Country music. That twangy sound is super grating to me, I hate the way certain vowels get stretched out, plus I have no cultural touchpoints with it on either a lyrical or musical level. The stuff that seems most popular is the most obnoxious to me. I’m told this is “the Nashville sound”. Different strokes for different folks, but I sincerely don’t get the appeal of it.

But there’s some country-adjacent music that can be alright. E.g., my husband got really into Sturgill Simpson and I ended up more or less liking his Sound and Fury album, even if some of the vocals do have that irritating twang. I guess I’d consider that more like country-infused rock.

And I guess some older country can be OK once in a while - e.g., Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton.

This is fucking infuriating.

Forever Ensign Harry Kim

Interesting! I think central, north, and south Jersey all have some distinctions in accent. Plus I think a lot of people have a pretty stereotyped idea of what New Jerseyans are “supposed” to sound like haha

Ringtone? My dude, the only people I know who have their ringer volume on are all in their seventies.

Merry is like “meh” + “ree”

Edit: https://youtube.com/shorts/S3EaMZUXQYs

Mary rhymes with fairy

Interesting!

No thank you! That one really bothers me for some reason.

Same as “eltse” for else, “foe-ward” for forward, “warsh” for wash, and “ayggs” for eggs.

And some people say “heighth” for height and I swear it’s just to fuck with me.

You from NJ?

I’m from NJ and Murray, merry, marry, and Mary are all distinct.

Berry is like merry and bury is like Murray.

I’ve lived in Philly and then the suburbs for a couple of decades now and have never noticed the berry-bury thing - I’m guessing it’s a South Philly thing? So do you eat straw’bury’s or do you ‘berry’ your dead pets?

Seer-shuh I think

Glaw-stuh-shur, correct?

They did address it, featuring salamander babies.

Cat Stevens - Wild World

Tom Paris is a lout for the first season-ish, but he becomes one of the most endearing characters over the seven-year run.

Chakotay remains bland and uninteresting the whole time.

Halo is precious! What a cool thing to do 🤍

Honestly Mr Slater can get it. I always thought he was hot but then came Mr. Robot and I was like ‘yes please’!

It’s got Gowron eyes

Yeah Riker has nothing on Captain Jack.