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Watch the movie ‘Network,’ and realize that it went from cutting edge satire to quaint docu-drama in real time.
Watch the movie ‘Network,’ and realize that it went from cutting edge satire to quaint docu-drama in real time.
I look at Connections as a history show more than a science show.
This is a classic.
Shows how changes cause more changes and interactions. For instance; coffee is imported into England;coffee shops in London were a popular place to do business before modern office building came around; investors began looking for ways to make the ships they were bankrolling safer; pine tar was a great way to keep ships watertight…
https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ?list=PLf02uWXhaGRng_YzH-Ser_VEV4lGSLX_1
Namor has entered the chat.
There were a few anti-pollution/eco-terrorist stories long ago. Eventually it became impossible to have a Sea Lord who wasn’t justified in wanting to kill all the surface dwellers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink
Also, places like Pittsburgh were running coal burning factories 24/7, plus there were still plenty of working horses doing deliveries.
In my local Alamo Draft House movie theater they have two kinds of bathrooms; Stalls and Urinals.
Larry Niven once wrote a story with the throwaway line “the Berlin Nazis football team.”
I was a little miffed the first time I read it, but eventually I got the idea that in the future, Nazis are as scary as pirates and raiders and Spartans are today.
I think that humans have to have a certain level of non-reality based fears.
Back in the day, werewolves and vampires were enough.
As technology advanced, it was UFOs.
Now it’s Jewish Space Lasers and Woke Transwomen in bathrooms.
They took a negative and turned it into a rallying cry.
Same as with “Yankee Doodle.” Yankee was a derogatory term for Americans, because many were of Dutch origin. “Jan” was a popular Dutch name. Doodle mean, well doo-doo.
Funny how some derogatory terms get embraced and others don’t.
Nerd used to be a big insult. So was ‘porn.’
Let the man earn his paycheck
It didn’t make the Top Ten grossing movies the year it came out [2006]
If 25% of the population knows it that means 75% doesn’t.
Most people in America have no idea who Guy Fawkes was.
Agreed.
I see people posting questions about life in the 1970s and wonder, “Don’t you know any one who was around then?”
So, Trump gets a pass on what happened to the Kurds?
It’s kinda problematic. ‘Rainbow kryptonite’ would be more appropriate,
https://www.dexerto.com/comics/superman-pink-kryptonite-supergirl-2520937/
First, you’ve proven my point about how the interwebs can lead us into stupid, inane, meaningless arguments that prove nothing.
Second, comic book Batman always carries krytonite in case Supes goes rogue, and that beats some surfing gear any day of the week.
I like to put it this way.
Television is like binoculars and the internet is like a microscope.
Watch TV and you’ll see all sorts of things from a distance, and kind of get an idea of how they interconnect. A good general idea of what’s going on.
Use the internet and you’ll end up spending six months arguing over which version of Batman had the most effective utility belt.
Have you tried applying for Civil Service jobs?
Every once in a while I’ll mention the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ and someone who never lived through it will commnet that it sounds horrifying.
They spent so much time in propaganda world that actual objectivity is a dangerous concept.