So I love Orange is the New Black. I think the show is freaking phenomenal. The writing, the character development, the acting, the casting: Orange gets it right so often! So naturally, being the TV buff that I am I wanted to share the show with others and by others I mean people who still rave about how good OZ on HBO was.
So clearly they're older than me.
Much older…like 50+. Now I'm so use to so many things. I'm young….I've been in all kinds of activities all my life with all types of people. I grew up knowing gay classmates and opening transgendered individuals. I'm willing to accept almost anything unless its illegal AND morally bankrupt. Obviously there are lots of things I failed to remember would be jarring to watch with people my parents age.
LOTS!
When watching Orange with people my age they're like
Prison: Yes
Women: Yes
Comedy: Yes
Drama: Yes
Women of Color: Yes
Lesbians: Yes
Sexually Explicit Scenes: Yes
The 50+ crowd around me is like
Prison: Yes
Women: Yes
Comedy: Yes
Drama: Yes
Women of Color: Yes
Lesbians: NO…..HELL NO…ABSOLUTELY NOT! What's the point? I don't get it!
How can that even be pleasurable? It doesn't make sense!
I'm looking away if they starting kissing!
They're doing more than kiss?!?!?!?! WHYYYYYYYYY???????
Sexually Explicit Scenes: Yes….unless lesbians then NO!
Hell NO!
How is that even... just NO!
YALL!!!! I wasn't ready. I wasn't remotely prepared for how these older folks would act about Orange. Now don't get me wrong…they love the show they just don't understand this basic element about Alex and Piper and about homosexuality in general:
Love is Love.
They'll say "I just can't get over the fact that that's two girls kissing!"
I just don't see anything you need to get over personally but okay. And I'd like to point out that if anyone has to kiss Piper shouldn't it objectively be the hotter of the two for ratings and such….I mean are we seriously comparing
to
I mean seriously?
No….
Okay lets try again
or 
COME THE HELL ON!
You know Alex is head and shoulders above Larry.
To take a page from Piper "I like hot people" Chapman: Jason Biggs is cute and Laura Prepon is hot.
Or even worse the oldies have this to say when Piper is with Larry ---> "At least its a boy and a girl!" to which I reply
SHE DON'T EVEN LOVE HIM! Not like she loves Alex!
YOU CANNOT SERIOUSLY BE ROOTING FOR THAT BECAUSE HETEROSEXUALITY?!?!?!?!
(Yes I forget grammar in these situations cause girl what?)
Stay pressed old people…but don't let the press keep you from brilliant television cause its your loss.
Oh…and your issues with homosexual displays of affection aren't my business.
Don't be shocked when I'm not shocked.
They love each other.
That includes sex where I'm from. <--- "And that's a tip from me to you" Warren of OITNB
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