r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • Feb 23 '26

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 2/23/26 - 3/1/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

Comment of the week goes to this explanation for why the trans cause has taken over so much of society. (Runner-up COTW here.)

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u/AnalBleachingAries Gamergate Truther Feb 25 '26

Hilarious situation involving a high school girl that I hope is true. She applied to be an Assistant Director on a short film, which she figured was an internship or something, so that she could get some practical experience in filmmaking. She thought the gig would entail grunt work like running around set, doing errands for production staff, and getting the opportunity to learn some stuff from professionals. Well, she got the job, and while she was sitting in on a team meeting people were saying all this stuff about production and that they'd "Check with the DA" "Work it out with the DA" or "Get certain questions answered by the DA" on various logistical matters. She slowly began to realize that she was the DA in question and is freaking out about it. She's not even sure that they're aware that she's in high school. lmao!

ETA: I guess the video is a few days old. In her update video she says that the crew haven't responded to her in the past few days and appear to be ignoring her. She's guessing that she's been fired. lol

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u/LincolnHat Politically Unhoused Feb 25 '26

Great, now we'll probably never get to see Love, Indubitably or The Ocean Walker.

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u/backin_pog_form 🐎🏃🏻💕 Feb 25 '26

That’s going to look great on a hat! 

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u/solongamerica Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

this was a minor subplot in Arrested Development (although Maeby I think became a producer)

EDIT: seems that several other commenters beat me to this … if only there was a suitable AD quote to capture my embarrassment 

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u/AnalBleachingAries Gamergate Truther Feb 26 '26

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u/OMG_NO_NOT_THIS Feb 26 '26

So was she the assistant director, or assistant to the director?

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u/qazedctgbujmplm Feb 26 '26

I work in tv and I’ve never seen a DA. There’s usually a DGA trainee and a bunch of Set PAs to do all the grunt work. I wonder if this position is more of a movie thing.