#PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales "Sumo of the Opera" (2004)—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i know y'all in the US are sleeping now but i really want to get as many of these done as i can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htPpGOMscNk …
I have never seen VeggieTales "Sumo of the Opera." No idea what it's about. Looks ... Japanese-inspired? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
have i mentioned how much i love the veggietales theme song #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
like as a kid i just assumed "if you like to waltz with potatoes, up & down the produce aisle" was a completely normal song lyric #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
We open on Bob on the counter. Explains Larry isn't here bc he's volunteering to help kids #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
ummm—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Khalil the caterpillar is operating a cucumber puppet named Lutfi. to assist Bob bc Larry's not here #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
We got a phone call from Larry #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Lutfi is "teensy-weensy" but he's a big helper! #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Larry says actually he's not volunteering—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
bc [big convoluted story abt public transport]
OMG i have SO been there #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
Larry says he's gonna give up & come home—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Bob says NO, he needs to persevere #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
Lutfi is going to tell a story about perseverance #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
it's a ... silent movie? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Mr Nezzar is driving a truck delivering a piano. 3 other veggies are helping him. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
WOWWWW it IS a silent movie. i love this.—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
like, no talking, just a lot of piano music, every so often there's a card w some words
(but it's in color, not black&white) #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
They got the piano all the way up the stairs. but it rolled back down. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
1 veggie (out of 3) gave up. now it's just Larry & Lunt trying to get this damn piano up the stairs #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
ice cream truck comes. 2 of them get ice cream. but Larry missed out bc he was struggling w the piano #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
now larry is carrying this piano all alone #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales pic.twitter.com/dqNJUQVW7p—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
the 2 other workers are just sleeping #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
wow Larry did it! hands off the piano to Madame Blueberry at the top of the stairs #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Mr Nezzar comes back & is angry at the 2 workers who gave up—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
uh Larry has a lipstick mark on his cheek ............................................ O.O #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
lololololol we are back w Bob & Lutfi & Larry on the phone. Larry missed the whole story bc it was a silent movie #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
"And now it's time for Schoolhouse Polka with Larry" THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales pic.twitter.com/oxDR66jUQ7—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
IT'S A SONG ABOUT HOMOPHONES—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i love this bc i am a huge nerd #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
you guys he is laying on the ground playing the accordion, like it's an electric guitar #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales pic.twitter.com/aMVXZDSXkN—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
OH MY GOD he has songs for so many parts of speech—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i love the pronoun song #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
Lutfi is stalling for time while Bob finds the next story #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
he's going to tell the story of st Patrick's day—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
wut #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
as a kid, he was kidnapped by pirates who took him to Ireland, they sold him as a slave #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL "the people there spoke a different language. but we will pretend everyone spoke English. like Star Trek!" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
narrator explains that ppl there didn't believe in god, they were pagans, they prayed to twigs & pond scum (this is played as a joke) #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
st Patrick prayed all the time. over 100 times a day. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
after 6 years, god told st Patrick it was time to go. so he walked 200 miles to the sea. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
he finds a captain to give him a ride to france on a boat #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
they got lost in france & can't find any food. st Patrick prays. suddenly 2 pigs appear so they have bbq #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
so now he's back in England—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
has a dream that Ireland is calling him back to tell them abt god
#PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
he becomes a bishop. goes back to Ireland. tells them abt god. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
God is like a shamrock—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
the ppl all start praying to the shamrock
"No! This is simply a metaphor" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
no, god is like a shamrock bc he [sic] is 3 persons in 1 #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i think it's HILARIOUS how st Patrick introduces the concept of the trinity & everybody is like, yeah that makes sense—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
IT'S A JOKE BC THE TRINITY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
ppl threw out their twigs & started worshipping god #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
okay finally Bob found his story (about perseverance). we open up on a bunch of Japanese wrestlers #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
here's the sumo champion #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales pic.twitter.com/hSalqfnLyw—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
all right it is OBJECTIVELY HILARIOUS how the veggies are wearing these sumo underwear things #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
what—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
there is a potato who seems to be Mr. T???
he says "i pity the clown" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales pic.twitter.com/E7Gh3rhe55
Larry is the Italian Scallion—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
he was raised by scallions #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
OH MY GOD Archibald Asparagus suddenly pops in to explain the silk screen—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
lolololol #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
Bob shows up to get the recycling. Drops a banana peel in the ring. wow that's gory and graphic in the veggietales universe #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Larry sings about how he likes to play jokes #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Pa Grape says Larry jokes around too much- he wanted to be a sumo wrestler but gave up, he never finishes anything #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Potato got hurt, now who is the champion going to wrestle? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Larry steps up & says he wants to wrestle #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
lots of jokes abt haikus, i love this #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i am so confused #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Larry is sure he wants to wrestle the huge Apollo gourd. he only has 2 weeks to train #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Pa Grape is going to train Larry. But only if he promises not to give up.—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
next there's a "karate kid"-sort of montage #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
he trains by going up the down escalator—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
and ... gets hit by the bags in the recycling center #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
meanwhile, Apollo the champion says he's not going to train at all. seems overconfident #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Pa Grape says he used to be a clown—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
but later he learned that hard work & not giving up is so important #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
then Pa Grape became a wrestling champion. before his knee injury. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Pa says sometimes there's a good reason to stop & quit. But not just bc you don't feel like it. there are lots of things god wants us to do that require perseverance #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
larry decides he quits—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Junior shows up w a scallion hat, that he made for show & tell, it felt so good to finish it & show everyone #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
now larry is determined not to quit—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
another montage! #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
there seems to be some kind of side-plot where bob is really into recycling #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Larry keeps going up the down escalator, even when other ppl are on it. this is not safe! #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
time for the big match! first sumo to toss their opponent out of the ring wins #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
a bit of an easter egg for those of us who read Japanese/Chinese characters? ??? = Love has God, uhh what does that mean #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales pic.twitter.com/Xsz1rv105j—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
or, uh, did they just get a list of religious characters & randomly pick 3? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Larry uses his training abt mopping & going up the escalator, almost pushes the gourd out #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
they both fall out of the ring at the same time. it's a tie! #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
so Apollo is still the champion, but Larry lasted longer than anyone else ever did. so he feels good that he persevered #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
on 2nd thought, maybe those Japanese characters were correct & Japanese grammar is different from Chinese? (i read Chinese) #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
the end. now we're back with bob & Larry on the counter. Larry says he DID go & volunteer w the kids :) #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Lutfi broke Qwerty so there isn't a verse #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Lutfi says he knows his memory verses. pulls out a verse abt perseverance from Hebrews (no idea what the context is) #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Bob says god wants us to persevere.—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
"when we're trying to do something god wants us to do, he cares whether we finish or not" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
all right that's the end of VeggieTales "Sumo of the Opera." Let's discuss #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
umm. so. the "lesson" from VeggieTales "Sumo of the Opera" is perseverance #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i don't feel good abt this lesson. continuing to do something just bc "quitting is bad" is so unhealthy #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
it is good to have SOME THINGS in your life which you persevere at, even though they are hard. but it is HORRIBLY UNHEALTHY to try to do that with *everything* in your life #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Let's start out talking abt larry, who got lost on public transport on the way to his volunteer gig & wanted to just give up & go home #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i didn't like how Bob, over the phone, told Larry he shouldn't give up, he should still go do the volunteer thing #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
like, Bob's not there. he doesn't know the situation. getting lost on public transport can really drain your emotional energy & make you just want to go home #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Maybe this is an introvert thing, or an anxiety thing- but when i decide to go out somewhere new, by myself, & don't really know what to expect, it can easily get overwhelming #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
it's WORTH IT to go out & do new things. BUT i also need to have the option to just give up & go home if it becomes too overwhelming #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
We don't know Larry's emotional state, or how easy/hard it is for him to go somewhere he's never been before, or how well he's able to emotionally cope w unexpected changes in his plans #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
if it was me, the healthiest thing would be to just go home & try again next week #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Next, let's talk abt the silent movie about pushing the piano up the stairs #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
at the beginning, 3 of them were working together, but later 2 gave up, & it was just larry carrying the piano by himself #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
larry keeps working & gets the reward (though i find it sexist/creepy how the reward includes a kiss from madame blueberry) #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
since his 2 coworkers (who were supposed to be helping) gave up, i think it would have been fine for larry to stop & wait til he had enough ppl to help him #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
he's not required to take over other ppl's responsibilities bc they gave up #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Also in this situation, it's their JOB to carry the piano up the stairs, so they REALLY SHOULD persevere & not give up #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
which is a totally different situation than Larry & his interest in volunteering #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Next there was the story of St Patrick. I don't see what that had to do with perseverance...? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i found it weird how the story said St Patrick prayed 100 times/day. in my evangelical background, we were HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS of measuring exact quantities like that, feels "legalistic" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
and the Christian supremacy was NOT COOL. the story invited us to laugh at pagans bc they pray to plants which is obviously ridiculous, unlike our religion which is reasonable #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
and i'm not a fan of trying to get ppl to convert to Christianity. evangelism. ppl don't need to change, there's nothing wrong w them. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Okay, next, the story of the Italian Scallion doing sumo wrestling #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Yes, it's good to have a hobby that you work on a lot even though it's hard, & you don't give up #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
BUT. That is NOT the same as saying quitting is inherently a bad thing. Quitting can often be a very good thing. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
There is one line where Pa Grape says quitting isn't always bad. so that's good. but they didn't really say enough about that. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
If you always quit when things get hard, that's a problem. But at the same time, it's good & healthy to try different things & quit if you end up not liking them #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Persevering is not inherently good. It's only good if the thing you're doing is a thing that's actually worth doing. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Quitting is not inherently bad. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
To make a decision abt whether or not to quit, u should think abt the possible outcomes & what your goal is #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Really depends on what you personally want. Is it worth it to keep persevering, or not? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Really didn't like how they presented "persevering" as something that's intrinsically good. It's NOT. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Gonna tell a little story about my childhood—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
So there was this extracurricular activity i was in for a while, & a lot of kids were in it at some point but ended up "quitting" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
i felt so superior to those "quitters." I believed quitting is bad & i am not the kind of person who would do that. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
so i kept on doing this extracurricular, for many years, when i was a child, & i had a good time but eventually i got to the point where i wasn't enjoying it anymore #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
& i wanted to stop, but that would be "quitting", and just the word "quitting" was so horrifying to me, i was a good kid, i wasn't the kind of person who would "quit" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i remember i spent a lot of time trying to figure out my emotions. "quitting" was such a huge scary terrible thing. but i didn't want to do this activity any more. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
basically, i came to the conclusion that "quitting is bad" equated to "i am a failure if i don't spend the whole rest of my life still doing this thing" which is just absurd #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
like, i realized it didn't make sense to believe that quitting would be worse than spending my time (potentially throughout the whole rest of my life) doing something i didn't want to do #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
so i decided to tell everyone i "retired". not "quit" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
like, okay, i did this thing for a while, and it was good, but that doesn't mean i have to do it forever, and i'm done now. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i "retired" & never had any regrets. never looked back. not a single regret. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
In life, it's very healthy to begin things & then end them later #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
related: a lot of ppl stay in bad relationships bc they're too scared of breaking up #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
it's completely nonsensical how society classifies relationships that end as "failed" & relationships that don't end as "successful" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
if you get out of a bad relationship, that's a GOOD thing #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
if you're in a relationship, & you're unhappy & it's not a healthy relationship, that's a problem & breaking up would be a GOOD thing #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Anyway, in the sumo story, Larry's problem was that he quit EVERYTHING. quitting everything isn't good. but quitting some things IS VERY GOOD & HEALTHY #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
i wish VeggieTales had advised us on how to tell if it's a good idea to quit or to keep persevering. Instead of acting like persevering is always the right answer. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
That's the sunk cost fallacy!i don't like how they treated "persevering" as this abstract thing without any context. In reality, persevering is good if the thing is worth doing, & persevering is bad if the thing is not worth doing #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
And another thing: it's not good for ppl to be so afraid of failure that they aren't willing to try new things #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
but if u really believe "quitting is inherently bad" then u should NOT try new things, bc if you don't end up liking them, & you quit, then you are A FAILURE #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
see also: in purity culture, asking someone on a date is basically getting engaged #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
all right that's all i have to say about VeggieTales "Sumo of the Opera." i didn't really like this one. kids should be taught that it's good to quit sometimes. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
Yes, hard work often does pay off. And we all need to work hard in life. But that is NOT the same thing as "quitting is bad, not quitting is good." #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2018-04-07
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