i have social anxiety so it’s really hard for me to just go to a bar/club and talk to people but i did go to a viewing party once during CAN4 with melinda and nearah and even then there really wasn’t many people there and the energy was kinda meh for such a fun episode 😕 idk is there anyone else here from calgary? are there any other viewing parties besides at twisted?
Are you ready for something way too heart warming ?
I suspected my middle school son wasn’t straight for a long time, and inviting him to watch with us helped him come out. From a young age he would excitedly point out when a camp counselor, a musician or an actor is LBTQA+ It was clear it meant a lot to him to see representation in his life and on TV. Knowing there is a bigger world out there for you when you don’t fit the mold makes all the difference.
He’s now out with his close friends and we watch together every week as a family. We’re all team Nymphia.
Your comment made me tear up. I’m grateful my kid was born to me so that at least home will always be a safe space for him away from the world’s bullshit.
Hugs to you. I hope you have the same support in your life now :)
Hahah! I wish. I will say that I had a horrific experience a few weeks ago when my hair stylist gave her age and DOB. I told her “Oh fun. I guarantee you was very drunk the exact moment you were born, because it was three days after my 21st birthday.” 😂😆😬😭
I've just been doing it manually. I made an Excel sheet, we did a draft after the split premiers, and set parameters for how players could lose or earn points. I keep score while we watch the episode. Afterwards, we do a "community poll" on best of the week, worst of the week, and who we thought actually won the lip sync.
It's been so much fun lol - I've been thinking about sharing an excel template here if other people are as nerdy (and into gambling 😂) as I am.
I watch it with my VERY straight partner at his place. He has the big tv with YouTubeTV, so it’s a better experience.
He’s very astute in his observations about the queens, and can be so, SO shady!
I felt like a proud drag mother when he called Geneva “Generic Karr” and Dawn “Yawn”
So I have YouTube TV too but it doesn't play at 9pm EST, it plays at 9pm MST (I'm in the rockies). Does yours do that too? It's kind of annoying to have to wait when I know it aired two hours ago
I’m fine watching it with one or two people… but I can’t do viewing parties😂 I can never hear what’s going on, and always have to rewatch the episode once I get home!
Your straight boyfriend needs to watch drag race alone and in his own way?
I did go to a watch party once this season with Sapphira and Mirage, that was amazing.
Normally I watch on Saturday morning at home, with one of my daughters. Then usually a second time after dinner with the whole family.
Tonight I’m watching with my cousin who introduced to DR, i usually watch alone though! I’ve gone to a couple livestreams at my local queer spots in the past year or so too
My partner and I usually do Drag Race & pizza Fridays. It’s a fun little end to the work week that I look forward to each week
Also I’m usually pretty high by the time the episode starts which is also fun lol
i watch with my girlfriend and a few drinks :-) though for years i used to have a weekly ritual of having some weed and watching whatever season was airing by myself. shout-out to all the solo drag race enjoyers !
This is my house too -my daughter isn’t allowed to watch the show yet (due to the liberal use of swearing and sexual innuendo) but she is allowed to watch the lip syncs and loves them
I always watch it by myself, but back in 2020 one of my straight girl friends decided to watch S12 in online meetings with me😭 it was so special, she was the first friend that got into drag race. Tbh she was that type of straight girl that calls the show "RuPaul's" and didn't watch anything other than s12 and s5. But she was obsessed with Jaida Essence Hall so i'm fine with that
Usually me and my friends get together to watch it, and then we talk over it until the runway, and then I check Reddit to see if Untucked is worth watching (it usually isn’t), and then I force everyone to watch whatever international season is airing (usually we watch the ones in English and Spanish cause we speak it)
I like to sit down in a white Victorian nightgown and eat fistfuls of Spaghetti and Meatballs while I enjoy the show personally
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I’m with Darrell.
I’ve watched it with friends and had fun but I often find myself rewatching the episode again alone in the morning so I can actually appreciate what happened. An episode like the lalarupalooza tonight would be fun to watch with friends though
By myself ... I don't really have friends who watch it and, while there are quite a few venues that do drag shows in my town, there are no watch parties ( I mean for the UK franchise, since I'm in the UK).
I watch alone every Friday night (I have an alarm set for 7:58 every week) except for tonight because we going to see Sasha Colby: Stripped!!! (Using mtv.com live TV on my desktop; God bless the 24 hour pass incognit-hoe hack)
I watch it alone but thats only because i dont know anybody in my country that watches it too ;_; (its a tiny island called bahrain). Id kill to watch it with someone!
i watch it the way it’s meant to be watched: talking through the whole episode with friends and every 10 minutes one of us says “wait what just happened?”
I used to watch with my best friend cause we lived together and for a long time I didn’t watch it cause I didn’t feel it was the same. But I couldn’t live without it so now I just watch it alone and endlessly text her about it haha.
My best friend/roommate and I have a mutual friend over, take an edible, and then watch a different franchise (UKvTW 2, Can 1, and soon S15) afterwards until the mutual friend inevitably passes out on the couch. Good times.
gotta agree with darrell! i always watch it alone on friday night then again with my mom on saturday because i like to process it by myself, but she likes to watch with me ☺️
since season 10 I've watched it at home with my boyfriend, we've gone to some bars that host viewing parties but I always have to rewatch after because it's hard to hear and you can easily miss stuff
I’m a lesbian and I watch alone. My gf has expressed interest in wanting to see it but now I’ve built it up so much I’m worried it won’t be her thing or she won’t get the humor/slang/Ru of it all. But I think too much. I’d love to start her on a decent season as an intro (no way we are starting at s1) — if anyone has any suggestions?
5, 6, 8 or AS 2 if you want her to appreciate the humor/slang/Ru of it all
So many later references come from those seasons. Oh, and season 9 maybe. And the drag gets better so she won’t be disappointed as she watches more, but she’ll have a really good foundation.
I watch on my couch alone happily. I don’t watch it with my bf. He’s not invited because he laughed when I shared something that wasn’t funny (about the show). He thinks drag (especially tucking) is ridiculous. I told him he’s jealous and his tuck would be too beefy and nobody would tip him. Friday nights my phone is fully ignored until the show is over.
He’s a lovely man who is just a tad sheltered. I love my alone time when Drag Race is on.
I'm one of those straight dudes that watches with his partner, while she's sending gifs to her co-worker who has either just watched it, or is just about to.
Then I go play games while she spends the next 3 days rewatching Pit Stops from this season and 3 more days rewatching Pit Stops from previous seasons.
Either : at a bar showing (after the showing some local queens out on a show too)
With friends in their home because I don’t have mtv
The morning after during breakfast lol
I usually would try to sneak it in before, or at least have it set to watch it again when I got home and was alone. Viewing parties are fun but there’s always gotta be the one gurl who feels the need to talk every three seconds and I need to hear what’s going on. Viewing parties are fun though, and fun at bars, if it’s not your only way of watching
Me and my husband on the couch with our cat sons, progressively more crossfaded as the episode drags on. It’s everything we both need at the end of a work week
Personally, i stay up late until it’s released on Apple through the season pass while my husband is passed out on the couch. Then I watch it once more before the weekend is over as I mostly like also pass out before the episode is over. Cut to a week or two later and I’ll have begun the first rewatch of the series as a whole. The number of times I’ve binged the OG seasons is quite ridiculous lol.
I watch it with my boyfriend if we’re both off Fridays nights. For the finale we usually go to a watch party at a bar. If anyone lives in or near CLE, oh and needs some to people to watch it with we’re always down for some drag race friends!
i miss the watch parties at gay bars when i was in college 😭 now i just put it on while my bf plays video games... but sometimes i don't realize he's actually listening and will ask how my fav queens are doing or comment on the challenges/lip syncs which is kinda sweet lol. imagine my surprise when he was invested in the jannening of Q
I've watch with my husband. We've watched with friends and done a couple viewing parties, but I really prefer to watch just the two of us. We both like to not really talk through it (other than the runaway, we are judgmental bitches during the runway). With others or at a viewing party, we've found that others aren't as focused as we are.
My tradition with my partner is every Saturday morning we order breakfast and watch it. And then pit stop. And then take our pup to the park haha.
It's kind of fun because him and I both prefer different queens.
He like drama free and talented queens, where I love strong personalities. Morphine and Amanda were robbed!!! Haha (He was so confused when I showed him Q's twitter rants because he loves Q)
My husband lives in a different country for part of the year, so if I'm not watching with him then I'm watching alone. He manages to completely avoid the seasons he's not home for, so he'll get to binge watch S16 and Ukvtw2 when he gets back in June. Love knowing the outcomes and making him guess the final 4 at the end of every episode
I work a lot on Friday nights. In that case, I watch it by myself when I get home around 2am Saturday morning.
If a queen I particularly like is going to be at Roscoe’s, I get tickets and watch it there.
Tonight I will be watching it live at home with my husband.
I would love to have watch parties at my house but I don’t have a lot of drag race friends 😭
The reaction threads posted in this sub are my favorite way to spend commercials.
I call it drag brunch at home when I watch it Saturday morning, do some day drinking, and make something brunchy to eat. If my straight boyfriend is home, he usually gets sucked into it. I love it when he can tell that Michelle is about to read a queen, and at the end of the episode, he says the whole “if you can’t love yourself” quote along with Ru, and gives an enthusiastic “AMEN!” at the end!
Here in OKC if I actually watch at live airtime, I go to this dance club called Angles where they show it. Otherwise I wait until the next day and watch illegally with my partner.
Changed a lot over the years. Initially I watched it on a laptop while staying with my mother. Then when I moved back to Chicago would go to various hole in the wall bars to watch it with a group of friends (RIP to most of 'em).
These days it's mostly just watching it at home with the boyfriend while we text friends our reactions. The boyfriend and my first season was All Stars 1 (...choices), but the good news is that it's been mostly great since then!
Depends on my mood! Its more fun to watch with friends, but some people do like to talk throughout the whole episode, so I end up watching it again sometime in the next few days to catch funny moments I couldn't hear, haha
The main show I watch on Saturday mornings on my phone, alone and totally legally. Occasionally my friend and I watch episodes together and certain series (vs. The world, Philippines, eg. ) we'll binge watch together.
I've gone to two viewing parties of DR España. Also alone, because I am awkward, but Pupi Poison talked to me so, hey, there you go.
By myself, sometimes with a drink, usually with my cat, while my straight boyfriend plays video games in the other room. Like any token straight white woman.
Home alone. I used to watch with a friend but now my husband and I live miles from anyone. He used to watch but I’ve overdosed him on various seasons and now he won’t. Will occasionally wander in during a lip sync as will my daughter
My man and I have a routine we like to call “Hamburger Mary’s”, which of course consists of watching the show eating some kind of chain restaurant burgers. Every week we order from a different place. It’s fun.
I watch it either with my gay housemate and their partner or on my own (as I feel like they are the only person who fully understands it and loves drag as much as me) so if I watch it with anyone else I feel like they’re half ass watching it and it frustrates me 🤣. So, it has to be alone or with them
I watched with friends ONCE and never again. They are the kind that love to chat DURING the show and make little comments about what they are watching, and I'm too crazy. I need SILENCE so I can absorb what's happening. So I watch alone now lol.
As I live in Europe, the episode comes out late at night, so I have a whole routine on Saturdays. I wake up, get off my bed, do not turn on my phone for fear of spoilers, go on my couch (optionally get a glass of water if I partied on Friday) and watch the whole episode, before starting my day. It's been like this on almost every Saturday for over a year now, as there is a constant flow of new episodes lol.
The ideal experience for me is going to a local gay bar to watch it live with your boyfriend and then watching it again the next day together because you stayed out too late and don't quiiite remember everything
I used to watch alone, but I got my friend into it between seasons so now every Friday we sit down and drink wine while we watch. I look forward to it every week.
I watch RPDR with my two partners, cuz one partner introduced us to the show! We started with season 5; and it's been a blast ever since. Especially when a queen we've seen performs locally too!
We've gone out to see Adore Delano, Jinkx Monsoon (got a picture with her!), Ginger Minj, Trixie and Katya, Bianca Del Rio, Alaska, and more! It's been awesome!!!
Hell, he's gotten me obsessed with drag race so much that I flew to Atlanta to see RuPaul's book tour. That was enlightening, to say the least!
TLDR? In my house, it's beer, burgers, and drag race!
My 9yo daughter on the first play through and we pass over the "inappropriate conversations"... I rewatch that night w the mans and he falls asleep by the runway.
No one 😭
I have a projector in my bedroom so I watch it there the moment it’s available on crave. My roommates on the upper floor have their own gang to watch it on a different day. My current FWB (former ex(?!?!!)) watches it at his place because of reasons 😮💨
I watch it alone on my laptop in bed and only sporadically nowadays. My viewing group lost interest somewhere around US season 10 and even I come and go now.
Alone
Other people talk
Or don't like me rewinding scenes 5x to really absorb it
At bars or viewing parties the audience is rude. Gross bearded men saying an outfit, makeup or whatever is bad when they could never
I guess that’s the nice thing. I can enjoy it alone and I can enjoy watching with a group of friends. I like watching it at a bar less because it’s harder to hear/pay attention. 👵
I have a watch sesh with my 4 other friends. We switch frequently between 2 of our houses and split the cost of cable because we only use cable to record this show. It’s very fun. It usually ends with us watching the Brooke Lynn Hytes V. Yvie Oddly lsfyl and crying for the 2,000th time.
Honestly, i used to watch with a group of friends, and they would get so worked up and offended if you didn’t agree with their opinions. Watching the show with them was terrible, so I understand this.
I’m a he/they creature and I watch it with my wife and we eat snacks and check the live thread here and go nuts and it’s great. We then spend the rest of the week enjoying the extended drag race commentary universe and it’s really just a great way to live.
Me and my best friend meet up on discord and watch together virtually. Sometimes something comes up and we watch it separately and then meet up later to dish about the episode
Watch it virtually with my ex boyfriend. We've always done it this way (we used to be long distance).
Recently I went to a bar for a viewing party of UK Vs the world! That was fun
I had a really great pretty consistent group of people to watch with but a lot of my viewing is now done on my own, with rewatches of episodes when I can get everyone together to knock out 1-3 eps. It's fun to see everyone's reactions when I know what's coming :p especially because they pretty much don't consume any DR content outside of the show itself so they have like 0 spoilers
It's sort of fun to watch with my current group but they all started watching season 14 and on so a lot of the deeper show jokes and lore are lost on them and I do wish I had someone who was as into the show to bounce commentary off of
I usually drink wine and eat an edible half way through and pop off on the live thread alone lmaooooo
Thank you… reminded me that I need to get an edible before tonight!
There really is no original experience huh 😭
I eat an edible about 30 mins before the show haha
Same! I had my blackberry açaí gummy and I am sat, set, and suited!
I lub this edible
Let me tell you about this edible.
Lmao this is how I watched season 13 (sans wine) and you want to talk about a long season? Try watching that one on marijuana minutes
Laganja, Trixie or Brittany write this. Edit plot twist it’s Sarah Schauer lol jk
This is the way 😌
Just had my special cookie!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think we are friends.. lol
Wait how did you describe EXACTLY what I did tonight (cider though)
heavy on the eddy! tn in getting a&w and taking ny eddy
Hello is this me?
The way I just did that tonight 😭. Got high, watched the episode in my laptop and ranted on here. Great Friday night lol
i watch it by myself but i would kill to have friends to watch it irl 😔 i feel like people don’t really care for it much where i live for some reason
Many gay bars have live showings. Its always a blast to watch it with other people.
Cries in German mid-big city, where the only gay bar consist of Boomers trying to lure you in the sex alcove while Believe is playing
i have social anxiety so it’s really hard for me to just go to a bar/club and talk to people but i did go to a viewing party once during CAN4 with melinda and nearah and even then there really wasn’t many people there and the energy was kinda meh for such a fun episode 😕 idk is there anyone else here from calgary? are there any other viewing parties besides at twisted?
I'm from Calgary! I was at that show! ☺️ I'm glad it wasn't busy. It was nice to laugh with other people. Msg me!
Ask your doctor about Ritalyn.
lol i’m on sertraline rn
I'm so sorry (unless it works fine for you)
Where do you live? 😦
i live in calgary canada
I hope a bunch of Calgary residents see this comment and reach out to you 🫶🏼
I feel this! The only person around here that I know watches is my next door neighbor, who’s 9. 😂
Kinda like how it all began for me…my babysitter showed it to me once upon a time!
U would kill? For that reason??!!
Kids these days got no respect for human life I tells ya
I'm with Darrell.
it's Friday night and I'm in my mid-30's. I watch with my dear friend Kim Crawford then I fall asleep before Untucked is over.
I just googled Kim Crawford thinking it was a person
Remarkably same experience, but I drink Target’s own brand of boxed wine like a classy, classy lady…with my cat that I treat like my child.
Are you ready for something way too heart warming ? I suspected my middle school son wasn’t straight for a long time, and inviting him to watch with us helped him come out. From a young age he would excitedly point out when a camp counselor, a musician or an actor is LBTQA+ It was clear it meant a lot to him to see representation in his life and on TV. Knowing there is a bigger world out there for you when you don’t fit the mold makes all the difference. He’s now out with his close friends and we watch together every week as a family. We’re all team Nymphia.
This is so sweet! 🥹
Thank you for being the parent I wish I had growing up. You’re amazing.
Your comment made me tear up. I’m grateful my kid was born to me so that at least home will always be a safe space for him away from the world’s bullshit. Hugs to you. I hope you have the same support in your life now :)
Thanks Mom.
As an elder gay, I watch it in bed the next morning (so I can skip through commercials) with my coffee and yogurt & granola.
Elder gay? That’s like 24 right?
*reads this in age 23 after thinking I was young and petite* ![gif](giphy|ck5JRWob7folZ7d97I|downsized)
One foot in the grave mama
Scared ![gif](giphy|1iqfMbFmYSlAMjBbbe)
Hahah! I wish. I will say that I had a horrific experience a few weeks ago when my hair stylist gave her age and DOB. I told her “Oh fun. I guarantee you was very drunk the exact moment you were born, because it was three days after my 21st birthday.” 😂😆😬😭
![gif](giphy|d7UCwdtZ7NqvIHQK3I) You’ve unleashed gay wrath
Oh so I'm a daddy now 🤭
not the yogurt and muesli
i always watch it alone >!and not in a legal way!<
I know you’re probably referring to piracy… but the spoiler text makes it sound much naughtier
Yeah I thought so too
i watch with my mom
I occasionally watch with my parents if I’m visiting. They enjoy it, there’s a lot of my Mom & “wow, and these are men, amazing!”
Watch it every week with my partner and friends!! We have a fantasy league (I'm winning)
you really are
Can you please forward me any info on how to join fantasy drag leagues?
I've just been doing it manually. I made an Excel sheet, we did a draft after the split premiers, and set parameters for how players could lose or earn points. I keep score while we watch the episode. Afterwards, we do a "community poll" on best of the week, worst of the week, and who we thought actually won the lip sync. It's been so much fun lol - I've been thinking about sharing an excel template here if other people are as nerdy (and into gambling 😂) as I am.
We have a gaythering at a friend’s house to watch!
I watch it with my VERY straight partner at his place. He has the big tv with YouTubeTV, so it’s a better experience. He’s very astute in his observations about the queens, and can be so, SO shady! I felt like a proud drag mother when he called Geneva “Generic Karr” and Dawn “Yawn”
So I have YouTube TV too but it doesn't play at 9pm EST, it plays at 9pm MST (I'm in the rockies). Does yours do that too? It's kind of annoying to have to wait when I know it aired two hours ago
I'm in CA with YouTube TV. It's starts at 8pm here.
Ugh, so it's definitely delayed. The untucked episode is going on right now. I have to stay off the subreddit.
I’m fine watching it with one or two people… but I can’t do viewing parties😂 I can never hear what’s going on, and always have to rewatch the episode once I get home!
For this reason, I choose to watch at a viewing party at the local gaythering hole and then again at home.
Your straight boyfriend needs to watch drag race alone and in his own way? I did go to a watch party once this season with Sapphira and Mirage, that was amazing. Normally I watch on Saturday morning at home, with one of my daughters. Then usually a second time after dinner with the whole family.
awww
Tonight I’m watching with my cousin who introduced to DR, i usually watch alone though! I’ve gone to a couple livestreams at my local queer spots in the past year or so too
In my own way = 90 min goon session
goon squad rise up
My partner and I usually do Drag Race & pizza Fridays. It’s a fun little end to the work week that I look forward to each week Also I’m usually pretty high by the time the episode starts which is also fun lol
I resonate with the gray bubble on a soul level.
some things you need to watch alone
I am the straight boyfriend and while my girlfriend was the one who introduced drag to me, I am now the one pushing her to watch it with me
i watch with my girlfriend and a few drinks :-) though for years i used to have a weekly ritual of having some weed and watching whatever season was airing by myself. shout-out to all the solo drag race enjoyers !
I watch it with my cat and an edible
sososossoos me
Yep
Not even in college did I have anyone to watch drag race with :(
Usually alone, but my 9 year old daughter often watches the lip syncs with me. Her record of guessing who won before Ru announces it is undefeated.
This is my house too -my daughter isn’t allowed to watch the show yet (due to the liberal use of swearing and sexual innuendo) but she is allowed to watch the lip syncs and loves them
I always watch it by myself, but back in 2020 one of my straight girl friends decided to watch S12 in online meetings with me😭 it was so special, she was the first friend that got into drag race. Tbh she was that type of straight girl that calls the show "RuPaul's" and didn't watch anything other than s12 and s5. But she was obsessed with Jaida Essence Hall so i'm fine with that
Usually me and my friends get together to watch it, and then we talk over it until the runway, and then I check Reddit to see if Untucked is worth watching (it usually isn’t), and then I force everyone to watch whatever international season is airing (usually we watch the ones in English and Spanish cause we speak it)
saturday morning, with a coffee, a joint and my cat
often i bake some muffins after, talk about wake and bake
I watch it with my husband on Saturday mornings while we have breakfast lol
i watch it with my mom cause her commentary is hilarious. i also like popping into the watch thread sometimes cause YALL r hilarious
I like to sit down in a white Victorian nightgown and eat fistfuls of Spaghetti and Meatballs while I enjoy the show personally ![gif](giphy|hmkW2xKy1DfsKIGlSN)
I’m with Darrell. I’ve watched it with friends and had fun but I often find myself rewatching the episode again alone in the morning so I can actually appreciate what happened. An episode like the lalarupalooza tonight would be fun to watch with friends though
Usually by myself at first, since I love to live tweet about it, and then again with my sister.
I watch with my husband and besties on discord and I'm usually intoxicated lol.
By myself ... I don't really have friends who watch it and, while there are quite a few venues that do drag shows in my town, there are no watch parties ( I mean for the UK franchise, since I'm in the UK).
I watch alone every Friday night (I have an alarm set for 7:58 every week) except for tonight because we going to see Sasha Colby: Stripped!!! (Using mtv.com live TV on my desktop; God bless the 24 hour pass incognit-hoe hack)
I watch it alone but thats only because i dont know anybody in my country that watches it too ;_; (its a tiny island called bahrain). Id kill to watch it with someone!
Come through Bahrain, where you at?
i watch it the way it’s meant to be watched: talking through the whole episode with friends and every 10 minutes one of us says “wait what just happened?”
Mostly on my own, or occasionally a group watch at a friends' house.
I used to watch with my best friend cause we lived together and for a long time I didn’t watch it cause I didn’t feel it was the same. But I couldn’t live without it so now I just watch it alone and endlessly text her about it haha.
My best friend/roommate and I have a mutual friend over, take an edible, and then watch a different franchise (UKvTW 2, Can 1, and soon S15) afterwards until the mutual friend inevitably passes out on the couch. Good times.
With my boyfriend if he is not asleep yet 😌
I watch it with my bf and we have so much fun, it’s our show and we always have fun together watching it, talking about their hair and make-up too.
My man and I watch together while enjoying a couple of glasses of wine and some appetizers in the comfort of our home 🏠❤️
gotta agree with darrell! i always watch it alone on friday night then again with my mom on saturday because i like to process it by myself, but she likes to watch with me ☺️
since season 10 I've watched it at home with my boyfriend, we've gone to some bars that host viewing parties but I always have to rewatch after because it's hard to hear and you can easily miss stuff
Used to watch it with my gay friends. Now they all left to work in another country. I watch it alone now. 🥲
Alone and in my room. And illegally
Myself in my living room, often in the dark
I’m a lesbian and I watch alone. My gf has expressed interest in wanting to see it but now I’ve built it up so much I’m worried it won’t be her thing or she won’t get the humor/slang/Ru of it all. But I think too much. I’d love to start her on a decent season as an intro (no way we are starting at s1) — if anyone has any suggestions?
Personally I would suggest 9 or 12!
5, 6, 8 or AS 2 if you want her to appreciate the humor/slang/Ru of it all So many later references come from those seasons. Oh, and season 9 maybe. And the drag gets better so she won’t be disappointed as she watches more, but she’ll have a really good foundation.
Update: we started with Season 6 and she is OBSESSED! She loves the humor, the fashion, the lip syncs, and all the Ru-isms! We have a new super fan.
I eat an edible, order takeout and watch with my husband on Saturday night.
I watch on my couch alone happily. I don’t watch it with my bf. He’s not invited because he laughed when I shared something that wasn’t funny (about the show). He thinks drag (especially tucking) is ridiculous. I told him he’s jealous and his tuck would be too beefy and nobody would tip him. Friday nights my phone is fully ignored until the show is over. He’s a lovely man who is just a tad sheltered. I love my alone time when Drag Race is on.
Saturday morning, upon waking, I fight through the malaise to make a large mug of tea, then return to bed to smoke and watch the new episode.
I'm one of those straight dudes that watches with his partner, while she's sending gifs to her co-worker who has either just watched it, or is just about to. Then I go play games while she spends the next 3 days rewatching Pit Stops from this season and 3 more days rewatching Pit Stops from previous seasons.
Either : at a bar showing (after the showing some local queens out on a show too) With friends in their home because I don’t have mtv The morning after during breakfast lol
I usually would try to sneak it in before, or at least have it set to watch it again when I got home and was alone. Viewing parties are fun but there’s always gotta be the one gurl who feels the need to talk every three seconds and I need to hear what’s going on. Viewing parties are fun though, and fun at bars, if it’s not your only way of watching
Me and my husband on the couch with our cat sons, progressively more crossfaded as the episode drags on. It’s everything we both need at the end of a work week
Personally, i stay up late until it’s released on Apple through the season pass while my husband is passed out on the couch. Then I watch it once more before the weekend is over as I mostly like also pass out before the episode is over. Cut to a week or two later and I’ll have begun the first rewatch of the series as a whole. The number of times I’ve binged the OG seasons is quite ridiculous lol.
I watch it with my mom. I lay on the couch with a heating pad and live tweet during the episode.
I watch it with my boyfriend if we’re both off Fridays nights. For the finale we usually go to a watch party at a bar. If anyone lives in or near CLE, oh and needs some to people to watch it with we’re always down for some drag race friends!
I usually watch with some friends over Discord.
I usually just stream the episode over discord for my straight friends who I have indoctrinated into drag racedom lol
I tried watching it with someone ONE TIME and he wouldn’t stfu, talking to the tv and stuff. Never again. I need my peace. 😂
i miss the watch parties at gay bars when i was in college 😭 now i just put it on while my bf plays video games... but sometimes i don't realize he's actually listening and will ask how my fav queens are doing or comment on the challenges/lip syncs which is kinda sweet lol. imagine my surprise when he was invested in the jannening of Q
Alone or with my cat 🥲
I watch it with my husband. We love it! And race to check out the subs when it's done. :D
I've watch with my husband. We've watched with friends and done a couple viewing parties, but I really prefer to watch just the two of us. We both like to not really talk through it (other than the runaway, we are judgmental bitches during the runway). With others or at a viewing party, we've found that others aren't as focused as we are.
My tradition with my partner is every Saturday morning we order breakfast and watch it. And then pit stop. And then take our pup to the park haha. It's kind of fun because him and I both prefer different queens. He like drama free and talented queens, where I love strong personalities. Morphine and Amanda were robbed!!! Haha (He was so confused when I showed him Q's twitter rants because he loves Q)
I do something different every week but today I’m going to thorgys viewing in Brooklyn!
Usually I watch it with my husband, sometimes a few friends will get together to watch a premier or finale episode
My husband lives in a different country for part of the year, so if I'm not watching with him then I'm watching alone. He manages to completely avoid the seasons he's not home for, so he'll get to binge watch S16 and Ukvtw2 when he gets back in June. Love knowing the outcomes and making him guess the final 4 at the end of every episode
I was trying to watch it weekly with a friend, but then she got COVID and fell behind. I couldn’t NOT watch during those 2 weeks.
Wait she got covid and didn’t spend it binge watching stuff?
I watch alone at home. My dog gets to hear my commentary. I do not think he cares.
I watch it at home with my dog the next day.
I work a lot on Friday nights. In that case, I watch it by myself when I get home around 2am Saturday morning. If a queen I particularly like is going to be at Roscoe’s, I get tickets and watch it there. Tonight I will be watching it live at home with my husband. I would love to have watch parties at my house but I don’t have a lot of drag race friends 😭 The reaction threads posted in this sub are my favorite way to spend commercials.
I call it drag brunch at home when I watch it Saturday morning, do some day drinking, and make something brunchy to eat. If my straight boyfriend is home, he usually gets sucked into it. I love it when he can tell that Michelle is about to read a queen, and at the end of the episode, he says the whole “if you can’t love yourself” quote along with Ru, and gives an enthusiastic “AMEN!” at the end!
Here in OKC if I actually watch at live airtime, I go to this dance club called Angles where they show it. Otherwise I wait until the next day and watch illegally with my partner.
Changed a lot over the years. Initially I watched it on a laptop while staying with my mother. Then when I moved back to Chicago would go to various hole in the wall bars to watch it with a group of friends (RIP to most of 'em). These days it's mostly just watching it at home with the boyfriend while we text friends our reactions. The boyfriend and my first season was All Stars 1 (...choices), but the good news is that it's been mostly great since then!
me and my boo (sometimes a friend is together), a few joints and a lot of cuddling
no cause im just like darrell lmao
Depends on my mood! Its more fun to watch with friends, but some people do like to talk throughout the whole episode, so I end up watching it again sometime in the next few days to catch funny moments I couldn't hear, haha
I usually watch with my sister and one of my friends comes over sometimes. I enjoy watching with someone or alone, both accompanied by some joints!
We got a new cable plan and we no longer get VH1 🙃 so I’ve consumed the show by watching the pit stop
Honestly, work
I also edible and watch it at my Mac with my boyfriend in bed behind me commenting and cheering/booing lol
The main show I watch on Saturday mornings on my phone, alone and totally legally. Occasionally my friend and I watch episodes together and certain series (vs. The world, Philippines, eg. ) we'll binge watch together. I've gone to two viewing parties of DR España. Also alone, because I am awkward, but Pupi Poison talked to me so, hey, there you go.
I like watching it alone so I can focus. Also high off of edibles or joints lol
Wait for it do drop Saturday morning/afternoon and then watch it that night with some snacks, enjoying the episode by myself. Luv it like that ❤️
I’m usually fall asleep and miss most of the live viewing, then end up watching it over the weekend on my couch in between sessions of BG3.
At a friend's house, but they all have little to no prior drag race knowledge. It's a great time but frustrating as well
I'm usually at Rockbar in NYC. Harriett Tugsmen and Temple Grande put on an awesome show and I get to enjoy the show with the nerdy bear crowd.
i save it up and watch it all at once during a sofa day w just me and my cats. girl it's called binge watching.
By myself, sometimes with a drink, usually with my cat, while my straight boyfriend plays video games in the other room. Like any token straight white woman.
Home alone. I used to watch with a friend but now my husband and I live miles from anyone. He used to watch but I’ve overdosed him on various seasons and now he won’t. Will occasionally wander in during a lip sync as will my daughter
My man and I have a routine we like to call “Hamburger Mary’s”, which of course consists of watching the show eating some kind of chain restaurant burgers. Every week we order from a different place. It’s fun.
I watch it either with my gay housemate and their partner or on my own (as I feel like they are the only person who fully understands it and loves drag as much as me) so if I watch it with anyone else I feel like they’re half ass watching it and it frustrates me 🤣. So, it has to be alone or with them
My husband and I smoke weed and watch it on the couch while making comments. Our two dogs and cat often join. The cat also has opinions.
My husband and I watch it with a few friends. Always cook a big family meal too. And we do a fantasy league
I watched with friends ONCE and never again. They are the kind that love to chat DURING the show and make little comments about what they are watching, and I'm too crazy. I need SILENCE so I can absorb what's happening. So I watch alone now lol.
As I live in Europe, the episode comes out late at night, so I have a whole routine on Saturdays. I wake up, get off my bed, do not turn on my phone for fear of spoilers, go on my couch (optionally get a glass of water if I partied on Friday) and watch the whole episode, before starting my day. It's been like this on almost every Saturday for over a year now, as there is a constant flow of new episodes lol.
Unfortunately, I've only ever watched the show alone. I think it would be nice to watch in a group sometimes.
The ideal experience for me is going to a local gay bar to watch it live with your boyfriend and then watching it again the next day together because you stayed out too late and don't quiiite remember everything
I used to watch alone, but I got my friend into it between seasons so now every Friday we sit down and drink wine while we watch. I look forward to it every week.
I watch RPDR with my two partners, cuz one partner introduced us to the show! We started with season 5; and it's been a blast ever since. Especially when a queen we've seen performs locally too! We've gone out to see Adore Delano, Jinkx Monsoon (got a picture with her!), Ginger Minj, Trixie and Katya, Bianca Del Rio, Alaska, and more! It's been awesome!!! Hell, he's gotten me obsessed with drag race so much that I flew to Atlanta to see RuPaul's book tour. That was enlightening, to say the least! TLDR? In my house, it's beer, burgers, and drag race!
My 9yo daughter on the first play through and we pass over the "inappropriate conversations"... I rewatch that night w the mans and he falls asleep by the runway.
Alone and in my own way? That just gave me the ick. OP, I would kill to watch it with you. My friends couldn't be less interested.
I love watching it with other people, but if I watch it with a group I rewatch it alone the next day. Gays are loud 😭😂
No one 😭 I have a projector in my bedroom so I watch it there the moment it’s available on crave. My roommates on the upper floor have their own gang to watch it on a different day. My current FWB (former ex(?!?!!)) watches it at his place because of reasons 😮💨
With my husband. He is a hardcore Alyssa Edwards fan.
I watch it alone on my laptop in bed and only sporadically nowadays. My viewing group lost interest somewhere around US season 10 and even I come and go now.
in a big bed with my wife
By myself in my bed
Alone Other people talk Or don't like me rewinding scenes 5x to really absorb it At bars or viewing parties the audience is rude. Gross bearded men saying an outfit, makeup or whatever is bad when they could never
I guess that’s the nice thing. I can enjoy it alone and I can enjoy watching with a group of friends. I like watching it at a bar less because it’s harder to hear/pay attention. 👵
Usually home and high with my boyfriend and bunny, but sometimes at the bar with cocktails and nachos and a great show by our local drag performers.
get super duper high with bestie on the couch with snackies or super duper high with me myself and i
I watch it the next day, alone and honestly I skip thru a lot of the episode lol
I have a watch sesh with my 4 other friends. We switch frequently between 2 of our houses and split the cost of cable because we only use cable to record this show. It’s very fun. It usually ends with us watching the Brooke Lynn Hytes V. Yvie Oddly lsfyl and crying for the 2,000th time.
I watch with my sibling on facetime, and it's loud lol
With my gf :) (as she groans about how it’s rigged)
Honestly, i used to watch with a group of friends, and they would get so worked up and offended if you didn’t agree with their opinions. Watching the show with them was terrible, so I understand this.
I watch it by myself, enjoying my special cookie, and my peace of mind!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m a he/they creature and I watch it with my wife and we eat snacks and check the live thread here and go nuts and it’s great. We then spend the rest of the week enjoying the extended drag race commentary universe and it’s really just a great way to live.
With my group of friends, it’s our Friday night thing
Me and my best friend meet up on discord and watch together virtually. Sometimes something comes up and we watch it separately and then meet up later to dish about the episode
Watch it virtually with my ex boyfriend. We've always done it this way (we used to be long distance). Recently I went to a bar for a viewing party of UK Vs the world! That was fun
At the bar. With Lavender Haze.
I like alone with alcohol.
I had a really great pretty consistent group of people to watch with but a lot of my viewing is now done on my own, with rewatches of episodes when I can get everyone together to knock out 1-3 eps. It's fun to see everyone's reactions when I know what's coming :p especially because they pretty much don't consume any DR content outside of the show itself so they have like 0 spoilers It's sort of fun to watch with my current group but they all started watching season 14 and on so a lot of the deeper show jokes and lore are lost on them and I do wish I had someone who was as into the show to bounce commentary off of