Did you even karate in the 80s? :/

This! Cobra Kai is even more infuriating re: contact fighting. As a lapsed karate practitioner, that’s not how reputable tournaments are run. They’d NEVER get insurance, for one thing. Also, concussions are now a thing, and with all the head trauma, on of those kids definitely had one.

The rules in the contest never made any sense. Bobby, one of the Cobra Kai goons, gets disqualified for kicking Daniel’s knee. But during the big fight montage (“You’re the best!”) there are about a half dozen brutal kicks to the face. Dutch lands a wicked kick to Daniel’s face which to which he just rubs his eyes and…

I hate to admit this but Beauty and the Beast was actually better than this reboot. So you’re making the right decision 

I’m sad it doesn’t sound that good. I was not interested in watching any of the live-action remakes except this one because I liked the idea of making it different. I made it through 5 minutes of Beauty and the Beast and nope.

I wouldn’t bother to comment about GoT, but this article isn’t about GoT.

Joan calling then illiterate is a reference to their own comments on literature and storytelling. She isn't literally saying they can't read. 

There’s untold number of articles about how HBO wanted to keep throwing money and seasons at them, GoT wrapping up so hastily was THEIR choice, not some “budget” restriction.

They ran out of time because B&W deliberately ran out of time. HBO famously wanted to go another season (or more), but those two chucklefucks were ooooover it and had honestly been kinda phoning it in for a while, and they wanted to waltz off to a big Star Wars [ha ha ha haaaa] or Lord of the Rings [ha ha fucking HA]…

Hbo offered them the time and the money but they declined. 

It needs to be connected to WiFi so that it can cost $400.

Yep. See Carine McCandless's book "Return to the Wild" about what actually happened in their house when she and her brother Chris ("Into the Wild") were growing up. Exactly the same pattern.

Yep. My dad has convinced himself that his children had an idyllic, happy upbringing, when in fact we (or me, at least. My siblings got less of it than I did) were raised in an emotionally abusive household. Who was the one dishing out the emotional, and sometimes physical abuse? You guessed it, it was my dad!

Exactly. I lost a very close friend of mine about 1 year and a half ago, she committed suicide. We knew she had a shitty childhood: growing in a house where she was treated like a maid (her own words) with her two brothers doing nothing and harassing her because she was overweight, being harassed at school (first…

that's my father to a T. I haven't spoken to him in years. I refuse to see him. Even last year he did something VERY stupid & extremely selfish that affects my livelihood. There is proof, documents, paperwork etc. but I don't think I've ever heard him apologize. More accurately, I've never heard him apologize while…

"Well, obviously I did something right. Look how successful you've become."

YES. It it doesn't support their narrative, it didn't happen.

How do you know my mother??

Yup. My husband's mother does this. She was/is an addict and is physically and emotionally abusive. But she did a GREAT JOB b/c he's successful! Someone give that woman Mother of the Year!

I think sometimes abusive parents have a tendency to believe the lies they've told themselves about how wonderful their children's childhoods were. Particularly if their children turned out to be decent adults.