March Ramble Voting
Time to choose a (good) topic!
As always, you may choose as many options as you like*; the highest total number of votes wins.
*For iphone users, there's a bug on multiple-choice voting. The workaround is to vote for one option, force quit the app, then come back and vote for the other option(s). People have found it retains multiple votes when you do it this way
Comments (106)
New here…. So this March poll is voting for the April ramble essentially? Just still figuring out how this works, thanks 😄
The idea is the poll and the ramble come out the same month, but it seems due to factors perhaps related to her main channel project(s) and her personal life, Jenny has been falling a little behind schedule the past few months with the patreon vids! I wouldn't worry about it too much - seems like she's got a lot going on and still cares greatly about making sure patrons get the content they pay for so I'm sure it'll all even out eventually. The rambles do seem to have become higher-effort in the past couple years, so I bet they're taking longer to get out than when they were originally conceived.
I hope the disney one takes it. Of course whatever's most popular should win, and all of them are fun options, but man could I use a video that doesn't have massive amounts of second-hand embarrassment. Videos like the pokemon one, church of the rock, some of the evermore content, even some of the more awkward star wars hotel stuff just have a lot of... cringe, I guess? I kind of hate that word, but I think that's it. I actually found it kind of painful to wade through the pokemon video until it was talking about props and not showing clips from the show. And I don't find those videos rewatchable at all (other than the original evermore video, I just scrub through certain parts). Idk. That's probably just a me thing, other people seem to be totally into it, I just can't handle that stuff very well. Reminds me of being mocked or doing horrifically embarrassing stuff myself in public and then wanting to die of shame later, and I tend to end up reflecting more on my own failings more than enjoying the video. Sorry for the long rant, I don't feel as strongly about this as the word count would suggest lol.
Hi friend, I have ADHD rather than OCD (completely positive about that, was married to someone with OCD for 10+ years, I basically have the opposite personality issues) and yep : ) No exaggeratiom to say I've been in therapy longer than some patrons here have been alive, and my life is in a stable place. But also, the way I process cringe is way less unusual than you might think. Secondhand embarrassment tends to be something that people react to strongly, either by enjoying it because watching it helps create a feeling of being definitely on the other side of it and thus secure in the feeling of not being embarrassed, or in the way I do by empathizing too heavily with the embarrassed person and sort of feeling their pain too intensely. Also some PTSD or CPTSD stuff that can be related, won't go into it but it's relevant for me. I guess I could compare it to horror? Some people, me included, can watch a horror film and be mentally separated enough to enjoy it. Or even end up with a sense of greater safety afterwards. But some people are unable to mentally separate and can't handle the sight and sound of victims being terrorized. It's something that comes from a blend of psychological makeup and life experience, basically. Humiliation, laughter, fear... These wires get crossed pretty easily.
These videos are an entire month off now.
Don't want to disagree or anything, but I think I'd rather her be focusing fire on the star wars hotel video and kind of back-burner these items. so long as they still maintain monthly status, even if it's the end of the month. Obviously not too much because, yeah, of course, people are paying for this and it's good to meet deadlines. But, she's been awesome about releasing star wars hotel previews lately, so just personally I'm cool with that as supplementary content throughout the early/mid parts of the month. Not to downplay your concerns though, at all. Just an opinion.
I somehow managed to miss this poll! First time that’s ever happened :( I don’t know what was ahead when she picked, but I hope it’s Flopiversary
Any chance Jenny could revisit The Last Jedi? I love TLJ and very few people do. Would I be the only person to watch it?
Actually I would watch that! I’ve recently been revisiting TLJ. It’s not very high on my list as far as Star Wars movie rankings go… but there’s a few things I like about it. Mostly, I’ve noticed it doesn’t hold up for multiple rewatches for a lot of people, so I wonder if Jenny’s opinion has changed or not? Anyways… I like hearing opinions that differ from mine cuz when it comes to Star Wars cuz it’s easy to become too opinionated 😆 Honestly I don’t blame her if she doesn’t want to touch it with a ten foot pole though 😂
I know it’s not popular but I’m dying to know her favorite music artists
lol same ive voted for it everytime for years at this point! i think it would be so surprising and interesting because she was a singer, her sisters an internet music nerd, and we only get tiny glimpses of jennys music taste. lol we need to run a voting campaign or something
So glad that flopiversary came from behind. If church of the rock's showing this year was weak I would much rather have that.
What day/time did the vote close?
She doesn't usually disclose a vote close date/time
Really hoping that church of the rock 2024 gets covered because I forgot to watch it while it
I hope it was flopiversary it really was anyones game tho
Hope we chose a (good) topic 🤡
Hopefully floppiversary didn't win to late to be made bc its a great idea
for fellow iPhone users, it's easier to open Patreon in Safari instead of trying to get the app to work
Come on eclectic music taste!
we're all voting for the flopiversary right? right?
Come on flopiversary!!!
Jenny herself tweeted that this year's play sucked, and not in a fun way, so I really really hope some other topic wins.
Aww thanks for sharing (not on twitter) so I changed my vote. Don’t want her to do something that won’t be fun
So not only was it a Christian murder mystery musical, it was also set in the 70s and had disco themes, I NEED Jenny to review this sorry Disney people
Lol jenny saud it was bad tho
They literally addressed why they can't have the chat active before the play. Not that I was gonna chat, but I was kind of shocked when they were like "there's so many of you, our chat won't be live."
Animal crossing and the virtual companions is a video that I need
Aaaaa, I wish we could get a reactions and predictions for How To Train Your Dragon land Isle of Berk because it looks sick but also how achievable is it and how do roving dragons work? I must know how people in dragon costumes survive in the heat because it looks crazy intense and not like something they can use robots for given their encouraging guests to touch the dragons
Not sure if this will quite satisfy what you're looking for but the podcast For Your Amusement did a great episode covering everything we know about Epic Universe so far! I found it insightful and enjoyable! ☺️
I’m a new Patreon patron- are we able request videos? If so, as someone also going through a Pokémon nostalgia trip, I’d love Jenny to watch her favorite anime episodes and give her thoughts!
That’s just for the Pardners tier ($25/month) - their suggestions are “collected via group message anytime after the 7th of the month”, so if you just joined that tier you’ll get a chance after April 7
I know there’s a lot of “hate” in the comments for the Easter play (not really, everyone is being super respectful and voicing their opinions in a very nice way) but I must, must, MUST see how the church makes an Easter play out of one of my favorite whodunnits. What a bizarre choice years past its relevancy.
Someone at the church must really love the Kenneth Branagh Poirot movies. I know the Orient Express one was in 2017 and two more have come out since then, but I can kinda get why they picked it anyway… Orient Express is the most famous title and I’m sure the easiest to adapt as a play
the urban explorer videos would be amazing
I also would prefer that the Church Play vids not become an annual tradition; I love the original vid but we got that and one bonus already, and it doesn't feel like there'd be enough legs to the humor/curiosity of it to cover everything they do every time. Plus that just means there's 1/12th less variety in what type of rambles we get. Don't want to cast a damper since from the votes it seems like a lot of patrons are on board, but just since a couple other people have had similar comments that's my two cents
I do not want to sound like a hater but it is sorta odd to me the way people keep submitting the same unpopular topics over and over, and also some of which would be kind of a larger time commitment, I don't really think "excruciating deep dive" is the vibe for a ramble neither is the commitment of watching an entire show if she has not seen it. the point is that they are more fun and casual
When Jenny asks for poll submissions, she does make it clear that if you propose a topic about a TV or movie series she hasn't seen, you have to accept the fact that she might just make the executive decision to leave it off the poll entirely. So I do believe anything that ends up on the poll is fair game, though I do also understand the sentiment of wanting to come up with simpler concepts so as not to put as much work on her.
I do not want to go hard against any particular topic or to be mean to anyone who suggested it or wants it, but much as I enjoyed the church play video and had fun watching the Beauty and the Beast one last year, I currently am just.... deeply not in the mood for anything related to Christianity, Christians, Christian churches with questionable politics, anything to that vein. Just kind of a sore point for me in the current state of the world and would be more of a bummer than it would be funny. And also I just really missed hearing Jenny apply her script doctor/story analysis skills and I still remember her talking about Wish in the Patreon-exclusive D23 video, back when it was just showing the concept art and broadly talking about the premise and such, and I'm interesting in seeing some kind of follow up to that and what she thought about the actual film. (I realized after going through some of the comments that the topic is not necessarily the movie Wish specifically but how Disney's 100 year anniversary in general was a flop lol but I figured the movie was included as part of the topic)
As a Christian myself, I do have to say that I do not really like the chuch play videos, as it feels like, people take it as an excuse to make fun about christians in a negative way. Yeah, the video was all in good fun, but I still felt not that good to be honest. I like Jennys other videos as described by you also way more :)
Flopiversarry is a genius idea 😭🙏
I’m begging y’all to rally behind Flopiversary I’ve been tormented by it for all of 2023 and beyond
It was both so much and nothing at all it lives in my brain rent free.
I want both the Disney and Easter Play video so badly
If only the Easter play theme this year was based off Disney's 100th anniversary film Wish 🌠
Kudos to the person submitting the taylor swift topic for mixing it up this month. One day 😂😂💛
Guys, it's been far too long since we had a theme park focused ramble. The Easter Play topic is great too, but that's definitely gonna win another month! Focus on theme park stuff (or urban exploring, that sounds amazing!) But honestly all of these sound great
Real.
I will diligently vote for the seasonal decor every month, even if it never gets picked
Plot Twists, Favorite Artists; Dinner With Family; Inside the YT'ers studio. I figure the Easter Play will take care of itself, besides it looks like a "Murder on the Orient Express" pastiche which can't be as batshit insane as a "Toy Story" Easter Pageant.
hallmark... :(
shout out to the person who always submit the hannibal topic. i vote for it every time. we’ll get there someday
I'm just going to keep on rolling for seasonal home decor - I feel like it could be so entertaining based on the Hallmark takedown!
Many people in the comments making valid points against the toxicity of evangelical christianity but I would contend Disney is similarly mostly evil? I trust Jenny to bring thoughtful, critical coverage to both these dubious institutions in her signature hard hitting journalistic style. Also idk what Jenny University means and at this point I'm scared to ask
I'm confused by those comments because it's not like making fun of these ridiculous church plays is a celebration of evangelical Christianity or Easter by any means.
I like that being able to see vote totals lets me be tactical (in a fair play way; I finalize my vote within a few days of the poll being posted). I voted for Disney's 100th FLOPiversary because it's the runner up to another Easter play video and I have a moderately strong preference for the Disney topic over the Easter topic, even though the Disney topic wasn't on my personal short list of especially fun topics this month. Patreon should implement ranked choice voting, to make those tactics unnecessary! The exact technical details of ranked choice are a little too complicated to explain in a comment, but basically you vote by making an ordered list with the stuff you like most at the top (and you don't have to include every option in your list if you don't want to sort them all). It makes it less likely that there will be an option that (as a made up example) 40% of people want, but 60% of people dislike, but which wins because the 60% of people who dislike it can't unify around a different choice. Anyway I'm passionate about ranked choice but actually not that passionate about the poll options. I'm fine with whatever Jenny decides to use. I feel like we get a pretty good variety of genres of ramble and I mostly follow Jenny for her sense of humor + style of video and not any particular topic, so it's okay if my vote is a little less efficient each month. Hopefully she'll be able to figure out something that works well for her and the community.
i want whoever sends in Jenny University and Seasonal Decor every month to know that I see you. I see you.
Voting for Jenny University in time for graduation season. Need the founding inaugural address.
theres only one i need to vote for this month ⛪️🎤🐣🎶
I really don’t think the Easter video would be appropriate at this time.
Why is that?
Voting for the twist video, and the Disney flop video. Both concepts sound like Jenny would have some amusingly snarky things to say.
JENNY UNIVERSITY 'TILL I DIE!
As a swiftie I really love the folklore one but realistically know it probably won't win 😭😭😭😭
Really curious about the Disney100, it seems like every other anniversary was sooo much better. Like tv specials with the Golden Girls and elaborate parades with music stars haha.
I think I know which one is going to win
i hope FLOPiversary comes back around next month because i really wanna see that video but i can't NOT vote for an easter play update
No the plot twists are gone! Aurgh.
That topic is the first poll option and it's doing pretty well!
What are cannon movie videos?
I'm just learning some of this but Cannon Films, who I know as the producers of a bunch of cheesy movies in the 80's (Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Masters of the Universe, etc.) apparently made a bunch of kids' movies based on public domain IPs
My first vote ever and I gotta tell you I'm still not convinced Trump won't find a way to win.
I'm just voting on the topics with the fewest votes. The popular ones all feel either gimmicky or self-referential ('DAE remember when Jenny did the church plays video?!').
Look I want to hear Jenny's thoughts on Disney's centennial, but I'm trying not to vote for multiple topics in a tight race with each other, and my heart chooses "Are they crucifying Poirot? Is Poirot solving the murder of Jesus? What even IS this one?"
I’m sure I’m in the minority but I’ll skip any more of the church play videos tbh it’s just a bummer for me as Easter is a season of increased threats of antisemitic violence in my community. I don’t want to take away from other people’s enjoyment from it if it wins it wins, I just don’t personally want more of it.
I was on the fence about voting for it since I feel like it might get old at this point. Your comment tipped me over. I've only recently started learning about how some Christian parts of culture are far less neutral to people of non-christian backgrounds than they are to me as a raised-christian atheist. I'm grateful to you for sharing
I think maybe seasonal decor won’t have much of a chance until the October-December months when it’s topical… but I want it to win so bad… oh well, there’s lots of good options this month as usual
The urban Explorer video would be so cool
It has to be the Easter play I need this 😭
Seasonal decor rating is back ❤️
Church of the rock all the way!!
Btw I've requested that patreon add a blind voting feature! That's all I can really do for now since the current features are sort of limited. So if they do implement that I might experiment with it and see if it makes people generally happier with the poll results & reduces multi way ties
Multi votes appear to be working again on mobile
And the race begins
If the Easter Play wins can it be a video just on the play and not the sermon part? I'm not part of that church or agree with their beliefs but something about a commentary done for entertainment over a religious sermon bothered me. And it was really different from the other types of things usually covered (Pop culture/ theme park entertainment and related businesses etc).
No, as a Christian i would say her takedown of his sermon was the most interesting part.
it's jenny university's month!!!!!!!!
I will never vote for the Folklore option, but if that person wants me to vote for some Taylor Swift themepark option here's my suggestion: just make it a full Disneyland style park that is Taylor Swift themed. I like Taylor Swift and I really like her Folklore album, but I just don't want to listen about that one idea for a full video.
The Folklore Theme Park isn't related to Taylor Swift if I'm remembering correctly, it's essentially a LARP theme park. Also known as Evermore, I believe.
Instead of paying to have every streaming service, I wisely use my money to continue throwing my hat in the ring for Jenny's ramble topic poll month-to-month 🙏🏼
I want the 100th FLOPiversary. I left Disney World before they gave out the special name tags with your favorite character on them- AND that supposedly they didn't even let you pick Figment to be on your name tag. The nerve! Okay, the other stuff is pretty interesting too, like the viral dripping ears, and the ugly ugly merchandise and Wish. I know she talked about it on her Twitter but I am a simple man who likes hearing people dunk on/talk about interesting Disney things.
Obviously it has to be Church of the Rock, it’s an Easter tradition!
Ok, hear me out--we've already gotten a great super long church of the rock vid, and also picking that option limits Jenny to commenting on whatever is in this one play, which is in all likelihood probably fine. She made her video cherrypicking the best of like 8 plays, and I think people who think that option will be fun/funny haven't been forced to sit through many mediocre plays! 😅
Yeah, I don't know if the church plays have enough legs to be a yearly tradition 🤔. Though this year's premise is intriguing.
Murder on the Jerusalem Express sounds so.. timely... 😵💫
Yeah… pretty poor taste IMO
urban explorers but church on the rock will probably win.
I'm enrolling in Jenny University!
When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University!
I’m always here for Disney takes a la Jenny, wouldn’t mind her take of Murder on the Jerusalem Express either
virtual companion creatures my beloved...
i had to google what the cannon movie tales were but now i'm legit interested
I need to see her reaction to the Easter play, a Christian murder mystery musical?! That sounds insane
Cannon films like Death Wish 3?
The fairy tale ‘division’. Like the 87 Rumpelstiltskin that we all probably rented at some point.
Pls everyone vote for the Disney option I need to see this video