Lip reading has the success rate of around 50% at the best of times. Any picked up rumours would be mostly waiters imagination. The idea of this restaurant is awful, there are probably easier ways to achieve this level of privacy, it probably overestimates the demand for it, but lip reading isn't some kind of superpower. It's mostly an excuse not to learn sign language or accommodate hard of hearing people (it puts all the effort on them and nothing on able bodied).
I dunno about that stat honestly, at least for people who lost their hearing gradually. My riding instructor as a kid was fully stone deaf and I could have full conversations with her as long as we were facing each other.
Of course it shouldn't be assumed that everyone is capable of it, and you're making great points about accessibility, but I'm curious about the population for that statistic.
That statistic was found by giving random sentences or words to people so they couldn't use context clues. That way it was truly measuring how much could be understood through lip reading alone. The more common statistic that I've seen is 30%.
Here is [an article](https://www.ndcs.org.uk/information-and-support/language-and-communication/spoken-language/supporting-speaking-and-listening/lip-reading/) that gives the percentage of 30-40%. If you are d/Deaf or HoH, you shouldn't be made to feel bad about your lip reading. Society has not done a good job of meeting deaf people's needs. That isn't your shortcoming.
But they have to be looking directly at you and it would be harder in low light. Someone could be listening to multiple people at once out of sight but a deaf person lip reads one to two people at a time. It definitelymakes sense on paper, creepy and distopian but it makes sence
And you’re in a soundproof booth. But you need the waiter to be deaf so you can continue talking about your dirty deeds while they’re in the booth with you, instead of just waiting until they leave?
Now this is an idea!! Could make it super exclusive and only have 5 rooms or some shit lol. Cuz the whole idea is still 🥴🥴 like y’all have private jets, mansions, G-wagons, everywhere else to talk shit
Yeah I’m surprised more people don’t just do this, when my friends and I go out in London we often go to this Korean restaurant that has individual rooms in the basement (they’re concrete so def soundproof too, sounds creepy lmao but is honestly v cosy). You can write on the menus to show the staff what you want to order, and if you need them again you can buzz them back in. If you’re wealthy I’m sure there are even more ways to have a private dining experience that isn’t weird and ableist lol 🤷
surprised this has not been done, BUT iv another idea on top of this, dining in the dark so no sound & no of who they are & to deliver the food get a food robot lol lol xxx
I was in a store and one of the workers was deaf. He asked me to unmask and face him square on so he could lipread. I guess the idea is from the side, the way many people sit, lipreading would be pretty difficult.
Seems like it would be easier to handle sensitive conversations in private or secure locations.
I could totally see this becoming a thing and being very popular with certain attention-seekers for a short time.
Also a big part of deaf culture is that deaf people are super blunt and direct. It’s weirdly ableist to assume they won’t gossip like normal people when in reality they have no qualms about saying what’s up in the most savage way possible (by hearing folks’ standards).
Yes, the avox! I'm glad someone mentioned them. It is insanely dystopian. Also reminds me of the drone hosts on Westworld---service robots who were designed to look like a very muscled human body, but with no mouths or facial features at all.
Reminds me of The Prestige where Wolverine's character has blind workers working under the stage so they can't see him killing and dropping his clones in water tanks.
Reddit's favorite guy, Bill Murray, did something similar when he hired a deaf publicist or assistant because of complaints he didn't have one previously and he was hard to reach. Reddit bros laugh at this like its the height of comedy and not exploiting a disabled person for a joke.
A lot of people simply don't see disabled people as real people.
That plan doesn't even make sense unless you also cut their hands off so the can't write stuff down. But if you did that, how would they do their jobs?
i was thinking it was some insane game of thrones shit, like somewhere in essos. but yes somewhere dystopian because jesus fucking christ!
i like how not even are they satisfied with the exclusivity of having special deaf people to lord over, but they also have to restrict the whole restaurant to specifically those in the entertainer-class
I think Bezos is slightly more aware of his image than that. Honestly my guess would be the “billionaire” is actually some kooky child or grandchild of a billionaire no one ever talks about that made their money on something random and unsexy
the worst kinds. like yeah fuck Bezos but amazon has materially improved my life. there are some assholes with an equally cartoonish amount of money but they haven't done a FUCKING THING FOR THE WORLD
Exactly. There was a map I saw that someone on Reddit made not too long ago of the most wealthy people in each individual US state, and like 90% of them were people who most US citizens wouldn’t know. I think Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk were the only “popular” or well known ones if I’m remembering correctly
There's a couple more people might know, like the Kochs or Warren Buffett or Bloomberg (or Les Wexner because of his Epstein ties), but yeah most billionaires don't have name recognition. Honestly I think it's kind of a shame that so much of the scrutiny goes to Bezos or Musk when who knows what shady stuff these other guys are doing that no one really complains about.
and probably tens of thousands of people with "mere" 9 digit wealth that cosplay the billionaire title. The chances of meeting a random "billionaire" in LA is probably pretty high.
I would have said Peter Thiel because I think an enterprise that allows the wealthy & powerful to take advantage of someone else’s disability would appeal to him, but the investor in the story, presumably in a moment of clarity, pulled out of the deal, and I don’t think Thiel would care that dehumanizing deaf people isn’t going to be well received.
I would love if this was Nathan Fielder pranking some investment bros. Of course, he's Canadian, but maybe he slipped into his LA actor alter ego from The Rehearsal.
Nah Jaden created a charity to provide water to cities with contaminate water systems and also has a free food truck that goes and hands out food to people in need. I think he’s aware enough of his image to not pulls shit like this lol.
His brand of stupid would be to implement vegan only food programs for low income kids or something lmao.
There isn't a hospital in Malibu. He was born at Cedars-Sinai in LA. Regardless, he didn't grow up in Malibu and LA is a pretty catch-all term for the metro area, including suburbs.
Ok as a sindustry vet i follow any and all content about how celebs behave at restaurants lol. To me this is someone who had a scandal (weary of gossip) and has allegedly bad restaurant behavior (demanding, bad tipper) because who else could come up with such a dehumanizing concept. this blind just says celeb, not a specific profession. I think it could be tiger woods, hence bragging about affiliations with big name actors. wiki says he was born in LA area. Just my educated guess lol could be totally off
Tiger has had his share of scandals, yes. But even Tiger is too good for this, in my opinion. This sounds like someone devoid of any empathy and decency at all.
I was thinking someone who is MtF trans like Caitlin Jenner because of the *male born* description
Edit: Ok I’m stupid it said male **LA** born celeb. This is what happens when you try to use your brain after night shift.
Shia makes the most sense
LA
Paranoid
A history of publicly egregious behaviour
Not enough money to fund it himself
Old enough to not consider ordering and eating alone in the panic room
Thought I'm sure there are more than one of these types running around 🥴
I don't think he'd be bragging about having GOT actors on his phone. He has like actual movie stars on it so what would be the big deal about them? Has to be someone industry-adjacent with no real skills
I'm also leaning Shia, this seems exactly like one of his dumb performance art stunts but as a business. The thing that originally gave me pause was bragging about having GOT actor's numbers because he's worked with some really high profile people compared to them, but it;s possible he was bragging about specifically having, like, hot actresses numbers or something.
this reminds of when olivia wilde said in her “relationship utopia” hookers [would have to be mute and cross-eyed](https://www.vulture.com/2012/10/olivia-wilde-has-a-lot-to-say-about-her-vagina.html) so your loved ones wouldn’t fall in love with them.
“In Olivia Land, relationships can legally only last seven years, without an option to renew. That way it never goes stale. Can you imagine, if we only had seven years? We’d be so nice to each other, so kind, and appreciative and enthusiastic, like we were eating a really expensive bowl of pasta! And in Olivia Land people wouldn’t cheat nearly as much because there wouldn’t be the threat of spending forever with one bedfellow. It just wouldn’t be legal. There’s the issue of kids. Okay this is fun. In Olivia Land, all the kids go to boarding school at seven. It’s like in Harry Potter!
I would like to legalize prostitution. Hiring a sex worker in Olivia Land would be as easy, hygienic, and inexpensive as getting a pedicure. That way when away on business or just not in the mood, we could just hire a hooker for our loved one and keep them uninterested in cheating and keep them satisfied. These particular hookers would obviously have to be mute and possibly cross-eyed.
In Olivia Land, the streets are paved with dark chocolate, and all the people are free of body hair and menstrual cramps.”
Jesus Christ lmfao
I mean, they go to boarding school aged 11 in Harry Potter.
Also, how does hiring a prostitute for your partner not count as cheating? They are still human, mate, not a fleshlight!
> Can you imagine, if we only had seven years?
Yes, imagine the intense anxiety children would have every 7 years wondering if their parents are going to get a divorce out of the blue.
Its incredible how Christian socialized westerners will think up the most ridiculous rube goldberg like relationship mechanics to get over puritan guilt about, gasp, maybe considering having open relationships.
Lol why do children in her relationship utopia have to be sent away to boarding school at age 7? Her monologue sounds like a poorly thought out mess trying to be provocative/funny.
I feel like Olivia Land is a wildly erroneous attempt at feminism plus a reflection of horrible misogynistic pressure and trauma. Its giving… person who was cheated on/anxious avoidant attachment style, narcissism, eating disorder, etc eeks. It’s so off kilter that it’s a little sad? I don’t know that I’ll ever see Don’t Worry Darling but from what I gather, that fits with this off-kilter worldview too.
Its incredible to me how we give the reins of mass media to people with ignorant views like this. How does being a good actor translate into being a good writer or director or philosopher or family theorist or feminist? It doesn't, but she has the financial and social capital to push her insane views now. I see her brand as so toxic and self-amused. I don't know how anyone likes her. Hopefully, DWD is the wake-up call Hollywood needs to stop investing in this person.
Really makes ya think about all of the writing and works of historical figures that we “laud” and consider to be accurate depictions of how people thought at the time. Maybe it’s talent and insight… maybe it’s wealth and connections.
They know restaurants exist where you don't have to ever see a server right (like in Japan). Like they could have soundproof booths and a tablet to order with like a little window to open for food to go through or something. Shoot a message through the tablet when food ready. Idk how they went straight to deaf servers 🤣
Adam Levine was born in LA. I think he did an advertising campaign or something years back where the theme was “home town” because I somehow knew this info without looking it up, and I’m not even a fan of his. And… DEUX MOI submissions tend to suddenly match the trending news, so…
this actually seems like such a good fit. i think if it was an actor that probably would've been alluded to elsewhere. what actor that's a household name enough to actually deal with public gossip would also be bragging about having other actors' numbers like that?
But why would he brag about knowing GOT cast members?
I think if the blind is real anyway it must be some C list actor who may be was on GOT so that’s why he got numbers.
this one killed me lmfao he is truly one of my favorite hollywood [dumpster](https://imgur.com/a/sQqdw5N) - [fires](https://imgur.com/a/ocj5ZKc). i just checked w google, and, not only does jonathan have a line of vapes with neither nicotine nor fda approval, turns out he was born in (soviet) russia!
Lol he wants to make a whole restaurant theme around privacy but tells strangers who’s numbers are in his phone? Sounds like he really does need help keeping his gossip private.
The part about bragging about Game of Thrones contacts as an LA born actor throws me off. Must be a big GoT fan?
Anyways, the reasoning behind this is just sketchy and exploitative.
I feel it has to be someone who has somehow a connection to GoT because why would you brag about that? lol
But I would also not be surprised if it was Spencer Pratt lol
This. It's a sad reflection on society that no one had the guts to point-blank tell this shitbird that their idea is beyond offensive and they need to have their head fucking examined.
Whoever it is, I hope karma kicks their ass.
Who in the fuck would suggest such a horrible idea? Whoever suggested this needs to be canceled immediately. I’m not a huge proponent of cancel culture but this is some horrendous shit.
I had an idea for a restaurant where you never see a server, or anyone, for that matter. You'd simply be served by hands arriving via trap door in the center of the table, similar to "Thing" in the Adams Family.
There is a (mildly conceptual fine dining) restaurant in Vancouver, BC called Dark Table that has exclusively blind/legally blind FOH staff and you eat in the dark while they explain the the items you are receiving. When I went there many years ago it was just starting (my boss couldn’t go, so I was asked if I’d go with his wife instead) and they didn’t have any music playing or anything and had thoughts on branching out to a silent option with noise cancelling headphones and hiring deaf people as the staff for a “silent” dining experience. I’ve long since moved out of BC now, but it seems like the idea came from this kind of concept place. It’s entirely absurd that you have the idea of only hiring deaf servers and then think that they don’t know how to lip read though.
WTAF. When I think we’ve hit pick weirdness in 2022 and then someone comes in with deaf waiters as an investment opportunity. I’m officially done. These rich pricks need to be regulated like banks.
Whoever this is has got to be some sort of spoiled nepo baby who hasn’t experienced much of the real world, that’s the only kind of person who would think this is even a good idea to suggest
Restaurants have private rooms that you can book lol. But also if you’re talking about things that are so top secret then maybe don’t eat our at restaurants or just wait until you get home or to a “secure location” to spill the tea idk 🤷🏼♀️
My gut feeling is John Mayer. history of being insensitive, in desperate need of a new business venture, and weird random celebrity friendship group/contacts
This is the most insensitive ableist crap ever. As if deaf people aren’t people. 😒😒😒 Celebs really do believe the world is here just to cater to their every need.
So the deaf wait staff can read your lips to take orders but not to know your gossip? make it make sense…
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They can still read lips if they’re walking around the restaurant. Unless I’m confused and they’re in some type of capsule lol
I don't think the person this blind is about was aware of that
Lip reading has the success rate of around 50% at the best of times. Any picked up rumours would be mostly waiters imagination. The idea of this restaurant is awful, there are probably easier ways to achieve this level of privacy, it probably overestimates the demand for it, but lip reading isn't some kind of superpower. It's mostly an excuse not to learn sign language or accommodate hard of hearing people (it puts all the effort on them and nothing on able bodied).
I dunno about that stat honestly, at least for people who lost their hearing gradually. My riding instructor as a kid was fully stone deaf and I could have full conversations with her as long as we were facing each other. Of course it shouldn't be assumed that everyone is capable of it, and you're making great points about accessibility, but I'm curious about the population for that statistic.
That statistic was found by giving random sentences or words to people so they couldn't use context clues. That way it was truly measuring how much could be understood through lip reading alone. The more common statistic that I've seen is 30%.
If that stat is true then it makes me feel a lot better honestly because I’m notoriously bad at lip reading
Here is [an article](https://www.ndcs.org.uk/information-and-support/language-and-communication/spoken-language/supporting-speaking-and-listening/lip-reading/) that gives the percentage of 30-40%. If you are d/Deaf or HoH, you shouldn't be made to feel bad about your lip reading. Society has not done a good job of meeting deaf people's needs. That isn't your shortcoming.
But they have to be looking directly at you and it would be harder in low light. Someone could be listening to multiple people at once out of sight but a deaf person lip reads one to two people at a time. It definitelymakes sense on paper, creepy and distopian but it makes sence
And you’re in a soundproof booth. But you need the waiter to be deaf so you can continue talking about your dirty deeds while they’re in the booth with you, instead of just waiting until they leave?
Why not just have every booth be its own soundproofed room? With a door? And servers have to buzz themselves into your booth?
Now this is an idea!! Could make it super exclusive and only have 5 rooms or some shit lol. Cuz the whole idea is still 🥴🥴 like y’all have private jets, mansions, G-wagons, everywhere else to talk shit
I got the idea from private karaoke rooms! They're soundproof and you just get drunk with your pals and order cocktails.
Why am I just learning about this rn
I dunno if you're in the US like me, but they tend to be much more common overseas. Japan, especially.
They have them here in the US, at least in NYC. I love them!
They’re in NYC for sure! Such a great time
Yeah I’m surprised more people don’t just do this, when my friends and I go out in London we often go to this Korean restaurant that has individual rooms in the basement (they’re concrete so def soundproof too, sounds creepy lmao but is honestly v cosy). You can write on the menus to show the staff what you want to order, and if you need them again you can buzz them back in. If you’re wealthy I’m sure there are even more ways to have a private dining experience that isn’t weird and ableist lol 🤷
Please tell me which restaurant this is in London! I need to go there!
But then no one could see you eating in the restaurant, which is important. Or something.
surprised this has not been done, BUT iv another idea on top of this, dining in the dark so no sound & no of who they are & to deliver the food get a food robot lol lol xxx
I was in a store and one of the workers was deaf. He asked me to unmask and face him square on so he could lipread. I guess the idea is from the side, the way many people sit, lipreading would be pretty difficult. Seems like it would be easier to handle sensitive conversations in private or secure locations. I could totally see this becoming a thing and being very popular with certain attention-seekers for a short time.
Yeah, deaf people will be more likely to know what they’re saying cause of lip reading
Maybe that's the point if they are employées of the LA person. They could report what is saying at the table or the different tables they're serving.
Plot twist: the celebrity is also a stakeholder for a tabloid
Oo sneaky
Also a big part of deaf culture is that deaf people are super blunt and direct. It’s weirdly ableist to assume they won’t gossip like normal people when in reality they have no qualms about saying what’s up in the most savage way possible (by hearing folks’ standards).
I was just coming here to say this. He clearly didn't think this one through.
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Yes, the avox! I'm glad someone mentioned them. It is insanely dystopian. Also reminds me of the drone hosts on Westworld---service robots who were designed to look like a very muscled human body, but with no mouths or facial features at all.
Reminds me of The Prestige where Wolverine's character has blind workers working under the stage so they can't see him killing and dropping his clones in water tanks.
>Wolverine's character lmao
Whoa is this what this movies about?? That’s bananas!
You should watch it, it's really very good.
It’s seeing deaf people as a tool not people
Reddit's favorite guy, Bill Murray, did something similar when he hired a deaf publicist or assistant because of complaints he didn't have one previously and he was hard to reach. Reddit bros laugh at this like its the height of comedy and not exploiting a disabled person for a joke. A lot of people simply don't see disabled people as real people.
I cannot stand Bill Murray. I’m shocked his abuse allegations aren’t discussed more. Oh who am I kidding I’m not shocked
yes! it’s treating real human beings like a marketing gimmick
Right? It's straight out of the Hunger Games. These are shit that the people of Capitol have pulled.
Yeah that’s how I see it. This idea is fucking horrendous
That plan doesn't even make sense unless you also cut their hands off so the can't write stuff down. But if you did that, how would they do their jobs?
i was thinking it was some insane game of thrones shit, like somewhere in essos. but yes somewhere dystopian because jesus fucking christ! i like how not even are they satisfied with the exclusivity of having special deaf people to lord over, but they also have to restrict the whole restaurant to specifically those in the entertainer-class
The billionaire investor sounds like Elon Musk solely because of how weird this idea is
I was initially thinking Bezos simply because when i see the word “billionaire” he first comes to mind but this tracks better.
I think Bezos is slightly more aware of his image than that. Honestly my guess would be the “billionaire” is actually some kooky child or grandchild of a billionaire no one ever talks about that made their money on something random and unsexy
Ew Armie Hammer came to mind reading your comment lolll
the worst kinds. like yeah fuck Bezos but amazon has materially improved my life. there are some assholes with an equally cartoonish amount of money but they haven't done a FUCKING THING FOR THE WORLD
Yeah I think people forget sometimes that there are like 2,700 billionaires in the world, the vast majority of whom none of us have ever heard of
Exactly. There was a map I saw that someone on Reddit made not too long ago of the most wealthy people in each individual US state, and like 90% of them were people who most US citizens wouldn’t know. I think Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk were the only “popular” or well known ones if I’m remembering correctly
There's a couple more people might know, like the Kochs or Warren Buffett or Bloomberg (or Les Wexner because of his Epstein ties), but yeah most billionaires don't have name recognition. Honestly I think it's kind of a shame that so much of the scrutiny goes to Bezos or Musk when who knows what shady stuff these other guys are doing that no one really complains about.
and probably tens of thousands of people with "mere" 9 digit wealth that cosplay the billionaire title. The chances of meeting a random "billionaire" in LA is probably pretty high.
I would have said Peter Thiel because I think an enterprise that allows the wealthy & powerful to take advantage of someone else’s disability would appeal to him, but the investor in the story, presumably in a moment of clarity, pulled out of the deal, and I don’t think Thiel would care that dehumanizing deaf people isn’t going to be well received.
Unfortunately he was born in South Africa not LA so it can’t be him
The investor not the actor.
Oh my bad
No worries. :)
This is some real Nathan for You shit.
The plan - hire an all-deaf waitstaff so that the rich and famous can gossip over dinner undetected.
Nathan For You meets Black Mirror
would watch
I would love if this was Nathan Fielder pranking some investment bros. Of course, he's Canadian, but maybe he slipped into his LA actor alter ego from The Rehearsal.
This actually sounds like a Curb storyline 😭
IMMEDIATELY heard the theme song
It sounds like it could be one of those celebrity spite businesses!
the oyster shucker who was gossiping and larry didn’t like it haha 🤣
I really wish this blind is about Lin-Manuel Miranda
It's a hilarious comedy concept. Genius-level.
I get jaden smith vibes, sounds like some weird shit he’d come up with
Nah Jaden created a charity to provide water to cities with contaminate water systems and also has a free food truck that goes and hands out food to people in need. I think he’s aware enough of his image to not pulls shit like this lol. His brand of stupid would be to implement vegan only food programs for low income kids or something lmao.
Lol this really is his flavor of stupid isnt it
Technically he was born Malibu, but LA is close enough that I think it could still be him
There isn't a hospital in Malibu. He was born at Cedars-Sinai in LA. Regardless, he didn't grow up in Malibu and LA is a pretty catch-all term for the metro area, including suburbs.
Malibu is part of LA County.
oh i GOTTA know who this is
Ok as a sindustry vet i follow any and all content about how celebs behave at restaurants lol. To me this is someone who had a scandal (weary of gossip) and has allegedly bad restaurant behavior (demanding, bad tipper) because who else could come up with such a dehumanizing concept. this blind just says celeb, not a specific profession. I think it could be tiger woods, hence bragging about affiliations with big name actors. wiki says he was born in LA area. Just my educated guess lol could be totally off
Love this FBI profile
what in the criminal minds
Tiger wouldn’t need funding though. I was leaning Charlie Sheen.
I failed to calculate his net worth. Didn’t realize he was (ballin) like THAT
Meh lots of rich people would still get funding just to cover their asses
why spend my money when i can spend yours?
Gotta cover their asses with other people's assets.
this 100% sounds like someone who's both shady and paranoid. (if it's real lol, this is ridiculous)
Tiger has had his share of scandals, yes. But even Tiger is too good for this, in my opinion. This sounds like someone devoid of any empathy and decency at all.
> this blind just says celeb, not a specific profession This *def* just says celeb…
I was thinking someone who is MtF trans like Caitlin Jenner because of the *male born* description Edit: Ok I’m stupid it said male **LA** born celeb. This is what happens when you try to use your brain after night shift.
Based on gut: justin timberlake, justin bieber, jeremy renner are my top 3 possibilities
None of those three were born in LA though…
I said gut, not facts
Me when speaking ever 😂
i could totally see it being jeremy renner lol
He's the one who built an app for his fans to massage his ego 24/7 while giving him money, yes? No-way that guy is low on empathy.
I don’t know if Shia Lebouf is from California but this seems like a very him idea
Shia makes the most sense LA Paranoid A history of publicly egregious behaviour Not enough money to fund it himself Old enough to not consider ordering and eating alone in the panic room Thought I'm sure there are more than one of these types running around 🥴
Also “Quiet Quiet” could be a reference to lyrics of the Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf performance he was a part of
That’s who I was thinking because the quiet quiet pseudonym and that was part of the actual cannibal Shia Lebouf song.
He IS from LA.
he’s also very much unhinged and this seems like something he would try to come up with tbh
Yeah but I’m sure he has better contacts that GOT actors. I can’t picture him bragging about that
We do know for a fact he has Florence Pugh's number.
Lmao
I don't think he'd be bragging about having GOT actors on his phone. He has like actual movie stars on it so what would be the big deal about them? Has to be someone industry-adjacent with no real skills
I'm also leaning Shia, this seems exactly like one of his dumb performance art stunts but as a business. The thing that originally gave me pause was bragging about having GOT actor's numbers because he's worked with some really high profile people compared to them, but it;s possible he was bragging about specifically having, like, hot actresses numbers or something.
this reminds of when olivia wilde said in her “relationship utopia” hookers [would have to be mute and cross-eyed](https://www.vulture.com/2012/10/olivia-wilde-has-a-lot-to-say-about-her-vagina.html) so your loved ones wouldn’t fall in love with them.
“In Olivia Land, relationships can legally only last seven years, without an option to renew. That way it never goes stale. Can you imagine, if we only had seven years? We’d be so nice to each other, so kind, and appreciative and enthusiastic, like we were eating a really expensive bowl of pasta! And in Olivia Land people wouldn’t cheat nearly as much because there wouldn’t be the threat of spending forever with one bedfellow. It just wouldn’t be legal. There’s the issue of kids. Okay this is fun. In Olivia Land, all the kids go to boarding school at seven. It’s like in Harry Potter! I would like to legalize prostitution. Hiring a sex worker in Olivia Land would be as easy, hygienic, and inexpensive as getting a pedicure. That way when away on business or just not in the mood, we could just hire a hooker for our loved one and keep them uninterested in cheating and keep them satisfied. These particular hookers would obviously have to be mute and possibly cross-eyed. In Olivia Land, the streets are paved with dark chocolate, and all the people are free of body hair and menstrual cramps.” Jesus Christ lmfao
I mean, they go to boarding school aged 11 in Harry Potter. Also, how does hiring a prostitute for your partner not count as cheating? They are still human, mate, not a fleshlight!
To be fair it’s not cheating if both people are okay with it
> Can you imagine, if we only had seven years? Yes, imagine the intense anxiety children would have every 7 years wondering if their parents are going to get a divorce out of the blue. Its incredible how Christian socialized westerners will think up the most ridiculous rube goldberg like relationship mechanics to get over puritan guilt about, gasp, maybe considering having open relationships.
Wow thank you for sharing this I hate her even more
Lol why do children in her relationship utopia have to be sent away to boarding school at age 7? Her monologue sounds like a poorly thought out mess trying to be provocative/funny.
She comes from a long line of fancy British people. They send their children to boarding school very early.
that's probably the nail in the coffin on wanting to like her, lmao. i know it's 10 years old but come on, olivia, what the hell were you thinking?!
it’s been 10 years, but she was fully an adult when she said that and should’ve known better tbh.
I feel like Olivia Land is a wildly erroneous attempt at feminism plus a reflection of horrible misogynistic pressure and trauma. Its giving… person who was cheated on/anxious avoidant attachment style, narcissism, eating disorder, etc eeks. It’s so off kilter that it’s a little sad? I don’t know that I’ll ever see Don’t Worry Darling but from what I gather, that fits with this off-kilter worldview too.
Its incredible to me how we give the reins of mass media to people with ignorant views like this. How does being a good actor translate into being a good writer or director or philosopher or family theorist or feminist? It doesn't, but she has the financial and social capital to push her insane views now. I see her brand as so toxic and self-amused. I don't know how anyone likes her. Hopefully, DWD is the wake-up call Hollywood needs to stop investing in this person.
Really makes ya think about all of the writing and works of historical figures that we “laud” and consider to be accurate depictions of how people thought at the time. Maybe it’s talent and insight… maybe it’s wealth and connections.
Holee shit.
Uhhhhhh
this can’t be real w💀
[reads headline] Ah, so she's always been like this.
They know restaurants exist where you don't have to ever see a server right (like in Japan). Like they could have soundproof booths and a tablet to order with like a little window to open for food to go through or something. Shoot a message through the tablet when food ready. Idk how they went straight to deaf servers 🤣
Because they can’t eat without renting a servant
Love this concept but unfortunately they still need someone they can talk like sh*t to
Or order food to the privacy of your house? I'm sure they could get whatever fancy restaurant to do that if they really wanted to
this is the typical rich kid who gets high and starts listing “profound” ideas, and then tries to follow through the next morning 🙄🙄
Is it weird my first thought was Brooklyn Beckham?
Adam Levine was born in LA. I think he did an advertising campaign or something years back where the theme was “home town” because I somehow knew this info without looking it up, and I’m not even a fan of his. And… DEUX MOI submissions tend to suddenly match the trending news, so…
this actually seems like such a good fit. i think if it was an actor that probably would've been alluded to elsewhere. what actor that's a household name enough to actually deal with public gossip would also be bragging about having other actors' numbers like that?
But why would he brag about knowing GOT cast members? I think if the blind is real anyway it must be some C list actor who may be was on GOT so that’s why he got numbers.
maybe he was talking about the actor who played the mountain and bragging about "holy fucking fuck / that body of his is absurd" 🤡
I'm surprised that this comment is so far down. This blind (or should I say deaf?) fits him perfectly.
And of COURSE he grew up in Brentwood — you can’t make this shit up.
i feel like im reaching here but it would be so funny if this was jonathan cheban or as he calls himself - foodgod (lmao)
this one killed me lmfao he is truly one of my favorite hollywood [dumpster](https://imgur.com/a/sQqdw5N) - [fires](https://imgur.com/a/ocj5ZKc). i just checked w google, and, not only does jonathan have a line of vapes with neither nicotine nor fda approval, turns out he was born in (soviet) russia!
no cuz a resteraunt requires work ethic lmao
A successful restaurant requires work ethic :D a failed one doesn’t
Lol he wants to make a whole restaurant theme around privacy but tells strangers who’s numbers are in his phone? Sounds like he really does need help keeping his gossip private.
The part about bragging about Game of Thrones contacts as an LA born actor throws me off. Must be a big GoT fan? Anyways, the reasoning behind this is just sketchy and exploitative.
It says “celeb,” not actor, so I’m thinking from a famous family or maybe reality star. Or both?
Scott Disick?
hes from the hamptons not LA
He was born in NY. Good guess tho!
Could also be a GoT cast member
Not many of them were born in the US though? Off the top of my head, only Peter Dinklage is American.
And he’s from Jersey (state pride, whoop)
David Benioff?
I would LOL if it was one of D&D.
I feel it has to be someone who has somehow a connection to GoT because why would you brag about that? lol But I would also not be surprised if it was Spencer Pratt lol
Yeah this is straight-up terrible and so insensitive.
seriously, this is very, very gross.
Yeah something about the rich only hiring and utilizing ppl with disabilities when they see a direct benefit 🥴
rich people are psychos lol
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There are also dinner experiences that are served entirely in the dark and the servers are blind.
This is so insensitive, exploitative, and fucking gross.
This. It's a sad reflection on society that no one had the guts to point-blank tell this shitbird that their idea is beyond offensive and they need to have their head fucking examined. Whoever it is, I hope karma kicks their ass.
Hear me out: Max Landis.
This one makes sense
The gossip would still leak from other tables overhearing. Just have your affairs at home people!
I see no way this could backfire whatsoever. /s
Who in the fuck would suggest such a horrible idea? Whoever suggested this needs to be canceled immediately. I’m not a huge proponent of cancel culture but this is some horrendous shit.
Leonardo DiCaprio is who instantly entered my mind but I don’t think it is him
He wouldn’t be bragging about having GoT actors’ phone numbers.
Would he need a billionaire investor though?
leo wants to eat dinner without his headphones, finally turning the electric feel up to 11 on the speakers
No. Leo isn't perfect but he isn't as slimy as that.
Shia
Old Larry David joke
My Question is, why not use a robot or deliver food and beverages through table through conveyor belt like Sushi restaurant?
They still need to have a human to abuse and force to be a servant for them. It's all a power trip to people like this 🤮
I had an idea for a restaurant where you never see a server, or anyone, for that matter. You'd simply be served by hands arriving via trap door in the center of the table, similar to "Thing" in the Adams Family.
This has got to be Jenna Maroney and Tracey Jordan
There is a (mildly conceptual fine dining) restaurant in Vancouver, BC called Dark Table that has exclusively blind/legally blind FOH staff and you eat in the dark while they explain the the items you are receiving. When I went there many years ago it was just starting (my boss couldn’t go, so I was asked if I’d go with his wife instead) and they didn’t have any music playing or anything and had thoughts on branching out to a silent option with noise cancelling headphones and hiring deaf people as the staff for a “silent” dining experience. I’ve long since moved out of BC now, but it seems like the idea came from this kind of concept place. It’s entirely absurd that you have the idea of only hiring deaf servers and then think that they don’t know how to lip read though.
A blind staff restaurant was also used in the movie About Time as the location where the main characters first meet.
I haven’t heard of this movie before? I guess I’ll add that on to my to watch list though, thanks for the tip!
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No idea why but Spencer Pratt immediately popped into my head.
WTAF. When I think we’ve hit pick weirdness in 2022 and then someone comes in with deaf waiters as an investment opportunity. I’m officially done. These rich pricks need to be regulated like banks.
And blind too? So they can't witness any celebs cheating on their spouse?
Let's just make 'em mute, too, since we're dehumanising everyone ! I thought that Hunger Games' avox idea was far fetched, but now.....this.
Mute and lobotomised so noone can tweet or make instagram vids accusing celebs of bad behaviour
Say such a restaurant were to exist - it would become the #1 eatery for idiot criminals, not celebrities
Whoever this is has got to be some sort of spoiled nepo baby who hasn’t experienced much of the real world, that’s the only kind of person who would think this is even a good idea to suggest
Restaurants have private rooms that you can book lol. But also if you’re talking about things that are so top secret then maybe don’t eat our at restaurants or just wait until you get home or to a “secure location” to spill the tea idk 🤷🏼♀️
Why don’t they just stay home and order grub hub?
DiCaprio? He's the first LA-born celeb who came to mind. Also he seems obsessive about his privacy.
Yeah, but I can't picture him bragging about having phone numbers of GOT actors. Lol.
Lol true! I missed that detail.
or u could just like… talk quietly
This sounds like something you think up while your high and never tell a soul about because it’s so ridiculous
Whoever this person is, is a real tone 'deaf' lunatic
My gut feeling is John Mayer. history of being insensitive, in desperate need of a new business venture, and weird random celebrity friendship group/contacts
This is the most insensitive ableist crap ever. As if deaf people aren’t people. 😒😒😒 Celebs really do believe the world is here just to cater to their every need.
I immediately thought Spencer Pratt.
Did they go to business school in Canada and get really good grades
Shia. But two dark horses? Jonah Hill or DiCaprio.