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What do they want? What did they want in the Golden era?
Settling for someone is demonized in our society. We're told by very intelligent people that settling for someone means you will not likely realize your potential as a human being. What we're not told is that settling isn't always picking the nearest/first partner. And in today's society...- Undertow
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Observations from Mars
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"Unhappy Hipsters" Blog
Unfortunately yes. If you tip toe through some of the older threads in the archives, you'll see why. Politics has been banned for a very long time. Many threads and posts will dance around politics and sometimes go a little far, but we all try to do our best at self-censoring. ;)- Undertow
- Post #219
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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"Unhappy Hipsters" Blog
*edit Forget anything you might have seen. I've deleted it. This argument was over threads ago. I'd like to add to what Lizzie said about working class language. Yes. My mom used to say, "If you don't stop that g***amned crying, I'll tear your tongue out of your skull," or there was my...- Undertow
- Post #162
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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"Unhappy Hipsters" Blog
A simple answer to much of this thread is the difference between sincerity and emulation. I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "All hat and no cattle," which reminds us of the Bing Crosby song I'm An Old Cowhand. The point of the song was poking fun at those middle-class folks that rode around...- Undertow
- Post #153
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Dark Knight Rises (Batman in Pittsburgh)
I've heard this from some, and not others. I think the difference must have been the theater you'd attended. I had no issues hearing Bane - clear as a bell. [huh]- Undertow
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Little Things
You know, I wasn't even aware that the color of the labels had any meaning. Chalk that up to not knowing enough about anything. Like you said Lizzie, I see a box of 78's and I think, "Wow! These are going to sound great!" I guess it's because I've never really been in the business of...- Undertow
- Post #27
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Little Things
I like to hit our church's annual garage sale for knick knacks and records. The elderly parishoners end up donating all their old "junk", including book after book of 78's and boxes of 45's. I found a new love for the The Three Suns thanks to one of those sales.- Undertow
- Post #22
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Dark Knight Rises (Batman in Pittsburgh)
I think movies ARE hyped to nearly impossible levels. Apparently, you can't get anyone into a theater seat without promising them the film will be THE most spectacular event yet to come. Maybe that's a money thing? Maybe they're trying to show you the "value" of attending that specific film over...- Undertow
- Post #12
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
The Occupy protests have valid concerns but no unifying battle cry. There's such little clarity that the movement has floundered, even without the help of a callous media. No one is going to shed blood because a vague group of people (the so called 1%) make more money than the rest of us...- Undertow
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Sheeplady, so you're suggesting that if the Occupy movement were instead staged by a majority of [enter minority race], we would see more violence? It's not that I disagree with you - I'd only be guessing at what the police response to those protesters would be. Yet, if anything, I think...- Undertow
- Post #576
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
(Great movie though, right?! Oh wait...or were you referring to the phobia? Darn.)- Undertow
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
I'm most definitely against brutal crackdowns by "security" forces - but the Occupy movement, while handled roughly and poorly, was not killed in the streets as we've seen in uprisings of the past. I think it's an important perspective to keep. Let me not mince words - as a whole, Western...- Undertow
- Post #568
- Forum: The Golden Era
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ever heard of very many tall people that live over 80?
I think the average height has risen over the years. Where one generation is 5'11", the next is 6'1" and the following is 6'3", and so on. Depending on genetic mixtures, those could rise and fall as a rule. There is little research on tall people dying before short people, but the studies...- Undertow
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Why!!!! Hipsters!!! Why!!!!!
Did someone say Cougars! Oh heck yes! This thread is getting better and better! Hot cheetahs and now attractive cougars. Srzly.- Undertow
- Post #161
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Passive Resistance?
Yes BK and Edward, you've both touched on my idea for this thread. It doesn't have to necessarily be an employment thing or a matter of active vs inactive. What's more important is seeing a pattern, a common thread, a failure in the system which in and of itself seems too big to fix on its own...- Undertow
- Post #72
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Passive Resistance?
Perhaps Americans will get there when this Midwest drought hits them hard in the wallet? Certainly, I doubt it - I forsee people queueing for McDonald's instead, or perhaps just paying the extra .75 for the prepackaged frozen entree. Then in two years it will rise to 1.25 more. And in three...- Undertow
- Post #71
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The general decline in standards today
I've never seen gym teachers as particularly unintelligent, but maybe that's a regional thing? I had the same teacher from k-8, she was marvelous. We had a really great time and she was good at getting us moving and keeping our attention. Then I had football and swimming coaches in high...- Undertow
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
