Show Notes:
We’re currently looking for your questions for future episodes about:
The Present and Past of NICOLE KIDMAN (with Sam Sanders!)
Midwest [Dad] Masculinity / Tim Walz Memedom
What Happened to the Summer Blockbuster?
The new Gladiator + Paul Mescal JUST GENERALLY
Explaining trends on BookTok
Why does it feel like thrifting sucks now
Anything you need advice or want musings on for the AAA segment
You can submit them (and ideas for future eps) here (this is the subscriber-only form!)
For today’s discussion: Add your own strong opinions about all the trivial shit we covered!
