Accountability in Entertainment • Page 351

Don’t give people more ideas for attention. Imagine spending your Saturday at a name reveal party

 

I think wanting a normal level of attention when you're having a kid is fine. It's exciting. if people don't want to go to a baby shower or whatever, they don't have to.

 

There can be fraught and/or annoying aspects to these kinda party things, especially when it comes to creating burdensome obligations or chasing social media clout.

But, at the same time… in our terribly alienated culture, it’s hard for me to write off excuses, however silly, for people to get together and enjoy community.

 

I think we are being a little too cynical about all this. I'm guilty of this myself. If people want to get together to celebrate their children, who are we to dictate what that looks like? I'd love to spend an afternoon with my friends at a "name" reveal party. I might rib them a little for the idea, but ultimately what's the big deal?

 

ban all kids in general

 

Long-time turd

 

While certain parties and people get into the insufferable category...honestly, in the end, any excuse for a celebration and fun and parties, its not a bad thing. Most of life is kinda crappy and boring so take the moments if you got em

 

I'd love to attend a name reveal for little plantaycion or gourdleigh or whatever people are naming their kids these days. But I have a lot of negative name associations with kids and clients I have worked with. Has ruined almost all common ish names. Smh.

 

I wanna have a party to reveal my name and gender

 

This is the least surprising thing I've ever seen

 

I’m not really sure where to put this, if it’s more appropriate for the Mental Health thread or the Music thread I can move it. I’m posting it here because the general tone of the conversations tends to be less volatile.

Details of the event wouldn’t be too hard to find but for the sake of covering my ass I’m gonna be a little vague. Tonight I’m participating in an event for women in the music industry. They just announced Kevin Ly man as a special guest. This event involves playing so I can’t really just drop out without potentially burning bridges. I’ll definitely be following up with the event organizer but I feel sick to my stomach that this is supposed to be an event to give people who aren’t men a safe opportunity to play and network and now someone who threatened me and friends as well as gave pedophiles platforms will be there. My girlfriend’s going to be there so I’m not by myself but this feels a little bit like a slap in the face.

 

Nah I can think it’s dumb and people can still do it. I don’t want to be invited to name or gender reveal parties ever

 

I didn't know it was a reveal for the parents too. I thought they were revealing it to someone else.

 

Lotta grumps in this thread

 

I don't think a lot of you dorks who are mad about strangers' parties* need to worry about not getting invited to things.


*where people aren't dying in plane crashes

 

No answers, but Im sorry you have to go through it. Glad you are not alone.

 

i've been very confused about why this reveal party conversation has been going on here in the first place. did someone force that pilot to take the gig at gunpoint?? obviously it's a terrible situation but what's the accountability issue?

 

People just try to take things to the extreme. I wouldn't even have an opinion on gender reveal parties if people would stop doing stupid stuff like setting forest fires, having planes fly overhead that crash and killing people with explosives.

9 gender reveal parties that ended in tragedy - Today's Parent

"When creating a device to reveal their baby’s gender in a cloud of coloured smoke, this Iowa couple inadvertently built a pipe bomb. The explosion sent metal pieces flying in the air, one of which tragically hit one of the guests and killed her instantly."

 

Just do a fucking brunch or a BBQ and throw on some 311 or some shit

 

i will say i do smile inside every time i see a video of a dude blasting himself in the crotch with one of those smoke things though..lol

 

You can find them generally dumb and also not be mad. But it does make me mad when they cause wildfires and contaminate water.

 

don’t bring your kid into this world having to listen to 311

 

I'd like you to meet my daughter Amber

 

finally he got ellen'd

 

i saw them live right before a day to remember at the warped festival in atlantic city 2019 and it was horrible