here’s a hot take: giftwrap is dumb, 95% of the time you can just hand someone the thing and accomplish the same task. Society has conditioned us to love wrapping shit up for no reason, probably by gift wrap industry people.
Counterpoint: monkey instinct says uncovering secret bounty from colorful shell good as fuck
Can’t I just say Tanz, like, eight times? Just kidding, I have two top faves besides Tanz, which is number one. In no particular order, I’d have to say Phantom and Newsies both occupy the number two spot for me.
Honorable mentions for musicals I Could Not Stop Listening To: – Daddy Long Legs – West Side Story – Fun Home
Love you, spooky secret santa!!
me: i gotta focus on this beca-
brain: ladies and gentlemen,
me: please
brain: this is mambo no. 5
“It’s one thing to ask audiences to suspend belief for this fairy tale, and it’s a whole other thing to ask them to consider for one moment that an otherwise sane woman would be so desperate as to fall for a creature who can’t even survive on dry land–not when there are actual men in this town.”
Haha man someone tell this dude that he is not the hot commodity that he thinks he is and personally speaking I for one am eager to get away from actual men and be whisked into the loving arms of a fishman.
@blazichu
Did Gaston write this article?
Aaaand now I can’t stop picturing Gaston, furiously typing with his index fingers at some laptop with antlers glued to it, just muttering ‘what woman would have some beast when there are men like me?!’ to himself.
Who owns businesses? Families? Shareholders? The government?
Are there service industries (hairdressing, tech support,
etc.)?
Where do people learn a trade? From their parents? As an apprentice?
From a private trade school? From a government-run trade school?
Who in a family is expected to work?
Who in a family is allowed to work?
If everyone is allowed and expected to work, who watches
children? Are there nannies? Daycares? If it’s done by older children, what
happens when there’s only one child?
Who takes care of the elderly? The daughter’s family? The
son’s family? A nursing home? What if they have no children?
Are there child labor laws?
Are there laws regarding work hours, safety, etc.?
Are unions legal?
Are there government regulations on businesses, industries,
etc.?
Are there government-provided services?
Are there social safety nets?
Are there banks? If not, where/how do people store money?
Is there a mortgage or loan system?
Is it expected that a person or family will own a house?
Is there government-run housing?
Is there support for the homeless?
Is there support for the disabled?
Is there an equivalent to the stock market?
Is there standardized currency? Who manufactures it?
Is there a fixed exchange rate (eg the gold standard) or are
currencies free-floating?
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