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Howlin' Hobbit<p>my sweetie is a big fan of the show, “Bones.”</p><p>I like it well enough but not while I’m trying to eat. (you’ll understand if you’ve ever watched it.)</p><p>one thing I like about it is it’s guest stars. this is probably not a complete list but…</p><p>Betty White <br>Billie Gibbons<br>Cyndi Lauper<br>Freddie Prinze Jr<br>Stephen Fry<br>Zooey Deschanel</p><p>I like *all* these folks for various reasons.</p><p><a href="https://musicians.today/tags/bones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bones</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/GuestStars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuestStars</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/SoapOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoapOpera</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a></p>
Will McKinley<p>GENERATIONS debuted on NBC <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1989 </p><p>The groundbreaking soap opera was the first and only daytime drama w/ a primarily Black cast until BEYOND THE GATES on CBS 36 years later. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BeyondTheGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeyondTheGates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BTG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTG</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SoapOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoapOpera</span></a></p>
Dope Old Person<p>( edit) Last night I stopped watching the <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/kdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kdrama</span></a> <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/whenlifegivesyoutangerines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whenlifegivesyoutangerines</span></a> and we sort of started watching <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/adolescence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adolescence</span></a> without knowing how long it went on for. So it's only 4 episodes &amp; we finished tonight, although I missed some bits. </p><p>Like <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/BabyReindeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BabyReindeer</span></a> it has inspired thoughts, but not been a relaxing escapism watch. </p><p>Also had a tough week with my return to <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/Eastenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eastenders</span></a> and maybe it was a week to read a book instead? </p><p>it's TV &amp; knitting vs early night with a book...</p>
Devon<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuJlaoeh2B0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=fuJlaoeh2B0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 🫠</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Jahr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jahr</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Vierfachmord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vierfachmord</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Belegschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belegschaft</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Hilfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hilfe</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/SoapOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoapOpera</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/germany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>germany</span></a></span></p>
50+ Music<p>"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> song with music by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SammyFain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SammyFain</span></a> and lyrics by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PaulFrancisWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulFrancisWebster</span></a>. The song appeared first in the movie <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LoveIsAManySplendoredThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveIsAManySplendoredThing</span></a> (1955), and it won the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong</span></a> in 1956. From 1967 to 1973, it was also used as the theme song to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LoveIsAManySplendoredThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveIsAManySplendoredThing</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/soapOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapOpera</span></a> based on the movie. Many versions of the song have been released. The best-selling version was recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheFourAces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFourAces</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cdqcvUjYh0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=1cdqcvUjYh0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
mdmrn<p><span>Broke: I really accomplished something watching One Piece. It's so long, with over 1,000 episodes.<br>Bespoke: Powering through and listening to / watching all 18,262 episodes of Guiding Light, from its original radio broadcast in the 1930s to 2009 when it ended.<br><br></span><a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Random" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Random</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/OnePiece" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnePiece</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Anime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anime</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/SoapOpera" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoapOpera</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/SoapOperas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoapOperas</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/BrokeBespoke" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrokeBespoke</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Silly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Silly</a></p>
Dope Old Person<p>Lastly </p><p>It's probably not a good thing. But I've ditched <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/kdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kdrama</span></a> for the knitting and am binging <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/ukdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukdrama</span></a> <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://borahae.love/tags/Eastenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eastenders</span></a> so I can chat with my Mum. <br>I thought knitting would be easy, no subtitles.</p><p>But I still made a knitting mistake and had to go back about 60 stitches 😥😥😥😥 </p><p>In this soap opera there is an above average level of affairs/ divorce/ children that suggests better sex education at school, and murder/ accidental death/ prison that suggests, Just don't live here.</p>
50+ Music<p>"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> song with music by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SammyFain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SammyFain</span></a> and lyrics by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PaulFrancisWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulFrancisWebster</span></a>. The song appeared first in the movie <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LoveIsAManySplendoredThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveIsAManySplendoredThing</span></a> (1955), and it won the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong</span></a> in 1956. From 1967 to 1973, it was also used as the theme song to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LoveIsAManySplendoredThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveIsAManySplendoredThing</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/soapOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapOpera</span></a> based on the movie. Many versions of the song have been released. The best-selling version was recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheFourAces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFourAces</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDtxiNwDS8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=GnDtxiNwDS8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Frank<p>Streaming giant Amazon axes Neighbours just two years after picking up the show</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-21/neighbours-soap-axed-again-amazon/104965082" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-02-21/nei</span><span class="invisible">ghbours-soap-axed-again-amazon/104965082</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Neighbours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neighbours</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/SoapOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoapOpera</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/AustralianTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianTV</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
Ben! (Boo!)<p>I've started watching Dallas, 4 episodes or so in, and I worried after they introduced the ranch hand guy committing pedophilia they would try to make him charming or complicated cause of the era but no pretty much everything he's done on screen is being a weasle-y, womanizing piece of shit so that's refreshing </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/70s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>70s</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TVshows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TVshows</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a></p>
Ben! (Boo!)<p>I begin every morning with a Victoria Winters-esque monologue about the ghosts and dark forces living in my public housing complex. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkshadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkshadows</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/60s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60s</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> song with music by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SammyFain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SammyFain</span></a> and lyrics by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PaulFrancisWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulFrancisWebster</span></a>. The song appeared first in the movie <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LoveIsAManySplendoredThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveIsAManySplendoredThing</span></a> (1955), and it won the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong</span></a> in 1956. From 1967 to 1973, it was also used as the theme song to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LoveIsAManySplendoredThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveIsAManySplendoredThing</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/soapOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapOpera</span></a> based on the movie. Many versions of the song have been released. The best-selling version was recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheFourAces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFourAces</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDtxiNwDS8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=GnDtxiNwDS8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ben! (Boo!)<p>"Do you think you still have PCP in your system?" what the fuck did I miss last week on The Young and the Restless</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a></p>
Ben! (Boo!)<p>The nice thing about randomly deciding to start watching a daily soap is that the characters explicitly state their situation or problem so many times that it is pretty easy to kind of understand what's happening even though you did nothing to catch up to the story thus far.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a></p>
Ben! (Boo!)<p>If my life were a show like Dallas, I'd be the embarrassing alcoholic middle brother who everybody talks about like they're mourning him while he's still alive. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tvshows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tvshows</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a></p>
a mossy cat<p>huh. today i learned that soap operas are called that because when the genre was developing, many of the sponsors/producers of the shows were soap manufacturers. i expected it to be some sort of metaphor but no it's very literal. operas* produced to sell soap</p><p>*in a sense. not technically operas but reminiscent of them because of their drama</p><p><a href="https://is.nota.live/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> <a href="https://is.nota.live/tags/funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfact</span></a> <a href="https://is.nota.live/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a></p>
Ben! (Boo!)<p>After a couple of seasons I gave up on Succession cause it just didn't hook me at all despite giving it a healthy chance since people kept talking about it, but here's my ass sitting here watching Dallas which is like <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> Succession without being funny. </p><p>I'm enjoying this pilot though, it is well shot. I watched reruns of this a little bit as a kid but never really understood what was going on. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dallas</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a></p>
alxd ✏️ solarpunk prompts<p>Hot take:</p><p>Solarpunk doesn't need any more short stories. It needs generational telenovelas set in a climate-affected future.</p><p>---</p><p>Imagine replacing "how can I fit all the world context in 10 pages" with the depth of a lived-in experience of the different members of the household, who survived different "eras" of <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/cimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cimateChange</span></a> . Imagine them being human, with relatable human problems, but painted against the changing world.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/hotTake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hotTake</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/soapOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapOpera</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/telenovela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telenovela</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
Ben! (Boo!)<p>The most unrealistic thing about this episode of Dark Shadows is that somebody was actually willing to give the main girl change for three dollars.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spooky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spooky</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/60s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60s</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tv</span></a></p>
Ben! (Boo!)<p>Hearing me tell my stepmom how I want to start exploring soap operas after being into them as a kid, my dad suggested we watch Dark Shadows when he saw it on Prime assuming it'd be right up my alley and he is right, I really, really enjoyed the like 5-6 episodes we watched that only showed like a few total hours of one night.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/soapopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soapopera</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkshadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkshadows</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/60s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60s</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a></p>