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c71
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"Poll question: Aggrandize, Idolatry, "Emperor has no clothes", etc."


  

          

Hey, Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande just broke up.


You know what happened. Pete proposed to Ariana rather quick and then....kept mouthing off about how "love is 'lit'"


That's aggrandizing.


So....let's settle it. Is it obvious that if you "aggrandize" something....anything....."living in NYC would be so cool"....."having a relationship with Ariana Grande would be so 'lit'!!!", etc. you're doomed to an "emperor has no clothes" conclusion because NOTHING can "live up" to your "aggrandized" rose colored glasses delusions?


Can anything survive some aggrandized idolatry?

Poll result (1 votes)
You foolishly build something up, it HAS to fall (0 votes)Vote
Nah, some things ARE as good as you could imagine them to be (0 votes)Vote
You just cursed if your dreams turn to ashes all the time (1 votes)Vote

  

  

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that moment on weekend update is where I knew it was over
Oct 17th 2018
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Everybody knew it couldn't work. So, since that seems to be the case
Oct 17th 2018
2
yeah, I saw that
Oct 18th 2018
18
Did you just learn the word aggrandize?
Oct 17th 2018
3
got a Psych degree from Rutgers, dude
Oct 17th 2018
4
some things are...
Oct 17th 2018
5
bad example of what?
Oct 17th 2018
6
My girl said it all went back to Mac Miller
Oct 17th 2018
7
"curveball" theory. Hmmmm.....
Oct 17th 2018
8
Pete's got some mental health issues
Oct 17th 2018
9
They really shouldn't have had him on SNL like that
Oct 17th 2018
10
      ikr?..that was so cringeworthy..
Oct 18th 2018
15
Things are never as good or bad as you imagine.
Oct 17th 2018
11
we've all been around couples like this. shit is like performance art
Oct 17th 2018
12
“Alexa, play A Teenage Love by Slick Rick”
Oct 18th 2018
13
it makes things harder when you
Oct 18th 2018
14
Like when your people are trying to hook you up with someone
Oct 18th 2018
16
Hmmm... i hated those hook ups
Oct 18th 2018
17
I am a big advocate of guys dating out of their league.
Oct 18th 2018
19
I never really believe anything celebrities say
Oct 19th 2018
20

double negative
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1. "that moment on weekend update is where I knew it was over"
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something about replacing her birth control with tic tacs

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c71
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Wed Oct-17-18 02:27 PM

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2. "Everybody knew it couldn't work. So, since that seems to be the case"
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can we make it official that you can't "aggrandize" anything?

  

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18. "yeah, I saw that"
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I was like 'man...you are f--king waaaaaaay up. You just nuked your shxt on live TV'

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PimpTrickGangstaClik
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Wed Oct-17-18 02:30 PM

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3. "Did you just learn the word aggrandize?"
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lol

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c71
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Wed Oct-17-18 02:31 PM

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4. "got a Psych degree from Rutgers, dude"
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lol

  

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Trinity444
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5. "some things are..."
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could be...
that’s just a bad example

  

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c71
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Wed Oct-17-18 02:32 PM

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6. "bad example of what?"
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If Pete "aggrandized" a relationship, and that is the clear reason why it fell, then that would be a good example, yes?

  

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Marbles
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Wed Oct-17-18 02:38 PM

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7. "My girl said it all went back to Mac Miller"
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She keeps me up to date on celebrity gossip. Apparently, the word is that he didn't handle things well while she was grieving for MM.



  

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c71
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8. ""curveball" theory. Hmmmm....."
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Unexpected curveball


So.....


Was Pete's hyped up behavior not "in-line" with handling such a serious curveball like that?

  

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Mynoriti
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9. "Pete's got some mental health issues"
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he was talking about it on his Maron podcast how he has terrible anxiety and borderline personality disorder (also didn't realize his dad was NYFD and was killed on 9/11)

and she's been through some shit in the last couple years, with the terrorist attack at her show, and then Mac's death a few months after their breakup

celeb relationships are doomed enough without all that, but i did get the sense in that SNL bit, he knew he was on the clock

  

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c71
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10. "They really shouldn't have had him on SNL like that"
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especially knowing him like they do.


Everybody could tell it wasn't going in the right direction, but people just kept putting it on front page.

  

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15. "ikr?..that was so cringeworthy.."
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>especially knowing him like they do.
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>Everybody could tell it wasn't going in the right direction,
>but people just kept putting it on front page.

  

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Monkey Genius
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Wed Oct-17-18 03:12 PM

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11. "Things are never as good or bad as you imagine."
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My motto.

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GOMEZ
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12. "we've all been around couples like this. shit is like performance art"
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they check all the boxes

excessive pda
over the top social media
rash decisions, that don't even need to be rushed
constantly talking about how in love they are


it's all signs that things were flawed from the beginning. When two people who are desperate to be in love somehow find their way to each other the joint self delusion is too much.

Luckily for me - in my life the delusion has always been one sided. Unluckily, though I've been on both sides.




In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king.
-Hunter S. Thompson

  

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13. "“Alexa, play A Teenage Love by Slick Rick”"
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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

  

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14. "it makes things harder when you"
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announce everything to the world. cuz now you have everybody else's expectations to deal with in addition to your own.

its def ok to put your mate on a pedestal, but just keep it to yourself.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

  

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j.
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Thu Oct-18-18 09:10 AM

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16. "Like when your people are trying to hook you up with someone"
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you HAVE to meet so and so, I just KNOW you guys will click
you're PERFECT for each other
He/she is EXACTLY what you're looking for

on and on and on...

Then you meet said individual and 99.99% of the time it's "meh"
he's "nice"
she's "cute"
and that's about it

Or it turns into a shit show

But it's never ever fireworks like your people promised it would be

  

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17. "Hmmm... i hated those hook ups"
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Both people meet and wait for the other to impress them.

This couple in the OP. Shit felt fake from the jump. Who gets engaged this fast and it works out? Once Miller passed he didn’t have a chance.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

  

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19. "I am a big advocate of guys dating out of their league. "
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It can be a good way to make yourself aim higher. If my missus wasn't such a bad ass, I think I would be content with a lot less and not focused on pushing myself to be bigger and better.

But you have to have the confidence to pull that shit off.

If you are constantly reminded someone that they are out of your league, they will eventually figure out "yeah you are right".

I kinda felt like Peter Davidson saw the writing on the wall and defensively reacted to it by joking alot about it to protect himself. Thereby creating a self-fulling prophecy and help causing the very thing to happen that he was worried about happening.

I have some Comedian friends and they are weirdos because they use humor to address ALL their problems. Sometimes you be like dude stop cracking jokes and just cry.



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micMajestic
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Fri Oct-19-18 11:16 AM

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20. "I never really believe anything celebrities say"
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It's their job to pull us into a fantasy world. Besides, everyone wants to have a quotable nowadays, it gets you more notoriety than being sensible and coherent.

  

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